Patents Examined by Edward Landrum
  • Patent number: 7975589
    Abstract: A scribing wheel for a brittle material includes a circumferential ridgeline in which two truncated cones have connected bottoms so as to share a rotational axis. Alternating notches and protrusions are formed along the circumference ridgeline. The protrusion are portions of the ridgeline remaining after the ridgeline is notched. The length of the notches is less than that of the protrusions so that a catch on the surface is improved while lowering the high penetrability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: Mitsuboshi Diamond Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuya Maekawa, Haruo Wakayama
  • Patent number: 7975580
    Abstract: A method for the operation of a panel placement system for punching presses wherein a feed slide is moved between the punching die of the punching press and a transfer position located in front of the punching press. A first connection mechanism of the feed slide, in the transfer position, seizes a panel in the rear area to advance it stepwise through the punching press in response to the cycle of said punching press, wherein the panel is gripped exclusively from above in a rear edge area which is located between the rear edge and the surfaces to be punched out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: Saeta GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Stefan Haar
  • Patent number: 7975584
    Abstract: An apparatus and method is provided for single transfer insert placement. The apparatus receives continuous web material and cuts a discrete section or pad from the web. The pad is then supported on a single transfer surface. The single transfer surface then may spin the supported pad to a desired angle and provide the pad to a receiving surface at a desired interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: Curt G. Joa, Inc.
    Inventor: John A. McCabe
  • Patent number: 7941930
    Abstract: A hand-held power tool has a motor housing with drive motor and a grip housing with a longitudinal support and a forward grip. The motor housing and the grip housing are connected to one another by antivibration elements. The forward grip has a connecting end that is connected by a screw connection to the longitudinal support. The screw connection has at least one fastening screw that is positioned in the operating position of the power tool in a vertical direction of the power tool. The screw connection has a metal insertion part that is positioned entirely within the contour of the longitudinal support that is a plastic part. The metal insertion part has a screw receptacle for the at least one fastening screw. The at least one fastening screw is fixedly screwed into the metal insertion part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KG
    Inventor: Andreas Guip
  • Patent number: 7930829
    Abstract: A compact utility knife includes a blade holder slidably connected to a handle. A trapezoidal utility blade detachably mounts to the blade holder via a blade lock mechanism. A slide lock mechanism selectively retains the blade holder in its extended or retracted position relative to the handle. When the blade holder is extended, the blade holder and a majority of the blade extend forwardly of a forwardmost point of the handle. Extending the blade holder significantly increases an overall length of the knife such that the knife is comfortable to use when in the extended position and longitudinally compact when in the retracted position. The knife includes a blade lock mechanism. An aperture in the front of the handle creates a gap between the blade and the handle to discourage debris on the blade from transferring to the handle when the blade is retracted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2011
    Assignee: Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Ranieri, Stephen Rowlay, Gary E. Van Deursen
  • Patent number: 7918152
    Abstract: An electric cling film cutter includes a base provided with a positioning frame, an auxiliary rotating rod and a driving device including a motor and a driving wheel unit. The base is assembled with a delivery wheel having its surface disposed with elongate flutes and plural guide grooves and one side provided with a driven rotating wheel engaged with the driving wheel unit. A cutter positioned before the delivery wheel contains a frame plate, a motor, a belt and a cutter base. The frame plate is provided with idle wheels parallel to and leaning on the delivery wheel. A stripping guide plate is positioned under the delivery wheel, having its upper end formed with plural protruding parting members respectively aligned to the guide grooves on the delivery wheel for pushing the cling film delivered to separate from the surface of the delivery wheel, convenient and safe in use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2011
    Inventor: Yi-Lin Tang
  • Patent number: 7913602
    Abstract: A method for cutting a ribbon of rubber-coated fabric includes dragging a free end of the ribbon past a working position of a punching device, forming a notch between two adjacent reinforcing cords of the ribbon using the punching device, moving a counter-blade of the punching device away from the working position, inserting at least one cutting blade through the notch, and performing first and second cuts of the ribbon. An associated apparatus includes a punching device and a cutting device. The punching device includes an incision tool, an abutting counter-blade, and control devices for moving the incision tool and the abutting counter-blade toward and away from the ribbon. The cutting device includes at least one cutting blade and a control device for moving the at least one cutting blade toward and away from the ribbon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Pirelli Pneumatici S.p.A.
