Cutting device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11076738-B2
Application number	US-201916565677-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 10, 2019
Priority date	Oct 9, 2018
Publication date	Aug 3, 2021
Grant date	Aug 3, 2021

Abstract

A cutting device is disclosed. The cutting device has a housing, a cutting assembly that is movably disposed in the housing, the cutting assembly including a body member, an actuating member, and a first urging member that is configured to urge the actuating member away from the body member, from an inner position toward an outer position relative to the body member, by applying a first urging force, and a second urging member that is configured to urge the cutting assembly to retract within the housing by applying a second urging force that urges the actuating member to move from an extended position toward a retracted position relative to the housing. The housing includes at least one recess.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A cutting device, comprising: a housing; a cutting assembly that is movably disposed in the housing, the cutting assembly including a body member, an actuating member, and a first urging member that is configured to urge the actuating member away from the body member, from an inner position toward an outer position relative to the body member, by applying a first urging force; and a second urging member that is configured to urge the cutting assembly to retract within the housing by applying a second urging force that urges the actuating member to move from an extended position toward a retracted position relative to the housing; wherein the housing includes at least one recess; wherein the actuating member includes at least one protrusion that is selectively receivable in the at least one recess when the actuating member is in both the extended position relative to the housing and the inner position relative to the body member; wherein the first urging member is disposed between the actuating member and the body member, and wherein the first urging force is less than the second urging force.

2. The cutting device of claim 1 , wherein the first urging force is less than half of the second urging force.

3. The cutting device of claim 1 , wherein the first urging force is in a direction that is substantially perpendicular to a direction of the second urging force.

4. The cutting device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one recess is formed by a plurality of wall portions, and at least one of the plurality of wall portions blocks the at least one protrusion from moving toward the retracted position relative to the housing when the at least one protrusion is received in the at least one recess.

5. The cutting device of claim 4 , wherein:
when the at least one protrusion is received in the at least one recess, the actuating member is movable toward the outer position relative to the body member but is not movable toward the retracted position relative to the housing; and
the at least one protrusion extends from the actuating member in a direction perpendicular to both a first urging direction of the first urging force and a second urging direction of the second urging force.

6. The cutting device of claim 1 , wherein the housing includes a first housing member and a second housing member that is removably attachable to the first housing member.

7. The cutting device of claim 6 , further comprising a locking assembly that selectively locks the first housing member to the second housing member.

8. The cutting device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one protrusion includes two protrusions that are selectively receivable, respectively, in the at least one recess that includes two recesses.

9. The cutting device of claim 1 , further comprising a cutting member including Zirconium Oxide that is removably attachable to the cutting assembly.

10. The cutting device of claim 1 , wherein the first urging force is less than three-quarters of the second urging force.

11. A method, comprising: movably disposing a cutting assembly in a housing, the cutting assembly including an actuating member and a body member; urging the actuating member away from the body member via an urging member, from an inner position toward an outer position relative to the body member, by applying a first urging force via the urging member; urging the cutting assembly to retract within the housing by applying a second urging force that urges the actuating member to move from an extended position toward a retracted position relative to the housing; applying a moving force that is greater than the second urging force to move the actuating member to the extended position relative to the housing; when the actuating member is in the extended position relative to the housing, applying an inward force that is greater than the first urging force to move the actuating member to the inner position relative to the body member; and when the actuating member is in both the extended position relative to the housing and the inner position relative to the body member, removing the moving force while maintaining the inward force and using a portion of the housing to block movement of the actuating member toward the retracted position relative to the housing; separating the actuating member from the body member using the urging member, and wherein the first urging force is less than the second urging force.

12. The method of claim 11 , further comprising, when the actuating member is in both the extended position relative to the housing and the inner position relative to the body member, removing both the moving force and the inward force so that the actuating member moves to the outer position relative to the body member and to the retracted position relative to the housing.

13. The method of claim 11 , wherein the first urging force is less than one-half of the second urging force.

14. The method of claim 11 , wherein the actuating member is maintained in both the extended position relative to the housing and the inner position relative to the body member by removing the moving force and maintaining the inward force that is both greater than the first urging force and applied in a direction that is substantially perpendicular to the second urging force.

15. The method of claim 11 , wherein the actuating member moves to the retracted position relative to the housing and the outer position relative to the body member when both of the moving force and the inward force are removed.

Assignees

• Slice Inc

Inventors

• Scimone Thomas
• Herbst Scot
• Gallegos Robert Joseph

Classifications

• B26B5/001 Primary

  with blades being slid out of handle immediately prior to use · CPC title

• A47L13/08 Primary

  with scraping blades · CPC title

• B44D3/164

  comprising blades · CPC title