Abstract: An ice scraper for use in removing frost and ice from vehicle windows. The ice scraper is formed from a hard plastic material into a circular disk with an easily gripped handle attached to its top. The body of the ice scraper is a concavo-convex disk with a circumferential edge that joins with the top surface of the disk to form a sharp cutting edge. A plurality of inclined ridges are formed on the cutting edge at regular spaced intervals; these ridges assist in breaking up ice as it is being scraped from a surface. The handle is integrally attached to the top of the disk. A plurality of finger receiving indentations are formed in the handle to allow the ice scraper to be gripped securely, with little effort.

Abstract: A combined key fob scraper device including a reversible scraper blade member having a first beveled scraping edge formed along a first entire width side edge thereof, a second beveled scraping edge formed along a central section of a second width side edge having a length of less than one half the width, and at least one retraction button engagement aperture formed therein; a blade member housing having a blade member receiving cavity formed therein of a size sufficient to receive therein the entire scraper blade member, a key ring receiving aperture formed through an end section thereof, and a retraction channel, having a first and second channel end, formed through an outer surface of the blade member housing and into connection with the blade member receiving cavity, having a first plurality of ratchet teeth running along a first retraction channel sidewall; and a retraction button having a ridged bottom surface adapted to engage the ratchet teeth and a blade member engagement protrusion adapted to engage

Abstract: A scraper plane and plane insert that substitutes, in the place of a conventional plane iron or blade and cap iron, a bracket formed by bending sheet mild steel to form two arms, one of which is secured to the frog and the other of which holds a scraper blade in a substantially upright position. Small adjustments in the angle between the scraper blade and plane sole can be made by actuating a micro-adjustment mechanism that forms a bridge between the support arm and securing arm of the bracket.

Abstract: A T-shaped scraper for curved windshield and windows of a newer aerodynamically designed automobile comprises an elongated handle at the stem and a blade with an arc-shaped scraping edge which provides various scraping curvatures by varying the angle of attack. For more intimate contact between a wider portion of the scraping edge and the glass surface, a combination of the scraping induced normal force on the edge, elastic deformations of the edge and the custom profiled blade are used.

Abstract: A power carving tool has a housing, a driving motor, a cam shaft engaged with the rotary shaft of the driving motor and having a cooling fan, a cam sleeve with a slanted cam surface, engaged with the cam shaft and reliably held by a ball bearing supported by the housing, and an output shaft moved reciprocatingly by bringing a contact portion provided at the rear portion thereof into contact with the cam surface thereby to maintain a stable rotation of the cam sleeve and to avoid mechanical loss.

Abstract: A holder for use with a razor blade having a scraping edge and an opposite supporting edge. A body is constructed of a durable and flexible material and has a first face and a second face spaced a predetermined distance from the first face. A substantially straight edge and at least one additional edge connected to opposite sides of the straight edge defines an outline of the body. The straight edge includes an aperture which defines a cavity within the body for inserting the razor blade a predetermined distance. The cavity provides a friction fit between inwardly facing edges of the body and the razor blade upon insertion of the razor blade. A recess is formed along the straight edge of the first face and the second face for removing the blade from the holder and for rotating the blade from a working position to a storage position.

Abstract: A scraper tool includes a handle with an axial shaft with a bend connecting the shaft to a parallel shaft extension that has a triangular carbide blade attached thereto. The tool may be manual gripped by both hands of an operator simultaneously for scraping cylinder blocks.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a deburring and scraping tool capable of deburring and scraping grooves machined into relatively inaccessible areas of metal. The tool includes a handle, and a scraping blade which is inserted into the handle. The scraping blade has two or more cutting edges which are formed at an angle to each other. The two or more cutting edges are separated from each other. The unique design enables an operator to simultaneously remove burrs from at least two edges of the groove, or to scrape at least two exposed internal surfaces of the groove.

Abstract: A cutting tool adapted to be reciprocated by a manually manipulated air hammer or similar device while being used to separate laminated materials. The cutting tool comprises a blade of thin resiliently flexible metal having a sharpened edge and an opposite driven edge, and an adapter comprising a blade holder portion which may include polymeric material permanently molded around a portion of the blade adjacent its driven edge, and a shank portion shaped for engagement by the air hammer attached to the blade holder that has an end shaped for engagement by the air hammer or similar device. The majority of or all of the adapter can be formed of the polymeric material to provide a low mass for the cutting tool and an average specific gravity for the adapter that is significantly less than the specific gravity of metal.

