Reciprocating And/or Oscillating Blade Patents (Class 30/208)
  • Patent number: 11432467
    Abstract: A reciprocating blade apparatus includes a pair of reciprocating blades stacked on one another in a thickness direction. Each of the blades includes a base as a flat plate extending in a longitudinal direction, and a plurality of teeth protruding in a direction intersecting the longitudinal direction. A transmission case of the reciprocating blade apparatus also includes a reciprocating member having a joint detachably coupled to the base, the reciprocating member being reciprocably supported in the longitudinal direction. A blade support member is attached to the transmission case and configured to sandwich bases of the pair of reciprocating blades therebetween to allow the pair of reciprocating blades to move in the longitudinal direction. The blade support member holds a space to accommodate the pair of reciprocating blades and is independently attached to the transmission case. The pair of reciprocating blades is detachably attached to the blade support member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: YAMABIKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kunio Shimizu, Hisao Kodama
  • Patent number: 11432468
    Abstract: A reciprocating blade apparatus includes a pair of reciprocating blades stacked on one another in a thickness direction. Each of the blades includes a base as a flat plate extending in a longitudinal direction, and a plurality of teeth protruding in a direction intersecting the longitudinal direction. A transmission case of the reciprocating blade apparatus also includes a reciprocating member having a joint detachably coupled to the base, the reciprocating member being reciprocably supported in the longitudinal direction. A blade support member is attached to the transmission case and configured to sandwich bases of the pair of reciprocating blades therebetween to allow the pair of reciprocating blades to move in the longitudinal direction. The blade support member supporting the pair of reciprocating blades is detachably attached to the transmission case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: YAMABIKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kunio Shimizu, Hisao Kodama
  • Patent number: 10624783
    Abstract: The multiport vitrectomy cutter (10) is an ocular surgical tool allowing a surgeon to select between a single cutting port configuration and a multiple cutting port configuration. The multiport vitrectomy cutter includes an internal tube (36) and a rotating external tube (22). The external tube has a plurality of external ports (28, 30, 32) for receiving vitreous of the eye. The internal tube (36) has a closed distal end (38), defining a cutting blade, and is slidably disposed within the external tube (22) so that the cutting blade oscillates across a first one of the external ports (28) to cut tissue. The internal tube (36) has at least one internal port (40, 42), such that selective rotation of the external tube (22) with respect to the internal tube (36) selectively aligns the at least one internal port (40, 42) with a remainder of the external ports (30, 32).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Inventor: Khalid Al Sabti
  • Patent number: 10463385
    Abstract: A surgical instrument (1) is provided with a rigid probe (2), and cuts off the trabecular meshwork by inserting this probe (2) into the canal of Schlemm. An inner tube portion having a cutter is equipped inside the probe, and the trabecular meshwork sucked in from a hole portion (22) is cut off by the cutter due to the movement of the inner tube portion. A protection portion (21) is formed on the tip the probe (2) and protects the outer wall of the canal of Schlemm when cutting the trabecular meshwork. According to the invention, an ophthalmic surgical instrument for glaucoma patients is provided, the surgical instrument having excellent operability and preventing cutting of parts that should not be cut off without fail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: CHUKYO MEDICAL CO., INC.
