Push or pull type

A tool in its preferred form includes a body, a file carried by the body for filing the bottom and side edges of a ski, a scraping blade carried by the body to remove excess wax and filler and to press wax into the ski surface, and a cork block to serve as a handle and to polish a ski bottom surface....     

A tool is provided for use primarily by professional carpet installers to trim an even strip of carpet around the boundary of a pad or pre-laid carpet prior to the installation of new wall-to-wall carpeting. The tool includes a body portion having an angularly adjustable handle and carrying a pair of...     

Blade support unit, for receiving a replaceable blade, includes a blade receiving slot defined by a rigid base member and a second flexible member, the members having blade engaging surfaces and being maintained with fixed separation equal to the blade thickness along a first edge of the slot. A clamping...     

A needlepoint and crewel-embroidery stitch remover having a handle secured to a member. The member terminates in a bifurcation with a long tine and a short tine with a cutting surface in the crotch between the tines.

A carpeting trimmer which includes a body consisting of a base having a flat bottom and upwardly extending grip, a channel extending through the body and slidably accommmodating a blade, a base plate mounted below the base of the body, and a disc having a screw threaded in the bottom of the base. The...     

A cutter for coin rolls wherein the cutter includes a bifurcated section divided into a first leg and a second leg with a receiving chamber being located therebetween, said first leg and said second leg being deflectable away from each other so as to permit different diameters of coin rolls to be accommodated...     

A cutting device comprises a holder including a pair of spaced plate members connected at one peripheral edge to each other to define an accommodation space therebetween. A cutting disc is, either rotatably or fixedly, mounted on a shaft member and situated within the accommodation space. Rotatably mounted...     

A surgical knife which is particularly adapted to achieve a more precise incision for cataract extractin includes a handle having at one end cutting means in the form of a projecting planar shoe member which is spaced from a pair of projecting ski members, and wherein the cutting blade is disposed perpendicular...     

A loop cutting tool comprising a body member of sheet material having an elongated nose at one end and a handle at the other end. A region of the sheet material of the body member is deformed to define a blade supporting section which includes a side wall and a ledge. A blade is positioned on the ledge...     

A mat cutter substantially according to U.S. Pat. No. 2,924,010 dated Feb. 6, 1960, with the addition of a vertical radius bar having an adjustable center point, and means for attaching the bar to the mat cutter body with the point of the cutting blade substantially in line with the center point about...     

A cutter implement for cutting cardboard such as those used for opening cardboard boxes and including a guide member for guiding the implement along the box edge and wherein the cutter blade can be adjusted to extend at an angle to the guide member so as to cut into the corner of the box and not damage...     

A hand-held wallpaper trimming tool which facilitates accurate and precise cutting of wallpaper along a joint between a wall being papered and an adjacent structural member. A guide portion is provided with a conical body member for resting against the adjacent structural member and gradually feeding...     

A hand-held wallpaper trimming tool symmetrically adapted for either left-handed or right-handed use which facilitates accurate and precise cutting of wallpaper along a joint between a wall being papered and an adjacent structural member. A guide portion is provided with a body member having a conically-shaped...     

A hand-held cutting device is provided for opening cartons, such as cardboard boxes, without damaging the contents within the carton. The cutting device comprises a handle having an elongated flat bottom surface which is adapted to slide along the outer surface of the carton during a cutting operation....     

A relatively small, pocketable rescue tool for cutting and/or breaking various substances in order to free trapped victims from automobiles and the like. The tool includes first and second members integrally joined together by a throat member with the first and second members extending in substantially...     

A hand-held cutter for cutting sheet material, such as framing mats, which includes a body member of hemispheroidal shape, the diametral plane of which constitutes a flat bottom for moving over the sheet material. The body member has on the external surface thereof a pair of spaced-apart flat vertically...     

A carpet cutter having a base with guiding side edges and also having a vertical frame. The frame carries a pair of downwardly diverging blades, each of which intersects a carpet slot, and a handle is affixed to the top of the frame so that the cutter may be used conveniently in either direction and...     

