Abstract: Knife assemblies and cutting apparatuses adapted for producing strip-cut products, for example, a strip-cut food product. The knife assemblies include a slicing knife having a leading edge configured to produce a slice product from a product, at least one tab that extends outward from the slicing knife and configured to cut the slice product into strips, a knife holder for securing the slicing knife and fixing a proximal end of the tab to a position adjacent to the slicing knife, and a tab support assembly configured to clamp onto a distal end of the tab and optionally pull the tab in a direction away from the knife holder along a longitudinal axis of the tab to apply tension to the tab.

Abstract: A levelling apparatus for use in gang saws comprises first and second wedge portions. The first wedge portion comprises upper and lower surfaces, wherein the lower surface is nonparallel to the upper surface. The first wedge portion further comprises a plurality of openings for accepting mounting fasteners. The openings are arranged in a spaced, circular pattern about a centre of the first wedge portion. The second wedge portion also comprises upper and lower surfaces, wherein the upper surface is nonparallel to the lower surface. The second wedge portion further also comprises a plurality of openings for accepting the mounting fasteners. The second wedge openings correspond to the first wedge openings Rotation of the first wedge portion with respect to the second wedge portion varies an angle between the first wedge upper surface and the second wedge lower surface, thereby allowing for angular adjustment.

Abstract: A method for constructing a lower section of a sawmill carriage assembly comprises holding structural components between a pair of metal plates, and affixing the plates and the structural components together. The structural components may include wheels that guide the sawhead in linear movement along a track on a sawmill bed, to which the carriage base is attached. The structural components may also include a track cleaning system disposed between the metal plates. The track cleaning system maintains optimal track conditions.

Abstract: A roll-dispensed stock container is provided with a cutter assembly attached to the body of the container. The cutter assembly can be attached in a recessed area or within the body and can be moved to a second deployed position for use.

Abstract: The invention relates to razors and razor blade cartridges and methods of manufacture therefore including at least one razor blade housing made from polymer material and at least one skin contacting surface, the at least one skin contacting surface being made of a superhydrophillic polymer material. The polymer material has surface properties modified by functionalisation. Preferably the polymer material is a TPU or TPE, with a Rockwell hardness D scale between 30 D and 85 D, a tensile strength between 35 and 80 MPA and a flexural modulas between 40 and 2350 MPA The invention also relates to a method of manufacture of a razor blade cartridge including the steps of moulding a cartridge housing including skin contacting surfaces of polymeric material; subsequently activating the skin engaging surfaces of the polymer using either physical or chemical means to make the surface receptive to the covalent grafting of a monomer, and grafting a functional group onto the surface such as an N-vinyl lactam.

Abstract: A cutting tool for cutting flexible building materials, such as, for example, rubber or vinyl baseboards, chair rails and crown molding, at an angle. The cutting tool includes a pair of risers moveably connected near a center of a base with a hinge connection. A blade holder and blade positioned between the risers and moveable from a starting position to a cutting position. The blade can be set to a range of angles relative to the base by rotating the risers and locking the risers in an angle relative to the base.

Abstract: Methods of separating and positioning discrete articles formed from a continuous length of articles are provided. The methods may comprise the steps of receiving a first portion of the continuous length on a first head in a receiving position of an orbit about a first rotational axis and receiving a second portion of the continuous length on a second head in the receiving position of the orbit about the first rotational axis. The methods may comprise providing a laser system configured to produce and direct a laser beam, and ablating a portion of the continuous length of articles intermediate the first head and the second head with the laser beam to separate the first portion of the continuous length of articles from the second portion of the continuous length of articles, thereby forming a discrete article on the first head.

Abstract: A utility knife has a disposable blade cartridge in its handle that has new and used blade compartments. Fresh blades are disposed in the new blade compartment and one end of each is advanced one at a time substantially out of the compartment into operative position by a carrier that is controlled by a push button assembly. When the active blade is to be replaced, it is moved by the carrier into the used blade compartment, and a new blade may then be withdrawn from the new blade compartment into the operative position. The cartridge may be reversed when the one end of all the blades in the new blade compartment are used, placing what was the used blade compartment at the front, and the unused end of each blade may be advanced into the operative position. When all are used, a new cartridge may replace the used cartridge.

Abstract: The present invention is an attachable rolling plate assembly which can be attached as a single unit to a portable cutting tool to facilitate the safe rolling movement of the portable cutting tool on the workpiece. The invention comprises a frame assembly formed from a single piece of molded material such as fiber enriched plastic having a pair of oppositely disposed longitudinal sidewalls with stabilizer ribs extending therefrom, and a flat base portion having and opening through which a saw of a power saw extends. The plate has front and rear fastening members to retain a plate of a power cutting saw onto the rolling plate assembly. The invention also includes a cutting guide assembly to facilitate a straight cut, reduce torsional rotation of the saw blade and reduce kickback of the saw.

