Abstract: A handtool for close edge trimming of sheet material, of the pull-type for manual use and toward the user in a forward direction during the cutting action of the tool; including an acute angularly shaped flat base plate having therein near the forward point on opposite sides protruding there from parallel cutting edges; the cutting edges extend outwardly through slots in the bevel shaped angular guiding edges of the base plate, said slots formed by parallel recesses in the base plate and a removable closure plate covering the recesses; and an upwardly projecting handle fixedly secured the base plate and conveniently shaped to be grasped by the user's hand.

Abstract: An apparatus for cutting frozen fish bait comprising a cutting head having a plurality of spaced-apart cutting blades (50) which are slidably moved between a stack of spacer blocks (26). The blocks include openings (42) to define a tunnel extending from top to bottom of the stack. The blades (50) have a retracted position and an extended position moving across the tunnel. A bottom gate (124) holds its frozen bait in the tunnel until the blades have sliced the bait into pieces. A fluid actuated cylinder (80) and piston 78 are attached to a blade mounting member (60) to provide the cutting power. A cycling valve (94), reversing valve (100) and actuator mechanism (110) provide operator control of the devices contained in housing (12).

Abstract: This invention relates to an implement for removing plastic sealing strips from joints between reinforced concrete elements. The cutting implement provided for that purpose can easily be operated and can be used to provide a clean joint so that such operations can be performed more efficiently. The cutting implement comprises two parallel spaced apart cutting blades, which are transversely adjustable and adapted to extend into the joint containing the plastic sealing strip. The cutting blades are adapted to be longitudinally reciprocated in phase opposition by means of an eccentric or crank drive and are succeeded by conveying means for withdrawing the plastic sealing strip which has been severed on both sides.

Abstract: A device for forming a rabbet edge on ceiling tile consisting essentially of two blades held in parallel one in a fixed position and the remaining blade being slidable so that it may extend beyond the fixed blade to produce a deeper cut. The unwanted tile is first severed with the extended blade following which the shorter fixed blade is used to make a perpendicular cut and remove an unwanted longitudinal segment. The blades are replacable to provide fresh cutting edges.

Abstract: This invention is an adjustable multi-purpose knife structure operable to fillet fish and cut selected thickness of meat, cheese, or the like. The adjustable multi-purpose knife structure includes first and second handle and blade assemblies interconnected by a connector and guide assembly and movable relative to each other by an actuator assembly. Each handle and blade assembly includes a blade member secured to a handle member. The connector and guide assembly includes spaced guide pin members operably connected to the adjacent first and second handle and blade assemblies to control the respective lateral movement thereof. The actuator assembly includes an actuator wheel assembly connected to and mounted between the first and second handle and blade assemblies and an actuator lock assembly mounted in one of the handle members. The actuator wheel assembly includes an actuator member that is rotatable to selectively move the first and second handle and blade assemblies toward or away from each other.

Abstract: A stem cleaner for cutting away thorns, excess foliage and the like from stems having a flexible handle with two free ends to which are attached at least one cutting blade capable of being pressed against a stem. The cutting blade is shaped so as to prevent damage to the outer stem bark: the stem-contact surface is wide along the stem length direction; oblique-angle transitions are provided between that surface and surfaces sloping away from the stem-contact surface; and a sharpened cutting edge for cutting away the thorns and foliage is spaced outwardly from the stem-contact surface to prevent its contact with the stem bark.

Abstract: A kitchen utensil for cutting foodstuffs such as vegetables or fruit into strips and particularly to a blade member therefor, the blade member comprising a strip of material such as metal which is integral with a plurality of spaced substantially vertical cutting blades which project from the plane of the strip, the strip being embedded in a guide plate, over which the foodstuff is moved during cutting, so that the blade member is securely held, the vertical blades projecting above the guide plate. The strip has cuts in one longitudinal edge and the metal between the cuts is bent up to form the vertical blades.

Abstract: A hand-held cutting tool which is composed of a housing defining a bottom to rest upon a surface and includes within the housing a blade cartridge secured therein on which there are a plurality of blades swingable so that the cutting edge of each blade is exposed or retracted so that the blade is completely within the housing, the blades are rotated between the two positions defined above by means of spacer means which include an operating surface preferably exteriorly accessible on the housing.

Abstract: In order to remove as much poison as possible from bites or stings of poisonous animals, a plurality of incisions is made into the flesh tissue being at least approximately parallel to each other and several times interrupted in their longitudinal direction. For this a tissue perforating device is used, which is equipped with a knive head (2) abruptly movable in the interior of a housing member (1). The knive head being provided with three rows of knives offset lateral, the cutting edge (7) of the knives being rectilinear and at right angles to the direction of penetration into the tissue.

