Patents Examined by Edward Landrum
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Patent number: 8091459Abstract: A method for manufacturing a rotary tool for chip removing machining with at least one chip flute that extends in the longitudinal direction of the tool. The method involves preparing a mixture of a cemented carbide, cermet or ceramics powder and a carrier, such as a polymer, and placing the mixture in an extruding machine. The mixture is extruded in a feed direction by means of a die to form the diameter of the mixture body. The mixture body passes against a chisel which forms a chip flute in the outer periphery of the mixture body by chip-removing machining. When the chisel is displaced away from the mixture body, a non-fluted shaft portion is formed. By rotating the mixture body while contacted by the chisel, a helical chip flute can be formed. Alternatively, the body could be twisted after a straight flute has been formed, whereupon the flute becomes helical.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2007Date of Patent: January 10, 2012Assignee: Sandvik Intellectual Property AktiebolagInventors: Jören Kugelberg, Roine Ericsson, Jonathan Fair, Anders Micski
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Patent number: 8091241Abstract: An electric hair remover, includes: a body part having a head end part in a longitudinal direction, a blade part for cutting hair being formed at the head end part; a holder part mounted to the body part in such a configuration as to slide along the longitudinal direction of the body part and to rotate.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2008Date of Patent: January 10, 2012Assignee: Panasonic Electric Works Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazuyuki Ouchi, Hitoshi Ogawa, Wei Wang
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Patent number: 8087334Abstract: A sectioning instrument fabricates a section having an accurate and uniform thickness to be carried to a next step automatically without deforming a surface of an embedded block and while observing the surface of the embedded block. The sectioning instrument includes a sample base for fixing an embedded block, a cutter for fabricating a section by sectioning the embedded block, a carrier for carrying the section, and a feed mechanism for moving the sample base in a predetermined feed direction. The carrier includes a belt, a direction switching portion provided on an upper side of the cutter, and a rear roller. The belt is inserted to between the cutter and the direction switching portion from a rear side of the cutter, folded back to an upper side by the direction switching portion and is reeled back to the rear side of the cutter by the rear roller substantially in parallel with the feed direction of the feed mechanism in a plane view.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2006Date of Patent: January 3, 2012Assignee: Seiko Instruments Inc.Inventors: Tatsuya Miyatani, Tetsumasa Ito, Hirohito Fujiwara, Koji Fujimoto
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Patent number: 8087333Abstract: A punch unit for a press die is provided for punching a hole in sheet metal. The punch unit includes a piercing punch provided with a sharp projection, a plunger for pressing the piercing punch, a cylinder for supporting the piercing punch and the plunger slidably in a punching direction, and a coil spring for retracting the piercing punch and the plunger. Also disclosed is a press die for punching a hole in sheet metal using the punch unit.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2002Date of Patent: January 3, 2012Assignees: Ones Co., Ltd., Oiles CorporationInventor: Masatoshi Oishi
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Patent number: 8082829Abstract: A food product slicer includes a base, a knife mounted for rotation relative to the base and a carriage mounted to the base for reciprocal movement back and forth past a cutting edge of the knife. A lift assist assembly is associated with the base and arranged to push the slicer upward toward an upward tilted position, the lift assist assembly arranged for reducing user input energy required to tilt the slicer upward.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2007Date of Patent: December 27, 2011Assignee: Premark FEG L.L.C.Inventors: Samuel A. Rummel, Guangshan Zhu, Shiyu Chen, Shahram Shariff
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Patent number: 8083114Abstract: A tape dispenser of the type having a cutting blade mounted on the upper end of a cutting bar with a cutting bar face below and generally parallel to the blade and a blade guard slidably mounted on the cutting bar face for movement between blade-covering and blade-exposing positions. A spring tension element is positioned on the blade guard so that it tends to push a lower end of the blade guard away from the cutting bar face and to push an upper blade-covering end of the blade guard toward the cutting bar face when the blade guard is in the blade covering position.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2008Date of Patent: December 27, 2011Assignee: Stexley-Brake, LLCInventors: Richard W. Steele, Wendy H. Steele
