DOUBLE-ENDED HAND KNIFE

• US 20120227267A1
• Filed: 08/31/2010
• Published: 09/13/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hangzhou Great Star Industrial Company Limited
• Original Assignee: 2) Hangzhou Great Star Tools Company Limited, Hangzhou Great Star Industrial Company Limited
• Inventors: Qiu, Jianping
• Application Number:
  US13/393,342
• Publication Number:
  US 20120227267A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 30/152
• CPC Class Codes: B26B 1/044 by a spring tongue snapping behind or into the tang of the blade from a side part of the handle
• CPC Class Codes: B26B 5/00 Hand knives with one or more detachable blades
• CPC Class Codes: B26B 5/001 with blades being slid out of handle immediately prior to use

Abstract

The invention discloses a utility knife, including at least a utility knife body, which has a first end part and a second end part; the first end part is arranged with a first mounting bracket, and the second end part is arranged with a second mounting bracket. A first blade is arranged detachably on the first mounting bracket; a second blade is arranged detachably on the second mounting bracket. Users can select appropriate blades to work during operation, or alternatively use different blades to operate without replacing blades. When a blade on one end becomes non-serviceable, users can immediately switch to use the blade on the other end to continue operation, which prolongs the time of continuous work and enhances the efficiency.

Claims

1. A utility knife, comprising at least a utility knife body which has a first end part and a second end part, characterized in that the first end part is arranged with a first mounting bracket for mounting a first blade, and the second end part is arranged with a second mounting bracket for mounting a second blade.

2. The utility knife as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least one of the first blade and second blade is mountable in a detachable manner on either of the first mounting bracket and the second mounting bracket respectively.

3. The utility knife as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least one of the blades is a trapezoidal blade.

4. The utility knife as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least one of the blades is a horn-shaped blade.

5. The utility knife as claimed in claim 1, wherein the thickness of the blades is between 0.3 mm to 1.0 mm.

6. The utility knife as claimed in claim 2, wherein the first blade and the second blade are exactly identical blades.

7. The utility knife as claimed in claim 2, wherein the first blade and the second blade are blades of different cutting functionalities.

8. The utility knife as claimed in claim 2, wherein the first blade and the second blade are mountable on the first mounting bracket and the second mounting bracket respectively.

9. The utility knife as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least one of the first mounting bracket and the second mounting bracket has a first work position exposed outside of the utility knife body, and a second work position contained inside the utility knife body.

10. The utility knife as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least one of the mounting brackets connects pivotally to the utility knife body by pivot;

at least one of the mounting brackets is in the first work position when in unfolded state and in the seconded work position when in folded state.

11. The utility knife as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least one of the mounting brackets is extendable and retractable relative to the utility knife body through an extendable mechanism;

at least one of the mounting brackets locates in the first work position when in unfolded state and in the second work position when in folded state.

12. The utility knife as claimed in claim 11, wherein a lock block is arranged on the utility knife body, used for locking the mounting brackets inside the utility knife body when the mounting brackets locate in the second work position.

13. The utility knife as claimed in claim 11, wherein at least one of the mounting brackets is arranged with a pushing block which is movable along a longitudinal elongated groove arranged on the utility knife body under the push of external force, thus moving the mounting bracket longitudinally along the utility knife body;

the part of the pushing block protruding out of the top surface has a ridged periphery.

14. The utility knife as claimed in claim 13, wherein the elongated groove has two positioning recesses thereon, and respectively locating adjacent to and distantly from at least one of the end parts, the pushing block is arranged with a positioning block, the positioning block engages with the positioning recesses to stop the movement of the pushing block, so as to stop the movement of at least one of the mounting brackets.

15. The utility knife as claimed in claim 11, wherein at least one of the mounting brackets is arranged with a lock member, used for detachably retaining the blades on the mounting brackets.

16. The utility knife as claimed in claim 15, wherein the blade lock member is an elongated resilient sheet, one end of which is fixed on the mounting brackets, and its free end, under the effect of the resilient force, pressures the blades on the mounting brackets to make them non-movable.

17. The utility knife as claimed in claim 10, wherein a retaining mechanism, which is used for releasable retaining of any of the mounting brackets in the first work position, is arranged on the utility knife body, the retaining mechanism comprising a retaining member arranged on the utility knife body and a retaining part, engaging with the retaining member, arranged on any of the mounting brackets.