Patents Examined by Richard Crosby, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10040215
    Abstract: A blade attachment system includes a tool mount adapter for attaching the blade attachment system to a toolholder of an oscillating tool, a blade holder plate for supporting a blade, a clamping assembly for clamping the blade to the blade holder plate in a clamped position, and a locking mechanism for locking the blade in the clamped position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignees: Robert Bosch Tool Corporation, Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Jeremy Rubens, Jaime Moreno, Fernando Porchas
  • Patent number: 10028432
    Abstract: A vegetation cutter comprises: a frame rod having a longitudinal axis and a front end; a rotary cutter mounted on the front end of the frame rod; a drive motor for driving the rotary cutter; a grip disposed around the frame rod and having an external surface to be held by a user; a power switch trigger arranged on the grip for energizing the drive motor; and a safety lock mechanism for rendering the power switch trigger inoperative when the safety lock mechanism is in a lock position and for rendering the power switch trigger operative when the safety lock mechanism is in a release position. The safety lock mechanism includes a manipulating knob for selectively setting the safety lock mechanism in the lock position and in the release position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuo Ifuku, Akihiro Nomura
  • Patent number: 10029385
    Abstract: A hold down mechanism for a bandsaw including an upstream wheel positioned upstream of the saw blade and a downstream wheel positioned downstream of the saw blade, each wheel being rotationally connected to a bogie which is in turn supported on a swing arm. The proximity of the upstream and downstream wheels to the saw blade as well as the degree of pivoting motion permitted by the bogie enable a hold down wheel to press the ends if sequential workpieces against a base as the ends pass the saw blade to assure a uniform thickness of the cut workpiece. An angled guide surface is provide upstream from the forward wheel to assist the forward wheel in elevating when a trailing workpiece is significantly thicker than the workpiece preceding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Inventors: Lloyd R. Hoover, Justin Hoover
  • Patent number: 10016803
    Abstract: An example of a blanking die includes a blanking apparatus configured to form a series of at least two metallic blanks from sheet metal, and an ejection apparatus configured to eject a first one of the series of the metallic blanks out of the blanking die in a predetermined direction and a second one of the series of the metallic blanks out of the blanking die in said predetermined direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Steven Kobs, John Woods, Corey Cleman
  • Patent number: 10011036
    Abstract: A blade attachment system includes a tool mount, a blade holder plate attached to the tool mount adapter; and a clamping assembly attached to the blade holder plate. The clamping assembly includes a plurality of fixed clamping positioned adjacent to at least one of the lateral edges of the blade when the blade is placed on the blade holder plate and including tapered surfaces configured to overlap the lateral edges of the blade and at least one movable clamping pin that is movably mounted to the blade holder plate, the movable clamping pin being configured to move with respect to the blade to move the lateral edges of the blade into engagement with the tapered surfaces of the clamping pins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignees: Robert Bosch Tool Corporation, Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Jeremy Rubens, Brad Padget, Brian Haman, Jaime Moreno, Chris Dvorak
  • Patent number: 9999321
    Abstract: A dicer is provided with a power output shaft in the container, and deceleration components and cutter disks on the output shaft. The cutter disks comprises a slicing cutter disk and a dicing cutter disk, a block in the container cover, a handle in the slicing cutter disk, and through-holes in the dicing cutter disk. The dicer is able to cut food into pieces with the same shape and size, and the dicing effectiveness is substantially perfect. The deceleration components have simple structure, which occupy small space and are convenient for household use. The handle is provided on the slicing cutter disk to facilitate detachment of the slice cutter disk for cleaning, and a through-hole is defined in the dicing cutter disk to facilitate detachment of the cutter disk for cleaning. The block makes the slicing cutter disk stable when rotating, to facilitate dicing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: Huiyang Allan Plastic & Elecric Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chi Yin Chung, Kwok Wing Ng, Jin Xiang Deng
  • Patent number: 9999987
