Handles And Blade Connections Patents (Class 30/340)
  • Publication number: 20130298411
    Abstract: Provided are a grip jacket which facilitates formation of a grip, is not easily separated, and is replaceable, and a grip for a cutting tool which exerts an excellent anti-slip effect, does not require insert molding, is low in cost, and is suitable for housing a folding blade as well. The grip jacket (10) to be mounted on a grip body to complete the grip for a cutting tool is made of an elastic body, and has a single-piece construction, with a pair of jacket side sections (110) interconnected by the intermediary of a jacket back section (120). Each jacket side section (110) has a thick-walled section (111) provided along an inner side of its open end (110c), and the thick-walled section (111) is provided with a fitting pocket (112) to be fitted with a fitting protrusion provided on the grip body side. The jacket back section (120) has, on its inner surface, a positioning protrusion (121) to be inserted into a fitting hole provided at the back section of the grip body for performing positioning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2011
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicant: UM: KOGYO INC.
    Inventor: Shozo Miyawaki
  • Patent number: 8549754
    Abstract: A knife that consist of a handle with a lockable and rotatable cutter head. The handle has a locking mechanism that secures the cutter head in numerous cutting positions and also in a safety position. The cutter head contains the blade. After the edges get dull the blade can be rotated within the cutter head to allow for the use of new cutting edges. The blade can easily be replaced by loosening the cutter head pivot bolt. The cutter head and pivot bolt remain attached to the knife during this process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Inventors: Hubert J. Bung, Elwood Dean Quimby
  • Publication number: 20130247389
    Abstract: A top-handle portable working machine includes a grip configuration that makes it easy for a worker to manipulate the implement as intended in order to adapt to tasks in which accuracy, fineness, or an attractive finish is needed. The direction of an axis in which the top grip extends and the direction of a working axis of the implement are inclined relative to each other in a vertical direction so as to intersect at a point to the rear of the housing at angle between 15 and 25°. A detachable grip-position restricting member is attachable to a concave part of the top grip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2013
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: Yamabiko Corporation
    Inventors: Hisato Osawa, Kazuhiro Yoneyama
  • Publication number: 20130193157
    Abstract: A utensil dispenser including a reservoir that stores utensils and front and rear pedestals in contact with a next utensil. The pedestals contain a plurality of utensils within the reservoir. A gravity feed ramp moves the next utensil to an access port of the utensil dispenser. The utensil dispenser includes an actuator operably connected to a drive pin or other drive mechanism. The actuator is configured to halt a dispensing utensil at a ready position based upon contact between the dispensing utensil and the actuator. In the ready position, a handle portion of the dispensing utensil is accessible via the access port. The drive mechanism is configured to contact the next utensil. The actuator is configured to move the drive mechanism to move the next utensil to clear the front pedestal to release the next utensil from the reservoir onto the gravity feed ramp when the dispensing utensil is dispensed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2013
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Applicant: US FOODS, INC.
    Inventor: US Foods, Inc.
