Rotary blade actuator for a hand held cutter
AssigneeFiskars Inc.
InventorsJames C. Boda, Stephen A. Peterson
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Abstract
A rotary cutter including a handle, a cylindrical head formed on one end of the handle and having a planar surface on each side, the handle and head having an internal cavity, a unitary actuating member mounted in the cavity in the handle and head, a circular blade supported by the actuating member for movement between a storage position and an operating position with respect to one of the planar surfaces, the actuating member including a spring for biasing the blade to the storage position, and a resilient latch for locking the actuating member in the operative position.
Claims11
A rotary cutter comprising a handle, a cylindrical head formed on one end of said handle, said head having an internal cavity and a planar surface on each side thereof, a unitary actuating member mounted in said cavity, a circular blade, means for securing said blade to said actuating member on one side of said planar surfaces, a button integrally formed on said actuating member for moving said blade to an operative position with a portion of said blade projecting outwardly from said cylindrical head, and a spring integrally and unitarily formed on said actuating member for biasing said blade to a storage position.
A hand held rotary cutter comprising a handle, a cylindrical head formed on one end of the handle and having a planar surface on one side,
- said handle and head having an internal cavity,
- a unitary actuating member mounted in said cavity, said actuating member including a spring formed unitarily and integrally therewith,
- a circular cutting blade mounted on said actuating member in alignment with said planar surface,
- said spring biasing said blade to a storage position with respect to said planar surface and means formed integrally with said actuating member for moving said actuating member to an operative position with a portion of said blade projecting outwardly from said planar surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.