Abstract: A straight edge cutter guide for use when cutting a web such as wallpaper after it has been hung on a support surface which is normal to or inclined with respect to the horizontal plane comprises a blade, a handle and spirit level indicators. The blade is rigid and has a straight edge extending longitudinally along one edge thereof. The bottom face is flat and has a sufficient area to provide a stable base for the cutter guide. The handle is mounted on said base and has a hand grip portion located above the top face. The hand portion is accessible for use when retaining the base in any required position with its bottom face bearing against a web in use. The level indicators are mounted on the cutter guide so as to be visible when said bottom face is operably located.

Abstract: Apparatus for cutting vegetation with a rotatable head carrying a non-metallic cutting line extended into a cutting plane. Additional line is extended from a supply line coil within the head into the cutting plane without independent operation action. A mechanism in the head feeds a certain incremental length of line whenever the free end of the cutting line is reduced to this length by wear, or otherwise. After the cutting line length is extended to its original preset length, the cutting line is secured automatically against further extension from the head. The incremental line feeder mechanism is actuated by sensing an operating condition of the head, e.g., angular velocity of rotation.

Abstract: According to this invention a lubricating strip comprising a honeycomb structure of polystyrene and a water soluble leachable shaving aid of high molecular weight polyethylene oxide is molded in situ on a razor cap made of thermoplastic material which has been previously injection molded.

Abstract: A pair of cutting scissors is modified to clamp the hair at a particular length so that it can be cut as desired. One of the blades of a pair of scissors is provided with a elongated pad along one side adjacent the cutting edge. A clamp blade is pivotally attached to such blade near its pivot with the other cutting blade. The clamp blade can rotate about the pivot to be in engagement with the clamping pad. Biasing means urges the clamp blade into an opened position. A pivot lever, operable by the index finger, is provided to force the clamp blade into a closed position.

Abstract: A razor includes a head having a sponge for containing fluid exposed at the upper surface of the head both to allow the fluid content to be replenished and ready manual pressing of the sponge to expel fluid through a series of channels, formed in the head beneath the sponge, and through openings in the head to a position in advance of the length of the blade when the blade is moved along the skin of a user in a shaving motion responsive to a manual force applied to the sponge means.

Abstract: An adaptor for converting a chain saw into a circular saw by means of a collar secured to both the clutch housing and the hub of the existing chain saw, the collar being held by a washer and a nut from the chain saw, said collar being cylindrical with a concentric opening through it, the concentric opening having a smaller diameter for a minor portion of the length of the collar and a larger diameter for a major portion of the length of the collar, the portion of the opening with a larger diameter being threaded and portion of the opening having a smaller diameter being ribbed, the adaptor further including a shaft extension plug threaded into the threaded opening of the collar, the shaft extension plug having a face plate and a concentric threaded shaft which extends concentrically from the face plate, for mounting a circular saw blade with a nut being threaded on the concentric shaft to hold the circular saw blade.

Abstract: A chain saw is disclosed in which a cylinder of a plunger type oil pump is made of a tubular member, the cylinder body fitted at one end to a pump body and is closed at the other end by a plug member made of elastic material, and an oil flow path in communication with a chain guide groove of a guide bar of a saw chain is formed in the plug member.

Abstract: A rotary razor is provided with a device for facilitating cleaning, which has a hair supporting plate formed to be arranged in a hair accumulating chamber and to cover its bottom while having passages for passing blade shafts therethrough, and a side wall extending substantially perpendicularly from the hair supporting plate and formed of one piece with it.

Abstract: Raw food cutter for cutting raw food into strips, with a base plate on whose top surface are provided two butting faces located in one plane and between which is arranged at least one knife row running substantially at right angles to the cutting direction and whose knives with approximately inverted U-shaped cutting edges that project above the butting faces and are open towards the underside of the base plate. The underside of the knife is at least partly inclined towards the base plate, the knife row is constructed in arcuate meander-like manner and preferably in one piece from a thin metal band. The thin metal band includes upper and lower transverse webs and lateral webs linking them and is fixed with the lower transverse webs in the base plate.

Abstract: A tubing cutter having a first handle with a jaw-like element connected by a precision pivot point to a second handle with a second jaw-like element. The interior face of each jaw-like element is provided with a semicircular cutout. Each jaw-like element has two cutter wheels which are rotatable and extend into the opening. The tubing to be cut is placed in the opening and the handles are held forced toward each other and reciprocated back and forth approximately 90.degree..