    Inventor: Kazuo Ichikawa
  • Patent number: 10307919
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a sandwich structured cutter, which includes two fixed blades and a reciprocating blade sandwiched between the two fixed blades; edges of front ends of both the two fixed blades are provided with a row of comb teeth, an inner surface of each comb tooth contacting the reciprocating blade forms an acute angle with a lateral edge of the comb tooth; an edge of a front end of the reciprocating blade is provided with a row of cutting teeth with cutting edges; the edges of the front ends of the two fixed blades are overlapped with each other, the edge of the front end of the reciprocating blade is sandwiched between the edges of the front ends of the two fixed blades and is not exposed out of the edge of the front end of any one fixed blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: SPECIALIFE (ZHUHAI) CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tung Yan Lau
  • Patent number: 10272578
    Abstract: A hair clipper bladeset is provided, including a stationary blade having a front edge having a plurality of stationary teeth, and a moving blade including a moving front edge having a plurality of moving teeth disposed such that the moving blade teeth laterally reciprocate relative to the stationary blade teeth to form a cutting edge. A cam follower is disposed upon an upper surface of the moving blade and includes at least one cam follower formation constructed and arranged for guiding the moving blade in reciprocation. A blade guide is located between the moving blade and the stationary blade, having at least one complementary blade guide formation configured for accommodating a corresponding said at least one cam follower formation for creating multiple contact points constructed and arranged for maintaining alignment of the blades at the cutting edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: WAHL CLIPPER CORPORATION
    Inventor: Bruce V. Johnson
  • Patent number: 9757100
    Abstract: A biopsy device includes a body, a probe cannula, a cutter, a vacuum source, a tissue sample holder, and a flexible tube. The probe cannula extends distally from the body and defines an internal passage with a side aperture. The cutter is translatable relative to the probe cannula to sever a tissue sample received in the probe cannula. The vacuum source is in communication with the cutter. The tissue sample holder includes a vacuum port on the exterior surface to communicate with the vacuum source and a removable portion to hold solid tissue samples. The removable portion is selectively removable from the tissue sample holder and includes a straining member to separate fluids from solids. The flexible tube couples the tissue sample holder with the body such that the tissue sample holder is flexibly spaced away from the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Devicor Medical Products, Inc.
    Inventor: John A. Hibner
  • Patent number: 9468425
    Abstract: A biopsy device includes a body, a probe cannula, a cutter, a vacuum source, a tissue sample holder, and a flexible tube. The probe cannula extends distally from the body and defines an internal passage with a side aperture. The cutter is translatable relative to the probe cannula to sever a tissue sample received in the probe cannula. The vacuum source is in communication with the cutter. The tissue sample holder includes a vacuum port on the exterior surface to communicate with the vacuum source and a removable portion to hold solid tissue samples. The removable portion is selectively removable from the tissue sample holder and includes a straining member to separate fluids from solids. The flexible tube couples the tissue sample holder with the body such that the tissue sample holder is flexibly spaced away from the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: Devicor Medical Products, Inc.
    Inventor: John A. Hibner
  • Patent number: 9038276
    Abstract: A hair clipper has a base structural housing with a blade set operably secured thereto. The blade set has a stationary blade and a reciprocating blade. The base has at least one support for a rotary motor. A flexible motor vibration and noise damper fits over half of the motor, and a motor cover is secured to the base structural housing over the vibration damper. A secondary housing cover is secured to the base structural housing over the motor cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Wahl Clipper Corporation
    Inventors: Steven Arndt, Jeff Gesiakowski
  • Patent number: 9027252
    Abstract: A tooth for a blade of a hair cutting apparatus includes a root secured to a base of the blade, a tip opposite the root, and a longitudinal axis of the tooth defined between the root and the tip. A lower, planar cutting surface is provided on the tooth, as is an upper surface opposite the lower surface, and sidewalls separating the upper surface from the lower surface. At least a portion of the upper surface and the sidewalls is elliptical in the direction of the longitudinal axis, beginning at the tip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Wahl Clipper Corporation
    Inventor: Russell L. Moseman
  • Patent number: 8966772