A safety cap for a hand-held cutting knife of the type having a cylindrical handle to one end of which a blade is detachably secured. The cap, formed of transparent plastic material, is shaped and dimensioned to enclose the knife blade and part of the handle for safety when the knife is not in use and...     

A handtool for the application of sheet materials to surfaces, specifically the application of wall coverings to walls, is of obtuse angle triangle shape, with a knife blade at each base apex, the tip apex being rounded for folding the sheet into a corner and the edges adjacent the tip constituting guides...     

A cable stripper having a handle, a removable sharp stripping blade therein, a cable guide including a tang mounted in the handle and secured therein with the blade by a single fastener, the cable guide comprising a laterally extended portion from the tang, said portion extending forwardly down and around...     

A shielded letter opener comprising a finger having a relatively pointed distal end to be inserted under the flap of a sealed envelope and carrying a cutting blade extending upwardly therefrom and facing forwardly. An elongated hood with depending sides extends above and embraces the blade and the finger...     

A hand-held safety utility knife having an elongated shaped handle within which a replaceable cutting blade is securely retained, wherein the knife assembly is also provided with a compression-extension spiral spring loaded retractable blade guard that is mechanically cooperative with the cutting blade...     

The specification discloses a device for trimming overlapping edges of material to form a butt-seam comprising a support body, means for vertical alignment, and a double bladed cutting tool for making successive cuts along the same path or track.

A carpet trimmer comprising a base plate with slots directed at right angles to the working edge of the base plate. Underlying the base plate is a post holder with upstanding threaded posts protruding through the slots of the base plate. Overlying the base plate is a blade holder that engages the posts...     

The mat cutting machine includes a base to which is attached, preferably by spring-loaded posts, a trapezoidial-shaped guide bar with a first face oriented to the base at an acute angle, the angle of the beveled cut desired to be made in a mat, and a second face at right angles to this first face. An...     

A device for longitudinally slitting generally cylindrical objects has body means for supporting a cutting element, alignment means for positioning the cutting element relative to the body means, bearing shoulder means for longitudinally aligning the cylindrical object with respect to the cutting element...     

A cutter, especially for release of a passenger in an emergency from a vehicle seat belt, comprises a head gear formed on one end of a handle and having a beak-like formation projecting outwardly from the head toward the handle and defining with the head a converging mouth into which the seat belt can...     

A lamination trimming device is disclosed for trimming excess laminating film along edges of a laminated card or sheet product. The trimming is performed such that a border of sealed laminating film remains along edges of the product. The device includes lower and upper guide members between which the...     

A carpet cutting tool having a body member formed by a pair of spaced, opposed leg portions connected together along an edge of each of the leg portions by a web arranged so that a sheet receiving slot is formed between the leg portions. Mounted on one of the leg portions of the body member for movement...     

A knife for use in skinning game animals such as deer. The knife includes a handle and a unitary, one-piece blade. The blade is constructed in such a manner so as to cause the skin of the animal being skinned to be fed into the cutting edge thereof without causing undue pressure to be applied to the...     

A cutting tool for sheet material, especially for opening cardboard cartons, has a disposable blade removably fixed to a handle and a guide member of bent wire also fixed to the handle for keeping the blade in cutting engagement with the sheet material and away from the contents of the cartons. A nose...     

A versatile mat opening cutter is adapted for cutting circular and oval openings, rectangular openings and, with the aid of a template, special shaped openings. The cutter body mounts a retractable cable wound on a spring-loaded, rotatable spool, an adjustable cutting blade, and a template follower....     

An elongated tubular body of square cross section is provided and an endwise outwardly tapering nose is secured in one end of the tubular member. One longitudinal side of the tubular member includes a narrow closed ended slot formed therein and extending longitudinally therealong. The opposite longitudinal...     

