Patents Examined by Adam J Eiseman
  • Patent number: 12208438
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a positioning apparatus for positioning a spring product fed from a spring coiling machine. The positioning apparatus includes a first guiding panel having a first guiding surface for guiding the spring product and the first guiding surface have a length and a width; and a plurality of first mechanical holding members arranged on the first guiding surface in a direction of the length of the first guiding surface for optionally supporting and holding a first part of the spring product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: PLUSPRINGS MACHINERY CO., LTD
    Inventor: Ching-Fa Yang
  • Patent number: 12202155
    Abstract: A blade replacement apparatus is disclosed, including a nut loosening/tightening member, a locking member, and an operating member, wherein one of the nut loosening/tightening member and the operating member is provided with a first matching portion, and the locking member is provided with a second matching portion. The operating member is movable between an operating position and a non-operating position. When the operating member is in the non-operating position, the first matching portion engages with the second matching portion. The locking member and the operating member are rotatable to one another. Rotation of the nut loosening/tightening member around a first axis is obstructed by the locking member. When the operating member is in the operating position, the first matching portion is disengaged from the second matching portion, and rotation of the nut loosening/tightening member around the first axis tightens or loosens the nut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Techtronic Cordless GP
    Inventors: Gong Meng Shu, Da Zheng Li
  • Patent number: 12185666
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a weed trimmer apparatus including: a belt having: a power clip first portion, a belt power source, a plurality of second power transmission wires extending through the belt and electrically connecting the belt power source to the power clip first portion, a belt clip; a trimmer including: a trimmer base having: a motor, a trimmer power source receiver, a shaft, a debris shield, a trimmer head secured below the debris shield, a plurality of cutting swaths, a first handle portion extending orthogonally from the shaft, a second handle extending from the first handle and configured to axially rotate around the first handle; and a power source configured to secure to either the first power source receiver or the trimmer, wherein the power source, when secured to the trimmer power source receiver, is configured to provide electrical output to the motor of the trimmer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Inventor: William Shaw Stewart
  • Patent number: 12186819
    Abstract: An apparatus that may be attached between a five gallon bucket and a power saw so that debris generated by the power saw is collected in the five gallon bucket. The power saw may be one of a plurality of compatible power saws. The apparatus including a debris conduct, a duct and a skirt disposed about an upstream edge of the duct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Inventor: Mark J. Dragan
  • Patent number: 12179255
    Abstract: Disclosed is a roll spinning forming device for a toothed part. The device is mounted on a machine tool body. A blank, a mandrel and a driving synchromesh gear are mounted on a machine tool spindle. A driven synchromesh gear and a roller are arranged in parallel on the spindle. The driven synchromesh gear and the roller are connected by a telescopic constant speed universal joint and rotate at a same angular speed. The driven synchromesh gear is driven by a spring mechanism in the radial direction, and the roller is driven by a servo motor assembly in the radial direction. Further disclosed is a roll spinning forming method for a toothed part, the rotating speed of the blank is maintained to be matched with the rotating speed of the roller according to a gear ratio during the movement of the roller toward the blank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Qinxiang Xia, Xiuquan Cheng, Gangfeng Xiao, Xuyang Bian
  • Patent number: 12168258
    Abstract: A table saw has a base assembly, a table assembly supported by the base assembly, and a saw assembly supported by at least one of the table assembly and the base assembly. The saw assembly includes a saw blade extending through the table assembly. The base assembly has at least one tube connected to the table assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: BLACK & DECKER INC.
