WO2013076643A1 - Knife arrangement - Google Patents
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- WO2013076643A1 WO2013076643A1 PCT/IB2012/056555 IB2012056555W WO2013076643A1 WO 2013076643 A1 WO2013076643 A1 WO 2013076643A1 IB 2012056555 W IB2012056555 W IB 2012056555W WO 2013076643 A1 WO2013076643 A1 WO 2013076643A1
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B26—HAND CUTTING TOOLS; CUTTING; SEVERING
- B26B—HAND-HELD CUTTING TOOLS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- B26B1/00—Hand knives with adjustable blade; Pocket knives
- B26B1/02—Hand knives with adjustable blade; Pocket knives with pivoted blade
- B26B1/04—Hand knives with adjustable blade; Pocket knives with pivoted blade lockable in adjusted position
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- the present invention relates to a knife arrangement.
- the present invention relates to a knife arrangement for folding knives incorporating a locking arrangement.
- a pocket knife is a type of folding knife having at least one blades adapted to fit inside the handle capable of fitting inside a pocket.
- Pocketknives are versatile tools and are used for anything from opening an envelope, to cutting twine, to slicing an apple or even for self-defence.
- the earliest known pocket knives originated from the early Iron Age.
- a pocket knife with bone handle was uncovered at about 600-500 BC. Knives were predominantly worn inside sheaths or scabbards attached to a belt.
- Pockets in clothing is a relatively modern invention and hence before this, pockets or pouches were attached to belts, in which the early folding knives could be carried.
- slipjoints i.e. the blade does not lock, but once opened, is held in place by a spring device that allows the blade to fold if a certain amount of pressure is applied.
- Most slipjoint locking knives have only one blade as the locking mechanism relies on the spring along the back of the blade to lock. Slipjoints tend to be smaller in size than most typical pocket knives.
- Typical slipjoint knives include the Barlow, canoe, congress, elephant's toenail, peanut, penknife, sodbuster, stockman, sunfish, trapper, and whittler.
- Locking knives include a locking mechanism such as a twisting ring or catch that must be released in a distinct action before the knife can be folded. This locking mechanism improves safety by preventing accidental blade closure while cutting.
- slipjoint knives rely only on a small sliding spring to keep the blade open, and if enough force is applied to the back of the knife, the blade will close.
- Locking knives have appeared as early as the 15th century in Spain. Opinel knives incorporate a ring lock, where a ferrule rotates to lock the blade open. In the late 1800s locking pocket knives were popularized and marketed on a wider scale. Well-known locking knife manufacturers include Buck Knives, Camillus, Case, SA GE and Gerber. The most popular form, the lockback knife, was made popular by Buck Knives in the 1960's.
- the lockback is a refinement of the slipjoint, where the spring along the back of the knife has a hook on it and the blade has a notch. When the blade is fully open the hook and notch align, locking the blade in place. Closing the blade requires the user releasing the blade to apply pressure to the back of the blade and in addition press on a lever located on the back of the knife handle to disengage the hook from the notch and thus release the blade.
- thumb-stud a small stud on the blade that allows for one-handed opening
- thumb hole where the user presses the pad of his thumb against a hole and opens the blade by rotating his thumb similarly to using the thumb-stud
- clip system clips are usually metal or plastic and similar to the clips found on pens except thicker.
- a knife arrangement for folding knives includes
- a handle including a first handle plate and a second handle plate, the first handle plate and the second handle plate being connected together by means of a pivot pin;
- biasing means such as a spring, in the slot for urging the folding blade towards the lower side and locked position
- the knife arrangement may be a pocket knife.
- the pivot pin may be formed by a bolt.
- the locking lug may protrude on both sides of the folding blade.
- the folding blade may include a cam at the rear of the folding blade.
- the knife arrangement may includes the use of a locking lug as an ambidextrous thumb-stud on the folding blade which is adapted to be operable with a finger and used for locking the folding blade in a closed position or raising the rear of the blade to unlock it into the open position.
- the knife arrangement may include a first protrusion and/or recess in the lower side of the folding blade which is adapted to be operable with a finger and used for locking the folding blade in a closed position and/or open position.
- the knife arrangement may include a second protrusion and/or recess in the upper side of the folding blade and/or the cam which is also adapted to be operable with a finger and used for locking the folding blade in a closed position and/or open position.
- the first handle plate and the second handle plates may be connected by means of bolts and nuts and/or spacers.
- the first handle plate and the second handle plates may have cut-outs in their centres.
- the handle may be covered by aesthetically designed coverings including wood, bone, steel and/or other materials.
- a knife arrangement for folding knives includes (a) a handle supporting a pivot pin;
- biasing means such as a spring, in the slot for urging the folding blade towards the upper side and locked position
- the knife arrangement may be a pocket knife.
- the knife arrangement may include a first hooked finger guard on the upper side of the folding blade which is adapted to be used for locking the folding blade in a closed position.
