Cutter for vehicle safety belts or the like

• US 6,691,416 B2
• Filed: 06/26/2002
• Issued: 02/17/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 06/26/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hsiu-Man Yu Chen
• Original Assignee: Hsiu-Man Yu Chen
• Inventors: Yu Chen, Hsiu-Man
• Primary Examiner(s): PAYER, HWEI SIU CHOU
• Application Number:
  US10/179,213
• Publication Number:
  US 20040000059A1
• Time in Patent Office: 601 Days
• Field of Search: 302/94, 301/25, 301/24, 30D/IG.8, 303/29, 303/32, 303/33, 303/39, 303/37
• US Class Current: 30/294
• CPC Class Codes: B26B 3/00 Hand knives with fixed blades handles, attaching the handles B25G
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2022/328 comprising means for cutting the belt

Abstract

A cutter for vehicle safety belts or the like includes a body having a head in an upper portion and a handle in a lower portion. The head has a blade base surface for a cover plate to be put thereon. The blade base surface is formed relatively lower for receiving the cover plate thereon. The cover plate can be pried open for renewal of a blade. A first blade groove for placing a blade for cutting and a second blade groove for placing another blade on standby are provided parallel to each other in the head. The handle is formed with a small recess on an upper front edge and a large recess on a lower front edge and has a tapered projection positioned between the two recesses for enabling a user to stably hold the handle conveniently.

Claims

1. A cutter for vehicle safety belts comprising a body, a cover plate and two blades;

said body having a head formed in an upper portion and a handle formed in a lower portion, said head formed with a blade base surface comparatively lower than the surface of said handle, said blade base surface formed with a first blade groove, formed in said blade base surface a first blade groove crossing with said cutting groove for a blade to be fitted therein to carry out cutting operation, a second blade groove provided parallel to and beside said first blade groove for receiving another blade on standby,

said cover plate having the same shape as said blade base surface and two vertical combining holes spaced apart, said cover plate assembled on said blade base surface and covering it up; and

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said handle formed with a small recess at an upper front edge and a large recess at a lower front edge, between two said recesses formed a tapered projection, said handle further provided with a reinforcing projecting edge around its circumference for reinforcing said body and said handle.

2. The cutter for vehicle safety belts as claimed in claim 1, wherein said body has two semi-column combining members formed vertically in alignment on a central portion of said head and respectively engaged in said combining holes of said cover plate, each combining hole having a comparatively large diameter in the inner side thereof for each said combining member easily fitted therein, each said combining member having a hold ring formed in an upper end and thereof inserted out of said combining hole of said cover plate and stuck on its outer edge.