Abstract: An apparatus is provided for stacking sliced products from a slicing machine of the type in which a loaf is fed into a cutting blade to be cyclically sliced. The apparatus comprises a first stack receiver and a second stack receiver each comprising a pair of receiving plates and operable between a closed position where the receiving plates are adjacent each other for accumulating the slices and an open position where the receiving plates are spaced from each other for discharging the slices. The stack receivers are moved in the vertical direction such that one of them is in the raised position when the other of them is in the lowered position. The stack receivers are closed at the raised position and opened at the lowered position. The slices can be discharged from the stack receiver with maintaining an aligned condition.

Abstract: A method of cutting off a masking film of a silicon wafer comprising the steps of rotating the silicon wafer, feeding a heat wire continuously to the outer periphery of the silicon wafer and cutting off the outer periphery of the masking film along the outer perphery of the silicon wafer.

Abstract: A portable stationery device having a punching device disposed in a lower portion of a holder and a stapler disposed in an upper portion of the holder above the punching device. The stapler can be freely drawn out from or retracted into the holder. When the punching device is used to punch a sheet of paper a punching rod of the punching device is pressed by the stapler.

Abstract: A shearing device having one pivoting member formed of two metallic blades having their base ends spaced with one another and their lengths gradually approaching one another until their distal ends which are in engagement with one another and the inner edges of which are beveled to present cutting surfaces. A second cutting member is pivotally secured to said first member and is formed with a pair of cutting edges for cooperation with the two first-mentioned edges wherein a sheet of material placed therebetween is severed along two edges providing an opening rather than a slit.

Abstract: A device for effecting continuous annular fancy cuts such as serrations around melons and the like comprises an elongated substantially linear base and support member having a trough-like cross section. A flat central portion of the base and support member carries an elongated upstanding generally linear cutter which extends longitudinally atop the member and which is adapted at an upper edge to sever the skin of melons and the like. The shape of the cutter when viewed from above in one embodiment is a conventional saw-tooth and the saw tooth cut or serration is provided continuously around a melon midsection by rolling the same along the length of the cutter. Side portions of the trough-like base and support member are oppositely inclined at approximately thirty degrees (30) to urge the melon toward a linear or straight line revolution along and atop the cutter.

Abstract: An apparatus (24) for the simultaneous production of all the sheet layers, including pocket dividers, for blocks, as well as for the complete production of said blocks has a manufacturing or production means (25) for the pocket dividers folded along a fold line and glued along a line at angles thereto, in which the pocket dividers are simultaneously cohesively produced in multi-unit size form over the working width in the same way as the remaining sheet layers of the block, then the remaining multi-unit size partial layers of the block are supplied and finally are cut commonly into the individual units. This leads to a fully automatic production of blocks comprising pocket dividers without any intermediate storage of the pocket dividers and as each of the pocket dividers can be produced with only one single back layer, a considerable material saving is achieved.

Abstract: A cutter tool is provided with a handle member coupled to two portions arranged substantially orthogonally with respect to one another for supporting razor blades used to cut a rabbet along a corner edge of a ceiling panel. The two portions are arranged to form an inside corner guide which communicates with the corner edge of the ceiling panel during the manual cutting of the rabbet. The razor blades extend inward, orthogonally to one another, to cut the material of the ceiling panel during the manual operation of the cutter tool. A pair of cover plates is installed on the two portions for securing the razor blades thereto.

Abstract: An anvil for a disposable stapler is provided by an elongate metal member of undulated transverse cross-section which is an interference fit in a recess formed in a plastic base of the stapler and which is force fit therewithin to position and locate the anvil in the absence of further securing members.

Abstract: A pneumatic power wrench comprising a housing (10), a rotation motor drivingly connected to an output spindle (11), a pressure air supply passage (22, 24) in the housing (10) connecting the motor to a pressure air source and a manually operable throttle valve (17) disposed in the air supply passage (22, 24) to control the pressure air supply to the motor. An adjustable pressure regulator is arranged in the air supply passage (22, 24) upstream of the throttle valve (17) to provide a desired constant air supply pressure to the motor. The pressure regulator comprises a spring biassed relief valve (32-34) which via a venting passage (42) communicates with the exhaust passage (16) of the tool upstream of a flow restricting silencer (18) mounted therein.

Abstract: A machine to slice baked goods such as bagels is provided which achieves a uniform and reproducible slice thickness. The machine comprises a housing, a vertical shaft, at least one spiral cutter, and at least one hold-down mechanism. The hold-down mechanism consists of a double-armed lever wherein one arm forms a pressure plate and another arm is attached to a tension spring with the ends of the pressure plate and other arm connected by means of a pivot shaft. Within the cutting area there is located a stop for positioning the baked goods to be sliced. Other features of the machine include a disc attached to the vertical shaft and to which the spiral cutters are secured. An intermediate plate may be positioned between the disc and cutter to adjust the height of the cutter edge. A passage for removing cut slices is located in the cutting area leading to a chute emptying the slices into a hopper.

