Patents Examined by Evan Macfarlane
  • Patent number: 9844189
    Abstract: A blade assembly for cutting roots is installed on a hand-carried weed cutter or hand-carried side walk edger. The blade assembly has a central blade support that supports a central blade. A plurality of cutting blades are stacked on both sides of the central blade to form a stack of blades. The stack of blades is secured together by fasteners that pass through openings in the blades. The central blade and each of the plurality of cutting blades has a plurality of teeth. Outermost blades in the stack of blades are smaller in diameter than the blades directly adjacent to the outermost blades.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Inventor: Samuel James Baker
  • Patent number: 9789619
    Abstract: A shaving apparatus with a canopy with a nose guard and chin guard; at least one cutting mechanism disposed on a track within the canopy, wherein the track is configured to define the outline of a beard style; and at least one motor for (a) operating the cutting mechanism(s) and (b) shifting the position of the cutting mechanism(s) around the track. The apparatus may be positioned utilizing the canopy's features. The cutting mechanisms may be spring mounted rotary blades that are pressed against the user's face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Inventor: Hasam Eljaouhari
  • Patent number: 9776336
    Abstract: A cutting machine for cutting a food product includes a housing and a blade cover removably mounted to the housing via at least two positive or non-positive fastening points. A circular blade is rotatably disposed in the housing such that the blade cover covers a surface of the circular blade. A carriage is movably mounted parallel to the circular blade and includes a carriage surface for holding the food product. Each of the fastening points are disposed beneath the carriage surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: BIZERBA SE & CO. KG
    Inventor: Nikolaus Koch
  • Patent number: 9770836
    Abstract: A blade assembly for a hair cutting apparatus is provided having a first blade having teeth extending along a first blade edge, a second blade positioned proximate the first blade and having teeth extending along a second blade edge parallel to the first blade edge and offset from the first blade edge by a blade gap, a yoke adapted to convert motion of a drive mechanism into reciprocation of the second blade with respect to the first blade, a spring having a spring base and at least one spring arm coupled to one of the yoke and second blade, the spring arm reciprocating with the second blade with respect to the first blade, wherein the spring arm applies a biasing force on the second blade toward the first blade to maintain the first and second blades in an operational condition when separated from the hair cutting apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: ANDIS COMPANY
    Inventor: Edwin A. Werner
  • Patent number: 9751221
    Abstract: An ambidexterous, springless folding knife mechanism allows a user to open and close the knife with the repetition of a single motion by either hand. This knife does not require any spring to open or retract the blade back into the handle. A lever link couples the knife handle and the knife blade in a hinged manner. Slight modifications of the mechanism will permit the blade to be opened to a variety of angles depending on the positioning of the mechanism during the initial design. Such modification would allows application of the mechanism to other folding hand tools. In the preferred embodiment, the open and closed position of the blade does not require the blade to travel a full 180 degrees but locks the blade in a substantially straight position for use. The mechanism allows knife operation by those with handicaps or dexterity issues.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Inventor: Matthew G. Aylsworth
  • Patent number: 9738001
    Abstract: A fingertip mountable shaving device is provided by a flexible and breathable substrate layer including a first shaving surface, and a second adhesive surface opposite to the first shaving surface. The first shaving surface includes a rubber strip along the vertical peripheral edge and a plurality of blade assemblies affixed at predetermined locations. The blade assemblies include a single or double rotary blade assembly of different diameters and having a hemi-spherical protective cap with a vertical stem, on the top, which are mounted on blade mounts provided as an integral unit of the base layer. The device can safely and closely shave hair from the face and other difficult to reach body surfaces, such as within the ear or nostrils.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Inventor: Samir Hanna Safar
  • Patent number: 9723794
    Abstract: A power tool includes a housing, a blade assembly, a drive assembly within the housing for driving the blade assembly, and a cover that is coupled to the power tool and is movable between at least two positions. The blade assembly is fixedly retained by the power tool when the cover is in a first position and is detachable from the power tool when the cover is in a second position. The cover has tool-less means for coupling the blade assembly to the cover when the cover is in a second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Robert Soltesz
