Abstract: This invention relates to an improved safety knife and combination of swafety knife and protective garment for meat, fish and poultry processing involving cutting and thrusting operations. The safety knife includes a plurality of projecting serrations closely adjacent its sharpened point adapted to snagging engagement of a protective garment or clothing worn by the user to prevent deep penetration of the knife point to avoid injury to the user. The combination is employed in conjunction to provide significant user protection in fast-paced food processing operations. The cutting edge of the knife may be periodically sharpened without loss of safety protection provided by its serrated point for use in all types of cutting and thrusting operations.

Abstract: A razor blade assembly comprising a platform member, blade means mounted on the platform member, the blade means having cutting edge means generally facing in a direction toward at least one side of the platform member, and a frame member adapted to receive the platform member interiorly of the frame member, the platform member and frame member being adapted to snap together such that the frame member extends around the platform member and provides skin engaging surfaces adjacent at least one side of the platform member.

Abstract: A dry shaver has a trimmer plate with a trimmer cutter at its upper end. The trimmer plate is slidably mounted on a vertically elongated front face of a shaver housing with the trimmer cutter projecting forwardly of the housing. The trimmer plate is pivotally connected at its lower end to a slider handle also slidable on the front face such that the trimmer plate is vertically movable together therewith along the front face between a lower inoperative position where it is kept lain flat against the front face and an upper operative position where it is pivoted into an inclined condition with respect to the front face so as to project the trimmer cutter forwardly by a greater distance from the front face than at the lower inoperative position.

Abstract: A device for cutting flexible tubing includes a support member attached to a wall surface in fixed stationary position. The support member has a shelf projecting horizontally therefrom across which the tubing to be cut is laid. An adjustable end abutment member locates the end face of the tube as it lies across the shelf. A blade which has pointed end projects forwardly from the support member above the shelf and has a sharpened edge facing upwardly away from the shelf. In operation the user manually grasps the tubing on either side of the self and pushes the tubing rearwardly across the shelf toward the support member so that it engages the blade which punctures the tubing. With the tubing held in position against the shelf, an abutment surface on the support member and the end abutment member, the tubing is manually rotated to provide a cut lying exactly in a plane at right angles to the axis of the tubing.

Abstract: The motor drives the crown gear which has an upwardly projecting eccentric drive pin which drivingly engages the channel fixed on the spindle which reciprocates in the fixed tube and supports a saw blade. The induced vibration is counterbalanced by the reciprocating counterbalance which slides on the outside of the tube. The crown gear has a cylindrical drive member which engages the cylindrical hole in the transfer block. The transfer block is moved in an orbital path and the opposed parallel sides engage and reciprocate the counterweight. The crown gear and cylindrical drive member have material removed to counterbalance the two drives.

Abstract: An adjustable size hole cutter for ostomy adhesive wafers is disclosed having firstly a cylindrical body adapted to hold a cutting blade, a cylindrical pilot protruding outward from the bottom circular face of the cylindrical body to reside in a preformed hole in the colostomy wafer, and a Tee handle protruding outward from the top face. Adjustment of the blade's distance from the center of the cylindrical body for cutting different sized holes is accomplished by means of removable adjustment spacers situated in a radial slot formed in the wall of the cylindrical body, the cutting blade secured to the outside adjustment spacer by a set screw passing through a hole in the blade and aligned holes in the adjustment spacers. A circular base plate with centrally located hole receives the pilot of the adjustable hole cutter. The ostomy wafer is placed between the bottom face of the cylindrical body and the base plate whereupon the blade cuts into the wafer and the circular hole cut as the cutter is rotated.

Abstract: A carpenter's pencil sharpener for use in sharpening rectangularly shaped carpenter's pencils is disclosed wherein at the top of the housing the pencil sharpener is situated two rectangularly shaped openings juxtaposed to each other, the first a longitudinal opening and the second a transverse opening. Immediately below each of the pencil openings are a pair of oppositely driven rotary cutter assemblies. Each rotary cutter assembly is stepped, having a large diameter cylindrical cutting head mounted upon a shaft with a small diameter cylindrical cutting head juxtaposed to it, both on the same shaft. The two large diameter cutting heads receive the long side of the carpenter's pencil through the longitudinal opening to fashion an elongated point upon the pencil. The two small diameter cylindrical cutting heads receive the short sides of the carpenter's pencil through the transverse opening to chamfer the short sides. By interconnecting gears, an electrical motor rotates the rotary cutter assemblies.

Abstract: A ceramic cutting blade includes a cutter portion having first and second side edges which converge at a distal acute angle to form a distal cutting tip and a cutting edge formed by first and second cutting faces oriented at a bevel angle. At least one of the cutting faces includes striations having a grain direction substantially perpendicular to the cutting edge, and these striations have a width of between 20 and 40 microns. The distal acute angle is preferably less than forty degrees, and the cutting tip is truncated along a straight line at an angle of truncation of at least forty degrees with respect to the cutting edge. The blade may be received by a handle or may be integrally molded with a handle portion.

Abstract: A cordless hair trimmer has a reciprocating blade system adapted for delicate trimming in small, sensitive body areas such as the eyebrows, ears and nose. An air inlet is provided adjacent to the blades, and a vacuum is created at the air inlet by a suction fan inside the trimmer. The fan draws air through the inlet to a chamber at the bottom of the device, where hair clippings are collected until a clean-out door is removed and the chamber is emptied. The fan also creates air pressure at the blades which inhibits the accumulation of cut hair strands in the blades and blade mechanism.

