Hand knife
AssigneePlas Plugs Limited
InventorPaul Steabben Hepworth
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Abstract
The invention relates to hand knives of the type comprising a hand grip which houses a strip steel blade with snap-off ends, which when worn can be removed to reveal a fresh operative blade tip. The hand grip comprises an elongated body with a longitudinal slot along which a blade-shifting element of stiffly flexible construction may be moved between a variety of adjustable positions.
Claims4
A hand knife suitable to house a strip steel blade with snap-off ends comprising an elongated body defining therein a longitudinal passageway for the blade, and having a longitudinal slot in communication with at least a portion of the length of said passageway, a blade shifting element, said longitudinal passageway receiving and permitting movement of said blade shifting element, a set of fixed detent formations in said body co-operating with complementary formations on said knife-shifting element to engage and locate the shifting element in a selected adjusted position, and said body being provided with a removable end portion, said end portion having a slot into which a worn portion of the blade may be received and snapped off when the end portion is removed for use.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.