A skinning knife having a notched cutting edge which opens toward the knife handle, and an enlargement on one side of the notch which permits the user to slice the hide of an animal without cutting the underlying flesh.

A semi-automatic windshield remover capable of removing automobile windshields is presented. The remover comprises an airtool and an attachment capable of being coupled to the airtool and powered by the airtool. The attachment comprises an longitudinal base having a first end capable of coupling to the...     

A package opening arrangement comprised of a body member having a lower portion and an upper portion spaced a predetermined distance therefrom and an end portion coupling first ends of the upper portion and the lower portion together. The upper portion overlies the lower portion and a section thereof...     

A claw having a sharp edged tip is disposed at the extremity of a handle supported shank. The configuration of the tip provides a cutting edge adapted for removing denture material in confined as well as open areas of a denture. The surfaces of the shank, including at least a side surface of the claw,...     

A cutting tool which may be pulled through sheet material to be cut has a pair of spaced circular cutting blades on a first shaft and a single circular cutting blade on a second shaft spaced vertically with respect to the first shaft and wherein both shafts are secured to a vertically standing flat body...     

The field dressing device of the invention is made to accept the tip of a knife blade, whose cutting surface faces in the same general direction as the tip of the field dressing device. The top portion of the tip of the field dressing device pushes the hide of the animal upwards, while the bottom portion...     

A tool for use in removing the outer sheet metal skin of an automobile door. The tool includes an elongated body having a generally longitudinal axis. A shank is located at one end of the body for connection to a reciprocating apparatus such as an air hammer. A cutting portion is located at the opposite...     

The present invention relates to a novel and improved tool for removing worn and cracked grout from between floor, wall and ceiling tiles in a rapid and efficient manner whereby damage to the tiles is reduced to a minimum. In accordance with one form of the invention novel means is provided for limiting...     

Animal implantates may be removed by a knife that permits the insertion and removal of blades without the manipulation of fasteners. Such a knife may be inexpensively manufactured by molding two relatively simple pieces that can be fitted together to hold a scalpel blade and to permit its incision to...     

A coin wrapper cutting tool comprising a principal body portion on which a cutting blade for cutting crimped end portions of wrappers of packaged rolls of coins and an element for shielding the blade when cutting is not required are assembled; the principal body portion including at least one shoulder...     

Apparatus for cutting a sheet of material which includes a base member having a generally planar top surface and a body member having a generally planar bottom surface. The body member has a first slot extending from the bottom surface. A spacer separates the top surface of the base member and the bottom...     

A hand operated tool for cutting and trimming materials, such as carpet, wallpaper and like covering materials. The tool is particularly useful in the hanging of wall coverings and is made up of a pair of mating half sections, which form an elongated handle and a blade-holding socket disposed in angular...     

A cutting blade for a hand-held cutter for cutting a cloth cover from a dampener roller without damaging any material under the cutter. The blade has an upwardly curved front bottom edge portion, a convexly curved front tip portion, and a concavely curved upwardly extending cutting edge portion.

A hand-held cutting tool which is composed of a housing defining a bottom to rest upon a surface and includes within the housing a blade cartridge secured therein on which there are a plurality of blades swingable so that the cutting edge of each blade is exposed or retracted so that the blade is completely...     

A utility knife guide made up of a body formed of sheet material bent to form a holder for the handle of the knife and a guide to control the path of cut of the blade parallel to a side edge of an object being cut.

A plasterboard trimming tool includes a main support element that consists of two parallel arms interconnected by a web and having lateral guiding surfaces which face one another and confine the marginal portion of the plasterboard between themselves in operation. A transverse guiding surface is provided...     

A cutter for wall papers comprises a triangular grip and a sheath embedded therein for slidably holding a cutting blade. According to the invention, a base of the triangular grip defines a slide edge extending at an acute angle with the cutting blade and having a V-shaped cross-section symmetrical with...     

A seam ripper comprising a holder and a blade has a guide portion in the holder with a notch for exposing a portion of the blade. The guide portion has upper and lower surface which form a wedge for separating the cloth from the seam so that only the stitching in the seam is engaged by the blade.

