Patents Examined by Stephen Choi
  • Patent number: 10807258
    Abstract: Disclosed is a blade unit for a safety razor, comprising a blade housing comprising a plurality of blades having respective cutting edges lying in a shaving plane and being arranged to exert a cutting action when moved across a user's skin; and a guard in front of the cutting edges and a cap to the rear of the cutting edges, the guard including an elongate lubricating strip, and the cap including a convex lubricating pad having a convex skin-contacting surface and a rear edge curved in a single arc shape along its entirety. A skin-contacting surface of the convex lubricating pad is greater than a skin-contacting surface of the elongate lubricating strip, the convex lubricating pad and the elongate lubricating strip together extend along at least 60% of an outer perimeter of the blade unit, and the convex lubricating pad extends along at least 30% of the outer perimeter of the blade unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: BEIERSDORF AG
    Inventors: Michael Lessmann, Jens Treu, Kesen Zeng, Yvonne Neumann, Hiroyuki Nakasuka, Ralf Hagens, Philip Drescher
  • Patent number: 10807267
    Abstract: A cutting device (1), in particular for rapidly cutting webs, including: a support structure (2) including a fixed blade (3), a carriage (4) movable along a movement direction (X), a mobile blade (5) mounted on the carriage (4), a guide (7), associated to the support structure (2), on which the carriage (4) is slidable along the movement direction (X); a sliding sleeve (11), interposed between the carriage (4) and the guide (7) concentrically to the guide (7); seals (8, 10) interposed between the guide (7) and the carriage (4) so as to define a chamber (9), concentric to the guide (7) and containing the sleeve (11); motor (6) configured to move the carriage (4) according to an alternating movement along the movement direction (X) between a non-operating position and an operating position, in which the mobile blade (5) partially superposes the fixed blade (3) so as to carry out the cutting of a web; supply (15) for supplying air to the chamber (9) so as to maintain it at a greater pressure with respect to t
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: RI-FLEX ABRASIVES S.R.L.
    Inventors: Roberto Tunioli, Sergio Taddia
  • Patent number: 10807268
    Abstract: A modular unit configured for mounting to a cutting head of a slicing machine and for securing a knife to the cutting head, and slicing machines equipped with one or more of such modular units. The modular unit includes mounting blocks adapted to be spaced apart in an axial direction of the cutting head, and a clamping assembly assembled with the mounting blocks so as to be between the mounting blocks. The clamping assembly is configured to secure a knife to the cutting head, and at least portions of the clamping assembly may be removable from the cutting head by disassembling the clamping assembly from the mounting blocks without removing the mounting blocks from the cutting head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Urschel Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Dustin Joseph Gereg, Michael Scot Jacko
  • Patent number: 10807255
    Abstract: An electrical hair trimmer including a mounting device; a blade configured to be mounted to the mounting device; a housing; and a cap configured to be attached to and detached from the housing so that when attached to the housing the cap covers one or more openings at a top of the housing preventing debris from falling into an inner chamber of the housing. The mounting device may project outward from the housing; and the cap may have a first opening which allows it to be slipped on to the housing, over the mounting device to cover the one or more openings at the top of the housing, and allows the cap to be slipped off of the housing, by passing the mounting device through the first opening; and the mounting device projects outwards from the cap through the first opening when the cap is attached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Inventor: Angel Luis Rodriguez
  • Patent number: 10800066
    Abstract: A cutting tool includes: a loop-wound chain wound about at least a drive crown activated in rotation by a motor, a lubricating circuit of the chain provided with a tank of lubricating fluid, a pump drawn by the motor and having an aspirating conduit of the fluid provided with an aspirating mouth located internally of the tank, and a delivery conduit provided with an outlet mouth located in proximity of the chain, a sensor able to detect the lubricating fluid in the lubricating circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: EMAK S.P.A.
