Skinning knife

Claim 1

A SKINNING KNIFE, COMPRISING A HOUSING, A MOTOR DRIVEN SHAFT MOUNTED IN SAID HOUSING, A CUTTING BLADE DETACHABLY CONNECTED TO ONE END OFF SAID SHAFT, A BRACKET AFFIXED TO SAID HOUSING AND ARRANGED TO EXTEND ABOVE SAID CUTTING BLADE, A PAIR OF PROTECTOR MEMBERS ARRANGED IN SPACED RELATION AND DISPOSED ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID BLADE WITH THE FREE EDGES THEREOF CORRESPONDING IN SHAPE TO THE CUTTING EDGE OF SAID BLADE, FIRST AND SECOND ADJUSTABLE SCREWS ARRANGED IN SPACED RELATION AND DISPOSED BETWEEN SAID PAIR OF PROTECTOR MEMBERS AND ABOVE SAID BLADE FOR ADJUSTING THE LOWER EDGES OF SAID PROTECTOR MEMBERS RELATIVE TO SAID BLADE EDGE, A CARRIAGE SLIDABLY MOUNTED ON SAID BRACKET HAVING A DEPRESSION FOR RECEIVING SAID FIRST ADJUSTING SCREW, A YIELDING SPRING PLATE CONNECTING THE UPPER ENDS OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND ADJUSTING SCREWS, A PIVOTED LEVER MOVABLE FROM AN INOPERATIVE POSITION TO AN OPERATIVE POSITION AND SUPPORTED BY SAID BRACKET, A CAM PORTION ON SAID PIVOTED LEVER ENGAGEABLE WITH SAID YIELDING SPRING PLATE TO YIELDING URGE SAID PROTECTIVE MEMBERS IN A DIRECTION TOWARD SAID CUTTING EDGE WHEN SAID LEVER IS IN ITS OPERATIVE POSITION, A BEARING SUPPORT SUPPORTED BY SAID BRACCKET ENGAGEABLE BY SAID SECOND ADJUSTING SCREW WHEN SAID PIVOTED LEVER IS IN ITS OPERATIVE POSITION TO HOLD SAID BEARING SUPPORT SECURELY AGAINST THE UPPER PORTION OF SAID BRACKET, AND A THIRD ADJUSTING SCREW CONNECTED TO SAID SLIDABLE CARRIAGE TO MOVE THE SAME IN A LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION PARALLEL WITH SAID MOTOR DRIVEN SHAFT AND SIMULTANEOUSLY SLIDE SAID PROTECTOR MEMBERS IN A DIRECTION LONGITUDINALLY WITH RESECT TO SAID BLADE SO THAT THE LOWER EDGES THEREOF WILL BE ADJUSTED RELATIVE TO THE CUTTING EDGE OF SAID BLADE, SAID SECOND ADJUSTING SCREW BEING ARRANGED TO ENGAGE SAID BEARING SUPPORT AND SECURELY HOLD THE SAME IN POSITION DURING OPERATION OF THE SKINNING KNIFE.