US 5,303,472 AGranted

Card dicer apparatus

OwnerLinus O. Mbanugoinventor

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Abstract

An apparatus to effect the dicing of credit cards to prevent their inadvertent and unauthorized use is provided to include confronting faces, with the first face of a first housing having a matrix of lug members in a parallel relationship received within lug openings defined by orthogonally intersecting rows of first and second cutter blades. The apparatus is arranged to include slide drawer structure to permit the selective accommodation for disposal of the pieces thusly cut.

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A card dicer apparatus, comprising,

a first anvil wall housing in facing relationship relative to a second anvil housing, wherein the first anvil housing includes a first anvil housing rear wall, the second anvil housing having a second anvil housing rear wall, a first handle fixedly mounted to the first anvil housing rear wall, a second handle fixedly mounted to the second anvil housing rear wall, with the first handle and the second handle arranged in a crossed relationship, and a handle axle directed through the first handle and the second handle parallel to the first anvil housing rear wall and the second anvil housing rear wall permitting pivoting of the first handle relative to the second handle, and
the first handle having a first handle groove, the second handle having a second handle groove, and a spring interposed within the first handle groove and the second handle groove to maintain spacing of the first handle relative to the second handle, and spacing of the first handle housing relative to the second handle housing, and
the first anvil housing having a first anvil housing punch wall with the second anvil housing having a second anvil housing cutter wall, the first anvil housing punch wall arranged in a confronting cooperative relationship relative to the second anvil housing cutter wall, wherein the first anvil housing punch wall and the second housing cutter wall are arranged in coextensive relationship, and
a matrix of parallel lug members fixedly mounted to the first housing punch wall in an orthogonal relationship extending beyond the first handle housing punch wall, and
the second anvil housing cutter wall includes a plurality of rows of first cutter blades orthogonally intersecting a plurality of further rows of second cutter blades, wherein the first cutter blades and the second cutter blades cooperate to define lug openings therebetween, wherein each of the lug members is arranged for reception within one of said lug openings on projection of the first housing punch wall towards the second housing cutter wall, and
the second housing includes a second housing front wall spaced from the second housing rear wall, and the second housing front wall includes at least one opening, and including a second housing floor extending between the second housing rear wall and the second housing front wall, wherein the at least one opening extends to the second housing floor, and a container arranged for sliding engagement with the second housing floor extending from the second housing front wall to the second housing rear wall.

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Abstract

A card dicer apparatus, comprising,

a first anvil wall housing in facing relationship relative to a second anvil housing, wherein the first anvil housing includes a first anvil housing rear wall, the second anvil housing having a second anvil housing rear wall, a first handle fixedly mounted to the first anvil housing rear wall, a second handle fixedly mounted to the second anvil housing rear wall, with the first handle and the second handle arranged in a crossed relationship, and a handle axle directed through the first handle and the second handle parallel to the first anvil housing rear wall and the second anvil housing rear wall permitting pivoting of the first handle relative to the second handle, and
the first handle having a first handle groove, the second handle having a second handle groove, and a spring interposed within the first handle groove and the second handle groove to maintain spacing of the first handle relative to the second handle, and spacing of the first handle housing relative to the second handle housing, and
the first anvil housing having a first anvil housing punch wall with the second anvil housing having a second anvil housing cutter wall, the first anvil housing punch wall arranged in a confronting cooperative relationship relative to the second anvil housing cutter wall, wherein the first anvil housing punch wall and the second housing cutter wall are arranged in coextensive relationship, and
a matrix of parallel lug members fixedly mounted to the first housing punch wall in an orthogonal relationship extending beyond the first handle housing punch wall, and
the second anvil housing cutter wall includes a plurality of rows of first cutter blades orthogonally intersecting a plurality of further rows of second cutter blades, wherein the first cutter blades and the second cutter blades cooperate to define lug openings therebetween, wherein each of the lug members is arranged for reception within one of said lug openings on projection of the first housing punch wall towards the second housing cutter wall, and
the second housing includes a second housing front wall spaced from the second housing rear wall, and the second housing front wall includes at least one opening, and including a second housing floor extending between the second housing rear wall and the second housing front wall, wherein the at least one opening extends to the second housing floor, and a container arranged for sliding engagement with the second housing floor extending from the second housing front wall to the second housing rear wall.

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