Patents Examined by Evan Macfarlane
  • Patent number: 9498894
    Abstract: A cutting device includes a bottom plate, a platform located on the bottom plate for holding a workpiece, a first support plate connected to the support plate and located above the bottom plate, a first telescopic cylinder having a first piston, a blade connected to the first piston, a first medium providing device configured to provide medium, a first switch including a gateway A1 connected to a first lower cavity of the first telescopic cylinder, a gateway B1 opened to the outside, a gateway P1 connected to the first medium providing device, a first sensor including a gateway A2 opened to the outside, a gateway B2 communicating with a first upper cavity of the first telescopic cylinder, and a gateway P2 connected to the gateway B1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chih-Hao Chu
  • Patent number: 9492916
    Abstract: A folding tool with an improved locking mechanism is provided. The locking mechanism includes a biasing member interconnected to a handle of the tool and coupled to an engagement member, which may be a push button. In various embodiments, the biasing member biases the engagement member towards a locked position in which a portion of the engagement member interacts with a tang of an implement to prevent rotation of the implement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Spyderco, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas S. Snyder, Tom D. Koenig
  • Patent number: 9486935
    Abstract: A safety system with a number of component devices that may be used alone or in combination to substantially reduce the risk of injury to the operator of the power cutting tool. The devices are designed for use with table saws, miter saws, jointers, routers, shapers and similar equipment. The devices secure a work piece against unanticipated movement and kickback while simultaneously protecting the operator's hands. The devices further enhance the capabilities of power equipment to make precise cuts safer, faster and easier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Inventor: William Niichel
  • Patent number: 9486864
    Abstract: A power tool that includes a motor coupled to a drive mechanism, and a removable and rechargeable battery pack coupled to the motor to selectively provide power signals to the motor. The power tool also includes a controller configured to monitor a plurality of conditions of the power tool, such as battery pack voltage, battery pack temperature, operational current, and the like. The controller is also configured to detect one or more events related to the plurality of conditions of the power tool. If the operational current of the power tool exceeds a first threshold value, a power signal duty cycle is reduced from a first duty cycle value to a second duty cycle value to limit the amount of torque the power tool is able to generate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hua Tian Luo, Shui Ming Li, Zhong Qun Liu, Michael Naughton, John S. Scott
  • Patent number: 9475332
    Abstract: A punching blade can form a cut-and-raised piece provided with a wide width portion in a distal-end region, a cutting blade is provided with a first blade having a window with which the cut-and-raised piece is engaged and forming a first slit and a second blade for forming a second slit extending in a direction of a punched hole from the midstream of the first slit. It is also configured such that an edge from the wide width portion of the cut-and-raised piece to the base end can be engaged with the second slit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Kokuyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hirokazu Aoi
  • Patent number: 9395492
    Abstract: A slider is attached to a cutter main body of an optical fiber cutter in a forward/backward movable state. A round blade member for making a scratch in an optical fiber is attached to the slider in a rotatable state. An operation lever pin for changing over rotation operation modes from one to another is attached to one end side of a pin member which penetrates a wall of the cutter main body. The rotation operation modes include a non-rotation mode for preventing the round blade member from being rotated and a continuous rotation mode for rotating the round blade member by a predetermined angle with every backward movement of the slider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: SEI Optifrontier Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Hasegawa, Hiroyasu Toyooka, Hiroshi Nakamura
  • Patent number: 9393682
    Abstract: A folding knife includes a handle assembly, a blade, and a secondary tool. The blade is pivotally connected to the handle assembly and is configured to pivot from a closed position to an opened position. The secondary tool is pivotally connected to the handle assembly and is configured to pivot from a closed position to an opened position. The secondary tool includes a locking member that traps the blade in the closed position when the secondary tool is in the opened position but allows the blade to pivot to the opened position when the secondary tool is in the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: Kai U.S.A., Ltd.
    Inventors: Craig Donald Kemp Green, James MacNair
  • Patent number: 9387595
    Abstract: An exemplary folding knife has a handle including an inner liner portion and an outer panel. The inner liner portion includes a locking member that is operable to move between an unlocked position and a locked position. The folding knife includes a blade having a tang portion pivotally connected to the handle. The blade is operable to pivot relative to the handle about a pivot axis extending through the tang portion between a closed position and an open position. The tang portion engages the locking member when the blade is in the open position and the locking member is in the locked position. The folding knife also includes a lever member pivotally mounted to the locking member. The lever member is operable to block the locking member from moving from the locked position to the unlocked position when the blade is open.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: GB II Corporation
    Inventor: Flavio Ikoma
  • Patent number: 9387994
    Abstract: A machine for cutting flat glass sheets has a fixed frame for supporting a worktable, which can be lifted, with rotation device, for loading and unloading sheets or sheet portions, and a movable bridge capable of performing a translational motion with respect to the worktable which supports a cutting head capable of moving on the bridge. The movable bridge slides on rails associated with a fixed frame and the rotation device for the liftable worktable has at least one lifting arm, which is fixed to the movable worktable and pivoted to the fixed frame, the lifting arm being contoured so as to extend around and not affect, during its rotation, the rails for the movable bridge, a portion of the rails extending so as to affect the region of rotation of the lifting arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: Newtech-Engineering S.r.l.
