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US 5,210,925 AGranted
Process for manufacturing a knife
AssigneeBuck Knives, Inc.
InventorMark Morgulis
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Abstract
A knife is fabricated by first preparing a steel knife blade with an integrally attached steel tang, usually by forging. Aluminum is die cast over the tang to form a quillen, a butt, and a handle base intermediate the quillen and the butt. A polymeric handle is injection molded over the handle base.
Claims20
A process of manufacturing a knife, comprising the steps of:
- providing a knife blade with an attached tang;
- casting metal onto at least a portion of the tang;
- and
- molding a nonmetallic material overlying at least a portion of the tang.
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A process of manufacturing a knife, comprising the steps of:
- forging a steel knife blade with an integrally attached steel tang;
- die casting aluminum over the tang to form a quillen, a butt, and a handle base intermediate the quillen and the butt;
- and
- injection molding a polymeric handle over the handle base.
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A process of manufacturing a knife, comprising the steps of:
- providing a knife blade with an attached tang;
- placing the tang into a die casting mold;
- die casting metal into the die casting mold around the tang;
- placing the tang with die cast metal thereon into an injection molding mold;
- and
- injecting a hardenable polymer into the injection molding mold.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.