Patents Examined by Bharat C Patel
  • Patent number: 10285542
    Abstract: A filling tube for a food processing apparatus of the type having a cutting disc that cuts or chops the food present at the base of the filling tube. The filling tube includes a pushing piston that presses the food against the disc. The piston is connected to a lever through a crankshaft mechanism. The piston is guided by a series of semi-guides arranged along the stroke of the piston, there being at least one fixed semi-guide attached to the inner walls of the tube and one moving semi-guide that moves together with the piston.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: ZUMEX GROUP, S.A.
    Inventors: Fernando Rayo Casco, Jose Alberto Gonzalez Ruiz, Jose Luis Mataix Boronat
  • Patent number: 10279407
    Abstract: A circular saw blade includes a circular plate having a diameter, a thickness, a left face, a right face, a peripheral rim, and a central opening. A plurality of alternating teeth and gullets are disposed about the peripheral rim, each tooth having a front face facing generally toward an adjacent gullet in the cutting direction and a recess defined in the front face. A plurality of cutting inserts are affixed in the recesses in the teeth. Each insert has rake face facing generally toward the adjacent gullet in the cutting direction, a relief face extending generally toward the adjacent top face, and a cutting edge at a junction between the relief face and the rake face. Each rake face is disposed at a hook angle. The relief faces include unbeveled relief faces, left-beveled relief faces, and a right-beveled relief faces arranged in an alternating top bevel with raker pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: BLACK & DECKER INC.
    Inventors: David Brutscher, James R. Niblett, David N. Johnson, Sajid A. Roomy, John P. Wells
  • Patent number: 10279494
    Abstract: A cutting apparatus including a first pusher for pushing and conveying the left side, toward the right side direction; a second cutter for cutting the right side of the large sheet block and sequentially cutting the right end to divide the sheet into long column unit blocks in the up-and-down direction; a right side remover for removing the remaining portion; a column unit block conveyer for conveying the column unit blocks in the right side direction while maintaining a predetermined interval thereamong; a second pusher for pushing and conveying the upper sides of the cut column unit blocks toward the lower side direction; a fourth cutter for cutting the lower side of the column unit block and sequentially cutting the lower end of the column unit block into small blocks; and a lower side remover for removing the remaining portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: UNO SEISAKUSHO CO.,LTD.
    Inventors: Tadao Uno, Yosuke Uno
  • Patent number: 10207344
    Abstract: An attachable and extendable saw and methods for cutting objects with the attachable and extendable saw are provided. The attachable and extendable saw can include a blade housing coupled to a main body. The blade housing at least partially covers a saw blade and the extendable member can be configured to move the saw blade with or without the blade housing between a retracted position and an extended position relative to the main body. The extendable saw can also include means to drive the saw blade, means to drive the extendable member, and means for attaching the attachable and extendable saw to the objects to be cut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Mechanical & Electrical Concepts, Inc.
    Inventor: Will Harris
  • Patent number: 10195719
    Abstract: Conditioning devices for conditioning blades are provided. A conditioning device includes a first rod and a second rod, at least one of the first rod and the second rod rotatable about an axis, the first rod and the second rod oriented to define a blade conditioning zone therebetween, the blade conditioning zone being defined by a blade conditioning angle between the first rod and the second rod. The conditioning device further includes a stationary magnet and a movable magnet. The movable magnet is connected to the one of the first rod and the second rod and rotatable about the axis. The movable magnet has an opposite magnetic orientation relative to the stationary magnet. Rotation of the one of the first rod and the second rod adjusts the blade conditioning angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: WOLFF INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventor: David Vogel
  • Patent number: 10189174
    Abstract: A portable cutting tool includes a blade and a motor for driving the blade to rotate. The motor has a motor output shaft. A guard assembly includes an upper guard and a lower guard which is used for receiving the motor. A base is connected to the upper guard. The base further includes a front portion connected to the upper guard, a rear portion extending longitudinally, and a gripping portion disposed between the front portion and the rear portion. The blade shaft is perpendicular to the motor output shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: POSITEC POWER TOOLS (SUZHOU) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Warren Brown, Harry Szommer, Graham Gerhardt
  • Patent number: 10166692
    Abstract: An adjustable miter gauge for use with a table saw includes a miter attachment and an adjustable guide bar coupled to the miter attachment. The miter attachment rests on a working surface of the table saw. The guide bar is received in a slot in the working surface. The guide bar includes a main body, which has first and second surfaces parallel to side walls of the slot, an adjustable body, which has a third surface parallel to the first surface, and a deformable biasing member. The adjustable body is coupled to the main body and slidable between a first position, wherein the second and third edge surfaces are coplanar, and a second position, wherein the second and third edge surfaces are not coplanar. The biasing member is arranged between the main body and the adjustable body and biases the adjustable body toward the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignees: Robert Bosch Tool Corporation, Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Andrew Frolov
