Patents Examined by Hwei C Payer
  • Patent number: 9849524
    Abstract: A hand tool with a mechanical linear drive mechanism coupled to a linear activated working implement. The drive mechanism includes a geared planetary roller screw that includes a torque tube connected to a roller screw's nut body. The planetary roller screw includes a fixed outer race, a rotating set of grooved rollers axially aligned inside the outer race, a cylindrical nut body located inside the set of grooved roller, a plurality of inner rollers axially aligned and inside the nut body, a threaded shaft axially aligned and inside the inner rollers, and a torque tube axially aligned inside the inner rollers. The torque tube is connected at one end to a gear box which is coupled to an electric motor. When the electric motor is activated, the torque tube is rotated which causes a threaded shaft in the tool to move axially. A working implement is coupled to the distal end of the threaded shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Inventors: Shawn Lawlor, Charles Cornelius
  • Patent number: 9849599
    Abstract: The invention relates to a razor and a method for producing a razor. In order to provide an improved razor, a razor (1) has a handle (10), at one end of which a ball joint socket (11) is arranged, and a blade head (20) having at least one razor blade (21) and a ball joint head (22). The ball joint head of the blade head and the ball joint socket of the handle form a ball joint, and the handle has an alignment element (14) in the ball joint socket that is designed to engage with a recess (36) in the ball joint head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: BEIERSDORF AG
    Inventors: Heinrich Gers-Barlag, Yvonne Neumann
  • Patent number: 9840021
    Abstract: The first embodiment of the tool for girdling the trunk of a tree includes an elongated and horizontally disposed handle having first and second ends. The tool also includes a horizontally disposed cutting blade support having a first elongated arm portion and a curved arm portion. The first elongated arm portion is pivotally connected to the handle intermediate the lengths thereof. A linkage also pivotally connects the second end of the handle to the first end of the first elongated arm portion. A cutting blade carriage is selectively movably secured to the curved arm portion to compensate for various tree trunk diameters. A second embodiment of the tool includes an elongated handle which is adjustably secured to a cutting blade support which has a cutting blade secured thereto which is forced into engagement with the tree trunk by a spring arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Inventor: Ryan W. Armbrust
  • Patent number: 9833912
    Abstract: Folding knife embodiments are disclosed herein comprising a blade operable to pivot relative to a handle, between an open position and a closed position, about a pivot axis extending through a tang portion of the blade having at least one locking recess. The knife can have a locking mechanism comprising a rod that extends along the pivot axis through the tang portion and a locking member coupled to the rod which engages the at least one locking recess of the tang portion when the blade is in at least one of the open position or the closed position. The knife can further comprise a push button coupled to the rod, wherein depression of the push button is configured to eject the locking member from the locking recess in the blade, thereby unlocking the blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: GB II Corporation
    Inventor: Flavio Yuji Ikoma
  • Patent number: 9833917
    Abstract: A shaving razor cartridge with a housing having a guard, a cap, and one or more blades located between the guard and the cap. The guard is positioned in front of the one or more blades and the cap is positioned behind the one or more blades. A heat delivering element is mounted to the housing for transferring heat during a shaving stroke. The heat delivering element includes a skin contacting surface and an opposing bottom surface defined by a perimeter wall. An insulating member is positioned within the perimeter wall. The insulating member has a first surface facing the bottom surface of the heat delivering element and a second surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: The Gillette Company LLC
    Inventors: Matthew James Hodgson, Norbert Broemse, Klaus Heubach, Timo Schmitt, Maurice Schirmer, Felix Koenig, Juergen Behrendt
  • Patent number: 9833847
    Abstract: A wire rope cutter includes a first handle and a second handle, a first cutting jaw and a second cutting jaw, a first pivot for pivotally connecting the first jaw and the first handle; and a second pivot for pivotally connecting the second jaw to the second handle. A third pivot pivotally connects the first handle to the second handle, and a fourth pivot pivotally connects the first jaw to the second jaw. The first jaw includes a web area having an elongated opening, and the second jaw includes a web area having an elongated opening. The third pivot is formed by a fastener extending through the elongated openings of the first jaw web area and the second jaw web area for pivotally connecting the handles together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: The National Telephone Supply Company
    Inventor: Raymond Disantis
  • Patent number: 9826679
