Pivoted Blade Patents (Class 30/244)
  • Patent number: 9751224
    Abstract: A forceps, in particular surgical forceps, having at least one handle and a pressure lever which is mounted in a pivotal manner relative to the handle and further having a jaw consisting of two jaw parts, one of which is provided on the handle. A lever arm is to be arranged between the handle and the pressure lever, wherein the lever arm has the second jaw part and pressure can be applied to the lever arm by the pressure lever.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: KARL KLAPPENECKER GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Bernhard Spitznagel
  • Patent number: 8910386
    Abstract: A hand pruner having a first and second handle, the first handle having a hook, formed at a far end, the second handle having a cutting blade formed at the far end. The first handle and hook and second handle and blade pivotally connected for movement with respect to each other. The blade and second handle having a cup formed between the blade and second handle. The hook and first handle having a cup formed between the hook and first handle. The cutting edge of the hook is formed along two concave intersecting arcs of different diameters, the smaller diameter arc located next to the pivot. The cutting edge of the blade is formed along two convex intersecting arcs having diameters that complement the two concave arcs in the hook cutting edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Corona Clipper, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy Edward Atnip, Anthony Magana, James Wolf, Hyok Lee, Jeffrey Robert Burger, Laura Winfield Alexander, Sean Wesley Svendsen
  • Publication number: 20140317938
    Abstract: A hair clipper trimming device includes two arms that are pivotally connected along biasing members on each arm. The arms are biased to an open position by a spring mount. The opposite end of each arm includes cutting a surface. One cutting surface includes a row of teeth of alternating depth while the other cutting surface has a row of teeth of constant depth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: Fringe Cosmetics, LLC
    Inventor: Melissa Peverini
  • Patent number: 8739415
    Abstract: Two-stage force multiplier tin snips are provided which have a pair of cutting blades and associated tangs, both being pivotable about a cutting axis. Each respective tang is coupled to a pair of handles by a pair of respective tang pins. The handles are pivotably attached to one another about a handle axis. The tin snips provide a mechanism for changing a force multiplier of the cutting blades by selectively adjusting relative longitudinal positioning of the cutting blade axis, the handle axis or the tang pins, relative to another of the cutting blade axis, the handle pins or the tang pins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: I.D.L. Tech Tools, LLC
    Inventors: Brett P. Seber, Eric B. Carmichael, Wesley James Tom
  • Patent number: 8732960
    Abstract: An improved floral scissors assembly includes a clamping jaw extended from a top end of a first handle, a blade, a second handle pivotally coupled to the bottom of the clamping jaw, a long hole formed on the blade, plural stop protrusions formed in the long hole, and a link rod installed between the second handle and the blade. The link rod has an end extended into the long hole by a stop pin and the other end coupled to a switching mechanism including a slice member and a stop portion. The stop portion is situated at an upper or lower fixed position. An active end of the link rod is switchably limited by the stop portion at the upper or lower fixed position, and the stop pin is moved in an opposite direction of the active end and between the upper and lower ends in the long hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Green Guard Industry Ltd.
    Inventor: Kuang-Pin Wang
  • Patent number: 8713805
    Abstract: A hand cutting tool includes a handle lock assembly configured to retain handles of the cutting tool in a closed position. The handle lock assembly includes a latch that pivots with respect to a first handle about a latch axis from a locked position to an unlocked position and a pin manually movable with respect to a second handle between an engaged position and a released position. In a latched position of the handle lock assembly, the latch is in the locked position and engages the pin in the engaged position to retain the second handle in the closed position, and in an unlatched position of the handle lock assembly, the latch is in the unlocked position and is disengaged from the pin in response to the pin being manually moved to the released position to allow the second handle to move toward the open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel H. Schneider, Scott R. Fischer
  • Patent number: 8683704
    Abstract: A power tool includes a pipe holder, a knife pivotally coupled to the pipe holder, and a drive mechanism coupled to at least one of the pipe holder and the knife. The drive mechanism is operable to move the at least one of the pipe holder and the knife relative to the other of the pipe holder and the knife. The power tool also includes a motor coupled to the drive mechanism and a power supply electrically coupled to the motor to selectively power the motor for operating the drive mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
    Inventors: John S. Scott, Michael Naughton
  • Patent number: 8677631
    Abstract: A pair of scissors includes a pair of plate-shaped blades respectively formed by press working. Each of the blades pairing up with each other includes an edge line portion for sliding against the other blade and a recessed portion which is formed at a portion adjacent to the edge line portion with a difference in level from the edge line portion, which is away from a blade back face of the other blade in a thickness direction, and which has a bottom face substantially parallel to a blade back face of the edge line portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Kokuyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Youichi Hanakawa
