Patent ID: 8162024
Filing Date: 2012-04-24
Classification: B08B,B26D,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A device for removing a layer along a cylindrical surface of an object, comprising: a. a guide b. a cutting instrument, wherein the cutting instrument comprises a blade; c. a base connecting the guide and the cutting instrument; and d. a blade guard removably attached to the blade, where the guide, base, and cutting instrument comprise a unitary structure and where the guide forms the distal portion of the device and the cutting instrument forms the proximate portion of the device and are separated by a flat section of the device that forms the base; and e. wherein, upon insertion of an object between the guide and cutting instrument of the device, the cutting instrument is configured to shave along the object's surface to remove the layer in a non-destructive manner when the surface of the object is rotated against the cutting instrument and against the guide.