    Abstract: Provided is a method for bucking a stem that utilizes the combination of moving sensor and a fixed sensor. The fixed sensor measures a location of a first end of the stem travelling on a conveyor to determine a travel distance the first end has moved past the fixed sensor. The movable sensor measures a location of a second end of the stem to determine a sensor distance between the fixed sensor and the movable sensor. The length of the stem is determined by adding the travel distance to the sensor distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: Griffin Lumber Company
    Inventors: Jesse Slade Griffin, William Henry Griffin, Jeremy Joseph Griffin, Charlie Julian Griffin
  • Patent number: 9993928
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a cutting assembly (10) for a hair clipping device (100), comprising: —a stationary cutting blade (12) having a first cutting edge (20), and a moveable cutting blade (14) that is resiliently biased against the stationary cutting blade (12) and has a second cutting edge (22) that is arranged parallel to the first cutting edge (20), wherein one of the cutting blades (12, 14) comprises at least one slot (42, 42?) for compensating a stress-induced warpage within said cutting blade (12, 14), wherein said at least one slot (42, 42?) extends substantially parallel to the two cutting edges (20, 22).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventor: Siegfried Sablatschan
  • Patent number: 9993932
    Abstract: A rotary cutter system for cutting a web of material being feed into the rotary cutter at a press speed that includes a cutting cylinder, an anvil cylinder and a servo motor. The rotary cutter includes a controller that controls the speed of rotations of the cylinders. Control of the speed of cutting and anvil cylinders allows for the adjustment of the cut length of the material without having to adjust the position of knives in the cutting cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Vits International, Inc.
    Inventor: John Salamone
  • Patent number: 9981299
    Abstract: A punch apparatus includes a drive unit and a driving force transmission mechanism that transmits a driving force output by the drive unit to a rod. In the driving force transmission mechanism, a cam groove is formed in a cam block connected to a piston rod, and a rotating roller, which is pivotally supported on a displacement body connected to the rod, is inserted through the cam groove. The cam groove has a first groove portion and a second groove portion, which are inclined at predetermined angles of inclination with respect to the displacement direction of the cam block. When the rod is made to descend toward the workpiece, the rotating roller moves from the second groove portion into the first groove portion, which has a small angle of inclination, whereby the driving force transmitted to the rod is boosted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: SMC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Go Asai
  • Patent number: 9981399
    Abstract: An insulation cutter for a liner application machine in an assembly line and method of operation that cuts an insulative thermal blanket by stopping the liner application machine momentarily to allow for a rotary cutter to traverse the width of the belt (and the width of the thermal insulation blanket) and potentially return back to its original position. The machine is then restarted and allowed to continue to feed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Vicon Machinery, LLC
    Inventors: Dale Foster, Mike Fischer
  • Patent number: 9943977
    Abstract: A rotary cutting apparatus including a frame, a die roll rotatably attached to the frame including a cutting member, wherein the cutting member includes at least one tensioning device and the tensioning device includes a body and a tip portion adjacent to the body, the tensioning device having an unsymmetrical profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: SANDVIK INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AB
    Inventors: Jacques Joseph Philippe Secondi, Pierre-Luc Paul Andre Dijon
  • Patent number: 9937572
    Abstract: An accessory for a cutting blade, more particularly, to a flexible plate that attaches to the blade and blows debris when the plate reciprocates up and down with the blade is described. The plate may be thin so that the plate bends/flaps as the blade (and attached plate) moves up and down. The plate may include a slit so that the plate removably attaches to the blade via a friction fit and the plate is transparent so that the plate does not block the operator's view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Inventor: Wesley Harold Hutchcraft
  • Patent number: 9937630
    Abstract: A shaving blade cartridge includes a housing extending along a longitudinal axis, having first and second longitudinal sides, and being provided with a through hole extending transversally to the longitudinal axis through the housing. The shaving blade cartridge also includes at least one cutting blade and a clip retaining the at least one cutting blade in the housing and having a first leg, a second leg, and a clip body. The first and second legs of the clip are approximately parallel. The shaving blade cartridge is such that the first leg of the clip surrounds the first longitudinal side, and the second leg of the clip is received in the through hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: BIC VIOLEX S.A.
