Patents Examined by Kenneth E. Peterson
  • Patent number: 11065026
    Abstract: A double edged blade assembly includes a double edged blade. Additionally, the double edged blade assembly includes two blade grips coupled to the double edged blade. The two blade grips are coupled to the double edged blade at opposite ends of the double edged blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: ACCUTEC, INC.
    Inventor: Jeffrey W. Wonderley
  • Patent number: 11059113
    Abstract: A slitting machine for removing a strip from a sheet of material. The slitting machine has a blade assembly with first and second cutting blades, and a perforating blade arranged between the first and second cutting blades. The first and second cutting blades are arranged to cut the sheet of material to define the strip and the perforating blade is arranged to perforate the sheet of material to define an end of the strip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: ROLLEM PATENT PRODUCTS LIMITED
    Inventor: Stuart John Murphy
  • Patent number: 11059196
    Abstract: Cutting tools are provided for scoring a hose over a fitting. The cutting tool includes a handle with a central pass-through for the hose, and a scoring mechanism adjustably coupled to the handle. The scoring mechanism includes a base member with a central pass-through for the hose, and which is adjustably coupled to the handle. The scoring mechanism further includes an arm-blade subassembly coupled to the base member. The subassembly includes a blade, and an arm with a blade-receiving recess, and a guide surface to contact and travel along a hose. The blade is coupled to the arm within the blade-receiving recess to extend a selected penetration depth from the arm. The arm is radially adjustable with adjustment of the base member relative to the handle to physically contact the guide surface to the hose and insert the blade into the hose the selected penetration depth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Pourya Samari, Eric Mallery, Stevana Coliukos, Bradley Zeman, James P. O'Connor
  • Patent number: 11045962
    Abstract: The present invention provides a blade-replaceable cutting tool, which includes: a first handheld portion and a second handheld portion; the second handheld portion is rotatably connected to the first handheld portion; and further includes a blade mounting plate and a blade, the blade mounting plate is rotatably mounted to the first handheld portion; the blade is detachably mounted to the blade mounting plate. Wherein, the blade mounting plate and the blade may be replaced with a ratchet blade which is detachably and rotatably mounted to the first handheld portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignees: HANGZHOU GREAT STAR INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD., HANGZHOU GREAT STAR TOOLS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yueming Li
  • Patent number: 11045967
    Abstract: A front end feeding device 23 between a cutter 10 and a fixed-length feeding hand 30 that feeds a strip member 5 on an upstream side of the cutter 10 feeds a front end of the strip member 5 a short distance to a downstream side of the cutter 10, a front end grasping hand 60 on the downstream of the cutter 10 holds the front end of the strip member 5 fed the short distance, the fixed-length feeding hand 30 holds a part of the strip member 5 fed the short distance on the upstream side of the cutter 10, the front end grasping hand 60 and the fixed-length feeding hand 30 synchronously feed the strip member 5 a long distance to the downstream side, and the cutter 10 cuts the strip member 5 having been fed the long distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: TOYO TIRE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryuji Ogose, Hiroaki Morino, Yu Hatayama
  • Patent number: 11045888
    Abstract: A portable wire cutting device for sampling a steel ingot includes a wire rack device, a driving system, and a multi-axis moving device. The wire rack device includes a first corner wheel, a second corner wheel, a transition wheel, a steering wheel, a first wire rack, a second wire rack, and a wire winding drum. The driving system includes a wire drum motor and a molybdenum wire, wherein the wire drum motor provides power driving for the operation of a cutting line; and the molybdenum wire is a closed molybdenum wire coil connected in an end-to-end manner, the molybdenum wire is wrapped around the first corner wheel, the second corner wheel, the wire winding drum, and an inner side of the transition wheel in a looping manner, and during operation, the cutting line performs wire cutting on an object by the molybdenum wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: NANJING DEVELOP ADVANCED MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lingjun He, Changhua Chen, Hong Zhang, Li Zhang, Leijun Song, Jiayin Xu, Chaogang Shi, Yangdao Gong, Yao Ha, Xiaolei Liu, Jiao Wang, Xinhua Chen
  • Patent number: 11045812
