Abstract: The present invention comprises a vacuum planer apparatus for the removal of rough debris from a foam sprayed wall to make that wall foam surface into a flat surface. The apparatus includes an elongated housing having a first end and a second end, an arrangement of rotatable cutter blades mounted in the elongated housing and a drive motor arranged to empower the rotatable cutter blades. A support handle is arranged on each end of the housing for pivotable control of the apparatus. A debris suction conduit is arranged at each end of the housing to pick up and remove foam scraped from the sprayed wall by the rotatable blades. A “Y” joint connects each suction conduit at each end of the housing for ducting into a single discharge conduit. The rotatable cutter blades are mounted on a rotatable shaft and the rotatable shaft has a plurality of locking strips arranged adjacent each of the blades to secure each of the blades onto the rotatable shaft.

Abstract: A butter dish for storing and dispensing specific sized slices of butter. The dish has two a base plates movable relative to each other and a removable lid pivotally connected to one of the base plates such that an interior space for holding a stick of butter is defined. The lid also includes a cutting edge opposite the pivotal connection for slicing the butter. The other one of the base plates includes a scale to indicate the size of the slice to be cut.

Abstract: An improved pair of scissors for cutting stitches in a suture or medical procedure comprises a non-metallic upper body having a front end integrally formed with a longitudinal through-slot which has inner and outer side wall faces, and a recess formed and positioned at the lower portion of the front end of said inner and outer side wall faces; a metal-made upper blade attached onto a major wall surface of said upper body, said upper blade further being engaged and attached onto said inner wall face; a non-metallic lower body having a major wall surface; and a metal-made lower blade attached to said major wall surface of said lower body, the front end of said lower blade having a curved blade portion which passes through said recess in said upper body to facilitate entry of said curved blade portion into said recess in said upper body.

Abstract: A portable circular saw includes a base. A saw blade has a portion projecting downward from the base. A saw-blade cover conceals at least a part of the saw blade. A projection provided on the saw-blade cover protrudes in a direction away from the saw blade. The projection has a lower surface extending across a first plane which is parallel to an axis of rotation of the saw blade, and which contains a tangent to an outer circumference of the saw-blade at a point of intersection with a second plane including a lower surface of the base. Chips fly from the point of intersection along a direction in the first plane. The lower surface of the projection inclines relative to a line perpendicular to the tangent so as to change a path of a portion of flow of the chips toward a forward side as viewed in a cutting direction.

Abstract: A dust and particle control attachment for a saw having a housing and a rotary blade secured for rotation on a shaft extending from the housing comprising a rotary blade guard enclosing a portion of the rotary blade having one side thereof secured to the housing and the other side thereof removably secure to the one side to form a passageway for dust and particles produced during a cutting operation, the passageway having an intake end and a discharge end, a first arrangement is associated with at least one of the side and the other side of the rotary blade guard adjacent the intake end of the passageway to enable cutting inside corners of walls disposed at a predetermined angle with respect to each other both horizontally and vertically, and a second arrangement associated with at least one of the one side and the other side of the rotary blade guard to contain the dust and particles within the passageway and to direct the dust and particles to a collection means connected to the rotary blade guard adjacent

Abstract: A cheese storage and cutting system for storing cheese such that the amount of cheese remaining is visible. The cheese storage and cutting system includes a base portion having a peripheral edge. A lip extends upwardly from the base portion. A platform for resting cheese on has a shape substantially similar to the base portion. The platform has a plurality of bores therein. A cover portion covers the base portion and the platform. The cover portion has a top wall and a peripheral wall. The peripheral wall has a free peripheral edge that has a shape and size adapted to fit between the lip and the peripheral edge of the base portion.

Abstract: Dough cutting apparatus including a plurality of spaced apart blades the lower edges of which are uniformly curved from one end of said blades to the other and a plurality of intersecting spaced apart blades the lower edges of which are straight. The blades cooperate to form multiple uniformly sized cavities therebetween. A handle is attached to the blades for engagement by the user of the apparatus for rocking the apparatus along the lower edges of the curved blades to separate a layer of dough into separate multiple dough products.