  • Patent number: 8656597
    Abstract: Portable electric tool including a body configured to act as a handgrip and at one of the ends of which there is mounted a moving active member, the movements of which are brought about by an actuator, characterized in that the moving part is equipped with an oriented magnetization magnet that can be moved past a magneto-resistive sensor fixed to a fixed element of the body. The trigger is equipped with an oriented magnetization magnet that can be moved past a magneto-resistive sensor fixed to a fixed element of the body. The portable electric tool further includes an electronic board for analyzing the information emitted by each magneto-resistive sensor according to the inclination of the magnetic field lines presented to it, in order to control the operation of the actuator so as to position the moving part accurately according to the position of the control device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Pellenc (Societe Anonyme)
    Inventor: Roger Pellenc
  • Publication number: 20140013516
    Abstract: A gardening implement including both a pruning feature and a digging feature in a single hand-held tool is disclosed. The gardening implement includes a handle portion adapted for accommodating the fingers of a user connected to a blade portion capable of providing a scissoring or cutting action. The blade portion of the apparatus also includes a curvature capable of allowing a scooping or digging action. The handle portion may further include a flattened region adapted for allowing a user to press or push against to urge the blade portion into the ground in a digging action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2013
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Inventor: Pinky Fredericks
  • Patent number: 8607677
    Abstract: A shock absorbing anvil pruner/lopper comprises a cutting blade and a shock absorbing anvil member with a compound action tang. The anvil member includes a liner member for engagement with the blade and a shock absorber in relation to the liner member, whereupon on engagement of the blade with the liner member during a cutting operation, the shock absorber will compress or otherwise absorb some of the force, providing for less physical shock being transmitted to the user through the pruner/lopper handles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Barnel International, Inc.
    Inventors: Linn E. Nelson, Karl H. Zeller
  • Patent number: 8549757
    Abstract: A branch scissors structure with an adjustable structure includes a main body and an adjustable structure. One handle of the main body has a wedging opening at a front end near a blade, and a slot is recessedly formed at a bottom wall of the wedging opening. The adjustable structure located corresponding to the wedging opening has a connecting block, a restricting block, a pressing unit and a restricting unit. The position of the restricting block can be adjusted, so that the restricting block can protrude and lean against the outer periphery of the blade through the opening of the connecting block and forms a secure positioning when the restricting unit engages with the restricting slot. The blade can be restricted by the restricting block, and the angle between the handle and blade cab be further limited.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Jrin Haur Industrial Co. Ltd.
    Inventor: Shih-Piao Wu
  • Publication number: 20130145628
    Abstract: A hand tool for actuation between a closed state and an open state includes a first jaw member having a first blade portion and a first extension portion. The first blade portion defines a first cutting edge having a first substantially convex profile along its entire length. A first handle member is coupled to the first extension portion. A second jaw member is pivotably coupled to the first jaw member. The second jaw has a second blade portion and a second extension portion. The second blade portion includes a second edge having a second substantially convex profile along its entire length. A second handle member is coupled to the second extension portion. The first jaw member and the second jaw member define a jaw stop that inhibits the first blade portion and the second blade portion from opening beyond a predetermined jaw angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2012
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Applicant: MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION
    Inventor: Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
  • Patent number: 8424211
    Abstract: A pivoting hand tool is provided including handle structures which control the relative angular position of pivotable arms to allow disassembly and reassembly and to prevent accidental disassembly during use. Handle structures includes an elastic interference portion which provides a first interference between the first arm and second arm at the predetermined angle to prevent angular displacement of the arms from exceeding a first predetermined angle until a disassembly pivoting force is applied to the first arm and the second arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Helen of Troy Limited
    Inventors: Lucas O Nene, Thomas William Hartman, Evan Mark Abel, Frank J. Clementi
  • Publication number: 20130047441
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pliers, in particular a center cutter, having two pliers limbs (6, 7) arranged to cross in a joint which forms a pivot axis (8), the two pliers limbs (6, 7) forming, on one side of the joint, interacting working regions (2, 3) that have free ends (15, 16), and the pliers limbs having gripping limbs (10, 11) on the other side of the joint. In order to improve a pliers of the kind specified at the beginning in such a way that an advantageous design structure is achieved for the greatest possible force transmission ratio, it is proposed that one of the pliers limbs (6) is formed in the shape of a U on the joint side and that the pivot axis (8) passes through the U-limb (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2010
