Traveling Roller Patents (Class 30/365)
  • Patent number: 10857687
    Abstract: A positioner for a carton sizer is provided. The positioner includes a housing and a latch. The housing houses the latch. The latch is pivotally connected to the housing. The latch may be pivoted between a latched position and an unlatched position. The positioner may be removably attached to a mast of a carton sizer at a selected height along the mast. The latch may engage the mast in the latch position to hold the positioner to the mast. The latch may disengage from the mast in the unlatched position. The carton sizer includes a handle and a cutter. The handle is connected to the mast. The positioner may engage a carton to provide support for the cutter against the carton during the cutting of the carton.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Inventors: William Richard Laupan, Jacob Henry Laupan
  • Patent number: 10279501
    Abstract: An apparatus for severing a workpiece having a cutting mechanism operable to cut the workpiece substantially along a selected course; drive mechanism operable to drive the cutting mechanism to cut the workpiece; a transport assembly operable to guide the workpiece in movement relative to a predetermined severing position and with respect to the cutting mechanism; and a frame mounting the cutting mechanism and transport assembly in predetermined relation to each other and relative to the severing position so that the drive mechanism is operable to drive the cutting mechanism to cut the workpiece in the severing position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: California Industrial Rubber Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Gile M Strong
  • Patent number: 9138773
    Abstract: The terry cloth with impregnated rubber substrate and tool for application thereon includes a roller having a plurality of spur members equally spaced thereon, and which are ideal in distribution of a rubber solution into the individual loops of a terry cloth. The formation of a rubber substrate into the individual loops of a terry cloth provides for traction of said terry cloth upon smooth surfaces. The spur members are discs that have a plurality of fingers that extend laterally to opposing sides, which manages and spreads a rubber solution into the individual loops of a single side of the terry cloth. Moreover, the tool does not saturate the rubber solution through the base and the opposing side of loops of said terry cloth. Upon application of the rubber solution onto the side of the terry cloth, the individual loops are vertically orientated and individually coated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Inventor: Lawrence Brooks
  • Patent number: 8851007
    Abstract: A food topping and cutting device includes a handle coupled to a cutting edge, and further includes a container coupled to the handle. The container has a dispenser at one end configured to dispense, adjacent to the cutting edge, a food topping supplied from the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Inventor: Justin Yarbrough
  • Patent number: 8726966
    Abstract: An adhesive substance removing tool is provided with a cracking tool and a scrapping assembly which are removably coupled to a base. The cracking tool is used to crack the adhesive substance by forming breaking lines on the surface of the adhesive substance, and then the scrapping assembly is used to scrape off the adhesive substance by starting from the breaking lines. The combination of the cracking tool and the scraping assembly allows the user to remove adhesive substance easily and completely. Besides, the cutting assembly of the cracking tool is able to move freely both in straight-line or circular fashion, and the cracking tool can be prevented from rotating or disengaging once it is positioned in place on the base. Hence, convenience and safety of use can both be assured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Inventor: Eric Liao
  • Patent number: 8726777
    Abstract: A cutting wheel is provided for cutting a liquid crystal panel. The cutting wheel is disc shaped and includes a plurality of grooves disposed along an edge of the cutting wheel and cutting portions formed between the grooves. A pattern having a predetermined period is formed by multiple grooves and cutting portions. The grooves in each period have the same or different widths and depths and the cutting portions have probe shapes or cutting blades of different lengths. The cutting wheel is applied to dummy areas of the glass substrates forming the liquid crystal panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Soung-Yeoul Eom
  • Publication number: 20140130650
    Abstract: An apparatus creates evenly spaced holes or patterns in a consistent pattern on a sheet of paper or similar sheet. The apparatus includes a head with a rotatable cylinder and a handle that can be attached to the head. Upon the cylinder are a series of spikes or patterns. When the cylinder is rolled along the sheet, the spikes or pattern create a precise and consistent pattern of holes in the sheet. The head can be easily detached from the handle and a different head having a different spike pattern can be mated to the head so that differing holes patterns can be easily created.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2012
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Inventor: Tavnir J. Carey
  • Patent number: 8539679
    Abstract: A pizza cutter that includes a handle, a cutting member support, and first and second disk members. The handle is configured for grasping by a user. The cutting member support extends from the handle. The first disk member is supported on the cutting member support. The second disk member is supported on the cutting member support. The first and second disk members may be arranged non-parallel relative to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Inventor: Ty Caswell
  • Patent number: 7216432
    Abstract: A culinary implement is disclosed that includes a handle, an attachment arm, and a rotatable head portion. The handle has an elongate configuration, and the attachment arm extends beyond an end of the handle. The attachment arm incorporates a first part of an attachment mechanism that is located proximal an end of the attachment arm. The head portion incorporates a second part of the attachment mechanism. The second part is joinable with the first part to secure the head portion to the attachment arm, and the second part is separable from the first part to detach the head portion from the attachment arm. When the head portion is detached, one of a plurality of alternate head portions may be secured to the attachment arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Inventor: Michael A. Poteet
  • Patent number: 7188424
    Abstract: A cutting device in accordance with the present invention is deal for use in cutting pizza and other “flat-bread” like cuisine. For example, in accordance with various embodiments, a cutting device is provided which exhibits improved functionality and ease of use through the use of handle which directs the cutting force from a user in the most efficient manner to carryout the task of cutting, for example, pizza. Moreover, the handle may provide improved protection of the user from accidental injury during use as well as be suitably configured to retract in a manner which facilitates removal of the cutting blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2007
    Assignee: Zyliss USA Corp.
