Patents Examined by Kenneth E. Peterson
  • Patent number: 10953671
    Abstract: A clamp includes first and second rising portions that rise from a base portion, a first extending portion extending along a first top surface of a table from the first rising portion, a second extending portion extending along a second top surface of the table from the second rising portion, a first clamp portion to urge a medium toward the first top surface, and a second clamp portion to urge the medium toward the second top surface. A gap located above a groove in the table is provided between the first clamp portion and the second clamp portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: ROLAND DG CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryosuke Nonaka, Shinya Yamamoto, Ippei Tanaka
  • Patent number: 10953456
    Abstract: A blade cutting device includes a material accommodation section having a plurality of accommodation chambers for accommodating the band-shaped materials used to form blades, in such a manner as to be sorted by type; a band-shaped material machining section having a feed unit for feeding a band-shaped material pulled out from a predetermined accommodation chamber and a cutting unit for cutting the band-shaped material into a predetermined length for forming blades; and a control section for causing the material accommodation section to move so as to locate the predetermined accommodation chamber at a position facing the band-shaped material machining section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignees: SDS JAPAN CO., LTD., KOJI KITAMOTO
    Inventors: Koji Kitamoto, In Bae Jung
  • Patent number: 10946386
    Abstract: The subject matter of the invention is a roller mill comprising two rollers which are arranged in parallel, are pressed one against the other and rotate in opposite directions, wherein one of the rollers can be displaced orthogonally with respect to the axial direction of this roller, and two drives, which drives are each assigned to one of the two rollers, and each have an electric motor, a master of the electric motors predefines for the electric motors a setpoint value for the rotational speed of the torque as a reference, and a reference of a follower electric motor of the electric motors comprises the actual value of the torque or of the rotational speed of the master electric motor multiplied by a load distribution factor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Martin Pischtschan, Hans-Ulrich Hirt
  • Patent number: 10946541
    Abstract: A tool for cutting through roots in the soil includes an elongate bar formed of solid steel with an enlarged knob on a top end and a weighted cutting head on a bottom end. The cutting head is formed of solid tempered steel and is in the configuration of an axe head with a sharpened arcuate cutting edge on the lowermost distal end. A longitudinal axis of the bar extends through a center of the cutting edge. In a preferred embodiment, the entire tool is made as one piece forged steel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Inventor: James Tindell
  • Patent number: 10939612
    Abstract: A mono-filament whip type weed cutter incorporating a pivotable shaft that enables the weed cutter to reach otherwise inaccessible weeds. The mono-filament whip type weed cutter includes two interconnected first and second trimmer support shafts. A rotating wheel connected to one end of the pivotable shaft. A power source is connected to an opposite end of the pivotable shaft. A hinge joint including a sprocket is disposed between and interconnecting the first and second trimmer support shafts. A gear lock bar secures the sprocket in place to position the first and second trimmer support shafts with respect to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Inventor: Anthony Lab
  • Patent number: 10933546
    Abstract: A programmable hair trimming system has a hair trimming device including a receiving element configured to receive an electromagnetic field and at least one source element having an electromagnetic field source. The hair cutting length of the hair trimming device is adjustable, and the at least one source element is external to the hair trimming device and arranged to be placed in a fixed relationship to the head of a person. The hair trimming system is arranged to detect, by an electromagnetic tracking system, the position of the hair trimming device in relation to the at least one source element. Further the hair trimming system relates this position to a previously generated hair length profile data regarding the desired hair trimming length at various positions. Based on the desired hair trimming length at the sensed position, the trimmer cutting length is automatically and dynamically adjusted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventor: Klaus Lauritsen
  • Patent number: 10926359
    Abstract: A carbide saw blade and the welding method of the carbide saw blade includes: S1, heating the carbide tool bit, the saw blade base (the saw blade base's tooth seat part), the welding wire and the welding flux that well-placed; S2, at temperature 760° C.-840° C., spreading the melted welding wire to the gap between the carbide tool bit and the saw blade base by using the wetting action of the welding flux; S3, cooling to obtain a preliminary welding body, when the temperature of the preliminary welding body is lower than 350° C., the preliminary welding body will be processed to first tempering; S4, within 1-3 hours after first tempering, second tempering the preliminary welding body to obtain carbide saw blade; second tempering process is performed in a sealed container, and in this container the temperature of each spatial location is consistent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: ZHONGSHAN KINGWAVE SAW BLADE MANUFACTURING LTD