Abstract: A razor for shaving hair and trimming nose hair, including a head with a razor blade for shaving hair, the head having a head side and a trimming blade for cutting nose hair, the trimming blade extending from the head side of the head when deployed, and the trimming blade being recessed completely in the head when retracted. A method for deploying a trimming blade on a razor for shaving hair and trimming nose hair, including depressing a plunger on a handle, engaging a linkage system in a handle that connects the plunger to a trimming blade on a head, the head including a razor blade for shaving hair, deploying the trimming blade from said head, depressing the plunger on the handle again, and retracting the trimming blade into a razor side of the head.

Abstract: A power saw includes a base plate, housing, and spring. The base plate is configured to move along a workpiece, and includes a pivot mount and a first retaining member defining an arcuate slot. The housing is configured to receive a cutting tool, includes a pivoting member and a second retaining member, and has a center-of-mass located between the pivot mount and first retaining member. The pivoting member is engaged with the pivot mount to pivotably mount the housing thereto. The second retaining member is received in the slot to guide a pivot of the housing. The spring is engaged between the base plate and housing, and is exerts a spring force acting against the weight of the housing such that a resultant force is sufficient to enable engagement of the cutting tool with the workpiece.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for cutting a window covering comprises saw for cutting the window blind. A clamp assembly moves the window covering relative to the saw. A controller moves the clamp assembly to automatically position the window covering relative to the saw. The saw is moved into engagement with the window covering to cut the window covering.

Abstract: Foldable miter saws and a folding method of miter saws are disclosed. The foldable miter saws includes a base unit, a worktable, and a cutting unit. The cutting unit includes a support arm pivotally mounted on the worktable, a saw blade, and a driver. The miter saw folding method includes the step of biasing the cutting unit relative to the base unit and the step of rotating the support arm relative to the base unit and the worktable to change the cutting unit from a working position to a folded position, thus reducing the vertical space occupied by the cutting unit and facilitating delivery, storage and package of the foldable miter saws.

Abstract: Provided is a knife, including: blade; a first hilt assembly; a second hilt assembly, the blade being detachably disposed between the first hilt assembly and the second hilt assembly; a connecting portion, disposed on the first hilt assembly; and a handle clip, disposed on the second hilt assembly, wherein a position of the connecting portion is adjustable, such that the connecting portion has a locking position connected to the handle clip and an opening position separated from the handle clip. The knife of the present disclosure solves the problem in the related technology that it is more complicated to disassemble blade of a knife.

Abstract: A foldable miter saw and folding method of miter saw are disclosed. The foldable miter saw includes a base unit, a workable, and a cutting unit. The cutting unit includes a support arm pivotally mounted on the worktable, a saw blade, and a driver. The miter saw folding method includes the step of biasing the cutting unit relative to the base unit and the step of rotating the support arm relative to the base unit and the worktable to change the cutting unit from a working position to a folded position, thus reducing the vertical space occupied by the cutting unit and facilitating delivery, storage and package of the foldable miter saw.

Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing a display device and a method for manufacturing a display device are provided. According to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, an apparatus for manufacturing a display device includes: a pressing pad including a body portion and a vision hole penetrating the body portion; a vision camera above the vision hole; and a suction picker near the pressing pad.

Abstract: A method for automatically cutting off a material passage part while reducing manufacturing cost and cycle time. This method includes preparing a cutting device capable of moving in an automatic control coordinate system, placing the molded article without fixing the molded article, detecting a shape of the molded article by a sensor, acquiring a position of the material passage part in the coordinate system, determining a position of a cut spot in the material passage part as a target position in the coordinate system, moving the cutting device in the coordinate system and disposing the cutting device on a work position for cutting the cut spot, and cutting the cut spot by the cutting device arranged on the work position.

Abstract: Slicing machines having a cutting head equipped with one or more cutting units mounted thereto for securing knives to the cutting head. The cutting head has structural members spaced apart in an axial direction of the cutting head and circumferentially-spaced cutting units between the structural members. Each cutting unit includes a knife holder adapted for supporting a knife, a clamp overlying the knife holder and arranged to apply a clamping force to a knife disposed between the knife holder and clamp, and a cam rod adapted to apply a clamping force to the clamp. The clamp has upstanding flanges, each having a hole therethrough and a slot that engages a pivot, and the clamp, slots, cam rod, and pivots are arranged so that the clamp both pivots and translates relative to the pivots as the cam rod rotates between clamping and release positions.

Abstract: A food grade safety knife includes a safety knife blade, a handle, and a stepped region adjacent the juncture therebetween. The handle is defined by a pair of spaced apart major surfaces that include an enlarged palm portion; a flared end distal to the enlarged palm portion that anchors the safety knife blade, and a neck region intermediate between. The stepped region has a thickness greater than the enlarged palm portion. The stepped region rises in a plurality of discrete steps from the generally planar major surfaces and generally increases in thickness with increasing distance from the enlarged palm portion to a maximum thickness most nearly adjacent to the safety knife blade. At least one of the plurality of steps within the stepped region is provided with at least three generally linear segments each angularly offset from adjacent ones of the at least three generally linear segments.

Abstract: A slicing machine may include a carriage that can be swiveled out with a supporting plate for supporting product to be sliced, wherein a locking device locks the supporting plate releasably in the slicing position. In order to make simple operation of the slicing machine possible accompanied by a high level of operating safety, the locking device has an electrically or electromagnetically operable actuator for releasing the carriage pivot bearing.