    Inventors: David Webster, Hans-Christoph Haenlein, Thomas Overthun, Sven Newman, Sam Palmer, Annetta Papadopoulos, James Yurchenco
  • Patent number: 6311399
    Abstract: Tools and methods for releasing air entrapped between sheeting material and a substrate around a rivet are disclosed. The tools include movable pins biased outwardly by a resilient member. As a result, the pins can retract when encountering a discontinuity on an otherwise planar surface, such as a rivet, while still allowing for perforation of the sheeting around the rivet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2001
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Ronald S. Steelman, John R. David
  • Patent number: 6227093
    Abstract: The preferred embodiment of the present invention comprises a pizza docking device having a pair of guides atop a pan and retaining a roller therein. Said roller has a plurality of pins thereon in spiral orientation. The device is dimensioned such that when an uncooked pizza crust is place on said pan, said roller may be traversed across said crust, docking it with perforations of a desired spacing and depth. A pair of shelves is provided in an elevated portion of said guides for placement of said roller up and away from said pan such that crusts may be placed and removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2001
    Inventor: Bernard J. Rensky, Jr.
  • Patent number: 6163966
    Abstract: A a scoring tool which can be used to aid in removing wallpaper. The tool has a hand grip to which is connected a pair of cutting wheels. The wheels are mounted in the lower portion of the hand grip so the wheels diverge away from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2000
    Inventors: Richard L. Jackson, John Stacy
  • Patent number: 5843114
    Abstract: A skin perforating member for an insulin patch, which is for disposing a human skin before administering insulin transdermally. By a pressure sensing arrangement instailed on both sides of a skin perforating member, a user can learn whether scarring a skin is properly going on at the sight of a pilot lamp. When not used, this device deposits the skin perforating member in its main body to shield perforating needles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 1, 1998
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kwang Kyun Jang
  • Patent number: 5778536
    Abstract: An apparatus for slitting, scoring, and slotting paperboard and the like for the creation of paperboard boxes and other shapes. The apparatus comprises a handle having a built-in three bladed slotting knife that is retractable and quickly allows a worker to create a slot. A retractable slitting knife and a scoring wheel are also affixed to the handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 14, 1998
    Inventor: Charles Howard Allen West
  • Patent number: 5779851
    Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus for aligning the leading and trailing edges in abutting relationship of two adjacent webs preparatory to splicing the abutting edges together with adhesive tape, and for perforating the tape subsequent to being applied to the adjacent web wedges along the seam formed by the web edges. The apparatus comprises a fixture adapted to lie on a flat surface for holding the trailing and leading edge portions of a pair of preceding and succeeding tapes securely in place with the end edges thereof abutting so that a piece of adhesive tape can be applied thereto. The apparatus also comprises a device which cooperates with a guide on the fixture for perforating the tape along the seam formed by the aforementioned edges so that the web sheets can be separated by feeding the web into a bursting machine or otherwise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 14, 1998
    Assignee: Pitney Bowes Inc.