    Abstract: An autogenous impact mill (10) is operative to size reduce friable material particles processed through operation of the mill. At least one impeller (58) rotatable within an interior area (44) of a housing (12) of the mill is operative to produce one or more air jets. The air jets are operative to suspend material particles using the Coanda Effect. Other particles moved by the air jets bounce off ricochet bars (74) and impact suspended particles so as to break and reduce the particles to a suitable size to pass through a screen (110) to an outlet opening (42).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Inventor: Alvin A. Snaper
  • Patent number: 11036007
    Abstract: A fiber cleaver (100) for cleaving an optical fiber (106). A monobloc fiber handling element (116) defines a pair of spaced apart fiber holding portions (120) each defining an elongated fiber receiving aperture (122) for receiving a respective part of the optical fiber (106) thereinto. The fiber handling element (116) is deformable between open, closed and tensing configurations. In the open configuration, the fiber receiving apertures (122) extend coaxially and the fiber receiving apertures (122) have an open width. In the closed configuration, the fiber receiving apertures (122) have a closed width smaller than the open width. In the tensing configuration, the fiber receiving apertures (122) have the closed width and an inter-aperture distance is larger than in the open and closed configurations. An actuator (104) is operatively coupled to the fiber handling element (116) for moving the latter between the open closed and tensing configurations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: TECHNOLOGIES O'FIBERTY INC.
    Inventors: François Gonthier, Jean-Charles Gonthier
  • Patent number: 11020868
    Abstract: A cutting die for rotary die-cutting of a label laminates is described herein. The cutting tools of the die include at least one of the following cutting edge parameters: effective height, shape and bevel angle arranged to be different in a first direction when compared to a second direction of the cutting die. The use of the cutting die, a method for designing a cutting die and a method for die-cutting a label laminate are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: UPM RAFLATAC OY
    Inventor: Eliisa Laurikainen
  • Patent number: 11020870
    Abstract: An unlaid slabbing apparatus capable of profiling a roll of tissue material by determining the diameter, circumference, and weight of the roll. The slabbing apparatus calculates the amount of material to be removed based on operator input and predetermined parameters of weight, diameter, and density.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Automatic Handling International, Inc.
    Inventor: David J. Pienta
  • Patent number: 11018031
    Abstract: A cutting apparatus includes a cutting dust collection box that collects cutting dust and a cutting dust guide plate that is disposed on the downstream side in a processing feed direction relative to a chuck table and receives cutting water and the cutting dust that flow to the downstream side after cutting to guide the cutting water and the cutting dust to the cutting dust collection box. A cutting dust breaking unit that breaks the cutting dust into small pieces is disposed at a position onto which the cutting dust that flows from a plate-shaped cover drops over the cutting dust guide plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: DISCO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiromitsu Ueyama, Kei Katoh
  • Patent number: 11013171
    Abstract: A twist grip throttle assembly and weed trimmer utilizing the same are described herein. The weed trimmer has a power head on an upper end of a drive shaft assembly. The power head has a power provider, such as a gas powered motor. A base assembly with a cutter head for receiving wrapped cord is on a lower end of the drive shaft assembly. A throttle activator includes a tubular member rotationally mounted on the drive shaft assembly. The tubular member defines a gripping area. Twisting rotation of the throttle activator adjusts an amount of power produced by said power provider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Inventors: David L. Thirion, Troy R. McClain
  • Patent number: 11014260
    Abstract: A holder assembly for a circular saw tool includes a blade having a bore. The blade is mountable to a free end of a rotatable shaft or of the tool through the bore. The blade is further adapted to be held in a pressing manner between an inner flange and an outer flange on the shaft. The holder assembly is comprised of at least one depression formed on a circumferential surface of the free end of the shaft, and at least one clutch member (or dogs) paired and mounted about the at least one depression, and located between the bore of the blade and the shaft. The holder assembly provides improved gripping while safety or emergency braking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignees: Robert Bosch GmbH, Bosch Limited
    Inventor: Dhananjay Raghunath Zinge
  • Patent number: 11011393