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: KNIPEX-WERK C. GUSTAV PUTSCH KG
    Inventors: Stefan Schultes, Guenter Schulz
  • Patent number: 8327548
    Abstract: A multi-function blade-and-anvil type cutting tool that uses standard type razor blades includes a blade-and-anvil section connected to a first handle portion and a non-tool blade holder and a blade clamp assembly connected to a second handle portion. The standard blades are able to be changed with out tools when the first and second handle portions are moved from a first open position to a second open position to allow the blade holder and the clamp assembly to pivot with one another causing a screw and O-ring latch to move away from a latching slot in the second handle portion. This movement positions the razor blade between the screw and O-ring latch and a blade clamp guide element for easy removal. Each handle portion having a gripping cover disposed thereon. One of the handle portions has a sliding storage tray disposed therein for storing replacement razor blades.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Inventor: John S. Ronan
  • Patent number: 8276278
    Abstract: A pair of hairdressing scissors capable of adjusting the amount of hair cut comprises a first blade, a second blade and an adjustment member. The adjustment member is pivotally mounted on the first blade. The second blade is eccentrically pivoted on the adjustment member. The adjustment member can be rotated to change the relative position and the contact area between the two blades, thus changing the amount of hair cut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Inventor: Hasegawa Makoto
  • Publication number: 20120222315
    Abstract: A new and improved cutting instrument is provided having an enhanced coating. The coating includes titanium, chromium, nitrogen and carbon elements and provides increased wear resistance. The coating can be applied to a variety of metal and non-metallic substrates, which include scissors and knife blades.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2012
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Inventors: Larry Buchtmann, Gary Pia
  • Publication number: 20120198705
    Abstract: Garden shears that avoid loosening of a shaft pin has shears having overlapped first and second cutting members, the first cutting member and second cutting member respectively connected to a first handle and a second handle. The first and second cutting members are secured with the shaft set. The shaft set has a threaded shaft pin, a washer, a threaded securing member and at least two engaging members. when the shears are assembled with the shaft set, the threaded securing member respectively has one engaging member on each side, and the engaging teeth of the threaded securing member engage with the two engaging members to prevent the threaded securing member from loosening due to the repeated opening and closing movements of the shears, and which can improve the smoothness of the operation of the shears and increase both safety and convenience.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2011
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Applicant: HO CHENG GARDEN TOOLS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yao-Chung Huang
  • Publication number: 20120060377
    Abstract: A garden shears has a main cutting member, a minor cutting member, two applying arms, and two assembling members. The major and minor cutting members both have a first pivot aperture and an extended section. An end of each extended section is bent up to form an L-shaped pawl forming a first indentation; an arced limiting slot is adjacent to each first pivot, and a tool end is respectively formed at an opposite end of the major and minor cutting members. Each applying arm has a handle and an assembling portion, each assembling portion having a second pivot aperture and a second indentation. A top edge of each second indentation has driving teeth that respectively engage with the L-shaped pawls of the major and minor cutting members. Each assembling member has a third pivot aperture and two fourth pivot apertures corresponding to the first pivot apertures and the second pivot apertures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2010
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: HO CHENG GARDEN TOOLS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yao-Chung Huang
  • Patent number: 8122797
    Abstract: The invention relates to a tool for clamping together pivotable parts under bias relative to each other, using a swing bolt construction for mounting the pivotable parts on a fork of a holder. Such a swing bolt construction has a swing bolt with a widened part provided on a first outer end and provided on the other outer end with first fastener, such as a thread. Further the swing bolt construction has a nut provided with a second fastener, such as a thread, for fastening the nut to the first fastener on the other end of the swing bolt. The widened part of the swing bolt and the nut lie in use—i.e. in assembled state—against the pivotable parts for clamping thereof under the required bias.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: N.V. Holmatro
    Inventor: Antonius Johannes Henricus Bruurs
  • Publication number: 20110107605
    Abstract: A structure of scissors includes a body and two elastic elements. The body includes two blades at one side of a pivot for opening and closing with respect to each other and two holding sections at an opposite side of the pivot for driving movement of the blades about the pivot for opening and closing the scissors. Each of the two holding sections has two ends each forming a connection section to allow the two holding sections of the body to be connected to coupling sections formed on ends of the two elastic elements, whereby the two elastic elements and the two holding sections form finger holes for receiving fingers to be positioned therein for operating the two blades to open and close. As such, easy operation of the scissors can be realized for swinging and waving and reducing the reaction forces acting on the fingers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2010