    Inventors: Michael R. Ifkovits, Anthony M. Macelis, Thomas E. Tyrrell
  • Patent number: 5643403
    Abstract: A wall covering removal system for removing material from a surface comprising a scarifying apparatus for scarifying a material, having a handle, a scarifying assembly coupled to a first end, and a first scraper blade coupled to a second end, and a liquid dispensing and cleaning apparatus for wetting the scarified material, including a dispensing device coupled in liquid communication with a reservoir for dispensing liquid through a spray nozzle, a cleaning device coupled to the dispensing device, including a support member coupled to the dispensing device and positioned so as to avoid hindering a liquid sprayed from the nozzle of the dispensing device and a cleaning member coupled to the support member so as to extend forwardly of the dispensing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 1, 1997
    Assignee: Robert N. Poole
    Inventors: Robert N. Poole, Daniel L. Poole
  • Patent number: 5497556
    Abstract: A ripping tool, particularly for the paper-hanging trade, to rip existing water-resistant wall-paper before removal of same. The ripping tool is characterized by a spiked roller which is split in two to form at a spiked roller pair which can be rolled over the surface of the existing wall-paper. The elements of the spiked roller pair are forcibly and oppositely displaced, along a common axial direction during the rolling process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 12, 1996
    Inventor: Elias Lebessis
  • Patent number: 5074045
    Abstract: In its preferred form the present invention provides a tool for scarifying wallpaper, to create holes by which steam or water can get behind paper stuck to a wall and thereby assist in removing it. The tool includes a pair of sharp toothed wheels rotatably mounted at an angle to each other on a rolling or pivoting block, so that rolling or pivoting the block between two positions can alter the angle between the two wheels in relation to the wallpaper, to be appropriate for scarifying movement of the tool either backwards or forwards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 24, 1991
    Assignee: Paper Tiger Systems Limited
    Inventor: Peter A. M. Brookfield
  • Patent number: 4825549
    Abstract: A carton size modifier comprising a tube, a supporting clamp installed on the tube and the structure for forming the hole line at the bottom end of the tube. The hole line forming structure comprised a rotating gear disk unit with a protection cover at its perimeter. The rotating gear disk unit is installed on the pipe seat having a handle. The top face of the pipe seat is cut at an angle to match with a pressing post having a complimentary angle at its lower end. One bolt threads the rotating gear disk unit, the pipe seat and pressing post, with its end fastened by a nut to avoid the fall-off of the pressing post. By puting the pressing post and the top end of the pipe seat into the tube. Then turning the bolt, the pressing post is pulled to make its outer wall supporting against the inner wall of the tube, thus its combination being completed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 1988
    Date of Patent: May 2, 1989
    Assignee: Glory Formosa Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Harrison Huang
  • Patent number: 4587736
    Abstract: A creasing tool for relatively soft material such as corrugated board including a generally cylindrical roller mounted for rotation upon an axle which is journaled on a retaining yoke. The roller includes an annular ridge projecting from its surface about substantially the entire circumference thereof and generally perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the roller. An elongate handle is connected to one end of the yoke opposite the end upon which the roller is journaled so that the operator may guide the roller over the surface of the material, thereby allowing the projecting ridge to produce a crease or weakened line on the surface of the material for easy bending or cutting along the line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 1985
    Date of Patent: May 13, 1986
    Inventor: Stanley E. Staffeld
  • Patent number: 4502223
    Abstract: A scarifying tool has a plurality of modules, each module consisting of a pair of cutter discs with bevelled teeth, rotatably mounted at an angle to the direction of travel to provide a sideways tearing action on the material to be dislodged as the discs are moved along the surface of the roof. Each module is mounted independently, to provide an independent suspension having several degrees of freedom. Adjustable depth control is provided by moving the discs relative to substrate contacting members to vary the depth of penetration of the cutters below the skids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 1982
    Date of Patent: March 5, 1985
    Inventor: Peter A. M. Brookfield
  • Patent number: 4274202
    Abstract: A perforating device for wallpaper pieces to be separated from a wall includes an elongated handle and a pair of elongated rollers supported on the handle for free rotation by means of a frame rigidly connected to the handle and carrying axles to support the rollers. Each of the rollers has a plurality of spikes on its periphery which are equally spaced from each other. The rollers are inclined to each other at an obtuse angle so that during the reciprocating motion of the device over the surface to be perforated the spikes will have respective components of movement lengthwise and inclined to the direction of reciprocation and perforate the wallpaper in form of elongated holes to thereby permit a solvent to penetrate through the holes and reach the rearside of the wallpaper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 1980
    Date of Patent: June 23, 1981
    Assignee: Bonumwerke Tigges & Winckel GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Detlef Petrick
  • Patent number: RE30705
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a soil aerating device including a frame, a hollow cylindrical drum supported from the frame for rotation about a horizontally extending axis and for folling travel along the surface of the ground or turf to be aerated. Fixedly mounted on the exterior of the drum in registry with respective apertures provided in the drum are a plurality of hollow core-forming tines which are arranged to act much like involute gear teeth, while cutting and removing a plug or core from the ground or turf as the drum is rolled over the surface thereof, and to leave a "rack-like" pattern of holes. Each tine includes a pair of generally V-shaped, opposed side walls having an apex located on or near a radial plane extending radially from the drum axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 1980
    Date of Patent: August 11, 1981
    Assignee: Outboard Marine Corporation
    Inventor: Charles E. Hines