.~ Blade manually movable to or from severing position
DEFINITION
Classification: 225/89
(under subclass 6) Devices in which the blade is engaged by hand and moved toward or away from the position in which it serves its severing function.
(1) Note. The blade may, for example, be movable to facilitate threading work through the device, or to permit grasping the work at the severing zone, or to store the blade in a nonuse position; or it may be selectively adjustable to
a plurality of severing positions.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
30, for a notcher device slidable on a severing edge.
36, for a single movable blade which may be manually moved to be adjacent to any selected one of a plurality of work supplies.
43, for blades mounted on pivoted closures for supply package housings. 68, for blades continually biased toward wound web supply packages with a latch for the blade when manually moved to inoperative position.
72, for devices in which the blade is moved to severing position by the moving work, which work itself may be moved by hand.
86, for devices wherein the blade is moved by hand to gain access to the lead-end of the work, there being a claimed brake applied to the running work for immobilizing the work so that blade movement will expose the lead-end of work.
87, for devices in which the brake and blade are integral and spring biased away from operative position.
