With Receptacle Or Support For Cut Product Patents (Class 83/167)
  • Patent number: 11896049
    Abstract: The object of the application is an apparatus for the manufacturing of rods of a continuous material strand comprising a feeding unit for feeding the material strand, a guiding unit for guiding the material strand, a compressing unit for compressing the strand and forming a continuous rod of the material strand, and an object feeding unit for feeding an object to the compressing unit, the apparatus being adapted to feed three partial strands of the material strand, whereas the partial strands are fed through the guiding unit to the compressing unit characterised in that the object feeding unit is adapted to insert the object in the radial direction of the formed continuous rod into the compressing unit between the partial strands. The object of the application is also a method for the manufacturing of rods of the continuous material strand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: International Tobacco Machinery Poland Sp. z o. o.
    Inventors: Bartosz Cieslikowski, Radoslaw Figarski
  • Patent number: 11745377
    Abstract: In some examples, a device for ream-wise and/or pile-wise separating blanks from a pile and/or a ream of sheets includes at least one lower blank separating module and at least one upper blank separating module including an upper separating tool having multiple separating elements arranged in a separating element matrix. A separating element in an activated position has a first distance with respect to a carrier plate, and a separating element in a deactivated position has a second distance with respect to the carrier plate. The at least one upper blank separating module additionally includes at least one upper blank separating tool adapted as a function of the blank shape and/or the number of blanks on a sheet, such as for removing crosspieces when offcut pieces configured as crosspieces are present on a sheet, and/or for separating blanks arranged directly next to one another on a sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: KOENIG & BAUER AG
    Inventors: Erik Bormann, Johannes Helbig, Dietmar Hesse, Jun Mizutani, Johannes Naumann, Mirko Wulf
  • Patent number: 11642452
    Abstract: A container (10) for storing new and used pen needles (20,30), the container (10) comprising a housing (12) including a first compartment (50) configured to store one or mom new pen needles (20), and a second compartment (52) configured to store one or more used pen needles (30), wherein the first and second compartments (50,52) are inversely adjustable in size to accommodate various combinations of new and used pen needles (20, 30).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Victor Politis, Mark Bowen
  • Patent number: 11623461
    Abstract: A printing device includes: an image recording unit configured to record an image on a printing medium; a cutter unit configured to cut the printing medium on which the image is recorded by the image recording unit; and a medium receiving unit configured to receive the printing medium on which the image is recorded by the image recording unit. The cutter unit is positioned frontward of the image recording unit in a frontward direction. The medium receiving unit is positioned below the cutter unit at a time of an image recording operation and being detachable in the frontward direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hiroaki Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11584038
    Abstract: A novel cutting method and apparatus includes a cutting blade adapted to consistently and easily form a desirable kerf in a concrete substrate while capturing substantially all resulting concrete dust.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: PERFECT TRAC OPCO, LLC
    Inventors: John Merck, Reginald A. Ronzello
  • Patent number: 11534846
    Abstract: A wire electrical discharge machine to cut a workpiece by generating an electrical discharge in a dielectric working fluid between wire electrodes arranged in parallel and the workpiece includes: a work tank that stores the dielectric working fluid; a Z-axis stage that is disposed in a lower portion of the work tank and moves the workpiece in a Z-axis direction that is a vertical direction; a pillar that extends upward from the Z-axis stage and has an upper end portion located above the highest level of a fluid level of the dielectric working fluid in the work tank; an adjuster that is installed downward from a portion of the pillar located above the highest level of the fluid level, is disposed above the highest level of the fluid level, and adjusts the position or posture of the workpiece in a direction other than the vertical direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Yuzawa, Yoichi Otomo, Junichi Shibata
  • Patent number: 11433564
