Patents Examined by D. Crosby
  • Patent number: 12369523
    Abstract: A cutting blade includes an elongate body portion mounted to a mowing or slashing machine having a left side and a right side. Both the left side and the right side have a leading edge and an opposing trailing edge with a downward portion provided on an outer end of the left side and the right side of the cutting blade. The downward portions having at least one cutting portion and which on the left side of the cutting blade, one or more cutting portions are provided on an inner side of the downward portion, and on the right side of the cutting blade, the one or more cutting portion are provided on an outer side of the downward portion. The improved cutting blade preferably has a horizontal body portion with staggered cutting portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Inventors: Lambros Dimitracopoulos, Elias Dimitrakopoulos
  • Patent number: 12365109
    Abstract: Embodiments herein provide apparatuses, systems, and methods associated with a saw chain link having one or more oversized rivet holes. A rivet may be disposed in the oversized rivet hole and provide a clearance between the rivet and the edge of the oversized rivet hole that is about 0.010 inches or more. The clearance may permit the saw chain to move between two or more stable positions. The saw chain link may be a drive link, such as a cutter drive link or a bumper drive link. In some embodiments, the saw chain link may be a bi-directional saw chain link. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: Oregon Tool, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael D. Harfst, Christopher D. Seigneur
  • Patent number: 12350852
    Abstract: A functional polymeric cutting edge structure and methods for the manufacturing of cutting edge structures comprised of polymeric materials are provided. The cutting edge structures may be produced on a substrate having a blade body or blade support type. The polymeric material is produced by curing a precursor material by electromagnetic radiation wherein a wavelength of said radiation is about double a wavelength required to cure the precursor material. A razor blade for use in a razor cartridge or a blade box may be formed using the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: The Gillette Company LLC
    Inventors: Matthias Gester, Roman Kiyan, Ulf Hinze, Kestutis Kurselis, Graham John Simms
  • Patent number: 12349625
    Abstract: A power tool handle has a shaft with a fastening end securing the handle on the power tool and with a free end. The handle has an outer side for supporting a palm of a hand. First and second operating elements are pivotably supported at the shaft about first and second pivot axes, respectively. The first operating element controls a power tool drive motor. In non-actuated position, the second operating element prevents a control action of the first operating element and has an actuating section projecting from the shaft and having a first and a second end. The first end is closer to the fastening end of the shaft than the second end. The second end is closer to the free end of the shaft. The second pivot axis is closer to the first end than to the second end. A trimmer is provided with such a handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Liv Bicheler, Roland Mandel, Simon Haug
  • Patent number: 12349842
    Abstract: A ladle, for filtering a mixture containing debris, includes an outer bowl with outer holes and an upper edge, an inner bowl disposed within the outer bowl forming a gap therebetween and having ether inner holes or protrusions separated by grooves, disposed below the upper edge and above the outer holes. The inner bowl can be provided with pins fixed to the protrusions, while the outer bowl can be provided with L-shape notches each matching the corresponding pin. Alternatively, the inner bowl can be provided with pins fixed in an upper region thereof, and the outer bowl can be provided with L-shape notches each matching the corresponding pin. In any case, the L-shape notches serve as guides for the pins during assembling the ladle. The inner bowl and outer bowl are provided with an inner and outer outlet spout respectively, to ease pouring out the filtered mixture from the ladle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Inventor: Al Saint
  • Patent number: 12343891
    Abstract: A film cutting device includes a stage which supports a circuit film, a cutter disposed on the stage to cut the circuit film, a vibration horn connected to the cutter, where the vibration horn vibrates the cutter in a first direction based on an ultrasonic wave, and a cooler which cools the cutter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chung-Seok Lee, Jeongeun Park, Hanho Park, Jeongmin Ban, Joongmok Lee, Soyeon Joo
  • Patent number: 12330330
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to adjusting and maintaining a position of a cutting surface used to create lines of weakness for rolled products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Brian Christopher Schwamberger, Gustav André Mellin, Michael Devin Long
  • Patent number: 12330323
    Abstract: A surgical hair clipper assembly includes a clipper body and a blade assembly connected to the clipper body. The blade assembly includes a moveable blade configured to reciprocate to remove hair from a skin area and a blade housing that houses the moveable blade. The blade housing has a guide surface that faces the skin area during a hair removal process. A suction attachment includes a clipper attachment connected to the clipper body and a nozzle structure connected to the clipper attachment and extending distally to an end. The end is located no more than about ten millimeters proximal of a plane defined by the guide surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: CareFusion 2200, Inc.
    Inventors: Isaias Tellez, Robert Radford, Camille A. Sendlak, Sara Tillman
  • Patent number: 12318955
    Abstract: A handle assembly for a hair removal device, including a handle with a connection portion for supporting a hair removal head and an elongated grip portion, at least a first accessory component that is disassemblable from the grip portion, and a holding mechanism, a first portion of the holding mechanism being engageable with a second portion of the holding mechanism to resist disassembly of the first accessory component from the grip portion. A recycling process for the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignee: BIC Violex Single Member S.A.
    Inventors: Nikolaos Ovvadias, Vasileios Stamoulis, Stratos Christofidellis, Georgios Paspatis
  • Patent number: 12318954
    Abstract: A razor cartridge comprising a frame, wherein the frame comprises a leading longitudinal member and a trailing longitudinal member and at least one transverse frame member defining a cartridge plane, disposed in between, and joining, the leading longitudinal member and the trailing longitudinal member, in a transverse direction of the razor cartridge. The at least one transverse frame member comprises a plurality of cutting member guides defining a plurality of cutting member support slots, each cutting member support slot configured to accommodate a longitudinal cutting member, and a plurality of longitudinal cutting members, wherein each cutting member is disposed in a respective cutting member support slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignee: BIC Violex Single Member S.A.
    Inventor: Ioannis Bozikis
  • Patent number: 12285094
    Abstract: A device for sharpening and cleaning a shaving device with a razor blade mounted in a razor blade unit includes a main body and a strip-type leather section. This should significantly increase the lifespan or useful life of a razor blade unit of this type, it is economical to produce and can be easily handled in the practical application. This is achieved in that the main body also includes a liquid reservoir that can be compressed with the application of pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Inventor: Tilman Reisbeck
  • Patent number: 12233565
    Abstract: A razor head includes a frame including two opposing long side walls and two opposing short side walls, connectors each connecting two points of the frame in an interior of the frame, and elongated blades arranged on an inner side of the frame. The blades are coupled to only two of the connectors, the two connectors to which the blades are coupled connecting the two long side walls to each other. In a case where a position in the frame in a longitudinal direction is represented by a percentage, when a middle of the frame in the longitudinal direction is 0% and two ends of the frame in the longitudinal direction that correspond to inner surfaces of the two short side walls are 100%, the two connectors to which the blades are coupled are each arranged in a range from 30% to 90% between the middle and the two ends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: KAI R&D CENTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kengo Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 12220827
    Abstract: A shaver head for an electric shaver has at least two hair-cutting units, each of which includes an external cutting member and an internal cutting member that is rotatable relative to the external cutting member. Each of the hair-cutting units is supported by a supporting portion that is linearly movable under the bias of a spring member relative to a base portion of the shaver head between a first, retracted position and a second, extended position. The shaver head has a locking mechanism for selectively locking the supporting portion in a locked position relative to the base portion allowing a user to select different shaving modes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Geert-Jan Darwinkel, Alwin William De Vries, Ivar Bosma, Marcus Cornelis Petrelli
  • 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: 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: 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: 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: 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