Patents Examined by Omar Flores Sánchez
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Patent number: 11602868Abstract: A razor having a handle and blade cartridge containing one or more blades includes a battery power source and a heating system powered by the battery source for heating the one or more blades and/or a heating element on the blade cartridge. The blade cartridge further includes a strip of lubricating material thereon that is heated by the heating system when the blades and/or heating element warm up. As the strip of lubricating material is warmed up, it provides a release of extra lubricating chemicals, including fats or other lubricating agents. This helps to provide a more comfortable shave while also protecting the user's skin both during shaving and after shaving.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2020Date of Patent: March 14, 2023Assignee: HEATED BLADES HOLDING COMPANY, LLCInventor: Louis D. Tomassetti
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Patent number: 11597112Abstract: A functional polymeric cutting edge structure and methods for manufacturing cutting edge structures using polymeric materials are provided. A razor blade for use in a razor cartridge or a blade box for assembly in a razor cartridge frame may be formed using the present invention.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2021Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: The Gillette Company LLCInventors: Matthias Gester, Roman Kiyan, Ulf Hinze, Kestutis Kurselis
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Patent number: 11590672Abstract: A sheet punching apparatus includes a waste box formed of insulating resin, a detection sensor provided in the waste box and configured to detect the amount of paper chips in the waste box, and a conductive member disposed such that at least a part thereof is positioned in midair in the waste box below the detection sensor. With this configuration, erroneous detection of the detection sensor can be prevented.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2017Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: CANON FINETECH NISCA INC.Inventor: Yutaka Akaike
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Patent number: 11590668Abstract: A portable, hand held hydraulic cutting tool having an in-line handle assembly and a working head assembly. The handle assembly has a tool frame portion and a neck portion. The working head assembly has a pair of jaw members joined so that they are movable relative to each other and held in place by a locking pin. Each jaw member has a cutting blade attached thereto. Each jaw member can be tapered and can include weight reducing pockets defined in respective sidewalls. Each jaw member includes a raised tab on an outside edge that mates with a respective tab notch in a yoke of the neck portion of the handle assembly. When the locking pin is in an extended position, the jaw members of the tool can separate and rotate away from one another until their respective locking tabs engage their respective locking tab opening, connecting the jaw members to the yoke of the neck portion of the handle assembly.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2021Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: HUBBELL INCORPORATEDInventors: Peter Matthew Wason, John David Lefavour
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Patent number: 11590624Abstract: A method for treating an interior weld joint located along an inner surface of a pipe includes the steps of: (a) advancing an internal grinder device within the pipe to the interior weld joint, wherein the internal grinder device includes a hollow housing that has a first open end and a first grinding implement that is disposed within the hollow housing and coupled thereto with a first biasing member; and (b) controllably rotating the hollow housing to at least a threshold speed at which time and under centrifugal force, the first grinding implement moves from an at rest retracted position to a deployed position in which the first grinding implement extends radially beyond the first open end for contacting and grinding the interior weld joint as the hollow housing and the first grinding implement are rotated.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2019Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANYInventors: Brian Parrott, Mohamed Abdelkader, Hassane Trigui
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Patent number: 11584037Abstract: A wire saw apparatus including: a plurality of wire guides; a wire row formed of a wire which is wound around the plurality of wire guides and configured to reciprocatively travel in an axial direction; a nozzle configured to supply a coolant or slurry to the wire; a workpiece-holding portion configured to suspend and hold a workpiece plate having a workpiece bonded thereto with a beam interposed therebetween; a workpiece-feeding mechanism configured to press the workpiece against the wire row; and a mechanism configured to adjust a parallelism of axes of the plurality of wire guides around which the wire row is formed. Thereby, a wire saw apparatus and a method for manufacturing a wafer are provided which enable manufacturing of a wafer having any warp shape by controlling a warp in a wire travelling direction of a sliced workpiece.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2018Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: SHIN-ETSU HANDOTAI CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazutoshi Mizushima, Toshiaki Otaka, Tatsuo Enomoto, Yuichi Shimizu