Abstract: An engine cutter which is simple in structure and low in manufacturing cost. This engine cutter comprises a disk cutter, an air-cooled internal combustion engine for rotating the disk cutter, a safety cover partially encasing the disk cutter, and a dust-trapping portion which is mounted on the safety cover for trapping and discharging dust to be generated from a cutting work by the disk cutter; and is characterized in that only single fan to be driven by the engine is provided not only for generating an air flow for sucking and discharging the dust that has been trapped in the dust-trapping portion but also for generating a cooling air flow for cooling the internal combustion engine.

Abstract: A dust collector-equipped power cutter includes a prime mover, a cutter, a dust-sucking fan, and a belt-driven power transmission mechanism for transmitting rotation from the prime mover to the cutting disk and to the dust-sucking fan. The belt-driven power transmission mechanism is constructed such that the rotation of the prime mover is transmitted through a single belt to a cutter-driving pulley for the cutting disk and to a fan-driving pulley for the dust-sucking fan.

Abstract: A hole cutter adapted for cutting holes through the sidewalls of medical catheters is fashioned from a hollow tube having a distal cutting end, a proximal ejection end and a lumen of smaller diameter near the cutting end. Slugs formed at the cutting end are extracted by suction applied to the ejection end, and are captured by a filter.

Abstract: A nozzle assembly for a power tool that generates dust includes a housing surrounding a portion of the power tool, an outlet section of the housing for accommodating the flow of dust away from the power tool and a conduit that is coupled with the outlet section to direct the flow of dust from the housing. During operation of the power tool, the conduit is rigidly coupled with the outlet section in an advanced position in which rotational movement of the conduit relative to the outlet section is impeded. The direction of dust flow out of the conduit may be selectively adjusted by transferring the assembly to a retracted position in which rotational movement of the conduit relative to the outlet section is substantially unimpeded. The outlet section and conduit may be tapered so that the advanced position is obtained through a friction fit.

Abstract: A new plaster cutting device for cutting grooves into cracked portions of ceilings and walls. The inventive device includes a housing having a hollow interior. The hollow interior has a forward chamber and a rearward chamber. An elongated handle extends angularly upward from the housing. The elongated handle has a hollow interior. A motor is secured within the rearward chamber of the housing. The motor has a rotatable gear disposed on an end thereof. A cylindrical wheel is rotatably disposed within the forward chamber of the housing. The cylindrical wheel has a plurality of cutting teeth disposed thereon. The cylindrical wheel has a gear disposed on an end thereof. A belt extends around the rotatable gear of the motor and the gear of the cylindrical wheel whereby activation of the motor will facilitate rotation of the cylindrical wheel.

Abstract: A cutting tool for removing encapsulant surrounding a fiber optic cable splice includes a rotating cutting head, with the head coupled through a vacuum tube to a collection bag. The cutting head preferably includes alternating rows of cutting blades and brushes, where the brushes function to direct the debris from the cutting head into the vacuum tube.

Abstract: An improved nail clipper having a central symmetrical resilient pincer member with cutting edges at its opened end, a transverse pin with hooked ends that pass through opposed and aligned bores on the jaws of the pincer member near its open end, and lateral handles that are connected at the hooked ends of the transverse pin.

Abstract: A dust collection port for a circular saw is formed on the upper rear end of a blade guard. A spring biased door pivotally moved between a closed position and an open position is provided over the port. The guard includes exit ribs and return ribs in the region of the port where the ribs direct the flow of the dust formed by the saw blade. The door includes ribs on the underside surface to secure a hose in the port when the door is in the open position. When the door is in the open position, dust flows through cavity formed by the guard into the exit ribs and into a hose inserted into the port. In the closed position, the dust flows through the exit ribs and into the return ribs to exit through the open lower end of the guard.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for disabling and disposing of a single-use hypodermic syringe from re-use by severing the syringe barrel above the syringe needle and collecting the severed portion of the barrel, including the syringe needle directly in an associated, puncture-resistant receiving receptacle. The apparatus includes a severing means having an opening for receiving at least that end of the syringe having a needle attached thereto and a syringe stop for delimiting the passage of the syringe into the opening and stabilizing the syringe in the opening as the syringe barrel is severed from the syringe above the syringe needle, and a collection receptacle having an open end adapted for receiving the severing means and for collecting the severed portion of the syringe barrel including the syringe needle directly therein.