    Abstract: A filament cutterhead is provided for mounting on the drive shaft of a brushcutter. The filament cutterhead includes a housing with a circumferential wall wherein a first wall opening for a cutting filament is formed. A filament spool arranged in the housing is rotatable relative to the housing. A filament channel with a filament inlet segment is provided in a partition wall of the filament spool. The filament channel extends from the filament inlet segment past the hub to a filament outlet segment which is assigned a second wall opening in the circumferential wall. The filament outlet segment is at an offset (v) with respect to the filament inlet segment in the circumferential direction of the hub. The mouth of the filament inlet segment and the mouth of the filament outlet segment lie within an outside diameter (A) of the partition wall and open into a pass-through space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Sven Lang, Achim Rethaber
  • Patent number: 9827684
    Abstract: The invention relates to a shaving head comprising at least one cutting unit (7, 7A, 7B). The cutting unit comprises a ring-like skin-supporting tilting member, being tillable relative to a shaving head main body (4, 8) about a first tilting axis, an external cutting member, an internal cutting member, and a retainer. According to the invention, the retainer is a multi-purpose retainer in that it provides simultaneously a locking function, a secondary tilting function and an anti-floating function. By virtue of the multi-purpose retainer, the shaving device delivers a high shaving performance and is also easy to clean.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Johannes Hendrikus Van Toor, Hans Oosterhoff
  • Patent number: 9819161
    Abstract: A fiber cable may be neatly and efficiently cut if the razor edge is held in a fixed position while the cable is pulled along a cutting channel. One example may have a cable splitting device with a number of channels that include a razor edge in each of the channels and a top portion of the device providing a first half to each of the channels, and a bottom portion providing a second half to each of the channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Jonard Industries Corp.
    Inventors: Edward Scirbona, Richard Gerszberg
  • Patent number: 9815213
    Abstract: A folding knife has ambidextrously accessible trigger mechanism for releasing the blade from its open and locked position so that it may be moved to the closed position, and when the knife is fitted with an automatic opening mechanism, for releasing the blade from its closed and locked position to the open and locked position. When the blade reaches the open position a novel locking mechanism securely locks the blade open. The trigger mechanism comprises a button on each side of the knife handle. The user may fire the automatic opening mechanism by depressing either the right or left hand trigger button, or both simultaneously. The release mechanism may be incorporated in an auto-assist or manual knife. The locking mechanisms described herein may be incorporated into a manual opening knife or a knife with an auto-assist opening mechanism and in all cases, the knife incorporates a locking mechanism that locks the blade open in a highly secure manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Benchmade Knife Co., Inc.
    Inventor: Wes Duey
  • Patent number: 9815214
    Abstract: A scissors assembly for cutting objects is provided. The scissors assembly comprises a first blade and a second blade each having a first end and a second end with the first ends being sharply pointed. A pivot connection connects the first blade and the second blade. A serrated cutting edge is formed on the first blade between the first end of the first blade and the pivot connection and a plurality of serrated grooves formed on the second blade between the first end of the second blade and the pivot connection. The sharply point first end of the first blade and the sharply pointed first end of the second blade creates a precision point. Upon pivoting of the first end of the first blade toward the first end of the second blade, the cutting teeth of the serrated cutting edge of the first blade interfit with the serrated grooves on the second blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Inventor: Tracy Troop
  • Patent number: 9808103
    Abstract: A food utensil having a handle portion and a food engagement portion, the food engagement portion includes one or more member(s) disposed about the periphery of the food engagement portion, whereby the one or more member(s) define a food engagement region. The utensil is suitable for use by young children.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: B.BOX FOR KIDS DEVELOPMENTS PTY LTD
    Inventors: Dannielle Lisa Michaels, Monique Miriam Filer
  • Patent number: 9808941
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a safety utility knife including a blade carrier that is repositionable between a safety orientation, an intermediate orientation and a cutting orientation via an actuator that is interconnected with the blade carrier via a hingable link. Once the blade carrier is repositioned to the cutting orientation, the blade carrier is automatically returned to the safety orientation anytime a cutting action is discontinued.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Inventors: Matthew J. Jacobs, Randolph Scott Presley, Gary Edward Holt
  • Patent number: 9808940