    Inventors: Robert P. Welsh, Kathy E. DiPasquale, Daniel N. Lopano, John E. Buck, Carl F. Merhar, III, Yung Ho Chang, Nicholas E. Achterberg
  • Patent number: 12162173
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a razor cartridge. According to at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, a razor cartridge includes at least one shaving blade having a cutting edge, a blade housing configured to receive the at least one shaving blade in a longitudinal direction, and an edge portion disposed on each of both lateral sides of the blade housing and including a plurality of edge protrusions formed on a corresponding surface of each edge portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: DORCO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Da Woon Han
  • Patent number: 12165437
    Abstract: A lottery ticket dispensing unit includes at least one ticket compartment and a separation module that has a drive roller and an opposed idler roller, with a motor geared to the drive roller. An automatic separator device is provided, wherein the drive roller conveys a leading lottery ticket to a separation position such that a line between the leading ticket and an adjacent ticket is presented to the separator device. The separator device includes a shuttle that travels in a linear path along the line, the shuttle having a head that engages and separates the leading ticket from the adjacent ticket along the line. A bi-directional drive mechanism moves the shuttle back and forth along the linear path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Scientific Games, LLC
    Inventors: Sten Hallundbaek Mejenborg, William F. Behm, James Jonathan Holbrook, Mark Andrew Thompson, Ian Robert Scott
  • Patent number: 12162177
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for slicing food products, in particular to a high-performance slicer, having a working region which includes a cutting region and a transport region having a product feed, wherein the product feed supplies products to be sliced to the cutting region on one track or on multiple tracks and a cutting blade moves, in particular in a rotating and/or revolving manner, in a cutting plane at the end of the cutting region; and having a contactlessly working scanning device for detecting at least some of the outer contour of the products to be sliced, wherein the scanning device includes at least one compact sensor arranged in the working region for contour detection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: TEXTOR Maschinenbau GmbH
    Inventor: Jörg Schmeiser
  • Patent number: 12157244
    Abstract: A perforating apparatus and method includes a longitudinal cylinder axis about which a cylinder rotates. At least one shaped anvil bead is disposed on the cylinder. The cylinder including an anvil block and an anvil bead form a cavity. The cavity may be used to control the debris produced during the perforating process. A blade is disposed on a support to cooperate in contacting relationship with the anvil bead. A web is perforated as the web passes between the rotating cylinder and the support and the blade operatively engages with the anvil bead. The debris may be controlled by being drawn into the cavity prior to the point where the blade engages the anvil and, subsequently, being expelled after the point where the blade engages the anvil bead.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Katie Kristine Glass, Zachary Aaron Freije, Matthew Travis Brightman, Nicholas Raymond Tenhundfeld
  • Patent number: 12151389
    Abstract: A cutting device decides a cutting pressure correspondence value corresponding to a pressure applied to a mounting portion of a cutting blade when cutting an object to be cut using the cutting blade based on a first pressure correspondence value corresponding to the pressure applied to the mounting portion when it is detected that the cutting blade has come into contact with the object to be cut in the course of the mounting portion, and on a second pressure correspondence value corresponding to the pressure applied to the mounting portion when it is detected that the cutting blade has reached a holding surface of the holding member of the object to be cut. A cutting device applies the pressure to the mounting portion based on the cutting pressure correspondence value and cuts the object to be cut using the cutting blade mounted to the mounting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kentaro Sugiyama, Yasuhito Shikama
  • Patent number: 12145288
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for cutting a sample piece, having a shape and an outer dimension, out of a porous substrate, comprising: a puncher having an outermost dimension at a punch head; a stripping sleeve; a die having an innermost dimension that is larger than the outermost dimension of the punch head; and a fixture that holds the die in a fixed position relative to the puncher and stripping sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: QIAGEN Healthcare Biotechnologies Systems GmbH
    Inventor: Weston Blaine Griffin
  • Patent number: 12145286
    Abstract: Replaceable shaving assemblies are disclosed that include a razor cartridge having a blade geometry that is designed to provide a close, comfortable shave. Shaving systems including such shaving assemblies are also disclosed, as are methods of using such shaving systems and methods of manufacturing these cartridges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: SL SHAVECO LLC