  • Patent number: 9718207
    Abstract: A guidance assembly for circular saws includes a monobloc structural unit that incorporates a first, discontinuous annular subassembly and a second, flat inverted at 90 degrees U-shape elongated frame subassembly. A pair of angle beams is spacedly adjustable that is positionally adaptable to support various bases of circular saws. The guidance assembly further includes a fence subassembly, placed beneath the monobloc structural unit, with which is interconnected and cooperates. To prepare the cutting operation, the blade angle of a circular saw is matched to the required angle by rotating first and second subassemblies relatively to fence subassembly. For cutting, a wooden board is placed under first and second subassemblies, so that, laterally, is positioned against a first and a second hollow bars of fence subassembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Inventor: Caspar Lilholt
  • Patent number: 9686910
    Abstract: A trimmer head that can be attached to trimmer stems of varied length includes a stem attachment point, a lift, a base, a pull and twist mechanism, a plurality of blade posts, and a plurality of resting cavities. The trimmer stem is attached to the stem attachment point. The stem attachment point is positioned in between the lift and the base allowing the trimmer head to receive longer trimmer stems. Trimmer blades or trimmer lines are attached to the plurality of blade posts. The lift and the base are positioned adjacent to each other. Moreover, the plurality of blade posts are oriented towards the base. By using the pull and twist mechanism, the trimmer blades or the trimmer lines are positioned in between the lift and the base. The lift is offset from the base providing a maximum range of motion for the attached trimmer blades or trimmer lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Inventor: Randy A. Duvall
  • Patent number: 9670998
    Abstract: An oscillation tool includes a grip-portion housing and a front-side housing which are fitted to each other so as to freely slide on each other. In the case that a driving unit and an oscillating unit are distanced from each other, the oscillating shaft is oscillated at a narrow amplitude. On the other hand, in a case that the driving unit and the oscillating unit are approached by each other, the oscillating shaft is oscillated at a wide amplitude.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: HITACHI KOKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Sumi, Shota Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 9656402
    Abstract: A cutter knife body having a grip portion, the grip portion including a trigger lever, a cutting blade provided on an end of the cutter knife body, a pin rotatably supporting the cutting blade in the cutter knife body, a locking member placed in an opening formed in the cutter knife body, and a pair of cutting blade protector flanges, each protector flange being disposed on a side of the cutting blade, each cutting blade protector flanges having an outward protrusion from a surface of the flange, the grip type cutter knife including a pair of springs located between the pin and each of the outward protrusion from the flange surface, the pair of flanges being slidably supported in the cutter knife body by the pin and the pair of springs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: JT International S.A.
    Inventors: Harald Roth, Beate Lube, Norbert Weber, Erich Wick
  • Patent number: 9636763
    Abstract: A tool-free blade change system in one embodiment includes a handle, an arbor bolt including a keyed portion configured to mate with a keyed bore of the handle to restrict rotation of the handle with respect to the arbor bolt, a blade washer defining a plurality of washer teeth which enmesh with the body teeth so as restrict rotation of the handle with respect to the blade washer in one direction while allowing rotation of the handle with respect to the blade washer in another direction, and a biasing member configured to bias the handle downwardly toward the blade washer, wherein the handle is axially movable with respect to the blade washer between a first position whereat the plurality of body teeth are enmeshed with the plurality of washer teeth and a second position whereat the plurality of body teeth are spaced apart from the plurality of washer teeth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignees: Robert Bosch Tool Corporation, Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Andreas Hörtling
  • Patent number: 9620943
    Abstract: A tool for preparing a cable for connectorization. The tool has a portion for stripping a cable jacket and another portion for cutting fibrous strength elements, such as aramid strength elements, relative to the exposed fiber. The strength element cutting portion includes a blade enclosed in a cover that also serves as a handle for the tool. The cover also has a stop edge to ensure that a desired excess length of the strength element remains after cutting the strength element. The excess strength element length can then be used to connectorize the cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: Corning Optical Communications LLC
    Inventor: Joshua Douglas Raker
  • Patent number: 9580193
