Wax scraper for surfboard

Abstract

A box-shaped collecting part 11 consists of a bottom plate, a top plate, a pair of side plates, and a rear plate. An inlet 11 f, as an open face which intersects with a scraping direction and lies at the front in the scraping direction, is formed in the collecting part 11. A scraping blade 12, a guide protrusion 13 a, and comb teeth 14 are integrally formed with the collecting part 11 at the inlet 11 f. When the guide protrusion 13 a is made in contact with a surface 22 a of a wax layer 22, the scraping blade 12 is positioned at a predetermined angle with respect to the surface 22 a. When a wax scraper 10 is moved in parallel with a surfboard 21, the scraping blade 12 scrapes the wax layer 22. Waste of wax 23 caused upon scraping the wax layer 22 is collected in the collecting part 11.

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         9 . A wax scraper for surfboard comprising:
 a collecting part having a box shape for collecting waste of scraped wax, said collecting part being composed of a bottom plate, a top plate, a pair of side plates, and a rear plate;   an inlet provided to said collecting part, said inlet being located in front of said rear plate in a wax scraping direction and intersecting with said wax scraping direction;   a scraping blade formed at an edge of said bottom plate constituting said inlet, for scraping a wax layer coated on a surfboard; and   a plurality of comb teeth arranged at an edge of said top plate constituting said inlet, for making non-skid lines on said wax layer.   
     
     
         10 . A wax scraper for surfboard as defined in  claim 9 , further comprising an openable lid provided to said top plate to house a wax product in said collecting part. 
     
     
         11 . A wax scraper for surfboard as defined in  claim 10 , in which said openable lid is integrally formed with said collecting part with use of plastic in a state that part of said openable lid serves as a hinge portion connected to said top plate. 
     
     
         12 . A wax scraper for surfboard as defined in  claim 10 , in which said rear plate is curved in an arc-like manner. 
     
     
         13 . A wax scraper for surfboard as defined in  claim 10 , in which said top plate is longer than said bottom plate in said wax scraping direction such that each of said side plates of said collecting part has an approximately trapezoidal shape. 
     
     
         14 . A wax scraper for surfboard as defined in  claim 10 , further comprising a cap fit into said inlet. 
     
     
         15 . A wax scraper for surfboard as defined in  claim 10 , further comprising:
 a guide projection formed at an edge of each of said pair of side plates constituting said inlet; and   a positioning surface formed at said guide projection, said positioning surface being useful for keeping said scraping blade at a predetermined angle with respect to a surface of said wax layer when said positioning surface is made in contact with the surface of said wax layer.   
     
     
         16 . A wax scraper for surfboard as defined in  claim 15 , in which said scraping blade has an upper blade surface and a lower blade surface, and said lower blade surface is located on an extended line of said positioning surface. 
     
     
         17 . A wax scraper for surfboard as defined in  claim 16 , in which an angle made between said upper blade surface and said lower blade surface is in the range of 70° to 80°.