  • Patent number: 8495777
    Abstract: A diver's rescue knife including a handle with a threaded stud at the butt end, a hammer screwed onto the stud and mounting a hard pin with a sharp point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Inventor: Scott E. Dixon
  • Publication number: 20130133206
    Abstract: A utensil of embodiments of the disclosed technology has a curvilinear neck having a top and bottom side, a handle extending from the curvilinear neck, a working end adapted for placement within a mouth (of a person), the handle connected to the curvilinear neck and having a bottom side extending downwards past the bottom side of the curvilinear neck, a handle extending from the neck, and a post. A top of the post is connected to the bottom of the neck, and a bottom of the post, opposite the top of the post, extends downwards past the entire bottom side of the working end, such that a line drawn from an end of the handle (the end opposite the curvilinear neck) to a bottom of the post passes below the entire bottom side of the working end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2011
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Inventor: KYLE DONOVAN
  • Publication number: 20130125402
    Abstract: Utensils including a cover for at least a portion of the working end of the utensil. The cover may be in the form of a “scoop” located at the rearward portion of the working end of a utensil so that a user, such as a child, may lift the utensil vertically and still avoid spilling a significant portion of the food. The utensil may include a handle having a handle portion thicker than a conventional child utensil handle. The handle may be curved for easier handling. The cover may include indicia such as a character appealing to a user, such as a cartoon, animated character, celebrity or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2012
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Inventors: Gregory Chubenko, Tania Chubenko
  • Publication number: 20130097876
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and devices for mounting and securing a handle (110) on a power driven hand tool (100) The power driven hand tool (100) is provided with a main body (104) comprising a housing (106) with a drive unit for driving a working member of the tool (100), a handle (110) for user operation of the tool (100), and a connecting part (112) for connecting the handle (110) with the main body (106). Further, a front end of the handle (110) may be inserted into a rear end of the connecting part (112) in a first rotational position in relation to the connecting part (112), and the handle (110) may be rotated into a second rotational position in relation to the connecting part (112). In the second rotational position, the handle (110) and the connecting part (112) are locked to each other by means of an automatic locking mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2010
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Applicant: HUSQVARNA AB
    Inventors: Carl-Johan Fong, Stefan Valfridsson, Ulrik Gejervall, Matias Nybacka
  • Publication number: 20130097878
    Abstract: A hand-held cutting tool may include a handle and a battery pack. The handle has a rear portion with respect to a work proceeding direction along which the cutting tool is moved for performing a cutting operation. When the battery pack is mounted to the rear portion of the handle, the longitudinal direction of the battery pack extends non-parallel with the work proceeding direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2012
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventor: MAKITA CORPORATION
  • Publication number: 20130081290
    Abstract: A handle for a razor, the handle having a fixed portion including a first end and a second end opposite the first end, and a rotatable portion coupled to the second end. The rotatable portion is configured to rotate relative to the fixed portion. The rotatable portion includes a first material and a second material such that the first material is different from the second material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2012
    Publication date: April 4, 2013
    Inventors: Matthew Frank Murgida, Michael Hal Bruno, Ashok Bakul Patel, Jessy Lee Cusack
  • Patent number: 8409231
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a contoured scalpel handle. The contoured shape of the handle provides for increased contact area with the user's hand using a larger diameter central portion and a smaller diameter trough. The generally circular cross-section allows rotation of the angle of the blade relative to the tissue without the need to change the grip on the handle. The contoured handle can be used as an adapter sleeve in which a scalpel handle can be inserted or can include a blade mounting element on which a blade is directly mounted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: University of Massachusetts
    Inventor: Raymond Dunn
  • Patent number: 8387262
    Abstract: An ice axe gripping shaft comprises a grip made of plastic equipped with a bottom stop for the hand to press on, located opposite an intermediate brace. An auxiliary lever articulated on the intermediate brace comprises a locking cam and a curved part acting as finger brace in the locked position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Zedel
    Inventors: Paul Petzl, Jon Rockfeller
  • Patent number: 8381407
    Abstract: An exchange blade knife includes a replaceable blade, a blade holder and a blade lock. The replaceable blade includes an opening adjacent to its base edge. The blade holder includes a blade recess for receiving the replaceable blade and a boss corresponding to the opening in the blade which projects from the surface of the blade recess. The boss has a low portion that is no thicker than the replaceable blade and a raised portion that extends above the surface of the replaceable blade. The blade lock pivots on the blade holder between an opened position for receiving the replaceable blade and a closed position for retaining the replaceable blade. The blade lock also includes an opening for receiving the boss of the blade holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Inventor: James Dale White
