Tool
AssigneeScott Cutters Limited
InventorScott Rampling
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Abstract
A tool 1 comprises a handle and a tool blade mounted on the handle. The blade comprises a flexible web member 2 formed of a polymer and having two opposite generally flat side surfaces and a substantially straight free edge. A strip 15 of spring steel is fixed to the web on one side surface and extends along the outer part only of the web adjacent to the free edge thereof such that a portion of the web between the handle and the strip remains uncovered by the strip.
Claims17
A tool comprising a handle and a generally rectangular tool blade mounted on the handle, wherein
- the tool blade comprises a rectangular web member formed of flexible material having two opposite inherently flat side surfaces and at least one straight free edge;
- wherein an inherently flat strip of a different material is fixed to the web on one of the inherently flat side surfaces thereof and extends along an outer part only of the web adjacent to the free edge thereof, and
- wherein the strip is formed of metal.
A method of making a tool, the method comprising:
- providing a handle and a generally rectangular tool blade comprising a rectangular web member formed a flexible polymer having two opposite inherently flat side surfaces and at least one straight free edge;
- fixing an inherently flat strip of metal to the web on one of the inherently flat side surfaces thereof to extend along an outer part only of the web adjacent to the free edge thereof;
- and
- mounting the tool blade on the handle such that a portion of the web between the handle and the strip remains uncovered by the strip;
- wherein the strip is applied to the web at a temperature of less than about 20° C.
A tool comprising a handle and a generally rectangular tool blade mounted on the handle, wherein
- the tool blade comprises a rectangular web member formed of flexible material having two opposite inherently flat side surfaces and at least one straight free edge;
- wherein an inherently flat strip of a different material is fixed to the web on one of the inherently flat side surfaces thereof and extends along an outer part only of the web adjacent to the free edge thereof, and
- wherein the strip is fixed to the web by double sided tape.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.