Pull Type Patents (Class 30/317)
  • Patent number: 11794367
    Abstract: A cold knife holder capable of pushing and pulling operations, includes a main body forming a chamber and a slot, a handle, a detent member, a first spring and a first steel ball. One side of the main body forms a perforation which communicates with the chamber. The handle includes a sleeve, a connecting rod and a grip rod. Both ends of the connecting rod are respectively connected to the sleeve and the grip rod, and the sleeve is pivotally sleeved on the main body, so that the handle is rotated relative to the main body, and the first or second caulking is connected to the perforation, and the detent member is arranged in the chamber. The first steel ball is pivotally embedded in the perforation, so that the detent member drives the first steel ball to be embedded in the first or second caulking, thereby positioning the handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Inventors: Yu-Yang Tseng, Heng-Yi Hsu
  • Patent number: 11771256
    Abstract: A jackfruit knife has a blade with generally parallel sides connected at a rounded end. Serrations are present on opposite edges of the blade sides and the rounded end. The blade may be attached to a handle for manual operation, or to an oscillating tool. The motion provided by the oscillating tool reduces or prevents the blade from sticking while cutting into the jackfruit core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Inventor: Nick Suteerawanit
  • Patent number: 10843301
    Abstract: A device for processing a flexible sheet includes a worktop for placement thereon of a flexible sheet to be processed. A processing device is provided above the worktop and a positioning device is provided for positioning the processing device on the flexible sheet and moving it along a straight processing line in the plane of the flexible sheet. The device also includes orientation device for setting the orientation of the processing line as desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: SECURO B.V.
    Inventors: Stefaan Jules Lea Joos, Franciscus Theodoras Verhoeven, Johannes Adrianus Maria Vernooij
  • Patent number: 10279490
    Abstract: A utility knife is provided that has an elongated main body portion and a head assembly that is separate from the main body portion. The main body portion has a handle assembly. A main body fastening mechanism is provided at one distal end of the handle assembly, and a handle assembly fastening mechanism is provided at one end of the handle assembly. A threaded pin pivotally fastens the main body portion to the head assembly by connecting the main body fastening mechanism to the handle assembly fastening mechanism. Accordingly, the head assembly can pivot with respect to the main body portion and handle assembly, so that the utility knife can be configured to cut an object at different angles, which can be particularly useful for the knife to fit in a tight cutting space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Inventors: James Gilbert, Michael L. Marshall, Paola Moya
  • Patent number: 8978256
    Abstract: A carpet cutting tool used from a standing position that has an ergonomic handle member as well as a telescopic auxiliary handle member to guide and support the device and that further has a blade housing body attached to a height adjustable guard plate member which houses a utility blade therein at an angle for cutting carpet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Inventor: David H. Loyer
  • Patent number: 8782909
    Abstract: A knife includes a handle that includes a gripping surface; a blade slide positioned in a recess of the handle that extends from an opening of the handle through a cavity within the handle; a blade coupled to the blade slide near a proximal end of the blade and extending through the recess and into the opening when the blade slide is in the retracted position; and a guide coupled to the blade near a distal end of the blade opposite the proximal end, the guide including a contoured surface configured to engage a workpiece to extend the blade slide a distance from the retracted position to an extended position such that the blade is extended from the opening of the handle, the blade slide biased to move from the extended position to the retracted position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: ADCO Industries—Technologies, L.P.