Abstract: A resilient, deformable shield for a hand tool comprising a guard, a guard handle, and an attachment means for attaching the shield to a hand tool. The guard provides a volumetric enclosure having an aperture for passage of the cutting edge of a hand tool. The guard handle provides a first end and a second end; the guard handle is attached at the first end to the guard. The guard handle's second end is detachably connected to a hand tool. The guard handle may resiliently deform and pivot perpendicular to its long axis, thereby permitting movement of he cutting portion of a hand tool into and out of the volumetric enclosure.

Abstract: Hand manipulable tissue cutting apparatus formed in a scissors like configuration and having first and second clamp members pivotably coupled with first and second jaws in opposing facing interoperative relation. On at least one clamp member surface a plane is defined at the area of the jaws, the plane being generally perpendicular to the opposing abutting faces of the jaws. A sheath is provided of a first sheath portion attached, or formed integrally with a first clamp member, and a second sheath portion attached or formed integrally with the second clamp member. In the closed clamp position, the first and second sheath portions form generally parallel guide recesses. A blade member is provided with a width and thickness sufficient for sliding within the guide recesses so-formed. In the open position of the clamp, the first sheath portion integral with the first clamp member is configured for retaining the blade in its retracted position.

Abstract: A dust collecting shield for power tools including a housing adapted for coupling with a power tool. The housing has a generally semi-circular configuration. The housing is defined by a front face, a rear face, and an upper peripheral side wall therebetween. The housing has an open lower end. The front face has an opening therethrough. The rear face is adapted for coupling with a shaft of a power tool. The housing includes a lower peripheral side wall disposed inwardly of the upper peripheral side wall whereby a channel is disposed between the upper and lower peripheral side walls. The lower peripheral side wall has apertures through forward and rearward portions thereof exposing the channel. The upper peripheral side wall has an aperture therethrough exposing the channel. A tube extends outwardly of the aperture in the upper peripheral side wall of the housing. An upper end of the tube is adapted for coupling with a vacuum hose.

Abstract: A hedge trimmer of this invention is very lightweight and efficient. It has a very large clipping collection bag that has a capacity much larger than any known user-worn device of this type. The blades and guard are designed to pull and maintain the clippings in the system.

Abstract: A collapsible cigar corer tool assembly is disclosed having a body and a collapsible cigar corer including at least one cutting aperture with a fixed, circumferential, cutting blade. The cap of a cigar is prepared for coring an opening by urging the cap against the cutting blade and by rotating the cigar relative to the aperture. The cigar corer is mounted on the tool assembly such that it pivots between two positions, a first closed position in which the cutting aperture is housed within the body, and a second open position in which the cutting aperture is in an operative position outside the body.

Abstract: A cutting interment (10) for use on multi-strand plastic fiber materials. Opposed handles (22a and 22b) on arms (18a and 18b) may be manually operated to close jaws (14a and 14b) with a cavity (42) for crimping. At the base of the cavity (42) are cutting edges (52a), which employ heat from either heating elements (54a and 54b) or an external source to cut and simultaneously cauterize the cut ends. Optional reliefs (44 and 46) may also be provided to contain and focus the heat at the cavity (42) and thus efficiently apply it specifically to the working material.

