Abstract: A cutting tool comprises an elongate housing for slidably receiving a cutting blade. The cutting tool is in the form of an attachment for an electric jigsaw, and the housing incorporates a pair of clamping brackets for mounting on a footplate of the jigsaw. Each bracket is provided with a mounting flange for clamping onto the footplate when a compressive force is applied to move the clamping brackets towards each other. The cutting blade is driven by the jigsaw in a reciprocating manner. A workpiece support extends from a free end of the housing, and has a support member arranged to engage a workpiece in a stabilizing manner adjacent the free end of the housing when cutting. The support member is fixed to a guide member which extends parallel to and adjacent the cutting blade where it protrudes from the free end of the housing.

Abstract: A glass tapping tool for tapping glass and breaking glass along a score-line that has been previously cut. In one embodiment, the tool comprises a hollow tube with a first end and a second end. A stationary striking member is attached to the first end of the tube for tapping a piece of glass which has been previously cut along a score-line. Mounted inside the tube is a slidable hammer with a first end and a second end. The slidable hammer is mounted so that the second end of the slidable hammer protrudes outside the second end of the hollow tube. Elastically coupled the stationary striking member with the slidable hammer is a spring.

Abstract: A fixture for positioning an abrasive tool above a running surface of a snowboard for beveling a snowboard edge including a head having one or more feet, each foot including an indexing portion for indexing the fixture against a marginal side of the snowboard. An arm is connected to and projects from the head and a carrier is connected to the arm at a predetermined distance from the indexing portion of the foot. The carrier includes a tool shim. When the fixture is in use, the tool shim bottom face may be held in sliding contact with in a plane substantially parallel to the running surface of the snowboard at a predetermined and fixed distance from the marginal side of the snowboard. A finishing tool, such as a file, is held at a predetermined working angle relative to the running surface of the snowboard by spanning the file between the upper face of the tool shim and the edge of the snowboard. The working angle of the bevel may be varied by advancing the arm through the carrier.

Abstract: A folding knife having a handle and a blade attached to the handle, the blade being connected for movement between a retracted position and an extended position with respect to the handle, and the blade a first locking profile, such as a notch. A locking member is provided having a second locking member, such as a projection, the projection being configured to be engageable with the notch when the blade is in the extended position. A pivotal connector is connected to the handle and to the locking member for allowing the locking member to pivot with respect to the handle. The locking member is movable between a locking position, wherein the second locking profile is in locking engagement with the first locking profile for locking the blade in the extended position, and an unlocking position, wherein the blade is movable with respect to the handle.

Abstract: An automatically opening knife including an elongated handle with opposing separate sides forming a spacing for a blade having a working end and a tang at the opposite end. The blade may be extended from or folded into the handle. A coil spring connected between the blade and the handle biases the blade to an open position. A rotatable locking element prevents opening or closing the blade by rotational positioning with the use of a cutout in the locking element that permits the tang to pass through during pivotal movement of the blade. The locking element is further rotatably actuatable to both an unlocked position to coincide the cutout and the tang and a locked position where the locking element abuts the tang to lock the blade from movement. The locking element has separate locking element abutments cooperating with separate tang abutments to selectively prevent movement of the blade.

Abstract: A guard for a cast cutter includes a first member securable to a cast cutter and a second member securable to a guard member. The second member is freely movable relative to the first member during operation along a support axis. Stops limiting movement in either direction along the support axis. This cast cutter guard has only one setting which accommodates variations thickness. Pressure exerted upon the cast cutter during operation results in movement of the second member relative to the first member, rather than pressure upon the injured area.

Abstract: A folding blade knife which may comprise a handle member, and including at least one upper handle member and at least one lower handle member defining a channel. The knife may further include a blade member pivotally mounted, via a pivotal member, to the handle member and within the channel. An actuator may be slidably mounted to the at least one upper handle member and joined to the blade member back end, for actuation by a user, such that when the user exerts a force against the actuator to slide the actuator with respect to the handle member, the user-exerted force is transmitted to the blade member back end to rotate the blade member. A pin slot may be formed within the at least one handle member at the handle member front end and arched around the pivotal member. An actuator slot may be formed within the at least one upper handle member at the handle member front end, having a linear portion and an arc portion.

Abstract: The present invention comprises a vacuum planer apparatus for the removal of rough debris from a foam sprayed wall to make that wall foam surface into a flat surface. The apparatus includes an elongated housing having a first end and a second end, an arrangement of rotatable cutter blades mounted in the elongated housing and a drive motor arranged to empower the rotatable cutter blades. A support handle is arranged on each end of the housing for pivotable control of the apparatus. A debris suction conduit is arranged at each end of the housing to pick up and remove foam scraped from the sprayed wall by the rotatable blades. A “Y” joint connects each suction conduit at each end of the housing for ducting into a single discharge conduit. The rotatable cutter blades are mounted on a rotatable shaft and the rotatable shaft has a plurality of locking strips arranged adjacent each of the blades to secure each of the blades onto the rotatable shaft.

Abstract: A window paint scraper for scraping paint from a window while protecting the window frame from the blade. The window paint scraper includes a head portion, a distal end, a proximal end, and a pair of sides. The distal end has a slot therein adapted for removably receiving a blade. A sharp edge of the blade extends away from the distal end. The sharp edge has a width generally equal to a width of the distal end. A handle portion is elongate and is integrally coupled to the proximal end of the head portion. A pair of spacing members places a distance between the sides of the head portion and a window frame. Each of the spacing members is integrally coupled to one of the sides of the head portion. Each of the spacing members is abutted against a junction of the sides and the distal end of the head portion. A bumper protects the widow frame from the sharp edge of the blade. The bumper is integrally coupled to and extends away from the distal end of the head portion.

