Patents Examined by Fernando Ayala
  • Patent number: 8667691
    Abstract: The actuated nail clipper is a grooming tool that has made it easier to clip nails. The present invention can change in length so the toe nails are easily reachable for the consumer. The elongated neck prevents the consumer from feeling any discomfort that is normally associated with clipping toe nails. A vacuum on the actuated nail clipper can suction in leftover nail clippings. The convenience of the vacuum allows for easier clean up. The present invention also includes a small light that is angled so the nail that is being cut is clearly visible to the consumer. The light helps reduce errors in nail clipping as well as decrease the strain on the consumer's eyes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Inventor: Terry L Gibbs
  • Patent number: 8601923
    Abstract: A rod cutter having two cutters that are exchangeable and with one thereof being operatively stationary and the other being pivotally and with cutting edges therebetween. A cover extends over the cutters so that access to the cutters is available, and they can be interchanged in their installed positions to reposition the cutting edges exposed to the rod. A ball bearing supports the pivotal cutter and it has an axial restriction for rendering axial support to the pivotal cutter. The method of cutting with both radial and axial cutter support is described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Bradshaw Medical, Inc.
    Inventor: Hua Gao
  • Patent number: 8595938
    Abstract: The invention relates to a manual razor including a shaving head (10) having a attached on a handle (20), pivoting means (11, 21) between the head (10) and the handle (20) so that the head (10) can move from a use position perpendicular to the handle (20) into a stowage position parallel to the handle. In order for the razor to be easily stored while occupying as little space as possible, the blade can be pivoted without touching the blade, using a rack (21) provided on a sliding button located on the handle (20), and a toothed wheel (11) connected to the head (10), wherein the toothed wheel (11) and the rack (21) are sized and arranged to be in mutual engagement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Lindal France SAS
    Inventor: Herve Bodet
  • Patent number: 8590165
    Abstract: An extended reach garden shears includes a shear rod, a driven arm, an operating arm and a connecting piece. The shear rod has a fixed cutter base on one end. The fixed cutter base is formed with a hooked cutting edge. The fixed cutter blade is provided with a primary shaft hole and a secondary shaft hole. A driven arm is provided with a rotation hole and is pivotally connected to the primary shaft hole of the fixed cutter base. The driven arm is formed with a cutting blade to match the hooked cutting edge. The bottom end of the cutting blade extends to form a connecting portion. The distal end of the connecting portion is bent to form a driven rack. The operating arm is provided with a pivotal hole. The pivotal hole is pivotally connected to the secondary shaft hole of the fixed cutter base. The operating arm is formed with an operating rack adjacent to the pivotal hole. The operating rack is drivingly engaged with the driven rack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Ho Cheng Garden Tools Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yao-Chung Huang
  • Patent number: 8555511
    Abstract: A lubricated hair clipper drive system includes a clipper frame with a pair of opposed arms separated by a drive space, a drive shaft reciprocating laterally between the arms at high speed, a drive member receiving motive power from a power source and secured to the shaft for common reciprocation within the drive space, and a lubricant reservoir and applicator disposed on the shaft between the drive member and a corresponding one of the arms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: WAHL Clipper Corporation
    Inventor: Russell L. Moseman
  • Patent number: 8549973
    Abstract: A rotating blade for a cutting machine. The blade defines an arbor hole for an arbor typically having at least three sides. The preferred arbor hole includes first and second sides each of which conform to adjacent sides of the arbor, a short side joining the first and second sides, a third side connected to the first side, and a fourth side connecting the third side to the second side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Inventor: Michael Patrick Burke
  • Patent number: 8484854
    Abstract: A blade-switchable utility knife of the present invention comprises a housing, a blade slider, a slide actuator, a switch actuator, a pair of blades and a pair of restoring elements. By manipulating the switch actuator, one of the pair of blades is capable of moving together with the blade slider. Accordingly, the present invention has advantages and effects of quick switch of the blades for use and convenient carrying.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Inventor: Chun-Feng Ho
  • Patent number: 8474144
    Abstract: A safety razor including a handle having a grip portion and a connection portion secured to the grip portion. The connection portion rotates with respect to the grip portion about a rotational axis. A blade unit is mounted to the connection portion by a connection member. The handle includes an ejector button having a first position locking the connection portion with respect to the grip portion preventing the connection portion from rotating with respect to the grip portion, a second position allowing the connection portion to rotate with respect to the grip portion, and a third position for ejecting the blade unit from the connection portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: The Gillette Company
    Inventor: Terence Gordon Royle
  • Patent number: 8434973
    Abstract: A clamping mechanism includes a male portion and a female portion. The male portion has a forwardly extending locking protrusion, and an alignment protrusion extending forwardly of the locking protrusion. A rear of the female portion has a forwardly extending locking bore and an alignment bore extending forwardly from a front end of the locking bore. The locking bore has an insertion bore portion which merges with a gripping bore portion. The insertion bore portion has an insertion bore axis while the gripping bore portion has a gripping bore axis that is spaced apart by a non-zero first distance from the insertion bore axis. In a clamped position, the alignment protrusion abuts a portion of the alignment bore and the locking protrusion abuts the gripping bore portion along a gripping angular extension, thereby forming a circumferential interference fit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Iscar, Ltd.
    Inventor: Hanoch Guy
  • Patent number: 8424431
    Abstract: A spring is utilized to exert variable tensional forces on a toweling support drum of a paper toweling dispenser. The spring is connected between a drum and a sliding spring mount which enables a long toweling tail to be presented externally of the dispenser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Dispensing Dynamics International
    Inventors: Andrew Jackman, Alex Trampolski
  • Patent number: 8393083
    Abstract: A thinning scissors of the present invention includes a first blade unit, a second blade unit, an adjusting button, a nut and a screw. The first blade unit has a first pivoting bore, and the second blade unit has a second pivoting bore. The adjusting button has an axle rotatably inserted in the first pivoting bore. The axle has an offset bore whose axis is offset from that of the axle. The nut is rotatably disposed in the offset bore, and the screw is inserted in the second pivoting bore and threaded with the nut. Thereby, the rotational axis of the first blade unit and that of the second blade relatively move as the adjusting button rotates in the first pivoting bore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Inventor: Pei-Ling Wu