Abstract: A dust collector-equipped power cutter, which is easy to handle in operation and convenient for storage and transportation thereof and is capable of preventing dusty air from flowing back to the cutter portion when a cutting operation is interrupted, includes a main body, a cutter, a dust-sucking fan, and a dust hose assembly. The dust hose assembly includes a first dust hose section and a second dust hose section and a hose connector joining the first hose section and the second hose section. Each of the hose sections has a spiral rib on an outer peripheral surface, and the hose connector has a spiral groove on an inner wall of each end portion, the dust hose section and the hose connector being adapted to be interconnected with each other through a threaded engagement between the spiral rib and the spiral groove. The hose connector is provided with a check valve to prevent back flow when a cutting operation is interrupted or terminated.

Abstract: A power cutter is disclosed whose dust suction-discharge fan is driven to rotate at a high speed to thereby attain sufficient dust suction-discharge performance, and which can be constructed relatively compactly in size as a whole at a reduced cost. The power cutter includes two rotating operative components (30, 50) driven by a prime mover (5) and a centrifugal clutch (10) operatively connected to the output shaft (7) of the prime mover (5) for rotationally driving the two rotating operative components (30, 50). The centrifugal clutch (10) includes a clutch drum (11) composed integrally of a small diameter pulley portion (21) and a large diameter pulley portion (22). Belt-type drive trains (15A, 16A and 17A, 18A) transmit the rotational drive force to the rotating operative components (30, 50), respectively.

Abstract: A hole cutter adapted for cutting holes through the sidewalls of medical catheters is fashioned from a hollow tube having a distal cutting end, a proximal ejection end and a lumen of smaller diameter near the cutting end. Slugs formed at the cutting end are extracted by suction applied to the ejection end, and are captured by a filter.

Abstract: A power cutter is disclosed which is capable of selectively changing the discharge direction of dust discharged from a dust discharge port of a dust suction-discharge fan and, hence, which is capable of optimally adjusting the dust discharge direction according to the operational condition or operational position of the power cutter. An elbow-shaped auxiliary discharge pipe is coupled to the dust discharge port of the dust suction-discharge fan in such a manner that it can be turned and kept at any turned position. In addition, a belt tensioning clutch is provided to permit selective connection and disconnection of the belt drive transmission between the power source and the dust section-discharge fan. This permits fan operation to be interrupted when not needed.

Abstract: A distal end cutter having a flush cut and hold feature. The distal end cutter includes a pair of jaw members having respective cutting surfaces for cutting a wire, such as an archwire of an orthodontic appliance. Disposed adjacent to one of the cutting surfaces is a flat, resilient jaw portion which holds a cut off segment of the archwire. As the flat, resilient jaw portion may be disposed directly adjacent to the cutting surfaces during the wire cutting operation, very small wire segments may be cut and held by the device to prevent ejection of such wire segments into the mouth of a patient. In the preferred embodiment, the resilient jaw portion is a spring plate removably mounted to one of the jaw members.

Abstract: A saw tool comprises a housing for incorporating a driving device therein, a base attached to the housing, a driving arm connected to the driving device to effect a reciprocating orbital motion, and a saw blade attached to the driving arm and extending through a slit in the base. The saw blade has a first saw tooth section formed on a top end thereof for biting a workpiece and a second saw tooth section formed on one side thereof. A rectangular through-hole can be accurately and rapidly formed in a workpiece such as a plaster board or veneer board, etc., with this saw tool.

Abstract: A pill splitting device is provided including a housing. Also included is a razor blade movable with respect to the housing for splitting a pill therein.

Abstract: A wire cutting tool includes a jaw defining a cutting edge and at least one cavity disposed in sufficient proximity to the cutting edge so that a wire being cut by the cutting edge is swaged into the cavity and held therein after the wire has been cut.

Abstract: An endoscopic bioptome includes a jaw assembly, a tubular member, and a control wire extending through the tubular member, where the distal end of the control wire and tubular member are both coupled to the jaw assembly, and the jaw assembly includes a pair of opposed end effectors having resilient arms and a pair of opposed resilient anchors oriented orthogonal of the end effectors. Preferably the end effectors and the anchors are formed from a super-elastic metal. The anchors are blunt-tipped and also include angled portions which urge the anchors away from each other. The end effectors include resilient arms having proximal angled portions and distal portions which terminate with end effector jaw cups. The proximal angled portions urge the jaw cups away from each other. The jaw cups each have a sharp cutting rim. Another embodiment of the jaw assembly include jaw cups having radially arranged teeth.

