Abstract: A suction device for a handheld power tool that is adapted to be driven in oscillation and that is equipped with a gearbox extension housing for mounting of the suction device. The suction device having a body mounted on the gearbox extension housing of the handheld power tool via a mounting section and an air duct formed in the body, the air duct being delimited at one end by an air inlet and at an other end by an air outlet on which a suction apparatus or a dust exhauster is adapted to be detachably mounted. The mounting section of the body is formed essentially as a hollow cylinder and extends between a first plane and a second plane, which are substantially parallel.

Abstract: A hair container for a hair cutting appliance includes a container housing having a hair compartment for accommodating cut hair sections, and an attachment portion for releasably attaching the hair container to a hair cutting appliance. The attachment portion is configured to attach the hair container to the hair cutting appliance when an attachment comb is attached to the hair cutting appliance.

Abstract: A self-hair clipper includes a housing (1), a motor (29) in the housing (1) for driving a blade (18); and a comb adjusting mechanism that forms a space for receiving the motor (29) therein, the comb adjusting mechanism includes two cam wheels (3), and wherein the motor (29) is positioned between the two cam wheels (3).

Abstract: The disclosed hedge trimmer is provided with a main body, a blade unit supported by the main body and a chip receiver supported by the blade unit. The chip receiver is attached to the blade unit. The chip receiver is positioned at an opposite side of the blade unit from cutting edges of the blade unit and receives branches and leaves cut by the cutting edges. The chip receiver has a concavo-convex shape including a longitudinal rib, traverse rib and projections formed of a edge of the chip receiver, to prevent the received branches and leaves from dropping.

Abstract: An uninterruptible power supply (“UPS”) is provided with a backup power supply that has an adjustable reserve power level that is based on a user's input and/or is configured to notify a user if a battery included in the UPS needs to be replaced. In one embodiment of the present invention, the UPS (or a circuit included therein) estimates a remaining life (ERL) of the battery by considering various battery conditions, including, but not limited to, a predetermined battery life expectancy, whether the battery is being used to power a load, and battery temperature. If it is estimated that the ERL is low, or below a predetermined threshold, then the UPS (or a circuit included therein) is configured to notify a user that the battery needs to be replaced.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for cutting and terminating POF cable with error prevention. The apparatus comprises a hand tool with a blade supporting top bar linked to a bottom bar. The bottom bar comprises two aligned rows of holes perpendicular to the blade and opposite each other with a space between the rows for providing the blade the movement space needed for the cutting and terminating POF cable when at least one of the top bar and the bottom bar is pressed against the other.

Abstract: A clippings catcher that attaches to a trimmer having a guard and motor driven reciprocating cutting blades for catching vegetation clippings regardless of the direction in which the trimmer is moved when cutting vegetation, and having a section of flexible fabric configured to result in a desired billowing of the fabric which enables an effective structure for catching vegetation clippings regardless of the direction in which the trimmer is moved while avoiding interference between the fabric and the blades of the trimmer.

Abstract: The disclosed hedge trimmer is provided with a main body, a blade unit supported by the main body and a chip receiver supported by the blade unit. The chip receiver is attached to the blade unit. The chip receiver is positioned at an opposite side of the blade unit from cutting edges of the blade unit and receives branches and leaves cut by the cutting edges. The chip receiver has a concavo-convex shape including a longitudinal rib, traverse rib and projections formed of a edge of the chip receiver, to prevent the received branches and leaves from dropping.

Abstract: A blade guard for a hedge trimmer that can cut trimmings from a hedge includes a cutting arm member with a first set of the cutting blades that extends laterally from the cutting arm member. The blade guard generally includes a first housing member and a second housing member movable between an open condition and a closed condition. A connecting member on the blade guard member that is operable to releasably couple to the cutting arm member. The first housing member and the second housing member in the open condition establish an opening between the first housing member and the second housing member. The blade guard in the open condition is operable to catch the trimmings in the opening between the first housing member and the second housing member. The blade guard in the closed condition is operable to cover the first set of the cutting blades.

