Abstract: A handle for a shaving razor, the handle has a frame and a flexible pod coupled to the frame. The flexible pod has a base with a first mounting member. The first mounting member corresponds in shape and mates with a second mounting member of the frame. The flexible pod is compressible and uncompressible to engage the first mounting member of the flexible pod with the second mounting member of the frame.

Abstract: An opener for a blister package or for cutting of other planar material is disclosed. A cutter pair is provided adjacent an engagement area. When blister package layers are fed into the engagement area, the cutter pair including a top cutter and bottom cutter rotate to feed the package material through the engagement area. The cutters are closer together than a thickness of the package. At least one of the cutters includes a knife thereon to cause cutting of the material as it is fed between the cutter pair. A handle is provided supporting a head which has the cutter pair thereon. A motor provides power to cause rotation of the cutter pair through a gear set. A hand crank is also provided which can separately deliver power to the gear set to cause the cutters to rotate.

Abstract: A utility knife has a disposable blade cartridge in its handle that has front and rear blade compartments. Each compartment is sized to store a plurality of blades in side-by-side relation. Fresh blades are disposed in the front compartment and one end of each is advanced one at a time substantially out of the compartment into operative position by a carrier that is controlled by an actuator on the handle. When the active blade is to be replaced, it is moved by the carrier into the rear compartment, and a new blade may then be withdrawn from the front compartment into the operative position. The active blade when not in use is partially withdrawn into the front compartment. The cartridge is reversed when the one end of all the blades in the front compartment are used, placing what was the rear compartment at the front, and the unused end of each blade is advanced into the operative position and when used they are each moved to the rear compartment.

Abstract: A cutting device for a thin metallic plate is provided which shortens time for shaping or the like on a cut edge to improve manufacturing efficiency, and increases the life of a cutter. The cutting device for cutting a thin metallic plate W with a predetermined width includes a shearing cutter 7 which is made of a metal having a higher hardness than the thin plate W and has a blade angle of 50 to 90°. A contacting member 5 is provided which includes a groove 8 facing the shearing cutter 7 and makes contact with the back side of the thin plate W. In the groove 8, an interval a between upper edges 9a and 9b of inner walls 9 is set at 15 to 30 times a thickness b of the thin plate W. A depth c of a deepest portion 11 in the groove 8 is set at one to three times the thickness b of the thin plate W. The inner walls 9 of the groove 8 include curved surfaces 10, each of which has a curvature radius of 15 to 50 times the thickness b of the thin plate.

Abstract: An alignment device including a body having an alignment edge configured to guide a cutting device, an extension portion pivotal relative to the alignment edge, and at least one cutting-line indicator configured to be selectively positioned on the extension portion and configured to indicate a cutting line for the cutting device. In some embodiments, the alignment device may include a plurality of pitch selectors configured to indicate a plurality of different angles, including a first pitch selector indicating a first angle. The body further may include a level indicator configured to identify whether a plank is at first angle when the first pitch selector is selected and the body is positioned in a pitch measurement position on the plank.

Abstract: A food slicer is provided having a support member including a base portion and an upstanding portion integrally formed with the base portion. The upstanding portion includes a rotating cutting blade secured thereto for slicing food product and at least one motor positioned within the upstanding portion for rotating the cutting blade. The base portion includes a food product table slidably secured thereto and is movable across the cutting blade for holding product while it is being sliced by the cutting blade. An adjustable gage plate also is provided for determining the thickness of a food product to be sliced by the cutting blade. A product fence for assisting in holding and stabilizing food product during slicing is included where the fence is removably secured to a portion of the food product table by frictional engagement therebetween.

Abstract: A punching unit is arranged so that a plurality of punches is grouped into a first group having a predetermined number of punches and a second group containing any one of the punches in the first group and having a smaller number of punches. A punching state of the predetermined number of punches is produced by reciprocating a reciprocating member within a first range and by vertically moving the punches of the first group through the intermediary of cams and followers corresponding to the first group and another punching state of the smaller number of punches is reached by reciprocating the reciprocating member within a second movable range and vertically moving the punches of the second group through the intermediary of cams and followers corresponding to the second group. This arrangement allows the number of punches and dies to be reduced as compared to the prior art.

Abstract: A pair of effort-saving shears primarily comprises: a first shear element having a combining portion with a pivot hole and a shear element combining hole thereon, and a first handle further attached to the first shear element; a second shear element having combining portion with a shear element combining hole; a handle shaft axially positioned in a second handle and having a combining portion at one end; an effort-saving transmission assembly including a toothed block fixed on one side of the combining portion of the handle shaft, and a toothed hole provided on the combining portion of the second shear element, wherein the toothed hole enclose and partially engage the toothed block by parts of the teeth thereof; and wherein the combining portion of the first shear element overlaps the combining portion of the second shear element; a pivot member, piercing through said pivot holes to be placed between the toothed hole and the toothed block; and a shear element combining pin piercing through said shear element

Abstract: A hand knife has a handle (1), a blade (2), and a fixing clip (3). The blade is adjustable between a closed position and an open position relative to the handle (1). The fixing clip (3) is adjustable between a withdrawn position and a projecting position relative to the handle (1). An adjusting assembly (10) adjusts the fixing clip (3) from the projecting position into the withdrawn position by adjusting the blade (2) from the closed position into the open position.

Abstract: A hand tool for use by one hand provides double compound leverage of the force exerted on the handles to the jaws. This is achieved by adding additional pivots and lever arms between the handles and the jaws. The jaws may take the form of a sheet metal snip or a pruning shear.

Abstract: An automobile escape hammer gun includes a body, a striking hammer and a lever. The body has a front and a lower passage formed in the body at the front. The striking hammer is movably mounted in the lower passage, is spring-loaded and has a bottom tip extending out of the body and an annular lip with a bottom formed in the body. The lever mounted pivotally in the body and has an inside end abuts the bottom of the annular lip and an outside end extends out of the body. Therefore, when the lever is pivoted, the inside end of the lever moves the striking hammer into the body. The bottom tip of striking hammer will impact rapidly a window of a vehicle to break efficiently the window when the annular lip escapes from the front end of the lever.

Abstract: A blade adjusting device for a string saw includes a suspension arm having a support plate and a pivot chamber, a pivot arm having a first end pivotally mounted in the pivot chamber of the suspension arm and a second end defining a pivot chamber, a blade clamping base having a first end pivotally mounted in the pivot chamber of the pivot arm and a second end for clamping a blade, a rotary knob rotatably mounted on the blade clamping base for detachably replacing the blade, a washer mounted on the support plate of the suspension arm, an adjusting rod slidably mounted in the suspension arm and in turn extending through the washer, the support plate of the suspension arm, and the pivot arm, a press handle having a first end pivotally mounted on an upper end of the adjusting rod and rotatably urged on the washer, and an adjusting knob rotatably screwed on a lower end of the adjusting rod and urged on the pivot arm.