Abstract: A utensil kit is arranged to include a spatula, bifurcated fork, and tong structure, each having telescopingly mounted heads secured to forward tooth portions telescopingly received within support tubes. Spring members are arranged to bias the forward tubes in an extended orientation relative to the support tube structure.

Abstract: A tool for cutting tubing or light pipe provides conventional cutting rollers and a blade in combination with a spring loaded, open jaw clamp. The open jaw permits the tool to be passed over the side of the material to be cut, while the spring compressive force automatically urges the cutting blade into the material being cut as the tool is rotated around the material in the manner of conventional tubing and pipe cutters. Thus, the need to continually adjust the cutting blade as the cut deepens is eliminated. Two basic embodiments are disclosed, one comprising a handled clamp type tool with or without foldable or extendible handles, and the other comprising a C clamp type tool. The spring loading arrangement of the cutting blade is common to both. Various versions and improvements are also disclosed, including mechanisms providing for parallel actuation of the cutting assembly, proper spacing of the cutting rollers, and maintaining the proper angular relationship between the rollers and the cutting blade.

Abstract: A safety razor which conforms to both concave and convex body surfaces and has a handle and a curved rotatable cartridge. Shaving blades are positioned on both sides of the curved cartridge, thus, both concave and convex accurate cutting edges are obtained in a single compact cartridge. The concave surface is used when shaving convex body surfaces. Rotating the cartridge 180 degrees exposes the convex cutting surface for shaving concave body surfaces. The cartridge is rotatably mounted to the handle and is held in either concave or convex shaving positions with detents. When the alternate shaving position is desired, the cartridge is rotated 180 degrees, either manually or remotely using a push button device within the handle, which is also disclosed. The correct angular relationship of the handle to the cutting surface of the cartridge is set and maintained for both concave and convex settings by means of the detents since the amount of rotation between the two shaving settings is 180 degrees.

Abstract: A spiral cutter for use in an electric razor in which the lower end of a band-shaped blade made of elastic material is embedded in the peripheral surface of a body with the band-shaped blade torsionally deformed. The spiral cutter is manufactured by the steps of: mounting a band-shaped blade made of an elastic material in a body molding die with the band-shaped blade torsionally deformed; molding a base; and removing a molded product from the body molding die after the body is molded.

Abstract: An elongate handle includes a magazine housing secured adjacent a forward distal end of the handle, with the magazine housing positioned in contiguous communication to a rear surface of a guide plate. The magazine includes a reel of a flexible measuring tape extending from the magazine orthogonally through the guide plate and secured relative to the guide plate by a collet member to permit selective extension of the measuring web relative to the magazine and handle. A forward distal end of the guide web includes a support beam including a mount for a writing instrument and a cutting tool thereto.

Abstract: To facilitate manufacture and eliminate the possibility of sharp corners projecting from metallic elements of a can opener, a bearing bushing (21) for a feed wheel shaft (20), to which a serrated feed wheel (15) and a twist knob (16) are connected, the handle is formed of two plastic handle shells (18, 19) of which an upper handle shell (18) is a unitary molded element together with the bearing bushing (21) and a counter or guide surface (24) in part surrounding the feed wheel. The bearing bushing extends through a hole in the metallic lever (11, 12) and into an opening of the lower handle shell (19), preferably forming a snap connection, with a slightly projecting shoulder, extending above the lower handle shell.

Abstract: A housing mounts a continuous side wall formed with a cutting edge arranged in a single plane, with the housing including a top wall, with a projecting flange extending upwardly of the top wall in an orthogonal relationship, and an upper distal end of the flange including an impact plate fixedly mounted thereto. In this manner, impact of the plate effects projection of the cutting edge into a sheetrock member to define a rectilinear cut for mounting of an electrical socket tool therewithin.

Abstract: A device for cutting out reinforcing elements, from a matrix. The device includes a support frame movable in the longitudinal direction of the reinforcing elements and cutting blades for cutting the reinforcing elements away from the matrix as the support frame is moved longitudinally.

Abstract: The present invention provides an adjustable blade sharpening apparatus for sharpening cutting blades by controlling the positioning of the blade relative to the grinding wheel to produce multiple facets on the cutting blade with a substantially burr-free cutting edge and method of controlling the angle of and position of a blade employing the blade sharpening apparatus. The blade sharpening apparatus comprises a fixed base supporting a table surface including a vertically mounted rotary grinding wheel mounted on an axle and having a circumferential peripheral cutting edge.

Abstract: The structure of the shears with a tongs is that a shears overlaps a tongs. There are rivets at the end of the two handles of the two objects. The center hole of the shears cooperates with the round hole of the pivot. The hole of the overlapped parts of the tongs plates is elongated. That makes the tongs plates have more elastic space and move forward and backward in a slanting direction. The noses of the tongs propped by a tension spring can open outwards. When opening, the tongs using the ends of the handles as the axle center makes the shears open as well. Then, the noses of the tongs is a little smaller than that of the shears. When the handles of the shears are forced to clip inwards, the tongs also clips inwards. But when the noses clip the work piece, the noses stop and the edges of the shears keep cutting inwards. The tongs clips the work piece by the force of the tension spring. That the work piece does not fall down when being cut is its feature.

Abstract: A reciprocatory cutter head includes a pair of cutter heads mounted to a head frame. Each of the cutter heads is of elongated configuration extending horizontally to define a longitudinal axis and have opposed longitudinal ends. The cutter head includes an elongated outer shearing foil which comes into hair shearing engagement with an inner cutter driven to reciprocate along the longitudinal axis. The cutter heads are floatingly supported to the head frame in such a manner that the cutter heads are vertically movable relative to the head frame independently from each other as well as that each of the cutter heads is vertically movable at one longitudinal end substantially independently of the other longitudinal end. Whereby, the cutter heads cooperate with each other to readily conform to the shapes of a user's skin with maximum skin engaging area for assuring enhanced shaving performance, particularly at the irregularly contoured portions of the skin.

