Abstract: The present invention relates to a cutting tool for prunning or cutting branches, wood plants and bushes, comprising a J-shaped tool body (1) and a handle (2). Secured to the tool body is a cutting blade (4,10) arranged in the opening presented between the two leg sections (6,7) of the J-body. The cutting blade extends diagonally over this opening. A further cutting blade (10,4) or one of the leg sections (6,7) is arranged opposite the cutting surface of the first cutting blade and serves as an anvil surface. When using the tool to prune or cut a branch for example, the tool is placed with the inside of the longer leg section against the branch and is pulled downwardly so as to draw the branch in between the two leg sections of the tool, whereupon the branch is severed. In this way a branch or the like can be pruned or cut with a single, powerful continuous movement. The tool may also include on the end thereof a cutting blade (14) and/or an externally arranged saw blade (14', 18).

Abstract: A handle for use in connection with tool tangs of a wide variety of sizes and shapes includes a handle body molded of a plastic material and formed with a main blind bore whose end wall is formed with a centering bore of smaller diameter. The main blind bore serves for receiving tapering tangs of largest cross section, or a tubular insert. The insert has a first axial bore opening at one end of the insert and a second axial blind bore opening at the other end of the insert. The end walls of the first and second blind bores are interconnected by a passsage of reduced diameter. The jacket of the insert is split by an axially directed slot so as to facilitate plugging of the insert into the main blind bore in the handle body. The inner surface of the main blind bore and the outer surface of the insert are knurled to prevent rotation of the insert. The tapering tangs of the tool are held in position in the handle at two axially spaced areas.

Abstract: A lopper has first and second pivotably interconnected blades arranged on opposite sides of a cutting plane. The blades have arcuate cutting edges defining a crescent shaped opening which maintains the same configuration as it gradually diminishes in size before eventually disappearing as the cutting edges bypass each other during a cutting operation. Preferably, one of the blade tips extends angularly away from the cutting plane.

Abstract: A manually operated cutting tool has a pair of handles, a stationary cutting plate to which one handle is attached pivotally and the other one rigidly, and a rotary knife also pivotally attached to the cutting plate. A force-and-motion transmission mechanism between the movable handle, which is mounted with the aid of a pivot pin, and the rotary knife, is defined by an excenter drive comprising a cylindrical block affixed to the movable handle excentrically relative to the pivot pin, and a driving pawl having a circular opening for accommodating said block and a toothing for engagement with a circular row of teeth provided on the outer edge of the rotary knife. The rotary knife has at its inner edge a curvilinear cutting edge which, being generally concave, may have two convex projections, a first one adjacent the end opposite the location of the pivotal attachment, and the other projection, less sharp than the first one, between the first one and the end adjacent the pivotal attachment.

Abstract: A cutting head for a lawn trimmer is provided and consists of a cylindrical housing block bolted to a lower portion of the lawn trimmer so that the housing block is rotatably mounted thereto. A flexible cord with a knot at center of the cord is placed within an opening of the housing block with ends of the cord extending outwardly through each of a pair of opposed holes at side of the housing block. When the lawn trimmer is turned on the knot will retain the cord within the block. In another form a sleeve is mounted securely on the cord to retain the cord in the block.

Abstract: A grinding instrument, especially adapted to permit wearer adjustment of dentures, comprises an S-shaped handle, a straight shaft and a blade, the handle, shaft and blade all being integral sequential members of a unitary, elongated cylindrical wire. In a preferred embodiment the wire is made of a seven and one-half inch length of four millimeter diameter carbon steel wire in a novel process comprising the steps of:cutting a carbon steel wire to a selected straight length,bending about one-half of said length of wire to form a handle,stamping the terminal portion of the unbent half of said length of wire to form a shaft terminating in a blade, andgrinding at least one surface of said blade at a selected angle relative to the longitudinal axis of said shaft to form a grinding edge.

Abstract: A scissors construction is disclosed including a first and second member pivotally mounted with respect to one another with conventional blade means being adjacent. A movably mounted thumb loop means is included interconnected with respect to the handle of the second member by way of a ball and socket interconnection allowing free movement longitudinally along and perpendicularly around the axis of the second handle. Also, a tab means is included to limit the rotational movement of the thumb means about the ball within the socket itself. A telescoping slide means is biased into contact with a slot defined therein extending circumferentially around the handle means and across the neck of the ball when positioned within the socket to thereby secure the ball therein in a movable fashion as described above.

Abstract: A hinge for pivoting down rigger booms from a horizontal to a vertical position and vice versa. The hinge comprises two elements, one stationary and adapted to removably attach to conventional fishing down rigger bases, the other rotatable about a pivot having removable connection to a down rigger boom. The hinge is designed so that the stationary element has a "U" shaped member adapted for mating with an insert member of the rotatable element, the two elements being apertured so that a pin or bolt rotatably connects them together. Interlocking lips formed from the two hinge elements provide automatic holding of the boom in a horizontal position. A circularly curved surface on the stationary element and a circularly curved surface on the insert member of the rotatable element, in concert with the pivot point, form a guide for rotating the boom.

Abstract: A manual razor having a pair of water passages in the shaving head for cleaning of the blade area. The passages extend into opposite ends of the shaving head and are separated by a partition. Water is applied to the passages by placing them under a faucet. Outlet slots direct the water from the passages to the blade area and into the gap between the blades of a two edge razor to remove accumulated shaving lather and whiskers. Curved baffles are spaced along each passage to distribute the water along the outlet slots for thorough cleaning of the blades.

