US 12,343,885 B2
Blade dispenser
Steve Stokes, Fitchburg, WI (US); and Emery K. Weber, Madison, WI (US)
Assigned to Fiskars Finland Oy Ab, Espoo (FI)
Appl. No. 18/033,683
Filed by Fiskars Finland Oy Ab, Espoo (FI)
PCT Filed Oct. 26, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/079729
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 25, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/090260, PCT Pub. Date May 5, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/106,006, filed on Oct. 27, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0415364 A1, Dec. 28, 2023
Int. Cl. B26B 1/08 (2006.01)
CPC B26B 1/08 (2013.01) 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A blade dispenser, comprising:
a housing with a bottom and sidewalls defining a blade storage,
a lid covering an entry opening in an upper part of the blade storage, the lid is movable in relation to the blade storage to provide access to the entry opening for arranging blades in a stacked configuration into the blade storage,
a spring-element in a bottom part of the blade storage, the spring element directing a spring force from the bottom part towards the entry opening which moves blades received in the blade storage towards the entry opening,
a protrusion protruding from a sidewall into the upper part of the blade storage in a first part of the blade storage,
a latch protruding from a sidewall into the upper part of the blade storage in a second part of the blade storage, said protrusion and latch having contact surfaces preventing the spring force from moving blades out of the blade storage via the entry opening, and
an exit opening at a sidewall of the housing allowing a blade to pass through the exit opening out of the blade storage.