    Inventors: John W. Griffin, William E. Tucker, Craig A. Provost, Douglas R. Kohring
  • Patent number: 12138819
    Abstract: A knife for a cutting apparatus forms incision lines and cuts on a side wall of a capsule made of plastics intended to close a container and it is suitable for performing cuts and incisions when the capsule is rotated around a rotation axis and moved along a path to interact with the knife in an advancement direction. The knife includes a vertically stacked layered structure of cutting tools. First and second spaced cutting tools form spaced circumferential cuts on the side wall and a third cutting tool arranged between the first and second cutting tools forms oblique cuts on the side wall defining connecting portions connecting the tamper ring and the side wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Sacmi Cooperativa Meccanici Imola Societa' Coopera
    Inventors: Davide Penazzi, Matteo Venturini
  • Patent number: 12134201
    Abstract: A hair cutting system (100) is provided, the system comprising a hair cutting appliance (120) comprising one or more pairs of cutting blades (124) for cutting hair a comb (140) arranged forwards of the cutting blades and configured to guide hair towards the cutting blades; and a hair collector (160), the hair collector comprising a hair chamber (168) for receiving hair cut by the hair cutting appliance and a coupling portion (170) configured to couple the hair collector to the hair cutting appliance. A hair collector for the hair cutting system is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Luca Iaccarino, Madhusudhan Varma Amaravathi
  • Patent number: 12127714
    Abstract: A food processing device includes a lower container, a processing plate received atop the lower container, the processing container having a floor, a peripheral sidewall, and at least first and second apertures formed in the floor, the lower container and the processing plate defining a collection volume therebetween, a lid received atop the processing plate and defining a processing volume interior to the lid and the processing plate, a first cutting member positioned in the first opening of the processing plate, and a second cutting member positioned in the second opening of the processing plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Conair LLC
    Inventor: Robert F. Candler
  • Patent number: 12128487
    Abstract: The bidirectional sheet metal cutting tool (100) is a cutting tool that performs cuts on webbed material in which a length of cut exceeds a physical dimension of the cutting tool (100), while limiting flexing of the webbed material during a cutting operation. The cutter assembly (140) is configured to ride on a guide track (145), and has upper and lower sections. The upper and lower sections have an offset attachment to each other at an interface, so that the webbed material passes the offset after cutting in an extended bypass cutting operation. An interface between the upper and lower sections has a curved profile, allowing deflection of the webbed material on at least one side of a cutting direction. The cutting tool (100) can be mounted to a sheet metal forming tool as a slitter (500), permitting sequential operations of the metal forming tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Inventor: Nelson Hershberger
  • Patent number: 12120993
    Abstract: The reciprocating cutting blade apparatus includes: a pair of reciprocating cutting blades disposed to overlap one another in a thickness direction; a support member configured to reciprocably support the reciprocating cutting blades in a longitudinal direction; and an adjustment mechanism configured to adjust a gap between the reciprocating cutting blades on a lower surface side of the support member. The adjustment mechanism includes: a screw hole provided in the support member; an adjustment screw including an external thread configured to threadedly engage with the screw hole through long holes provided in the reciprocating cutting blades; and a nut configured to threadedly engage with the external thread protruding from an upper surface of the support member to fix the external thread to the support member. The external thread protruding from the upper surface of the support member includes an operated portion configured to be operated to turn the adjustment screw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: YAMABIKO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kunio Shimizu
  • Patent number: 12115689
    Abstract: In certain embodiments, a personal care device can include a housing, a functional assembly attached to the housing, a motor disposed within the housing and operatively connected to the functional assembly to move one or more components of the functional assembly, and a switch configured to move between at least two states.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: Sincerely, Ltd. LLC
    Inventors: Anthony Ashcroft, Joshua Funamura, Jonathan P. Ive, Patrick Kessler, Eugene Whang, Christopher Wilson, Suhang Zhou
  • Patent number: 12109723
    Abstract: A rotation stop assembly that is operable to engage a rail assembly of a miter gauge to support the miter gauge and prevent rotational movement thereof when the gauge is extended beyond the edge of a work surface. The rotation stop assembly may utilize the piece of material being cut to further support the gauge and prevent rotational movement thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: WOODPECKERS, LLC
    Inventor: Wayne Sherman