    Abstract: A food cutter induces an operating frame, a push-pull mechanism and an elastic connecting piece. A mounting cavity and a feeding hole are formed in the operating frame; and the push-pull mechanism is mounted in the mounting cavity and connected with the operating frame in a sliding manner. The push-pull mechanism includes a push-pull rack, a stationary knife and a movable knife; the stationary knife is fixedly mounted on the push-pull rack; the movable knife is detachably mounted on the push-pull rack and positioned below the stationary knife; and a discharging hole is formed in the push-pull rack and communicated with the feeding hole and the mounting cavity. One end of the elastic connecting piece is fixedly connected with the operating frame, and the other end is fixedly connected with the push-pull rack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Inventor: Cuihong Chen
  • Patent number: 11034044
    Abstract: The rotating shaped blade for cutting slides from a product strand is only configured over a portion of its outer edge as a circular segment that extends about the rotation axis and which represents the cutting edge so that on the one hand side the cutting edge has a constant width radial distance from a circular segment shaped functional edge of the stop plate over an entire extension of the circular segment, and on the other hand side immediately after releasing the strand cross section by the blade a forward movement of the product strand can be performed up to the stop plate until the radial front edge of the blade has reached the strand cross section again.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: TVI ENTWICKLUNG & PRODUKTION GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Völkl, Martin Mayr
  • Patent number: 10773288
    Abstract: A combined iris and shear unit for a coil forming device is provided that includes an actuator and a plurality of support members coupled together in series to support formation of a coil and connected to the actuator. Each support member further comprises a retractable shear blade. The actuator adapted to cause movement of the support members between an open position with the blades of the combined iris and shear unit being retracted away from the reform tub wall, so that coil forming takes place within the reform tub without interference. A support position with the blades extends into the reform tub and providing support for the coil; or a shear position for cutting the coil before it is extracted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Primetals Technologies USA LLC
    Inventor: Robert John Castle
  • Patent number: 10759078
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electric puncher. The electric puncher includes at least one punching device, a rotating shaft and a drive unit. The punching device further includes a support frame arranged on the base and a punching assembly that moves up and down along the support frame. The rotating shaft can be connected with the support frame through rotation. The rotating shaft is furnished with eccentric cams that drive the punching assembly to move up and down. The staggered arrangement of eccentric cams enables the punching assemblies to asynchronously move up and down during the rotation of rotating shaft. The drive unit drives the rotating shaft to rotate. The asynchronous vertical motion of various punching assemblies helps to save labor, thereby alleviating the requirements for motor output power and gear strength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Eagle (Shaoguan) Stationery Technology Limited
    Inventors: Siu Leung Chan, Huixiong Xiong, Jiwu Liang, Xinsheng Xiao
  • Patent number: 10722957
    Abstract: A cutting device for cutting a number of structural steels in series is disclosed. The cutting device may include a cutting mechanism coupled to an actuating mechanism, both mounted on a support frame. The cutting mechanism may include a stationary cutting member having a plurality of openings and a movable cutting member mounted in side-by-side abutment with the stationary cutting member. Each lateral opening on the stationary cutting member is aligned with the corresponding opening on the movable cutting member, thereby forming a single extended opening, which is capable of receiving a workpiece therein. The movable cutting member is movable relative to the stationary cutting member from a first position to a second position. As the movable cutting member moves, it moves the aligned openings of the individual cutting members out of alignment one after another thereby shearing the workpieces in the process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Inventors: Sohrab Pakdelbonab, Mohammadbagher Payganeh
  • Patent number: 10422724
    Abstract: A sample sectioning device including a housing having a base member, a cutting mechanism positioned on the base member and operable to cut sections from a sample, a sample holder dimensioned to hold a sample and operable to move with respect to the cutting mechanism during a cutting operation, and a waste removal assembly positioned below the cutting mechanism and the sample holder, the waste removal assembly having a first member and a second member that are dimensioned to remove waste produced during the cutting operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Sakura Finetek U.S.A., Inc.