    Inventors: Marco Ferrari, Gianluca Barbolini
  • Patent number: 10800057
    Abstract: An adjustable width safety razor and vibrator apparatus includes a main body member having an ergonomic configuration defining an interior space. The apparatus includes a primary shaving assembly having a proximal end coupled to the top end of the main body member and an open distal end and defining a first interior area. The primary shaving assembly includes an extension member slidably movable between a retracted configuration situated in the first interior area and an extended configuration extending away therefrom. A primary safety razor is coupled to the end of the extension member. First and second auxiliary shaving assemblies having an opposed mounting arms extend laterally away from the primary shaving assembly, each having an auxiliary safety razor coupled thereto. Further, a vibratory assembly may be mounted in a tip of the main body member. The primary and auxiliary safety razors are coplanar at the retracted configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Inventors: Khashana Blake, Sherlonda Asante
  • Patent number: 10795085
    Abstract: A tube jacket slitting tool including first and second opposite tool portions, each tool portion including a common hinged portion at a first end for engaging the opposite tool portion. The first and second opposite tool portions are foldable about the hinged portion between an open position and a closed position. The tool includes at least one concave surface extending across the width of forming an opening, when the first and second opposite tool portions are in the closed position, through which a tube may be slid. The tool includes a blade extending inward into the opening for slitting a depth of the tube jacket as it is moved with respect to the tool. The tool includes a hinge pivot axis in the hinged portion extending in a direction substantially in the direction of the width and at an acute angle to either the plane or to the longitudinal axis of the tube or cable in the opening formed by the at least one concave surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Ripley Tools, LLC
    Inventor: Will Eisele
  • Patent number: 10792740
    Abstract: A tool, in particular a plunge-cut saw blade, includes a saw blade that has at least one main body and at least one working part. The working part has at least one working edge with saw teeth and is connected integrally to the main body along a straight connecting edge. The working edge includes a curved and/or polygon-like formation thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Urs Karlen
  • Patent number: 10773413
    Abstract: A saw chain includes a tie strap adapted to be pivotally connected to other links of the saw chain. The tie strap features an interior hole with a chamfered edge. An interior counterbore in the interior hole receives a barrel portion of a rivet. The rivet has two flanges extending from both sides of the barrel, each with a smaller diameter than the barrel, and each with chamfered corners in a transition area where the flanges meet the barrel. An exterior counterbore on an exterior surface of the tie strap receives a rivet head formed from one of the flanges, such that an exterior surface of the rivet head sits flush with the exterior surface of the tie strap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Inventor: David A. Szymanski
  • Patent number: 10773401
    Abstract: In one aspect, the invention features, in general, a shaving razor cartridge with a housing having a primary guard at a front of the housing, a secondary cap at a rear of the housing and at least one spring member positioned between the primary guard and the secondary cap. A bridge member is positioned between the primary guard and the secondary cap. The bridge member has a primary cap surface and a secondary guard surface. A first blade having a cutting edge is mounted to at least one of the spring members between the primary guard and the primary cap surface. A second blade having a cutting edge is mounted to at least one of the spring members between the secondary guard surface and the secondary cap. The bridge member is mounted on a plurality of the spring members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: The Gillette Company LLC
    Inventors: Vincent Paul Walker, Jr., Nicholas Robert Harrington, Alejandro Carlos Lee
  • Patent number: 10759083
    Abstract: A table saw includes a base assembly; a table assembly mounted on the base assembly and including a table; a slide mechanism mounted on the table assembly; and a rip fence assembly mounted on one side of the table assembly. The rip fence assembly includes a receptacle in a lower portion of one end; an elongated limit plate including two 90-degree bent arms at two ends respectively, each bent arm including a slot having a first end and a second end; a limit seat facing the receptacle; a spring-biased detent anchored in the receptacle and urging against an inner surface of the limit seat by passing through the second end of the slot; and a pivot disposed on an upper portion of one end of the rip fence assembly and disposed through the first end of the slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Inventor: Chin-Chin Chang
  • Patent number: 10758990
    Abstract: A scale assembly of a table saw includes a first positioning pin of white, a second positioning pin of black, and a third positioning pin of yellow disposed on the first slide strip of a slide mechanism; a first scale of white disposed on a top of the first slide strip; a second scale of black and a third scale of yellow disposed on a top of the first track respectively; a first pointer disposed on one end of the top of the first track and forwardly pointing to the first scale of white of the first slide strip; and a second pointer disposed on the other end of the top of the first slide strip and rearward pointing to both the second scale of black and the third scale. The scale is visible in a cutting operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Inventor: Chin-Chin Chang
  • Patent number: 10759080
    Abstract: An electric tool includes a functional piece, a motor, a case and a fan. The case includes a motor case portion. An airflow inlet and an airflow outlet are formed in the case. When the fan operates, an airflow at the airflow inlet is taken out and is directed to the airflow outlet after the airflow flows through the motor. The motor case portion includes an encircling portion which encircles the motor and an end portion arranged on one end of the encircling portion. The motor includes a stator, a motor shaft and a rotor. The stator is fixed relative to the case. The motor shaft is rotatably arranged in the case. The rotor surrounds the stator and rotates synchronously with the motor shaft. A stopping piece having a stopping portion is arranged at a first clearance between the rotor and the encircling portion. A projection of the stopping piece in a plane perpendicular to a rotating axis of the rotor is at least partially located outside a projection of the rotor in the plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Nanjing Chervon Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Fukinuki Masatoshi, Xin Yang, Bing Lu, Songsong Lu
  • Patent number: 10751816
    Abstract: The protective cooling cover comprises a hollow shell defining a generally semi-cylindrical cavity (15) that covers a portion of a cutting disc (2) at the top thereof and that is delimited by two lateral walls (11, 12) and a curved perimeter wall (13), a cooling device including a tube connected to a cooling liquid supply and to a cooling liquid projecting nozzle (31), and a fastening device for fixing the cooling liquid projecting nozzle (31) at different positions within the cavity (15) of the shell for projecting cooling liquid to different areas of the cutting disc, the fastening device including a plurality of first fasteners (17) connected to the periphery of the cavity, and a second fastener (32) connected to the cooling liquid projecting nozzle (31), the first and second fasteners (17, 32) providing a snap fit releasable connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: GERMANS BOADA, S.A.
