Patent ID: 9656402
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: B26B

Claim:
1. A grip type cutter knife, comprising: a cutter knife body having a grip portion, wherein the grip portion comprises a trigger lever, a cutting blade provided on an end of the cutter knife body, a pin rotatably supporting the cutting blade in the cutter knife body, a locking member placed in an opening formed in the cutter knife body, a pair of cutting blade protector flanges, each protector flange being disposed on a side of the cutting blade, wherein each of said pair of cutting blade protector flanges has an outward protrusion from a surface of the flange, and a pair of springs located between the pin and each of the outward protrusions from the flange surface, wherein each spring of said pair of springs is located between the pin and one of the outward protrusions, wherein the pair of cutting blade protector flanges is slidably supported in the cutter knife body by the pin and the pair of springs, and wherein a circumference of each of said pair of cutting blade protector flanges comprises a circular portion and a flat bottom portion for contact with a material to be cut, the flat bottom portion coextensive with the circular portion and extending in a direction perpendicular to a rotational axis of the cutting blade.