    Inventors: Xuan S. Bui, Alyicia Marie Rios, Erico Von Bueren
  • Patent number: 10363676
    Abstract: A mandoline slicer includes a slicing ramp with a rearward and forward portion defining an opening. A main slicing blade is mounted to the forward slicing portion. A spiral slicing insert is configured to fit within the opening, and includes a circular support, a spindle, and a spiral slicing blade positioned inside the circular support. In some versions, the insert is invertible, having a second spiral slicing feature on a lower side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: Progressive International Corporation
    Inventor: Justin Bagley
  • Patent number: 10364121
    Abstract: A sheet cutting apparatus includes a cutting unit configured to cut a sheet, a blowing unit configured to send air toward the cutting unit, a container unit configured to contain scraps generated when the sheet is cut, a scrap path configured to allow the scraps travelling toward the container unit from the cutting unit to pass through, wherein the scrap path is formed of a member provided with openings for allowing the air sent by the blowing unit to pass through.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shigeo Doi
  • Patent number: 10327542
    Abstract: The invention relates to a frame for supporting a top of a table or desk at a working height, said frame being designed for fastening legs. The frame comprises at least two profiled bodies that can be connected to each other via at least two brackets (10, 12), said brackets (10, 12) being designed to extend over or around edges of the profiled bodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: DewertOkin GmbH
    Inventor: Andreas Oberndörfer
  • Patent number: 10267713
    Abstract: A sample preparation system includes a slicing module, a first tank, a sequencing module and a pickup module. The slicing module is utilized to sequentially slice a sample block into a plurality of sample slices. The first tank is utilized to receive the sample slices. The sample slices float on a fluid in the first tank, and the sample slices are moved by the flowing fluid. The sequencing module is disposed at a side of the first tank, so as to separate the sample slices sequentially. The pick module is coupled with the first tank, so as to pick up the sample slices sequentially and place the sample slices on corresponding sample holders. In addition, a sample preparation method is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: Materials Analysis Technology Inc.
    Inventor: Hung-Jen Chen
  • Patent number: 10092138
    Abstract: A food processing device (10) includes a drive assembly coupled to a dualaction cutting tool (20) and a single-action dicing tool (40). First and second cutting assemblies (51, 52) are disposed on the cutting tool (20) and are adapted to make first and second cuts in a food substrate as the cutting tool (20) rotates within a food processing path (26). The cutting tool (20) is further adapted to urge the cut food substrate towards and through the dicing tool (40) where generally parallel spaced-apart blades (66) further cut the food substrate to form diced food elements. The sequential cutting arrangement of the cutting tool (20) and the dicing tool (40) provides for a food processing device (10) that is capable of dicing a food substrate with lower torque and lower power requirements as compared to conventional dicing methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: David J. Gushwa, Jeffrey Carl Loebig, Yung Leong Hin, Fan Zhao
  • Patent number: 10082237
    Abstract: An imaging system includes a base, an imaging assembly, and a holder assembly. The imaging assembly includes a first arm including a first arm first portion and a first arm second portion distal from the first arm first portion and a second arm including a second arm first portion and a second arm second portion distal from the second arm first portion. The first arm is pivotally mounted on the base and the second arm is pivotally mounted on the first arm second portion. An imaging device is mounted on the second arm second portion. The holder assembly includes a base mount mounted on a platform. A strut is coupled to the base mount, and a gripper is coupled to the strut. The gripper is configured to grip and position a part in line of sight of the imaging device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: A9.com, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Crain, Jewel Burks, Nashlie Sephus
  • Patent number: 10065758
    Abstract: An apparatus that includes a support for one or more products. The one or more products have a wrapping thereabout, and a cutter is coupled to the support and moveable relative to the support for forming a window in the wrapping to allow access for placing one or more labels on the one or more products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: SICPA HOLDING SA
    Inventor: Alberto De La Serna
  • Patent number: 9517574
    Abstract: A punching device includes: a die seat; a punch seat; an interconnecting member interconnecting the die seat and the punch seat; a punch; first and second pivot parts; a first lever pivoted to the first pivot part and having two first side walls and two side flanges that extend respectively from lower ends of the first side walls; a second lever pivoted to the second pivot part and having two second side walls that abut against the side flanges for driving rotation of the first lever relative to the first pivot part; and an urging member for urging the punch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Inventor: Chin-Wen Yen
