Pivoted Part Patents (Class 30/330)
  • Patent number: 11577420
    Abstract: A quick-change cutting assembly includes a base having a support surface for supporting a cutting blade, a clamping arm having a clamping surface, a spring interposed between the base and the clamping arm, and a pivot defining a pivot axis between the spring and the clamping surface that couples the clamping arm to the base. The spring biases the clamping surface toward the support surface and a cutting blade therebetween. The clamping arm is pivotable between a closed position where the clamping surface is parallel to the support surface and an open position removed from the closed position where the clamping surface is spaced further from the support surface. The cutting assembly further includes a locking pin transverse the direction of biasing action of the spring that connects the clamping arm to the base to prevent the clamping arm from pivoting relative to the base when in the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Ranpak Corp.
    Inventors: RĂ©mi Parisse, Uwe Klarner, Jean-Yves Sia
  • Patent number: 11426888
    Abstract: Presented embodiments of the handheld cutting tool are capable of cutting in one of two ways: with the cutting edge of the blade only so as to minimize damage to objects not intended to be cut or, alternately, with the point of the blade as with more typical knives. The tool is comprised predominantly of a handle body, a blade holder and a rotational control assembly for allowing the blade holder to rotate. The blade holder holds either a replaceable isosceles trapezoid utility blade or replaceable single edge razor blade and has, in some embodiments, a portion that isolates parts of the blade from objects not intended to be cut. The rotational control assembly enables the blade holder to rotate between retracted and a plurality of extended positions thus permitting the blade holder to deploy the blade at various angles to facilitate proper cutting of materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Inventor: George Emmanuel Mon
  • Patent number: 11076738
    Abstract: A cutting device is disclosed. The cutting device has a housing, a cutting assembly that is movably disposed in the housing, the cutting assembly including a body member, an actuating member, and a first urging member that is configured to urge the actuating member away from the body member, from an inner position toward an outer position relative to the body member, by applying a first urging force, and a second urging member that is configured to urge the cutting assembly to retract within the housing by applying a second urging force that urges the actuating member to move from an extended position toward a retracted position relative to the housing. The housing includes at least one recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Slice, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Scimone, Scot Herbst, Robert Joseph Gallegos
  • Patent number: 8978257
    Abstract: A utility knife employing a blade having multiple cutting portions, and a housing for quickly and simply swapping out one cutting portion for another. In a preferred embodiment, a six-cutting-portion featured blade is employed. Each point of the six-cutting-portion featured blade features two distinct cutting portions, for a total of six cutting portions located on a single blade. The blade can be rotated about a central axis to expose new cutting portions as old portions wear and dull. In another embodiment, a single-edged blade featuring two cutting faces is housed in a knife handle. The blade can be flipped when the first portion is dull or worn to expose a second cutting face. The handle may optionally include a storage space for storing additional blades.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Inventors: Elwood Dean Quimby, Hubert J. Bung, Jeremy E. Weinman
  • Publication number: 20150068049
    Abstract: A reciprocating saw having a clamping arrangement with a clamp support base, a first locking member and a release lever. The clamp support base defines a first blade slot that is configured to receive a saw blade therein. The first locking member is movable between a disengaged position, which does not inhibit withdrawal of the saw blade from the first blade slot, and an engaged position that inhibits withdrawal of the saw blade from the first blade slot. The release lever is pivotally coupled to the clamp support base and coordinates movement of the first locking member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2014
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Inventor: Gabriel da Graca
  • Patent number: 8960688
    Abstract: A power tool has a driving shaft driving a working element, a fastening piece fastening the working element to the driving shaft having a projecting shaft insertable into the driving shaft, a locking assembly locking the projecting shaft in the driving shaft having a locking member wherein the locking member has a locking position for locking the projecting shaft with the driving shaft and a loosening position for loosening the projecting shaft with the driving shaft. At the locking position, the fastening piece is pressed towards an end portion of the driving shaft by an elastic component. The locking assembly further includes a movable member arranged outside of the driving shaft, the movable member having a first portion and a second portion which can be directly or indirectly mated with the locking member wherein a radial distance of the first portion relative to a shaft center of the driving shaft is unequal to that of the second portion relative to the shaft center of the driving shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Chervon (HK) Limited
