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Knife with replaceable cutting element

  • US 6,574,868 B1
  • Filed: 03/01/2000
  • Issued: 06/10/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/01/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A knife having a handle component and a blade component connected thereto, said blade component terminating in a forward end distal from said handle, said blade component comprising a pair of elongated opposed flanking side members and a replaceable blade insert confined and held therebetween for lateral support;

  • said blade insert having a forward end adjacent the forward end of said blade component and having a rear end close to said handle but spaced therefrom;

    said side members being joined together by blade insert locator means adjacent said forward end so as to provide a slot for insertion of said blade insert, said blade insert being configured to pivotally engage with said blade insert locator means so as to be held in place in said slot;

    a spacer element at the junction between the blade and handle components for seating the rear end of said blade insert, and blade insert locking means on said blade component and located between the blade insert locator and said handle component for locking said blade insert within said slot, said blade insert locking means being carried by said blade component so as to be structurally and functionally separate from said handle component.

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