Abstract: An apparatus for removing at least one surface layer from a floor or the like comprises a machine body having a longitudinal axis, rear weight-bearing guide wheels, and a front weight-bearing wheel. A front weight-bearing scraping apparatus is pivotable with respect to the machine body by a cylinder located between the machine body and the front weight-bearing scraping apparatus.

Abstract: A telescopic scraper tool including a first handle. The first handle has a first upper end with a threaded projection and a first lower end. Also included is a second handle. The second handle has a second upper end that is threaded and has a rounded end that is closed. The second upper end has an aperture therethrough for slidable receipt of the first handle therein. A coupling nut is provided. The coupling nut is capable of slidable receipt of the first handle therethrough. The nut has a top end with an overhang for capturing a ring therein. The nut has a bottom end with an exterior surface area therebetween. Lastly, a scrapper component that has a support handle with a triangular portion is included. The triangular portion has a blade edge. The support handle is coupled to the first handle when the first handle is secured within the second handle by the nut. The blade edge of the triangular portion is capable of scraping a surface above and below the arm reach of a user.

Abstract: A mini plane has a bar-like handle capable of being held in a hand like a pencil, a cutting blade holder fixed on the bar-like handle at a forward end thereof, and a cutting blade detachably attached to the cutting blade holder. The cutting blade has a flat seating face, a front face opposite the seating face, a slant blade face which is slanted at a lateral end portion of the front face, a positioning side face perpendicular to a cutting edge of the slant blade face, and a through hole which extends between the seating face and the front face for receiving a fixing screw. The cutting blade holder has a mounting face to which the seating face of the cutting blade is attached, a positioning reference side face with which the positioning side face of the cutting blade is contacted, and a fixing tapped hole provided in the mounting face with which a tip portion of the fixing screw passing through the through hole is screw-engaged.

Abstract: A scraper for precisely scraping a row of covering off a typical lottery game scratch ticket that has rows of game-determining indicia hidden by the removable covering. The scraper has a main body with an arcuate protruding appendage that has a blunt front end. In one embodiment, the rear end of the main body has bristles for brushing off ticket scrapings. In another embodiment, the scraper has a clip for storing winning tickets as well as the scraper itself. In yet another embodiment, the scraper has two or three appendages spaced apart so as to accurately scrape off the covering of the rows of game-determining indicia.

Abstract: A device for scraping an obscuring coating from a game ticket, such as a "scratcher" type lottery ticket. A housing has a slot sized to receive a lottery ticket. Inside the housing a scraper blade is positioned above the slot and a rotatable table below the slot. A ticket pushed into the slot will rotate the table away, then will pull the table back toward the slot when the ticket is pulled outwardly. The scraper blade is spring loaded against the ticket to scrape away the coating as the ticket moves out of the slot without damaging the ticket. The table is adjustable to optimize operation.

Abstract: Disclosed is a combination scraper and hammer for improving a conventional hammer by adding a removable scraper to facilitate scraping of paint, ice, concrete, and the like from a surface. The combination scraper and hammer comprises a scraper body having first and second parallel edges. A scraping blade is formed along the first edge and has a sharpened scraping edge thereon. An arcuate clamping band is formed along the second end. The band engages the hammer handle such that the scraping edge is positioned generally parallel to and spaced away from the top surface of the hammer head. The clamping band has an integrally formed ear projecting outwardly from both ends thereof. A U-bolt engages the hammer handle opposite the clamping band. The U-bolt extends through a hole through each clamping band ear and is secured with a pair of nuts whereby removably securing the scraper to the hammer. An alternate embodiment of the invention comprises a hammer head with a scraper formed integral therewith.

