Patents Examined by Brendan Ayer
  • Patent number: 8839699
    Abstract: A long shaft inner surface machining apparatus of the present invention includes: a long shaft support device 10 that fixes a long shaft 1 so as not to bend; a machining head 20 capable of being inserted into the prepared hole 2 of the long shaft 1 in the axial direction; a head support device 30 that is coupled with the machining head 20 from one end of the long shaft 1 through the prepared hole 2 and moves the machining head 20 in the axial direction; and a blade drive device 40 that is coupled with the machining head from the other end of the long shaft 1 through the prepared hole 2 and rotary-drives the blade 29 around a shaft axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Akiyuki Nishitani, Miki Shinagawa, Nobuyuki Suzumura, Kiyokazu Mikanagi, Wataru Ueda, Tomoo Mizuno
  • Patent number: 8806757
    Abstract: A blade guide for a hair clipper bladeset, the guide configured for slidable engagement in a transverse track of a stationary blade, and including a blade guide body having a first edge and a second edge being generally parallel to and spaced from the first edge, each of the edges having a pair of opposed free ends. At least one arched load beam connects a corresponding opposed pair of the free ends of the first and second edges for exerting a torsion-resisting biasing force between the edges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Wahl Clipper Corporation
    Inventor: Russell L. Moseman
  • Patent number: 8784016
    Abstract: A rotary cutting tool includes a cutter body having a head, a shank, and a cavity extending along a central, longitudinal axis of the cutter body. The head includes at least one cutting insert mounted in a pocket adjacent to a chip groove. A vibration damping device is disposed within the cavity. The vibration damping device includes a stop member, a threaded fastener, weight elements, and a biasing member. At least one, if not all of the weight elements have different outside diameters to cause the weight elements to vibrate in the cavity at different frequencies. At least some of the frequencies of the weight elements are different than a fundamental chatter frequency of the cutting tool, thereby dampening vibration of the rotary cutting tool during a machining operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Kennametal Inc.
    Inventor: Kevin Michael Gamble
  • Patent number: 8776649
    Abstract: A turning insert formed for chip-cutting metal machining of a workpiece that rotates in a direction of rotation at a first speed of rotation around a workpiece axis, the turning insert including a front surface, an envelope surface, and a circular cutting edge located where the front surface meets the envelope surface. The cutting edge extends around the front surface and lays in a plane that forms an angle ? with the envelope surface. A tool axis extends through the turning insert in a normal direction in respect of the plane, and the turning insert, during the chip-cutting metal machining, is formed to rotate around the tool axis at a second speed of rotation. The envelope surface forms a chip surface and is arranged to meet chips formed in the chip-cutting metal machining, and the chip surface includes chip breaking means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Sandvik Intellectual Property AB
    Inventor: Sture Sjöö
  • Patent number: 8776657
    Abstract: A blade mounting assembly for mounting a rotary blade to an arbor comprises an outer washer including a hub configured to extend through a bore of the blade, the hub defining a central bore sized to receive a spindle of the arbor. The hub further includes a locating surface arranged to contact the shoulder when the spindle extends through the central bore. The washer includes an engagement surface contacting the left side face of the blade when the hub extends through the bore of the blade. The engagement surface is disposed a fixed axial distance from the locating surface relative to the length of the hub. A fastener engages the outer washer to the arbor with the locating surface in contact with the shoulder. The assembly further includes a biasing element configured to be disposed over the hub between the shoulder and the right side face of the blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Gregory A. Menze
  • Patent number: 8764352
    Abstract: A three-way indexable throwaway tip for deep-hole drilling can be used as a center cutting blade body for a drill head in either whole cutting type or uncut core break-off type applications. The throwaway tip for deep-hole drilling is of a thick plate body having a three-fold symmetry with three cutting sections that are rotationally spaced apart at a central angle of 120 degrees. When mounted on a drill head, one cutting section of the throwaway tip faces a drilling direction. The forward facing blade edge of that cutting section includes an inner blade edge shorter in blade length and an outer blade edge longer in blade length forming an apex. The outer blade edge is composed of two consecutive blade edge portions of a peak-side outer blade edge portion having a smaller outer blade edge angle and a corner-side outer blade edge portion having a larger outer blade edge angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Unitac, Incorporated
    Inventor: Takuji Nomura
  • Patent number: 8714885
    Abstract: In a rough cutting cutter, square tips and rectangular tips are disposed in a staggered pattern in an axial direction in second to fourth step portions, so a cutting edge is formed by a pair of one of the square tips and one of the rectangular tips. It is therefore possible to effectively reduce a frequency of contact with a blade root. Furthermore, in the second to a fifth step portions, ARs (rake angles in the axial direction) and RRs (rake angles in a radial direction) of the square tips and the rectangular tips gradually increase in order from a tip end to a back end of a tool body. It is therefore possible to suppress chatter vibration during machining and is possible to reduce roughness of a cut surface of a work material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: OSG Corporation
    Inventors: Tasuku Itoh, Yasuo Hamatake, Katsutoshi Watanabe
  • Patent number: 8702351
    Abstract: A combination cutter body and a locking screw for mounting the cutter body to an adapter is disclosed. The cutter body includes a plurality of threaded bores that extend radially through a sidewall of the cutting body. The threaded bores are adapted to receive a corresponding threaded setscrew. The locking screw includes a head having a plurality of indentations around a circumference of the head. A central axis of each threaded bore is offset by a distance from a central axis of each indentation to cause an axial force to be exerted on the cutter body when an end of the setscrew engages a respective indentation to tightly seat the cutter body against the adapter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Kennametal Inc.
