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 Title: |
US4881291:
Lottery ticket scraper enabling precise removal of surface layer from ticket
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| Country: |
US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Ellis, John L.; Winter Springs, FL 32708
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| Assignee: |
None
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| Published / Filed: |
1989-11-21
/ 1988-05-16
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| Application Number: |
US1988000194103
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| IPC Code: |
Advanced:
A63F 3/06;
B44D 3/16;
A63F 9/00;
A63F 11/00;
IPC-7:
A47L 13/02;
B26B 3/00;
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| ECLA Code: |
A63F3/06F2S; B44D3/16B2; K63F11/00T10;
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| U.S. Class: |
Current:
015/236.01;
015/104.8;
030/136.5;
030/169;
273/148.R;
283/903;
Original:
015/236.01;
030/169;
030/136.5;
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| Field of Search: |
015/236.01-236.10
030/136.5,169-172,280
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| Priority Number: |
| 1988-05-16 |
US1988000194103 |
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| Abstract: |
A hand held device is herein provided for selectively scraping a surface layer from the face of a lottery ticket or the like, with this device having a housing member upon which a blade is mounted, with the housing having a central cavity for catching and retaining the scraped material removed from the lottery ticket. My novel device comprises upper and lower, generally triangularly shaped members mounted in a spaced apart relationship, and bounded by sidewalls. These sidewalls serve with the upper and lower members to define the central cavity. The blade for scraping the surface of the lottery ticket is supported at a front corner of my device, and an opening is disposed directly above the blade, and generally parallel therewith. This opening makes it readily possible for material scraped from the lottery ticket to enter my device and be retained in the central cavity. When the housing member is full, a slider member can be momentarily moved aside to permit the user to drop the scraped material directly into a trash receptacle.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Renfro, Julian C. ;
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Feldman, Peter;
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| Family: |
None
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First Claim:
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I claim:
1. A hand held device for scraping only a surface layer from the face of a lottery ticket or the like and having means to catch and retain the scraped material, said device comprising upper and lower generally triangularly shaped members mounted in a spaced apart relationship, and bounded by sidewalls serving with said members to define a housing portion in which scraped material can be caught and retained, a nose portion of comparatively narrow construction, involving a rearwardly slanted front portion, means supporting a flat blade at the bottom of said rearwardly slanted front portion, in a position clearly visible to the user, an opening disposed directly above said blade, and generally parallel therewith, to enable material scraped from the lottery ticket to enter said opening and be retained in said housing portion, the visibility afforded the user by the rearwardly slanted front portion enabling the user to readily scrape away only selected portions of the lottery ticket or the like.
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