US 7,500,314 B2
	Hoof knife with moveably mounted blade
Josef Luber, Trichenricht Nr. 6, Schnaittenbach 92253 (Germany)
Filed on Feb. 15, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/354,243.
Claims priority of application No. 20 2005 002 567 U (DE), filed on Feb. 16, 2005; and application No. 10 2005 022 393 (DE), filed on May 13, 2005.
Prior Publication US 2006/0179986 A1, Aug. 17, 2006
Int. Cl. B26B 3/00 (2006.01); A01L 11/00 (2006.01)

U.S. Cl. 30—339  [30/342; 168/48.1]

18 Claims

18. A hoof knife comprising a cutting blade element moveably mounted in a handle element, wherein the cutting blade element is inserted at least partially into a guide channel of said handle element and fixed in said handle element, wherein said cutting blade element being flexibly mounted in a first section of the handle element holding an end of said cutting blade element and wherein at least one damping element for flexible mounting of said cutting blade element is provided in a second section on an end of said guide channel and wherein said at least one damping element comprises a U-shaped sleeve or case element made of flexible material wherein said handle element features a first handle shell element and a second handle shell element and one spacer element provided between the first and second handle shell elements said spacer element comprises at least one slot-shaped recess wherein the slot-shaped recess comprises a widened area on the end thereof facing away from a fastening element for holding a the U-shaped sleeve or case element in the widened area and wherein the at least one damping element further comprises a damping ring element surrounding a fastening element and wherein the damping ring element is inserted into a hole of the cutting blade element.