    Abstract: A surgical blade assembly for use with a driver includes a blade with a distal cutting portion, and a proximal end has a first dimension which is less than what is applicable for use with a specific driver head. An insert is affixed to the blade proximal end and, when affixed to the blade proximal end, is configured to enable the blade for use with the driver head. A surgical cutting tool includes such a surgical blade assembly and a driver head receiving the blade assembly. A surgical cutting tool kit includes a driver with a head for receiving the blade assembly, and a plurality of such surgical blade assemblies for use with the driver, wherein the blades have different thicknesses (a) and/or widths and the corresponding inserts are configured such that the proximal ends of the surgical blade assemblies all include at least one same constant dimension (b).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Zimmer Surgical SA
    Inventors: Bernard P. Legrand, Marc Detry
  • Patent number: 8959780
    Abstract: A cutting blade includes a first and a second elongated frame part, and projections protruding from the first and the second elongated frame part in the cross direction. The first and the second frame part are attached to each other by blades, the blades being individually attached to the first frame part at first pivot points and to the second frame part at second pivot points so that the opposite ends of the blades protrude from the first and second pivot points, respectively, in the cross direction of the frame parts. The first and the second elongated frame part are movable relative to each other to rotate the blades around the first and second pivot points and to generate a cutting movement between each end of the blade and projection approaching each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Fiskars Brands Finland Oy AB
    Inventors: Petteri Masalin, Juha Huhtala, Markus Paloheimo, Fredrik Magnusson
  • Publication number: 20150047203
    Abstract: A stationary blade (10) for a blade set (4) of an electrically operated hair cutting appliance (1), including a first wall (20) and a second wall (30), each wall defining a first surface (22a, 32a), a second surface (22b, 32b) facing away from the first surface, and a laterally extending leading edge (23, 33) defining a plurality of laterally spaced apart longitudinally extending projections (24, 34), wherein the first surfaces of the first and second walls face each other, at least at their leading edges (23, 33), while facing projections along the leading edges of the first and second walls are mutually connected at their tips (26, 36) to define a plurality of generally U-shaped teeth (12), and the first surfaces of the first and second walls define a laterally extending guide slot (16) for a movable blade (40) of said blade set between them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2013
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Inventors: Martinus Bernardus Stapelbroek, Jan Van Dalen
  • Patent number: 8918998
    Abstract: A hedge trimmer having a rear handle, a tubular handle and a blade arrangement with at least one cutter bar disposed in a cutter bar plane. An internal combustion engine drives the cutter bars in a reciprocating manner, and has a combustion chamber and a crankshaft mounted in a crankcase so as to be rotatable about an axis of rotation. The combustion chamber faces the rear handle, and the crankcase faces the blade arrangement. The blade arrangement has a longitudinal central axis, and the hedge trimmer has a longitudinal plane that is disposed parallel to the axis of rotation of the crankshaft and transverse to the cutter bar plane. The longitudinal central axis of the blade arrangement lies in the longitudinal plane of the hedge trimmer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Georg Heinzelmann, Markus Hittmann, Antonio Fattorusso, Marcus Stein
  • Publication number: 20140317938
    Abstract: A hair clipper trimming device includes two arms that are pivotally connected along biasing members on each arm. The arms are biased to an open position by a spring mount. The opposite end of each arm includes cutting a surface. One cutting surface includes a row of teeth of alternating depth while the other cutting surface has a row of teeth of constant depth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: Fringe Cosmetics, LLC
    Inventor: Melissa Peverini
  • Patent number: 8850707
    Abstract: A hair trimmer is disclosed, comprising a fixed cutting element having teeth on the front side thereof, and a mobile cutting element which has teeth on the front side thereof and is oscillable in relation to the fixed cutting element, so that, when the hair trimmer is used, hairs reaching between the teeth of the fixed cutting element and the mobile cutting element are cut off. The hair trimmer also has a protective support which has teeth on its front side, is arranged on the fixed cutting element, and used to place the hair trimmer on the skin of the user. The teeth of the protective support lock with the teeth of the fixed cutting element on the front side or slightly extend over the teeth, and the teeth of the protective support lie on the fixed cutting element, essentially without gaps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Braun GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Maichel, Peter Schaefer, Juergen Behrendt
  • Publication number: 20140283391
    Abstract: A hedge trimmer is provided and may include a first member having a plurality of blades, a second member having a plurality of blades that slide relative to the plurality of blades of the first member, a driver that drives at least one of the plurality of blades of the first member and the plurality of blades of the second member and a plate-shape member that projects upward from an upper surface side of one of the first member and the second member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2013
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Inventor: MAKITA CORPORATION
  • Patent number: 8806757