There is disclosed a slitter assembly comprised of a body member formed with a slot and having a cutter assembly including a cutting blade mounted in the body member whereby the cutting blade protrudes a predetermined distance into the slot whereby insertion of an edge portion of an envelope into the...     

A hand-operated cutter of flooring material characterized by a substantially rectangular base supported by three cylindrical roller wheels, a pair of guide posts rising from a upper surface of the base, a cutter plate adjustably attached to the guide posts, and a pair of razor blades angularly clamped...     

A cutting instrument especially adapted for surgical procedures that includes structure for readily determining the cutting depth of the blade of the instrument. The structure includes a longitudinally moveable slide that carries a depth-determining shoe at its outer end. The longitudinal position of...     

A knife guard suitable for various type cutting or chopping blades is provided and utilizes a plurality of elongated members which are hinged together and biased by the hinges and/or separate a biasing arm toward a first closed position wherein at least one of the elongated members covers or protects...     

A wallpaper trimmer is provided and consists of an elongated straight edge, a body member having a downwardly extending lug that engages a groove in the straight edge so that the body member can slide along top surface of the straight edge and a perpendicular razor blade carried by the body member so...     

A knife for trimming wallpaper has two tapered body parts 8 and 9 between which is held a tipped cutting blade 5. The body parts have external side faces which are flat around central recesses. When the side face of a body part is in engagement with a flat surface 4, such as a wall, the tip of the blade...     

A cutting device with a safety lip to prevent the end of a blade of the device from causing injury to a limb when a wrapping or bandage is being cut therefrom. The device includes a handle and at one end there is mounted a cutting blade having a point and the point is covered by a blunt lip which engages...     

A safety cap assembly for a craft knife having a blade and a handle that comprises a cap housing having a front end portion and a rear end portion with an opening at the end of the front end portion for receiving the knife blade, an attaching member located on the front end portion of the housing for...     

A tool for facilitating the cutting of carpet which has been installed on a floor surface by glueing, or the lie, the tool comprising a pair of substantially identical plates secured in planar abutting relation, each plate being provided with an angularly orientated recess on the inwardly directed surface...     

A handtool for close edge trimming of sheet material, of the pull-type for manual use and toward the user in a forward direction during the cutting action of the tool; including an acute angularly shaped flat base plate having therein near the forward point on opposite sides protruding there from parallel...     

Apparatus is disclosed for cutting a sheet using a hand-held knife. The apparatus includes a cutting table and a clamp having a gripping edge for holding the sheet against the cutting table. The clamp provides freely accessible lateral guides for locating the cutting blade close to the sheet-gripping...     

The present invention relates to a cutting tool for prunning or cutting branches, wood plants and bushes, comprising a J-shaped tool body (1) and a handle (2). Secured to the tool body is a cutting blade (4,10) arranged in the opening presented between the two leg sections (6,7) of the J-body. The cutting...     

A precision linoleum seam cutting tool cuts the overlying layer of linoleum to be installed next to an underlying layer of linoleum previously installed on a floor to provide a flush straight flat seam in a single step. The elongate tool body is constructed and arranged for grasping and moving the tool...     

A hand-operated cutting tool for cutting walling materials such as paneling and drywall. The tool has a base with a smooth, flat bottom, similar to a planing tool. Its handle is curved, attaching at at least one end of the base, and extends over the base. A cutting blade is centrally located on the base,...     

A floor covering cutter for cutting floor coverings such as carpets, has a shell handle (3) consisting of several parts and a cutting blade (6) that is gripped with its cutting head at an angle of deployment with respect to the longitudinal axis of the shell handle between the shell parts of the handle...     

A wallpaper trimming tool for cutting wall coverings on outer wall corners. The tool comprises a pair of rectangular blocks secured together with a pair of cutting blades spaced from an extension of one block by an intermediate sheet of shim material, cutting edges of said blades extending co-planar...     