    Inventors: Raymond E. Davis, Clifton Glenn Hampton
  • Patent number: 8739412
    Abstract: The utility knife blade is a blade for a utility knife having a slot formed in the blade that is especially useful when scoring drywall. The slot may engage a tape measure adjacent the tape hook so that the cutting edge at the scoring tip of the blade extends below the tape measure hook to engage the sheet of drywall. The slot extends through the cutting edge into the body of the blade at a slight angle relative to normal, preferably about 10°. The blade has a slot at each end so that the blade may be reversed when one end is dulled or broken. The blade has an otherwise standard configuration, typically having a trapezoidal body with a cutting edge extending along the longer parallel edge and a pair of notches in the shorter parallel edge for engaging knife holder retainer pins in the slidable utility knife holder carriage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Inventor: Constantine M. Gioia
  • Patent number: 8474355
    Abstract: A glazing panel cut out system for use with a cutting wire in cutting out a vehicle glazing panel cut out procedure has a dispenser unit for dispensing cutting wire and a winder unit for winding the wire, both being mounted to the glazing panel during use. The winder unit has one or more winder spools for winding the cutting wire dispensed from the dispenser. The cutting wire is paid out from the dispenser whilst mounted to the glazing panel during the cut out procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Belron Hungary KFT—Zug Branch
    Inventor: William Finck
  • Patent number: 8117755
    Abstract: A precision cutter is disclosed. The cutter is curvilinear in shape, and has an elongated handle with a blade projecting from the top end thereof, and a cap adapted to fit over the blade, the cap being so configured that when in place covering the blade, it provides the appearance of a unitary piece to the cutter. The handle has a weight positioned in it eccentric to the central axis thereof, so that when rolled on a flat surface the handle consistently returns to the same position relative to the flat surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Slice, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas John Scimone
  • Patent number: 7958639
    Abstract: A knife includes a knife body defining a channel across which extends at least part of the cutting edge of a blade. The channel having has a base region located behind the cutting edge in the cutting direction. The knife body is provided, adjacent the base region, with flow passages on opposing sides thereof, the flow passages being out of alignment with one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: WA1 Designs Limited
    Inventor: William Alfred Ireland
  • Patent number: 7866049
    Abstract: A hand tool for removing individual items contained in a blister package having an upper surface with raised protrusions with a given individual width containing each item and a lower sheet that holds the items within the protrusions. The hand tool includes a cutting blade having a piercing tip and slicing arms that extend outwardly from opposite sides of the piercing tip. Also included is a handle that is usable for urging the piercing tip through a protrusion and beneath a product item such that the blade will slice into the protrusion between the item and the package lower sheet. The configuration of the blade's piercing tip and slicing arms generate tactile force feedback to the user. The tactile force feedback guides the user to apply appropriate force to open the raised protrusion enough to empty its contents without damaging or losing the contents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Inventor: William Matthews Brawner
  • Publication number: 20090025647
    Abstract: A tool that includes a razor blade edge disposed between a body of the tool and a protective tang is described along with a method of using the tool. Embodiments of the tool include a handle that extends downwardly from the tools body. A methodology of grooming a pet or a dog having matted fur is also described: the groomer places the protective tang into the pet's fur and against or close to the pet's body generally at a location above the matted section of the coat; and then the groomer pulls the tool downwardly or depending on the location of the matting, generally parallel with the natural orientation of the fur. The transverse strands of fur are pulled into the razor blade and cut. This process is repeated until the various strands of shed fur in the matted region are cut into relatively small pieces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2007
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Inventor: Danelle Jo Bashore
  • Patent number: 7444749
    Abstract: A rotary knife apparatus has first and second protecting strips placed on both sides of a joint end of a blade of the rotary knife, and two protecting strips placed on the same base tube as a rotating point. A bi-fork braking component is used to control its opening. A toggle control component is placed on one end of the bi-fork braking component that faces the direction of a grip, and the end faces a joint end has a first and second acting fork. The first and second acting forks are connected to the first and second protecting strips so that the toggle control component can be moved back and forth to drive the two protecting strips close and separate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2008
    Inventor: Shan-Ming Chen
  • Publication number: 20080250943
    Abstract: An apparatus comprises a housing defining a chamber with a first chamber end and a second chamber end, the chamber configured to hold food components. A pressure mechanism is in communication with the chamber and is configured to push the food components toward the second chamber end. The apparatus includes a cutting mechanism coupled to the housing and configured to cut the food components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2008
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Inventors: Hugues Francois Malandain, Andrew Kohm, Stuart Smolen
  • Patent number: 7401408
    Abstract: A tool includes a wooden handle that has a curvilinear outer surface extending along an entire length thereof. The handle has a centrally registered axial bore formed therein that travels between distal and proximal ends of the handle such that the bore passes through the entire length thereof. An elongated swivel arm has an overall length greater than the handle length and is rotatably coupled to the handle such that same freely rotates along clockwise and counter clockwise directions. A cutting blade is monolithically formed with the swivel arm, is distally spaced from the handle, and is axially offset from a centrally registered longitudinal axis of the handle. The cutting blade rotates in sync with the swivel arm and has a concave face. The cutting blade is proximally spaced from a distal end of the swivel arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2008