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Inventor: SHIH-CHIEH HUNG
  • Patent number: 7926186
    Abstract: A pike pole has a cutting-piercing member connected to one end of the pole. The cutting member normally extends outwardly from the pike pole. The cutting member can be released by a controlling member and be pivotally moveable to a position extending generally along the piercing member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Inventors: John E. McLoughlin, Neocles G. Athanasiades, Toh M. Meng
  • Publication number: 20110023309
    Abstract: A pressing handle is connected to a moveable blade having a hook-shaped engaging slot near the outer edge of an aperture to which a gripping handle fixed blade is pivoted. A containment space is formed by the junction of the gripping handle and a side of the fixed blade. The containment space has an arc-shaped opening, and the fixed blade has a positional aperture at a position corresponding to the opening. An end of an engaging member has an axle aperture and another end forms an engaging end, with a concave region formed between the two ends. A positioning pin passes through the engaging member and a torsion spring and is attached to the positional aperture. A push button-shaped body has a tongue at its lower end, an edge of which extends as a stop, and the tongue and the stop are both slidably mounted in the containment space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2009
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Applicant: HO CHENG GARDEN TOOLS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yao-Chung Huang
  • Publication number: 20100263215
    Abstract: Each of handles of a pair of scissors includes a hard core member and a soft member softer than the core member and including a contact face portion with which a finger of a user comes in contact, a bottomed recessed hole portion adjacent to the contact face portion and thinner than portions around it, and a through hole portion continuous with the bottomed recessed hole portion. When the user inserts and removes his/her fingers into and from finger rings, the contact face portions escape while compressing the through hole portions and the contact face portions tilt by using the bottomed recessed hole portions as fulcrums. Moreover, the bottomed recessed hole portions and the through hole portions continuous with each other are molded, which allows an elastic deformation property and a shape retaining property of the contact face portions to go together and also contributes to durability of the soft members including the contact face portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2010
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Applicant: KOKUYO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Youichi Hanakawa
  • Patent number: 7757404
    Abstract: A personal trimming system includes a main body having a motor and a part of a driving unit for converting a rotation of the motor into a reciprocating motion; and a head portion having a driven member moving in a reciprocating motion. The head portion is pivotably supported with respect to the main body, and a gap is provided between the main body and the head portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: Panasonic Electric Works Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Ouchi, Hidekazu Sueyoshi, Toshihiro Takeuchi, Kenichi Muraki, Keiko Funatsu
  • Patent number: 7681318
    Abstract: A power-saving scissors comprises a first handle having a first knife set; the first handle being formed with a receiving space; an inner wall of the receiving space being formed with teeth; a second handle pivotally installed to the first handle by a planet gear set; the second handle having a second knife set; a center gear being protruded from the second handle at a position corresponding to the receiving space; the center gear being engagable with the receiving space of the first handle; the planet gear set including the center gear, three peripheral gears and a cover; one end of the center gear being installed to the second handle and another end thereof being protruded with a post; the three peripheral gear being respectively engaged to the center gear and also engaged to the teeth of the receiving space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Inventor: Chih-Ching Hsieh
  • Publication number: 20090172954
    Abstract: A plurality of aviation snips, each snip comprising a visible graphic indicia indicative of the respective type of snip and visibly different from the graphic indicia of every other type of snip. The indicia is placed on the end portion of the upper handle grip to indicate the orientation of the snip relative to the user's hand during use, and is optionally debossed to add a tactile feel element to the indicia such that the user can determine the type of snip by feeling the indicia without visual contact. Each snip is optionally color coded on the spine of the snip to indicate the cutting direction of the snip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2008
    Publication date: July 9, 2009
    Inventors: Joseph Thomas Novak, Peter Weremchuk
  • Patent number: 7540093
    Abstract: A pair of gardening shears include a handle, a drive member, a control lever, a transmission device, and two cutting blades. The transmission device includes a housing, a pivot plate, a catch plate, a link, a catch flange, a restoring member. Thus, the restoring member is biased between the catch flange and the catch plate, so that the restoring member is not subjected to a pulling force to prevent the restoring member from being worn out by a pulling force during a long-term utilization. In addition, when the pivot head of the handle is rotatable relative to the housing, the stop post of the pivot head is movable to rest on the pivot plate to prevent the pivot plate from directly rubbing the inner wall of the pivot head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2009
    Assignee: Chung Cheng Scissors Co.