  • Publication number: 20130025134
    Abstract: A rolling bearing strip for a power operated rotary knife providing bearing support for rotation of a rotary knife blade with respect to a blade housing. The rolling bearing strip includes: a plurality of rolling bearings disposed in spaced apart relation; and a flexible separator cage for positioning the plurality of spaced apart rolling bearings, the flexible separator cage including interlocking first and second ends, the first end of the separator cage including a wall defining a projecting member and the second end of the separator cage including a wall defining a receiving member, the first end projecting member and the second end receiving member being in opposed facing relationship and the first end projecting member extending into the second end receiving member to secure the first end to the second end and form an annular, continuous rolling bearing ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2012
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicant: Bettcher Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas A. Mascari, Jeffrey A. Whited
  • Publication number: 20130025139
    Abstract: A power operated rotary knife (100) including: an annular rotary knife blade (300) including a knife blade bearing surface (319); a blade housing (400) defining a blade housing bearing surface (459); and a blade-blade housing bearing structure (500) disposed between the knife blade bearing surface (319) and the blade housing bearing surface (459). The blade-blade housing bearing structure (500) includes a rolling bearing strip (502) having a plurality of rolling bearings (506), such as ball bearings, disposed in spaced apart relation in a flexible separator cage (508). The rolling bearing strip (502) traverses through an annular passageway (504) defined between the knife blade bearing surface (319) and the blade housing bearing surface (459) to secure the knife blade (300) to the blade housing (400) and support the knife blade for rotation about a central axis (R) with respect to the blade housing (400).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2011
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicant: Bettcher Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey A. Whited, Nicholas A. Mascari
  • Publication number: 20130025136
    Abstract: A power operated rotary knife (100) including: an annular rotary knife blade (300) including a knife blade bearing surface (319); a blade housing (400) defining a blade housing bearing surface (459); and a blade-blade housing bearing structure (500) disposed between the knife blade bearing surface (319) and the blade housing bearing surface (459). The blade-blade housing bearing structure (500) includes a rolling bearing strip (502) having a plurality of rolling bearings (506), such as ball bearings, disposed in spaced apart relation in a flexible separator cage (508). The rolling bearing strip (502) traverses through an annular passageway (504) defined between the knife blade bearing surface (319) and the blade housing bearing surface (459) to secure the knife blade (300) to the blade housing (400) and support the knife blade for rotation about a central axis (R) with respect to the blade housing (400).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2011
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicant: Bettcher Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey A. Whited, Nicholas A. Mascari
  • Patent number: 8359755
    Abstract: The present invention may be used for removal of hair or fur from an animal. A blade holder may be rotatetably attached to a handle. The blade holder may have a body that may have a cavity that may be shaped to receive a cutting blade. A blade clamp may be disposable on a cutting blade and a fastener may be attached to attach the blade clamp and the cutting blade on the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: WORX4U2, Inc.
    Inventor: Kim E. Laube
  • Publication number: 20120324741
    Abstract: The training cutlery of the present invention comprises of a handle and three indentations placed in said handle for finger placement. For a fork or spoon, the first indentation is located at the left side of the handle and is configured to receive a thumb. The second indentation is located at the right side of the handle and is configured to receive an index finger. The third indentation is located at the bottom surface of the handle and is configured to receive a middle finger. For a knife, the first indentation is located at a left side of the handle and is configured to receive a thumb. The second indentation is located at a right side of the handle and is configured to receive a middle finger. The third indentation is located at a top side of the handle and is configured to receive an index finger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2011
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Inventor: Dafina A. Pookrum
  • Publication number: 20120311875
    Abstract: A twine cutting apparatus for a bale processor has a guide extending along a length of a floor of the bale chamber, and a knife engaged in the guide and configured such that the knife can slide along the length of the drum and such that a cutting edge of the knife contacts twine wrapped around an outer surface of the drum. A rigid handle is attached at a knife end thereof to the knife and is configured to be gripped by an operator at a grip end thereof outside the bale chamber. A twine access area can be provided on the drum surface to facilitate cutting twine, and the apparatus can be stored inside the bale chamber during operation of the bale processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2012
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicant: Highline Manufacturing Ltd.