    Inventors: Georgios Georgakis, Dimitrios Efthimiadis
  • Patent number: 9931757
    Abstract: A cell cutting device that cuts a mother substrate for display devices includes a fixing unit configured to move in a state where the mother substrate for display devices is fixed on the fixing unit, a cutter configured to perform a cutting process on the mother substrate for display devices and the cutter faces a surface of the mother substrate during the cutting process, a cutter driving unit driving the cutter in a state where the cutter is fixed thereon, and a buffer member arranged on another surface of the mother substrate to correspond to the cutter. The other surface is opposite the surface facing the cutter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyung-Hoe Heo, Seung-Jun Lee
  • Patent number: 9925677
    Abstract: A shaving blade cartridge including a housing extending along a longitudinal axis (X-X), having first and second longitudinal sides, and being provided with a through hole extending transversally to the longitudinal axis through the housing. The shaving blade cartridge also includes at least one cutting blade and a clip retaining the at least one cutting blade in the housing and having a first leg, a second leg, and a clip body. The shaving blade cartridge is such that the first leg of the clip surrounds the first longitudinal side, and the second leg of the clip is received in the through hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: BIC VIOLEX S.A.
    Inventors: Georgios Georgakis, Dimitrios Efthimiadis
  • Patent number: 9908192
    Abstract: A circular saw machine contains a first clamping device, a second clamping device, a holding plate, a feeding means, and a sawing device. The first clamping device includes a first clamp mount, a movable clamp block, and a first upper clamp block, the first clamp mount has a first fixing arm, a first holder, a placing portion and a first fixed clamp block. The second clamping device includes a second clamp mount, a second movable clamp block, and a second upper clamp block, the first clamp mount has a second clamp arm, a second holder, and a second fixed clamp block. The holding plate is secured on a top end of the second clamp arm. The feeding means is disposed on the first clamping device. The sawing device includes a saw disc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Inventor: Huang Chen Feng
  • Patent number: 9902080
    Abstract: An apparatus for slicing food product to produce food product slices. The apparatus includes a rotatable cutting wheel having two or more knife assemblies. Each knife assembly includes a knife extending radially between a hub and rim of the cutting wheel. The knife has a leading edge facing a direction of rotation of the cutting wheel and a large-amplitude corrugated shape characterized by peaks and valleys. The knife is secured to the hub and rim with a knife holder, and a clamp secures the knife to a first surface of the knife holder. The knife holder and knife are configured to provide continuous and accurate alignment of an individual food product throughout the slicing thereof by the knife of each knife assembly to produce food product slices with a generally parallel-cut cross-section having a uniform thickness and a large-amplitude periodic shape with an amplitude of 0.1 inch or greater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: Urschel Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Enrique Michel, John Poole Hildebrand, Keith Alan Barber, Michael Scot Jacko, Daniel Wade King
  • Patent number: 9872429
    Abstract: The invention provides a grass trimmer and a cord delivering method for a grass trimmer, the grass trimmer comprises an extending rod, an housing, a grass trimming head, a handle, a main motor and a main switch, wherein the grass trimming head comprises a base, a cap and a spool having a first state relative static with the base, and the grass trimmer further comprises a cord delivering mechanism; the cord delivering mechanism comprises a cord delivering electronic switch independent of the main switch and a control device; and the cord delivering electronic switch operably electrically controls the control device to enable the spool to be in a second state capable of generating a rotary speed difference with the base. An operator does not need to interrupt work of the grass trimmer and can timely pay off required and the cord delivering operation is simple and convenient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: POSITEC POWER TOOLS (SUZHOU) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yichun Ma, Shisong Zhang, Guoliang Mou, Hongfeng Zhong, Fangshi Liu, Xiaoli Pang, Robert Baker, Brandon Martin
  • Patent number: 9862111
    Abstract: A hand anti-cutting structure for a curtain cutting machine contains a base, a cutting mechanism, and a security mechanism. The cutting mechanism includes a through orifice, an insertion segment, an extension segment, an inserting direction, and a cutter. The security mechanism includes a rail assembly, a sliding seat, a touch switch, and a stop member. The rail assembly has at least slidable rail parallel to the inserting direction, and the sliding seat has a movable actuation member and an operation member. The touch switch is secured on a moving path of the actuation member, and when the actuation member moves to abut against the touch switch, the touch switch is turned on by the actuation member. The stop member is connected with and driven by the actuation member, wherein the stop member is located on the insertion segment and is perpendicular to the inserting direction of the cutting mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Sheen World Technology Corporation
    Inventor: Hao-Yu Hsu