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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2013
Applicant:
Grand Products, Llc, Middlebury, IN (US);
Inventor:
Brandon Bellamy, Warsaw, IN (US);
Assignee:
Grand Products, LLC, Middlebury, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B26B 1/08 (2006.01); B26D 7/10 (2006.01); B26B 13/22 (2006.01); B26B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B26D 7/10 (2013.01); B26B 1/08 (2013.01); B26B 5/001 (2013.01); B26B 13/22 (2013.01); Y10T 83/283 (2015.04);
Abstract
A heated utility knife is disclosed for heating a material to be cut in order to soften the material before cutting the material. The heated utility knife is made of a knife portion that has a blade with a distal cutting edge, and a heat source configured to direct heat to a region adjacent the cutting edge. The heat source has a head portion which sits below the cutting blade. Pulling the cutting edge across a material to be cut allows heat from said heat source to be directed to the material to be cut to soften the material prior to cutting.