    Inventor: Chun-Chiao Yeh
  • Publication number: 20090126202
    Abstract: Each arm (1) of the scissors comprises a handle (5) with a rigid outer ring (8) and an inner ring (9) made of a flexible and elastically deformable material. The flexible inner ring (9) comprises a part (10) resembling a length of tube and receiving one or more of the user's fingers, and a thin membrane-like part (11) which connects the preceding part (10) to the rigid outer ring (8) of the handle (5). This configuration is both comfortable and firm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2008
    Publication date: May 21, 2009
    Applicant: MAPED
    Inventor: Daniel RACAMIER
  • Patent number: 7530172
    Abstract: A pair of long-arm gardening shears include a hollow mounting seat, an extension tube, a cutting tool, a link, a toothed rack, two spaced driven gears, and two elongated handles. Each of the elongated handles is provided with a toothed drive portion meshing with a respective driven gear to rotate the respective driven gear. Thus, the cutting tool is driven by a leverage action of the handles and by a gearing action of the toothed drive portions of the handles, the driven gears and the toothed rack, so that the long-arm gardening shears can perform a cutting action in a labor-saving manner, thereby greatly saving the user's energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2009
    Assignee: Jiin Haur Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shih-Piao Wu
  • Publication number: 20080289186
    Abstract: A scissor shear apparatus is disclosed for shearing material. The apparatus includes a frame and a first shear blade having a first and a second end, the first shear blade being pivotally secured to the frame about a first pivotal axis which extends through the frame and through the first shear blade between the ends thereof. The first shear blade defines a first cutting edge which is disposed adjacent to the first end thereof. A second shear blade has a first and a second extremity, the second shear blade being pivotally secured to the frame about the first pivotal axis between the extremities thereof. The second shear blade defines a second cutting edge which is disposed adjacent to the first extremity thereof such that the cutting edges cooperate together for shearing the material when the second end of the first shear blade and the second extremity of the second shear blade move away from each other for pivoting the shear blades relative to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2008
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Inventor: Allan R. Adams
  • Publication number: 20080276464
    Abstract: A hand-operated cutting tool includes a first handle coupled to a first jaw, with the first jaw having a blade, and a second handle coupled to a second jaw, with the second jaw having a first hook configured to receive a first object, and a second hook configured to receive a second object, where the first hook is larger than the second hook, and the first object is larger than the second object. A pivot connection couples the first jaw to the second jaw so that movement of the handles from a closed position to an intermediate position exposes the second hook for receiving and cutting the second object only, and movement of the handles from the intermediate position to an open position exposes the first hook for receiving and cutting the first object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2007
    Publication date: November 13, 2008
    Inventor: Joshua D. Hatch
  • Publication number: 20080172887
    Abstract: A cutting device or food scissor apparatus includes a first cutting element which has a shank section, a first handle, and a blade section with a cutting edge and a second cutting element having a shank section, a second handle, and a blade section with a cutting edge and an endpoint. The first and second cutting elements of the apparatus are connected about a rotational pin. The apparatus includes an orthogonal tip connected to the endpoint of the second cutting element. Various tip designs may be removably attached to the apparatus. The perpendicular tip promotes cutting stability and reduces damages to a surface from which material is being cut.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2007
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Inventor: Jack G. Potter
  • Patent number: 7392587