    Inventor: Kevin Buch
  • Publication number: 20070280790
    Abstract: A tool holder includes a shank portion, a head portion that includes an insert pocket defined by a seat surface, a first or radial support sidewall and a second or axial support sidewall, and a spherical contact point protruding from one of the first and second support sidewalls. The spherical contact point minimizes a contact area between a cutting insert mounted in the insert pocket and one of the first and second support sidewalls of the insert pocket. In one embodiment, the radial support sidewall includes two spherical contact points, and the axial support sidewall includes one spherical contact point. The spherical contact point may be formed by inserting a rivet-like structure into an aperture formed in the support sidewalls of the pocket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2006
    Publication date: December 6, 2007
    Inventor: Jeffrey F. Kovac
  • Patent number: 7296353
    Abstract: An apparatus for opening packages having a handle with a shaft extending outwardly therefrom. A cutting member is connected to the shaft at an end opposite the handle. The cutting member is selectively positionable between a seal and a container and upon moving the cutting member along a length of the seal, the seal is removed from the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2007
    Inventor: Barbara Hicks Jackson
  • Patent number: 6968624
    Abstract: A device for carving into a carrot comprising a handle having a first end and a second end with at least one blade extending from the first end of the handle. The blade is disposed at a right angle to the handle. The blade has at least one sharp cutting edge operatively arranged to carve into the carrot. A ring can be affixed to the second end of the handle. The handle includes a thumb grip proximate the blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2005
    Inventor: Nancylou E. Peters
  • Patent number: 6941664
    Abstract: A shingle cutting tool for trimming shingles includes a vertical panel having a front edge, a back edge, a bottom edge and a top edge. A horizontal slot for receiving shingles extends into the front edge and extends toward the back edge. A front handle is attached to the vertical panel and is positioned nearer the front edge than the back edge. A plurality of cutting members is attached to the vertical panel and each extends into a plane of the slot. The cutting members include a cutting edge directed generally toward the front edge. A horizontal panel is attached to and extends away from either side of the vertical panel. The shingles are inserted into the slot and the front edge pulled forward such that the cutting members cut the shingles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2005
    Inventors: Tony Engle, Michael D. Engle
  • Publication number: 20040129123
    Abstract: A work station for gift wrapping comprising a compartment for storage of rolls of paper, wrapping accessories and tools, a top surface for placement of objects to be wrapped, a removable roll holding means attached to an end panel, a tape dispenser holding means attached to another end panel, an end and a bottom panel. The work station is set up by installing the roll holding means on one of the end panels, and by placing a common scotch tape dispenser on a holding means that allows a user to easily dispense tape from the dispenser. A roll of paper is removed the compartment and easily inserted onto the roll holding means, and during a dispensing operation keeps the edge of the paper aligned with the adjacent end panel. An article for wrapping is placed on top of the paper after it has been dispensed and is cut to length and width using a common letter opener type cutter. Tape is easily pulled from tape dispenser while holding the wrapped article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2003
    Publication date: July 8, 2004
    Inventor: Joseph W. Miller
  • Publication number: 20040093734
    Abstract: A cutting apparatus has been produced that eliminates the common occurrence of raw razor blades contaminating everything from food and food products to garbage cans to shelves in retail stores. Furthermore, the cutting apparatus comprises a guard assembly that, when activated, opens the blade cover and allows only one cut to be made with the exposed blade before the unidirectionally-locking blade cover snaps back over the exposed blade, thus preventing laceration-related accidents. In addition, if the operator continues to activate the guard assembly (squeezing, pulling and/or depressing the trigger and/or releasing the trigger and continuing to hold it in the released position during and after the cut has been made) after one cut has been made with the exposed blade, the unidirectionally-locking blade cover will still snap back over the exposed blade, despite the position of the trigger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2002
    Publication date: May 20, 2004
    Inventor: Earl Votolato
  • Publication number: 20040078984
    Abstract: An improvement to the standard manually powered cold knife used to remove vehicle windows is disclosed. The standard cold knife has a main handle, which is generally cylindrical. A blade is fixedly attached to the base of the handle, and is shaped to reach beneath vehicle window glass. A pull handle is attached at or near the base of the main handle of the standard cold knife. The invention is an additional stiff pull handle attached at or near the top of the main handle. The length of the additional pull handle is designed to roughly match that of the first pull handle, and the grip is designed so that the grip on the first pull handle roughly fits into it, allowing them to be comfortably gripped together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2002
    Publication date: April 29, 2004
    Inventor: Mike Glodowski
  • Patent number: 6722042
    Abstract: A pumpkin carving tool that has a cutter in the form of a loop projecting a selected distance from an edge of an open annular frame. In the simplest form the cutter is fixed to the frame. In an alternate embodiment the cutter is detachably mounted on the frame. The detachable cutter can be adjustably varied in the amount it projects from the frame to make different depths of carvings. The cutter is a narrow thin band of metal sharp enough to cut carvings in the outer surface of a pumpkin but not sharp enough to cut the users skin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2004
    Assignee: Perfect Pumpkin Inc.
