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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 1992
Filed:
Jul. 17, 1991
Daniel M Nathan, Clemmons, NC (US);
Other;
Abstract
This invention relates to an improved safety knife and combination of swafety knife and protective garment for meat, fish and poultry processing involving cutting and thrusting operations. The safety knife includes a plurality of projecting serrations closely adjacent its sharpened point adapted to snagging engagement of a protective garment or clothing worn by the user to prevent deep penetration of the knife point to avoid injury to the user. The combination is employed in conjunction to provide significant user protection in fast-paced food processing operations. The cutting edge of the knife may be periodically sharpened without loss of safety protection provided by its serrated point for use in all types of cutting and thrusting operations.