    Inventor: Hongtao Zhou
  • Patent number: 8950077
    Abstract: A utility knife employing a blade having multiple cutting portions, and a housing for quickly and simply swapping out one cutting portion for another. In a preferred embodiment, a six-cutting-portion featured blade is employed. Each point of the six-cutting-portion featured blade features two distinct cutting portions, for a total of six cutting portions located on a single blade. The blade can be rotated about a central axis to expose new cutting portions as old portions wear and dull. In another embodiment, a single-edged blade featuring two cutting faces is housed in a knife handle. The blade can be flipped when the first edge is dull or worn to expose a second cutting face. The handle may optionally include a storage space for storing additional blades.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Inventors: Elwood Dean Quimby, Hubert J. Bung, Jeremy E. Weinman
  • Patent number: 8925931
    Abstract: A clamp arrangement for releasably securing an accessory to an oscillating power tool can include a tool body including a motor that drives an output member. A clamp assembly can include a first clamp member that moves relative to the accessory between a closed position wherein the clamp assembly retains the accessory and an open position wherein the first clamp member of the clamp assembly is offset from the accessory permitting removal of the accessory from the clamp assembly. A lever can have a user engagement portion and a pivot portion including a pivot axle. The lever can be pivotally coupled to the tool body about the pivot axle between a first position, wherein the clamp assembly is in the closed position and a second position wherein movement of the user engagement portion of the lever causes the clamp assembly to be moved to the open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventors: Oleksiy P. Sergyeyenko, Brent A. Kuehne, Kevin W. Covell, David A. Goldman, Mark D. Miller, Derek P. Vlcko
  • Publication number: 20140304993
    Abstract: A dual safety utility knife having a safety guard positioned next to the cutting blade preventing accidental injuries when the tip of the knife accidentally contacts human bodies. A spring keeps pushing out the safety guard to cover the side of the cutting blade at all times. The safety guard moves back inside the knife shell only when the tip of the knife pressed against hard objects for cutting. The safe guard doesn't move back inside the knife shell when the knife tip pressed against soft objects such as skins and mussels. Additional safety feature keeps locking the safety guard from movements at all times for extra safety protection. The safety guard is released only when the safe release button manually pushed in. A box cutting guide allows cutting the top of the boxes with an even straight line. A blade folder is provided for fast blade change.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2013
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Inventor: Eddie Rafii
  • Publication number: 20140260843
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a combination blade and blade holder for performing a plurality of laboratory applications. The combination blade and blade holder comprises a blade having an elongated body portion with a front surface, a rear surface, a first edge and a second edge joined by way of a pair of opposing side edges, a blade cutting edge extending along the first edge and a blade handle formed along the second edge and the blade holder comprising a holder body having a top edge, a bottom edge, a front surface, a rear surface, a proximal end and a distal end, and a retaining flap positioned at the proximal end to receive and hold the blade firmly. The blade, the blade handle, the blade holder and the retaining flap are designed in such a way to hold the blade in position for performing the plurality of laboratory applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: Margret E. Leventhal, Kent F. McCue, John D. McCue
  • Patent number: 8443522
    Abstract: Pocket safety cutter devices include ergonomic blade housing and handle portions adapted to be safely folded together into compact closed configurations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Pacific Handy Cutter, Inc.
    Inventors: Dale E. Jennings, Glen Kanemoto, Yen-Chao Chung
  • Patent number: 8359755
    Abstract: The present invention may be used for removal of hair or fur from an animal. A blade holder may be rotatetably attached to a handle. The blade holder may have a body that may have a cavity that may be shaped to receive a cutting blade. A blade clamp may be disposable on a cutting blade and a fastener may be attached to attach the blade clamp and the cutting blade on the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: WORX4U2, Inc.
