Scraper with swiveling T-handle

Abstract

A T-handled scraping tool has a thin, razor-like scraping blade securely fastened to a blade holder so that a narrow margin of the scraping blade is exposed. A shaft is mounted to the blade holder and extends therefrom to a distal end. The scraper is provided with a handle fixed in swiveling relation to the distal end of the shaft. The handle is attached to the shaft at a center of the handle and has opposite arms extending from the center of the handle away from the shaft. The handle is free to swivel around the shaft when the handle of the scraping tool is grasped by one hand while the scraping tool is moved in reciprocating motion over a surface to be scraped.

What is claimed is:  
     
         1 . A T-handled scraping tool, comprising: 
 a thin, razor-like scraping blade securely fastened to a blade holder so that a narrow margin of the scraping blade is exposed;    a shaft mounted to the blade holder and extending therefrom to a distal end; and    a handle fixed in swiveling relation to the distal end of the shaft, the handle attached to the shaft at a center of the handle and having opposite arms extending from the center of the handle away from the shaft, whereby the handle is free to swivel around the shaft when the scraping tool is held using one hand to grasp the handle, and moved in reciprocating motion over a surface to be scraped.    
     
     
         2 . The scraping tool of  claim 1 , further comprising a bearing in the center of the handle disposed around the shaft.  
     
     
         3 . The scraping tool of  claim 2 , wherein the bearing is selected from a journal bearing, a ball bearing, a roller bearing, or a needle bearing.  
     
     
         4 . The scraping tool of  claim 2 , wherein the bearing is pressed into a bore of the handle.  
     
     
         5 . The scraping tool of  claim 4 , wherein an opening of the bore is covered by a cap.  
     
     
         6 . The scraping tool of  claim 1 , wherein the shaft is a steel shaft.  
     
     
         7 . The scraping tool of  claim 1 , wherein the shaft is tubular.  
     
     
         8 . The scraping tool of  claim 1 , wherein the shaft is not less than six inches long and not greater than 30 inches long.  
     
     
         9 . The scraping tool of  claim 1 , wherein the handle comprises an oblong plastic piece.  
     
     
         10 . The scraping tool of  claim 1 , wherein the handle comprises an oblong metal piece.  
     
     
         11 . The scraping tool of  claim 1 , wherein the blade is not less than three inches long and not greater than five inches long.  
     
     
         12 . The scraping tool of  claim 1 , wherein the blade holder is a die-cast metal piece.