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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2015
Stanley Black & Decker, Inc., New Britain, CT (US);
Eric Ranieri, Besanson, FR;
Keith M. Lombardi, Avon, CT (US);
Kenneth W. Strickland, South Glastonbury, CT (US);
Cajan Lin, Taichung, TW;
John Parente, Burlington, CT (US);
Stanley Black & Decker, Inc., New Britain, CT (US);
Abstract
A tool includes a housing and a slidable blade assembly configured to move between a first, second and third positions. The blade assembly is configured to receive a removable blade, such that the blade is stored within the housing when the blade assembly is in the first position, a portion of the blade extends outwardly from the housing when the blade assembly is in the second position, and the blade is completely outside of the housing when the blade assembly is in the third position, facilitating removal from the blade assembly. The housing comprises a guide path associated with movement of the blade assembly. The guide path includes a first path portion associated with the blade assembly being in the first position or the second position, and a second path portion associated with the blade assembly being in the third position, the first and second path portions being noncontiguous.