Patent ID: 6070292
Filing Date: 2000-06-06
Classification: A47L,B44D

Abstract:
A hand-held scraping tool comprising:a rigid moulding which includes:an elongate handle extending generally on a first axis and having a bottom region and front and rear ends, said handle containing an internal passage;a connector at said rear end of said handle for connecting said passage with a suction pipe; anda head formed at said front end of said handle, said head being flattened and diverging downwardly from said first axis to project below said bottom region and terminating in a bottom-most surface defining a downwardly directed slot-shaped suction opening extending transverse to said first axis, said tool being constructed for movement, in use, in a rearward direction over a surface to be scraped with said bottom-most surface of said head in close proximity to the surface to be scraped, said head having a front-most surface which slopes downwardly in a forward direction to meet said bottom-most surface, and said opening being in communication with said passage via said head; anda hard metal scraping blade mounted on said front-most surface of said head to extend along a front edge of said bottom-most surface remote from said handle, and having a sharp scraping edge which projects below said bottom-most surface.