Abstract: This device is a combination device, for slicing eggs, stick butter, soft cheeses and other foods, and it consists primarily of interchangeable cutting blades and food support members, the support members being slideable in the base of the device. It further consists of a pivotal frame secured to one end of the base, that has a provision for receiving different slicing or cutting blades, for adaptation to their respective food support members.

Abstract: A canning utensil which is used in filling canning jars with food products in sliced form is provided with a hollow, cup-shaped body and an upper cutter assembly mounted adjacent the top opening of the body of the utensil. By using the canning utensil, a food product to be canned may first be severed into slices and then funneled into the canning jar without intervention being necessary to handle the slices. This is accomplished by manually pushing the food product down through the blades of the cutter assembly. As the severed product slices emerge from between the blades, they slide downward through the interior of the cup-shaped body of the utensil along converging paths and are deposited into the canning jar on which the utensil is resting. In alternative embodiments, the cutter blades can take on several configurations and can be fixedly mounted as well as removably mounted to the utensil.

Abstract: A hand held vegetable slicer has a two part molding which defines a window spanned by an array of blades; both parts have teeth enabling them to interfit to form a comb joint and the ends of the blades are imprisoned between adjacent teeth. In one version the two part molding is a sub-assembly which fits into a window in a preformed handle. In another version the handle has both window and teeth on two opposite edges of the window and a separate toothed molding is used to imprison the blades. ABS plastic and alloy are provided.

Abstract: The invention relates to apparatus for cutting foodstuffs, comprising a substantially flat body having a fixed cutting blade lying generally in the plane of the body and two separate substantially flat plates each with blades projecting from the plate, one plate being removably mountable with the flat body and the second plate being combinable with the first plate, whereby when the two plates are combined their blades alternate in a direction transversely of the plates as considered in a cutting direction of the apparatus.

Abstract: A scoring device which produces a plurality of cuts with a single pass comprises a handle and a body portion containing a movable blade holding assembly consisting of a series of razor blades mounted on a shaft with spacer elements between them. By loosening a thumb screw on the shaft the assembly can be released from a retracted noncutting position and slid out from the body portion to expose a greater amount of the blade edge which will produce a deeper cut. The assembly is then locked at the desired extended position with the thumb screw. The blades can be easily and economically replaced to maintain a sharp cutting edge and the device can be used to score fish.

Abstract: A hand tool for cleaning or chipping away matter from a rigid surface. The tool has a handle of suitable material and a metal head. There is a set of three blades on each end of the head and the blades are parallel to the length of the handle. Each set of blades is staggered and comprise a long blade, a medium blade and a short blade. Each set of blades is designed to strike a surface at an angle to provide maximum effect with all three blades striking simultaneously. The tool will strike three times as much area as would a single blade. The double set of blades are provided so the tool can be used effectively by a right handed or a left handed person. Further the double set of blades permit the handle to be removed and inserted into the opposite side of the head, thus the life of the tool may be doubled.

Abstract: A hand tool for slitting the sheath on flat, two to four conductor, plastic clad cables wherein one or more pointed knives project from the end of a handle into a chamber bounded, opposite the knife blades, by a sloping wall, one end of which defines an opening only slightly larger than the cable to be cut while the other end of the wall defines one end of an elongated opening throughout which the cable can be moved to assume a range of angles relative to the knives. A cable to be cut may be introduced into the chamber at an angle such that its surface does not touch the knives, and the tool can then be moved to an angle such that the knife points are driven into the cable and the sheath is cut, to facilitate separation and stripping of the conductors.

Abstract: A grapefruit cutting knife which is composed of a handle and a bifurcated working end with terminal ends which are serrated and which overlay one another for a scissor-type action in cutting the membranes between sections of grapefruit and there is provided an upstanding pair of knife-like members for slicing the grapefruit section from the membrane.

Abstract: A slitting device for subdividing longitudinally a ribbon wherein blades are mounted in a housing in positions to slit into two or more narrow strips a ribbon which is pushed endwise into a selected slot in the holder.

Abstract: A wire stripper for removing the insulation from single-core or coaxial cable has a pair of elongated jaws which are hinged together at one end and are provided with a latch at the other end so that they can clamp the wire between them. One of the jaws carries a blade, preferably in a replaceable cartridge, adapted to penetrate into part of the periphery of the insulation of the wire while the other jaw is formed with a bed to receive the wire and hold it during penetration by the blade. One of the jaws is also provided with a ring or eye into which the user can insert a finger and thereby twirl the tool around to effect relative rotation of the tool and the wire to cut through the insulation over its entire circumference. The tool is then drawn off the wire axially or the wire is withdrawn axially from the tool to strip the severed length of insulation from the wire. When two axially spaced cuts are to be made, the replaceable cartridge is formed with two blades in parallel transversely spaced relation.