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Patent number: 11582905Abstract: A trimmer head for use with either clockwise or counterclockwise trimmer heads, including the use of a bidirectionally dispensing spool. Various locations of passages straight through the trimmer head and spool are shown along with various locations of components of the ratcheting mechanism to allow for winding of the trimmer line on the trimmer head and for limiting the amount of line dispensed during “bumping” of the trimmer head knob on the ground. Additionally, an extended funnel into the passage can be provided to facilitate entrance of trimmer line into the funnel even when the line is not perfectly straight. Also, spokes can be used in place of the flanges of the spool to save material and cost, while still providing a guide and barrier between the line store areas.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2022Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Inventor: George E. Alliss
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Patent number: 11583914Abstract: A blanking die apparatus includes a first blanking die including an upper die shoe including an upper die shoe cutting surface and a lower die shoe including a lower die shoe cutting surface. A second blanking die includes an upper die shoe including an upper die shoe cutting surface and a lower die shoe including a lower die shoe cutting surface. The second blanking die movable on a base in a feed direction to increase and decrease a dimension of a blank formed between the first blanking die and the second blanking die.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2019Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.Inventors: Thoney R. Charles, George A. Weiss
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Patent number: 11584031Abstract: The package opening device generally comprises a body portion, neck portion, and cutting member. In a preferred embodiment, the body portion comprises an elongated ovular configuration. The body portion comprises an upper surface and a lower surface. Adjacent to a distal end of the body portion is a through opening penetrating the upper and lower surfaces. Adjacent to a proximal end of the body portion, the upper surface comprises a recessed area. The neck portion extends from the proximal end of the body portion. Extending downward from a neck portion proximal end is the cutting member. The cutting member comprises a tapered tip.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2020Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Inventor: Karen Carter Martin
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Patent number: 11577881Abstract: An adhesive tape dispensing device with a tape alignment mechanism, comprising a body formed from a rigid material or materials, configured to hold and dispense adhesive tape, and a tape alignment mechanism comprising at least one spring that presses laterally against the edge of the tape, the side of the tape form, or against a hub onto which the tape is mounted, and a caulking spacer with guides which allows for dispensing of tape along an external corner, even where such corners are not square.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2021Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: BLUTAPER, LLCInventors: Michael F. Renkert, Kevin G. Shumway
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Patent number: 11577423Abstract: A reciprocating saw comprises a housing, a blade assembly, a reciprocating rod assembly, a driving assembly and an operation mechanism. The blade assembly extends forward from one side of the housing, and comprises a positioning structure. The reciprocating rod assembly is detachably connected with the blade assembly and comprises a blade fixing structure and an unlocking component matched with the positioning structures. The driving assembly is accommodated in the housing, and drives the reciprocating rod assembly to drive the blade assembly to perform reciprocating motion. The operation mechanism is installed on the housing and moves between a locking position and an unlocking position and comprises an operation button, a drive cam matched with the unlocking components and an elastic reset component for resetting the operation button.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2021Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: Globe (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd.Inventors: Xiazi Li, Tao Wang
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Patent number: 11576514Abstract: A lemon juicing assembly for squeezing juice from a lemon includes a first lever that has a cup integrated therein to receive a lemon. A blade is fixed in the cup to slice the lemon when the lemon is urged downwardly in the cup. A second lever is pivotally coupled to the first lever and a plunger is integrated therein. The second lever is positionable in a closed position having the second lever lying on the first lever. Thus, the plunger compresses the lemon into the cup. In this way the lemon is sliced and the juice is squeezed from the lemon. The second lever is positionable in an open position having the second lever extending away from the first lever.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2020Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Inventor: Crispin Mercado
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Patent number: 11577949Abstract: The package opening device generally comprises a body portion, neck portion, and cutting member. In a preferred embodiment, the body portion comprises an elongated ovular configuration. The body portion comprises an upper surface and a lower surface. The neck portion is narrower than the body portion and extends from the proximal end of the body portion. The cutting member is fixed to the body portion and comprises an elongated configuration and is aligned along a central longitudinal axis of the body portion. The cutting member extends downward from the neck portion and body portion and comprises a cutting edge adapted to penetrate a portion of a package.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2021Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Inventor: Karen Carter Martin