    Inventor: Kim E. Laube
  • Patent number: 8312632
    Abstract: A handsaw includes a handle and a blade. The handle includes a lock assembly. The blade is releaseably mountable on the handle and includes a lock engaging region located toward one end thereof. The lock assembly includes a lock structure and a manually enagageable actuator. The lock structure is movable between a lock position in which it lockingly engages the lock engaging region to lock the blade to the handle, and a release position in which the lock structure is released from engagement with the lock engaging region to enable the blade to be released from the handle. The actuator is manually actuatable to move the lock structure from the lock position to the release position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Rowlay, Stewart Hawley
  • Publication number: 20120180325
    Abstract: A paper cutter comprises a cutter handle, a cutter head connected to the cutter handle, and a cutter blade mounted in the cutter head. The cutter head comprises a lower cutter head member defining an accommodation chamber for accommodating the cutter blade, and an upper cutter head member accommodating the lower cutter head member in an accommodation chamber with an open at one side therein. The lower cutter head member and the upper cutter head member are respectively made of a stainless steel sheet member by stamping.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2011
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Inventors: Jin-Song WU, Ye MA
  • Patent number: 8074362
    Abstract: A foldable hand tool having a blade holder mounted with a handle for movement from folded and unfolded positions. The blade holder has an opening adapted to receive blades of different sizes. The foldable hand tool further has a locking mechanism to lock the holder in an open position. A blade holder lock engages a resilient arm formed in the side wall of the handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Meridian International Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yao Kun Gui, Zheng Guo Wang
  • Patent number: 8006389
    Abstract: Pocket safety cutter devices include ergonomic blade housing and handle portions adapted to be safely folded together into compact closed configurations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Pacific Handy Cutter, Inc.
    Inventors: Dale E. Jennings, Glen Kanemoto, Yen-Chao Chung
  • Publication number: 20110185577
    Abstract: An improved hand-held cutting tool includes a first double-sided handle member having a front open cavity for receiving an anvil member. A second double-sided handle member having an upper open cavity for receiving a biased auxiliary handle therein and a front open cavity for receiving a blade holder therein. The first and second handle members are pivoted between a first open work piece placement position and a second open blade replacement position. The first open position allows a work piece to be placed on the anvil member to be cut and the second open position allows access to the blade holder for blade replacement without using tools. The auxiliary handle is biased out of the upper open cavity in the first open position to allow a user to grasp the auxiliary handle and the first handle member with one hand to easily achieve an initial cutting operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2010
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Inventor: John S. Ronan
  • Patent number: 7930831
    Abstract: The invention relates to a scraper blade assembly structure. The scraper includes a stem for hand grip and a scraping section in the front. The scraping section includes a jaw plate, a blade and a fastening button. The jaw plate extends backward to form an arm. The jaw plate is attached to the inside of the jaw plate groove of the scraping section by a fastener that also serves as a lever pivot for swinging back and forth. When a fastening button goes into the inside of the jaw plate of the scraping section, it pushes the inner side of the arm of the jaw plate, and so as to generate a great holding power for the front of the jaw plate. Further, the fastening button can be a handle protruding from one side of the scraping section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2011
    Inventor: Wen-Chen Lin
  • Patent number: 7913397
    Abstract: A folding pocket utility knife includes a front handle, and a rear handle pivotally mounted to the front handle via a pivot. The rear handle contains a cavity configured to contain at least a portion of the front handle within the cavity. A blade holder is mounted inside the front handle for holding a blade, and a bendable blade strap is attached to the blade holder and to the rear handle. The blade strap extends around an outer circumference of the pivot to move the blade holder from a closed position where the front handle is in the cavity and the blade is completely within the front handle, to an open position where the front handle is not in the cavity and the blade extends from a terminal end of the front handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: American Safety Razor
    Inventor: Gary E. van Deursen
  • Publication number: 20110061248