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Patent number: 8082830Abstract: A food product slicer includes a base and a knife mounted for rotation relative to the base. A carriage assembly is mounted to the base for reciprocal movement back and forth past a cutting edge of the knife. The carriage assembly includes a home position forward of the knife and has a tray arm removably mounted to a carriage arm. An adjustable gauge plate is mounted for movement between a closed position that prevents slicing and multiple open positions that permit slicing at respective thicknesses. An interlock arrangement prevents removal of the tray arm from the carriage arm unless the carriage assembly is in the home position and the gauge plate is in the closed position. The interlock arrangement includes a key member rotatably mounted to the tray arm. A key slot may be located on the carriage arm for receiving an end of the key member.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2007Date of Patent: December 27, 2011Assignee: Premark FEG L.L.C.Inventors: Samuel Rummel, Brian Stump, Shiyu Chen, Shahram Shariff
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Patent number: 8065945Abstract: A tissue cutting device is described, a representative one of which includes: a handle part; a head unit including comprising a plurality of blades arranged so as to extend substantially parallel with a longitudinal direction of the handle part at intervals and a blade holding portion for holding the plurality of blades; and a head holding part located at the distal end of the handle part, for holding the head.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2005Date of Patent: November 29, 2011Assignee: Sysmex CorporationInventors: Hironori Kobayashi, Masahiko Tsujimoto, Michihiko Noguchi, Koichi Yamagata, Yasunori Maekawa
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Patent number: 8061044Abstract: A power tool is disclosed, which includes a tip tool driven by an electric motor, a main body for supporting the tip tool and a dust nozzle which is provided to the main body and to which a dust bag or a dust hose is connectable. When the dust nozzle is aligned in a first direction, the dust nozzle is rotatable with respect to the main body around the first direction as a rotation center. When the dust nozzle is inclined with respect to the first direction from a first position to a second position, the dust nozzle is not rotatable around the first direction.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2008Date of Patent: November 22, 2011Assignee: Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd.Inventor: Hiroyuki Saitoh
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Patent number: 8051760Abstract: A microtome for producing thin sections for microscopy is suggested that has a high level of automation and can be operated ergonomically. The microtome has a sectioning knife, a specimen holder, a first and a second motor unit operating the knife, a control system and an operating unit comprising a first and a second operating element. The first operating element controls the relative displacement between the sectioning knife and specimen holder, while the second operating element adjusts the advance rate of the displacement. The first operating element is a rotating ring and the second element is a rotary knob, concentrically within the rotating ring.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2008Date of Patent: November 8, 2011Assignee: Leica Biosystems Nussloch GmbHInventor: Roland Walter
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Patent number: 8046921Abstract: A food cutting apparatus includes a body defining a first opening and supporting a first blade extending within the first opening. The first blade is configured to cut the food item. The apparatus also includes a dial rotatably coupled to the body about an axis and defining a second opening substantially aligned with the first opening. The dial supports a second blade extending within the second opening. The second blade is configured to cut the food item.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2008Date of Patent: November 1, 2011Assignee: Focus Products Group, LLCInventor: Michael R. Mastroianni
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Patent number: 8037609Abstract: Shaving razors and cartridges intended for mounting on such shaving razors wherein the cartridges include one or mounted solid shaving aid portions that are wing shaped and that exhibit an improved conformation to a shaving consumer's skin surface.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2008Date of Patent: October 18, 2011Assignee: The Gillette CompanyInventor: Roy Nicoll
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Patent number: 8037793Abstract: A stripper plate mounting apparatus is for mounting a stripper plate (21) in a detachable and replaceable manner on a front end portion of a punch guide (5) into which a punch (17) is fitted movably upward and downward. The apparatus includes: an adaptor (35), for holding the stripper plate (21), detachably provided in a front end portion of the punch guide (5); and lock mechanisms (43), capable of fixing the adaptor (35) to the punch guide (5), provided in multiple locations on the outer periphery of the front end portion thereof. The lock mechanisms (43) each include: a lock piece (53) which is always biased outward in a radial direction by biasing means, and which is engageable with, and detachable from, the lock part (41); and a lock-holding piece (63) for locking and holding the lock piece (53) to an inward position when the lock piece (53) is pressed and moved inward in the radial direction.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2007Date of Patent: October 18, 2011Assignee: Amada Company, LimitedInventor: Hiroshi Nakai