    Abstract: A thermo-forming packaging machine has a machine frame and a cutting station including a complete cutting tool. The thermo-forming packaging machine includes the complete cutting tool being extractable from the machine frame in a direction of production of the packaging machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: MULTIVAC SEPP HAGGENMUELLER SE & CO. KG
    Inventor: Elmar Ehrmann
  • Patent number: 9579815
    Abstract: A material punching machine includes a guide member defining a material pathway for transporting a piece of material through the machine. The machine also includes a first sensor element disposed adjacent the material pathway for detecting a first position of a trailing edge of the material as the material moves through the material pathway. The machine also includes a second sensor element disposed adjacent the material pathway for detecting a second position of the trailing edge of the material as the material moves through the material pathway. The machine also includes a punch element that punches a first aperture in the piece of material in a first area of the piece of material based on detection of the trailing edge by the first sensor, and punches a second aperture in another area of the piece of material based on detection of the trailing edge by the second sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: ACCO Brands Corporation
    Inventors: James R. Newell, Dayakar Thoddu Chandrasekaran, Richard McCallion
  • Patent number: 9550302
    Abstract: A utility knife includes a handle, a blade holder assembly, a pair of resilient blade wiper members, and a spreader. The blade holder assembly is constructed and arranged to hold a blade at a position of use wherein the blade projects through an opening at a front end of the handle. The pair of resilient blade wiper members are biased towards one another and constructed and arranged to remove debris from side surfaces of the blade, which debris would otherwise be brought into an interior space of the handle when the blade is retracted into the front end of the handle through the opening. The spreader is constructed and arranged to spread the resilient blade wiper members apart to facilitate removal of the blade from the handle when the blade is in a blade change position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: STANLEY BLACK & DECKER, INC.
    Inventor: James Spaulding
  • Patent number: 9539734
    Abstract: A shaving blade unit includes a housing having a top surface, a bottom surface, a front edge, a rear edge, and a pair of side edges extending between the front edge and the rear edge, the housing having at least one blade disposed between the front edge and the rear edge, the at least one blade having a cutting edge, and a pair of retainers each having a top portion, a bottom portion, and a portion connecting the top portion to the bottom portion, the retainers extending along the pair of side edges between the front edge of the housing and the rear edge of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: BIC-VIOLEX SA
    Inventors: Ioannis Bozikis, Spiros Gratsias, Christoforos-Athanasios Brellis
  • Patent number: 9539657
    Abstract: A double-saw band saw machine includes a base, a first band saw unit, a second band saw unit, a feeding unit and a clamp unit. When an object to be sawn is located in a sawing area between the first and second band saw units, the first and second motors control the first and second frames to move toward each other along the first axial direction, so that the first and second band saw blades can be used to cut the object to be sawn simultaneously. Hence, the sawing efficiency of the double-saw band saw machine is improved, and the replacement interval for the first and second band saw blades is extended.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: EVERISING MACHINE CO.
    Inventor: Shu-Chia Chiao
  • Patent number: 9533423
    Abstract: A vibrating razor includes a handle, a razor blade and a flat-type vibration motor. The handle includes a front end having a receiving slot provided thereon; wherein the receiving slot includes a bottom wall. The razor blade is arranged at the front end of the handle. The flat-type vibration motor is arranged within the receiving slot and includes an outer shell with a cover; wherein the cover includes an external protruding dot on one side of an outer surface thereof. The flat-type vibration motor contacts the bottom wall of the receiving slot via the external protruding dot. Therefore, the external protruding dot can be utilized to increase the vibration strength of the razor blade as the flat-type vibration motor rotates to impact the bottom wall of the receiving slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: I-CHIUN PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Wan-Shun Chou
  • Patent number: 9511500
    Abstract: A cutting tool includes an upper handle, a lower handle, a blade, at least one quick release device and a connection part. The cutting tool features on that both the blade and the connection part are pivoted quickly by the quick release device without any special tools. When the cutting tool is in an open state or a closed state, the quick release device disposed on the connection part is switched and moved in a circular part on one end of the blade so as to cut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: BOR SHENG INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shih-Chang Lin