Patents by Inventor Scott C. Fladgard

Scott C. Fladgard has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Extended life cutting blades for hand-held cutting tools
    Patent number: 7637016
    Abstract: An extended-life cutting blade is adapted for mounting on a hand-held cutting tool in multiple operative orientations. A single cutting blade may provide up to four independent shear edges, each of which has a useful life. The blade can be easily changed from an orientation adapted to cut a workpiece with one shear edge to a different operative orientation adapted to cut with a different shear edge by selecting an appropriate mount on the blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignee: PacTool International Ltd
    Inventors: Lloyd E. Fladgard, Scott C. Fladgard
  • Extended life cutting blades for hand-held cutting tools
    Patent number: 7540091
    Abstract: An extended-life cutting blade is adapted for mounting on a hand-held cutting tool in multiple operative orientations. A single cutting blade may provide up to four independent shear edges, each of which has a useful life. The blade can be easily changed from an orientation adapted to cut a workpiece with one shear edge to a different operative orientation adapted to cut with a different shear edge by selecting an appropriate mount on the blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2009
    Assignee: Shear Tech, Inc.
    Inventors: Lloyd E. Fladgard, Scott C. Fladgard
  • Extended life cutting blades for hand-held cutting tools
    Patent number: 7464473
    Abstract: An extended-life cutting blade is adapted for mounting on a hand-held cutting tool in multiple operative orientations. A single cutting blade may provide up to four independent shear edges, each of which has a useful life. The blade can be easily changed from an orientation adapted to cut a workpiece with one shear edge to a different operative orientation adapted to cut with a different shear edge by selecting an appropriate mount on the blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2008
    Assignee: Shear Tech, Inc.
    Inventors: Lloyd E. Fladgard, Scott C. Fladgard
  • Method and apparatus for cutting fiber-cement material along an arcuate path
    Patent number: 6776150
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for cutting a fiber-cement material. An apparatus in accordance with one embodiment of the invention includes a blade assembly having an alignment member with a first finger portion and a spaced apart second finger portion. Each finger portion has a guide surface and the two guide surfaces define a guide plane. A reciprocating cutting member is pivotably coupled between the finger portions and is moveable relative to the finger portions transverse to the guide plane between a first position and a second position. The cutting member has a blade portion with outwardly facing side surfaces that have a first axial dimension when intersected by the guide plane with the blade in the first position and a second axial dimension, approximately equal to the first axial dimension, when intersected by the guide plane with the blade in the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignee: Shear Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Gaidjiergis, Scott C. Fladgard
  • Extended life cutting blades for hand-held cutting tools
    Publication number: 20030029043
    Abstract: An extended-life cutting blade is adapted for mounting on a hand-held cutting tool in multiple operative orientations. A single cutting blade may provide up to four independent shear edges, each of which has a useful life. The blade can be easily changed from an orientation adapted to cut a workpiece with one shear edge to a different operative orientation adapted to cut with a different shear edge by selecting an appropriate mount on the blade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2001
    Publication date: February 13, 2003
    Inventors: Lloyd E. Fladgard, Scott C. Fladgard
  • Method and apparatus for cutting fiber-cement material along an arcuate path
    Publication number: 20020066447
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for cutting a fiber-cement material. An apparatus in accordance with one embodiment of the invention includes a blade assembly having an alignment member with a first finger portion and a spaced apart second finger portion. Each finger portion has a guide surface and the two guide surfaces define a guide plane. A reciprocating cutting member is pivotably coupled between the finger portions and is moveable relative to the finger portions transverse to the guide plane between a first position and a second position. The cutting member has a blade portion with outwardly facing side surfaces that have a first axial dimension when intersected by the guide plane with the blade in the first position and a second axial dimension, approximately equal to the first axial dimension, when intersected by the guide plane with the blade in the second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2001
    Publication date: June 6, 2002
    Inventors: Joseph Gaidjiergis, Scott C. Fladgard
  • Fiber-cement cutting tool
    Patent number: D443806
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2001
    Assignee: Shear Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Scott C. Fladgard, Joseph Gaidjiergis