Patent ID: 11939182
Assignee: EUROTECH DISTRIBUTORS, INC.
Field: Machine tools (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  Y | IPC B

Claim 11:
12. A hand tool apparatus for removing a secondary liner covering a secondary pressure-sensitive adhesive, the secondary pressure-sensitive adhesive being disposed on a secondary side of a tape carrier of a two-sided tape when an opposing primary side of the tape carrier is attached to a surface, the secondary liner having an exposed secondary liner surface, the hand tool apparatus comprising:
a. a pointed member,
b. a plurality of sharp points supported by the pointed member, each sharp point defining a point axis coincident with the corresponding sharp point, the point axes of the plurality of sharp points together defining a mathematical plane, the plurality of sharp points together defining a mathematical line coincident with the mathematical plane;
c. a handle attached to and supporting the pointed member, the handle being grippable by a user;
d. a handle fulcrum depending from the handle and configured for engagement with the exposed secondary liner surface, the mathematical plane defined by the point axes intersecting the exposed liner surface at an acute angle when the handle fulcrum and sharp points are in engagement with the exposed secondary liner surface and with the mathematical line coextensive with the exposed secondary liner surface, wherein the handle is configured for rotation about the handle fulcrum when the handle fulcrum is in engagement with the exposed secondary liner surface, the handle being rotatable from a position in which the plurality of sharp points do not engage the exposed secondary liner surface to a position in which the sharp points engage the exposed secondary liner surface with the mathematical line defined by the sharp points coincident with the exposed liner surface, wherein the pointed member is a one of a plurality of pointed members, the plurality of pointed members in combination defining the pointed member fulcrum, each of the plurality of pointed members corresponding to a one the plurality of sharp points.