Patent ID: 6418624
Filing Date: 2002-07-16
Classification: B26B

Abstract:
An artist's knife comprising:a main body of a rectangular construction and provided in an interior thereof with a receiving compartment and in two longitudinal ends thereof with a through port in communication with said receiving compartment, said main body provided in one side with a long hole extending along the longitudinal direction of said main body; an end retaining member disposed at said through port of one end of said main body; a guide member movably disposed in said main body such that said guide member moves along the longitudinal direction of said main body to jut out of said through port of other end of said main body, said guide member provided in one end with a notch and a push knob corresponding in location to said long hole of said main body; a blade is disposed in said notch and one end angle portion is jutted out of the notch, said blade is concealed in said main body at the time when said guide member is not jutted out of said main body, and that said blade is jutted out of said main body at the time when said guide member is jutted out of said main body; an elastic member disposed in said main body such that one end of said elastic member is retained by said end retaining member, and that other end of said elastic member is retained by said guide member, the spring provides the guide member with a recovery force enabling the guide member to return to its original position after each displacement; wherein said main body is provided in said one side thereof with a through hole; wherein said guide member is provided at one end with a pliable arm plate which is provided with a slanted protuberance whereby said slanted protuberance is retained in said through hole of said main body at the time when said guide member is not extracted out of said main body; wherein said guide member is provided in two longitudinal sides thereof with a guide arm extending along the longitudinal direction of said guide member, said pliable arm plate is located between said two guide arms whereby said two guide arms are inserted into said main body; wherein said two guide arms of said guide member are provided with a long guide groove; and wherein said end retaining member has two long arm portions each is provided with a pillar extending along the short axial direction of said retaining member; wherein said end retaining member is disposed in said main body such that said two pillars are located in said long guide grooves of said two guide arms.