    Inventors: Earl J. Naville, Jr., Richard M. Haller, Phillip R. Masden
  • Publication number: 20040050231
    Abstract: A scalable coolant conditioning unit (SCCU) is designed to accommodate removable modular pumping units (MPU's). The MPU's may comprise one or a plurality of pump/pump motor combinations. The MPU's are connected to coolant supply and discharge mechanisms by an insertion facilitation mechanism comprising an automatic coupling assembly and an isolation valve mechanism and are placed into and removed from the SCCU body with the aid of a seating mechanism. MPU's are added to an operating SCCU as needed to support increased heat loads of electronics frames. A plate heat exchanger is physically integrated within the expansion tank, reducing volumetric requirements for the SCCU and is sized to accommodate the maximum heat load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2002
    Publication date: March 18, 2004
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Richard C. Chu, Michael J. Ellsworth, Roger R. Schmidt, Robert E. Simons
  • Publication number: 20030208910
    Abstract: A combination game knife having a handle and a blade portion having a tip, a top back edge and a bottom front edge and a rear portion opposite the tip, the blade portion having up to five cutting surfaces. A unique feature is a small gut hook positioned below the forefinger aperture in the rear of the blade portion and above the handle and opening toward the user. Other cutting surfaces are the back cutting edge, a top back large gut hook, a front bottom cutting edge, a front serrated edge to the rear of the front cutting edge, and a bottom edge small gut hook to the rear of the serrated edge and in the vicinity of the handle. A forefinger aperture is spaced toward the back edge from the small gut hook near the handle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2002
    Publication date: November 13, 2003
    Inventors: Calvin D. Dudley, Franklin A. Swann
  • Patent number: 6637308
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a media cutting tool for use with a template. The apparatus of the present invention maintains proper alignment with a template through the use of a novel offset, rotating, cutting blade and guards against skipping along the cut as the apparatus is drawn around a template through the use of a novel guide mechanism which engages the template being traced. The present invention also employs a transparent handle for an improved view of the cutting area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2003
    Assignee: Mimix
    Inventors: Travis R. Nichols, W. Blake Gustafson
  • Publication number: 20030177643
    Abstract: A hand tool for deburring is provided, as well as a cutting blade to be inserted into the tool, the tool comprising a housing, and a rotatable holding device, the holding device being positioned in and being rotatable in the housing and having a chamber for releasably holding a cutting blade, the chamber running obliquely to the axis of rotation (z) of the holding device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2003
    Publication date: September 25, 2003
    Applicant: NOGA ENGINEERING, LTD.
    Inventor: Shalom Hirsch
  • Patent number: 6619172
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a media cutting tool for use with a template. The apparatus of the present invention maintains proper alignment with a template through the use of a novel offset, rotating, cutting blade and guards against skipping along the cut as the apparatus is drawn around a template through the use of a novel guide mechanism which engages the template being traced. The present invention also employs a transparent handle for an improved view of the cutting area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2003
    Assignee: Mimix
    Inventors: Travis R. Nichols, W. Blake Gustafson
  • Patent number: 6536115
    Abstract: The present invention provides a knife with a replaceable blade which is spring-biased in the retracted position. The knife is designed such that the blade can only be extended by exerting a downward force and by turning the handle with respect to an inner housing. The handle has a tab affixed to the inside wall of the handle. The inner housing has an angled slot in its wall adapted to receive the tab. When the blade is fully retracted, the tab rests on the shoulder at the top of the inner housing. A straight downward pressure on the handle causes the tab to engage the shoulder and will not allow the blade to extend. When the handle is rotated, the tab enters the slot and the blade is forced downward. As this occurs, the blade extends through a slot at the bottom of a blade cover. When the blade is removed from the object to be cut, the spring forces the handle to move with respect to the inner housing and causes the blade to retract within the blade cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2003
    Inventors: James Tabbi, John E. Bernacki, Christopher J. Hughson, James A. Herley
  • Patent number: 6493945
    Abstract: A planar hook-shaped cutting tool for cutting sheet material is disclosed. The tool has a recessed cutting blade and a ball point end to protect underlying materials. The tool is most useful for quickly cutting articles of clothing from a person's body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2002
    Inventors: Thomas DeRosa, Todd E. Kleperis
  • Patent number: 6487948