  • Patent number: 10165881
    Abstract: A spoon, including a handle portion and a utensil portion rotatably coupled to the handle portion. The handle portion includes an elongated rod having a top end and a bottom end. The elongated rod is rotatably coupled to the utensil portion at the top end; and a sleeve rotatably enclosing the elongated rod; The utensil portion includes a bowl for transferring content and a weight for balancing the bowl. The bowl is balanced to remain level in two orthogonal directions during use of the spoon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: ELI—EQUIPMENTS FOR LIFE IMPROVEMENT LTD
    Inventor: Franck Marciano
  • Patent number: 10144104
    Abstract: In order, in a drill tip (2) which is provided particularly for a modular drilling tool, to generate a ridge (18) with supporting chamfers (26, 28) in a simple way, a non-round grinding method is provided, in which, proceeding from a starting rotary position (30) which corresponds to a cutting corner position, the radius is first reduced and is subsequently increased again to form the supporting chamfer (28). There is therefore no need for a separate grinding step to form the supporting chamfers (26, 28). The supporting chamfers (26, 28) preferably extend parallel to the longitudinal mid-axis (22) in the axial direction (24) and intersect coiled chucking grooves (26).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: KENNAMETAL INC.
    Inventor: Horst Manfred Jaeger
  • Patent number: 10131069
    Abstract: A hand-held slicing device having a handle connected to a slicing tray. The slicing tray includes a ramp leading to a fixed blade. The ramp is readily adjustable such that the height of the edge of the ramp most closely adjacent the blade can be raised or lowered. In one version, the ramp can be raised or lowered by sliding a support structure connected to a knob that can be slideably adjusted by the user's thumb. The device may include a series of julienne blades that are selectively extendable above the slicing ramp or retractable below the ramp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: PROGRESSIVE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Larry Holmes, Sascha Kaposi
  • Patent number: 10118308
    Abstract: Mounting systems to secure and index riving knives and spreaders in table saws are disclosed. One embodiment may include three mounts or screws attached to an elevation carriage. A clamp plate fits over the heads of the mounts and a handle pivots to move the clamp plate against flanges on the heads of the mounts to clamp a riving knife or spreader in place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: SawStop Holding LLC
    Inventors: Stephen F. Gass, J. David Fulmer, James F. W. Wright
  • Patent number: 10112312
    Abstract: A knife (1) with automatic blade retraction including a housing (2), a moveable actuating device (4), a rotatable blade unit (30), and a retraction element (34) which always applies a retraction force to the blade unit (30) in the direction of the retracted position. The rotatable blade unit (30) can be brought into engagement with the actuating device (4) and is moveable by means of the actuating device (4) from a position retracted in the housing (2) into a position extended from the housing (2). The blade unit (30) is also rotatable by the action of a cutting force in an extended position from an engagement position in which the blade unit (30) is in engagement with the actuating device (4) into a release position in which the blade unit (30) is not in engagement with the actuating device (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: MARTOR KG
    Inventor: Peter Schekalla
  • Patent number: 10076846
    Abstract: A tool includes a housing and a slidable blade assembly configured to move between a first, second and third positions. The blade assembly is configured to receive a removable blade, such that the blade is stored within the housing when the blade assembly is in the first position, a portion of the blade extends outwardly from the housing when the blade assembly is in the second position, and the blade is completely outside of the housing when the blade assembly is in the third position, facilitating removal from the blade assembly. The housing comprises a guide path associated with movement of the blade assembly. The guide path includes a first path portion associated with the blade assembly being in the first position or the second position, and a second path portion associated with the blade assembly being in the third position, the first and second path portions being noncontiguous.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Ranieri, Keith M. Lombardi, Kenneth W. Strickland, Cajan Lin, John Parente
  • Patent number: 10059013
    Abstract: A hair grooming device includes a body having a lower housing and a removable cover, the lower housing defining a substantially hollow cavity. The lower housing is formed of a first material. A liner is received by the lower housing in the cavity. The liner is formed of a second material, the second material is different than the first material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: Andis Company
    Inventor: Andrew A. Skuhra
  • Patent number: 10034422
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a string trimmer line feeding mechanism having a sliding lever that locks a spool relative to the spool housing, and only feeds additional cutting line when the user actuates a button. This brakes a motor, which generates a force acting on the spool to move the lever into an unlocked position, allowing the spool to rotate relative to the spool housing and feed additional cutting line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: BLACK & DECKER INC.
