Patents Examined by Jennifer B Swinney
  • Patent number: 10603851
    Abstract: A cutting apparatus including a cutting blade configured to slide along a surface of an anvil to cut tow material. The cutting blade includes a first bottom face portion and a cutting edge. The cutting blade further includes a second bottom face portion positioned between the first bottom face portion and the cutting edge. The first bottom face portion is configured to contact the surface of the anvil when the cutting blade slides along the surface to cut the tow material. The second bottom face portion and the cutting edge are located above the first bottom face portion such that the second bottom face portion and the cutting blade are free of contact from the surface when the cutting blade slides along the surface to cut the tow material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Corydon D. Hilton, AbuMuhammed A. Zaman
  • Patent number: 10589437
    Abstract: A personal appliance. The personal appliance includes a handle having an implement connecting structure. An implement is connected to the implement connecting structure. An implement displacement sensor is positioned in the handle. The implement displacement sensor measures a displacement of the implement relative to a fixed position of the handle. A power source, an acceleration sensor and an angular velocity sensor are positioned in the handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: The Gillette Company LLC
    Inventors: Balasundram Periasamy Amavasai, Ian Anthony Good, Faiz Feisal Sherman
  • Patent number: 10583505
    Abstract: A circular saw blade to cut electric resistance welded pipes in the electric resistance welded pipe production line experiences an excessive load on hard tips thereof because of the limited cutting time, which results in reduced durability and chipping. [Solution] A flank 18 is provided with a first flank 20 located at the center thereof, and second and third flanks 22, 24 located inclined toward the respective sides of the first flank 20. Therefore, the lateral sides of the flank 18 have a constant clearance angle rearward from a cutting edge 34, which provides advantages of increased strength and resistance to chipping. Furthermore, a fourth flank 26 having a larger clearance angle is separately provided at the rear of the first flank 20 located at the center. Even if the first flank 20 wears, it is possible to reduce the wear on the fourth flank 26 and improve the durability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: Kanefusa Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yasutaka Nakajima, Fuminori Okabe
  • Patent number: 10576560
    Abstract: A band saw includes a first blade guide assembly and a second blade guide assembly which guide the band saw blade through a cutting zone. The first blade guide assembly and the second blade guide assembly are each supported for pivotal movement about a pivot axis between a first angular position and a second angular position. At the first angular position, the first and the second blade guide assemblies hold the band saw blade at a first angle with respect to the wheel contact plane. At the second angular position, the first and the second blade guide assemblies hold the band saw blade at a second angle with respect to the wheel contact plane, the second angle being different than the first angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignees: Robert Bosch Tool Corporation, Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: William J. Shiel
  • Patent number: 10562205
    Abstract: A device and method are disclosed. An embodiment of a sliding sled for use on a saw table includes a flat plate, adjustable guide fences on the flat plate at a fixed pivot end to create an oblique angle relative to the saw table, an indexing system including angle indicators to set the angles of the adjustable guide fences, roller bearings on the bottom side of the flat plate for riding on the ACCU-SLICE™ rail, and a sawdust shield to keep sawdust off the roller bearings and ACCU-SLICE™ rail. Guide fences may have a fixed pivot end and a movable end and a locking bolt to temporarily fix the movable end at a desired position on the plate. The movable end of the adjustable guide fences may align with the angle indicators when the angle of the adjustable guide fence relative to the cutting plane corresponds to the angle indicators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: AACU-SLICE, LLC
    Inventors: John J. Manura, Thomas F. Coughlan, Daniel Joseph Niedziocha, Christopher Wayne Baker
  • Patent number: 10549941
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a power tape dispenser which capable to automatically dispense and cut packaging tape at a desired speed. The operations of the tape dispenser such as taping and cutting process are controlled by the engagement of surface triggering device, the main triggering device and the electrical components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Inventor: Khai Gan Chuah
  • Patent number: 10526747
    Abstract: A cutting guide having a seam allowance recess and methods of cutting a piece of material with such cutting guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: USAUS Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Janna Lee Thomas, Paul Roger Thomas
  • Patent number: 10518344
    Abstract: A bimetal band saw blade has a cutting edge with a plurality of cutting teeth defining repeating, variable pitch patterns and variable set patterns within pitch patterns. Each relatively heavy set tooth defines a first primary clearance angle, and each unset and relatively light set tooth defines a second primary clearance angle. Each first primary clearance angle is less than or equal to about 20°, each second primary clearance angle is less than or equal to about 25°, and each first primary clearance angle is within the range of about 4° to about 6° less than each second primary clearance angle. Each unset or light set tooth defines a greater gullet area than a respective heavy set tooth and/or a finer pitch than the respective heavy set tooth. Each tooth defines a positive rake angle within the range of about 3° to about 10°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: BLACK & DECKER INC.