    Abstract: A food scoring knife of the presently preferred embodiment has an ergonomic handle portion and a head portion. A bottom edge of the handle portion is convex, while a bottom edge of the head portion is linear. During scoring, the user applies gentle pressure to the scoring knife, in particular, by placing fingers on a tapered finger rest, and at gripping indented sides of the handle portion. A tapered blade in the bottom edge of the head portion has a sharp cutting edge angled back toward the handle portion. The sharp edge slashes the surface of the food item as the scoring knife is pulled by the user. The convex bottom edge helps the user avoid dragging a bottom surface of the handle portion along the food item while scoring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2002
    Inventor: Elias A. Alfi
  • Patent number: 6427569
    Abstract: A method and tool for repairing worn seams in sheet materials, such as linoleum or vinyl floor coverings, is disclosed. The tool is a specially constructed, double bladed utility knife. The tool has dual cutting blades that are rigidly secured to the tool for precision cutting. The blades are set at a slightly divergent angle relative to one another, and the distance between the blades is adjustable. The tool may be used to repair a damaged seam in a floor covering as follows. First, the blades are set to span the widest portion of the damaged portion of the seam. Cutting pressure is applied and the tool is drawn along the seam to remove the damaged portion. The blades are then adjusted to a slightly wider-apart position, and the tool is used in a similar manner to cut a repair piece from a matching piece of material. The repair piece is then adhered to the floor and will fit snugly between the adjoining pieces of material to accomplish a perfect repair of the seam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2002
    Assignee: Orcon Corporation
    Inventor: Lea MacDonald
  • Patent number: 6412178
    Abstract: A wallpaper cutting tool for corners including a plate having a planar upper surface, a planar lower surface, an upper edge, a lower edge, and opposed side edges. The planar upper surface has a handle secured thereto. The planar lower surface has a central groove formed therein extending between the upper and lower edges thereof. A cutting blade is disposed within the central groove of the planar lower surface of the plate. A right angle plate is secured to the planar lower surface of the plate in an abutting relationship with the cutting blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2002
    Inventor: Ralph Vicedomini
  • Publication number: 20020078572
    Abstract: A flute knife for cutting of corrugated plastic sheet includes a handle, a blade shank, two cutting edges and a pair of elongate guide members. The blade shank has a projecting end portion and the cutting edges are located on the projecting end portion and face rearwardly. One elongate guide member is located adjacent a free edge of the blade shank and the other guide member is located between the cutting edges. The handle and the guide members are preferably of a plastic material molded onto the metal blade shank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2000
    Publication date: June 27, 2002
    Inventors: W. Stewart Linton, Mario Romero, Beverly Norton, Rae Townsend
  • Publication number: 20020023358
    Abstract: A cutting knife for a cutting tool for cutting through adhesive beads on glass panes of vehicles is disclosed having a cross section that is bent into a U-shape and comprises a first limb, configured as an attachment part, with a receiving opening for attachment to an oscillating drive, and a second limb that is configured as a cutting part and is joined via an intermediate part to the attachment part of the cutting knife. The intermediate part and the cutting part being shaped such that a distance exists in a radial direction between a center point of the receiving opening and at least one cutting edge. The cutting part has, in a middle region between its outer free end and its angled transition to the intermediate part, a width that is greater than the width at the transition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 1999
    Publication date: February 28, 2002
    Inventors: PETER GRUNIKIEWICZ, BERT G. WURST
  • Publication number: 20020023357
    Abstract: The invention describes a cutting knife for a cutting tool for cutting through adhesive beads on glass panes of vehicles, having a cross section that is bent into a U-shape and comprises a first limb, configured as the attachment part, with a receiving opening for attachment to an oscillating drive, and a second limb that is configured as the cutting part and is joined via an intermediate part to the attachment part of the cutting knife, the intermediate part and the cutting part being shaped such that a distance exists in the radial direction between the center point of the receiving opening and at least one cutting edge. The cutting part has, in a middle region between its outer free end and its angled transition to the intermediate part, a lesser width than at the transition and at the outer end. This results in a reduced susceptibility to breakage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 1999
    Publication date: February 28, 2002
    Inventors: PETER GRUNIKIEWICZ, BERT G. WURST
  • Patent number: 6308422