Abstract: A cutting machine having a rotatingly driven cutting tool (2) and a tool guard (1). The tool guard (1) has a first tool guard part (11) which is fixedly mounted with respect to the apparatus and a second tool guard part (12) which can be pivotably mounted relative to the first tool guard part (11). Each tool guard part includes side walls (30, 32) lying adjacent to respective sides of the cutting tool and a center web which connects the two side walls to each other. The center web (31) extends curved in the peripheral direction and is disposed above the cutting tool (2). In order to perform a disturbance-free pendular cut, the pivotable second tool guard part (12) carries a slide piece (40) which projects beyond the end edge (34) of the center web (31) and has a rounded outer slide surface (35) facing away from the center web (31). The end edge (34) faces away from the fixed first tool guard part (11).

Abstract: A hair trimming device for cutting substantially equal portions of hair from only the distal end of hair shafts. The device features the brush like body having a handle end portion and a head end. The head end has a cooperating slot formed therein to cooperatively receive a selectively biased roller about the interior of the slot. Strands of hair are placed between the slot in the head end of the body and the roller wherein the user depresses a roller actuating lever at the handle end of the body. Depressing of the lever depresses the roller into the slot by rotating a cooperating mechanism connected to both the roller and lever causing the roller to depress. The user inserts hair strands between the raised roller and slotted side of the head end and thereafter the roller sinks into the slot at a predetermined bias to put optimum tension on the hair strands.

Abstract: A cast saw for removing hard orthopaedic bandages, for example formed of plaster is disclosed. The cast saw is a unitary device containing a rechargeable battery pack in a removable filter form collection chamber. A shroud covers at least a portion of the saw blade and such shroud is movable by the cutting operation from the interference of the casting material as the blade is received within the casting material while cutting through such casting material. A dust channel is formed within the housing and dust and debris caused by the cutting operation is pulled through such dust channel by the forces applied by impeller rotated by an electric motor received within the housing. A pressure sensitive switch is supplied which senses an increase in force on the saw blade and increases the current supplied to the motor proportionally in order to provide additional torque to the motor.

Abstract: A hand-holdable trimmer for garden and lawn applications has an elongated housing defining an air passage extending from the trimmer's rotating trimmer head to a collection container for cuttings mounted distally on the housing. An impeller wheel driven by the trimmer motor causes air to flow under positive pressure from the region surrounding the trimmer head through the housing air passage to eventually deliver the trimmer cuttings to the collection container. A dual, axially adjustable trimmer head assembly also is provided to more efficiently cut grass, weeds, etc. into small pieces capable of being easily transferred to the collection container.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a blister pack opener which includes a structure designed to receive a soft pack of individually segregated unit dosages of medication. The opener or soft pack puncturing mechanism has a base segment and a top segment hingedly connected to one another. The base segment has an orifice located thereon which is of sufficient size to receive a unit dosage section of a soft pack commonly referred to as a "blister" and the top segment has a protrusion adapted to nest within the orifice of the bottom segment. The protrusion of the top segment has sufficient height so as to puncture a dosage unit section of a soft pack of medication. When a dosage unit or "blister" is placed within the orifice of the bottom segment and the top segment is hingedly pushed downwardly, the protrusion on the top segment will puncture the foil or flat element of the blister pack. Preferably, the puncture mechanism has toothed edges on this protrusion to enhance puncturing.

Abstract: A nail clipper including substantially coextensive first and second cutting elements having a receptacle assembly including a receptacle secured laterally along one side of the nail clipper proximate cutting edges of the nail clipper permitting the first and second cutting elements to move together to clip a nail, the receptacle assembly simultaneously forming an enclosure operative for directing nail fragments into the receptacle for capturing the nail fragments.