    Abstract: A blade guide for a hair clipper bladeset, the guide configured for slidable engagement in a transverse track of a stationary blade, and including a blade guide body having a first edge and a second edge being generally parallel to and spaced from the first edge, each of the edges having a pair of opposed free ends. At least one arched load beam connects a corresponding opposed pair of the free ends of the first and second edges for exerting a torsion-resisting biasing force between the edges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Wahl Clipper Corporation
    Inventor: Russell L. Moseman
  • Patent number: 8769828
    Abstract: A blade set for hair clippers which has a lower fixed blade, an upper fixed blade, a movable blade assembly and a blade holder. The movable blade assembly is flat and extends in a plane parallel to a lengthwise plane of the upper fixed blade and a lengthwise plane of the lower fixed blade and disposed in between the lower fixed blade and the upper fixed blade in such a way that a user's skin is protected from getting injured by the movable blade assembly. A third toothed front edge is provided at a front end of the movable blade assembly, a lower portion of which cooperates with an upper portion of the first toothed front edge to define a first cutting surface, and an upper portion of which cooperates with a lower portion of the second toothed front edge to define a second cutting surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Specialife Industries Limited
    Inventor: Tung Yan Lau
  • Patent number: 8732966
    Abstract: A hair clipper grip attachment is provided that is configured for releasably engaging a hair clipper, and includes a body with an exterior surface, an interior surface configured for contacting an exterior of a housing of the clipper. The body is constructed and arranged for releasably engaging the hair clipper in a snap-clip fashion for providing a thermally insulating layer that protects a user's hand from heat generated by the hair clipper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Wahl Clipper Corporation
    Inventor: Gary Lee Snow
  • Patent number: 8713803
    Abstract: A blade assembly of a hedge trimmer includes at least one cutting blade having cutting teeth. At least one portion of the cutting teeth are configured as protective teeth which, referred to the cutting blade axis, have an inner cutting region and from which an outer protective finger extends. The protective tooth is, referred to its tooth axis, configured unsymmetrically. The protective tooth has a cutting side and an opposite-lying holding side and a cutting edge in the cutting region on the cutting side and a holding edge on the holding side. The protective finger has a forward edge on the cutting side and a rearward edge on the holding side. Starting from the blade axis, the forward edge is inclined to the tooth axis and the rearward edge, starting from the blade axis, is inclined away from the tooth axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Georg Heinzelmann, Markus Hittmann
  • Patent number: 8713802
    Abstract: A hair-clipper includes a stationary blade and a movable blade. The comb projections of the stationary blade include a skin-contact surface which abuts against skin, and a slide surface with which the comb projections of the movable blade come into slide contact. Further, the main body of the stationary blade includes an opposed surface which is opposed to a plane including the skin-contact surface, and a shortest distance between the opposed surface and the plane including the skin-contact surface is equal to or greater than a distance between the plane including the skin-contact surface and the comb projection of the movable blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto Fukutani, Toshio Ikuta, Jiro Inaba
  • Publication number: 20140115901
    Abstract: A hair clipper apparatus includes a housing and a blade assembly mountable to the housing. The blade assembly includes a first blade member having a plurality of first teeth with each said first tooth defining a first longitudinal axis of symmetry and a first primary cutting edge and a second blade member having a plurality of second teeth with each second tooth defining a second longitudinal axis of symmetry and a second primary cutting edge. Each second tooth may have a recessed segment adjacent the second primary cutting edge dimensioned to collect hair disposed between the first and second primary cutting edges. The first blade member and the second blade member are adapted for relative reciprocal movement to cut the hair collected within the recessed segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: CONAIR CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yen Fu Liao
  • Publication number: 20140059866
    Abstract: An electric hair clipper comprises a main body block and a cutting block. The main body block has a motor built-in. The cutting block is provided with a blade section. The main body block is formed so as to have a configuration that a curved portion is located between an apical end portion and a rear end portion. The apical end portion is set so that an axial direction thereof is inclined with respect to an axial direction of the rear end portion. Further, the cutting block is set so that a cutting edge direction thereof is inclined with respect to the axial direction of the rear end portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Inventor: Hitoshi OGAWA
  • Patent number: 8610329