    Abstract: A method and tool for repairing worn seams in sheet materials, such as linoleum or vinyl floor coverings, is disclosed. The tool is a specially constructed, double bladed utility knife. The tool has dual cutting blades that are rigidly secured to the tool for precision cutting. The blades are set at a slightly divergent angle relative to one another, and the distance between the blades is adjustable. The tool may be used to repair a damaged seam in a floor covering as follows. First, the blades are set to span the widest portion of the damaged portion of the seam. Cutting pressure is applied and the tool is drawn along the seam to remove the damaged portion. The blades are then adjusted to a slightly wider-apart position, and the tool is used in a similar manner to cut a repair piece from a matching piece of material. The repair piece is then adhered to the floor and will fit snugly between the adjoining pieces of material to accomplish a perfect repair of the seam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2001
    Assignee: Orcon Corporation
    Inventor: Lea MacDonald
  • Patent number: 6182364
    Abstract: A stock carton knife including a handle and a blade projecting from the handle and having two lateral edges and an outer end. The blade has a lateral cutting notch in one of the lateral edges, the cutting notch having a laterally oriented mouth including an inner edge closer to the handle and an outer edge farther from the handle. The outer edge converges with the outer end to form a juncture. The juncture has a configuration which includes at least one lateral recess. The safety carton knife further includes a blunt knob bonded on the juncture by a bonding material which is in the least one recess, thereby securing the knob to the blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2001
    Inventor: Thomas P. Reyburn
  • Patent number: 6178645
    Abstract: A device for severing a bonding strip located between and securing together two rigid panels, one of which may be of glass. The device has a flat elongated blade intended, in use, to be inserted between the panels to sever the bonding strip. The device is provided with a rest mechanism adapted to sit on one of the panels being separated to guide reciprocation of the elongated blade, whereby the blade reciprocates in a direction parallel to the panel being separated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2001
    Inventor: Stanley Trevor Lock
  • Patent number: 6071221
    Abstract: A cutting device is provided including a base adapted for being fixedly positioned on a piece of material to be cut. Also included is a handle slidably mounted on the base. Next provided is a control assembly including a shaft slidably mounted on the handle. The shaft of the control assembly is adapted to be slid between a first orientation wherein the shaft extends downwardly past a bottom face of the base and a second orientation wherein the shaft resides above the bottom face of the base. Finally, a blade or a creasing attachment is included for being mounted on the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Inventor: Jorge D. Lozano
  • Patent number: 6029355
    Abstract: A device for longitudinally cutting tubing is comprised of a block presenting an engaging surface for receiving tubing, blades and protective guards both coupled to the block and both extending beyond the engaging surface, and a handle coupled to the block. When cutting tubing, the device receives the tubing so that each of the blades cuts at an angle less than 90 degrees with respect to the tangent line of the tubing at the point where each contacts the tubing. This device may be used in a method for cutting tubing comprised of securing a section of tubing, receiving the tubing with the engaging surface of the device, contacting an end of the tubing with at least one blade wherein the blade is positioned at an angle less than 90 degrees with respect to the tangent line of the tubing at the point where the blade contacts the tubing, and cutting the tubing by pulling the block longitudinally along the tubing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 29, 2000
    Assignee: Kejr Engineering, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael B. Carlin
  • Patent number: 5943780
    Abstract: The cutter of my invention is a unitary device that does not require a utility knife, only a blade. The cutter exposes twice the blade length of a conventional utility knife, i.e., approximately 2.2 inches. The blade can be extended into the insulation over 4 inches. The cutter has a blade guard (to keep fingers out of the way, etc.). The cutter also has a safety mechanism to guard against accidental exposure of the blade (you have to grip the tool by the handle to allow the blade to be exposed). The cutter also has an added leverage point directly in front of the grip to increase the amount of pressure you can exert on the insulation. This cutter compresses and cut in one continuous motion, i.e. the same motion does both compressing and cutting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 31, 1999
    Inventor: Edward T. McIlhatten
  • Patent number: 5797437
