Patents Examined by Liang Dong
  • Patent number: 11103941
    Abstract: An example shearing head includes a first member and a second member being rotatable about a pin. The first member has a shearing surface forming a substantially right angle with a first lateral surface of the first member. The second member has a shearing surface forming a substantially right angle with a second lateral surface of the second member. The second member includes a first distal surface and a second distal surface forming a substantially right angle. The first distal surface and the second distal surface are substantially perpendicular to the second lateral surface. The second member includes a third lateral surface opposing the second lateral surface and a retainer is attached to the second member. A first surface of the retainer contacts the first distal surface, a second surface of the retainer contacts the second distal surface, and the third lateral surface contacts a third surface of the retainer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
    Inventor: Marc D'Antuono
  • Patent number: 11090832
    Abstract: A short bar sprocket and pump assembly as well as short bar sprocket and pump and chainsaw motor assemblies are provided. A short bar assembly having a cooling assembly attached thereto is provided. A chainsaw chain drive assembly having a cooling assembly for the chain drive is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Inventors: Blake Catlin Lindsay, Dillon Michael Glover
  • Patent number: 11077573
    Abstract: An apparatus for cutting a whole tire into strips may include a cutting device having a first rotary blade and a second rotary blade. The tire is positioned between the first rotary blade and the second rotary blade, which cut the tire into one or more strips. The apparatus may further include a positioning system operable to orient the tire between a plurality of vertical, horizontal, and intermediate positions, relative to the cutting device. The apparatus may include one or more support rollers. The apparatus may further include a control system that controls the operation of the cutting device and tire positioning system as the tire is cut into strips by the cutting device. The apparatus may include a chipper to cut the tire strips into chips. The apparatus may include a bead peeler to remove the exterior rubber sheath from the wire bead.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Eco Green Equipment, LLC
    Inventors: Ted Bushman Rogers, Michael Bradley Swenson
  • Patent number: 11077567
    Abstract: An auto-retract scraper is described herein. The auto-retract scrape comprises a housing, a slider, a blade, a rotating hard stop, and a torsion spring. The rotating hard stop is rotated clockwise forcing the blade forward and out of the housing when the slider is engaged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Inventors: Thomas John Scimone, Robert Joseph Gallegos
  • Patent number: 11065773
    Abstract: A shaving device comprising a head assembly having a support member and a blade cartridge. The support member is configured to be detachably coupled to a handle. The blade cartridge has a first and a second face wherein at least one of the first or second faces comprises at least one razor blade. The blade cartridge is configured to be rotatably coupled to the support member about a pivot axis such that the blade cartridge is pivotable by a user to select one of the first or second faces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Inventor: Ruairidh Robertson
  • Patent number: 11065026
    Abstract: A double edged blade assembly includes a double edged blade. Additionally, the double edged blade assembly includes two blade grips coupled to the double edged blade. The two blade grips are coupled to the double edged blade at opposite ends of the double edged blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: ACCUTEC, INC.