    Inventor: John Palermo
  • Patent number: 10022881
    Abstract: A bypass pruning tool with a manual dial adjustment for varying the degree of blade and handle opening. A rotary drum dial uses a nautilus cam with a shaft cam-follower to provide adjustment of the blade and handle openings in a continuous range. A blade locking mechanism provides position closure of the blades.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: CORONA CLIPPER, INC.
    Inventors: James Joseph Wolf, Craig Steven Agney, Estevan Jose Silvas, Jr., Timothy Edward Atnip, Christopher S. Daniels, Jeffrey R. Burger, Laura W. Alexander, Donald C. Meves, Anthony Magana
  • Patent number: 10017349
    Abstract: A cutter assembly suitable for cutting BOPP adhesive tape and a tape dispenser incorporating the same. The cutter assembly has a row of plastic teeth where each tooth includes left and right front and rear faces, each face being disposed on a different plane, and where the planes intersect each other at the tip of the tooth. A front edge extends between the left and right front faces; a rear edge extends between the left and right rear faces; a left side edge extends between the right front and rear faces; and a right side edge extends between the left front face and the right rear face. The various edges are set at particular angles relative to each other. A protrusion for supporting the tape is provided rearwardly of the teeth and a braking mechanism is also provided on the dispenser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: Kitaru Innovations Inc.
    Inventors: Kapoor Chandaria, Kumud Shah
  • Patent number: 9999978
    Abstract: The hairstyling scissors have a first scissor piece, a second scissor piece, and a pivot axis that connects the first and second scissor pieces, allowing those pieces to rotate mutually in an unimpeded fashion. The first scissor piece is a long narrow piece having a first blade section positioned ahead of the pivot axis, and a first handle section positioned on the gripping-side of the pivot axis with a first finger eyelet. The first handle section is bent over and beyond the pivot axis towards the first blade section. The second scissor piece is a long narrow piece having a second blade section positioned ahead of the pivot axis, and a second handle section positioned on the gripping-side of the pivot axis with a second finger eyelet. The second handle section is bent over and beyond the pivot axis into the side of the second blade section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Inventor: Isao Awauchi
  • Patent number: 9982490
    Abstract: A method of forming a casing bit includes positioning a cutting element adjacent an outer surface of a casing bit body. The cutting element has a superhard material and a bonding material that is used to bond the cutting element to a body of the casing bit. The bonding material may be a weldable or brazable metal alloy, and a welding process or a brazing process, respectively, may be used to bond the cutting elements to body of the casing bit. Casing bits fabricated using such methods may exhibit reduced bond strength between the cutting elements and the casing bit body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: Wesley Dean Fuller, Suresh G. Patel
  • Patent number: 9981400
    Abstract: An apparatus for slicing food products includes a product feed and an interleaver. The product feed is operable to supply products to a cutting plane in a plurality of tracks running in parallel next to one another. At least one cutting blade is moved in the cutting plane. The interleaver has a conveying device for each track that is operable to convey a front end region of an interleaved sheet material web through the cutting plane in each track to provide the front end region in the respective track as an interleaved sheet between cut-off product layers. The interleaver is operable individually per track and each conveying device is configured such that it conveys the respective front end region of the respective interleaved sheet material web through the cutting plane individually per track in dependence on an angular position of the cutting blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: WEBER MASCHINENBAU GMBH BREIDENBACH
    Inventors: Jonas Dreier, Hans Christian Weiss