A carcass bone splitting tool having a rod-like shank being bent over at one end to form a handle. A foot member being connected at the other end of the rod-like shaft which is shaped to prevent rupture of entrails when the carcass is being opened. An elongate cutting blade member is mounted on the rod-like...     

The retractable point protector of the present invention is used in combination with a knife blade. The knife blade is either made of a single piece of stainless steel with its handle or is of a folding knife type which folds into its handle. The retractable point protector is journalled in the handle...     

A letter opener is disclosed for cutting off the edge of an envelope which has a deformable U-shaped body. A cutting blade is located in the upper wall of the body, and a hole positioned to receive the blade is located in the lower wall. An abutment attached to the lower wall serves both as a guiding...     

A hand held knife for use in cutting carpet pads. A speciality type utility knife used principally for cutting carpet pads has a handle configured such that a straight edged cutting blade releasably held in the handle provides a slicing action in contrast to a cutting action on the carpet pad. The knife...     

A device for guiding and gauging a hand-held power saw during crosscut operations on a workpiece. The device is comprised of a guide section and a gauge section interconnected by means of a length of wood strapping. The guide section has a sheath-like structure mounted on a rectangular plate with an...     

There is provided a laminated glass cutter. The cutter includes a rectangular body frame and a pair of opposed cutting members associated therewith. In use the laminated glass cutter may cut a laminated sheet into two adjacent separate components upon a single pass of the body over the sheet.

A saw blade assembly comprises a laminated structure of three side-by-side parallel strips, one two or all of which may have spaced teeth formed along one edge. Where only one strip has teeth, it is sandwiched between the two other strips and the teeth are of triangular shape when seen in plan and are...     

An implement is provided for opening letter envelopes comprised of a body defining a handle and an envelope receiving crevice of a predetermined width and length. A blade is disposed within the body and has a cutting edge directed toward the crevice. A guide within the body limits movement of the blade...     

The present invention relates to a tool for thinning bunches of young berries comprising a cutter head for housing a cutter. The cutter head is constructed with guides to permit the user to excise selected laterals from the main stem of the bunch without nicking or scraping the main stem, or coming into...     

A trimming tool is disclosed having a base where the base has at least one corner. An elongated channel is defined in the base and the elongated channel extends from the corner of the base into the center of the base. A trimming blade is moveably positioned in the elongated channel. The sides of the...     

A skinning knife for skinning game such as deer. The knife is composed of two parts which can lie flat for easy carrying and be easily assembled for use. In use, the knife comprises a cross shaped member guided by the finger tips of the user for a careful skinning process.

A guard made for hunters to aid them in field dressing animals in woods or cutting them in camp, with no fear of cutting hand or animals gut. He uses this guard with his own hunting knife making the job quick and easy. The guard is also a whistle, in case of an emergency the hunter can signal hunting...     

The present invention is directed to a wallpaper border cutter device which is used for trimming wallpaper at a preselected level below a ceiling. The device includes a base which has a substantially flat face surface and is of adequate thickness to support wheels. Additionally, it has a protruding member...     

A strip cutter for cutting elongated, uniform strips of material includes a holder having members defining a U-shaped channel, a hollow body having end and side walls defining a chamber, and a plurality of parallel spacers and blades loosely mounted in the body chamber. The body is removably received...     

A cutting device including a handle and blade. The blade being detachably connectable to the handle, and the handle including a guidance mechanism. This guidance mechanism has a convex peripheral edge and is rotatively connected to the handle. The cutting device also includes an engagement and disengagement...     

A drywall scribing and scoring tool for a typical wallboard is provided in which a knife holding unit and scribe units can be adjusted along a scale on an elongated arm of a T-square member. When the short head portion of the T-square member is slid along one edge of the wall board by a person the tool...     

A household utensil, in particular a fruit or vegetable peeler is composed of a handle, a cutting blade and two support bars parallel to the blade. The blade and at least one of the support bars form a unit which moves in translation towards the handle and can be retracted into the handle. The retraction...     