Abstract: A multipurpose debris deflector for a hedge trimmer having a deflector body removably attachable to a hedge trimmer. The deflector is positionable between a first position and second wherein in a first position, the deflector body is operable to receive at least a portion of a cutting assembly of the hedge trimmer within the deflector body, and, in a second position, the deflector body is connectable with the cutting assembly such that cutting blades of the cutting assembly are exposed and the deflector body is operable to deflect debris from a vegetation cutting operation.

Abstract: A blade guard for a hedge trimmer that can cut trimmings from a hedge includes a cutting arm member with a first set of the cutting blades that extends laterally from the cutting arm member. The blade guard generally includes a first housing member and a second housing member movable between an open condition and a closed condition. A connecting member on the blade guard member that is operable to releasably couple to the cutting arm member. The first housing member and the second housing member in the open condition establish an opening between the first housing member and the second housing member. The blade guard in the open condition is operable to catch the trimmings in the opening between the first housing member and the second housing member. The blade guard in the closed condition is operable to cover the first set of the cutting blades.

Abstract: A swivelable vacuum hose coupler of a grooming clipper vacuum attachment includes a front attachment member attachable to a suction head of the vacuum attachment, a rear hose attachment member attachable to an end of a vacuum hose, and an annular swivel collar rigidly attached to a rear end portion of the front attachment member and rotatably coupled to a front end portion of the rear attachment member so as to hold the rear end portion of the front attachment member in an abutting relationship with the front end portion of the rear attachment member and the front attachment member in flow communication with the rear attachment member and to form a swivel joint with the rear attachment member such that the front attachment member can rotate at the swivel joint relative to the rear attachment member and thereby allow the rear attachment member to remain in a stationary position relative to the front attachment member.

Abstract: A pair of gardening shears include a first cutting member, a second cutting member, an end cap, and a sliding member. Thus, the gardening shears are used to cut branches or leaves and are available for a grafting purpose, thereby enhancing the versatility of the gardening shears. In addition, the male slip of the son plant and the female slip of the mother plant are formed by the blade of the sliding member to match each other exactly, so that the male slip of the son plant is inserted into and combined with the female slip of the mother plant rigidly and closely, thereby enhancing the grafting effect of the son plant and the mother plant.

Abstract: The invention is a pre-conformed cover consisting of panels of a relatively strong flexible material assembled in a conformation that can protectively stretchedly cover and lockedly secure one or more hair clippers on a hair clipper rack. A locking means that has at least one first grommet positioned in an edge panel of the pre-conformed cover, and at least one strap terminated with a second grommet, where the at least one strap is attached to an opposing edge panel of the pre-conformed cover, such that by extending the strap, a lock can pass through the first and second grommet. Exemplary of a strong flexible material is rip-stop nylon, heavy-duty cloth, reinforced scrim plastic film, and ballistic cloth. The pre-conformed cover can be further comprised of pre-extended elastic strips or bands sewn in the edges panels.

Abstract: A hair cutting device with a suction device for drawing off cut pieces of hair is provided. A varier, which may have an adjustable spring loaded movable wall portion, reacts to the circumstances of the hair being cut and adjusts an air flow rate in the area of the suction opening.

Abstract: A vacuum attachment mountable on a forward end of a hair grooming clipper includes a conduit body enclosing an internal air flow passage between inlet and outlet ends thereof such that flow of hair cuttings entrained in air can be drawn from front cutting blades of a cutting head mechanism of the clipper via the inlet end through the passage to an external hose coupled to the outlet end, and mounting wings integrally and externally formed on the conduit body and extending from opposite sides thereof such that the conduit body and mounting wings define a replacement cover that can substitute for and replace the original equipment cover removed from the forward end of the casing of the clipper in order to enclose the opening in the forward end of the casing of the clipper.

Abstract: A hair clipping device includes a housing, a blade chassis engageable upon the housing and having a bladeset including a stationary blade and at least one moving blade configured for reciprocal movement relative to the stationary blade. A comb assembly is configured for releasable attachment to the blade chassis and includes a comb base and a comb member. The comb member is selectively slidably adjustable relative to the comb base between a retracted position and an extended position. An adjustment mechanism is provided for selectively adjusting the comb member between the extended position and the retracted position, the adjustment mechanism having a handle and being configured so that movement of the handle will cause extension or retraction of the comb member relative to the comb base. In a hair clipping device, a housing encloses an apparatus for creating a vacuum, and has a vacuum inlet.