    Inventor: Jeffrey W. Wonderley
  • Patent number: 11045887
    Abstract: A miter saw includes a base, a table pivotally coupled to the base about a miter axis, and a saw unit coupled to the table for movement about the miter axis. A workpiece support is pivotable relative to the base between a first position, in which the table is permitted to pivot about the miter axis within a first range of miter angles, and a second position, in which the table is permitted to pivot about the miter axis within a second range of miter angles different than the first range. The miter saw further includes a locking mechanism for maintaining the workpiece support in at least one of the first position or the second position, wherein the locking mechanism includes an actuator supported by and moveable with the workpiece support between the first position and the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: TTI (MACAO COMMERCIAL OFFSHORE) LIMITED
    Inventors: C. Scott Tennant, Michael Hart, Walter Knight, Alek Ipatenco
  • Patent number: 11045967
    Abstract: A front end feeding device 23 between a cutter 10 and a fixed-length feeding hand 30 that feeds a strip member 5 on an upstream side of the cutter 10 feeds a front end of the strip member 5 a short distance to a downstream side of the cutter 10, a front end grasping hand 60 on the downstream of the cutter 10 holds the front end of the strip member 5 fed the short distance, the fixed-length feeding hand 30 holds a part of the strip member 5 fed the short distance on the upstream side of the cutter 10, the front end grasping hand 60 and the fixed-length feeding hand 30 synchronously feed the strip member 5 a long distance to the downstream side, and the cutter 10 cuts the strip member 5 having been fed the long distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: TOYO TIRE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryuji Ogose, Hiroaki Morino, Yu Hatayama
  • Patent number: 11045888
    Abstract: A portable wire cutting device for sampling a steel ingot includes a wire rack device, a driving system, and a multi-axis moving device. The wire rack device includes a first corner wheel, a second corner wheel, a transition wheel, a steering wheel, a first wire rack, a second wire rack, and a wire winding drum. The driving system includes a wire drum motor and a molybdenum wire, wherein the wire drum motor provides power driving for the operation of a cutting line; and the molybdenum wire is a closed molybdenum wire coil connected in an end-to-end manner, the molybdenum wire is wrapped around the first corner wheel, the second corner wheel, the wire winding drum, and an inner side of the transition wheel in a looping manner, and during operation, the cutting line performs wire cutting on an object by the molybdenum wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: NANJING DEVELOP ADVANCED MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lingjun He, Changhua Chen, Hong Zhang, Li Zhang, Leijun Song, Jiayin Xu, Chaogang Shi, Yangdao Gong, Yao Ha, Xiaolei Liu, Jiao Wang, Xinhua Chen
  • Patent number: 11014255
    Abstract: A shaving device comprising a head assembly including a support member having at least one support member magnet and a blade cartridge having at least one face with at least one razor blade and configured to be rotatably coupled to the support member about a pivot axis. The blade cartridge includes at least one blade cartridge magnet having a pole aligned with a pole of the support member magnet to generate a magnetic force that urges the blade cartridge about the pivot axis towards an initial starting position (ISP), wherein the blade cartridge is further configured to rotate about the pivot axis away from the ISP upon application of an external force sufficient to overcome the magnetic force between the support member magnet and the blade cartridge magnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Inventor: Ruairidh Robertson
  • Patent number: 10953452
    Abstract: A punch press includes a die, a punch, a support that supports the punch, a shifting member, and a rotating mechanism. The shifting member includes an opposing surface that opposes the punch. The shifting member is movable toward and away from the die together with the support and the punch and rotatable about an axis extending in a direction in which the shifting member moves toward and away from the die. The shifting member includes a recess in the opposing surface. The rotating mechanism rotates the shifting member about the axis to shift the shifting member between an abutment position where the basal end surface of the punch is abut against the opposing surface and a retraction position where the basal end surface of the punch is retracted into the recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hajime Banno, Shinpei Ono
  • Patent number: 10953671
    Abstract: A clamp includes first and second rising portions that rise from a base portion, a first extending portion extending along a first top surface of a table from the first rising portion, a second extending portion extending along a second top surface of the table from the second rising portion, a first clamp portion to urge a medium toward the first top surface, and a second clamp portion to urge the medium toward the second top surface. A gap located above a groove in the table is provided between the first clamp portion and the second clamp portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: ROLAND DG CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryosuke Nonaka, Shinya Yamamoto, Ippei Tanaka
  • Patent number: 10906200
    Abstract: An apparatus for perforating a panel of material comprising a driver assembly; a perforation assembly comprising a cutting edge for cutting the panel of material; an impacting surface moveable with respect to the cutting edge; and, means for holding the panel of material in a material plane between the cutting edge and the impacting surface, wherein the driver assembly is arranged to drive the cutting edge through the material plane into the impacting surface to cut the panel of material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Inventors: Takashi Yamaguchi, Bal Choda
  • Patent number: 10899024
    Abstract: A folding tool with a safety lock mechanism. The tool has a handle having a first handle half and a second handle half and an implement pivotally connected between the handle halves by a pivot pin. The implement is movable between an open position and closed position. The safety lock mechanism includes a safety switch positioned between the first handle half and the second handle half and having two wing portions extending laterally from a central portion movable from a first safety on position to a second safety off position. The two wing portions configured to slide within wing grooves of the first handle half and the second handle half. The tang portion of the blade includes a scalloped pocket and/or protruding portion in the tang that is configured to contain the front end of the safety switch when the safety switch is in the first safety on position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: Benchmade Knife Co., Inc.