Abstract: An improved bowler's tape tool includes a curved tool portion with an enlarged handle portion. A knife edge is formed at one end of the curved tool portion. The knife edge is smaller than the curved tool in both radial thickness and circumferential extent. The knife edge can be placed behind the tape in a bowler's thumb hole for removal of the tape. The curved tool is utilized to apply new tape within the thumb hole. The handle facilitates easy gripping and movement of the tool to either apply or remove the tape. In other aspects of this invention, the handle portion extends radially outwardly for a greater distance then the curved tool portion. This ensures that the user is able to properly control the curved tool portion and apply the required forces for application or removal of the tape. Further, the curved tool portion is preferably formed with a radius of curvature that is smaller than the radius of curvature of the thumb hole such that the tool can be easily moved within the thumb hole.

Abstract: A scraper having a body portion with a front edge and a cover portion slidable relative to the body portion. The blade is received in the body portion with its cutting edge extending beyond the front edge of the body portion. The cover portion is movable relative to the body portion from a retracted position exposing the blade cutting edge to an extended position overlying the blade cutting edge. The cover portion is held in its retracted and/or its extended positions by locking mechanisms on the cover portion and on the body portion which cooperate with each other to hold the cover in its retracted and/or extended positions.

Abstract: The server disclosed herein incorporates first and second relatively rigid elements joined by an elongate hinge. The elements are essentially complimentary in shape and each provides a half handle portion and, extending from the half handle portion, a flat half blade portion, the half handle portions and the half blade portions being joined by respective sections of the hinge. The two rigid elements are moveable between a first position in which the blade portions are essentially coplanar, where they can be used to lift a food-stuff such as a slice of pizza from a pan, and a second position in which the blade portions form a shallow V-shape to retain the foodstuff. The elements can be moved from the first position to the second position by a user squeezing the handle portions together.

Abstract: A detail sander having a scraper blade of a shape that allows for different geometric configurations to be oriented into the working position to contact a work surface. Blades may also be adjusted forward or rearward relative to the leg of the sander to allow for changes in the stroke of the sweeping motion produced by the sander. A teardrop shaped blade and a triangular shaped blade having varying geometries about their respective peripheries allow for varying tip geometries to be oriented into the working position of the blade. Additionally, the blades are removable so that different blades may be attached to suit different needs.

Abstract: A container cleaning spatula includes a generally rectangular scoop attached to an elongated handle. A pair of tabs extend rearwardly from a rearward edge of the scoop. The tabs have outside edges that are collinear with the straight side edges of the scoop, and are coplanar with the edge portions thereof. The spatula is used to remove residual viscous material from a container by scraping a straight side edge of the scoop against the wall of the container. The spatula is also used to remove residual material from under an inverted U-shaped rim of a typical container by engaging a tab thereunder, and running the tab therealong.

Abstract: A scraper for removing deposits from an interior of a chimney. The inventive device includes an elongated handle having a scraping plate attached to a lower end thereof for engaging and scraping the interior surfaces of the chimney. The scraping plate can be rectangular, semi-circular, or quarter-round in shape so as to accommodate a plurality of disparate chimney interior shapes.

Abstract: For a scoring or utility knife typically used in a cutting stroke by being pulled toward the user, the use for assembling together right and left housings serving as a compartment for a retractable blade and as a hand grip, of a screw characterized by a laterally extending cylindrical head which is positioned to be engaged by a thumb of the hand grip to supplement the grip about the knife during its use, and also a front depending abutment to facilitate pushing the knife in a scraping stroke directionally away from the user.

Abstract: A dental interproximal disk formed of rigid sheet material as a unitary or integrally formed handle portion and blade portion with an arcuate cutting edge. The handle portion includes a plurality of corrugated flutes terminating in a laterally offset flange. The side surfaces of the blade portions may be either smooth or roughened on one or both surfaces thereof. An aperture is formed adjacent one end of the handle portion for attachment of a string or cord to effect retrieving if necessary as a matter of safety.

Abstract: A cutting tool adapted to be reciprocated by a manually manipulated air hammer or similar device while being used to separate laminated materials. The cutting tool comprises a blade of thin resiliently flexible metal having a sharpened edge and an opposite driven edge, and an adapter comprising a blade holder portion which may include polymeric material permanently molded around a portion of the blade adjacent its driven edge, and a shank portion shaped for engagement by the air hammer attached to the blade holder that has an end shaped for engagement by the air hammer or similar device. The majority of or all of the adapter can be formed of the polymeric material to provide a low mass for the cutting tool and an average specific gravity for the adapter that is significantly less than the specific gravity of metal.