Abstract: A variable vacuum attachment for a hair grooming clipper includes a body and a coupler connected to the body and having an end receiving an end of a hose connected to a vacuum source. The body is a suction head mounted on the hair grooming clipper and defining an air flow passage. A vacuum applied to the body through the coupler and hose will induce a hair cuttings-entrainable flow of air from the cutting head end of the clipper through the air flow passage of the body and therefrom through the coupler to the hose. The coupler has open opposite ends and an internal air flow channel extending therebetween. A vacuum relief mechanism on the coupler includes a vacuum relief port in an annular wall thereof intermediate between the open opposite ends of the channel for providing adjustable flow communication between the channel and the exterior of the coupler.

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 hedge trimmer debris guide for sweeping cut debris from a hedge. The inventive device includes a deflector panel which can be magnetically secured to a portion of a reciprocating blade structure of a hedge trimmer. The deflector panel can be arcuate in configuration to capture and retain the debris during sweeping of the trimmer during a cutting procedure for subsequent depositing of the debris into a desired container or area of a surrounding yard.

Abstract: A transparent plate mounted on a sickle bar, adjacent the inner end thereof. The plate is located in register with the handle that is positioned on the sickle bar, to cover the cutting teeth more fully, at the location where it is held.

Abstract: A handheld appliance including a housing including a surface area, a moveable member moveable relative to the surface of the housing, and a latch for releasably preventing and permitting movement of the moveable member relative to the housing and including a series of indentations in the surface area of the housing, and a latch member movably carried on the moveable member for movement between a latch position preventing movement of the moveable member relative to the housing and a release position permitting movement of the moveable member relative to the housing, the latch member including a generally planar base portion, and a flange portion which is received in a selected one of the indentations when the latch member is in the latch position and free of the indentations when the latch member is in the release position.

Abstract: A cutting implement employing a pair of rollers placed vertically one above the other, the rollers having sharpened edges that slightly overlap and touch each other at a selected position, forming a cutting point where they touch. When the rollers are rotated, the sharpened edges form a continuous cutting edge for cutting material such as most paper and plastics. The rollers are provided with a degree of toe-in in the direction of rotation to insure that they remain in contact with each other during the cutting process. The rollers are rotatably mounted to a stiff carrier to provide dimensionally predictable location of the rollers with respect to each other, and to insure the smooth flow of material through the rollers as the material is being cut.

Abstract: A dog grooming attachment to a haircutting tool of the type that uses hair flow created by suction device to draw hair into a cutting chamber comprises a spacing element attachable to the inlet of the cutting chamber and a comb made of a plurality of parallel, L-shaped tines.

Abstract: A suction attachment for a hair grooming clipper includes a suction head having a vacuum relief port and a flexible sealing lid for covering the port. The relief port communicates between an internal air flow passage in the suction head and the exterior of the suction head. The sealing lid is movable by a user's finger to regulate the degree of relief of the vacuum provided by the port. The suction head has a flow constriction defined in the air flow passage midway between a front inlet and a rear outlet and proximate the location of the relief port such that regulation of vacuum relief occurs at the region of the passage where the air pressure is highest and air velocity is lowest. Also, a hollow tubular extension at one end can be inserted in the relief port when the port is completely open to prevent clogging of the open port by hair entering the port from the exterior of the suction head.

Abstract: An apparatus including a cylindrical housing mounting an upper cylindrical housing slidably thereto to vary a spacing between an entrance of the upper cylindrical housing to a series of cutting blades. The cutting blades are mounted to a rotating shaft of an electric motor, with an exhaust conduit positioned between the electric motor and the cutting blades for directing cut hair and debris exteriorly of the housing, with the conduit associated with a source of vacuum, and wherein the conduit includes sliding doors for varying the degree of vacuum directed to the conduit. Alternative configurations include a self-enclosed housing with the vacuum source defined by impeller blades mounted within a lowermost portion of the housing underlying a porous bag with the housing separable to gain access to the porous bag utilizing either a direct drive for the impeller blades, or alternatively a gear drive to circumvent the porous bag.

