Abstract: A chainsaw including a body including a bar stud extending therefrom; a guide bar including a bar stud slot that receives the bar stud, wherein the bar stud slot has a length, and wherein the guide bar is configured to receive a chain; a yoke having a groove defining a length extending in a direction angularly offset from the length of the bar stud slot of the guide bar, wherein the yoke is coupled to the guide bar; a ratchet gear including a one-way motion feature and a post extending into the groove of the yoke, wherein rotating the ratchet gear in a first direction moves the guide bar to tighten the chain, and wherein rotating the ratchet gear in a second direction moves the guide bar to loosen the chain; and a pawl selectively engaged with the one-way motion feature of the ratchet gear.

Abstract: A stand-alone apparatus for cutting a web of media or tag stock into individual units for use downstream of a printer. The apparatus may cut vinyl, plastic, or RFID stock material in both back and forth directions. The apparatus comprises a housing, a carriage assembly and a movable cutter assembly. The cutter assembly is easily interchangeable and comprises a cutting element such as a wheel blade, and a pressure adjusting element for adjusting the amount of pressure applied by the cutting element to the stock material. Alternatively, the cutter assembly may be manufactured with a predetermined pressure load, but still permit an operator to adjust the depth of cut. The apparatus may be powered by and or in hardline or wireless communication with a printer, or may further comprise a computer microprocessor, memory and user interface to function wholly independent from a printer.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a cutting device which is adapted for cutting substantially round packaging corners from a film web, wherein the cutting device has at least one cutting tool comprising a cutting punch which has at its outside at least one concavity provided for forming a cutting edge of the cutting punch. According to the disclosure, the cutting edge has a cutting contour extending both transversely and longitudinally along the cutting punch. The disclosure further relates to a method for manufacturing a cutting punch.

Abstract: A multi-division type tape cutter is disclosed. A multi-division type tape cutter according to the present invention includes: a rotating member which has a cylindrical shape and includes a fastening protrusion provided on one side surface thereof and a plurality of rotating wings provided along the outer cylindrical circumferential surface thereof, each of the rotating wings having a ¬-shaped end; a tape roller into which a tape is fitted; a housing forming a body, wherein the rotating member and the tape roller are fixed to the inside of the housing, a first cutter unit located between the rotating member and the tape roller and provided in a direction orthogonal to a winding direction of the tape; and a second cutter unit provided inside the housing in a direction orthogonal to the winding direction of the tape.

Abstract: A food slicing device is disclosed. The food slicing device comprises a body configured to contain at least one food item and a lid having a protecting member. The body has a plurality of recesses defined within the body that are configured to receive a cutting blade of a knife or the like. The lid is hingedly attached to the body and is configured to move between a first position where the lid at least partially covers a top opening of the body, and a second position wherein the lid does not cover the top opening of the body.

Abstract: A one-piece tape cutting device is provided, comprising: a tape shaft, a tape pressing part, a cutting part, a tape supporting part, a side plate, and a pressing plate, and all are integrally formed without being connected by any fasteners. the tape is sleeved on the outside of the tape shaft from the opposite side of the side plate, the pressing plate is stretched by the tape and away from the tape shaft, so that the tape is pressed by the pressing plate and does not rotate, the tape is restricted by the anti-dislodging piece and does not disengage, and the end of the tape is pulled through the gap between the tape supporting part and the tape pressing part, and non-adhesive surface of the tape faces the tape pressing part, and the cutting part can cut through the tape.

Abstract: A reciprocating saw includes a housing, a motor, and a drive mechanism. The motor includes an output gear rotatable about a motor axis. The drive mechanism includes a driven gear that engages the output gear and is rotated by the motor. The driven gear has a circumference and is vertically-oriented within the housing. The drive mechanism also includes an output shaft coupled to the driven gear and configured to reciprocate relative to the housing. The drive mechanism further includes a single counterweight fixed relative to the driven gear and rotating with the driven gear through a path and in a same direction. As the counterweight moves through a rearward half of the path, the counterweight generally moves in an upward direction, and as the counterweight moves through a forward half of the path, the counterweight generally moves in a downward direction.

Abstract: A punch unit associable with a respective punch holder of a punching machine to form a punch assembly comprises a punch tip holder mountable on the respective punch holder and a punch tip housed in, and connected to, the punch tip holder in an assembled configuration; the punch tip holder includes a connecting element coupled to the punch tip; an adapter element shaped and sized so as to be inserted and housed in the respective punch holder and provided with an inner cavity suitable to house the connecting element with the punch tip in the assembled configuration; a locking device housed in the adapter element, which can be operated manually without tools and arranged for locking or unlocking the connecting element with the punch tip to or from the adapter element.

Abstract: A knife station includes a knife block defining a plurality of slots for receiving a plurality of cutlery objects. A locking assembly selectively locks the cutlery objects in their respective slot, e.g., using a locking pin that passes through an aperture in the blade. A controller is operably coupled to an audio device, such as a microphone, for receiving voice commands. The voice commands are converted to text commands using AI-based speech recognition technology and the text commands are compared to a database of text commands to identify a target cutlery object from the cutlery objects in the knife block. The controller may then illuminate a light emitting diode next to the target cutlery and unlock only that piece of cutlery so that the user may withdraw it from the knife block.