Abstract: A self-sharpening type scraping tool having particular utility for scraping surfaces such as to remove paint from walls of a structure, in which the manual actuation of the tool simultaneously effects sharpening of one or more blade edges. A rectangular/square shaped plate is pivotally mounted to a base member and contains a projecting blade on each side of the plate member. Sharpening member is provided for sharpening one or more the blades performed by the tool operator.

Abstract: A combination tool for lifting furniture and modular office panels with adjustable leveling glides mounted on a threaded shaft and for removing glued down carpet. The tool has an elongated handle and a blade pivoted about a fulcrum spaced rearwardly of the front end of the blade. The front end of the blade has a transverse cutting edge and a longitudinal slot opening from the transverse cutting edge for straddling the threaded shaft when the tool is used to lift the furniture and panels. The handle is attached to the blade at an obtuse angle and the blade pivots about a fulcrum spaced rearwardly of the front end of the blade such that the front end of the blade is elevated from about 1/2 to 2 inches above the floor at full pivot.

Abstract: A holder for conventional rectangular cabinet scrapers having a body shaped like an open scroll, pivoting structures within each scroll-like end of the body to grasp a scraper blade along a substantial portion of its entire end, and a centrally located padded pressure plate adjustable with a thumb screw to apply pressure to one face of the cabinet scraper in order to bow it away from the body.

Abstract: An improved paint scraper to permit a user minimum arm fatigue and cramping due to the paint scraper including a blade for scraping paint from a surface by pulling or pushing the blade along the surface while the blade is held in pressure contact with the surface.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a deburring tool capable of deburring cylindrical grooves machined into relatively inaccessible areas of metal. The deburing includes a handle, and a scraping blade which is inserted into the handle. The scraping blade has two or more cutting edges which are formed at an angle to each other. The two or more cutting edges are separated from each other. The unique design enables an operator to simultaneously remove burrs from at least two edges of the groove.

Abstract: A tool for scraping paint from surfaces having a blade and handle fastened to a tang end of the blade. The blade has symmetrical side edges extending forwardly and outwardly from the tang to angular outer corners and a V-shaped recess formed at the center of the blade between the outer corners. Central edges extend forwardly from an apex of the recess to inner corners. The central edges form an angle from 30.degree. to 60.degree. where they are joined at the apex. Middle edges extend outwardly and rearwardly from the inner corners to angles formed between the middle central edges and intermediate edges. The intermediate edges extend outwardly to the blade's outer corners at an angle perpendicular to the longitudinal axes of the blade. The blade is particularly useful in removing paint from rough surfaces or paint that is unusually thick.

Abstract: A hand held scraping tool for scraping across a work surface includes an elongate handle and a mounting body connected to a distal extremity of said handle by an arched neck member. The mounting body includes a substantially planer mounting surface with at least one positioning peg and a male threaded mounting screw extending axially outward therefrom. A scraping blade is placed against the mounting surface such that the positioning peg and mounting screw pass through apertures formed in said scraping blade to retain said scraping blade in a seated position. The scraping blade includes a plurality of scraping edges. A locking collar having a centrally located, female threaded hole therein screws onto the mounting screw to thereby sandwich the scraping blade between the mounting surface and said locking collar and thus retain the scraping blade in a secured position.

Abstract: A scraper particularly suited for use in removing wallcovering comprises a scraper body having a handle extending upwardly from the top generally centrally thereof and guide and support legs extending outwardly from the rearward end. A scraper blade is operatively mounted on the bottom of the body to extend outwardly beyond the forward end of the body. The blade has a relatively flat rectangular configuration with a pair of elongated opposite sides constituting scraping edges. A retainer is provided for releasably retaining the scraper blade to position one of these scraping edges in operative position. The retainer includes a thin rigid plate for underlying the blade while leaving the selected scraping edge exposed. A pair of resilient latch arms extend upwardly from the plate through openings in the body. Each latch arm includes a latch element engaging a cooperating latch portion in the body.