    Abstract: A drive unit for a hair cutting machine comprises a driving motor that includes a substantially U-shaped stator which has a first leg, a second leg, and at least one additional leg located between the first leg and the second leg, at least one field coil which can be disposed on the at least one additional leg, and an armature. Lateral air gap sections are formed between the first and second leg and the armature while central air gap sections are formed between the additional leg and the armature. The central air gap sections and the lateral air gap sections extend at an angle from a longitudinal axis. A first nose, which faces away from the additional leg, is arranged at the end of the first leg, while a notch, which faces the additional leg and corresponds to the first nose, is arranged on the second leg.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Wahl GmbH
    Inventors: Heinrich Schwer, Stefan Müller, Gerhard Kienzler
  • Publication number: 20130326885
    Abstract: A hand-held work tool has a drive motor and at least two cutting blades, at least one of which is driven back and forth by the drive motor. A first cover strip, which has at least keyhole-shaped openings, is arranged on a longitudinal side of one of the cutting blades. There are at least two fastening elements provided which project through the cutting blades and the first cover strip. Each opening has a slip-on portion and a fixing portion. The fixing portions, at least in part, engage behind the fastening portion of the associated fastening element with the first cover strip in the fixed state. The sides of the fixing portions of adjacent openings facing the slip-on portion are at a first spacing from one another. The sides of the fixing portions of adjacent fastening elements facing the fixing portions are at a second greater spacing from one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2013
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Inventor: Klaus Kaupp
  • Patent number: 8549756
    Abstract: A vibrator motor in a hair clipper has a stationary piece and a moving piece. The stationary piece has a primary leg and at least one secondary leg. The primary leg fits through an opening in a coil. A flange is then press fit onto the leg so that the coil is captured on the primary leg. The flange provides a magnetic pole face that is larger than the opening in the coil, which increases the efficiency of the motor. The flange is press fit in a single operation by pressing a primary prong into a primary socket, and pressing two secondary prongs into secondary sockets. The secondary prongs are guided inwardly as they enter the secondary sockets, which closes the primary socket around the primary prong. A drive arm is secured to an arm of the moving piece. The arm is angled in relation to the drive arm to put even pressure on the moving blade in the hair clipper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Wahl Clipper Corporation
    Inventors: Greg A. Heckman, Robert N. Buck, Scott A. Melton, Matthew J. Bowers, Edward D. Brill, Rick L Habben
  • Patent number: 8539678
    Abstract: A device for a motor driven tool such as a pole hedge trimmer, a pole saw or the like. The tool includes a drive unit that via a shaft tube is connected to a cutting unit. The cutting unit is turnably secured at the shaft tube by the device which is a turnable connection, wherein the cutting unit is movable between a range of at least two working positions and a transport position. The cutting unit is provided with one or several movable cutting elements and the tool is provided with locking structure for locking the movement of the cutting elements when the cutting unit is in the transport position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Husqvarna AB
    Inventors: Goran Dahlberg, Bengt Gustavsson
  • Publication number: 20130232796
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a pair of blades, one or both of which is adapted to be reciprocated along a longitudinal axis, comprises a first blade and a second blade, each blade having a cutting edge extending along a portion of the blade length. The cutting edge includes a series of teeth. A width of each blade is stepwise reduced along the cutting edge to the distal end so that one or more teeth from the series of teeth has a cutting surface that is receded relative to a tooth from the series of teeth that is closer to the proximal end. The teeth of the series of teeth are uniformly oriented relative to the longitudinal axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2013
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Inventor: ALEX NIKAS
  • Patent number: 8479400
    Abstract: A hair clipper includes a comb-like fixed blade and movable blade having a plurality of blade pieces arranged in parallel. The fixed blade and the movable blade is overlapped with each other and the movable blade is reciprocatively slid with respect to the fixed blade in an arrangement direction of the blade pieces. Each blade piece of the movable blade has blade edges formed at both sides thereof, each blade edge being formed with a leading rectilinear part and a basal rectilinear part; the leading rectilinear part and the basal rectilinear part are inclined with respect to the blade edges formed at both sides of each blade piece of the fixed blade by an acute included angle ?; and each blade edge of the movable blade has a rake surface facing an opposite side to the fixed blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto Fukutani, Toshio Ikuta
  • Patent number: 8397389
