Caulking gun cartridge opening tool
OwnerStanley Yavorinventor
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Abstract
This disclosure pertains to a caulking gun cartridge opening tool having a flat knife-like blade adapted with a spring mounting clip at one end thereof. A needle-like rod is pivotably secured at one end to the blade and is stored there-against when not in use. A sharpened edge of the blade is utilized to cut the plastic tip at the dispensing end of the cartridge. The needle-like rod may be used to pierce the plastic cap or to break through crusted layers of caulking material when rotated outwardly from the storage position thereof. The mounting clip facilitates storage of the apparatus on a caulking gun.
Claims6
A caulking gun cartridge opening tool comprising an elongated plate, a portion of one marginal edge of the plate having a knife-like edge, a portion of the plate adjacent one end thereof being disposed folded into an S-shape extending substantially parallel to a first lateral surface of the plate, a needle-like rod, one end of the rod having a ball-like shape, a socket, said socket fixedly secured to a second lateral surface of the plate, said ball-like shape being partially captured in said socket the length of the rod being shorter than the length of the plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.