Patent ID: 6216577
Filing Date: 2001-04-17
Classification: B26B,Y10T

Abstract:
A guided cutting system comprising:a blade cartridge including a generally cylindrical head portion and a generally cylindrical cover portion;said head portion having a side wall extending between a cutting end and an opposing non-use end of said head portion, and said head portion including a pair of diametrically opposed gripping portions, each gripping portion comprising a pair of radially extending side surfaces and a gripping surface spaced radially from said side wall of said head portion;guide means extending from said cutting end for engaging with and following a cutting template to facilitate guiding said blade cartridge in a predetermined pattern;a cutting blade extending from said cutting end and located in spaced relation to said guide means;said cover portion comprising a side wall extending between a peripheral edge and an end wall, said peripheral edge and said end wall defining an open end and a closed end, respectively;said side wall of said cover portion including an inner surface dimensioned for receiving and engaging said side wall of said head portion, and said side wall of said cover portion including a pair of diametrically opposed channels extending axially from said peripheral edge toward said end wall, each of said channels defined by a pair of side edges spaced apart a distance substantially equal to the distance between said radially extending side surfaces on each of said gripping portions;wherein said cover portion is mountable to said head portion in a first, use position with said inner surface engaging said side wall of said head portion and said end wall covering said non-use end of said head portion, and a second, non-use position with said inner surface engaging said side wall of said head portion and said end wall covering said cutting end of said head portion, and wherein, in both of said first and second positions, said gripping surfaces of said gripping portions and an outer surface of said cover portion, adjacent said channels, define a substantially contiguous surface extending circumferentially around said blade cartridge.