Abstract: A hair trimmer comprising a main body including a cylindrical portion having an axis, a blade set located in axially spaced relation from the cylindrical portion, and a non-cylindrical portion located between the blade set and the cylindrical portion, a ring disposed on the cylindrical portion and rotatably movable relative thereto, a comb disposed on the non-cylindrical portion of the main body and including a non-cylindrical portion cooperating with the non-cylindrical portion of the main body to permit displacement of the comb along the axis relative to the blade set and to prevent relative rotation between the comb and the main body, and structure connecting the ring with the main body and with the comb for displacing the comb axially relative to the main body in response to rotation of the ring.

Abstract: A cutting tool designed to provide a straight line cut through plastic or like material conduit and incorporating pivoted handles respectively including a cutting blade and a positioning anvil formed at the distal ends thereof and in cooperative relation to one another so that the conduit product positioned in the anvil will be maintained in a cutting position to achieve an accurate straight line cut. A return spring, a stop element and a closed end configuration are provided on the remainder of the handles, substantially adjacent to the proximal ends thereof to prevent nesting engagement of the handles during the cutting operation and maintain predetermined spaced relation between the ends of the handle so as to insure their separation and return to a cutting position once gripping pressure is released.

Abstract: A device is provided for cutting roofing caps efficiently and easily from standard asphalt or fiberglass roofing shingles. The device comprises a support base to hold a shingle, the support base being hinged to a top plate having cutting blades affixed thereto. The support base has cut-outs corresponding with and acting cooperatively with the configuration of the cutting blades. Standard shingles can be cut to desired patterns. Preferably two interior, wedge-shaped cut-outs and two exterior, beveled cut-outs are employed in the support plate, and cutting blades are arranged in the top plate so as to penetrate the shingle along the bevels and the sides of the wedges and thereby cut the shingle in the desired pattern and permit unwanted shingle material to fall away and be discarded, producing three precision-cut roofing caps from each shingle.

Abstract: A vegetation trimmer having a powered cutter arranged to cut in an upright plane. A catcher is provided for catching the cut vegetation. It includes a first upwardly opening U-shaped collecting portion underlying the cutter and having a front portion extending to substantially forwardly of the bottom of the cutter, and an upwardly opening U-shaped rear portion extending from the first portion to substantially rearwardly of the bottom of the cutter. The catcher is removably secured to a soleplate portion of the cutter which may be a hand-held cutter. A wand may be removably attached to the hand-held cutter to permit its use at foot level.

Abstract: A portable device for trimming hedges, shrubs and trees, cutting grass etc. in which an integral clippings collector is provided. The device features a hedge trimmer consisting of reciprocating blades, a generally cylindrical rotatable brush juxtaposed with the hedge trimmer, and a baffle so disposed in relation to the hedge trimmer and brush that severed portions of the vegetation are directed to an enclosure in which the severed portions are collected. In a preferred embodiment the enclosure may be periodically emptied of accumulated vegetation by pivoting a panel portion of the enclosure about one edge thereof.

Abstract: A clippings catcher for attachment to a power hedge trimmer having an elongated sickle blade assembly extending in one direction from the motor and handle assembly. The clippings catcher comprises a somewhat elongated rigid frame secured to the blade assembly and being substantially coextensive lengthwise therewith, a flexible transparent bag which is secured to the frame perimetrically of the bag opening and which extends rearwardly from the frame, and a deflector plate on the distal end of the frame which extends generally in a forward direction.

Abstract: The present structure relates to portable electrically operated hedge trimmers of the type having an elongated blade assembly, including at least one stationary cutter blade and at least one cooperating reciprocating cutter blade supported and guided by the blade assembly, having means for operating the reciprocating blade, and an assembly for supporting the blade operating means and the blade assembly, including a handle positioned on the assembly supporting the operating means between the cutter blades and the said operating means, a raking element secured along the upper side of the blade assembly having a safety shield positioned on the rake portion between the blades and the operating means for shielding the hands of the operator from the cutter blades.