Abstract: A handheld motorised food cutting device (10) is disclosed herein.

Abstract: A cutter for woven belt includes a handle having two ends respectively defined to be a first end and a second end. The handle has a circumferential side provided with a cutting opening located close to the first end, extended in a direction from the second end toward the first end and having an opposite sealed end connected with two guide grooves. A blade assembled within the handle and stored in an accommodating chamber, has a second insert bore corresponding to a first bore of an accommodating chamber. The blade comprises a circumference edge with a series of mark labeled thereon and protrudes into the cutting opening of the handle. The cutter also comprises a fixing plate cover to shield the accommodating chamber wherein the blade is stored. The handle also comprises a positioning member to fix the blade and also the easily for changing a blade.

Abstract: A hand held, manually driven cutting device comprises a two part substantially inverted ‘V’ shaped body. The two body parts assemble to form an ambidextrous graspable handle, and a pair of axled wheels attach to the outer surface of a rear leg and a front leg of each body part. The dividable body is dismantled to receive a detachable blade that when affixed has its cutting edge protruding beneath the assembled body midway between the two rear wheels. Also mounted beneath the assembled body is a combined safety shield and material lifting element provided with a flow passage. Four wheels to the assembled body are configured with one wheel on either side of the front lower distal, one wheel either side of the lower rear body. During the cutting process the lamina material lies above the lifting and supporting element and below the rear wheels.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided herein that provide for bag cutting and closure.

Abstract: A food processing tool particularly suited for processing garlic and the like generally includes a main body having a tray configured to allow garlic to be passed back and forth across the tray for processing as desired. The main body optionally includes a pair of opposing guides positioned on opposing lateral sides of the tray and a plurality of ribs provided along either a portion or the entirety of the tray to reduce friction and improve the sliding ability of the garlic along the ribs and therefore the tray. A main slicing blade and one or more pluralities of blades are provided to slice, mince, or julienne cut the garlic. A pusher and cap is configured to selectively allow or restrict rotational movement of the cap and garlic for different orientations when cutting.

Abstract: There is provided a cutting tool (100) which is capable of performing cutting operations on a variety of materials such as, for example, plasterboard, glass, wood, laminated wood, cardboard, Perspex (Trade Mark), tiles, plastics or the like. The cutting tool (100) comprises an upper and lower part (102,104), said upper and lower parts (102,104) being separated by spacing means which are preferably retractable, the upper and lower parts (102,104) comprising at least one cutting device (116), and wherein the upper and lower parts (102,104) are held together with magnetic attraction.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided herein that provide for bag cutting and closure.

Abstract: An embodiment includes a cutting device having a blade; a device architecture configured to hold the blade that includes: a pressure body operable to remain rigid in response to a substrate pressing against a portion of the pressure body at a first pressure, and a portion of the pressure body operable to deform in response to the substrate pressing against a portion of the pressure body at a second pressure, and thereby provide variable resistance against the substrate; and, a cutter slot at a first device architecture end defined by the blade and the pressure body, the cutter slot configured to receive the substrate and operable to open rearwardly toward a second end as the pressure body deforms.

Abstract: An adjustable cake cutter includes an one-piece cutter body that allows adjustment of the cut size, and a bearing bar pivoted to the cutter body and turnable to the bottom side of the space defined within the cutter body to bear the cut piece of cake for enabling the user to carry the cut piece of cake to a dish directly with the adjustable cake cutter.

Abstract: A cutting tool for laminate flooring and the like for removing some or all of the retaining lip on a flooring plank to facilitate sliding the plank into place under an obstruction such as a door frame. The cutting tool comprises a main housing with a recess to allow it to be positioned against a flooring plank. An adjustment screw allows the cutting blade to adjust vertically to remove material from varying sizes of planks. An alternate embodiment of the cutting tool positions the cutting edge of the razor blade at the same vertical position as the retaining lip of the flooring plank to remove all of the retaining lip.

Abstract: A cutting tool includes a metal plate including a blade that forms a cutting jaw with an anvil, the metal plate being connected in an articulated manner to an anvil part at a first pivot point and connected operationally to a first elongated element for opening and closing the cutting jaw in response to the relative turning movement of the first elongated element and the second elongated element about the second and the third pivot points respectively.

Abstract: An improved peeler or scraper is disclosed with a pivoting head that can be pivoted between a longitudinal position where the cutting or scrapping blade is in general alignment with the handle to a transverse position where the cutting blade is disposed perpendicular to the handle or in a “T” configuration.