    Inventors: Pietro Dale', Stefano Bellini
  • Patent number: 7913887
    Abstract: An improved desktop tape and spooled material dispenser comprises a tilting-carriage and pinching assembly, which effectively presents the cut end of the tape, making it easy to grab, draw and cut a desired length of tape. In operation, as the exposed tape end is grabbed and drawn by the user, the carriage tilts forward, concurrently releasing pincers formerly retaining the tape. As the tape is drawn further forward and downward and placed against a novel V-shaped cutting blade, the pincers automatically close on the tape for effective shearing against the V-shaped cutting blade. The shearing of the tape releases the carriage to tip rearward, automatically closing the pincers, and effectively exposing and securing the end of the tape, thus presented for subsequent use. This invention is also intended for non-adhesive back rolled materials such as ribbon and string.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Inventor: Witold Siekaj
  • Patent number: 7913601
    Abstract: A saw blade, such as a bandsaw blade, has a toothform pattern that includes a raker tooth and set teeth. The bandsaw blade teeth are configured such that a distance from a tooth point of the raker tooth to a tooth point of an immediately preceding set tooth is the smallest tooth spacing in the saw blade toothform pattern. With the use of a smaller spacing, the raker tooth removes the smallest chip thickness from a work piece relative to the chip thicknesses removed by the set teeth. This reduces the amount of load imposed on the raker tooth point. In one arrangement, in order to balance the forces on either side of the blade during operation, the saw blade is configured such that an accumulated pitch of the tooth points set to a first side of the blade are substantially equal to the accumulated pitch of the tooth points set to a second opposing side of the blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Simonds International Corporation
    Inventors: Dale G. Petts, Peter B. Hopper
  • Patent number: 7913399
    Abstract: A blade set for hair clipper which has a lower fixed blade, an upper fixed blade, a movable blade assembly and a blade holder. The movable blade assembly is disposed in between the lower fixed blade and the upper fixed blade and is connected to a driving means driven by a driving unit in the hair clipper to reciprocate laterally relative to the lower fixed blade and the upper fixed blade in an operating condition. A third toothed front edge is provided at a front end of the movable blade assembly. A lower portion of the third toothed front edge cooperates with an upper portion of the first toothed front edge to define a first cutting surface. An upper portion of third toothed front edge cooperates with a lower portion of the second toothed front edge to define a second cutting surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Specialife Industries Limited
    Inventor: Tung Yan Lau
  • Patent number: 7913396
    Abstract: An adjustable cake cutter includes an one-piece cutter body that allows adjustment of the cut size, and a bearing bar pivoted to the cutter body and turnable to the bottom side of the space defined within the cutter body to bear the cut piece of cake for enabling the user to carry the cut piece of cake to a dish directly with the adjustable cake cutter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Inventor: Shao-Tsung Wei
  • Patent number: 7913398
    Abstract: A folding knife has a handle, a blade, a locking rod and an unlocking lever. The handle has a dorsal portion. The blade is pivotally mounted and selectively folded in the handle and has a notch. The notch is formed on a spine of the blade. The locking rod is mounted on the dorsal portion of the handle and has a locking end and a protrusion. The protrusion is formed on the locking end and engages the notch of the blade. The unlocking lever is pivotally mounted on the handle and has a pushing end and at least one propping block. The propping block protrudes from the unlocking lever and abuts the locking rod. Therefore, the folding knife allows users to release the blade by either directly pressing the locking rod or pushing the pushing end of the unlocking lever.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Inventor: Li-Pen Chu
  • Patent number: 7908949
    Abstract: A windshield removal assembly, method and blade for same, with the thin metal blade having a unique delta-shape. The blade connects at its narrowed shank portion to the shaft of a reciprocating power tool. The blade has front and rear ends, the front end being substantially straight and wider than the blade rear end. The top edge of the blade forms a non-sharpened top edge on the front end and arc portions, while the bottom edge of the blade forms a sharpened bottom cutting edge which extends across the front end of the blade and along at least half of the arc portions. The blade has sufficient rigidity to cut the urethane bed when reciprocated, and sufficient lateral flexibility to conform to the curved surface of the windshield when pressed thereagainst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: Crystal Glass Canada Ltd.
