Media Cutting Tool

• US 20070011885A1
• Filed: 07/12/2006
• Published: 01/18/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 07/15/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company (3M Company)
• Original Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company (3M Company)
• Inventors: Pearson, Scott, Gullicks, Scott, Mueller, Gerald, Packard, Joy
• Application Number:
  US11/456,983
• Publication Number:
  US 20070011885A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 30/289
• CPC Class Codes: B26B 29/06 Arrangements for guiding hand cutting tools guiding equipment or arrangements for specific cutting tools, see the particular places, e.g. for hair trimming devices A45D24/36, for saw blades B27B11/02, B26B13/10
• CPC Class Codes: B26B 3/08 specially adapted for cutting cardboard, or wall, floor, or like covering materials
• CPC Class Codes: B26B 5/005 specially adapted for cutting cardboard, or wall, floor or like covering materials
• CPC Class Codes: B26B 9/00 Blades for hand knives
• CPC Class Codes: B26B 9/02 characterised by the shape of the cutting edge, e.g. wavy

Abstract

The present invention relates to a media cutting tool for cutting a media. The media cutting tool comprises a cutting blade and a tool guide. The cutting blade is in a first plane and comprises a cutting edge. The tool guide is in a second plane. The tool guide and the cutting blade are of a similar composition and connect to form a unit. The first plane of the cutting blade and the second plane of the tool guide intersect at a connection line.

Claims

1. A media cutting tool for cutting a media comprising:

a cutting blade in a first plane comprising a cutting edge; and

a tool guide in a second plane, the tool guide and the cutting blade are of a similar composition and connect to form a unit;

wherein the first plane of the cutting blade and the second plane of the tool guide intersect at a connection line.

2. The media cutting tool of claim 1, wherein the cutting edge is selected from the group consisting of a wire edge, beveled edge, chiseled edge, serrated edge, corrugated edge, scalloped edge, and curved edge or combinations thereof.

3. The media cutting tool of claim 1, wherein the cutting edge extends along a straight cutting line, wherein the cutting line is at an angle greater than 5°

relative to the media cut with the media cutting tool.

4. The media cutting tool of claim 1, wherein the second plane of the tool guide is substantially perpendicular to the first plane of the cutting blade.

5. The media cutting tool of claim 1, wherein the similar composition of the cutting blade and the tool guide is selected from the group consisting of metal, plastic, and ceramic.

6. The media cutting tool of claim 1, further comprising:

a handle portion connected to the cutting blade distal to the tool guide to form a unit, wherein the handle portion projects laterally from the first plane of the cutting blade.

7. The media cutting tool of claim 6, wherein the handle portion is spaced from the cutting edge of the cutting blade.

8. The media cutting tool of claim 1 disposed in a media cutting device.

9. A media cutting tool for cutting media comprising:

a cutting blade in a first plane and comprising a leading edge point and trailing edge point; and

a tool guide of a similar composition as the cutting blade and connected to the cutting blade at the leading edge point to form a unit, the tool guide comprises a leading projection and a lateral projection;

wherein a portion of the leading projection extends beyond the leading edge point of the cutting blade; and

wherein the lateral projection projects laterally from the first plane of the cutting blade.

10. The media cutting tool of claim 9, wherein the cutting blade includes a cutting edge, wherein the cutting edge is selected from the group consisting of a wire edge, beveled edge, chiseled edge, serrated edge, corrugated edge, scalloped edge, and curved edge or combinations thereof.

11. The media cutting tool of claim 9, wherein the leading cutting edge extends along a straight cutting line, wherein the cutting line is at an angle greater than 5°

relative to the media cut with the media cutting tool.

12. The media cutting tool of claim 9, wherein the similar composition of the cutting blade and tool guide is selected from the group consisting of metal, plastic, and ceramic.

13. The media cutting tool of claim 9, wherein the lateral projection projects substantially perpendicularly from the first plane of the cutting blade.

14. The media cutting tool of claim 9, wherein the lateral projection and the leading projection are coplanar in a second plane.

15. The media cutting tool of claim 14, wherein the second plane of the lateral projection and the leading projection intersects the first plane of the cutting blade.

16. The media cutting tool of claim 9, further comprising:

a handle portion connected to the cutting blade distal to the tool guide to form a unit.

17. The media cutting tool of claim 16, wherein the handle portion is generally planar.

18. The media cutting tool of claim 17, wherein the handle portion is substantially perpendicular to the first plane of the cutting blade.

19. The media cutting tool of claim 16, wherein the handle portion is generally planar and the tool guide is generally planar and wherein the handle portion is inclined relative to the tool guide at an angle of 5 to 30 degrees.

20. The media cutting tool of claim 16, wherein the handle portion is spaced from the trailing edge of the cutting blade.

21. The media cutting tool of claim 9 disposed in a media cutting device.

23. The media cutting tool of claim 21, wherein the cutting edge is selected from the group consisting of a wire edge, beveled edge, chiseled edge, serrated edge, corrugated edge, scalloped edge, and curved edge or combinations thereof.

24. The media cutting tool of claim 21, wherein the cutting edge is at an angle greater than 5°

relative to the media cut with the media cutting device.

25. The media cutting tool of claim 21, wherein the second plane of the tool guide is substantially perpendicular to the first plane of the cutting blade.

26. The media cutting tool of claim 21, wherein the tool guide is connected to the cutting blade to form a unit.

27. The media cutting tool of claim 26, wherein the tool guide and the cutting blade are of a similar composition selected from the group consisting of metal, plastic, and ceramic.

28. The media cutting tool of claim 21, further comprising:

a handle portion connected to the cutting blade distal the tool guide to form a unit, wherein the handle portion is disposed in the handle of the body.

29. The media cutting tool of claim 28, wherein the handle portion is substantially perpendicular to the first plane of the cutting blade.

30. The media cutting tool of claim 28, wherein the handle portion is spaced from the cutting edge of the cutting blade.

22. A media cutting device comprising:

a body comprising a handle and a device guide extending from the handle;

a media cutting tool comprising a cutting blade in a first plane and a tool guide in a second plane, the tool guide is connected to the cutting blade;

wherein the first plane of the cutting blade and the second plane of the tool guide intersect at a connection line;

wherein the cutting blade comprises a cutting edge that is exposed from the body to cut a media and a portion of the cutting blade is disposed in the body; and

wherein the tool guide is disposed in the device guide.