Patent ID: 8719988

Claim:
A paint stripper ( 1 ) for scraping away paint comprising: a paint scraping blade ( 3 ) having a handle ( 2 ), the paint scraping blade being mounted to the handle so that the paint scraping blade is principally perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the handle ( 2 ); a device for generating hot air which is intended to flow out in the vicinity of the paint scraping blade ( 3 ); and a motor arranged to move the paint scraping blade ( 3 ) forwards (A) and backwards (B), in a reciprocal manner, in a direction generally parallel to the longitudinal direction of the handle ( 2 ), the paint scraping blade ( 3 ) being principally perpendicular to the forwards (A) and backwards (B) moving direction, wherein, the movement of the paint scraping blade ( 3 ) results in the removal of paint that has been heated by the hot air, the device for generating hot air comprises a channel ( 4 ) disposed through the handle ( 2 ), the channel ( 4 ) having a free end ( 2 ) located adjacent the paint scraping blade ( 3 ), in use, the hot air flowing through the channel and exiting through the free end ( 5 ) of the channel ( 4 ) adjacent the paint scraping blade ( 3 ) of the stripper at a temperature of 300-600 degrees C.