    Abstract: A handle for scissors including an embedded joint portion that is embedded in the finger support of the first handle portion as a joint portion of the first blade and expose from the intermediate section. The first section and the second section extend from the intermediate section to the perceptible portion in the inner end, respectively, with the intermediate section arranged between the first and second sections. The finger support of the first handle portion includes outer cover portions each serving as a finger contact portion. The outer cover portions are formed in the first section in the second section, respectively, for covering the embedded joint portion of the first blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2008
    Assignee: Kai R & D Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Katsumi Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 7377043
    Abstract: A shearing apparatus includes a pair of scissors including a first blade, a second blade, a first slide on the first blade and a second slide on the second blade. A first handle defines a groove for receiving the first slide, a first portion through which the pair of scissors can be retracted into and extended from the first handle, a second portion, a slot and two apertures in communication with the slot. A second handle is pivotally connected to the first handle. The second handle defines a groove for receiving the second slide. A positioning device is connected to the pair of scissors. The positioning device is normally located in one of the apertures to position the pair of scissors and can be pushed and then moved between the apertures along the slot to move the pair of scissors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: Apex Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Eric Tsai
  • Patent number: 7363712
    Abstract: A cutting tool includes two metal handles each having a first end formed with a mounting portion and a second end formed with a blade portion, and two plastic grips each having an inside formed with a mounting hole mounted on the mounting portion of the respective metal handle. The mounting hole of each of the plastic grips has a first end formed with a first separation slot and a second end formed with a second separation slot. Thus, the plastic grips are detachable from the metal handles when the cutting tool is worn out, so that the plastic grips and the metal handles are separated from each other, thereby facilitating reuse of the plastic grips and the metal handles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2008
    Assignee: Tai-Wei Scissors Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chien-Che Huang, Ming-Chyuan Ho
  • Patent number: 7346991
    Abstract: A hand tool for use by one hand provides double compound leverage of the force exerted on the handles to the jaws. This is achieved by adding additional pivots and lever arms between the handles and the jaws. The jaws may take the form of a sheet metal snip or a pruning shear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2008
    Inventor: Paul M. Janson
  • Patent number: 7275323
    Abstract: A long-handled shears with a detachable connecting device has an operational grip stick with an elongated tube and a wire, a grass shears, and a connecting device attached between the grip stick and the grass shears. The ball is attached to the wire of the grip stick. The base is mounted on the elongated tube, allows the wire to extend through the base and engages the grass shears by a clamp. The engaging block is movably mounted inside a grip of the grass shears and has a ball recess. When the grip of the grass shears is compressed, the engaging block moves aside to reveal the ball recess to allow the ball to enter the ball recess. Then, the handle is released to lock the ball inside the ball recess. By engaging the ball and the engaging block, the grass shears detachably attaches to the grip stick conveniently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2007
    Inventor: Chung-Cheng Yang
  • Patent number: 7055245
    Abstract: A nail clipper for pets has a first semi-spherical or semi-elliptical part which is hollowed-out with a circular or elliptical hole with a blade formed on a rim of the hole, and a second semi-spherical or elliptical part having a shape matching the outside of the first part and a blade formed on a rim thereof. By placing the pet's nail in the hollowed-out hole of the first semi-spherical or elliptical part and rotating the second part along the outside of the first part, the blades of the first and second parts come together to cut the pet's nail, producing smooth nail edges cut in a semi-circular shape in a single cutting action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Assignee: Yuko Kuzuu
    Inventor: Masayuki Kuzuu
  • Patent number: 6869000
    Abstract: Bodies with non-circular cross-sections are cut using a tool, by applying a torsional cutting process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2005
    Assignee: Synthes (U.S.A.)