Abstract: A blade scraper including a housing having a top cover case and a bottom containing case, a resilient trigger assembly generally disposing in the housing and a finger-actuating portion of the trigger assembly projecting from the housing through an elongated slot on the top cover case, and a scraping blade secured at a front end of the trigger assembly. The trigger assembly includes projections biasedly inserted into slots on the top cover case of the housing. The blade scraper is operated among a blade loading position, a blade scraping position and a blade storing position.

Abstract: The present invention is designed to easily and quickly remove chrome plating from the end of a copper or brass tube to prepare the tube for soldering. The device resembles a conventional tubing cutter with a special angled peeling blade in the position normally occupied by the disc cutter of such a tool. Basically it comprises a hand-held C-shaped, rigid frame having a pair of tubing-supporting wheels or rollers positioned in a rigid support block vertically adjustable within such frame. Mounted at the top of the frame and angled downwardly therein is a spring-loaded flat tungsten carbide peeling blade. When the tubing end to be treated is inserted in the frame with the tube riding on the wheels or rollers and the block supporting such rollers is moved up to engage the tubing end with the peeling blade, rotation of the tubing in a clockwise direction initiates a slicing cut in the chrome plating on such tube end.

Abstract: A totally enclosed lottery or game card scraper box is disclosed. The box is designed as a simple two-handed portable device which scrapes the opaque covering from game or lottery cards and stores the scrapings within the box. The box seals itself and can be carried on a person without spilling its contents. A second feature offered by the box protects the game or lottery card surface frown inadvertent damage whilst scrapping the opaque covering from the surface of the card.

Abstract: A scraper and brush apparatus includes a brush having a number of bristles, a bristle retaining structure, and a brush body portion having a body portion surface having an engaging recess, a scraper assembly including a scraper plate having a scraping edge and having an engaging projection and a middle plate portion extending between the scraping edge and the engaging projection, the scraper plate being removably secured to the brush body portion with a fastener passing through the scraper plate middle plate portion and into the brush body portion and with the engaging projection fitted into the engaging recess. The engaging recess preferably includes a slot cut into the brush body portion and the engaging projection preferably includes a flange adapted to fit into the groove. The brush body portion preferably includes a handle portion and the recess is preferably located in the handle portion.

Abstract: A hamburger patty knife is provided which comprises a handle and a transition piece at one end of the handle forming an angle with the longitudinal axis of the handle. A flat plate extends away from the transition piece in a forward longitudinal direction. A blade attachment is provided having a beveled front edge. A structure is for securing the blade attachment to a distal edge of the plate in a removable manner. The beveled front edge of the blade attachment can be used to pick up and turn over a hamburger patty without disrupting the shape of the hamburger patty. Alternatively the blade can be installed in an upside down position which is extremely useful for cleaning dirty grills and pans.

Abstract: An elongate tubular handle having a knurled exterior wall is arranged to include one of a plurality of tools, to include a pick as well as a plurality of scraping tools to permit access to various remote portions of a handgun during a cleaning procedure.

Abstract: A knife is disclosed having a self-retracting, adjustable blade. The handle of the knife has two pieces which when compressed expose the blade for use.

Abstract: A device is provided for restoring the cleaning properties of worn vehicle windshield wiper blades. A notch in the body of the hand-held device accepts the working edge of the windshield wiper blade. A sharp steel blade recessed in the notch is thus placed in transverse contact with the working edge of the windshield wiper blade. As the device is drawn along the length of the windshield wiper blade, wiper blade material is removed as needed to restore its original sharp cross-section and smoothness, and hence, its cleaning ability.

Abstract: A new and improved hand-held scraper apparatus is disclosed for scraping a surface at a plurality of predetermined scraping angles. The apparatus includes a blade support, and the apparatus is used by an operator for scraping a surface with a push-pull scraping motion parallel to the longitudinal axis of the blade support. More specifically, the apparatus includes a rigid handle, a rigid blade support connected to the handle, and a plurality of non-adjustable, blade-receiving slots located in the blade support and arranged at predetermined increments along the longitudinal axis. Each of the blade-receiving slots is oriented at a respective predetermined slant angle with respect to the longitudinal axis. The slant angles are in a range from ninety degrees to zero degrees. A blade is inserted into a respective blade-receiving slot, and, in use, the blade forms a respective scraping angle with the surface that is scraped. The respective scraping angle is supplementary to the respective slant angle.

