Paneling cutter tool
OwnerAlan W. Kotchyinventor
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Abstract
A manually actuated tool for cutting openings in sheet paneling from the room side after the paneling is secured in place. The basic construction consists of a pair of cooperating sharp blades at the forward end of the frame of the tool located in overlapping relation so that one blade is a leading blade and the other a trailing blade. Under the method of the invention the opening to be cut in the paneling when it is secured in place is laid out by initially securing a wire or wires around the backing over which the paneling will later be placed and then using a magnetic device after the paneling is in place to locate and mark the outline of the opening on the front of the paneling. The tool is then manually moved over the marked outline on the paneling to cut out the portion of the paneling to be removed.
Claims6
A cutting tool for cutting an opening in sheet paneling after the paneling has been secured in place, which comprises a frame having a curvilinear top portion terminating at the forward end of the tool in a downwardly tapered surface having downwardly tapered sides, cutting blades secured to the opposite tapered sides and terminating in sharp overlapping edges, and which face in the direction in which the tool moves and which project in a direction facing the rear of the tool, and laterally spaced side members extending downwardly from the top portion of the tool and disposed to engage the surface of the paneling upon which the tool is used and providing a central channel in the bottom of the frame through which a strip cut from the paneling to form a groove can move for discharge from the rear end of the tool.
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