Abstract: A razor having a hollow handle housing a cartridge adapted to receive replacement blade units. The cartridge includes channels having specially configured holding portions enabling extraction of a blade unit by a razor head in a manner similar to that used to extract a blade unit from the package in which it was marketed.

Abstract: A circular saw blade is disclosed which includes a circular body having two side faces, a central bore, and a toothed peripheral edge. Disposed within the body of the saw blade is a plurality of circumferentially extending laser-cut slots. Each of the slots consists of an arc of a circle concentric with the body of the saw blade and parallel to the peripheral edge thereof. The slots extend through the body from one side face to the other, and are spaced in a manner such that each slot cools an area of the body when the saw blade is in operation.

Abstract: A nail clipper includes a removable receptacle for receiving the nails as they are clipped. The basic construction is relatively standard, except that the lower arm of the pivoting cutters defines an opening through which the clipped nails enter the receptacle. A cushion is also provided between the arms at approximately their pivot point, in order to deflect clipped nails into the receptacle, through the opening. Guidance for the pivoting arms is provided by a band, affixed to the lower arm and movable relative to the upper arm.

Abstract: A stacking device for rigid elongated goods, such as metal bars, pipes, sectional materials, and the like, comprises a stacking section, in which at least one set of rollers for conveying the goods are provided. The rollers are arranged to extend with their axes horizontally and transversely underneath the goods for supporting and conveying the same and are adapted to be driven for linear movement selectively in and opposite to the conveying direction direction of the goods by means of linear drive chains, such that all the rollers may be removed from the stacking section in order to transfer the goods onto supports arranged at the stacking section under said rollers and adapted to be raised and lowered to take over the goods into a transportation frame. Moreover, the rollers may be driven by a rotation drive chain, while the linear drive chains stand still such that in a conveying mode the roller axes are kept at rest and the rollers are rotated about their axes to convey the goods.

Abstract: A square for glass cutting has a triangular shaped phenolic plastic body having a head supporting base member, a straight edge, and a straight edge strengthening member. The base member has a plurality of apertures having diameters of a first dimension. A head member includes first and second head plates interconnected and spaced by a bridge to sandwich the base member. The first and second plates have a plurality of apertures having centers corresponding to the centers of the base member apertures, but having diameters of a second dimension less than the first dimension but equal to the diameters of set screws, whereby when the head member is loosely attached to the head support member by the set screws the squaring of the first head plate automatically squares the second head plate and the tightening of the set screws maintains the squared relationship between the head plates and the straight edge member.

Abstract: A motor-driven hand drill includes a housing, in which between a motor and a drill receptacle, a safety coupling for limiting a torque, applied to a drill, is positioned. For specific conditions, for example for drilling in armoring iron, the torque applied to the drill must be increased. The drill is provided with an electro-magnetic device which is operatively connected to the safety coupling to adjust the limiting torque applied to the drill. The magnetic device is actuated by means of a pushbutton positioned in the same gripping region as the pushbutton for actuating an electric motor of the drill to switch the same on and off.

Abstract: A pneumatic impact tool having a special cushioning assembly for cushioning the repeated recoil of a hammer piston and thereby providing substantially reduced tool vibration during use. The cushioning assembly includes an energy-dissipating damping sub-assembly and an energy-storing coil spring sub-assembly arranged in series with each other such that they operate simultaneously, yet independently, to cushion the hammer piston's rearward movement over a wide range of operating speeds.

Abstract: A clamping attachment to a device for driving elongated rod elements of low igidity into the ground comprises a housing (1) having a through tapered interior (2) and shoulders (7) on the outer surface. The interior (2) of the housing accommodates two spring-biased wedging elements (3) with slots (4). The slots (4) receive ends of arms (9) secured on the shoulders (7). Interposed between the spring (12) and wedging elements (3) is a washer plate (14). End faces (16, 17) of the wedging elements (3) and washer plate (14) are tapered. Contact surfaces (10, 11) of the slots (4,) and arms (9) are inclined to the longitudinal axis of the clamping attachment.

Abstract: An electric hair clipper includes a hair thinning comb attachment detachable to a housing provided with a cutter assembly. The comb attachment is formed with a row of hair guiding slots which is in parallel and juxtaposed relation with the cutting edge of the cutter assembly for guiding the hair past the cutting edge in the process of hair thinning operation. A rotary adjustor dial is mounted on the housing and is drivingly connected to the comb attachment for varying the relative position of the comb attachment to the housing and therefore the distance between the row of the hair guiding slots and the cutting edge, thus adjusting the cutting length of hair intended by simple manipulation of the rotary adjustor dial.

Abstract: According to this invention a blade assembly is created featuring pivotally mounted first and second blades with pivot and subsequent change the span of each blade in response to the amount of shaving force generated by the user.