    Inventor: Silvano Sgarabottolo
  • Patent number: 9358603
    Abstract: A feeding apparatus for a wide metal strip, wherein a plurality of through-holes are formed with predetermined gaps in a length direction and a width direction, into a cutter and pulls narrow metal strips formed by cutting the wide metal strip between the through-holes in the length direction so that through-holes are formed along only the length direction. The feeding apparatus includes a feeding-in apparatus that is provided on an entrance side of the cutter that feeds the wide metal strip into the cutter and a pulling-out apparatus that is provided on an exit side of the cutter that pulls out the narrow metal strips, which have been cut out by the cutter. A linking member drives the feeding-in apparatus and the pulling-out apparatus in concert so that the wide metal strip is fed into the cutter together with the narrow metal strips out being pulled out from the cutter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: HIDAKA SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Michihiro Shiozawa, Hisayoshi Kido, Takaharu Shimizu
  • Patent number: 9333638
    Abstract: A power tool includes a motor, a foot plate, a biasing element, and an accessory. The motor is configured to move a saw blade in a repeating pattern of movement. The foot plate defines a saw blade opening. The foot plate has a first lateral wall and a second lateral wall that are spaced apart from each other so as to define a storage space. The biasing element is supported by the foot plate and has a detent. The accessory defines a detent recess configured to receive the detent therein. When the accessory is located in the storage space, so that the detent is received in the detent recess, the accessory is interposed between the anti-tilt structure and the foot plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Dennis Powell, Yang Junyong, Richard Monteverde
  • Patent number: 9333661
    Abstract: An apparatus for slicing fruits, vegetables and other food items into slices of varying thickness is designed to work in combination with the user's own kitchen knives rather than having a preinstalled fixed blade of limited operable life span. The apparatus includes means for properly orienting and securing knife blades of a variety of shapes and sizes within the apparatus as well as safety features to prevent accidental injury.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Inventor: Hien Nguyen
  • Patent number: 9278397
    Abstract: An improved offset saw blade mounting assembly for use on a reciprocating power saw tool includes a shim member that is used to fill a central slot of the tool drive shaft. The shim member fills the slot and serves to reinforce the drive shaft and thereby reduce the likelihood of the drive shaft failing. The shim member may be a separate piece, or formed as part of a separate tubular insert, or integrally formed with the mounting block of the offset mounting assembly. A finger guard is also provided that substantially closes off any opening which may occur between the mounting assembly and the power tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Inventor: Jeremy Leman
  • Patent number: 9258943
    Abstract: A plant extraction assembly includes a housing that may be worn on a user's back. A flexible hose is fluidly coupled to and extends from the housing. A tube is fluidly coupled to a second end of the hose. A motor is coupled to a first end of the tube. A shaft is positioned within the tube. The shaft is rotationally coupled to the motor. A blade is coupled to the shaft. The blade is positioned at a second end of the tube so the blade may contact a plant positioned adjacent to the second end of the tube. A propeller is coupled to the shaft. The propeller provides from the second end of the tube into the tube. The propeller may urge pieces of the plant cut by the blade upwardly through the tube and the hose into the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Inventor: John W. Ruger
  • Patent number: 9227337
    Abstract: A push block for a woodworking tool comprises at least heel member at an end of the push block and the heel member is passively actuatable to an extended position to engage a trailing end surface of a work piece to advance the work piece by a working element. The push block also includes a wall member along a first side of the push block to serve as a barrier between a cutting element and an operator's hand. In addition, the push block includes a handle that is disposed obliquely relative to first and second sides and a longitudinal axis of the push block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: MICRO JIG, INC.
    Inventor: Henry Wang
  • Patent number: 8991060
    Abstract: A fingertip mountable shaving device is provided by a flexible and breathable substrate layer including a first shaving surface, and a second adhesive surface opposite to the first shaving surface. The first shaving surface includes a plurality of rubber strips along the vertical peripheral edge and a plurality of blade assemblies affixed at predetermined locations. The blade assemblies of include a vertical stack of a plurality of rotary blades of different diameters alternately interspaced by spacers and having a hemi-spherical protective cap with a vertical stem, on the top. The second adhesive surface is coated with an adhesive suitable for temporarily mounting the device on a fingertip and is covered with a releasably connected protective peel off layer. The device can safely and closely shave hair from the face and other difficult to reach body surfaces, such as within the ear or nostrils.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Inventor: Samir Hanna Safar
  • Patent number: 8966771
    Abstract: An out of front knife with an assisted opening mechanism has a handle, a blade mounted in the handle, a thumb stud that drives the blade, and an extending assembly that assists with extending the blade out of the handle. With two sliders and two springs of the extending assembly, only when the blade is intentionally pushed to move a preset distance and overcome a preset resistance, one of the springs pulls and assists the blade of the out of front knife to extend out of the handle. Therefore, the out of front knife with the assisted opening mechanism is used safely.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Inventors: Jitung Chu, Jiun-Yu Chu