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FIIG:  T294-R

Entry Date:  Apr-01-1974

Concept:  2

Status:  A

Applicability:  RG

Type:  0

Definition:  A narrow strip of flexible steel tapering to a point at one end and having a continuous series of cutting teeth along one edge. Width at the butt end must not be more than 1 inch (25.4 mm) nor less than 1/2 of aninch (12.7 mm). It is designed with accommodations at the butt end for attachment of a straight grip handle, pistol grip handle, or open grip handle.

Basic INC:  70032

Basic Name:  BLADE

Description:  1. The broad, flat, or concave part of a machine or tool that comes into contact with the material to be removed, cleared, wiped, scraped, or the like (such as the blade of a windshield wiper, the blade of a bulldozer or snowplow, a shovel's blade, paint scraper blade, oar, paddle, or the like). 2. The flat or Spiral cutting edge of a knife, saw, or other tool or weapon. 3. An arm of a screw propeller, electric fan, or steam turbine.