    Inventor: Daniel Rodriguez
  • Patent number: 10751893
    Abstract: An outer blade for a hair cutting device, the outer blade being mounted to an end of a main body of the hair cutting device, includes bars that each have a shape of a rectangular stick and are arranged at predetermined intervals. The outer blade also includes, at a skin-surface-contact-side first face of each of the bars, an agent holding part configured to hold an agent that is a substance having a predetermined effect on a skin surface, the agent holding part being a surrounded recess heading from the skin-surface-contact-side first face of the bar toward an inner-blade-side second face of the bar. Thus, the agent such as foam or gel can be held by the agent holding part at the skin-surface-side face of the outer blade, and friction can be reduced between the outer blade and the skin surface by the agent held by the agent holding part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shoki Okura, Hiroaki Shimizu, Shintaro Matsuo, Shigetoshi Sakon, Hiroki Inoue
  • Patent number: 10744578
    Abstract: A pipe cutting machine comprises: rotary blades in a pair, with a plane at a right angle to a center line of a pipe, the rotary blades being arranged to face each other on both sides of a y axis in such a manner that blade edges of the rotary blades overlap each other in an x-axis direction; a straightforward driving mechanism that drives the rotary blades straightforward in opposite directions of a y-axis direction so as to make the rotary blades pass each other on the x axis and in the vicinity of the x axis; and power direction conversion mechanisms that move the rotary blades outwardly to get farther from the y axis for avoiding interference between the blade edges when the rotary blades pass each other on the x axis and in the vicinity of the x axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: NAKATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Yabuta, Takeyuki Sato, Feizhou Wang, Hiromasa Kitayama, Jilong Yin
  • Patent number: 10744666
    Abstract: A pad supporting frame has a carrier board and a supporting structure. The supporting structure is detachably disposed on the carrier board. The supporting structure is detachably disposed on the bottom surface of the carrier board. In delivery, the carrier board and the supporting structure can be stacked separately for increasing the utilization of the delivery space. Molds of the carrier board and the supporting structure can be made separately for decreasing the volumes of the molds. For cutting a pad disposed on the carrier board, the carrier board can be directly disposed on the tabletop. The carrier board will not be deformed and the cutting quality of the pad is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: SUN SAME ENTERPRISE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Wen Jer Shih
  • Patent number: 10717205
    Abstract: A table saw includes a slide mechanism on a table assembly and including a knob, front and rear roller pinions, two slides slidably secured to front and rear ends of the table respectively, each slide having a bottom rack engaging the roller pinion, a groove on an outer surface, and projections projecting out of the groove, front and rear mounting members secured to the table, and an axle; and a rip fence assembly on either side of the table assembly and including front and rear arms each having a cavity for releasably securing to one projection, a rip fence between the arms, front and rear risers respectively for fastening either end of the rip fence and either one of the front and rear arms, and two levers on the arms respectively, each lever including an upper pivot, an intermediate urging protuberance, and a lower protrusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Inventor: Chin-Chin Chang
  • Patent number: 10702934
    Abstract: A reciprocating saw blade includes a body formed from a piece of coil stock. The body has a shank end configured to secure the blade with a reciprocating saw, a plunging end configured to enter a workpiece, and a cutting edge and opposite back edge extending between the shank end and the plunging end. The cutting edge has a plurality of teeth arranged in a pattern that includes left and right set teeth. A plurality of gullets is disposed between adjacent teeth. Each of the teeth and the gullets has substantially the same size, except that the first and third consecutive teeth immediately adjacent the plunging end have been flattened to be unset, and at least a portion of the second consecutive tooth has been removed to form an enlarged gullet between the first and third teeth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventors: Brent L. Bucks, Jeremy A. Lowder
  • Patent number: 10695937
    Abstract: A dust-free multifunctional cut machine, including a worktable board, a machine case carrying the worktable board, a rod assembly arranged on the top of the worktable board, a frame and a cutting assembly comprising a cutting blade and a motor for driving the cutting blade for rotation, and a dust suction assembly arranged between the output shaft end of the motor and a cutting blade and having a spiral casing and a dust suction vane, wherein, the spiral casing includes a dust suction inlet and a dust exhaust outlet, the rod assembly includes a rod fixture and a slide bracket, the frame is connected with the slide bracket through the frame rotating seat and the frame moves back and forth through the rod with the use of the slide bracket. The dust-free multifunctional saw has three functions including bench sawing, miter sawing and automatic dust collection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: YONGKANG CONGZHEN TOOLS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mingcan Yu, Huayi He, Hesheng Wu, Qirui Yu