    Inventor: Wes Duey
  • Patent number: 10894334
    Abstract: An electrically-operated slice-cutting machine for cutting slices off—in particular, strand-shaped—material to be cut—preferably, food—includes: a machine housing which holds a drive motor and a rotating and/or circumferentially-movable cutting blade driven by the drive motor; a product feed for feeding the material to be cut to the cutting blade; a carrier plate; and a cutting frame arranged on the carrier plate and via which the material to be cut is fed to the cutting blade. The cutting frame is geometrically arranged such that the material to be cut is feedable by the product feed through the cutting frame to the cutting blade in an operating state of the slice-cutting machine. The slice-cutting machine has at least a first and a second lever element for releasably fixing the cutting frame, each of the two lever elements being transferrable from a holding position into a release position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: BIZERBA SE & CO. KG
    Inventors: Martin Knura, Stefan Heinzelmann
  • Patent number: 10882203
    Abstract: Processing apparatus such as a food slicer (10) includes upper and lower conveyor units (16, 14) having shiftable conveyor belts (40, 22) designed to receive incoming products and to move such products along a path of travel (124) through the conveyor units (16, 14) and into a slicer assembly (18). The upper conveyor unit (16) is equipped with control apparatus (72) serving to maintain a predetermined, substantially constant force against products passing through the conveyor units (16, 14). The upper conveyor unit (16) is bidirectionally pivotal about respective axes parallel with the path of travel (124), and transverse thereto. This allows the slicer 10 to accommodate products of varying size, shape, and makeup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Marlen International, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas D. Wilson, Brian J. Herr
  • Patent number: 10875203
    Abstract: An onion chopper includes container, a blade tray, and pivoting lid. The blade tray is removably mounted on an upper rim of the container and includes a sweeper positioned at one end of the blade tray. The sweeper is dimensioned to fit within the sidewalls forming the container to be used to clear chopped food bits from the container after they are cut by the grid of blades.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Progressive International Corp.
    Inventors: Sascha Kaposi, Kyle Aasness
  • Patent number: 10864649
    Abstract: A sample cutting assembly includes a blade, a base block, an external blade guide, and an internal blade guide. The cutter can be used to conveniently remove samples for material testing to determine serviceability or material condition. Apparatuses and techniques for using the sample cutting assembly are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Inventor: Matthew Schaser
  • Patent number: 10864644
    Abstract: The present invention relates to electric appliances for personal care, in particular electric shavers, comprising a magnetic linear drive unit having first and second drive components supported for linear displacement relative to each other by a spring device and adapted to magnetically interact with each other. The spring device includes at least one leaf spring having a constricted section in a central region of the leaf spring, wherein surfaces of the at least one leaf spring neighboring the constricted section are shaped convex. Such convex surfaces may have a parabolic contour.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Braun GMBH
    Inventors: Bernhard Kraus, Thomas Verstege, Uwe Schober, Frank Ziegler
  • Patent number: 10820497
    Abstract: A mowing head for a trimmer is rotated about an axis of rotation when operated and has a housing with a circumferential wall. A fastening device with a trimmer line guide with a trimmer line channel is provided for the trimmer line. The trimmer line channel has a clamping section with a longitudinal direction. The clamping section has a wide longitudinal side and a narrow longitudinal side, both extending in the longitudinal direction. The clamping section has an inner width tapering from the wide longitudinal side toward the narrow longitudinal side. The trimmer line guide has a deflection edge adjoining the clamping section. The deflection edge is slanted relative to the longitudinal direction such that the deflection edge generates a force component acting on the trimmer line directed toward the narrow longitudinal side when a pulling force is acting on the trimmer line guided through the fastening device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KG
    Inventor: Achim Rethaber