    Abstract: A log peeler comprises a log peeling knife assembly 10 attached to a pulling cable 12, the pulling cable 12 being reeved around a powered cable drum 14. The pulling cable is attached at each end of the knife assembly so that the knife assembly will be pulled straight along a longitudinal line perpendicular to the orientation of the knife assembly. The powered cable drum 14 may be an engine or motor driven winch, where the engine or motor is an integral part of the assembly that includes the cable drum. The cable drum 14 is powered by a portable and detachable engine, such as a chain saw assembly 16. A remote control 82 may be located at or near the knife assembly so that the operator can engage or disengage the powered drum, as by closing or opening the chain saw trigger 17 through the action of a controller mechanism 84.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 25, 1998
    Inventor: Greg Beeson
  • Patent number: 5778536
    Abstract: An apparatus for slitting, scoring, and slotting paperboard and the like for the creation of paperboard boxes and other shapes. The apparatus comprises a handle having a built-in three bladed slotting knife that is retractable and quickly allows a worker to create a slot. A retractable slitting knife and a scoring wheel are also affixed to the handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 14, 1998
    Inventor: Charles Howard Allen West
  • Patent number: 5683406
    Abstract: An instrument for harvesting bone comprises an elongate body having a hollow, and a proximal end and a distal end communicating with one another through the hollow. A blade having a cutting edge for cutting or abrading bone is mounted adjacent an aperture in the distal end. The cut or abraded bone moves through the aperture and into the hollow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 4, 1997
    Assignee: Maxilon Laboratories, LLC
    Inventors: David E. Altobelli, Peter R. Ebner
  • Patent number: 5659961
    Abstract: A cutting tool for sheet material such as plasterboard, plywood, plastic, masonite or metal comprising two portions which are aligned and secured by magnetic attraction, such as permanent magnets or electro-magnetic devices. Each portion includes a cutter and device for adjusting the cutting depth. Cutting is accomplished by moving one of the portions, the other portion is simultaneously moved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 26, 1997
    Assignee: Gyproc Group AB
    Inventor: Stefan Borbrink
  • Patent number: 5647131
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a deburring and scraping tool capable of deburring and scraping grooves machined into relatively inaccessible areas of metal. The tool includes a handle, and a scraping blade which is inserted into the handle. The scraping blade has two or more cutting edges which are formed at an angle to each other. The two or more cutting edges are separated from each other. The unique design enables an operator to simultaneously remove burrs from at least two edges of the groove, or to scrape at least two exposed internal surfaces of the groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 15, 1997
    Assignee: Noga Engineering Ltd.
    Inventor: Naftali Hirsch
  • Patent number: 5581892
    Abstract: A filleting and skinning knife comprising a handle adapted to be positioned in the hand of a user. The handle has a generally longitudinal axis, and includes a front section and a rear section. An offset member is connected to the handle, and extends downwardly and below the front section of the handle. The offset member has a generally longitudinal axis which has an angular relationship to the longitudinal axis of the handle. The forward portion of the blade has the cutting edge and extends forwardly from the offset member. The blade member has a generally longitudinal axis and the forward part of this blade tapers at an angle to the rear of the blade. The rear of the blade is generally within the plane formed by the offset portion and the handle. The handle of the knife may include an electrical motor and drive linkage mechanism. The filleting knife provides a knife that is easier, safer and produces a thicker fillet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 10, 1996
    Inventor: James A. Dean
  • Patent number: 5561906
    Abstract: A carpet knife for creasing carpet at the juncture of the floor and the wall, and for cutting carpet along the crease, includes a split body having first and second mating body sections which when in assembled relation include a forward end portion which is capable of receiving and securing thereto a blade to cut carpet, a handle portion which is grasped in the user's hand, and a rearward end portion which is tapered to a pointed end. The rearward end portion is designed to crease the carpet at the juncture of the floor and the wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 8, 1996
    Inventor: Armand R. F. Desmarais
  • Patent number: 5531026
    Abstract: A cable armor stripping tool has a shoe for insertion between the core tube and the armor of a fiber optic cable. The shoe has a curved portion which is tapered for lifting and separating ends of the armor as the shoe is slid along the length of the core tube. The shoe is perferably an attachment for an R-4366 cable sheath stripper and is formed from stainless steel. The stripping tool is capable of removing armor from fiber optic cables or other types of cables of different sizes and of different materials without causing damage to the core tube or the fiber bundles. The stripping tool easily performs a mid-sheath entry and can expose the core tube in less time than when a rip cord is used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 2, 1996
    Assignee: AT&T Corp.
    Inventor: Douglas E. Avery