    Inventor: Kevin Michael Gamble
  • Patent number: 8696252
    Abstract: A milling cutter, having an adjustable cooling mechanism, has a tool body having a body central bore. At least one flute is formed on a body peripheral face. Each flute comprises a first row of insert pockets and at least a second row of insert pockets axially rearwardly displaced from the first row. The cooling mechanism includes a center pin having at least two grooves axially spaced apart from one another along the length of the center pin. A relocatable seal is seated in one of the grooves. When the relocatable seal is seated in a first groove, the body central bore is in fluid communication with cooling holes associated with a first number of rows of inserts; when the relocatable seal is seated in a second groove, the body central bore is in fluid communication with cooling holes associated with a second number of rows of inserts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Iscar, Ltd.
    Inventors: Frederic Bonnarang, Christian Guerardelle
  • Patent number: 8696258
    Abstract: A cutting tool for machining metallic materials has at least one cutting portion having a cartridge and a cartridge pocket for mounting cutting inserts to the cutting tool. The cartridge pocket has a top surface, a rear supporting surface and a bottom supporting surface. The top surface of the cartridge pocket has one or more serrated projecting portions. The cartridge has an insert pocket, a top surface, a first side surface and a bottom surface. The insert pocket of the cartridge receives a cutting insert. The top surface of the cartridge has one or more outwardly sloped surfaces and one or more inwardly sloped surfaces. The outwardly sloped surfaces mate with the serrated projecting portions. The inwardly sloped surfaces have a gap with respect to the projecting portions of the cartridge pocket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: TaeguTec, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chang Hee Choi, Chang Gyu Park
  • Patent number: 8696261
    Abstract: A cutting tool assembly includes a tool body and a clamping mechanism for releasably clamping a cutting insert to the tool body. The clamping mechanism includes a rotatable cam member, a coupling member, a biasing spring and a clamping element. The rotation of the rotatable cam member in opposite senses results in the adjustment of the position of the coupling member in opposite directions, which results in a displacement of the clamping element, and therefore changing the locking position to a releasing position and vice versa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Iscar, Ltd.
    Inventor: Dov Yoffe
  • Patent number: 8690500
    Abstract: A tool interface that is easy to produce but also precise, for coupling a tool head to a tool shank in a centered manner in respect of a shank axis, comprises a first interface part that is connected to the tool shank or to the tool head, and a second interface part that is connected to the respectively other tool part, namely, to the tool head or to the tool shank. The two interface parts have interface surfaces that substantially complement each other and are intended to bear flatly on each other. The interface surface of the first interface part comprises an inner cone surface and an outer cone surface, which surrounds the latter on the outside and coaxially. The interface surface of the second interface part comprises an outer cone surface, which corresponds with the inner cone surface of the first interface part, and an inner cone surface, which corresponds with the outer cone surface of the first interface part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Kennametal Inc.
    Inventors: Xaver Franz Spichtinger, Ullrich Kirchhof, Christian Anton Spachtholz, Heinrich Georg Manner, Armin Josef Zimmermann, Volker Fritsche
  • Patent number: 8689666
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure generally provide a drive link for a saw chain including a body portion adapted to couple to adjacent side links and a tang extending from the body and sized to engage a guide bar groove. The tang may include a through hole extending from a first tang side to a second tang side and including a through hole center. In various embodiments, a material directing feature may be disposed adjacent to the through hole on at least one of the first side and second side of the tang. The material directing feature may include a recession in the tang which encourages oil and/or wood chips to pass through the through hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Blount, Inc.