  • Patent number: 9452543
    Abstract: A cutter for a printer is provided, together with corresponding methods. The cutter has a fixed blade and a movable blade. The fixed blade is arranged on a cover bracket. The cover bracket is movable between an open and a closed position. The movable blade is arranged on a printer frame. The movable blade is adapted to move from a home position into engagement with the fixed blade for cutting paper media during a cutting action. In the open position of the cover bracket, the fixed blade and movable blade are separated, enabling paper jams to be cleared and paper to be loaded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: Transact Technologies Incorporated
    Inventors: Steven A. Supron, David E. Weeks, Bruce Harris
  • Patent number: 9358668
    Abstract: A jet receiving receptacle is provided which is coupleable to a high-pressure fluid jet system opposite a nozzle thereof to receive a fluid jet discharged from the nozzle after it acts on a workpiece. The jet receiving receptacle may include an elongated inlet alignable with a direction of travel of the nozzle to receive the fluid jet in a deflected state. The jet receiving receptacle may further include a jet deflection device positioned downstream of the elongated inlet to redirect at least a portion of the fluid jet and a jet rebound device located upstream of the jet deflection device to be impinged on by the redirected portion of the fluid jet. The jet deflection device and jet rebound device may form, in combination with a housing, a device to trap the fluid jet. Fluid jet cutting systems incorporating a jet receiving receptacle and related methods are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Ascent Aerospace, LLC
    Inventors: Mohamed A. Hashish, Eckhardt R. Ullrich, Michael Knaupp, Steven J. Craigen, Charles M. Brown, Bruce M. Schuman
  • Patent number: 9352403
    Abstract: A power equipment includes a base defining an enclosure space, a table supported on the base, and a cutting assembly supported within the enclosure space below the table. The cutting assembly includes a motor having an output shaft and a dual stage drive system operably coupled to the output shaft. The output shaft defines a first axis of rotation. The dual stage drive system includes two drive stages which enable the motor of the drive system to be moved farther inward, away from the table top, which provides clearance for the incorporation of other features into and immediately below the table top.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Andrew Frolov
  • Patent number: 9327085
    Abstract: A used needle is inserted in a housing of a needle apparatus disabling device. As the needle is pushed downwards sealing a collar opening and bears against a stationary cutter blade. The needle is pushed further into the device where it contacts upper and lower electrodes. An electric current passes through the needle, which causes it to become heated resistively to destruction. A voltage drop between the electrodes is detected by a processor activating a motor driven movable cutter blade which then severs a remaining stub or remnant of the needle portion and simultaneously urges the severed stub downwardly onto the electrodes to ensure its complete destruction. During this process any sparks or airborne contaminants, or combustion gases are prevented from escaping through the opening by the sealing action of the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: SHARPS TERMINATOR, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Kenneth A. Jackson, William A. Schureck
  • Patent number: 9248552
    Abstract: A structural arrangement for use in an extractor of disposable syringe needles uses a needle extraction means with two interlocking parts (11 and 12) that move in a pincer-like manner, gripping the needle. A lateral lever (1) causes the inner pair of pincers of the device to move downwards, extracting the needle from the plastic tip. A capsule (6) for containing the needles removed from the plastic tips can be introduced into the lower portion of the body of the extractor. The top of the extractor is provided with a cover (2) that can be lifted for introducing the plastic tip into the device, with no contact of any kind between the operator and the needle. The upper portion of the extractor, when it is closed with the cover, has a funnel-shaped geometry (14), which prevents the user from accidentally pricking his or her hand when placing a syringe in the device in order to extract the needle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Inventor: Josemar Souza dos Santos
  • Patent number: 9252390
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a joined body composed of a first substrate and a second substrate joined together by sealing resin material attached to a predetermined area of the first substrate includes: attaching a sheet material to the first substrate so as to cover the predetermined area, the sheet material including a sheet base material and the resin material provided on one main surface of the sheet base material; forming, after the attaching, in the sheet material, a slit by reducing a thickness of the resin material along an outline of the predetermined area; and separating, after the forming, part of the resin material inside the slit from the sheet base material to keep the part of the resin material inside the slit on the predetermined area of the first substrate and not to keep the rest of the resin material outside the slit on the first substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: JOLED INC.