Abstract: A remotely actuated toe nail clipper includes a cylindrical tubular housing which encloses an axially reciprocating plunger rod. A leaf spring type toe nail clipper extends through a slot in a bottom portion of the housing. An actuating lever of the toe nail clipper is in engagement with the plunger rod. A scissor mechanism extends transversely through a slot in an upper portion of the housing for actuating the plunger rod. The device is particularly designed for use by individuals who have difficulty reaching their toe nails with conventional forms of nail clippers. In a second embodiment, the axially movable plunger rod is electrically actuated by a solenoid mechanism. An adjustable telescope is mounted in parallel relation to the cylindrical housing and provides an individual with a clear view of the toe nail clipper.

Abstract: A stick tool construction in which the cutting tip is easily and readily replaceable from the body. The cutting tip has a through hole and a fastening arrangement is provided passing through the hole in the tip. The fastening arrangement includes a cupped member supported by a spring on one side and a retaining screw on the other side of the body.

Abstract: Knife sheath for pivotable knives such that a knife blade is automatically extended as the knife is removed from the sheath. The sheath has front and back faces with connected edges, but having two opposing first and second separated edge areas so that the knife blade may be simultaneously inserted through both separations. After a knife is inserted into the sheath through the separations, the knife is pivoted to enclose the blade in the sheath. As the knife is removed from the sheath, a connecting member adjacent to the upper edge separation causes the blade to extend.

Abstract: An electric shaver has a shaving head and a trimmer handle mounting at its top a trimmer block. The trimmer handle is in the form of a flat plate slidably attached to a flat surface on the outer wall of a shaver housing for vertical movement between an inoperative position and an operative position. Formed in the inner surface of the flat plate trimmer handle is a shallow recess within which is located a trimmer drive interconnecting the trimmer block and a main drive element for the shaving head in order to drive the trimmer block from the same source as the shaving head. The trimmer block includes a stationary blade and a movable blade which define therebetween a cutting plane in parallel relation to the plane of the trimmer handle. This arrangement is to reduce the dimension of the trimmer block and the thickness of the trimmer handle.

Abstract: A hair trimmer comprising a main body including a cylindrical portion having an axis, a blade set located in axially spaced relation from the cylindrical portion, and a non-cylindrical portion located between the blade set and the cylindrical portion, a ring disposed on the cylindrical portion and rotatably movable relative thereto, a comb disposed on the non-cylindrical portion of the main body and including a non-cylindrical portion cooperating with the non-cylindrical portion of the main body to permit displacement of the comb along the axis relative to the blade set and to prevent relative rotation between the comb and the main body, and structure connecting the ring with the main body and with the comb for displacing the comb axially relative to the main body in response to rotation of the ring.

Abstract: A plastic shaving device for use with a hair removal product. The device comprises a head having a first scraper formed on an edge thereof and a handle attached to the head, the handle having a second scraper formed on an edge thereof. The first and second scrapers are disposed at right angles to each other, and the handle extends from the head to form an obtuse angle therewith. The first scraper is adjacent the obtuse angle and the second scraper is opposite the obtuse angle.

Abstract: A device is provided for severing the tails of a knot formed in sutures of a wide variety of cross-sectional dimensions which includes a housing, an electrical heating element forming at least a portion of a notch, guide means operably associated with the heating element and the housing, the guide means functioning to bring the tails of the knot into contact with the heating element and meams for electrically supplying power to the heating element.

Abstract: A food shaping cutter for making canapes, hors d'oeuvres and the like having an elongated hollow body with a tapered cutting edge and a piston within said body for ejecting cut food therefrom.

Abstract: A dispenser for a roll of sheet material has a body that defines an elongate chamber open at the front. Baffle and closure members are pivotally mounted to the body for movement between open and closed positions. The baffle member can be mounted at a lower edge, while the closure member is mounted at an upper edge. A closure member includes a cutting edge for a sheet of material. In the closed positions of the baffle and closure members, material from a roll passes through a gap formed between the baffle and closure members. A piece of the sheet of material can then be torn off by one hand, by pulling it against the cutting edge.

Abstract: The invention comprises a hydraulic rescue tool which is useful in extricating victims .[.form.]. .Iadd.from .Iaddend.traffic accidents. The tool can perform three basic functions: pushing, pulling, and cutting. The tool comprises a pair of pivotably mounted arms connected to each other within a common yoke. The arms are forced together or apart by a hydraulically operated piston. Attached to the arms are a pair of cutting blades. The arms are made of a graphite laminate composite material for increased strength.