Cutting – Tool or tool with support – Joint or connection
Patent
1978-12-04
1980-06-17
Yost, Frank T.
Cutting
Tool or tool with support
Joint or connection
839155, B26D 726, G01N 106
Patent
active
042077907
ABSTRACT:
A microtome knife holder comprises a base plate and a holder plate for supporting a knife therebetween. The base plate has a wedge-shaped cross section having a first sharpened edge, the base plate having a stepped surface that extends along the first sharpened edge and on which the knife is locatable with its blade extending beyond the first sharpened edge. The base plate also has a groove extending parallel to and remotely from the stepped surface. The holder plate has a second sharpened edge and a flat surface extending along the second sharpened edge and facing to the stepped surface in spaced relation for sandwiching the knife between the flat and stepped surfaces, the holder plate further having a leg located remotely from the second sharpened edge and disposed in the groove in the base plate. A plurality of screws spaced from each other extend through the holder plate threadedly into the base plate and its portion which lies between the groove and the stepped surface. The base plate includes a shoulder which extends substantially at a right angle to the stepped surface and with which is engageable the edge of the knife that is remote from the blade.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3699830 (1972-10-01), Pickett
patent: 3727506 (1973-04-01), Taylor et al.
patent: 3866642 (1975-02-01), Walser
Feather Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
Yost Frank T.
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