Abstract: A metal demolition shear has a pivotal axle (4) with threading means (34, 35, 48, 42, 90, 92, 104) at opposite ends for adjusting linear positioning of thrust bearings (25, 26, 55, 56, 64) in order to adjust closeness of a pivotal jaw (1) to a stationary cutter jaw (2) of a demolition shear. A bolt-on replaceable cutter tip (14) is positional on a distal end of the pivotal jaw (1) in slidable contact with an adjustable wear surface (17) on a distal side of the stationary cutter jaw (2). Replaceable cutter blades and steady rest surfaces (17) are positional conveniently on the stationary cutter jaw in selective relationship to the bolt-on replaceable cutter tip (14). A steady rest bearing (19, 57) is extendable from the pivotal jaw and adjustably positional in slidable contact with a surface of the stationary cutter jaw. Roller bearings (25, 26, 64) are provided optionally for decreasing friction workload and for increasing use life.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a motor-driven chain saw having a drive motor which drives a saw chain via a sprocket with the saw chain running around the periphery of the cutter bar in a guide groove formed in this periphery. A brake device is provided to bring the saw chain to standstill which is actuated by a brake lever. In addition, the drive motor continuously drives a lubricating-oil pump which is mounted in a feed line between the supply tank and a outlet opening of the guide groove. The supply of lubricating oil is interrupted when the saw chain is brought to standstill. This is achieved by providing a blocking valve in the feed line which is closed during idle operation of the drive motor and is opened during load operation of the drive motor.

Abstract: A can opener of the type in which the can is opened by cutting through an outer part of the rim joining the lid with the main body of the can. Cam means (51) are arranged to engage outside wall of the can immediately beneath the rim, the engagement underneath the rim moving the cam means and cutter wheel (40) against resilient means (54) to a position such that the cutter wheel makes its cut at a substantially constant predetermined distance on the rim. The drive wheel can have an outer cylindrical surface which is toothed and its lower edge bevelled or chamfered.

Abstract: A guide roller is supported at the tip of the guide plate, over which the chain runs. A tip guard extends over the chain and projects forwardly from the support for the guide roller.

Abstract: A reversible ratchet wrench has a handle portion and a head portion. The head portion includes a drive member having teeth thereon and a pawl having teeth which selectively engage the teeth on the drive member. The head portion has two partially overlapping cavities formed therein, the cavities being formed from the bottom of the head portion. The top of the head portion has two spaced-apart openings formed therein, each opening communicating respectively with one of the two cavities. The drive member is disposed in the larger cavity and the pawl is disposed in the smaller cavity. A one-piece lever means is provided having a non-cylindrical stem depending therefrom. The stem is received in a cooperating bore in the pawl. A multi-sided shelf is formed on the stem, the shelf being received in a cooperating cavity in the top of the pawl. The top of the head portion of the wrench is received between the top portion of the lever means and the shelf on the stem.

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 cavity. The other piece part delivers water which strikes a razor blade and then exits under the cutting edge of the blade with enough force to wash debris away from the blade. A valve on the shaver handle provides a continuously variable control over the flow of water to the shaver. A tubing or hose attached to the shower shaver leads to a nipple which may be interposed between an outlet and a pipe. A quick disconnect connector enables the tubing to be connected to or disconnected from the nipple. A bracket or hanger is attached to a wall in any suitable out of the way location in order to receive and support the shaver when the shaver and the quick disconnect connector on the tubing is not in use.

Abstract: A utility knife switchable between a non-rotatable mode for cutting a straight line and a rotatable mode for cutting a curved line includes a rod which engages to a blade at one end and the other end being rotatably positioned against a bearing device thereby providing the blade with a rotation axle for cutting a curve. A switching button device is installed above the limiting device for forcing the rod and the blade to work in a non-rotatable mode or a rotatable mode.

Abstract: A tool handle for securing a plurality of tool bits and allowing for individual selection of a desired tool bit without accessing any others. The handle is comprised of an elongated, rounded body rotatably affixed to a cylindrically-shaped cap. The body has cylindrically-shaped cavities located on its periphery that slidingly secure a plurality of tool bits yet allow for visual selection of the desired tool bit. The body has a shaft end and a free cap end having an integral hub of smaller diameter than the body, the hub has a snap fit relationship with an inner rim of the cap member. The cap is substantially cylindrically-shaped having an open end and a covered end. The cap has a cylindrically-shaped inner rim for engaging the hub of the body member in a snap fit arrangement. The covered end of the cap, on its outside surface, has an access door integrally hinged to the circumference of the cap.

Abstract: A nutcracking apparatus includes a nutcracker and a compartmented receptacle. The receptacle if formed having side walls, end walls and a floor, with a support wall dividing the receptacle into a nut compartment and a smaller shell compartment. A support platform is mounted to the support wall and includes an overhang portion into the nut compartment to provide an adequate base for absorbing the force applied for cracking nuts. A cracking pad is mounted on the support platform which includes a recess for receiving and supporting a nut to be cracked. A cracking lever arm is pivotally mounted to the support platform and includes a notch aligned with the recess for engaging a nut between the cracking pad and the lever arm. Also supported on the support platform is an end containment wall, a side containment wall and an opposite shell-directing wall for controlling shell fragments during the cracking process.