Abstract: A detaching tool for a tube for medical treatment includes a body for gripping which has generally a U-shape and is resiliently deformable in an opening-closing direction in a bent portion. A separating member is separably disposed inside the body and the separating member generally forms a C-shape and is adapted to be pressed and closed by the body for gripping when the body for gripping is closed. A tube inserting portion is formed in the body and the separating member so that a tube for medical treatment may be inserted and held therein. First and second stream stopping portions are provided at a corresponding location inside the body and a corresponding location inside the separating member so as to press the pertinent portion of the tube and stop a stream inside the tube when the body is closed. First and second holding portions are provided on the body and the separating member so as to maintain the stream stopping states of the first and second stream stopping portions when the body is closed.

Abstract: An annular base carries a moveable cam member. Downwardly extending circumferentially arranged arcuate blades are mounted along the outer edge of the base to form a circle. Downwardly extending circumferentially arranged arcuate blades are pivotly mounted along the inner edge of the base to form a circle within the circle of fixed blades. Springs are interposed between radially aligned pairs of blades. The apparatus is positioned over the bagel such that the blades enter the interior of the bagel. The cam member cooperates with the moveable blades to move each blade in a substantially radial direction, against the intervening spring. The blades move from a position spaced from the aligned fixed blade to a position proximate to the aligned blade, as the cam member is moved, causing the dough to be pinched between the aligned blades. The dough is extracted as the apparatus is removed from the bagel.

Abstract: A hand power tool comprises a motor housing, a foot plate adjustably arranged on the motor housing, a chip removing tool, a suction device for aspirating chips and dust and provided in a space between the motor housing and the foot plate, a clamping device adjustably mounting the foot plate on the housing and an outwardly accessible handle. The clamping device is connected with the outwardly accessible handle by force reducing actuating members which include an overrunning coupling.

Abstract: A dust collecting shroud for removably attaching to a circular saw. The shroud is horizontally oriented relative to the blade of the circular saw in a position parallel to and below the base of the circular saw. The shroud has upper and lower panels enclosing and defining a dust collection chamber. The upper and lower panels have overlying slots for passing the blade and blade guard through the shroud. A short conduit stub communicating with the dust collection chamber is provided for accepting connection of a vacuum hose, which hose is not part of the invention, for evacuation of cuttings from the chamber. A removable panel has a slot of variable width, for cooperating very closely with the blade and the blade guard. This removable panel is reversibly inserted into the shroud, so that the circular saw may be reversibly mounted to the shroud. Threaded studs project upwardly from the shroud, so that they penetrate holes drilled into commercially available electrically powered circular saws.

Abstract: A cutting chip suction device is adapted for sucking cutting chips produced when a work is cut by a blade of a cutting tool. The device includes a duct and a duct mounting mechanism. The duct has one end connected to a dust collector and having the other end formed with an opening. The duct mounting mechanism is adapted for mounting the duct on the cutting tool and permits the duct to be selectively mounted on the cutting tool in a first position and a second position on both sides of the blade. The opening of the duct in said first and second positions is positioned adjacent a cutting position where the work is cut by the blade.

Abstract: A portable circular saw has a main body (8) accommodating a motor therein, a sawing blade (4) rotated by the motor, a dust casing (3) covering the upper part of sawing blade (4), and a base (9) mounting main body (8). A plurality of partition plates (12a-12e) and a step-up portion (13) are arranged in a hollow space of dust casing (3). These plates (12a) to (12e) and step-up portion (13) have a surface perpendicular to a plane of sawing blade (4). A side wall (17) of dust casing (3) is recessed inward. Base (9) is an aluminum casting product. A link portion (11), provided on base (9), is rotatable about a pivot (18) so as to allow an angular adjustment between base (9) and sawing blade (4).

