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US 8,819,942 B2Granted
Spring back safety and film cutter
AssigneePacific Handy Cutter, Inc.
InventorsYen-Chao Chung, Joe Garavaglia, Glen Kanemoto, Markus Gropl, Dave Puglisi, Mark Marinovich
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Abstract
A cutter apparatus includes a housing shaped to be hand-held, a slider configured to support a front blade, the slider being mechanically coupled to the housing and configured to be moved longitudinally along the housing, and a blade guard mechanically coupled to the housing and configured to be extended and retracted adjacent to the front end of the housing, wherein the slider and the blade guard are configured to move in tandem.
Claims23
A cutter apparatus comprising:
- a housing shaped to be hand-held;
- a slider configured to support a front blade, the slider being supported within and repositionable along the housing;
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- a blade guard supported within the housing and configured to be extended and retracted adjacent to the front end of the housing;
- wherein the slider and the blade guard are configured to move in tandem as the blade guard is deployed, the slider being contacted and pushed forward to extend the front blade from the housing in response to the blade guard being pushed forward.
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