    Inventor: Alfred John Ogston
  • Patent number: 7849776
    Abstract: A case cutter apparatus for cutting a container has a conveyor for moving the container in a single direction, a measuring device measuring a length, a width, and a height of the container, a controller for controlling the apparatus and for receiving information from the measuring device, and a first cutting assembly and a second cutting assembly positioned along the conveyor. The first cutting assembly includes an indexing assembly holding the container in a predetermined position during cutting, a carriage moveable in a cutting direction transverse to the direction of the conveyor, and two cutting blades attached to the carriage. The second cutting assembly includes two belts each having a cleat thereon for pushing the container through the second cutting assembly in the direction of the conveyor, and two cutting blades.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: Walgreen Co.
    Inventor: Dennis J. Hilgendorf
  • Patent number: 7849773
    Abstract: The invention RADIAL ARM FRAMEWORK WITH INTEGRAL ROOF PITCH ANGLE SAW GUIDE is designed to accurately control the cutting of roof pitch angles 0/12-12/12 to the right or left pitch angle in ribbed metal panels 3? wide or more for hips and valleys in buildings. Roof pitch angles can easily be changed according to an integrated guide plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Inventor: Aubrey Eugene Hamby
  • Patent number: 7841266
    Abstract: Embodiments of a power miter saw comprises a saw base having a fence for positioning a work piece, a table rotatably connected to the saw base, a miter arm assembly for angularly positioning the table, a saw blade and motor assembly pivotally connected to the table having a normally elevated rest position and being configured to lower a saw blade toward the table, a handle connected to the saw blade and motor assembly for lowering the saw blade into cutting position, an activation switch adjacent the handle and positioned to be engaged by an operator, a proximity sensor disposed on the saw blade and motor assembly for detecting the presence of objects within a zone of detection associated with the table, and electrical circuitry connected to the proximity sensor configured to generate an electrical detection signal in response to the proximity sensor detecting the presence of an object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Illya Kovarik, Joseph S. Scaduto
  • Patent number: 7832319
    Abstract: A blade clamp assembly for retaining a rotary blade on the arbor of a rotary tool includes a blade washer for engaging the blade to hold the blade on the arbor and a clamp assembly threaded into the arbor to clamp the blade washer against the blade. The clamp assembly includes a planetary gear system for transmitting torque applied to the clamp assembly to the blade washer, wherein the planetary gear system multiplies the torque transmitted to the blade washer so that the torque transmitted to the blade washer is greater than the torque applied to the clamp assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventors: Alan Phillips, John W. Schnell
  • Patent number: 7823494
    Abstract: A sheet hole-punching device includes a punch member having a leading end with a hole-punching blade, a base frame for movably supporting the punch member in a hole-punching direction, a drive motor for driving the punch member, and a transmission device for transmitting rotational force of the drive motor to the punch member so as to rotate the punch member. The transmission device is disposed between the drive motor and the punch member. A cam device is disposed between the base frame and punch member, and converts a rotational movement of the punch member into a hole-punching direction movement so as to move the punch member in the hole-punching direction while rotating the punch member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Seiko Ltd.
    Inventor: Kenji Baba
  • Patent number: 7805844
    Abstract: An electric bush cutter includes an electric motor, which rotates a cutting edge through a centrifugal clutch, and an operating unit capable of adjusting rotational speed of the electric motor in accordance with an operation amount of the operating unit. A starting region including a rotational speed range from a stopped state of the electric motor to fastening of the centrifugal clutch, a common-use region corresponding to a rotational speed range suitable for bush-cutting by the electric bush cutter, and a transition region corresponding to a rotational speed range of the electric motor from the starting region to the common-use region are set. A rate of change in the rotational speed of the electric motor with respect to the operation of the operating unit in the transition region is greater than those in the starting region and common-use region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: Fuji Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kenichi Yoshida
  • Patent number: 7802503
    Abstract: A base having a substantially planar surface, an upright support member and a blade guide having a serrated surface that can be adjustably positioned along the planar surface. The blade guide is biased toward an opposing serrated plate member to securely hold a section of donor bone, and locked in place using an adjustable lever-cam linkage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Inventors: Roy J. Couvillion, John E. Cobb