Elongated-member-driving apparatus – With means to shape work or cut product – Cutting means
Reexamination Certificate
1998-12-07
2001-09-11
Smith, Scott A. (Department: 3721)
Elongated-member-driving apparatus
With means to shape work or cut product
Cutting means
C227S134000, C227S156000, C007S160000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06286745
ABSTRACT:
The invention relates to a multipurpose hand-held implement of the pocket-knife type. “Of the pocket-knife type” means here that the implement is to be small, compact and suitable for carrying in a pocket and that, when not in use, there are no exposed points or sharp edges which could result in injury.
Pocket knives are often provided with a large number of tools: not just with large or small knife blades, but also with files, screwdrivers, saws, etc. The tools are usually articulated on a body and, by over-coming spring prestressing, are swung out into their use position. In some cases, it is also possible for small is tools to be removed in their entirety from the body.
Some types of tools can only be accommodated on or in a pocket knife if compromises are made as regards the functional capacity. For example, there are pocket knives with swing-out scissors which, however, are then of too flimsy a design for most purposes and are also too small for a large number of applications.
The object of the invention is to provide a multipurpose hand-held implement of the pocket-knife type which makes it possible to accommodate tools which, up until now, have been extremely difficult to produce, if at all, in pocket-knife form. The term “tool” here is to be understood in the broadest sense and is intended to cover all conceivable implements or utensils which are used as auxiliary means for work and leisure purposes.
So, for example, for carrying out office and presentation work, use is made of a large number of different implements, devices and hand tools, such as stapling implements, hole punchers, scissors, magnifying glasses, letter openers, adhesive-tape dispensers and so on. Each tool or utensil is usually just provided for a single function. This does not pose any particular problem in an office, where the necessary space is available.
However, these utensils are often used in locations other than an established working area, for example in production areas or warehouses, when travelling on aeroplanes or trains, or in a hotel, but also, for example, in meetings, lectures or in schools, colleges and libraries. The user is then forced to carry along a vast array of utensils which are bulky and heavy, could cause injury and take up a lot of space, for example, in baggage.
It would therefore be desirable to render such a piece of office equipment transportable in a compact form.
A first aspect of the present invention provides a multipurpose hand-held implement, in particular for office work, having a first component and a second component which are connected movably to one another and can be moved between a first position, in which they form together an elongate, essentially cuboidal body, and a second position, in which access can be gained to a free space between the two components, means being provided for securing the components in the first position in a manually releasable manner. In contrast to conventional pocket tools with only one carrier body out of which one or more functional parts can be swung or drawn out, two such components are provided here, which also makes it possible to accommodate functional parts in which two part-tools are to be moved relative to one another, that is to say, for example, a hole puncher or a stapler.
A second aspect of the invention provides a hand-held implement of the pocket-knife type, comprising a first component, which contains at least one tool or tool part, and a second component, which contains at least one tool or tool part, it being possible, for actuating at least one tool, for the two components to be moved in a guided manner relative to one another and to be brought into a closed position, in which the two components, with essentially congruent contours, form a compact, essentially closed body, means being provided for securing the components in the closed position in a manually releasable manner. A compact body is achieved in the locked state; in the unlocked state, it is possible to actuate one or more tools which are difficult to provide, if at all, on a conventional pocket knife.
Characteristic functions for which one tool part is to be accommodated in one of the components or shells and the other associated tool part is to be accommodated in the other component or shell includes hole punching, stapling and cutting with a pair of scissors. The parts required for these functions have a bearing on further aspects of the invention:
A third aspect of the invention provides a combined implement having a hole puncher and a stapler, comprising a first component with functional elements of the hole puncher and of the stapler, and a second component which contains the other functional elements of the hole puncher and of the stapler and can be moved, relative to the first component, out of an open position, in which the two components are spaced apart by a distance sufficient for the insertion of paper which is to be stapled or punched, counter to the prestressing of a spring into a closed position, in which the two components, with essentially congruent contours, form a compact, essentially closed body, and means being provided for securing the components in the closed position in a manually releasable manner.
A further aspect of the invention relates to a combined implement having a hole puncher and a pair of scissors, which comprises: a first component with functional elements of the hole puncher, and a second component which contains the other functional elements of the hole puncher and can be moved, relative to the first component, out of an open position, in which the two components are spaced apart by a distance sufficient for the introduction of paper which is to be punched, counter to the prestressing of a spring into a closed position, in which the two components form, with essentially congruent contours, a compact, essentially closed body, means being provided for securing the components in the closed position in a manually releasable manner, and the scissors being accommodated in one of the components and being displaceable out of this position into a functional position, in which they can be actuated by means of relative movement of the two components.
In a comparable manner, the invention also relates to a combined implement having a stapler and a pair of scissors, comprising a first component with functional elements of the stapler, and a second component which contains the other functional elements of the stapler and can be moved, relative to the first component, out of an open position, in which the two components are spaced apart by a distance sufficient for the introduction of paper which is to be stapled, counter to the prestressing of a spring into a closed position, in which the two components, with essentially congruent contours, form a compact, essentially closed body, means being provided for securing the components in the closed position in a manually releasable manner, and the scissors being accommodated in one of the components and being displaceable out of this position into a functional position, in which they can be actuated by means of relative movement of the two components.
Yet another aspect of the invention relates to a combined implement having a stapler and a tool, comprising a first component with functional elements of the stapler, and a second component which contains the other functional elements of the stapler and can be moved, relative to the first component, out of an open position, in which the two components are spaced apart by a distance sufficient for the introduction of paper which is to be stapled, counter to the prestressing of a spring into a closed position, in which the two components, with essentially congruent contours, form a compact, essentially closed body, means being provided for securing the components in the closed position in a manually releasable manner, and the tool being accommodated in one of the components and being displaceable out of this component into. a functional position, in which the body, in its closed position, forms the handle for manipulating the tool.
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Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione
C-Tech AG
Smith Scott A.
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