Rotary Power Source Patents (Class 30/110)
  • Publication number: 20040031154
    Abstract: A cigar cutter has a housing, a receiving well provided in the housing for receiving one end of a cigar, a motor retained inside the housing, and a cutter carried on the motor and extending into the receiving well. The cutter has a lower portion and a conical upper tip, with three cutting surfaces provided on the conical upper tip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2002
    Publication date: February 19, 2004
    Inventors: Ferenc Lenart, Steven L. Thorpe
  • Patent number: 6023845
    Abstract: An electric cigar cutter employs a motor-driven, rotatable cutting blade which functions to trim a cigar by cutting off the tip. The cutting blade pivots, and as it pivots, it passes through the cigar, thereby cutting the tip. The present invention incorporates two safety features, to prevent accidental activation of the cigar cutter and to protect a user's fingers from contacting the cutting blade. Additionally, a mechanism is provided for adjusting the amount of the cigar to be cut off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2000
    Inventor: Loyd C. Moore
  • Patent number: 5974668
    Abstract: The cigar cutter (1) has a housing (2), an opening (3) adapted for insertion of a cigar or the end of a cigar, at least three blades (5), and a squeeze bar (6). When the cigar cutter (1) is squeezed, for example by the pressure of a single hand on the squeeze bar (6) and the side of the housing (2) opposite the squeeze bar (6), a mechanism translates the squeezing force into an irising movement of the blades (5). The mechanism includes rings (11), squeeze bar pins (15), and blade pins (21). The inside diameters of the rings (11) are less than that of the opening (3). Part of the end of the squeeze bar (6) protrudes into the housing (2) and is forked so as to sandwich the rings (11). Squeeze bar pins (15) extend from the rings (11) and pass through slots (17) in the forked end of the squeeze bar (6). By means of this arrangement, an inward movement of the squeeze bar (6) causes the rings (11) to rotate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1999
    Inventor: Dane C. Butzer
  • Patent number: D425658
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2000
    Assignee: Stahl Consolidated Manufacturing
    Inventor: Michael Anthony Stahl