    Abstract: A power tool has a drive motor and first and second tool members driven reciprocatingly by the drive motor in opposite directions, respectively. The first tool member is driven by a first connecting rod and the first connecting rod is connected to the first tool member by a first pivot joint arranged on the first connecting rod. The second tool member is driven by a second connecting rod and the second connecting rod is connected to the second tool member by a second pivot joint arranged on the second connecting rod. The first pivot joint is arranged on an end of the first connecting rod which end is facing the tool members. The second pivot joint is arranged on an end of the second connecting rod which end is facing away from the tool members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KG
    Inventor: Ludwig Geromiller
  • Publication number: 20130031785
    Abstract: A blade beam of a motor driven hedge trimmer has two shearing knives. A shearing knife is movable in an oscillating manner through a stroke between two reversal points in the opposite direction with respect to the other shearing knife. Both shearing knives have spaced-apart cutting teeth that act against each other, and are at least partially provided with shearing blades for the chipless, shearing severing of material to be cut. A first cutting tooth of the one shearing knife lies at least partially in overlap with a first or second cutting tooth of the other shearing knife at the two reversal points. The blade beam has a trim cut region, in which the first cutting tooth of the one shearing knife completely glides, between its two reversal points, over a third cutting tooth lying between the first and the second cutting tooth of the other shearing knife.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2012
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Inventor: Klaus Kaupp
  • Patent number: 8341846
    Abstract: The hair clippers use a self-contained motor-driven adjustment mechanism to adjust the relative position of the stationary and reciprocating blades of a common type of blade set. Two momentary switches operable by the thumb of the hand holding the clipper afford a barber total automatic adjustment with the clipper itself in an on or off condition. Since the small gear motors used for the adjustment are brush type or brushless permanent magnet motors which are operated by direct current, the adjustment feature is most compatible with cordless clippers already using an on-board DC source in the form of a re-chargeable battery to drive the reciprocating blade. The invention will be described as a modification of a cordless clipper, although AC driven corded type clippers can also be modified with this feature by the addition of an on-board AC to DC power supply for the adjustment motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Inventor: Lonnie Holmes
  • Patent number: 8276279
    Abstract: A vibrator motor in a hair clipper has a stationary piece and a moving piece. The stationary piece has a primary leg and at least one secondary leg. The primary leg fits through an opening in a coil. A flange is then press fit onto the leg so that the coil is captured on the primary leg. The flange provides a magnetic pole face that is larger than the opening in the coil, which increases the efficiency of the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Wahl Clipper Corporation
    Inventors: Greg A. Heckman, Robert N. Buck, Jr., Scott A. Melton, Matthew J. Bowers, Edward D. Brill, Rick L. Habben
  • Publication number: 20120192436
    Abstract: An electric hair trimmer includes a handle having a drive motor and a cutter head connected to the handle. The cutter head includes a housing having a pair of cutting blades extending from an end of the housing and disposed adjacent to one another. At least one of the blades is adapted for motion relative to the other blade to cut hair, and each of the blades has a curved shape at a terminal end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2011
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Applicant: ROVCAL, INC.
    Inventor: David Yet Toy
  • Publication number: 20120174414
    Abstract: A cutting blade includes a first and a second elongated frame part, and projections protruding from the first and the second elongated frame part in the cross direction. The first and the second frame part are attached to each other by blades, the blades being individually attached to the first frame part at first pivot points and to the second frame part at second pivot points so that the opposite ends of the blades protrude from the first and second pivot points, respectively, in the cross direction of the frame parts. The first and the second elongated frame part are movable relative to each other to rotate the blades around the first and second pivot points and to generate a cutting movement between each end of the blade and projection approaching each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2011
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Inventors: Petteri Masalin, Juha Huhtala, Markus Paloheimo, Fredrik Magnusson
  • Patent number: 8186064
    Abstract: Shaving apparatus with cutting members which are movable relative to one another and are each provided with a row of substantially V-shaped teeth having edges, a cutting opening between each pair of cooperating teeth for catching hairs, said cutting opening having a shearing angle between 1° and 30°, wherein the cutting openings are not completely closed during operation of the shaving apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Johan Pragt, Fokke Roelof Voorhorst, Jan Spoelstra, Alastair Ian Blake, Bastiaan Johannes De Wit, Jasper Zuidervaart, Albert Maas De Lange, Anna Dirkje Bosma
  • Patent number: 8132332
    Abstract: A cutting device with two toothed blades arranged to be moveable with respect to each other includes a magnetic arranged to press both blades together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Manfred Tautscher, Rene Wadsack
  • Publication number: 20120055032