Abstract: A grill knife and scraper for cutting food items and scraping clean the surface of a grill having a handle and a blade connected to the handle. The handle is heat resistant to prevent it from becoming too hot when placed on or near the hot grill or other hot surfaces. The proximal end of the handle is smooth for ease of holding the tool in the palms of the hands. The blade protrudes from the generally planar surface at the distal end of the handle. The proximal end of the blade is secured inside and to the handle. The distal end of the blade extends one to three inches from the planar surface and can be shaped and configured to be tapered so as to provide a more effective cutting and scraping edge.

Abstract: A cable cutter for cutting a cable by using an explosive event is provided. The cable cutter includes a main body and an initiator assembly connected to the main body. The main cutter includes a cutterjaw and a receptacle having an opening accommodating a cable, a longitudinal bore formed in the housing and connected to the receptacle and having an inner opening and an outer opening, a cutter blade having a cutting edge facing the inner opening and a base facing the outer opening, being inserted into the bore of the receptacle, and slidably moving toward the cutter jaw within the bore of the receptacle to cut a cable disposed within the receptacle and between the cutter jaw and the cutting edge of the cutter blade. The initiator assembly includes a coupler, a passageway formed within the coupler, a cap covering having a hole connected to the coupler, and an explosive material and detonator are inserted through the hole in the cap into the passageway.

Abstract: A string trimmer head is provided for receiving and retaining separate lengths of string supplied from outside the head. String lengths passing through openings in the periphery of the head are held by clamping members provided within the head. The clamping members are selectively opened by activation of respective slidable members provided on the upper surface of the head in order to release short lengths of previously supplied string and/or to permit the receipt of new string lengths. On release of the slidable members, the respective clamping members move towards one another for clamping purposes under the influence of springs.

Abstract: Scissors for cutting grass includes a head having an end formed with an opening having a plurality of internal teeth, a main body provided with a cylindrical member having a neck at an intermediate portion and a geared portion at an inner portion, the main body being engaged with the head with the cylindrical member fitted into the opening, a handle pivotally connected with the main body, a positioning member inserted between the head and the main body, a linking wire having an end inserted through the cylindrical member to connect with the handle, a movable blade having an end connected with another end of the linking wire, and a stationary blade pivotally connected with the movable blade and mounted on a bottom of the head by screws.

Abstract: A folding knife having a blade with a tang, and a handle with an end to which the tang is pivotally connected. The blade is rotatable relative to the handle about a pivot axis between an open position in which the blade is extended away from the handle and a closed position in which the blade is at least partially received within the handle. The folding knife may also include a post slidably held by the blade to slide along at least a portion of the blade between a retracted position and a locking position. When the blade is open and the post is in the locking position, the handle and post block pivoting of the blade from the open position toward the closed position. Additionally, the folding knife may be provided with an oversized tang portion and a spring mechanism that allow the knife blade to be easily pivoted into the open position.

Abstract: A pair of shears comprises two pivotally-fastened handles, two blades pivoted to the handles, and a connection device pivoted with the two blades. The two handles are provided with a cutting edge. As the two handles are moved toward each other, the cutting edges and the blades are capable of bringing about independently a scissors action to execute the cutting of an object held therebetween.

Abstract: An implement for cutting grass or weeds or the like wherein a Weedeater type cutting head is provided on which a cutting line or blade or the like cutting element is mounted for rapid whirling motion, wherein protective shielding is provided on the implement and interposed between the cutting element and the normal position of the operator, and a skirt-like mat of tough, resilient, flexible plastic filaments are provided on the implement for extending downwardly toward and preferably into contact with a terrain surface when the implement is in its operative posture, the filaments being sufficiently flexible to readily conform to the terrain surface when brought into contact therewith to thereby afford greatly enhanced protection against flying debris while providing substantially unhindered freedom of motion to the cutting head.

Abstract: A magnetic shaving system includes a pre-trimming solution containing particles having magnetic properties and a shaving apparatus having a magnet. The shaving apparatus may include only a magnet or may include a magnet in proximity of a typical razor blade. The pre-trimming solution is applied to the desired area and the magnetic shaving apparatus is applied over the solution. The magnetic solution surround the hairs and causes the hairs to be drawn toward the magnetic shaving apparatus and away from the skin, yielding a more comfortable and effective shave.

Abstract: A combinable scriber knife includes a handle combined with a main housing and a subordinate housing. The main housing has a slotted lock at a first end engageable with a locking plate at a first end of the subordinate housing, a U-shaped hook pivoted at a second end including a locking knot on inner side engageable with a locking hole in a second end of the subordinate housing, a pair of coupling posts on an inner side engageable with a pair of coupling holes in an inner side of the subordinate housing, a plurality of chambers inside the main housing to receive a plurality of the hexagonal shanks of screwdriver which are engageable within a hexagonal central bore at the second of the main housing and a trapezoid shaped blade inserted into the slotted lock and retained by a knot inside the main housing.

Abstract: A hedge trimmer assembly for trimming hedges and trees. The hedge trimmer assembly includes a head assembly comprising a rotatable trimmer head and a debris shield. A cutting line extending from the rotating head. A pole with the head assembly pivotably coupled to a first end of the pole. An adjustable head locking assembly for selectively locking the head assembly into a static position relative to the pole. A handle extending from the pole. A motor operationally coupled to the trimmer head. The motor is coupled to a second end of the pole. A trigger operationally coupled between the motor and the trimmer head.

Abstract: The method consists in cutting out the outlines (11) of a series of blanks in lengths of shaping sections (10) of variable thickness whereof the cross-section corresponds at least to one cross-section of the blanks. The invention is useful for making clamp jaws and elements of various pliers.