SINGLE-MOVEMENT TRANSFORMABLE SCRAPER KNIFE Russian patent published in 2021 - IPC B26B1/08 B26B11/00 

FIELD: hand tools.

SUBSTANCE: transformable tool acting as a knife or scraper is comprised of a carriage and a sliding mechanism configured to move within the body. The blade support unit is mounted rotatably on the carriage for the tool to be transformable from a utility knife into a scraper. The carriage and the sliding mechanism are movable using an external button between retracted, extended and transitional positions. In the retracted position, the blade support unit is completely retracted into the body. In the extended position, the blade support unit is in operating position for performing a cutting or scraping function. In the transitional position, the blade support unit is moved beyond the extended position. A possibility to change the position of the blade in space is therein provided. The blade support unit rotates between the first and the second positions using a two-stable mechanism. The external button therein moves consequently forward with the sliding mechanism beyond the extended position and back to the extended position.

EFFECT: improved operational characteristics of the transformable tool.

14 cl, 22 dwg