    Abstract: A hedge trimmer having improved operational balance includes a housing with a front handle and a main handle, a cutting assembly, a motor assembly, a transmission assembly and a switch device arranged on the housing for controlling the start of the motor assembly. The cutting assembly is connected to the housing, the motor assembly and the transmission assembly are arranged in the housing, and the transmission assembly for transmitting the rotation of the motor assembly to the cutting assembly is located between the motor assembly and the cutting assembly. The main handle is located between the motor assembly and the transmission assembly and a main part of the main handle is located above a motor output shaft in the motor assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2011
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Applicant: CHERVON (HK) LIMITED
    Inventors: Andrew Roise, Keith Park
  • Patent number: 8104178
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cutting head (1), comprising a lower and an upper shears blade (2, 3), for an electric hair cutting machine (4). The lower shears blade and the upper shear blade (2, 3) are connected to each other, whereby a cutting blade (5), made from a planar material (7), is driven in oscillation in a slot (31) between the lower and the upper shears blade (2, 3) and is provided with cutting teeth (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Wella GmbH
    Inventor: Klaus Worgull
  • Patent number: 8024862
    Abstract: A hair clipper has a blade block, which includes a fixed blade, a movable blade overlapped with the fixed blade to make sliding contact with the fixed blade, a pressing spring applying a pressing load to maintain a uniform contact pressure between the fixed blade and the movable blade, and a blade base for receiving and retaining the fixed blade and the movable blade and the pressing spring. The blade base has a blade holder retaining the fixed blade and the movable blade and a blade cover attached to the blade holder to cover the fixed blade and the movable blade. Further, the blade holder has a primary retainer member holding end portions of the pressing spring and the blade cover has a secondary retainer member pressing the end portions of the pressing spring in a direction in which the pressing spring is retained by the primary retainer member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: Panasonic Electric Works Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Morisugi, Toshio Ikuta
  • Patent number: 7992308
    Abstract: The present invention is an extended reach power tool apparatus. The apparatus includes a powerhead and a yoke. The powerhead includes a motor which is enclosed by a casing. The yoke includes a base portion configured for being secured to a pole. The yoke also includes a boss configured for being pivotally secured to the powerhead. Further, the powerhead may be rotatable about the boss. The boss may form an aperture configured for receiving wiring, such that the wiring may be routed from a source, through the pole, and to the powerhead.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: MTD Products Inc
    Inventor: David B. Fisher
  • Patent number: 7961816
    Abstract: A device for signal synchronization in a communication system is configured to perform a first sliding correlation for a received signal and a pseudo-random noise (PN) sequence to obtain information on symbol timing, identify a fractional carrier frequency offset (FCFO) using the information on symbol timing and the cyclic extension property of the PN guard interval (GI), and provide a first product by multiplying the received signal with the FCFO. The device is also configured to provide a set of second products by multiplying the first product with each of a set of phases related to integral carrier frequency offsets (ICFOs), perform a second sliding correlation for the PN sequence and each one of the set of the second products to thereby provide a set of peak values, and identify an ICFO by detecting an index number of a maximal value among the set of peak values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventor: Chorng-Ren Sheu
  • Publication number: 20110119929
    Abstract: A blade set for hair clippers which has a lower fixed blade, an upper fixed blade, a movable blade assembly and a blade holder. The movable blade assembly is flat and extends in a plane parallel to a lengthwise plane of the upper fixed blade and a lengthwise plane of the lower fixed blade and disposed in between the lower fixed blade and the upper fixed blade in such a way that a user's skin is protected from getting injured by the movable blade assembly. A third toothed front edge is provided at a front end of the movable blade assembly, a lower portion of which cooperates with an upper portion of the first toothed front edge to define a first cutting surface, and an upper portion of which cooperates with a lower portion of the second toothed front edge to define a second cutting surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2011
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Inventor: Tung Yan LAU
  • Patent number: 7913399
    Abstract: A blade set for hair clipper which has a lower fixed blade, an upper fixed blade, a movable blade assembly and a blade holder. The movable blade assembly is disposed in between the lower fixed blade and the upper fixed blade and is connected to a driving means driven by a driving unit in the hair clipper to reciprocate laterally relative to the lower fixed blade and the upper fixed blade in an operating condition. A third toothed front edge is provided at a front end of the movable blade assembly. A lower portion of the third toothed front edge cooperates with an upper portion of the first toothed front edge to define a first cutting surface. An upper portion of third toothed front edge cooperates with a lower portion of the second toothed front edge to define a second cutting surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Specialife Industries Limited
