Patent ID: 6374496
Filing Date: 2002-04-23
Classification: B26B

Abstract:
An improved structure art design knife of the invention herein comprised of a front cover, a rear cover, an upper support cushion, a lower support cushion, a blade magazine section, and a blade arrestor section, of which:The said front cover is a casing of one-piece construction, the said front cover having an elongated opening formed along the rear section of its top edge as well as an elongated opening along the rear section of its bottom section, and the said front cover also has a trapezoid-shaped opening formed in the side of its rear section; furthermore, a hole is formed through the tail end of the said front cover, a wave-contoured stepped slot is disposed inside the upper anterior section of the said front cover and, furthermore, a threaded hole is formed at the center of the front cover, The said rear cover is a casing of one-piece construction, the said rear cover having an elongated opening formed along the rear section of its top edge as well as an elongated opening along the rear section of its bottom section, and the said rear cover also has a round opening formed in the side of its rear section; furthermore, a hole is formed through the tail end of the said rear cover and, furthermore, a threaded hole is formed at the center of the said rear cover, The said upper support cushion is unitarily constructed of a soft plastic material, The said lower support cushion is also unitarily constructed of a soft plastic material, The said blade magazine section consists of a blade magazine front cover plate, a blade magazine frame, and a blade magazine bottom cover plate, wherein the said blade magazine front cover plate has projecting from the center of its outer side a cylindrical nub; the said blade magazine front cover plate has an arc-shaped indentation formed in one side and a protruding block at the center and inner lateral aspect of its other side; the said blade magazine frame is of a trapezoidal hollow arrangement having at its center a holding chamber for containing a quantity of spare blades and the said blade magazine frame has slots formed in the upper and lower edges of its front side; the said blade magazine bottom cover plate is of a trapezoidal planar arrangement having formed at both the upper and lower aspects of one side four hook tabs and, furthermore, situated at the center of the same side is an L-shaped stay, the said stay retaining an inserted V-shaped spring; the said blade magazine front cover plate is inserted into the said slots formed in the upper and lower edges at the front side of the said blade magazine frame, a quantity of spare blades are placed into the rear side of the said blade magazine frame, and the said blade magazine bottom cover plate, by means of its said four hook tabs, is fitted over the rear side of the said blade magazine frame to assemble the said blade magazine section, The said blade arrestor section consists of a blade mount, a push button, and a blade changing key, wherein the said push button has a columnar post at the center of one side of its push button body as well as a columnar post formed at the lower lateral extent of its front edge and, furthermore, a pair of hooked clips is disposed at the lower extent of the said push button; the said blade changing key has semicircular lock tabs at the front end and bottom edge of one side; a columnar post projects from the center of the upper edge of the said blade changing key, a support shaft projects from the tail end of one side on the said blade changing key and, furthermore, a columnar post is disposed at the front end and bottom edge on the other side of the said blade changing key; the said blade mount has a T-shaped insertion element at the upper edge of its front end and another insertion element at its lower edge; a rectangular opening is formed in the center of the said blade mount and, furthermore, a semicircular support shaft hole is formed in the upper edge at the tail end of the said blade mount; the said blade arrestor section consists of the said support shaft at the tail end of one side on the said blade changing key fitted into the said semicircular support shaft hole formed in the upper edge at the tail end of the said blade mount, the said columnar post of the said push button is conjoined to the said columnar post projecting from the center of the said blade changing key by means of a coil spring ensleeved in between them and, furthermore, the said hooked clips disposed at the lower extent of the said push button are slipped into a coil spring and then inserted into the said rectangular opening of the said blade mount where they are fixed into position; semicircular engagement notches along the top edge of a blade ensconce the said lock tabs at the front end and bottom edge of one side of the said blade changing key, thereby completing the assembly of the said blade arrestor section, The said columnar post of the said blade arrestor section at one side of the said push button body is inserted and fixed into the said wave-contoured stepped slot disposed inside the upper anterior section of the said front cover, the said release button is secured against the upper edge at the front section of the said front cover, the said upper support cushion is fitted into the said elongated opening formed along the rear section of the top edge of the said front cover, and the said lower support cushion is fitted into the said elongated opening along the rear portion of the bottom section of the said front cover; the said rear cover and the said front cover are then brought together, a screw is inserted into the said threaded hole of the said rear cover and fastened into the said threaded hole of the said front cover; the said blade magazine section is fitted into the said trapezoid-shaped opening in the said front cover to complete the entire assembly of the art design knife structure.