Abstract: A saw system capable of cutting through a workpiece in one stroke is provided. The saw system includes a base, a turntable mounted on the base for rotation about a vertical axis, a support structure defining a cutting axis and fixedly attached to the turntable, and an elongated blade including a cutting edge. The turntable has a substantially planar support surface for supporting a workpiece. The support structure includes a pair of parallel sliding members having proximal and distal ends. The saw system further includes a handle assembly coupled with a bearing member, which is mechanically engaged with the sliding members, and an elongated blade fixedly attached to the bearing member. The elongated blade includes a serrated cutting edge that is acutely angled relative to the support surface.

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.

Abstract: A hand-held shaving device includes a blade carrier top and a blade carrier base that cooperate to secure a double-edge razor blade in place. The blade carrier top and the blade carrier base mount onto a shaver base that is designed to be held in a hand of a user. When assembled, the device provides rests that contact a body surface to be shaved and when in contact with the body surface set the razor blade at an optimal shaving angle. A process of shaving comprises contacting the body surface to be shaved and moving the device in a direction of the razor blade edge. The device is designed so that it can be used in either hand.

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.

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.

Abstract: A knife block may include a block body with a recessed portion and a block insert positioned at least partially within the recessed portion. The block insert may include a first knife slot and a second knife slot. The knife block may include a first knife sharpener coupled to the block insert, where the first knife slot is sized such that a first knife is sharpened by the first knife sharpener each time the first knife is removed from the first knife slot, and a second knife sharpener coupled to the block insert, where the second knife slot is sized such that a second knife is sharpened by the second knife sharpener each time the second knife is removed from the second knife slot. The knife block may include a first knife storage slot and a second knife storage slot.

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.

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.

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.

Abstract: A blade storage array is detachably mountable with a tissue log cutting saw. The saw has a cutting arm with a tool holder receptacle adapted and configured to hold a circular saw blade for the saw. The array has a plurality of storage units. Each storage unit is adapted and configured to store a circular saw blade for the saw. Each storage unit has a tool holder receptacle adapted and configured to hold a circular saw blade. Each storage unit is adapted and configured to move perpendicularly to the saw blade center axis.

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.

Abstract: A tramp iron relief system for a crusher. The preferred system includes a tramp iron relief cylinder, a relief valve adapted to open when oil pressure within said tramp iron relief cylinder exceeds a pre-designated limit, a tramp iron relief cylinder manifold block that is adapted to control the flow of oil into and out of the tramp iron relief cylinder, a tension cylinder, a tension cylinder manifold block adapted to control the flow of oil into and out of the tension cylinder, a tank line accumulator, and a hydraulic line to convey oil between the tank line accumulator, the tramp iron relief cylinder, and the tension cylinder. A method for controlling the movement of the tramp iron relief cylinder including reducing the pressure in the rod end of the tramp iron relief cylinder during normal operations of the crusher.

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.

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.

Abstract: A method of operating an automated hair processing system (10) and the automated hair processing system (10), comprising a portable hand-held hair processing appliance, a hair processing unit arranged at the appliance, and a position monitoring arrangement (30), the arrangement comprising a plurality of position sensors (32) arranged to be attached to a subject (12) whose hair is to be processed, a transmitter (34) that is operatively coupled with at least two position sensors (32) of the plurality of position sensors (32), and a position controller (42) that is arranged to detect a relative orientation between the at least two position sensors (32) of the plurality of position sensors (32) attached to the subject whose hair, and that signals a misorientation state.

Abstract: In an electric power tool 1 including a motor 20, a cooling fan 24 for cooling the motor 20, a plurality of intake ports 11a through which outside air is introduced by use of said cooling fan 24, and a heating element 50 That generates heat, a heat sink 40 is disposed between the motor 20 and the intake port 11a. The heating element 50 is connected to the heat sink 40 through a heat pipe 30.

Abstract: A miter saw includes a base assembly and a saw unit pivotably coupled to the base assembly. The saw unit includes a motor for driving a saw blade about a rotational axis, a handle, a trigger coupled to the handle and moveable between a first position in which the motor is deactivated, and a second position in which the motor is activated to drive the saw blade, and a trigger lock pivotably coupled to the trigger for movement therewith to prevent movement of the trigger from the first position to the second position.

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.

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.

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.