    Inventors: Hiroko Okumura, Hiroyuki Masuda
  • Patent number: 9162277
    Abstract: A self-piercing die riveter having an indexable die table on the nose of its frame. The die table has a number of dies disposed thereon. The frame defines a first passage and a second passage in communication with and diverging from the first passage. An actuator for indexing the die table is located on the riveter outside of the nose of the frame and is connected to the die table through either shafts or belts disposed within the first and second passages. The die table has a number of detents that cooperate with a locating arm to hinder indexing of the die table and position the dies in-line with the path of a reciprocating punch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: FORD MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Matthew Flis, William C. Moision
  • Patent number: 9126441
    Abstract: A sheet conveyance apparatus including a conveyance unit configured to convey a sheet, wherein the conveyance unit includes a slanting surface having an inclination with respect to a horizontal surface and a conveyance surface that forms, together with the slanting surface, a space that becomes narrower downward in the vertical direction and which moves in a predetermined direction, and conveys the sheet in a predetermined direction by the movement of the conveyance surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shigeru Toriihara, Masahito Yoshida, Masahiro Sugimoto, Seiji Suzuki
  • Patent number: 8984996
    Abstract: A full-automatic optical fiber container connected with an optical fiber cutting unit includes a first shell and a second shell. The first shell includes a bottom case for containing optical fiber, and a cover pivotally connected with a top of the bottom case. An upper fiber collecting shaft is set at the cover and a lower fiber collecting shaft is set at the bottom case. The two shafts are rotationally connected to an opening of the first shell. The second shell includes a container driving unit that connects with the fiber cutting unit's top cap fixedly, a transmission unit that connects with the container driving unit and the lower fiber collecting shaft, and only engages one-way transmission; and a container lever that is flexibly connected with the first shell's cover. The three parts are set in the second shell with flexible connection respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: DH Infotech (Weihai) Inc.
    Inventor: Yangri Zhao
  • Patent number: 8967024
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for handling a portion of a tissue sample when sectioned by a microtome. The apparatuses include a container, a tissue sample holder in the container, and one or more outlets configured to allow flow of a fluid from the container. The flow through the outlet causes a portion of the tissue sample sectioned by a microtome to move into the outlet. The methods include sectioning one or more portions of a tissue sample, and flowing a fluid past the tissue sample to cause the one or more portions of the tissue sample to move away from the tissue sample and toward at least one fluid outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Sanjay Shivayogi Magavi, Jack Barger, Michael Paul Emery, James Edward Sinclair, Jorge Arturo Ayala
  • Publication number: 20150047485
    Abstract: A device for trimming stems and the leafy plant structure projecting from a flower of a plant, for example a harvested flower of a marijuana plant. The device includes a blade head for supporting a pair of sheet blades, each sheet blade having a contact surface, the contact surface of the first sheet blade configured for reciprocating motion against the contact surface of the second. The first sheet blade and the second sheet blade are formed having numerous trimming apertures such that as the first sheet blade reciprocates against the second sheet blade, the plurality of first sheet blade trimming apertures and the plurality of second sheet aperture alternately, and at last partially, align and close creating a shearing action between the edges defining each of the plurality of first sheet blade trimming apertures and an edge defining each of the plurality of second sheet blade trimming apertures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2014
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Inventor: Barry Schroeder
  • Publication number: 20150033923
    Abstract: A cutting apparatus for cutting an original product includes a platform, a base, a cutting device, and a first driving device. The original product includes a stub bar and optical lenses connected to the stub bar. The base is fixed to the platform. The cutting device is mounted on the base. The cutting device includes at least one group of cutter. Two cutters in each group of the cutter are aligned with each other and are apart from each other. The first driving device is fixed to the platform. The first driving device is configured to drive the two cutters in each group to move closer to each other or to move away from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2014
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventor: CHANG-WEI KUO
  • Publication number: 20150033924