    Abstract: A hacksaw including a removable blade has a handle including a recess configured to receive the blade and a frame including a first end and a second end. The first end of the frame is coupled to the handle and the second end extends away from the handle. The hacksaw also includes a blade retention mechanism coupled to the second end of the frame for coupling the blade to the second end of the frame. The blade retention mechanism includes an adjustable fastener coupled to the frame and coupling the blade retention mechanism to the frame, a resilient member seated on the fastener, a retaining member seated on the fastener, the retaining member spaced apart from the frame by a gap and the gap having a width, and a lever coupled to the fastener and movable between a first position and a second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2010
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Inventor: Jeremy R. Ebner
  • Publication number: 20110061249
    Abstract: A cutting implement with blades that can be replaced or interchanged without using tools. The cutting implement has shock absorbing handles and may also have at least one bumper to reduce the forces transmitted to the user's hands and arms. The cutting implement may be a saw, pruners, lopper, grass shears, hedge shears, or garden shears.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2009
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Inventors: Man For Ma, Richard Constantine, Ryan Bruce, Yani Deros, Matthew Ibarra
  • Publication number: 20110005087
    Abstract: A knife has a pair of housing parts relatively shiftable between an open position and a closed position and a base on one of the housing parts forming a blade seat. A holding arm mounted on the base is movable relative thereto between a blade-holding position retaining a blade in the seat and a blade-change position freeing the blade so that in the blade-change position the blade can be switched. Interengaging formations on the other housing part and on the arm shift the holding arm from the blade-holding position into the blade-change position on movement of the housing parts from the closed position into the open position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2010
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Inventor: Wolfgang DOEREN
  • Publication number: 20100263214
    Abstract: A folding utility knife with a blade lock and release mechanism is provided, and the knife comprises: a handle pivotally connected to a blade holding compartment, the handle comprising at least two side walls forming a space, the space of the handle is designed to encase at least a portion of the blade holding compartment during a folded position, the blade holding compartment comprising at least one side wall having at least two internal cavities, the first cavity for holding a blade with at least two indentations, at least a portion of the blade holding compartment designed to be situated within the space of the handle during a folded position, the blade holding compartment comprises a front end, a rear end and a faceplate for covering the internal cavities, the front end of the blade compartment holder and at least a portion of the faceplate forming an opening at the front end of the blade holding compartment which allows a portion of the blade to protrude from the blade holding compartment; and a blade lo
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2010
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Inventors: Glenn Robinson, Michael Martinez
  • Patent number: 7814664
    Abstract: A folding utility knife has a handle and a blade holder pivotally mounted on he handle. The blade holder is movable between (i) a closed position with the blade holder pivoted inwardly toward the handle, (ii) a cutting position with the blade holder pivoted outwardly relative to the handle, and (iii) a blade release position located between the closed position and the cutting position. A blade release actuator is located on the blade holder and is movable between (i) a first position preventing release of a utility knife blade located on the blade holder, and (ii) a second position permitting release of a utility knife blade located on the blade holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: Irwin Industrial Tool Company
    Inventors: Norman LeBlanc, Steven R. Levine, Christian S. Leyden
  • Publication number: 20100175267
    Abstract: A utility knife includes a handle and a pivotably connected blade retainer for retaining a blade. An external, symmetrically toothed gear is fixed relative to one of the handle or the blade retainer, and a locking mechanism is associated with the other. The locking mechanism cooperates with the gear to lock the blade retainer in one of a plurality of fixed positions and includes pawls located in channels having converging ends. A manually actuable release mechanism is associated with the locking mechanism for unlocking the blade retainer to permit pivotal movement. Furthermore, a manually actuable blade release mechanism is associated with a blade locking mechanism contained in the blade retainer, for locking and releasing the blade when exchanging a dull blade for a replacement blade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2010
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Applicant: SEBER DESIGN GROUP, INC.