Abstract: A boning and defatting knife includes a blade support unit including a handle, a blade support ring connected to and extending from the handle and a drive shaft mounted on at least one of the handle and the blade support ring. The knife further includes a blade unit having a generally toroidal blade engaging and locking device having a drive means engaging section and a releasable fastening and locking section and a generally toroidal blade having an outer locking edge and an inner cutting edge. The releasable fastening and locking section of the blade engaging and locking device is operative to releasably receive and lock the outer locking edge of the blade thereon, whereby the blade is removable and replaceable and the blade unit is adapted to be removably and rotatably seated on the blade support ring with the drive device engaging the drive device engaging section of the blade unit such that the blade unit is rotated within the blade support ring by the drive device.

Abstract: A cutting guide attachment for an electric knife including a plastic housing having an inboard portion for attaching the handle to an electric knife. It also includes an outboard portion operatively positioned to the reciprocating blades of the electric knife. The housing has first inverted U-shaped fingers ascending downwardly from the end of the outboard portion of the housing and second inverted U-shaped fingers extending downwardly from an intermediate region of the outboard portion of the housing. The first and second fingers have exterior arcuate recesses on one face thereof. A plurality of rollers is included having varying sizes positionable in nesting relationship one within the other. The interiormost roller has an extended length to be received within the recesses, whereby any number of nested rollers may be received upon the innermost roller for providing a surface of a predetermined diameter for rolling across the food to be sliced.

Abstract: A knife construction comprises a cutting blade coupled to a handle and a U-shaped guiding element rotatably coupled to the cutting blade and driven by a rotary pawl for adjusting the cut-width of the cutting blade, the knife further comprising a hollow block, constituting a part of the rotary connection of the guiding element to the cutting blade, for driving the guiding element with respect to the cutting blade, to cause the guiding element to abut on a cutting surface.

Abstract: A bow type knife provides an adjustment bar between the back and the blade to adjustably determine thickness of sliced material. The adjustment bar is pivotally mounted on two spaced support arms that are pivotally carried in angulated parallel orientation by the back to allow motion of the adjustment bar parallel to the back. An end portion of the adjustment bar proximal to the bow handle carries an adjustment screw that extends in angulated orientation through the bow body and through a nut carried in that body and projecting therethrough for manual manipulation to adjustably position the adjustment bar relative to the knife blade.

Abstract: A cutting tool capable of cutting slices of a predetermined thickness. The cutting tool includes an elongate handle, a sheet-like blade connected to the handle and having a sharpened lower cutting edge, an L-shaped support piece connected onto the blade adjacent to the handle, the support piece having a part thereof perpendicular to the blade and provided with an internally threaded hole, a press piece consisting of a press seat, a horizontal upper portion and a vertical portion perpendicular to the upper portion, the press seat being dimensioned to match the part of the support piece with the hole and having an elongate slot, the vertical portion having a width slightly greater than that of the blade, and a rotary knob having a cap and a shaft projecting from a bottom thereof, the shaft having outer threads for matching the hole of the support piece so that the shaft may be passed through the slot of the press seat and locked in the hole of the support piece.

Abstract: A cutting implement with an adjustable guide, such as a knife, includes a handle, an elongated blade, a guide adjustable with respect to the blade, and a knob substantially received in a cavity formed in the upper region of the handle. The knob protrudes from the cavity and cooperates with the guide so that a user can adjust the space between the guide and the blade by rotation of the knob.

Abstract: A rotary knife for slicing thin strips from comestible product comprising a handpiece, a blade housing removably secured to the handpiece and an annular blade supported for rotation by the blade housing. A rotary driver is carried by the handpiece and engaged with the blade. A power drive is connected to the rotary driver. An annular gauge is detachably secured to the handpiece and blade housing for controlling the thickness of the strips sliced by the knife. The gauge includes a portion substantially concentric with and at least partially encircled by the blade and the blade housing for controlling the depth of cut and an end portion that flares radially outward and is located beyond the axial extent of the blade housing to direct the cut strip. A deflector on the handpiece directs fluid separated from the comestible product in a direction away from the handpiece.

Abstract: An implement is provided for opening letter envelopes comprised of a body defining a handle and an envelope receiving crevice of a predetermined width and length. A blade is disposed within the body and has a cutting edge directed toward the crevice. A guide within the body limits movement of the blade to a linear path between a position wherein the cutting edge projects into the crevice in the direction of the width thereof and a position wherein the cutting edge is withdrawn from the crevice. Guides within the body control the position of the blade along the path and a manually operable slide is provided for external actuation. A dial is eccentrically mounted on the body in the path of movement of the slide and is rotatable to adjustably limit the extent of projection of the cutting edge of the blade into the crevice. The dial prevents the blade from spanning the crevice entirely.

Abstract: A food slicer mountable within a kitchen work unit support frame and comprising a slicer body with a removable infeed ramp. The slicer body includes aligned upper and lower platforms defining a slot therebetween. The adjacent edge of the upper platform forms the slicing blade. The ramp is positioned in overlying relation to the lower platform and includes opposed end edges of different height which, upon selective alignment below the blade edge of the upper platform, vary the effective height of the slot and the thickness of the slice.