    Inventors: Matthew Hunter, Mark T. Cranna
  • Patent number: 10518428
    Abstract: A hair cutting device comprises a blade portion and an adjustable cutting guide moveable with respect to the blade portion to provide a reference guide line on a user's skin/body to enable hair to be cut accurately at a predetermined angle or pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Ishay Halmut, Jeroen Christian Nijdam
  • Patent number: 10493639
    Abstract: A folding utility knife comprises a handle, an angularly movable blade holder, blade holder locking mechanism and a cutting blade with a cutting edge and an opposite indexing edge having a first indexing notch, a second indexing notch and a third indexing notch. A blade locking mechanism has a locking pin for locking engagement with the first indexing notch, the second indexing notch, and the third indexing notch holds the cutting blade in a first blade position, a second blade position and a third blade position, respectively. The cutting blade is removable and rotatable 180 degrees for re-insertion into the blade holder whereat locking engagement of the locking pin with the third indexing notch, the second indexing notch, and the third indexing notch holds the cutting blade in a fourth blade position, a fifth blade position and a sixth blade position, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Inventor: Simon Medhurst
  • Patent number: 10478982
    Abstract: A cutting apparatus for hair or fiber protruding from a surface includes a roller, a number of cutting features disposed at an outer peripheral surface of the roller, wherein the number of cutting features is adapted for cutting the hair or fiber when the roller rotates in contact with the filamentous surface or is moved while in contact with the filamentous surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Lee Innovations, LLC
    Inventor: Ross A. Lee
  • Patent number: 10478906
    Abstract: A duplex saw, including a machine head assembly of which a top portion is mounted with a cutting working platform, a base, a rotating disk, and a machine head rotating seat positioned between the machine head assembly and the rotating disk and hinged with the machine head assembly and the rotating disk. The machine head assembly includes a motor, a machine frame, a gear box body, a transmission mechanism and a saw blade. The motor is fixed on the machine frame. The transmission mechanism is provided in the gear box body and constitutes a gear box assembly. A gear shaft of the motor drives the transmission mechanism. The gear box assembly can be rotated about the gear shaft of the motor. The blade is fixed on an output shaft of the transmission mechanism, the output shaft and the gear shaft of the motor are parallel to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: ZHENGYANG INDUSTRY & INVESTMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kesong Xu
  • Patent number: 10476243
    Abstract: A coating removing device includes a main body that includes a blade used for coating removal; a gripping section that grips an optical fiber; and a slider that connects the main body and the gripping section together so as to be able to approach or separate from each other. The coating removing device removes a coating from the optical fiber by separating the main body and the gripping section after an incision has been made in the coating of the optical fiber using the blade. The slider includes a retention unit to retain the main body and the gripping section in a maximum separation state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: FUJIKURA LTD.