    Inventors: Brett P. Seber, Wesley James Tom
  • Publication number: 20100162576
    Abstract: Disclosed is a food peeler that has a longitudinally aligned conical body having upper and lower sections, and a recess in the upper half thereof in which a blade is rotatably mounted. The recess defines an area having a flat base and opposed, parallel, vertical sides. The blade is fixed to a blade holder that is rotatably mounted between the opposing vertical sides of the recess. The position of the blade holder can be reversed thereby enabling the peeler to be used by a right handed or left handed person.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2008
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Inventor: Thomas John Scimone
  • Publication number: 20090300920
    Abstract: A foldable hand tool having a blade holder mounted with a handle for movement from folded and unfolded positions. The blade holder has an opening adapted to receive blades of different sizes. The foldable hand tool further has a locking mechanism to lock the holder in an open position. A blade holder lock engages a resilient arm formed in the side wall of the handle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2009
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Applicant: MERIDIAN INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: MingJi Jiang
  • Patent number: 7585616
    Abstract: A method of forming a tapered bore an orifice layer of a photo-resist comprises forming a lens in a surface of a first unexposed portion of the layer and exposing the first unexposed portion through a bore-hole mask to define an exposed portion and a second unexposed portion, wherein the second unexposed portion has a tapered shape. The layer is baked to cross-link the exposed portion and developed to remove the second unexposed portion to form a tapered bore hole. The tapered bore hole has a shape corresponding to the tapered shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2009
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Mohammed S. Shaarawi, Thomas R. Strand, Jeremy Harlan Donaldson
  • Patent number: 7552537
    Abstract: A utility cutter includes a cutter blade, a cutter handle, a blade frame, and a blade replacement arrangement. The blade frame includes a first and a second frame member pivotally mounted with each other to define a blade receiving cavity that the cutter blade is substantially retained at the blade receiving cavity, wherein the blade frame is pivotally mounted to the elongated cutter handle for folding between a folded position and an unfolded position. The blade replacement arrangement is operatively coupled with the first and the second frame member for normally locking the first and the second frame member with each other. When the blade frame is in the unfolded position, the blade replacement arrangement is adapted to unlock the first frame member, such that the cutter blade is capable of being conveniently and safely replaced at the blade receiving cavity without sliding movement of the cutter blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2009
    Inventor: Jing Rong Ye
  • Patent number: 7380341
    Abstract: A foldable knife having a handle and a blade holder movably mounted on the handle for movement from an unfolded position to a folded position. The handle has a space adapted to receive the blade holder when the blade holder is in its folded position. The blade holder has a blade locking mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2008
    Assignee: Great Neck Saw Manufacturers, Inc.
    Inventor: Qui Jian Ping
  • Patent number: 7337546
    Abstract: A foldable knife, comprising a blade, a knife head and a handle. The knife head has a movable part which can be pushed to press on a locking part. The locking part has two ends, one end is rotably fastened by a bolt to the knife head and another, a free end, has a catch. The blade has a notch on an edge opposite to a cutting edge. The catch corresponds to the notch. The blade may have two or more notches. The handle may be hollow and knife head is rotably fastened on the handle by a bolt. The knife head and the blade can be rotably folded at least partially into the handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2008
    Inventor: Xiaoxia Cheng
  • Patent number: 7231718
    Abstract: A locking tool includes a handle and an elongated tool blade having a body and a tang. The tool blade has a tang spline opening formed therein which defines an annular array of alternate spline teeth and splined slots. A transversely-extending lock member has a spline ring with an annular array of alternate spline ribs and spline grooves formed thereon complementary to the tang spline opening, and is translatable between a locked position and a released position. The tool blade is attached to the handle by the locking member such that when the lock member is in the released position, the tool blade is freely pivotable about the locking member. When the lock member is in the locked position, the spline ring engages the tang spline opening such that the tool blade is retained in one of a plurality of predetermined angular positions relative to the handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2007
    Inventor: James Timothy Outen
  • Patent number: 7055249
    Abstract: A structure of a knife includes an arcuate main body combined with two corresponding housings, an extension and a subordinate housing, a blade rack capable of holding different kind of blades releasably secured in the front end, a blade chamber in a middle portion with a slender magnet disposed thereunder to prevent the stored blades from sticky together, a roller and a press plate disposed at rear end for respectively making a track on the carpet being cut and to get ride the crepes in the carpet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Inventor: Teng Chao-Huan
  • Patent number: 7040022
    Abstract: A utility knife having a handle and a blade holder which is pivotally mounted on the handle for movement from an unfolded position to a folded position. The handle has a space adapted to receive the blade holder when the blade holder is in its folded position. The blade holder includes a main wall and guard wall pivotally mounted on the main wall to pivot from an open position to a closed position overlying the main wall. The main wall being adapted to hold a blade so that a blade is interposed between the main wall and guard wall when the guard wall is in its closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2006
    Assignee: Great Neck Saw Manufacturers, Inc.
    Inventor: Qiu Jian Ping
  • Patent number: 7007392
    Abstract: A utility knife having a handle and a blade holder which is pivotally mounted on the handle for movement from an unfolded position to a folded position. The handle has a space adapted to receive the blade holder when the blade holder is in its folded position. The blade holder includes a main wall and guard wall pivotally mounted on the main wall to pivot from an open position to a closed position overlying the main wall. The main wall being adapted to hold a blade so that a blade is interposed between the main wall and guard wall when the guard wall is in its closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2006
    Assignee: Great Neck Saw Manufacturers, Inc.
