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

Claim 12:
13. 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;
b. a handle attached to and supporting the pointed member, the handle being grippable by a user, the handle being configured so that the mathematical plane defined by the point axes intersects the exposed secondary liner surface at an acute angle when the user grips the handle with the plurality of sharp points in contact with the exposed secondary liner surface and the mathematical line coincident with the exposed liner surface, wherein the handle defines a handle longitudinal axis, the handle longitudinal axis intersecting the mathematical plane defines by the point axes at the acute angle and the handle longitudinal axis being normal to the mathematical line defined by the plurality of sharp points.