Abstract: Electrical and gasoline operated hedge type trimmers having extension handle mounting assemblies which are either integrally formed with or which are securely and clampingly engaged to the motor housing of the trimmers so as to provide one or more secure supports by way of which the trimmers may be selectively or fixedly extended from elongated handles in order to enable the trimmers to be worked, held or manipulated to cut elevated or remote areas of hedges, plants, trees or other areas of vegetation.

Abstract: A combined knife and slicer comprising an elongated blade having a knife edge, a pair of spaced stub shafts connected to the opposite end portions of the blade so as to extend laterally therefrom, and a spacer guide adjustably carried by the stub shafts and normally biased by a spring element in one direction so as to assume a position spaced a distance from the knife edge in a direction conforming to the cutting direction. The spacer guide includes a spacer bar, the spacing between the spacer bar and the blade defining a thickness of one or more slices which are intended to be produced from a solid food item, for example, a loaf of bread or a ham.

Abstract: Provided is a clipper for a nail made of a pair of cooperative jaws having sharpened edges which register by activating a lever member, the jaws having a normal tendency to separate, the lever member being mounted hingedly and turnably onto a means connecting said jaws for directing a force from said lever member to close said jaws, one of said jaws having a means for spacing said jaw a fixed distance from an interface between a distal part of said nail and skin, another of said jaws having a means for compressing said nail against said means for spacing, each of said jaws having a concave curvature and said jaws also exhibiting respective mating convex and concave edges.

Abstract: A foodstuff slicer and server, comprising an integral band made of a rigid material, the band having three equally spaced transverse hinges and forming a lozenge structure defining a first pair of transversely opposite sides which constitute cutting blades, and a second pair of transversely opposite sides which constitute handles. A coil spring is secured to the handles to bias the angle of the cutting blades to a predetermined maximum value. Upon cutting foodstuff in a sector piece with the blades, the handles may be drawn one toward the other against the bias of the coil spring, first to determine the size of the foodstuff to be sliced, then to slice the foodstuff. Then the handles are slightly further drawn towards each other to secure the sector piece of foodstuff for transporting same. The sector piece of foodstuff is released upon release of the handles.

Abstract: A hand knife 20, 120, of the type having a ring-like rotary driven blade useful for cutting meat and other suitable products; a blade housing 24, 124, 224 for a hand knife; and a circular blade 26, 126. The blade housing has a generally circular groove 38, 138, 238 to receive a ring gear portion 56, 256 of the blade while a cutting portion 60 extends from the housing. One arcuate wall portion 38b, 138b, 238b of the housing is frusto-conical and faces a similarly contoured peripheral portion of the blade ring-gear. In the preferred construction the housing recess is formed by a cylindrical wall that surrounds the ring-gear portion of the blade and by a frusto-conical wall that is encircled by the ring-gear portion of the blade. A blade retainer 28, 128 secured to the handle acts against a radial flange 62, 162 of the blade when tightened, to retain the blade within the groove, and when loosened allows removal of the blade from the housing.

Abstract: A hand operated cutting tool, having a pair of blades pivotally connected together at a pivot point and having a handle joined to each blade, is provided. A relatively short handle on one of the blades extends upwardly and rearwardly from a line defined by the blade points and the pivot point. A ring is attached to a short handle to receive the thumb of the user. A relatively long handle is on the other blade and it extends upwardly and rearwardly. The long handle receives the user's fingers in a line substantially parallel to the line defined by the blade points and the pivot point.

Abstract: A cutter head for an electric shaver comprises an outer shearing foil provided with a series of hair entrance slots arranged in a row. Cooperating with the outer shearing foil is an inner cutter assembly which includes at least one inner blade having a cutting edge elongated in a general direction of the length of each slot and is driven to move in relation to the shearing foil so that the cutting edge is in hair shearing relation with the row of the slots. Formed with the inner blade is a hair scooping projection which projects in a general direction of the movement of the cutting edge and define a sloping edge extending downwardly and outwardly from the cutting edge such that a long hair strands entering the slots can, as the inner blade advances, be slid or guide along the sloping edge up to the cutting edge where the strand is successfully sheared against the edge of the slot.

Abstract: Apparatus is disclosed for cutting a sheet using a hand-held knife. The apparatus includes a cutting table and a clamp having a gripping edge for holding the sheet against the cutting table. The clamp provides freely accessible lateral guides for locating the cutting blade close to the sheet-gripping edge and for orienting the cutting blade and the axis of the knife handle in a near-vertical plane.

Abstract: A bump-actuable filament feed for vegetation trimmers; when the cutting length of filament breaks or wears short, the user without interrupting cutting simply bumps the cutting head on the ground deploying a fresh cutting-length of filament. Bumping causes a spring-restored spool latch to yield an increment of spool rotation, feeding a corresponding increment of filament from the spool. For replenishing the filament supply when exhausted, the spool snaps out in one embodiment on pressing a button, and a fresh spool as easily snaps into place.For applications in which bumping the cutting head against the ground is not desired an analogous operation is provided by adaptation of the basic structure.

Abstract: A safety chisel especially adapted to shear bolts having a nut permanently attached thereto, while retaining the sheared bolt and nut assembly within a safety container portion of the chisel.

Abstract: Disclosed is a shaving apparatus which utilizes a continuous water supply, and comprises a shaver, a valve means connected to a water supply means, a flexible tubing connecting the valve means to the shaver and a swivel attachment of the tubing and the shaver handle. The shaver is provided with inner passageways and orifices in the shaver head for transporting and dispersing water from the shaver to the surface to be shaved and across the shaving edge.