- the knife arrangement may include a second hooked finger guard on the lower side of the folding blade which is also adapted to be used for locking the folding blade in a closed position.
- the folding blade may include a cam at the rear of the folding blade.
- Figure 1 A exploded perspective view of a knife arrangement in accordance with a first embodiment of the invention indicating the various components;
- FIG. 1 A perspective view of the knife arrangement shown in Figure 1 in an open and locked position
- FIG 3 A perspective view of the knife arrangement shown in Figure 1 in a closed and locked position;
- Figure 4 A sectional side view of the knife arrangement as shown in Figure 2;
- Figure 5 A sectional side view of the knife arrangement as shown in figure 4 in a semi-open and unlocked position
- Figure 6 A sectional side view of the knife arrangement as shown in Figure 4 in a closed and locked position
- Figure 7 A side view of a knife arrangement in accordance with a second embodiment of the invention in the open and locked position
- Figure 8 A side view of the knife arrangement as shown in Figure 7 in a semi-open and unlocked position
- Figure 9 A side view of the knife arrangement as shown in Figure 8 in a closed and locked position.
- Figure 10 A exploded perspective view of a knife arrangement in accordance with a third embodiment of the invention indicating the various components;
- Figure 11 A sectional side view of the knife arrangement as shown in Figure 10
- Figure 12 A sectional side view of the knife arrangement as shown in Figure 10;
- Figure 13 A sectional side view of the knife arrangement shown in Figure 10 in an open position
- Figure 14 A sectional side view of the knife arrangement shown in Figure 10 in a locked position
- Figure 15 A sectional side view of the knife arrangement shown in Figure 10 in an open position
- Figure 16 A sectional side view of a knife arrangement in accordance with a fourth embodiment of the invention indicating the various components;
- Figure 17 A partial exploded view of the knife arrangement as shown in Figure 16;
- Figure 18 A sectional side view of the knife arrangement as shown in Figure 16;
- Figure 19 A sectional side view of the knife arrangement shown in Figure 16 in an locked position;
- Figure 20 A side view of a knife arrangement in accordance with a fifth embodiment of the invention having two knife blades.
- FIG. 10 a knife arrangement in accordance with a first embodiment of the invention generally indicated by reference numeral 10 is shown.
- a knife arrangement 10 for folding knives includes
- a handle 12 including a first handle plate 14 and a second handle plate 16, the first handle plate 14 and the second handle plate 16 being connected together by means of a pivot pin 18 formed by a bolt;
- biasing means such as a spring 26, in the slot 22 for urging the folding blade towards the lower side and locked position
- the knife arrangement 10 is generally a pocket knife.
- the locking lug 28 protrudes on both sides of the folding blade 20.
- the folding blade 20 includes a cam 34 at the rear of the folding blade 20.
- the knife arrangement includes the use of a locking lug 28 as an ambidextrous thumb-stud on the folding blade 20 which is adapted to be operable with a finger and used for locking the folding blade 20 in a closed position or raising the rear of the blade to unlock it into the open position.
- the first handle plate 14 and the second handle plate 16 are connected by means of at least one bolt and nut 38 and spacer 40.
- the first handle plate 14 and the second handle plate 16 have cut-outs 42 and 44 in their centres.
- the bush member 24 is provided with a ring 46.
- the handle 12 is adapted to be covered by aesthetically designed coverings including wood, bone, steel and/or other materials.
- the bush member 24 is adapted to receive a ring member 46 through which the pivot pin 18 protrudes.
- the handle 12 and the folding blade 20 which is pivotally displaceable with respect to the handle 12 between a closed position as shown in Figures 3 and 6 and an open position as shown in Figures 2 and 4.
- the folding blade 20 pivots around the pivot pin 18 and by means of the pivot pin slot 22 in the folding blade 20 the folding blade 20 is also vertically displaceable between a locked position downward with respect to the pivot pin 18 as shown in Figures 2 and 4 and an unlocked position as shown in Figures 3, 5 and 6.
- the knife arrangement 10 includes a spring 26 mounted in the pivot pin slot 22 which urges the folding blade 20 to the downward locked position.
- FIGS 2 and 4 show the folding blade 20 in the open and locked position.
- the spring 26 acts to urge the locking lug 28 downward in the locked position in the first catch 30 and the second catch 32.
- force is applied to the locking lug 28 on the folding blade 20 which is adapted to be operable with a finger and used for locking the folding blade 20 in a closed position and/or open to overcome the restoring force of the spring 26 to keep folding the folding blade 20 in the locked position.
- the spring 26 is thereby compressed and the folding blade 20 displaced upward to unlock the knife arrangement system, the first catch 30 and the second catch 32 in the handle 12 disengaging the locking lug 28 in the folding blade 20, and releasing the folding blade 20 for rotation about the pivot pin 18 towards the closed position.