    Inventor: Qiu Jian Ping
  • Patent number: 6968622
    Abstract: A utility knife having a handle and a blade holder which is pivotally mounted on the handle for movement from an unfolded position to a folded position. The handle has a space adapted to receive the blade holder when the blade holder is in its folded position. The blade holder includes a main wall and guard wall pivotally mounted on the main wall to pivot from an open position to a closed position overlying the main wall. The main wall being adapted to hold a blade so that a blade is interposed between the main wall and guard wall when the guard wall is in its closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2005
    Assignee: Great Neck Saw Manufacturers, Inc.
    Inventor: Qiu Jian Ping
  • Patent number: 6915577
    Abstract: A utility knife include a handle, a neck pivotally mounted on the handle, and a blade mounted in the neck. The neck can be folded into the handle to transport the utility knife. The blade is slidably removably inserted into and out of the handle without requiring disassembly of the handle. The blade is secured to the neck of the knife by a pivotally mounted arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2005
    Inventor: Robert Scala
  • Patent number: 6865816
    Abstract: A replaceable blade utility knife is disclosed that uses permanent magnet to facilitate opening the knife handle for blade replacement. The utility knife has a handle made of two halves. The halves are held together by a connector, and rotate around the connector when the knife handle is opened. Permanent magnets are mounted in each half of the knife handle to separate the halves, rotate the halves to the desired open position, and to hold the halves in position while the blades are being changed. The permanent magnets act as a magnetic actuator for opening the handle halves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Assignee: Orcon Corporation
    Inventor: Robert Zajdel
  • Patent number: 6845561
    Abstract: A replaceable-blade knife useful as a carpet knife or utility knife, and having a handle with a spare-blade holder movably mounted therein, and a blade-clamping bar for securing an active cutting blade at one end of the handle. A locking means is provided to lock the holder in a protective closed position, and alternatively to release the holder to an open position by movement of the bar, and to enable ready access to blades in the holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2005
    Assignee: T&J LLC
    Inventor: Todd A. Timson
  • Patent number: 6688003
    Abstract: A utility knife include a handle, a neck pivotally mounted on the handle, and a blade mounted in the neck. The neck can be folded into the handle to transport the utility knife. The blade is slidably removably inserted into and from the handle without requiring disassembly of the handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2004
    Inventor: Robert E. Scarla
  • Patent number: 6675485
    Abstract: An artistic knife with adjustable handle includes a straight handle which is combined with a pair of first and second halves, a head rotatably gripped by the straight handle and having a blade on front end and an annular ring on rear end sleeved on a tubular projection of the first half. The annular ring has an inner flange in which a plurality of pairs of mortises are symmetrically formed. A positioning member disposes into the tubular projection and biased by a spring and has a protrudent surface engaged within a circular through hole of the second half through the annular ring and a large tenon and a small tenon on opposing outer peripheries respectively engaged with the mortises. Thereby, press the positioning member inward to enable the head to rotate a certain degree of angle between the head and the straight handle. Then release the positioning member which controls the movement of the head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Inventors: Shih-Chin Shih, Yin-Hae Huang
  • Publication number: 20030150116
    Abstract: A utility knife include a handle, a neck pivotally mounted on the handle, and a blade mounted in the neck. The neck can be folded into the handle to transport the utility knife. The blade is slidably removably inserted into and out of the handle without requiring disassembly of the handle. The blade is secured to the neck of the knife by a pivotally mounted arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2003
    Publication date: August 14, 2003
    Inventor: Robert Scala
  • Publication number: 20030140502
    Abstract: An interchangeable blade scissors assembly is provided. The interchangeable blade scissors assembly has a pair of scissors frame members each having a blade receiving portion and a handle, a pivot connection of the pair of scissors frame members, and a plurality of pairs of cutting blades. Each of the cutting blades has a mounting plate and a latch. Each of the blade receiving portions has a channel for receiving the cutting blade mounting plate and a latch receiving area for securing the cutting blade to the blade receiving portions. The cutting blades are easily removed from the blade receiving portions by telescopic movement along the channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2002
    Publication date: July 31, 2003
    Applicant: ACME United Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher Aiston, David Carpenter
  • Patent number: 6574872