Abstract: A slicer has two parallel rails, a removable front plate arranged between the rails, the lower surface of the front plate lying parallel to and at a distance beneath and in front of the upper surface of the back plate, and a blade arranged between the two plates; the blade has a cutting edge at least part of which lies in the same plane as the surface of the back plate. The underside of the front plate has bearers each containing at least one step, the bearers being supported on supporting ledges which project inwardly from the rails when the front plate is inserted. The cutting blade may be corrugated. In manufacturing the utensil, a suitable plastics material is injection-moulded in a single operation onto the cutting blade which has been previously inserted into the mould.

Abstract: A pocket-sized claw-like multibladed weapon adapted to be held in the closed fist with the blades being spaced apart and projecting outwardly between adjoining fingers; likened to animal claws or talons of birds of prey. For storage and handling of the weapon, the blades are retractable, foldable, pivotable, and/or otherwise reposable in a confined manner, so that the weapon may be safely carried in the user's pocket or purse while occupying a minimal space. The weapon may be rapidly converted or erected from its reposed condition to its activated position when required.

Abstract: An improved egg slicer is provided which comprises a lower member including a main body having a longitudinal channel therein and an elongated handle issuing from the main body. A cutter means is movably laterally mounted in the main body across a section through the channel therein in a slot provided therefor. The egg to be sliced is mounted in the channel overlying the cutter means. An upper linearly elongated member of the egg slicer has an end pivotally connected to a corresponding end of the lower member thereof. A pusher member registrable in the channel provided in the lower member is journalled in the upper member. The egg overlying the cutter means is forced therethrough by the pusher means as the upper member is pivoted towards the lower member of the slicer.

Abstract: This disclosure pertains to a handle, housing a battery and a switch and is adapted with a removable blade securing bar extending transverse to the longitudinal axis of the handle. A plurality of blades are removably engaged within a series of spaced apart notches in the bars. A lamp is secured to the handle providing a convenient work light covering the area that includes a series of blades extending parallel to the longitudinal axis of the handle when the blades are secured within the notches. Each blade is adapted with at least one cutting edge and may be secured to the bar with the cutting edge extending in a preferred location, thus enabling the user to select either of two types of cutting edges or to position a variety of cutting edges of the adjacent blades in a cutting work plane and to position the blades selectively in the notches, providing thereby a variety of cutting widths.

Abstract: A grooming implement has hand grips and two blades corresponding edges of which have a lengthwise series of teeth. The blades include parallel, spaced-apart grooming portions that remain substantially parallel when the implement is held by the hand grips with the blades curved as one end of one blade is slidable relative to the other blade.

Abstract: Implements for use in grooming animals, scaling fish, and grating vegetables have at least one blade of the band saw type which includes a loop portion and tail portions and a handle of a material that the blade teeth will cut and having a socket. Each socket is dimensioned slidably to receive the tail portions, if held sufficiently close together, but to be frictionally engaged thereby if not so held after their insertion into the socket and to become engaged by the teeth of the tail portions on any relative movement between them and the handle. The loops are of a shape depending on the primary use of the implement. In the case of animal grooming and fish scaling implements there are several loops, one inside another.

Abstract: The invention concerns a device for trim patterning furs with a group of knife blades, arranged at equal intervals next to each other and aligned parallel to each other, whose cuts run acute-angled to the leather back side of the material surface, with a convex slot plate opposite the material surface displaying a pass-through slot for each knife blade, and with an adjustment arrangement for establishing a desired projecting length for the knife blades above the convex side of the slot plate.

Abstract: A safety razor comprises a blade seat member having a transversely elongated guard surface, and a first plurality of upwardly extending support posts. A first razor blade is situated on the blade seat member with a cutting edge spaced upwardly and rearwardly of the guard surface. A plurality of perforations are formed in the first blade and the first plurality of support posts extend upwardly through the perforations. A second razor blade is positioned above the first blade in abutting engagement with the top surfaces of the first plurality of support posts. The second blade includes a cutting edge spaced upwardly and rearwardly of the cutting edge of the first blade, and a plurality of perforations formed therethrough. A cap member is positioned above the second blade, and includes a second plurality of support posts extending downwardly through the perforations in the second blade and in abutting engagement with the top surface of the first blade.

Abstract: Apparatus to cut or shear loop pile fabric by moving the loop pile fabric to be cut or sheared over a rotating cutting member which cuts the loops in the fabric but prevents the fabric backing material from being cut by the use of guard members for the cutting blades.

Abstract: Apparatus to cut or shear loop pile fabric by moving the loop pile fabric to be cut or sheared over a rotating cutting member which cuts the loops in the fabric but prevents the fabric backing material from being cut by the use of guard members for the cutting blades. The guard members are pivotally mounted to allow ease of blade sharpening.