    Abstract: A food cutter has a base and at least two transverse panels extending from the base and sized to complement a pan. The panels may form a grid with an upper end located in the base. The grid has a lower end with cutting edges adapted to cut food. The upper end may be concave and the lower end is flat. The base is formed from a smooth rigid material and may be covered in a soft pliable material. The grid may be coated with a food safe, non-stick material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2014
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventor: Jennie Kathryn Brown
  • Patent number: 8943954
    Abstract: A food processor having a dicing tool and a cleaning tool to clean out the dicing tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Michael P. Conti, Keeley Kabala, Kevin James Beber, David J. Gushwa
  • Publication number: 20150020662
    Abstract: A sheet cutting device includes a stage including a placement surface on which a to-be-cut sheet is placed; a strip-shaped fixed blade that is provided in one end portion of the stage; a movable blade that works together with the fixed blade to cut the sheet placed on the placement surface of the stage gradually from one end portion of the sheet to a different one end portion; and a support section that is located between the one end of the fixed blade and the other end in such a way as to be closer to a vertically downward side than the fixed blade and be closer to a vertically upward side than a bottom surface of a waste box placed closer to the vertically downward side than the fixed blade, to temporarily support part of a remnant generated after cutting by the fixed and movable blades.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2014
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Applicant: NISCA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki YAMADA, Takuma KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 8910550
    Abstract: A printer according to the present invention includes a recording unit that makes recording on recording paper, a cutter unit that has a movable cutter edge to cut the recording paper, and a containing portion that receives recorded matter, which is the recorded paper cut by the cutter unit. Further, the printer includes a cut piece collecting portion that collects cut pieces, which are recording paper cut by the cutter unit, and a cut piece collecting portion cover that opens/closes in conjunction with a cutting operation of the cutter unit. The recording paper cut by the cutter unit is collected by a cut piece collecting portion if the cut piece collecting portion cover is in an open state and is made movable to the containing portion if the cut piece collecting portion cover is in a closed state. Further, the cut piece collecting portion cover performs one opening/closing operation for a predetermined number of cutting operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Takashi Furuta
  • Publication number: 20140338510
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an automatic electric punching apparatus that can automatically punch documents or paper sheets by lowering a screw punch blade by means of a screw while being rotated in conjunction with driving of a motor due to switching.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2013
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Inventor: Yong-Woo Lee
  • Patent number: 8857325
    Abstract: A food cutter has a base and at least two transverse panels extending from the base and sized to complement a pan. The panels may form a grid with an upper end located in the base. The grid has a lower end with cutting edges adapted to cut food. The upper end may be concave and the lower end is flat. The base is formed from a smooth rigid material and may be covered in a soft pliable material. The grid may be coated with a food safe, non-stick material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Inventor: Jennie Kathryn Brown
  • Patent number: 8858912
    Abstract: Certain embodiments disclosed herein relate to compositions, methods, devices, systems, and products regarding frozen particles. In certain embodiments, the frozen particles include materials at low temperatures. In certain embodiments, the frozen particles provide vehicles for delivery of particular agents. In certain embodiments, the frozen particles are administered to at least one biological tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: The Invention Science Fund I, LLC
    Inventors: Edward S. Boyden, Daniel B. Cook, Roderick A. Hyde, Eric C. Leuthardt, Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elizabeth A. Sweeney, Lowell L. Wood, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20140216226
    Abstract: A cutting system for finely chopping food items reduces physical exertion of a user and time to chop the food items while enhancing the safety of the user. The system includes a support member, a cutting sheet with a plurality of blades mounted to the support member, a block slidably mounted to the support member, a bottom member aligned with the cutting sheet and having a chopping sheet with a plurality of blades, and an upper member pivotably mounted to the bottom member. The user places a food item between the cutting sheet and the block and engages the block with the cutting sheet to cut the food item. The user maneuvers the upper member to engage with the bottom member to dice the cut food item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2014