    Abstract: A cutting device wherein an illustrated embodiment can have two handles that are pivotable about a pivot axis between an open and a closed position while being permanently fastened together. A hand-activated securing and releasing mechanism pivots around the pivot axis and moves between a securing position rigidly securing the handles together in the closed position and a releasing position permitting the handles to freely move between the open and closed position. In the open position, the primary knife blade and its spares can be accessed. A one-piece gripping member can be secured to the knife to overlap both handles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2003
    Assignee: The Stanley Works
    Inventors: Craig Roberts, Steve Rowlay
  • Patent number: 6532670
    Abstract: A utility knife has a flat blade formed with at least one throughgoing hole, a housing member forming a seat adapted to receive the blade, and a retainer member engageable with the blade on the seat. A pair of respective pivot elements on the housing and retainer members allow pivoting of the retainer member between a closed position engaging the blade and holding it against the seat and an open position exposing the blade and permitting its removal from the seat. Respective threadedly interengageable holding elements including a threaded screw on one of the members extending through the hole of the blade and a nut on the other of the members secure the retainer member in the closed position. The threaded screw is fixed in the housing member and has a threaded shaft projecting up from the seat. The nut is rotatable on the retainer member. The retainer member is formed with a large-diameter recess receiving the nut with radial play.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Assignee: Martor-Argentax E.H. Beermann KG
    Inventor: Harald Berns
  • Publication number: 20030000092
    Abstract: A handsaw includes a handle, a saw blade pivotally attached to the handle and a position device movably mounted in the handle to selectively hold the saw blade in place. The handle and the saw blade form an angle that is adjustable because the saw blade is pivotally attached to the handle and selectively positioned by the position device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2001
    Publication date: January 2, 2003
    Inventor: Chin-Pao Liu
  • Publication number: 20020162229
    Abstract: A cutting device wherein an illustrated embodiment can have two handles that are pivotable about a pivot axis between an open and a closed position while being permanently fastened together. A hand-activated securing and releasing mechanism pivots around the pivot axis and moves between a securing position rigidly securing the handles together in the closed position and a releasing position permitting the handles to freely move between the open and closed position. In the open position, the primary knife blade and its spares can be accessed. A one-piece gripping member can be secured to the knife to overlap both handles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2001
    Publication date: November 7, 2002
    Inventors: Craig Roberts, Steve Rowlay
  • Patent number: 6354007
    Abstract: A utility knife include a handle, a neck pivotally mounted on the handle, and a blade mounted in the neck. The neck can be folded into the handle to transport the utility knife. The blade is slidably removably inserted into and from the handle without requiring disassembly of the handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2002
    Inventor: Robert E. Scarla
  • Patent number: 6131292
    Abstract: A utility knife has two shells that are pivoted or hinged to each other at one end to permit opening the knife handle formed by the shells for insertion or replacement of a knife blade. The two shells are interlocked with each other by a latching mechanism, including a stationary section in one shell and a rotatable section in the other shell. The rotatable section has a spring elastic bail that engages the stationary section and an operating member for disengaging or engaging the rotatable member from the stationary stop bar. In the interlocking position the operating member is recessed in a recess in the surface of one of the shells. When the knife is used, the operator's hand provides additional safety by keeping the operating member in its recess and thus the two shells interlocked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2000
    Assignee: Reddig GmbH
    Inventor: Bernd Reddig
  • Patent number: 6026575
    Abstract: A utility knife handle including a first body, or first shell, adjustably mated to a second body, or second shell, to form a blade holding portion and a blade storing portion. The first and second bodies have mating beveled surfaces adapted to align the first body with the second body when they are joined. In the preferred embodiment the first body is connected to the second body by a control knob adapted to allow for linear and pivotal adjustment between the first and second bodies. The utility knife handle is adjustable between an open position in which the holding portion and the storing portion allow the removal of any blades therein, an intermediate position in which the holding portion prevents removal of any blades therein and allows for positional adjustment of blades therein and the storing portion prevents the removal of any blades therein, and a closed position in which the holding portion prevents movement of any blades therein and the storing portion prevents the removal of any blades therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2000
    Assignee: American Safety Razor Company
    Inventor: Jeffrey W. Wonderley