Apparatus for reducing racket handles
AssigneeWilliam C. Kinard
InventorsWilliam C. Kinard, Donald F. Carter, Cecil G. Young
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Abstract
A hand operated apparatus for reducing the size of racket handles such as used in tennis rackets is described. A base in which racket handles are secured has raised opposed sides, the edges of the sides defining a guide plane. The guide plane is parallel to the center line of the handle secured within the base. A frame, having an adjustably extendable blade means, is adapted for slideable contact with the edges so that the blade means removes material from the racket handle in a plane parallel to the center line of the handle. A control means is provided for adjusting the depth of cut of the blade means. By repeated operation, uniform depth cuts can be made on each face of a racket handle to maintain symmetry.
Claims19
An apparatus for removing material from a racket handle comprising:
- a base portion having at least one pair of raised opposed sides, the sides having edges that define a guide plane;
- means for securing a racket handle within the base, a center line of the racket handle being parallel to the guide plane;
- a frame slideable upon the edges of said raised sides, said frame having a length greater than the separation between the raised opposed sides of the base portion;
- blade means secured to the frame and movable with the frame in a plane parallel to the guide plane for removing material from the racket handle;
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- means for adjustably extending the blade means between the frame and the racket handle for varying the depth of material removal from the racket handle.
An apparatus for removing material from racket handles comprising:
- a base;
- means for defining a guide plane that extends above the base;
- means for securing a racket handle within the base comprising rotatable eccentric cam means and a brace means, the cam means and a brace means coupled to the base, the brace means for opposing the action of the cam means when securing a racket handle therebetween such that a center line of the racket is parallel to the guide plane;
- movable frame means operatively coupled to the means for defining a guide plane for moving the frame means parallel to the guide plane;
- blade means operatively coupled to the frame means for removing material from the racket handle in a plane parallel to the guide plane;
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- means for adjusting the depth of the material removal by the blade means.
An apparatus for removing material from a handle comprising:
- a base;
- means for defining a guide plane that extends above the base;
- means for securing a handle within the base;
- movable frame means operatively coupled to the means for defining a guide plane for moving the frame parallel to the guide plane;
- blade means operatively coupled to the frame means for removing material from the handle in a plane parallel to the guide plane;
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- means, on the blade means, for adjusting the depth of the material removal by the blade means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.