Abstract: A snow scraper includes transparent main body with a hand grip portion and a blade formed on one end of the hand grip portion. The blade has a front portion which is provided with an inclined shoveling edge and a plurality of claws. The snow scraper further has a pressure indicating unit, a tire tread measuring unit and a light bulb unit and a magnifying glass.

Abstract: A scraper having a body portion with a front edge and a cover portion slidable relative to the body portion. The blade is received in the body portion with its cutting edge extending beyond the front edge of the body portion. The cover portion is movable relative to the body portion from a retracted position exposing the blade cutting edge to an extended position overlying the blade cutting edge. The cover portion is held in its retracted and/or its extended positions by locking mechanisms on the cover portion and on the body portion which cooperate with each other to hold the cover in its retracted and/or extended positions.

Abstract: A one hand coating stripping device and a method of stripping coating in which operator required control of the angle of flame impingement, flame intensity, speed of movement and removal of stripped material is reduced to the single operator mandated parameter of control of speed of movement of a stripping device which automatically orients the center line of the flame at the most effective angle of impingement and the scraper blade at the optimum angle of attack following a single adjustment of a gas-air mixture compatible with the fixed and constant angles of impingement and attack, the stripping action being carried out by the use of only one hand of an operator.

Abstract: A plurality of handles are arranged for selective mounting one of a plurality of blade members, wherein the blade members include blade members of triangular, square, and intersecting plate-like configurations to accommodate various scraping surfaces.

Abstract: A cutting knife for a cutting tool equipped with an oscillating drive, for cutting off the cement bead of a glass pane cemented in place, in particular in a motor vehicle, comprises at least one cutter element which can be connected, via a mounting element and a mounting opening, to an oscillating drive by which the cutting tool can be set into an oscillating motion about a rocking axis. In order to enable the cutting depth of the cutting tool in the material to be adjusted, the cutter element is provided with a slot extending between the mounting opening and an end of the cutter element opposite the mounting opening, with a roller being held thereon for displacement along the longitudinal axis of the slot.

Abstract: A powered tool removes moldings or other mounted item without imparting damage to the surface being worked upon. The tool has a blade affixed to a handle. The handle and blade are interdigitated so as to form a flat surface along the bottom of the tool. This smooth, flat surface allows the tool to be deployed upon the surface and the blade then slid underneath the molding, such that, by a pneumatic force or other power supplied thereto, the tool easily lifts the molding away from the surface. The handle of the tool has a gripping portion and blade-engaging portion, such that the tool can be comfortably gripped to effect the removal of the molding. The damage to the surface is eliminated when using the present tool, in part, by the formation of the blade of plastic.

Abstract: An adhering substance peeling apparatus provided with a vertically reciprocating scraping blade at the lower end of an operating rod of a proper length so that chewing gum, dirt and other adhering substances adhering to the ground surface or the like may be peeled off while the worker is standing upright.

Abstract: A mechanical device to be used for removing coconut meat from coconut shell consisting of a serrated edge and a clamping device that will be attached to a stationary flat surface and will hold the tool in an upright position. The serrated edge will be used to grind coconut meat away from coconut shell, one half shell at a time.

Abstract: A hand-held tool for carrying a scraping/stripping blade. The tool includes a base element, .[.generally T-shaped in outline.]., including a handle and a blade receiver with a fixed jaw face oriented toward the central plane of the tool, and a lever aperture extending through the blade receiver adjacent to the handle. A locking aperture .[.in.]. .Iadd.is .Iaddend.formed in the handle remote from the blade receiver means, with a locking rail disposed therein, oriented generally parallel to the blade receiver. A blade clamp is pivotally attached to the base element and includes a movable jaw face and a perpendicular blade clamping lever, divided into three portions in a zig-zag pattern, carrying a latch, adapted to engage the locking rail at its extremity, and an unlocking point at its distal end. The blade clamp pivots on an axis at the base of the fixed jaw face and the clamping lever extends through the lever aperture and into the locking aperture.