    Abstract: A cutting apparatus includes a processing feed direction determining mechanism. The processing feed direction determining mechanism includes an imaging unit that images a region including a cut groove and a recording unit that records chipping data of the imaged cut groove. The recording unit records first chipping data of a cut groove formed by cutting a workpiece from a first direction, second chipping data of a cut groove formed by cutting the workpiece from a direction opposite from the first direction, third chipping data of a cut groove formed by cutting the workpiece from a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, and fourth chipping data of a cut groove formed by cutting the workpiece from a direction opposite from the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: DISCO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazuma Sekiya
  • Patent number: 10987745
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a punch, such as a socket punch, using wire EDM with at least six steps. The method involves forming a blank, holding the blank with an adapter, machining grooves in the blank, manufacturing a side relief of a working portion using wire EDM, milling the working portion to a final size, and forming a cone point on the end of the working portion. The method allows the punch to be manufactured more quickly and from a CAD model, therefore removing the need for over-specialized equipment and improving manufacturing times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Snap-on Incorporated
    Inventors: Daniel M. Eggert, Steven R. Wente, David G. McGreal, Jeffrey M. Arendt
  • Patent number: 10981284
    Abstract: An out the front (OTF) knife, including a handle, a blade slider mechanism, and a blade. The blade slider mechanism including: a liner having a longitudinal central channel and a first outer surface and a second outer surface opposite the first surface; a tang portion of the blade configured to ride along the first outer surface; and a slider coupled to the tang and having a portion configured to travel in the central channel of the liner and one or more portions configured to ride along the second outer surface, and wherein the liner is slideably captured between tang and the slider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Benchmade Knife Co., Inc.
    Inventor: Mark Delplanche
  • Patent number: 10981287
    Abstract: A tube cutter includes a main body, a holder slidably mounted on the main body, a guide bolt rotatably mounted on the main body and locked onto a lower portion of the holder to drive and move the holder forward or backward by rotation of the guide bolt, and a driving handle removably mounted on the guide bolt to drive and rotate the guide bolt, and to enhance the torque of the tube cutter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Ching-Hua Liao
    Inventor: Ching-Hua Liao
  • Patent number: 10974408
    Abstract: A method for cutting a pipe made of thermoplastic material including, in combination, the following steps: feeding a continuous pipe made of thermoplastic material; localised and circumferential heating of a first localised axial portion of the pipe for a predetermined time using a heating unit; cutting without removal of chippings, using a cutting unit, of the first heated axial portion, to obtain a piece of the pipe; localised and circumferential heating of a second localised axial portion of the pipe, for a predetermined time, the second axial portion being placed at a predetermined distance from the first portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: SICA S.P.A.
    Inventors: Giorgio Tabanelli, Lorenzo Spagna, Marco Gulminelli
  • Patent number: 10967442
    Abstract: A tool head includes a first frame having a first arm and a second arm extending from a base to a distal end. The tool head may also include a first blade in the frame between the first arm and the second arm. The first blade is movable from the base toward the distal end. The tool head further includes a second frame hingedly coupled to the first arm. The second frame may include a second blade. The second frame is configured to rotate between a closed-frame position and an open-frame position. The tool head further includes a trip lever hingedly coupled to the first arm and configured to rotate between an open-lever position and a closed-lever position. The trip lever is in the open-lever position when the second frame is in the closed-frame position and the trip lever is in the closed-lever position when the second frame is in the open-frame position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
    Inventor: Marc D-Antuono
  • Patent number: 10953452
    Abstract: A punch press includes a die, a punch, a support that supports the punch, a shifting member, and a rotating mechanism. The shifting member includes an opposing surface that opposes the punch. The shifting member is movable toward and away from the die together with the support and the punch and rotatable about an axis extending in a direction in which the shifting member moves toward and away from the die. The shifting member includes a recess in the opposing surface. The rotating mechanism rotates the shifting member about the axis to shift the shifting member between an abutment position where the basal end surface of the punch is abut against the opposing surface and a retraction position where the basal end surface of the punch is retracted into the recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hajime Banno, Shinpei Ono