Abstract: An eating utensil for use by the arthritic, neuromuscular impaired, persons lacking various fingers, as well as the general public. The utensil can be easily grasped with the minimal clasping motion by persons with hands of various sizes and possesssing only one finger. The utensil includes a handle (12) which permits the person's index finger (20) and palm to be supported entirely along the upper surface of the utensil. The upper surface of the utensil may or may not be flared (14 and 17) and grooved (15), allowing for maximum weight to be exerted onto the forward end (13) of the utensil be it in the form of a fork or knife.

Abstract: A cutting tool for cutting a sheet of compressible fibrous material. The cutting tool includes a blade which forms part of a cutting assembly which is mounted on a supporting base for movement between an upper position in which the blade is located above the material to be cut when the supporting base rests on the material which is to cut to a lower position in which the cutting blade extends below the supporting base. The cutting assembly is biased to the upper position and moved to the lower position by downward pressure from the hand of the operator which also causes the supporting base to compress the fibrous material so that when the cutting tool is moved longitudinally along the upper surface of the fibrous material, the material is cut by the blade.

Abstract: A shower shaver is made from two plastic piece parts. A first part is a handle in the nature of a pipe terminating in a fan-shaped or flared, tray like top surface. The other piece part is a cover or top which fits over and cooperates with the tray top to form a cavity which delivers a flared sheet of water toward orifices which cause the water to strike to a broad surfaces of said blade and then exits under the cutting edge of the blade with enough force to wash debris away from the blade. A notch beneath the flaired surface delivers a stream of water to the skin in advance of the cutting edge. A tubing or hose attached to the shower shaver razor leads to a nipple which may be interposed between a shower head and a plumbing pipe. A valve on the nipple provides a continuously variable control over the flow of water to the shaver and/or the shower head. A bracket or hanger is attached to the nipple to receive and support the razor when it is not in use.

Abstract: An improved cutting apparatus for horticultural use comprises a first cutting device, a second cutting device, and a retaining plate. The second cutting device has a plurality of second elongated holes disposed thereon serving as sliding rails on which rolling beads travel. The retaining plate comprises a plurality of through holes through which rolling beads are partially exposed. The retaining plate also comprises a plurality of elastic press pieces affixed thereto, with each of elastic press pieces having a press portion located at one end thereof for pressing the exposed portion of the rolling beads so as to ensure that first and second cutting devices make a reciprocating motion in a linear manner.

Abstract: In its preferred form the present invention provides a tool for scarifying wallpaper, to create holes by which steam or water can get behind paper stuck to a wall and thereby assist in removing it. The tool includes a pair of sharp toothed wheels rotatably mounted at an angle to each other on a rolling or pivoting block, so that rolling or pivoting the block between two positions can alter the angle between the two wheels in relation to the wallpaper, to be appropriate for scarifying movement of the tool either backwards or forwards.

Abstract: A razor with an internal reservoir containing a supply of a metal lubricant and a method of shaving with the razor which eliminates the need to contact the skin with shaving cream. The razor includes a means for dispensing the metal lubricant directly onto the razor blade(s) so as to provide a thin film of metal lubricant on the exposed surface of the blade(s).

Abstract: When moving the guide bar on a chain saw in order to adjust the chain tension, the following procedure is applied. Through the guide bar runs a shaft (19) having a slot for a screw driver as well as a shape of a cog-wheel (18) on the inside of the guide bar. The hole in the guide bar is the ordinary hole for a tension pin. The cover (11) above the clutch also keeps the guide bar in place and has an oval opening (23) providing accessibility to the above shaft in all its positions. Inside the guide bar, in the saw body, there is a suitable oblong cavity (16) to make room for the cog-wheel part of the shaft. That cavity has on its lower edge the form of a straight toothed section (17) adapted to the cog-wheel part.

Abstract: The present invention is an eating utensil for the physically disabled. The invention comprises a handle, a shaft and an eating utensil head. The handle functions as both a grasping means and a base means. The handle comprises a vertical cylinder for grasping and a flat bottom surface adapted to rest upon a flat surface such as a table. This flat bottom surface enables the eating utensil to remain upright on the table so that the eating utensil may be easily grasped and picked up. In addition, the utensil head may be modified to increase the surface area available for the food and to increase stability of the food on the eating utensil. The new and improved eating utensil is capable of being used with individuals with a variety of disabilities, particularly those individuals with limited wrist movement.

Abstract: A chain saw guide bar assembly includes opposing outer laminates in spaced relation as defined by a wire structure lying generally about the periphery of the laminates, but spaced inwardly of the edge boundary thereof whereby a saw chain groove formation results as defined by an exposed or outward facing portion of the wire structure and exposed portions of the inner surfaces of the outer laminates. The wire structure advantageously provides, in combination with the outer laminates, a containment cavity for a foam-adhesive core laminate which expands upon curing to fill the cavity and to adhere to the inner surfaces of the outer laminates. A very rigid yet lightweight chain saw bar results with less production complexity and cost relative to that of other core laminate chain saw bars.

Abstract: An adjustable spiral slitter for hot dogs which includes a pair of generally semi-cylindrical or semi-circular members hingedly connected at one end and adjustably connected at the other end with the adjustably connected ends being separable to enable the semi-circular members to be pivoted between an open and closed position. One of the semi-circular members includes a serrated blade mounted therein with the serrated edge of the blade being oriented in an inclined relation to the center axis of the semi-circular members when they are in closed position. The semi-circular members, when in closed position, form an annular member with the blade edge generally parelling and spaced laterally from a diameter of the annular member extending between the pivotal connection and the adjustable connection between the two semi-circular members.

Abstract: A cutter tool is constructed to be portable and maneuverable so that it can be used at an accident scene to extricate a victim that is trapped in place by the foot pedal and/or steering wheel of a vehicle by cutting the same to free the trapped victim.