    Inventor: HaoNan Huang
  • Patent number: 10919795
    Abstract: A glass plate bend-breaking machine includes a flexible endless belt on which a glass plate is placed; a supporting mechanism for supporting the glass plate through the endless belt; a glass plate receiving device disposed below the endless belt and having a glass plate receiving surface for receiving the glass plate through the endless belt and a recess surrounded by the glass plate receiving surface; a moving device for moving the glass plate receiving surface of the glass plate receiving device; a press-breaking device disposed above the endless belt and having a pressing surface for press-breaking the glass plate; and a moving device for moving the pressing surface of the press-breaking device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: BANDO KIKO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuaki Bando
  • Patent number: 10913174
    Abstract: A controller 50 is disposed to the front relative to a rotation shaft 11d of an electric motor 11 above a base 2, so as to be tilted in the up-to-down direction as it extends frontward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tatsuo Nakashima
  • Patent number: 10913170
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a releasable attachment comb (60) for a blade set (22) of a cutting head (20) of a hair cutting appliance (10), said attachment comb (60) comprising a supporting frame (62) comprising a first lateral grip bar (68), a second lateral grip bar (70), and at least one laterally extending supporting bar (64, 66) arranged between the first lateral grip bar (68) and the second lateral grip bar (70); a plurality of guide teeth (72) that define a skin contact front face (74); a plurality of snap-on mounting elements (78, 80); wherein the snap-on mounting elements (78, 80) are spaced away from the first lateral grip bar (68) and the second lateral grip bar (70); wherein at least one of the snap-on mounting elements (78, 80) is configured as a proximal snap-on mounting element (78) that is arranged on a first, proximal side (84); wherein at least one of the snap-on mounting elements (78, 80) is configured as a distal snap-on mounting element (80) that is arranged on a second, distal side
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Kin Fatt Phoon, Jens Peter Kophmann Andersson
  • Patent number: 10912416
    Abstract: A grinding device for grindable products includes movable and fixed grinding assemblies. The movable grinding assembly includes a rotationally integral casing and a grinder including a grinding cone with a grinding surface. The fixed grinding assembly includes a counter-grinder and a coupling member. The casing includes a cylindrical jacket and is closed at one end, including openings for dispensing a ground product. The counter-grinder has a hollow cylindrical body with an inner grinding surface. The grinder is inserted into the hollow cylindrical body of the counter-grinder to allow the respective grinding surfaces to cooperate. The coupling member includes an open ended cylindrical body connecting with the container and an adjustment portion cooperating with the casing for adjusting the movable grinding assembly with respect to the fixed grinding assembly. The grinder and the counter-grinder are substantially rigid, and the casing and the coupling member are substantially flexible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: DROGHERIA E ALIMENTARI S.P.A.
    Inventor: Giacinto Carapelli
  • Patent number: 10906683
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cutting device and method for cutting prefabricated transverse seal seams of a tube composed of plastic film and filled with food, particularly soft cheese, wherein each transverse seal seam of the continuously supplied film tube to be processed separates one portion of the food from the next portion. The device comprises a rotating knife holder provided with at least one knife blade 22, and wherein the knife blade 22 acts on a counter bearing 4 when cutting a transverse seal seam, wherein said knife holder has a heating element for heating the knife blade 22 in a targeted fashion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Hochland SE
    Inventor: Roland Zeuschner
  • Patent number: 10906199
    Abstract: An onion chopper includes a container having a bottom and a plurality of sidewalls extending upwardly and terminating in a rim. A lid is attached to the container at a pivot location for movement between a closed position adjacent the rim and an open position pivoted away from the rim. A tray is removably supported atop the container, and defines a central opening positioned between a forward end and a rearward end. A spiralizer insert is removably attached to the tray within the central opening, the spiralizer insert having a central spindle and a blade extending radially outward from the central spindle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Progressive International Corporation
    Inventor: Justin Bagley
  • Patent number: 10894334
    Abstract: An electrically-operated slice-cutting machine for cutting slices off—in particular, strand-shaped—material to be cut—preferably, food—includes: a machine housing which holds a drive motor and a rotating and/or circumferentially-movable cutting blade driven by the drive motor; a product feed for feeding the material to be cut to the cutting blade; a carrier plate; and a cutting frame arranged on the carrier plate and via which the material to be cut is fed to the cutting blade. The cutting frame is geometrically arranged such that the material to be cut is feedable by the product feed through the cutting frame to the cutting blade in an operating state of the slice-cutting machine. The slice-cutting machine has at least a first and a second lever element for releasably fixing the cutting frame, each of the two lever elements being transferrable from a holding position into a release position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: BIZERBA SE & CO. KG