Abstract: The present invention is a rolled paper cutting device and method which safely and easily cuts a variable length sheet of paper from rolled paper, including an adjustable holder for controlling the rolled paper, and a paper cutting blade embedded within a safety slot, the safety slot protecting a user from a blade related injury.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for cutting a base web with a separating device as well as a corresponding method, where the separating device can cut a base web into individual bases which can be guided under a fresh product. The separating device comprises a knife device and a counter cutting device, each of which comprise at least two cutting edges. The knife device and/or the counter cutting devices can be moved to and fro in two directions.

Abstract: A shaver includes a housing and at least one cutter accommodated by the housing. Each cutter includes an external cutting member and an internal cutting member which is rotatable relative to the external cutting member about an axis of rotation. A locking system is configured and arranged to prevent rotation of the external cutting member relative to the housing. The locking system includes an annular array of N1 first arresting elements and N2 second arresting elements, wherein N1?8 and 1?N2?N1. The N2 second arresting elements are configured and arranged to be each engageable with a respective one of the N1 first arresting elements in any of N1 angular positions of the external cutting member about the axis of rotation relative to the housing.

Abstract: A cutting tool for cutting pipes of varying diameters includes a body having an opening extending along a predetermined axis through the body, and a cutting blade extending into the opening along a plane extending at right angles to the predetermined axis. The body includes a plurality of pipe support members, which are spaced from one another and configured to contact an outer surface of a pipe received by the tool, and a plurality of flexible connection members that connect the pipe support members to one another.

Abstract: A reciprocating power tool may include a driving system driving a reciprocating mechanism. A selection mechanism provides for selection of a linear mode of operation or at least one orbital mode of operation. Motion of a reciprocating shaft of the reciprocating mechanism may be guided by a guide bracket fixed in the housing and an orbit bushing movably coupled in the housing. The guide bracket may include at least one guide slot having a contoured guide surface that guides the motion of the corresponding end portion of the reciprocating shaft. The contoured guide surface may guide the corresponding end portion of the reciprocating shaft in a corresponding direction relative to the longitudinal centerline of the at least one guide slot during an out stroke and a return stroke of the reciprocating stroke.

Abstract: In order that grippers on individual tracks of a multi-track slicing machine can be moved and controlled independently of one another, they are not all mounted on a same gripper slide guided on the only slide guide present. Instead, at least two slide guides may be present, each of which carries at least one gripper slide, which in turn either carries several grippers or several gripper slides.

Abstract: A cutting tool may comprise a blade portion forming a distal end of the cutting tool. The blade portion may comprise a knife edge, and this knife edge may be defined by a grind surface. The blade portion may further include a chamfer surface that intersects the grind surface. The grind surface may be planar and/or the chamfer surface may be planar. A first exterior surface angle, defined as an external angle between respective outwardly facing surfaces of the grind surface and the chamfer surface, may be between about 210 degrees and about 270 degrees.

Abstract: Provided is a cutting implement which is easily ground or which needs no grinding and is safe. The cutting implement is a cutting implement including an acting portion 3 that cuts an object to be cut, the cutting implement configured such that the acting portion 3 includes a main body portion 4 and a small thickness portion 5 whose thickness is smaller than the thickness of the main body portion 4 and the small thickness portion 5 has a width of 2.5 to 20 mm and a thickness of 0.1 to 0.5 mm.

Abstract: A reciprocating saw includes a housing assembly and a motor positioned within the housing assembly. The motor includes a pinion. A drive mechanism is positioned within the housing assembly and includes a gear driven by the pinion, a hub coupled to the gear, a spindle, and a connecting rod. A clutch assembly is coupled to the drive mechanism to selectively transmit drive force form the gear to the hub. The clutch assembly includes a first disk coupled to the gear, a second disk coupled to the hub, a biasing member, and a threaded fastener. The biasing member is positioned between the hub and the gear to bias the first and second disks into frictional engagement. The threaded fastener extends through the gear and threadably engages the hub to couple the hub to the gear. Tightening the threaded fastener pulls the hub toward the gear to preload the biasing member.

Abstract: An out-the-front knife, components thereof, and associated methods. The out-the front knife can be a double-action spring-assisted knife. The knife includes a handle and a blade. The handle includes a rear end and a front opening opposite the rear end. The blade is movable with respect to the handle between stowed and deployed positions. In the stowed position, the blade is biased rearward. The knife includes an actuator movable in a deploying direction to spring the blade forward away from the stowed position toward the deployed position.

Abstract: A blade having an attachment portion including an aperture defining an anchor center, the attachment portion configured to couple with an oscillating power tool. The blade also has a first blade portion having a first cutting edge, and a second blade portion having a second cutting edge. The first and second blade portions are generally coplanar and extend away from the attachment portion in an outward direction. The first cutting edge has a first horizontal linear dimension measured perpendicular to the outward direction, the first horizontal linear dimension being 3.5 to 4.0 inches to generally correspond with a first dimension of a single outlet gang box. The second cutting edge has a second horizontal linear dimension measured perpendicular to the outward direction, the second horizontal linear dimension being 2.1 to 2.6 inches to generally correspond with a second dimension of the single outlet gang box.