    Inventor: Blake Neudorf
  • Patent number: 8312632
    Abstract: A handsaw includes a handle and a blade. The handle includes a lock assembly. The blade is releaseably mountable on the handle and includes a lock engaging region located toward one end thereof. The lock assembly includes a lock structure and a manually enagageable actuator. The lock structure is movable between a lock position in which it lockingly engages the lock engaging region to lock the blade to the handle, and a release position in which the lock structure is released from engagement with the lock engaging region to enable the blade to be released from the handle. The actuator is manually actuatable to move the lock structure from the lock position to the release position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Rowlay, Stewart Hawley
  • Publication number: 20120285023
    Abstract: A guarded surgical knife handle includes a handle portion with a blade holder, a chamber within the handle portion, and a slot. The guarded surgical knife handle also includes a guard having an open distal end slidably mounted within the handle portion that can slide longitudinally between an unguarded position and a guarded position. The guard is sized to surround the blade in the guarded position. The guarded surgical knife handle also includes a latch that latches the guard when the guard is slid into the guarded position and a first button that disengages the latch. The guarded surgical knife handle includes a bias member that forces the guard in a proximal direction to an unguarded position when the latch is disengaged along with a second button extending through the slot used to slide the guard in a distal direction into the guarded position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2012
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Inventors: Gregory Allen Auchter, Randal Lee Berardi, David Robert Schiff, Seth McCue GaleWyrick
  • Patent number: 8291601
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a reusable metal blade handle. More particularly, the present invention relates to a reusable metal blade scalpel handle with safety features provided therein which are also usable across a wide range of blades. In particular, the present invention has application for reusable metal surgical scalpels, providing the facility of a uniform handle type across a variety of blade types.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Inventors: Pankaj Kehr, Klaus Ruettgers
  • Patent number: 8245753
    Abstract: A plurality of hand tools for use in a wide variety of different applications for applying masking tape to various surfaces prior to painting, staining, detailing, sanding and the like wherein one embodiment includes a removably attachable blade member associated with one end portion of the tool and a removably attachable roller member or nudger member associated with the opposite end portion of the tool, and an extension/retraction mechanism for extending and retracting the blade member. Another embodiment of the present hand tool includes a handle member adaptable for receiving any combination of removably attachable roller members, nudger members, and blade members for attachment to the opposite end portions of the handle member. A wide variety of different blade configurations, roller member configurations, and nudger member configurations can be removably attached to the opposite end portions of the present tools.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Inventor: Richard R. Haemerle
  • Patent number: 8220164
    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 having a first tooth gear part for opening and closing the cutting jaw in response to the relative turning movement of the first elongated element and a second elongated element, having a second tooth gear part, about the second and the third pivot points respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Fiskars Brands Finland Oy AB
    Inventors: Olavi Lindén, Markus Paloheimo
  • Publication number: 20120167401
    Abstract: A hair removal device comprising a thermoplastic elastomer disposed on a portion of the hair removal device and one or more projections extending from the thermoplastic elastomer. The thermoplastic elastomer is polar and hydrophilic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Inventors: Steven Francis Quigley, Chandrasen Gajria
  • Publication number: 20120159793
    Abstract: A knife and chopping attachment assembly for chopping food products comprises a knife and a chopping attachment. The knife has a blade portion and a handle portion. The blade portion has a cutting edge and a spine disposed on a top side of the blade portion generally opposite the cutting edge. The chopping attachment is disposed over a portion of the spine of the knife. The chopping attachment is movable along the spine from a proximal end of the blade portion to a distal end of the blade portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2010
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: WKI HOLDING COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Paul Hatch, Clifford Krapfl, Julia Burke, Thomas Mitchell, David Mucci
  • Publication number: 20120159794
    Abstract: A flatware with interchangeable elements, generally including a handle having a bore and a first engagement means and a working end comprising a tool end, a shaft and a second engagement means configured to detachably engage with the first engagement means. The interchangeable elements allow a consumer to change the appearance and purpose of the flatware quickly and conveniently. The flatware herein described also eliminates the need for maintaining multiple sets of flatware as the interchangeable elements allow for multiple design and utility combinations to be achieved with a single set of flatware.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2011
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: METRO DESIGN USA
    Inventor: Warren Vogel
  • Patent number: 8181560