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Inventors: Bassam HOMSI, Carleigh Alayne HOMSI
  • Patent number: 8783143
    Abstract: A cutting machine for trimming window covering work pieces is disclosed. The cutting machine includes a stand, one or more cutting mechanisms attached to the stand, a controller and one or more locators connected to the controller that are movable relative to the one or more cutting machines and are configured to engage at least a portion of a window covering work piece between the ends of the work piece. The controller has a memory having a program. The program enables the controller to cause one or more of the locators to move so that a desired amount of material can be trimmed from at least one end of the work piece after the controller receives information about the work piece. The controller may be connected to the one or more locators by one or more wireless connections or by one or more direct connectors such electronic wiring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Lumino, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Kollman, Adam Ward
  • Patent number: 8763503
    Abstract: Personal cutting devices in the form of hand held punches for producing jewelry display cards include two aligned templates having identical patterns of apertures and being securely mounted in a frame such that a space between the templates accommodates a piece of cardstock. There is a spring biased movable member having elongate cutting elements designed to pass through the apertures in both templates, and an activation lever on which indicia is printed to show the aperture patterns produced by the punches. A housing protects the mechanism. Each punch is specifically designed to produce a display card that can hold and display a single article of jewelry such as a pair of earrings, a necklace or a brooch. The punches vary in size according to the template patterns. The punches enable the jewelry designer to use any card stock, including a business card, to display an article of jewelry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Inventor: Aleathia G. Hunter
  • Publication number: 20140166624
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for sterilizing and destroying a syringe needle includes a rotating needle carriage that receives a needle in a loading position. The needle carriage includes a port sized to accept a pen-type hypodermic syringe and an insert to downsize the port for accepting a conventional hypodermic syringe. The needle carriage is rotated downwardly to a cut-off position. At the cut-off position, two opposing contact blades pinch the needle, which electrically connects the positive and negative terminals of a battery. Current flows through the contact blades to shear the needle. The sheared portion of the needle then falls into a waste compartment in the bottom of the apparatus. When the syringe is removed from the needle carriage, the needle carriage rotates upwardly and returns to the loading position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2012
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: Q Care International LLC
    Inventor: William F. Butler
  • Publication number: 20140157965
    Abstract: A machine for accurately cutting tiles, blocks of concrete, clay, blocks of stone and stone materials, wood and wooden materials is described. It may include a support stand which at its top supports a removable bed structure. The bed includes a motor-driven cutting disc recessed-mounted axially along pillow blocks such that a substantial portion of the cutting disc is projected above the bed surface and its mode of rotation is about a fixed centralized axis. Trolley track rails situated on distal ends of both long sides of the bed allow for lateral movement of the trolley above the bed surface to facilitate the cutting operation. During operation the object secured safely on the trolley which is manually moved towards the cutting disc while a perforated shower head sprays water onto the work piece. Water is filtered and recycled back to the shower via the bin situated below the cutting disc and thence to the recycle and filter unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2014
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Inventor: John Simon
  • Publication number: 20140150617
    Abstract: A manually-powered, lever-operated, multi-hole punch device with visual alignment indicia, for punching holes in stacked sheet media such as paper. The hole punch device includes an elongated base with a top side divided along its length in approximate halves, with the front half being a lower flat surface transitioning through a step to a rear half, upper flat surface. The upper flat surface includes a plurality of peninsulas extending into the lower flat surface, such that the areas between the peninsulas include a visual alignment indicator. Punch elements and their punch pins are located on each peninsula overlying the lower flat surface, and the height of the step creates a slot to receive the paper stack. Underneath each punch pin on the lower flat surface is a receiving hole to receive the reciprocating punch pin. An optional chip receptacle is positioned at the underside of the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicants: ACCENTRA, INC., WORKTOOLS, INC.