Abstract: A kitchen or domestic food slicer having a flat bed surface over which the food is moved and a knife mounted essentially across that surface. The knife alone being pivotably mounted such that its sharp leading edge can be raised or lowered relative the bed surface to vary the thickness of cut. The pivoting of the knife is achieved by cam surfaces on a pair of bars one positioned either side of the bed surface, the bars being slidable lengthwise by a rotatable knob and the cam surfaces including inclined portions to cause pivoting of the knife as the bars slide longitudinally.

Abstract: A slicing apparatus including a handle, a curved continuous loop blade attached to the handle, and an adjustably positioned, rotatable roller. The positioning of the roller adjusts the depth of cut. The blade has a forward edge with a plurality of teeth and a plurality of V-shaped grooves extending into the blade adjacent the teeth while the rearward edge may be sharpened. Certain structure for the adjustability of the positioning of the roller is disclosed.

Abstract: A vegetable slicer has an integral body with a generally flat portion, a diagonally arranged opening partially transversely of said top portion and a section of said top portion on one side of said opening separated from the remainder of the top portion by longitudinal cutaway areas so that said section may be moved up and down relative to a knife positioned longitudinally of said diagonal opening. A cam device is provided for moving the section of the top portion vertically.

Abstract: A hand-held sharpening tool is provided for sharpening sheet-like tools, such as plastic spreaders used to apply putty or plastic filler. A trimming blade is mounted in a central block, and a guide slot leading to the cutting edge is provided by upper and lower guide blocks connected to the blade mounting block. One of the guide blocks is spring loaded toward the other so as to yieldingly comply with the width of a spreader inserted into the guide slot for sharpening. A set of conveniently located set screws is provided to retain and adjust the trimming blade. The sharpening tool of the invention can be used to substantially prolong the life of plastic spreaders which would otherwise quickly become unusable.

Abstract: A tool for removing corn kernels from ears of corn comprising a single annular cutting element which forms an arc substantially less than a full circle, however also having an angular opening which causes the annular cutting element to overlap itself longitudinally relative to its axis thus allowing the annular cutting element to cut all of the kernels of an ear of corn in one stroke even though it doesn't form a complete circle. The annular cutting element further has two handles which are secured to the annular cutting element opposite each other and on either side of the angular opening in such a way that they can be manipulated in order to increase or decrease the diameter of the annular cutting element in order to accommodate different ear sizes.

Abstract: A slicer has two parallel rails, a removable front plate arranged between the rails, the lower surface of the front plate lying parallel to and at a distance beneath and in front of the upper surface of the back plate, and a blade arranged between the two plates; the blade has a cutting edge at least part of which lies in the same plane as the surface of the back plate. The underside of the front plate has bearers each containing at least one step, the bearers being supported on supporting ledges which project inwardly from the rails when the front plate is inserted. The cutting blade may be corrugated. In manufacturing the utensil, a suitable plastics material is injection-moulded in a single operation onto the cutting blade which has been previously inserted into the mould.

Abstract: A dermatome for cutting thin organic tissue sections for transplanting, the dermatome comprising a thin resilient cutting band provided with a cutting surface disposed along a longitudinal edge of the cutting band. A T-shaped support member positions the cutting surface of the cutting band relative to the tissue sections. The head portion of the support member holds portions of the cutting band to determine the width of the cut tissue sections, the cutting band being held in a loop-like arrangement with the cutting surface extending along a bight portion thereof. The head portion of the support member also includes a guide element for determining the depth or thickness of the cut tissue sections, the guide element being disposed between the spaced apart cutting band portions and being spaced a preselected distance from the bight portion. Attachment elements are provided on the support member to permit connection of the support member to a handle member.

Abstract: A cable tool which is capable of cutting and stripping a sheath covering from a portion of a cable. The device comprises an outer housing formed of two substantially similarly shaped and sized housing sections which form a cavity therebetween to receive a conventional blade, as for example, a conventional razor blade. The housing is provided with a recess on one margin thereof and which is sized to receive the sheath covered cable in a direction transverse to its length. The housing is also provided with a groove in a margin of another portion of the housing and which is also sized to receive a sheath covered cable parallel to its longitudinal length. The cutting element extends into the groove and into the recess. In this way, when the cable is rotated within the recess, the cutting blade can be positionally located in order to cut the sheath member without cutting the cable.

Abstract: A vegetable peeler in one version that is pushed against the vegetable and removes the skin by an impressed blade; in another version, a relatively long blade is rotatable in a frame to remove a variable thickness of the vegetable at each stroke.

Abstract: A dermatome having a handle and a replaceable, flexible cutting blade arranged over a T-shaped guide bar and support, both the blade and the support being adjustably secured to one end of the handle, providing an instrument for controlled, even depth removal of a graft from the donor site.