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: Progressive International Corporation
    Inventors: Lawrence M. Hauser, Ricky Wai Kit Chan, Joanna Clark
  • Publication number: 20120080444
    Abstract: A configuration of disposable cutlery comprises a plurality of disposable cutlery pieces suitable for loading in a disposable cutlery dispenser, wherein the plurality is not constrained by a cartridge when loaded into the cutlery dispenser, wherein the plurality is in a substantially unfanned orientation after loading of the plurality into a cutlery dispenser, and wherein each piece comprises a solid handle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2011
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Applicant: DIXIE CONSUMER PRODUCTS LLC
    Inventors: Patrick J. Smith, Andy L. Kirkpatrick, Michael R. Kilgore, David G. Honan
  • Publication number: 20120066914
    Abstract: Double handle knives and attachments to convert a knife to a double handle knife are described with secondary handles able to form an angle (a) between about 20 to 70 degrees between the long axis of the secondary handle and the long axis of the blade in a plane at about right angles to the blade. Embodiments describe fixed, rotatable, and indexable means for the angle of attachment of the secondary handle to the blade. Embodiments further describe reversible and permanent means of attachment. The placement of the secondary handle at the angle described allows for the optimal positioning of the hands for both controlling and assisting with the cutting of foods and other items.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2011
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Inventor: Brian William Hayes
  • Publication number: 20120036724
    Abstract: A utensil that includes a functional end and a handle associated with the functional end. The handle includes a longitudinal axis, a first surface, and a second surface. The first surface includes at least one protrusion configured to separably couple the utensil to a second utensil. The second surface is configured to receive at least a portion of a third utensil. The at least one protrusion is configured such that the utensil and the second utensil are configured to be at least one of coupled and decoupled with respect to one another via relative movement in a plane parallel to a reference plane that intersects a plane extending between the first and second surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2011
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicant: DIXIE CONSUMER PRODUCTS LLC
    Inventor: Richard S. Walters
  • Publication number: 20120023762
    Abstract: A space is provided in a front section of a handle. The space is located between side sections and extends along the longitudinal direction of a grip portion. A finger rest wall extending along the longitudinal direction is provided on each side section. The finger rest walls are provided to sandwich the space in the widthwise direction of the grip portion. Each finger rest wall is formed like a cantilever such that one of the ends in the thickness direction of the grip portion is a free end, and the other end is a fixed end. The space is opened between the free ends of the finger rest walls. The finger rest walls are attached to the side frame sections at the fixed ends. The side frame sections are formed of a material that is harder than the finger rest portion. The finger rest walls are deformed into the space when pressed toward the space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2011
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: KAI R&D CENTER CO., LTD
    Inventor: Tatsuya FURUTA
  • Patent number: 8099871
    Abstract: A utility knife is useful for operations such as glazing, roofing, carpeting and SHEETROCK™ drywall fabrication wherein the knife is used in close proximity to window edges, walls or corners. A blade-holding portion of the utility knife has a planar bottom wall and structure for mounting the blade at a small angle relative to the bottom wall so that the blade is able to flex and substantially conform to the plane of a surface upon which the planar bottom surface of the utility knife is supported. A handle portion of the utility knife is offset from the planar bottom surface so as to position a user's hand away from the surface on which the utility knife is supported.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Inventor: Edward Bilenski
  • Patent number: 8082669
    Abstract: Double handle knives and attachments to convert a knife to a double handle knife are described with secondary handles able to form an angle (a) between about 20 to 70 degrees between the long axis of the secondary handle and the long axis of the blade in a plane at about right angles to the blade. Embodiments describe fixed, rotatable, and indexable means for the angle of attachment of the secondary handle to the blade. Embodiments further describe reversible and permanent means of attachment. The placement of the secondary handle at the angle described allows for the optimal positioning of the hands for both controlling and assisting with the cutting of foods and other items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Inventor: Brian William Hayes
  • Patent number: 8065803
    Abstract: A cutting tool including a housing provided with a compartment having an opening, a carrier disposed in the compartment and displaceable between extended and retracted positions, a spring for biasing the carrier in the retracted position, a mechanism for displacing the carrier in the extended position, a mechanism for releasably retaining the carrier in the extended position, and the carrier having a nesting surface for a blade whereby a blade nested thereon will project through the compartment opening when the carrier is in the extended position and will be disposed within such compartment when the carrier is in the retracted position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Assignee: Taylor Brands, LLC
    Inventor: Michael Austin
