Feather cutter and feather imping pin
OwnerAlbara Mohammed Binothmaninventor
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Abstract
Feather cutters are described that cut a feather shaft of a feather. One feather cutter includes a first sildable arm and a second sildable arm that move in a linear direction with respect to each other between a first position and a second position, a plurality of springs that are placed between the first sildable arm and the second sildable arm, an adjustable blade that is attached to the first sildable arm via a screw and cuts the feather shaft of the feather upon moving the first sildable arm to the second position, a shaft cylinder with two slits that is attached to the second sildable arm and the feather shaft of the feather is placed within the shaft cylinder to hold the feather shaft which is being cut with the adjustable blade in a fixed position.
Claims6
A feather cutter that cuts a feather shaft of a feather, the feather cutter comprising:
- a cylindrical cutter shaft having a cylindrical hole parallel to an axis of the cylindrical cutter shaft, cylindrical hole being off-axis;
- a cylindrical blade shaft that is placed in the cylindrical hole and is attached to a blade shaft knob via a spring at one end and a circular blade at the other end;
- a plurality of pins that are placed on the blade shaft knob;
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- a plurality of holes that are placed on the cylindrical cutter shaft, wherein
- the circular blade has a sharp edge that cuts the feather shaft,
- the blade shaft knob is configured to rotate the circular blade, wherein the sharp edge of the circular blade is fully inside the perimeter of the cylindrical cutter when the feather cutter is in a non-cutting position, the sharp edge of the circular blade is fully or partially outside of the perimeter of the cylindrical cutter when the feather cutter is in a cutting position, the plurality of pins are engaged with the plurality of holes when the feather cutter is locked and the blade shaft knob does not rotate the cylindrical blade shaft, and the plurality of pins are not engaged with the plurality of holes when the feather cutter is un-locked and the blade shaft knob rotates the cylindrical blade shaft.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.