    Inventors: Peter Bauer, Herbert Happe
  • Patent number: 6785969
    Abstract: A tree pruner includes a base member that has a connector connected to a shaft and a main plate longitudinally securely connected to the connector. A first groove is defined in the main plate and downward extends to a periphery of the main plate. A second groove is defined in the main plate and upwardly extends to the periphery of the main plate. A blade is pivotally mounted on the main plate. The blade includes a first side forming a first cutting edge corresponding to and moved within the first groove and a second side forming a second cutting edge corresponding to and moved within the second groove. A driving device is attached to the second side of the blade for reciprocally driving the blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2004
    Inventor: Kuang Pin Wang
  • Patent number: 6751866
    Abstract: A cuticle cutting instrument has tubes rotatably disposed in each other and forming two working endings, cutting elements provided on the endings, handles fixed on the tubes, a return spring installed between the handles, and a tubing connection for communicating with a vacuum source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2004
    Inventors: Salman Yusufov, Nazim Yusufov
  • Patent number: 6742264
    Abstract: A limb trimmer apparatus is provided comprising a blade releasably secured to a housing assembly. The housing assembly comprises a housing having first and second flat sides for alternatively securing the blade to the housing assembly in desired extended or storage positions. A clamp and fastener may be provided for selectively securing the blade to one of the first or second flat sides. The blade being secured to the second flat side may be loosened and rotated about the fastener selectively between an extended position and a storage position. The blade being secured to the first flat side may be removed from its extended position in securement thereto and repositioned against the second flat side in the storage position. The clamp is configured with a recess to receive the handle end of the blade and the first or second flat side in either an extended or storage position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2004
    Inventor: Christopher Urion
  • Patent number: 6625888
    Abstract: A pruning device includes a blade mounting jaw and an opposing jaw. A blade is removably mounted on a blade mounting portion of the blade mounting jaw to cut vegetation positioned between the jaws as the jaws are closed. A blade retainer is movable between a blade retaining and blade releasing positions with respect to the blade mounting portion and has a forward blade engaging portion. In its blade retaining position, the blade retainer secures the blade to the blade mounting portion. A forward edge portion of the blade is received between the forward blade engaging portion and the blade mounting portion. A rearward blade engaging structure and the blade mounting portion support a rearward portion of the blade. In its releasing position, the blade retainer releases the blade for replacement. Grip portions are operatively connected to the jaws to open and close the jaws.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2003
    Assignee: Ames True Temper, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward Heck, Michael McBride, Bryan Ritchie
  • Patent number: 6581293
    Abstract: A pair of hole punching pliers, so-called stoma pliers, is arranged to punch a hole in a skin protection plate for a stoma bag. The hole punching remedies of the pliers consist of a hole socket (16) and a holding-up plate (18) for the same. During the punching, a plastic skin protection plate is located between the hole socket (16) and the opposing surface of the holding-up plate (18), as the free, outer cutting/punching edge (22) of the hole socket (16) after the completion of the punching abuts directly on said opposing holding-up plate surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2003
    Inventor: Svein Jakob Andersen
  • Publication number: 20020026712
    Abstract: This invention describes a hand operated, end cutting, sheet metal shear that makes cuts perpendicular to the axis of the tool handle. The shearing surfaces consist of a moving shear blade with a fixed rake angle and shear angle, cutting along a blunt anvil. The shear blade is pivotally mounted to the tool body and actuated by a toggle linkage and a movable handle. A stroke adjustment screw is incorporated into the fixed handle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2001
    Publication date: March 7, 2002
    Inventor: Donald J. Hackman
  • Patent number: 5950314
    Abstract: A step-separating shearing tool includes a first handle and a second handle. A first blade portion is connected to the first handle, and a second blade portion, which includes an L-shaped slot, is hinge-connected to the first blade portion and to the first handle. A rocker arm connects the second handle and the first blade portion. The step-separating shearing tool also includes an automatic step-separating mechanism. This mechanism includes: a double-oscillating rod, which is hinge-connected to the rocker arm; a slider on the double oscillating rod, which is received in the L-shaped slot of the second blade portion; and a torsion spring connected between the rocker arm and the double oscillating rod. When the shearing tool is used in a cutting operation for cutting items having a relatively small diameter, the slider is located in a short slot portion of the L-shaped slot during the entire cutting operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1999
    Inventor: Jung-Hsien Chang
  • Patent number: 5255438
    Abstract: A composite knife and shears apparatus provides a larger knife blade and a smaller knife blade that closely conform in a closed position so that the smaller knife is contained within the periphery of the larger knife. A pair of handle members form handles for the shears in open position and abut to define an overall composite handle with generally continuous outer surface in a folded, closed position. The top of the larger blade has a recess that holds an object to be sheared.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1993
    Inventor: Ronnie F. Morgan
  • Patent number: 5060382
    Abstract: A cutting tool including a pair of jaws wherein each jaw has a first and second end. The jaws are pivotally coupled to each other such that the first ends engage with one another when the jaws are in a closed position. The tool further includes a pair of hollow tubular extensions each having a bend therein and first and second portions merging into one another at said bend. Each second end of one of the jaws extends into the first portion of a respective extension which includes a crimped section that fixedly secures the jaw thereto. When the jaws are in the closed position, the first portions converge toward each other and the second portions diverge from the first portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1989
    Date of Patent: October 29, 1991
    Assignee: Cooper Industries
    Inventors: Gary L. Wilhelm, Mel C. Mock