    Inventors: Martin Knura, Stefan Heinzelmann
  • Patent number: 10875107
    Abstract: A circular saw machine capable of suppressing a cutting-bending of a circular saw blade during cutting, and improving processing accuracy for a cutting surface of a workpiece, regardless of a size of a width of the workpiece. A circular saw machine has: a processing head capable of moving in a cutting direction and its opposite direction and having a circular saw blade capable of rotating; and a movable saw blade guide set provided to be movable in the cutting direction and the opposite direction on the processing head, for guiding to pinch a body part of the circular saw blade on a diameter direction inner side of a cutting region in the circular saw blade. The movable saw blade guide set is configured to move relatively with respect to the processing head in the opposite direction, in coordination with a movement in the cutting direction of said processing head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignees: AMADA HOLDINGS CO., LTD., AMADA MACHINE TOOLS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Minoru Goto, Tomoyuki Shiga, Yuichi Okamoto
  • Patent number: 10864650
    Abstract: A clamshell die press includes a fixed platen, a moving platen installed thereon a cutting blade, and a pad mounted on top of a working surface of the fixed platen, wherein the pad comprises a padding block, wherein the padding block comprises a padding layer composed of a material selected to match a tooth profile of the cutting blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignees: Phoenix Partners, LLC, Dicar Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Putch, Robert Weidhaas, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10864525
    Abstract: System and method for cryogenic separation of plant material are provided. A vessel is filled with cryogenic fluid having a temperature at or less than ?150 degrees Celsius. Plant material is placed into the vessel via a basket and agitation is provided to the plant material in the vessel for a predetermined time period. Upon completion of the time period, the basket having at least a portion of the plant material is removed from the vessel. Plant particulates separated from the plant material during the agitation settle to the bottom of the vessel. The vessel is drained of the cryogenic fluid, including plant particulates separated from the plant material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Cryocann USA Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher Barone, Matt Armstrong
  • Patent number: 10850419
    Abstract: A method for operating a slicing machine for cutting slices of product from a strand-shaped product to be cut, preferably food, having a cutting device comprising a circular blade that rotates on a cutting plane about an axis of rotation and is driven by an electric circular blade motor, having a carriage that carries a support plate for placing the product to be sliced and can be displaced at a carriage speed vs parallel to the cutting plane, and having a chain of a chain frame that is driven by an electric chain frame motor for transporting away cut slices of product at a transport speed vT and for depositing them on a receiving table or a conveyor belt, with a number n?2 of strands of product to be sliced being placed parallel to one another on the support plate with their strand axes aligned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: BIZERBA SE & CO. KG
    Inventors: Carsten Svetlik, Holger Klingler, Andrej Fahnenstiel, Jens Schmon
  • Patent number: 10850414
    Abstract: A sheet material processing device 3 for performing processing on a having-been-conveyed sheet material along a direction perpendicular to the conveyance direction of the sheet material, includes: a blade member 4 including an upper blade part 42 and a lower blade part 41 that extend in the perpendicular direction and then pressing both blade parts 41 and 42 to each other so as to perform predetermined processing on the sheet material located between both blade parts; a pressing mechanism 5 for pressing both blade parts to each other; and a moving mechanism 6 for moving the blade member in the perpendicular direction, wherein in the upper blade part 42, a processing blade 421 is formed at one or more sites in the perpendicular direction, and wherein in the lower blade part 41, a receiving part for the processing blade is formed over the section facing the processing blade 421.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: DUPLO SEIKO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hideki Oiwa
  • Patent number: 10843356
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the inventive concept, a razor cartridge comprises: at least one of a main blade; a trimmer blade; a housing accommodating the main blade so as for cutting edges of the main blade to be exposed at the front of the housing and accommodating the trimmer blade so as for a cutting edge of the trimmer blade to be exposed at the rear of the housing; and a trimmer cover provided at the rear of the housing to be vertically slidable and to move back and forth between a first position and a second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: DORCO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyong Sik Lee, Jin Woo Jung, Bo Ra Kim, Jae Joon Lee, Sung Hee Son