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Patent number: 8037794Abstract: The cutting machine includes pairs of coaxial blades to simultaneously cut two rolls for each cutting cycle.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2006Date of Patent: October 18, 2011Assignee: Fabio Perini S.p.A.Inventors: Quirino Fernando Ridolfi, Mario Gioni Chiocchetti, Mauro Gelli
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Patent number: 8025249Abstract: In an embodiment, a spool for a trimmer head has a structure for guiding the trimmer line around a region for a driveshaft. In an embodiment, a component (e.g., a turn knob or a stop) is attached to the spool so that after determining the orientation in which to install the spool, the user is unlikely to install the spool in another orientation, even though the spool is invertible. In an embodiment, the turn knob also includes a structure that allows the turn knob to be used as a tool (e.g., as a wrench or screw driver) that facilitates disassembling the trimmer head.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2007Date of Patent: September 27, 2011Inventors: George E. Alliss, Steven W. Hamblin
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Patent number: 8011280Abstract: A rotary cutter for trimming printed products conveyed in an overlapping flow. The rotary cutter including a first knife that rotates and a second knife that rotates counter to the first knife. The second knife is arranged to operate jointly with the first knife. At least one of the knives includes a plurality of blades distributed over a circumference. A conveying device conveys the overlapping flow between the first knife and the second knife. A control unit controls the rotational speed of at least one of the first knife and the second knife. The rotational speed of at least one of the knives is predetermined based on at least one of the speed value for the conveying device or a thickness value of the overlapping flow.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2008Date of Patent: September 6, 2011Assignee: Mueller Martini Holding AGInventor: Stefan Liebheit
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Patent number: 8011281Abstract: A punching device includes a detecting unit, a punching unit, a moving unit, a storage unit, and a controlling unit. The detecting unit detects a lateral edge position of a recording medium to obtain edge position data. When the edge position data does not indicate an error value, the edge position data is stored in the storage unit as reference data. The controlling unit determines, when the edge position data indicates an error value, a movement amount of the punching unit based on reference data previously obtained and stored in the storage unit. The moving unit moves the punching unit by the movement amount in a direction perpendicular to the conveying direction of the recording medium.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2008Date of Patent: September 6, 2011Assignee: Ricoh Company, LimitedInventors: Makoto Hidaka, Akira Kunieda, Junichi Tokita, Hitoshi Hattori, Ichiro Ichihashi, Kazuhiro Kobayashi, Masahiro Tamura, Tomoichi Nomura, Hiroshi Maeda, Nobuyoshi Suzuki, Tomohiro Furuhashi, Shuuya Nagasako, Naohiro Kikkawa
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Patent number: 7992476Abstract: A food chopping or slicing device preferably includes three primary components, including a lid, a blade tray, and a food reservoir. A trimming blade secures to an edge of the device to cut overlength food items. In some embodiments, a reservoir bottom is removable and the device includes orthogonal volumetric markings.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2006Date of Patent: August 9, 2011Assignee: Progressive International CorporationInventor: Sascha Kaposi
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Patent number: 7987753Abstract: A cutting machine is configured for cutting an injection molded original product. The injection molded original product has a component and stub bar connected to the component. The cutting machine includes a base portion, a supporting arm attached to the base portion, and a cutting device coupled to the supporting arm. The cutting device includes an electrothermal cutting line for cutting the component off the stub bar.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2008Date of Patent: August 2, 2011Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.Inventor: Chien-Feng Huang
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Patent number: 7987752Abstract: Certain embodiments of the present technology provide systems and methods for delivering pressurized fluid to a rotary cutting blade. For example, in certain embodiments, a system for delivering pressurized fluid to a rotary cutting blade includes: a pump configured to receive fluid from a fluid source and pressurize the fluid; and a nozzle configured to receive pressurized fluid from the pump and deliver the pressurized fluid to a rotary cutting blade as an atomized fluid stream, wherein the pump pressurizes the fluid to a pressure sufficient to cause the fluid to be atomized when the fluid is passed through the nozzle. For example, in certain embodiments, a method for delivering pressurized fluid to a rotary cutting blade includes: delivering fluid to a pump; pressurizing the fluid using the pump; and delivering the pressurized fluid to a rotary cutting blade through a nozzle as an atomized fluid stream.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2008Date of Patent: August 2, 2011Assignee: MK Diamond Products, Inc.Inventors: Shawn Tsung, Rocci Merlo, John E. Yenny