    Abstract: A folding knife includes a handle having a pivot axis, a blade attached to the handle, a movable member that moves about the pivot axis, an urging spring, and a switching mechanism. The movable member has an engaging claw. When the blade is in a folded position, the switching mechanism holds the movable member in a disengaged state, in which the engaging claw is disengaged from an engaging portion of the blade. When the blade moves from the folded position to the switching position, the switching mechanism switches the movable member from the disengaged state to an engaged state, in which the engaging claw is engaged with the engaging portion, thereby moving the movable member in the open direction by the urging spring to move the blade from the switching position toward the open position by the movable member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: GERBER SAKAI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kimiyuki Sakai
  • Patent number: 9796101
    Abstract: A top portion extends from an upper end of a handle. The top portion is curved from the front to the back. A clearance is located between the back side of the razor head and the front of the top portion of the holder. The clearance between the back side of the razor head and the front of the top portion is changed by means of a pivoting mechanism such that, when the razor head is at the neutral position, the clearance at a position separated from the cutting edge is greater than the clearance at a position in the vicinity of the cutting edge. When the razor head is moved from the neutral position to a specified movement position, the clearance at the position separated from the cutting edge is less than the clearance at a position in the vicinity of the cutting edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: KAI R & D Center Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Daisuke Haba
  • Patent number: 9789614
    Abstract: A pair of scissors has two handles, two blades, and a pivot assembly. The handles are connected with each other and respectively have a pivotal hole. The blades are pivotally connected with each other, are connected respectively with the handles, and respectively have a pivotal hole. The pivot assembly is mounted in the pivotal holes in the handles and the blades to pivotally connect the handles and the blades with each other and has a pivotal rod. The pivotal rod has two pivotal segments. Each pivotal segment has a cross section. One of the pivotal segments has a non-circular cross section and the other pivotal segment has a circular cross section. The pivotal holes in the handles and the blades are same in shape as the cross section of the pivotal segments respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Inventor: Ching-Lu Lee
  • Patent number: 9789625
    Abstract: A separating device for a machine tool includes at least one cutting strand and at least one guide unit configured to guide the cutting strand. The guide unit forms a closed system together with the cutting strand. The separating device further includes at least one cutting strand tensioning unit that is positioned on the guide unit, and that is configured to compensate for at least one of play and tolerance in the cutting strand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Uwe Engelfried, Petr Grulich
  • Patent number: 9789627
    Abstract: A power cutting tool includes at least one cutting strand and at least one guide unit configured to guide the cutting strand. The power cutting tool further includes at least one cutting strand contact guard unit which has at least one cutting strand contact guard element. The at least one cutting strand contact guard element is movably mounted on the guide unit and is configured to at least substantially prevent, in at least one operating position of the cutting strand contact guard element, contact between the cutting strand and a user of the power cutting tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Uwe Engelfried, Petr Grulich
  • Patent number: 9789620
    Abstract: A liquid dispensing unit for a hair removal device with a reservoir and an applicator in liquid communication with the reservoir. A first and second connector are in liquid communication with the reservoir. The first and second connector each have a respective first and second valve. A resilient tube is disposed between the connectors. The resilient tube has a neutral position with both valves closed and a second position with one valve open and one valve closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: The Gillette Company
    Inventors: Kevin James Wain, Lee Burrowes, Barry Keith Rockell
  • Patent number: 9782907
    Abstract: An apparatus for severing a workpiece having a cutting mechanism operable to cut the workpiece substantially along a selected course; drive mechanism operable to drive the cutting mechanism to cut the workpiece; a transport assembly operable to guide the workpiece in movement relative to a predetermined severing position and with respect to the cutting mechanism; and a frame mounting the cutting mechanism and transport assembly in predetermined relation to each other and relative to the severing position so that the drive mechanism is operable to drive the cutting mechanism to cut the workpiece in the severing position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: California Industrial Rubber Co., Inc.
    Inventor: Gile M. Strong