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Patent number: 11571827Abstract: A shaving razor cartridge with a housing molded from a first polymeric material and having a top surface and an opposing bottom surface. The housing has a wall partially defining an opening extending from the top surface to the bottom surface. The wall has a pair of arms each with a distal end extending toward each other defining a gap. A guard is toward a front of the housing. A cap is toward a rear of the housing. At least one blade is mounted between the guard and the cap. A bridge interconnects the distal ends. The bridge is molded from a second polymeric material that is different than the first polymeric material.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2021Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: The Gillette Company LLCInventors: Ashok Bakul Patel, Matthew Michael Long
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Patent number: 11571825Abstract: A utility knife is provided, including: a housing, defining an operation compartment and a storage compartment; a blade holder, movably received within the operation compartment; a blade storing carrier, movably received within the storage compartment, including a receiving portion for receiving at least one spare blade and a grip portion; and a locking mechanism, including a base body, a movable member, a first engaging member and a second engaging member, the base body being disposed to the housing, the movable member being attached to the base body and movable between a locking position and a release position, the first engaging member being disposed on and movable with the movable member, the first engaging member and the second engaging member are releasably engaged with each other so that the blade storing carrier is detachable from the housing.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2020Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignees: MING SHIN TOOLS CO., LTD.Inventors: Yung-Shun Chen, Cheng-Chou Wu
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Patent number: 11565332Abstract: A shearing apparatus includes a housing, a die within the housing, and a workpiece seat plate attached to the housing by a standoff. The die has a cutout which is positionable to align with a passageway through the housing. The workpiece seat plate is spaced from the housing by the standoff, and has a cutout which at least partially aligns with the passageway in the housing and the cutout in the die.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2021Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: GREENLEE TOOLS, INC.Inventor: John Russell Fenske
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Patent number: 11564524Abstract: A sous vide cooker having a housing, a bulkhead attached to the housing to form a first cavity, a heat sink attached to the bulkhead to form a second cavity, and a skirt attached to the bulkhead to form a third cavity below the heat sink. A TRIAC is physically attached in conductive thermal communication to the heat sink in the second cavity. The cooker also has a motor, an impeller located in the third cavity, a drive shaft extending through at least the heat sink and into the third cavity and operatively connecting the motor to the impeller, and a heating element located within the third cavity.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2022Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: Anova Applied Electronics, Inc.Inventors: Carl Håkan Messler, Xia Yujie, Vivian Lee Hu
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Patent number: 11559913Abstract: The present disclosure provides an improvement to razor blade coating by a physical vapor deposition method, by forming a hard coating layer as a thin coating layer in which chromium boride, which is a nanocrystalline structure having high hardness, is dispersed in an amorphous mixture of chromium and boron, thereby improving the strength and hardness of the thin coating layer and securing the bonding force by chromium in the amorphous mixture between the hard coating layer and a blade substrate on which an edge of the razor blade is formed.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2020Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignee: DORCO CO., LTD.Inventors: Min Joo Park, Sung Hoon Oh, Seong Won Jeong
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Patent number: 11559170Abstract: A product preparation system and method wherein a single-use product container assembly and a multiple motion intelligent driving device are employed to process contents of the container assembly.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2017Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignee: BLIX LTD.Inventors: Shalom Ozana, Ariel Sterngold, Marcel Hendrikus Simon Weijers, Andreas Jacobus Louis Nijsen, Johannes Gabriel Kuster, Joris Bronkhorst, Hans Constant Dikhoff, Sybren Yme Leijenaar, Krijn Maltha
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Patent number: 11559873Abstract: A polishing device (1) includes a polishing brush (3) and a polishing brush holder (4) that holds the polishing brush (3). The polishing brush holder (4) includes a shank (6), a support mechanism (21) that has a sleeve (7) and supports the polishing brush (3) so as to be movable in an axial direction L of the shank (6), and a moving mechanism (22) that moves the polishing brush (3) in the axial direction L. The polishing brush holder (4) includes a pressure sensor (53) that detects a load (sensor detection pressure (P)) applied from a workpiece (W) to the polishing brush (3) when the workpiece (W) is polished by the polishing brush (3) supported by the support mechanism (21), and a control unit (51) that drives the moving mechanism (22) on the basis of the output (sensor detection pressure (P)) from the pressure sensor (53) to move the polishing brush (3) in the axial direction L.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2018Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignees: XEBEC TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., TAIMEI CHEMICALS CO.. LTD.Inventors: Keisuke Fukushima, Yoichi Sato