    Inventor: Sanga Sakanishi
  • Patent number: 10464148
    Abstract: A reciprocating saw includes a housing assembly, a motor, and a drive mechanism. The drive mechanism includes a gear coupled to and driven by a pinion of the motor for rotation about a first axis. The gear is vertically-oriented within the housing assembly and has an outer periphery. The drive mechanism also includes a spindle reciprocatable relative to the housing assembly, a connecting rod having a first end coupled to the gear and a second end coupled to the spindle to transmit rotation of the gear into reciprocation of the spindle, and a counterweight rotatably coupled to the housing assembly for rotation about the first axis within the outer periphery of the gear. The counterweight is also coupled to the first end of the connecting rod such that the counterweight is moved in a substantially opposite direction than the spindle to counterbalance reciprocation of the spindle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: MILWAUKWEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Brian Wattenbach, Jeffrey Holly, Benjamin Ludy, Roger D. Neitzell, Thomas R. Bednar
  • Patent number: 10449682
    Abstract: A self-aligning coupling linkage for a drive train, of a hair cutting appliance having a driving shaft and a non-aligning output shaft, includes a joint section having first and second connector portions that are configured to engage one another for torque transmission. The first second connector portions define a male connector having an external polygonal profile, viewed in a cross-sectional plane perpendicular to a longitudinal axis, and a female connector having an internal engagement profile. The male and female connectors are arranged in a self-aligning fashion for angular offset compensation, where wherein at least one of the male and female connectors is provided with at least one circumferentially arranged deflectable compensation element configured to urge the male and female connectors towards a centered alignment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Marcus Franciscus Eijkelkamp, Johannes Willem Tack, Geert Willem De Goeij
  • Patent number: 10434588
    Abstract: A power miter saw includes an activation assembly including a lever, a spring loaded drive rod passing through an underside of the table, a curved link pivotably secured to the drive rod, a pivotal member pivotably secured to the curved link and secured to the lever, a driven rod, a clamping member in an edge of a positioning seat, and an axle through the positioning seat and having an end pivotably disposed in a support seat; a graduated member including apertures; and a locking device including a hollow member having two side slots, a spring loaded cam member, and a transverse bar passing through the positioning seat, the slots, and the cam member; a spring loaded pin secured to a forward end of the hollow member; and two lever members secured to two ends of the transverse bar respectively. A pivotal movement of the lever unfastens a positioning seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Inventor: Chin-Chin Chang
  • Patent number: 10413972
    Abstract: A fly-cutting system is disclosed, and in particular one that comprises a dynamically-controllable actuator for controlling the position, orientation, or both position and orientation of a cutting element carried by a fly-cutting head. In certain embodiments, the actuator can adjust the position or orientation of a cutting element, or both, hundreds or thousands of times per second, enabling precise control over the shape of features formed by the cutting element in a surface of a workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Alan B. Campbell, Dale L. Ehnes, Daniel S. Wertz
  • Patent number: 10398078
    Abstract: A trimmer head having at least two pivoting line holders for holding multiple folded strips of trimming line is presented wherein said pivoting line holders are retained within said housing between said housing and said cover and extend upward through apertures in said cover, said line holders being capable of movement around a vertical axis of rotation, at least three embodiments are disclosed which provide a rounded landing for supporting the inner radius of a folded strip of trimming line, the rounded geometry of the landing prevents line stress and breakage, the various embodiments include a pivot post having two parallel straight through holes with a rounded vertical wall between the through holes, a single open passageway having a center metal post, and a single open passageway having a series of at least two metal pins through the center of the passageway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Shakespeare Company, LLC
    Inventors: David B. Skinner, Brian Searfoss, Wen Liu, Lin Wang, Jack Yang
  • Patent number: 10392157
    Abstract: A cutting tooth (101) of a cutting device is disclosed as part of a closure device for opening a container covering for the first time. The shape of the cutting tooth (101) with a blunted tooth tip (1011) with a cutting edge (1012) leads to improved cutting results, wherein the container covering is notched or nicked. Here, each cutting tooth (101) has a robust tooth tip (1011) without edges which cuts into the container covering as a result of rotation of a cap of the closure device, wherein the cutting device is moved along with it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventor: Dan Barron
  • Patent number: 10383424
    Abstract: A nail clipper includes a cutting unit which includes an inner elastic plate which is bent such that a pair of cutting blades faces each other and the inner elastic plate has elastic restoring force, an outer elastic plate which is bent to surround an outer surface of the inner elastic plate and has elastic restoring force, and a pushing plate which has one end assembled to a support shaft disposed in inner and outer shaft holes penetratively formed in the inner and outer elastic plates and elastically deforms the inner and outer elastic plates by being pushed; a handle unit which includes a first main body which has an internal space into which the cutting unit is inserted and disposed, and a scattering prevention unit prevents a cut object cut by the cutting blades from scattering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: THREE SEVEN CORPORATION
    Inventor: SangMug Kim