US 11,806,887 B2
Automatically retracting scraper with blade stop
Thomas John Scimone, Sunny Isles, FL (US); and Robert Joseph Gallegos, Freemont, CA (US)
Assigned to SLICE, INC., Sunny Isles, FL (US)
Filed by Slice, Inc., Sunny Isles, FL (US)
Filed on Aug. 2, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/392,167.
Application 17/392,167 is a continuation of application No. 16/382,496, filed on Apr. 12, 2019, granted, now 11,077,567.
Prior Publication US 2021/0362358 A1, Nov. 25, 2021
Int. Cl. B26B 5/00 (2006.01); B08B 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC B26B 5/003 (2013.01) [B08B 1/005 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A scraper actuation mechanism comprising:
a slider formed with a slider button at a first end the slider and a blade holder at a second end of the slider, wherein the slider is adapted to slide between a scraping position and a retracted position;
a rotating stop that is adapted to rotate between a first position and a second position, wherein the rotating stop is adapted to prevent the slider from moving toward the retracted position when rotating stop is in the second position;
a stop cavity formed within the slider button, wherein the stop cavity is adapted to accommodate the rotating stop when the rotating stop is in the first position; and
a pusher face forming a portion of a rear wall of the stop cavity, wherein the pusher face is adapted to push the rotating stop into the second position as the slider is moved to the scraping position.