    Inventors: JOEL S. MARKS, BRIAN E. MELGAARD
  • Publication number: 20140144304
    Abstract: A puncher has a base, an upper cover, two cutters and at least one spring. The base is made of plastic and has a base recess capable of receiving paper. The upper cover is made of plastic and is pivotally connected to the base. The cutters are mounted on the base, are capable of being driven by the upper cover and longitudinally moving relative to the base, and are located between a pivoting point and an opening of the base recess. The at least one spring is mounted between the base and the upper cover. Accordingly, the puncher has a reverse-fulcrum structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2012
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: SDI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Chih-Wei HSU
  • Publication number: 20140137715
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to the automatic staining, imaging, cutting and collection of samples in a sample-processing device, in particular in a microtome. It provides a general-purpose sample holder, which comprises fluid exchange means for, e.g., surface staining and washing of a specimen. Furthermore, it provides a microtome chamber comprising sample collection means. A directional flow is used in the microtome chamber to transport a cut section of the specimen to a sample collection chamber. The present microtome chamber is especially useful to automatically collect delicate microtome samples, such as thin fresh tissue slices prepared by a vibratome. The microtome chamber may further comprise a sample holder receptacle and means to transport fluids to and from the fluids exchange means of the sample holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2012
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Inventors: Emmanuel Sneyders, Hans Nicasy, Bruce Leslile Mcnaughton
  • Patent number: 8726774
    Abstract: A downdraft enclosure and curved shroud forming a 180 degree catch area for dust and debris created by miter saw operation in at any angle or position. The enclosure defines a downdraft space. Exhaust opening perforations are formed on the top of the enclosure, with a dust outlet opening formed in the base of the enclosure. A flexible hose from the saw housing to the downdraft space captures debris ejected in an upward direction; the shroud, top of the enclosure, and miter saw fence capture dust ejected in outward, side and downward directions. A hose may be installed on the dust outlet to continuously carry the debris directly to a vacuum, thereby continuously keeping a workspace clear of debris ejected in all directions regardless of the saw's cut angle or position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Inventor: David Kellum
  • Publication number: 20140130651
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a full-automatic optical fiber container. The container is connected with the optical fiber cutting unit, including two shells named NO. 1 and NO. 2 respectively. The NO. 1 shell includes a bottom case which is used to contain optical fiber and a cover, and the cover is pivotally connected with the top of the bottom case. An up fiber collecting shaft is set at the cover and a down fiber collecting shaft is set at the bottom case of the NO. 1 shell correspondingly. These two shafts are both put at the opening of the NO. 1 shell. The NO. 2 shell includes the container driving unit, the transmission unit and a container lever. The three parts are put together in the NO. 2 shell with flexible connection respectively. The container driving unit is connected with the fiber cutting unit's top cap fixedly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2012
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Inventor: Yangri Zhao
  • Publication number: 20140109743
    Abstract: A cutting device for fruits and vegetables includes a container, a cover, a cutting member mounted to the cover. The container includes a container aperture, the cover is removably mounted on the container aperture, two opposing extending structures extend outwardly from the outer edge of the container aperture forming first and second locking extensions. The cover includes a locking hook and a locking device adapted for allowing the cover to mount on the container and receiving the first and second locking extensions. The locking device includes a sliding member and an elastic member. The sliding member is adapted for mounting the cover to the container through sliding motion of the sliding member along the radius of the container aperture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2013
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Inventor: Yan Kwong WONG