  • Patent number: 8065942
    Abstract: The invention comprises an armoring element (1) of a knife haft, which has a bar (10) extending in an axial direction (100) and is connected to the tang (20) of a knife blade (2) using a connecting means (11). A secure, frictional connection in an axial direction (100) between the armoring element (1) and the knife blade (2) is formed by positive locking and/or material bonding between the connecting means (11) of the armoring element (1) and a corresponding counter piece (21) on the tang (20) of the knife blade (2). In an inventive method for producing a knife, the tang (20) and the armoring element (1) are coated with haft material, e.g. haft shells in the connected state. The haft material forms the actual body of the knife haft, wherein parts of the surface of the armoring element (1) may be disposed in the outer surface of the knife haft such that they are visible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Assignee: Friedr. Dick GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Horst Loehnert, Wilhelm Leuze
  • Patent number: 8056242
    Abstract: A hand tool for a craft knife has a handle, a blade tray and a connector. The handle has a mounting chamber, a mounting tube, a cap, a socket bit and an ejector tube. The blade tray is mounted in the mounting chamber and the mounting tube of the handle and has a base and a casing. The base has two mounting protrusions formed on an internal surface of the base. The casing is pivotally mounted in the base and has two mounting holes and a blade chamber. The connector is detachably connected to the handle and has a socket bar, a clamping tube and a pressing tube. The socket bar is detachably mounted in the socket bit. The clamping tube is mounted securely in the socket bar. The pressing tube is mounted around the clamping tube and presses against the socket bar and the clamping tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Inventor: Kung-Chen Chen
  • Publication number: 20110192038
    Abstract: A hollow handle flatware includes a main body extending between a service end and a handle end. The main body includes a service portion at the service end and a handle portion at the handle end. The hollow handle flatware also includes a handle part, which is formed separately from the main body and permanently fixed to the handle portion of the main body to form a hollow handle. The handle part and the handle portion of the main body enclose a hollow chamber. Also disclosed is a method of making a hollow handle flatware by separately forming a main body and a handle part and joining the main body and the handle part as a unitary hollow handle flatware.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2010
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Applicant: Godinger Silver Art Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ji Yong Moon
  • Publication number: 20110094111
    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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2009
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Applicant: PROGRESSIVE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lawrence M. Hauser, Ricky Wai Kit Chan, Joanna Clark
  • Patent number: 7930833
    Abstract: A portable, hand-operated trimmer has a head module that is removably connected to a power control module. The head module has a power head enclosing an electric motor that is operatively connected to a trimming blade. The power head is selectably settable in a plurality of angular positions with respect to a head support, including a neutral position representing 0 degree rotation, 45 degree flexion and dorsiflexion positions, and 90 degree flexion and dorsiflexion positions. The power head also encloses a stator cartridge that is connected to the housing of the power head by a plurality of fastening members. The head support rotates about the stator cartridge and is engaged by way of a movable engagement pin that is received within a selected recess defined in the stator cartridge. The power head housing and stator cartridge further define molded sockets to receive corresponding pivot arms of the head support. An O-ring is disposed about one of the pivot arms to dampen free rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2011
    Inventors: Ashok Samuel Baskar, Wallis Alsruhe, Jason Busschaert, Kevin W. Covell, Wade C. King
  • Patent number: 7921567
    Abstract: A bayonet includes: a blade having a sharpened portion and a tang integral with the sharpened portion; a handle that encloses the tang of the blade and has a first end proximate to the sharpened portion of the blade and a second end proximate to an end of the tang of the blade; a guard between the sharpened portion of the blade and the first end of the handle; a clip that is affixed to the second end of the handle and is further affixed to the end of the tang of the blade; and a positioning access point on the handle proximate to the second end of the handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: The Ontario Knife Company
    Inventor: Nicholas D. Trbovich, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20110061249
    Abstract: A cutting implement with blades that can be replaced or interchanged without using tools. The cutting implement has shock absorbing handles and may also have at least one bumper to reduce the forces transmitted to the user's hands and arms. The cutting implement may be a saw, pruners, lopper, grass shears, hedge shears, or garden shears.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2009
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Inventors: Man For Ma, Richard Constantine, Ryan Bruce, Yani Deros, Matthew Ibarra
  • Patent number: 7900363