- Figure 5 shows the folding blade 20 in the semi-open and unlocked position.
- the locking lug 28 on the folding blade 20 will continue to engage the handle 12, the locking lug 28 holding the folding blade 20 in closed position in a friction lock under bias of the spring 26 which is compressed as shown in Figure 6.
- the locking lug 28 in the upper side of the folding blade 20 is pushes backwards by hand to overcome the friction hold on the locking lug 28 and pushed round to rotate the folding blade 20 about the pivot pin 18.
- further hand pressure upon the locking lug 28 will ensure that the folding blade 20 will co-operate with the bottom surface of the locking lug 28 so that after full rotation the folding blade 20 under bias of the expanding spring 26 will return to the locked position illustrated in Figure 4.
- the knife arrangement may include a second protrusion and/or recess (not shown) in the upper side of the folding blade 20 and/or the cam 34 which is also adapted to be operable with a finger and used for locking the folding blade 20 in a closed position and/or open position.
- the knife arrangement could include a first protrusion and recess 36 in the lower side of the folding blade 20 which is operable with a finger.
- the knife arrangement 10 thereby provides a locking arrangements for folding knives and pocket knives which is easily to use, requires only one hand to operate, and includes a cost-effective and simple construction which is easily disassembled and reassembled for cleaning purposes.
- a knife arrangement in accordance with a second embodiment of the invention generally indicated by reference numeral 10 is shown.
- a knife arrangement 10 for folding knives includes
- biasing means in this case a spring 20, in the pivot pin slot 18 for urging the folding blade 16 towards the upper side and locked position
- the knife arrangement 10 is generally a pocket knife.
- the knife arrangement 10 includes a first hooked finger guard 26 on the upper side of the folding blade 16 which is adapted to be used for locking the folding blade 16 in a closed position.
- the knife arrangement 10 includes a second hooked finger guard 28 on the lower side of the folding blade 16 which is also adapted to be used for locking the folding blade 16 in a closed position.
- the folding blade 16 may include a cam 30 at the rear of the folding blade 16.
- the handle 12 and the folding blade 16 which is pivotally displaceable with respect to the handle 12 between a closed position as shown in Figure 3 and an open position as shown in Figure 7.
- the folding blade 16 pivots around the pivot pin 14 and by means of the pivot pin slot 18 in the folding blade 16 the folding blade 16 is also vertically displaceable between a locked position upward with respect to the pivot pin 12 as shown in Figure 7 and an unlocked position as shown in Figures 8 and 9.
- the knife arrangement 10 includes a spring 20 mounted in the pivot pin slot 18 which urges the folding blade 16 to the upward locked position.
- Figure 7 shows the folding blade 16 in the open and locked position.
- the spring 20 acts to urge the catch 24 in the blade cam 30 upwardly in the locked position behind the locking lug 22.
- Figure 8 shows the folding blade 16 in the semi-open and unlocked position.
- the second hooked finger guard 28 will pass through the slot in the upper side of the handle 12 to engage the locking lug 22 and hold the folding blade 16 in closed position in a friction lock under bias of the spring 20 which is slightly compressed as shown in Figure 9.
- the second finger guard 28 is drawn backwards by hand to unlock the friction hold on the locking lug 22 and pushed forward to rotate the folding blade 16 about the pivot pin 14.
- further hand pressure upon the second finger guard 28 will ensure that the cam 30 at the back of the folding blade 16 will co-operate with the bottom surface of the locking lug 22 to compress the spring 20 in the pivot pin slot 18 so that after full rotation the folding blade 16 under bias of the expanding spring 20 will return to the locked position illustrated in Figure 7.
- the knife arrangement 10 accordance with the invention thereby provides a locking arrangements for folding knives and pocket knives which is easily to use, requires only one hand to operate, and includes a cost-effective and simple construction which is easily disassembled and reassembled for cleaning purposes.
- a knife arrangement in accordance with a third embodiment of the invention is shown.
- the system is unique in that the blade is permitted to act by itself as its own locking latch.
- a locking lug 2 on the blade, engaging a locking notch 3 in the handle, keeps the blade firmly in the open condition against any forces which may bear down upon it from above. But any forces bearing upward against the cutting edge, will never disengage the locking lug 2 on the blade and unlock it.
- this knife has its own appeal. It is also very slick and handles brilliantly. The blade opens and closes with a satisfying click in the hand.
- the system is simple, with a Spartan paucity of parts, on account of the blade acting by itself as is its own locking latch. This obviates the need for any moving parts in the empty handle. Beside the handle and blade, there are only two pins, a bushing and a spring in the knife.
- the blade is held in the closed position by friction against the locking lug.
- FIG. 20 a knife arrangement in accordance with a fifth embodiment of the invention is shown.
- This knife arrangement with the snappy opening of its blades, is the one and only twin-bladed fighting knife in the world.
- the variety of the blades that may be fitted to it is infinite.
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