This invention provides a cutting device used in making a cut mask, which includes a hollow frame with a lower flat sliding surface and a cutter supported rotatably and with tension by a supporting arm secured to the frame, with the point of the cutting edge of the cutter being offset from the axis of...     

A drywall cutting device that includes a channel-shaped sleeve for slidably mounted disposition on a stem of a T-square at predetermined selectable positions. A handle operated clamping device is mounted on and secured with the channel-shaped sleeve for retaining the sleeve in a predetermined selected...     

An apparatus for cutting a roofing membrane is described. The apparatus includes a frame, means coupled to the frame for facilitating movement of the frame over a roofing membrane, a blade coupled to the frame for cutting the roofing membrane, and a guide member coupled to the frame for guiding the frame...     

A T square shaped guide has a cutting device movable along its tongue section which is clamped at a desired distance from the head of the T square. Cutting is accomplished by movement of the T square with its clamped cutter along an edge of the material to be cut to a desired width. The cutting device...     

A utility knife consisting of a flat blade holder is capable of being grasped from above. It contains opposing cutting blades mounted in slots in the holder such that each blade is clamped in place and may be laterally adjusted using a leverage system formed by several cuts in the holder itself. The...     

A bag opener of a generally "U" shaped configuration formed of a memory retentent polymeric material, including a first leg and a second leg arranged parallel relative to one another in a first position, and wherein a blade member is mounted within an interior surface of the first leg arranged parallel...     

A gray hair cutter is disclosed which comprises an operating member having a curved free end serving as a hook provided with a cutting edge. The cutting edge may be fixed or pivoted for movement through a slot to reliably cut a single gray hair selected from among many hairs.

A dry-wall cutting tool is described. It has a block-like configuration and is designed to slide over the edge of the drywall and to cut both sides of the drywall to the same distance from the edge and at the same time as it does so. The depth of the cut (i.e. distance from the edge of the drywall being...     

To so improve a paring knife for paring off the remainders of a bead of adhesive with which a motor vehicle pane was fixed on a motor vehicle body, comprising an attachment part for fixing the paring knife to a pivotally oscillating drive and a cutting part having a cutting edge and extending in a longitudinal...     

A double welt trimmer (10) for trimming selvage (28) from a double welt cord (22) used in upholstery. The double welt trimmer (10) includes a housing (12) which includes a forward and rearward end (32 and 34). A double welt guide (14) is carried by the housing (12) and includes at least one through hole...     

A safety knife comprises a handle formed with an elongate narrow slot which extends transversely completely through the handle from one lateral surface thereof to the other, and extends lengthwise from a slot mouth in an outer surface of the handle to a location within the handle. The handle is formed...     

A cutting tool for cutting a rabbet along the edge of a board material for constructing a rabbet joint which includes a body or holder. The body positions a cutting blade in two slots defined by the body. The blade is positioned in the slots so that the edge of a panel can be cut in one slot and the...     

A wallboard cutter according to the teachings of the present invention is shown as including an open housing comprising an inverted channel with rollers extending partially into the channel at either end to facilitate the movement as the channel is drawn along the edge of the wallboard. A measure rod...     

The present invention is directed to a wallpaper border marker-cutter device which is used for marking walls for borders and/or for trimming wallpaper, at a preselected level below a ceiling. The device includes a base which has a substantially flat face surface and is of adequate thickness to support...     

A cutting tool for cutting a sheet of compressible fibrous material. The cutting tool includes a blade which forms part of a cutting assembly which is mounted on a supporting base for movement between an upper position in which the blade is located above the material to be cut when the supporting base...     

A drywall cutting device adapted for use with a piece of conventional drywall. The device includes a slidetrack which can be mounted on an edge of a piece of drywall and guide rails which extend substantially perpendicularly from the slidetrack, such that when the slidetrack is placed on an edge of a...