    Abstract: An exchange blade knife includes a replaceable blade, a blade holder and a blade lock. The replaceable blade includes an opening adjacent to its base edge. The blade holder includes a blade recess for receiving the replaceable blade and a boss corresponding to the opening in the blade which projects from the surface of the blade recess. The boss has a low portion that is no thicker than the replaceable blade and a raised portion that extends above the surface of the replaceable blade. The blade lock pivots on the blade holder between an opened position for receiving the replaceable blade and a closed position for retaining the replaceable blade. The blade lock also includes an opening for receiving the boss of the blade holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Inventor: James Dale White
  • Publication number: 20110030225
    Abstract: A press-down type composite putty knife which comprises a handle and a blade with a rear end of the blade inserted into a blade receiving slot at a front end of the handle; the rear end of the blade has a blade tang which is provided with a fixing notch; a latch is disposed at the front end of the handle inside its casing; latch springs are disposed under the latch for returning the latch to its original position; a pressing part is formed by an upper end of the latch which extends outwardly from an upper surface of the handle; a longitudinal slot in communication with the blade receiving slot is disposed at a lower portion of the latch; a fixing block corresponding to the fixing notch of the blade tang is disposed on a bottom surface of the longitudinal slot. The engagement between the latch and the fixing notch allows the handle and the blade of the present invention to be removably assembled, and therefore fulfill the object of replacing blades of different specifications on the same handle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2009
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Inventor: Desheng WANG
  • Publication number: 20110016732
    Abstract: An ice axe gripping shaft comprises a grip made of plastic equipped with a bottom stop for the hand to press on, located opposite an intermediate brace. An auxiliary lever articulated on the intermediate brace comprises a locking cam and a curved part acting as finger brace in the locked position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2010
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Applicant: ZEDEL
    Inventors: Paul PETZL, Jon ROCKFELLER
  • Publication number: 20100325901
    Abstract: A knife has a handle with an enlarged proximate end grip portion having ribbed and unribbed surfaces. The handle has oppositely disposed thumb receiving concave unribbed surfaces at the distal end for alternate pinch-grip functions. The knife blade has a cutting edge that extends proximately below and adjacent the enlarged grip portion, and is proximately disposed with respect to the thumb receiving pinch-grip concave surfaces. The knife provides diverse impaired grip cutting functions with comfort and with fatigue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2009
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Inventors: Carol Catalano, Aaron Double
  • Patent number: 7856910
    Abstract: A knife with a handle capable of adjustable weight configurations. The handle is hollow such that the weight balance between the handle and blade may be adjusted through the selective use of one or more removable weights that form part of an axially oriented weight mounting assembly. A user may add or remove weights until a desired knife balance is achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Golden Sun Home Products Limited
    Inventor: Ngok Wing Kwok
  • Publication number: 20100307011
    Abstract: An engine is connected to the upper end of a drive shaft housing and a work head with a string trimmer or blower or both is operatively connected to the lower end of the drive shaft housing and is rotatably driven by an engine rotating a drive shaft inside the drive shaft housing and connected to the working head. The drive shaft housing is rigidly connected to the working head and may be rotated about its longitudinal axis relative to the engine in any desired amount of rotation, but the preferred degree of rotation is 135° to move the working head from a trimming position with the rotating trimmer string in a horizontal position to an edging position with the rotating trimmer string in a vertical position and with the working head being displaced to the operator's right side for better viewing and control and operator comfort.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2010
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Applicant: HEOW, INC.
    Inventors: EDWARD P. HURLEY, Steven M. Harrington, Douglas Gaylord, Ryan R. Butrym, Bruce K. Bridges
  • Publication number: 20100263218
    Abstract: A knife includes a knife blade defining a knife plane having a cutting edge on one side and a spine an opposed side, wherein the cutting edge and the spine meet at a point of the knife blade at a distal end thereof, the knife blade including a bolster at an end of the knife blade opposed from the point and a tang adjacent the bolster, and a handle attached to the tang of the knife blade, the handle includes a body portion, the handle includes a spine support extending along a portion of the spine of the knife blade and coupled to the knife blade at a position spaced from the point, and wherein the spine support is spaced from the spine for at least a portion of the spine. A resilient buffer member may be provided between the knife blade and the handle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2007
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Applicant: INDUSTRIAL RD LC
    Inventor: Ryan Scott Bookhamer
  • Patent number: RE43908
    Abstract: An improvement for a dual handle fighting knife having interlocking handles when in open position and multiple spring blades stabilization in open and closed position. The handle blade spring engagement provides for a safe, straight-forward interlocking blade position and spacing of said cutting edge engagement with said handle when in closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Cold Steel
    Inventor: Andrew Demko