    Inventor: Tung Yan Lau
  • Publication number: 20110016727
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cutting device (1) for cutting hair, having at least two blades (2, 3) which move back and forth relative to each other. The blades (2, 3) are provided with teeth (8, 9) which extend transversally to the direction of movement (P), and tooth gaps (25, 26) arranged therein. The teeth (8, 9) have contact surfaces (4, 5) on their facing sections which are in gliding contact with each other and which form cutting edges (34, 35) on their sides bounding the tooth gaps (25, 26) such that the back and forth movement (P) of the blades causes the tooth gaps (25, 26), cooperating with each other, to form constantly changing cutting gaps (32) in which hair becomes clamped and is finally cut. According to the invention, the free ends of teeth (9) of one blade (3) project over sections (15) of free ends of teeth (9) of other blades (2), and projections (17) extend from the projecting sections (15) of the teeth (9) on the contact surfaces (5) side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2008
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Stefan Fuerst, Oliver Von Sartori-Montecroce
  • Patent number: 7603781
    Abstract: Foliage trimmer with adjustable curvature of the flexible cutting blade assembly for the purpose of cutting convex shapes comprising of a trimmer body with pivotally mounted handle mechanism attached to a flexible curvature adjuster band with a uniform curvature maintainer mechanism attached to trimmer body to maintain equidistant spacing between the bolt axis and to prevent the formation of a ununiform curvature. The curvature of the flexible cutting blade assembly is adjusted with the release of the restraining mechanism with the fingers of the hand that also adjusts the pivotal movement of the front handle mechanism. The flexible cutting blades of the flexible cutting blade assembly are linearly reciprocated via resilient flexible cams of the drive mechanism connected to the motor means located in trimmer body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2009
    Inventor: Anthony A. Szoke, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20090241350
    Abstract: A cutting tool comprising a working member power coupled to a power drive arrangement held by a housing, said housing comprising a front housing portion from which said working member protrudes and a rear housing portion, a first handle comprising a first hand-grip portion adapted for a user to hold said power tool at an operative level above the ground level, a second handle adapted for a user to generate a turning moment about said first handle so as to vary inclination of said working member relative to the ground level, said second handle comprising a movable hand-grip portion which is attached to said rear housing portion, characterized in that said rear housing portion is pivotally connected to said front housing portion, and said movable hand-grip portion of said second handle is arranged to pivotally move said rear housing portion relative to said front housing portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2007
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Inventor: Tak Chiu Alfred Lau
  • Patent number: 7549361
    Abstract: A vibration damping device is described that dampens vibration produced during the conversion of rotational motion into reciprocal motion. The damping is performed using a simple structure wherein first and second conversion mechanisms are symmetrically arranged with respect to a plane of symmetry, first and second rotating shafts rotate opposite to each other at a constant speed, and the rotational motion is converted into reciprocal motion. The total of mass acting on gravity centers of a first balancer and a second balancer is approximately equal to the total of mass reciprocally driven by a first driving shaft and a second driving shaft. Both gravity centers are positioned 180 degrees to the first driving shaft and second driving shaft across the axes of the first rotating shaft and second rotating shaft. As a consequence, the forces in the direction of an axis can be balanced suppressing vibration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2009
    Assignee: Shima Seiki Manufacturing Limited
    Inventor: Kenji Ikoma
  • Publication number: 20090144988
    Abstract: A blade driving assembly for an adjustable hair clipper of the present invention comprises a movable blade holder, a spring means, a spring holder and a push lever. The spring means is disposed with a coiled portion secured on the spring holder, a first portion which exerts pressure upon the movable blade holder to bias the movable blade towards the stationary blade and a second portion which biases the spring holder towards a retracted position. The spring holder is disposed with a connecting means at a front end thereof and a securing means at a rear end thereof for securing the coiled portion of the spring means, and the connecting means interlocks with the movable blade holder in such a way to allow the movable blade holder to move in a lateral reciprocating manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2007
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Applicant: SPECIALIFE INDUSTRIES LIMITED
    Inventor: Tung Yan LAU