    Inventors: Mike Goettel, Scott Ferguson
  • Patent number: 8678715
    Abstract: An abrading wheel such as a rasp hub for use in tire retreading machines includes two generally circular end, or side, plates with plural spaced mounting pins extending between and coupled to the two spaced plates. Rasp blades arranged in stacks which are arranged end-to-end about the wheel's circular circumference. Disposed between and engaging each pair of adjacent blades is a spacer, which is also attached to the mounting pins. Each spacer is curved lengthwise to match the curvature of the blades and includes plural spaced upper and lower recesses disposed immediately adjacent to its pair of adjacent blades to allow air to freely pass over the entire length of each blade as the hub is rotated at high speed to dissipate heat from the blades during operation for increased blade reliability and longevity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: B&J Rocket America, Inc.
    Inventor: Stanley D. Jones
  • Patent number: 8647028
    Abstract: A cutting tool for grooving, parting and turning machining operations is capable of grooving to unlimited depths of cut. The cutting tool includes an indexable double-ended cutting insert having a downwardly extending insert clamping portion resiliently clamped in a self-retaining manner in an insert pocket so that chip formation is not hindered during such machining operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Iscar, Ltd.
    Inventor: Shimon Athad
  • Patent number: 8585329
    Abstract: This aims to provide a ball end mill capable of preventing the occurrence of a ‘pluck’ off a work face. The ball end mill (10) is equipped with two cutting edges (11 and 12) formed at its spherical tips. The rake face (11a) of the cutting edge (11) has its inner circumference end arranged at a position offset farther forward of a rotating direction than a spindle. The rake face (11a) of the cutting edge (11) has its inner circumference end arranged at a position protruding by a predetermined distance from the spindle to the opposite side of the cutting edge forming side in the radial direction. The portion of the cutting edge (11) from a connecting portion (11f), which is formed midway of a ridgeline (11c) or a boundary line between the rake face (11a) of the cutting edge (11) and a flank (11b), to the outer circumference end of the cutting edge (11) is a main cutting edge (11m).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Hitachi Tool Engineering, Ltd.
    Inventors: Haruhisa Higasayama, Yoshimitsu Nagashima
  • Patent number: 8555510
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electrically driven razor and an associated charging station, wherein at least one drivable cutting or shearing part is supported on a shearing head disposed on the razor housing and wherein at least one active thermocouple that can be electrically actuated is thermally coupled to a passive cooling element on the side that can be cooled relative to the ambient temperature. The passive cooing element in this arrangement is disposed having at least one free end section on or in the region of the shearing head, such that it contacts the skin of a user in shaving mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Braun GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Fuerst, Martin Fuellgrabe, Oliver Von Sartori-Montecroce, Jan Langsdorf, Uwe Schaaf
  • Patent number: 8544372
    Abstract: A cutting device (10) includes a sled (12) guided on a base (14) for reciprocating linear movement along a blade (20) that is supported on the base below the sled and includes an inclined working edge (28) projecting beyond the sled. The sled is manually movable while the blade is held stationary, so that a workpiece supported on the sled is conveyed against and along the working edge for cutting the workpiece. Mechanisms for adjusting the blade height, inclination angle, and bevel angle are also disclosed. Novel saw blades are also disclosed, and preferably include a blade extension extending from the working edge beyond the maximum travel of the sled. The blade extension may remain in the kerf at the end of a cutting stroke, preventing the blade from jamming against the workpiece upon a return stroke and may also provide an unobstructed means by which to gage blade angle relative to the sled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Inventor: John J. Economaki
  • Patent number: 8528801
    Abstract: Provided is a film storage box, more particularly, a wrap film storage box in which a grip member for lifting the edge portion of a film is lifted in advance, the lift is maintained for a long period, and the grip member is highly durable against damage. The film storage box (or the wrap film storage box) is characterized in that the grip member is formed over the entire width of the front plate of the film storage box and is lifted in a curved shape by using a repulsive force generated by adhering an edge fold strip provided at the upper end edge of the front plate to the rear surface of the front plate, and durability is imparted by employing portions of the fold lines of the both side faces of the front plate as the both side portions of the grip member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Chemicals Corporation
    Inventors: Kousei Tanaka, Kaori Yamada
  • Patent number: 8522444
    Abstract: A cable control set for extended reach garden shears, the extended reach garden shears having a cutting section comprising at two blades pivoted together, the cutting section attached to a first location of an extension rod, the cutting section capable of being driven by the cable. Two guiding rollers are pivoted onto a second location of the extension rod, and the cable is placed between the two guiding rollers, a rotatable member is pivoted onto an opposite side of the extension rod by a corresponding securing member; and a rotating arm is pivoted onto a top surface of the rotatable member via a corresponding securing member, and the two auxiliary rollers are pivoted onto the one end of the rotating arm, the cable is placed between the two auxiliary rollers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Jiin Haur Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shih-Piao Wu