Abstract: A clipping catcher for connection to a powered hedge trimmer to catch trimmings severed from a plant, such as a hedge or bush, by the hedge trimmer. The catcher includes a plurality of catcher panels that are hingedly connected along respective opposed longitudinal edges of the adjacent panels. The catcher panels are held in a predetermined angular relationship relative to each other by end clips that engage end edges of respective adjacent catcher panels to define a catcher that, when viewed in cross-section, has a C shape. The end clips are pivotable about hinge pins and are movable axially relative to the catcher panels to permit withdrawal of the end clips from the end edges of the catcher panels for reorientation of the catcher panel members relative to each other to enable the catcher to be utilized in each of two opposite directions of movement of the hedge trimmer, and without requiring removal of the catcher from the hedge trimmer cutter assembly.

Abstract: A hair cutting device has a movable arm for holding a comb and a mechanism for driving the movable comb which combines light weight with hardness. The mechanism to drive the movable arm comprises a bar screw rotated by a drive motor and a ring that ascends or descends, in accordance with the spiral groove of the bar screw. To eliminate hair damage caused by a haircut, high-frequency electricity or minute flame jets from minute holes can be alternatively used for cutting or burning off hairs nipped in the comb.

Abstract: A retractable blade utility knife is provided with storage for spare blades within the knife handle and a knife blade carrier that can be actuated to an operative position in a direction longitudinal to the knife housing, and to a knife blade loading position in a direction transverse to the knife housing, without disassembly of the knife housing. An externally accessible button extends from an L-shaped slot through a housing shell of the knife and allows for actuation of the knife blade carrier from a loading position to an operative position in one continuous motion. The externally accessible button is connected at its proximal end to a flexible arm on the blade carrier. The distal end of the flexible arm of the blade carrier has a transversely extending lip that selectively engages with longitudinally spaced notches on horizontal ribs extending from the inside surface of the knife housing shell.

Abstract: A ventilating device in a power driven tool has a fan driven by a motor for cooling the motor and has an air flow channel for the air to flow to the outside after passing around the motor. The ventilating device includes an air passage member disposed in the air flow channel on the downstream side of the fan to form a part of the air flow channel. The air passage member includes a plurality of blow windows and a plurality of partition walls for separating the blow windows from each other. The blow windows are positioned in series in the rotational direction of the fan. The partition walls have different heights relative to and in the direction toward the fan such that the heights increase in the rotational direction of the fan.

Abstract: A windshield removal apparatus that includes a suction cup assembly that is secured, via a vacuum, onto the interior center portion of an automobile's windshield. A swivel head is located at the opposite end of the assembly where the vacuum interface is initiated. The swivel head rotates bi-directionally 360 degrees in approximately the same plane as that of the windshield. The rotation of the swivel head is relatively friction free. A spring is located between the swivel head and the cutting wire which is in turn attached to a grip, to complete the configuration of the apparatus. The cutting wire is initially threaded through the seal between the windshield and automobile. The connection of the cutting wire to the spring and swivel head may take place in any order such that the apparatus is in the appropriate position to commence the cutting process of the entire perimeter of the seal.

Abstract: A tick removing device includes an upwardly angled fixed front end section with a V-shaped notch opening to the front with two blunt points. A bottom surface of the front end is slid along the skin of the host toward the embedded tick with a slight pressure sliding the opening of the V-shaped notch past the tick until the narrowing edges of the V-shaped notch contact the tick's body lifting the tick away from the flesh. The device includes a cup or a sticky patch to catch the removed tick.

Abstract: The present specification discloses a cutting tool for use in the garden and workshops having a body (A) which houses a screw impeller (9) that can be driven by a motor (23). The screw impeller (9) being arranged to move waste along a flow path extending through the body (A) from an inlet (11) to an outlet (13), the outlet (13) being connectable to a receptacle which can then entrap any material so moved. A rotating cutting blade (35,41) controlled by the screw impeller (9) being located adjacent to the inlet (11) to act with a fixed cutting blade (31,37) to cut material projecting therebetween, which cut material is entrained through the body (A) by the screw impeller (9) to the receptacle.