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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8146256 | Metal demolition shears with indexable, integrated wear plate/piercing tip The invention features an indexable wear plate/piercing tip insert that is configured to be removably and repositionably attached to the front, nose portion of the upper, movable jaw of a metal demolition shears. The insert functions as both a wear plate and a pierc... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8074361 | Rose pruning and stripping device A rose pruning and stripping device includes first and second jaws pivotally connected between handle and cutting portions thereof. An inner edge of the cutting portion of the first jaw sharpened into a cutting edge, and the opposite inner edge of the cutting portio... | 12/13/2011 |
| 7937838 | Hydraulic rescue tool with quick-change head A hydraulic rescue tool (10) with a quick-change head (26) that incorporates a cylinder (20) having a piston rod (22) and a forward end structure (24). The forward end structure (24) has a separable head and a cylinder attac... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7895755 | Replaceable demolition shear piercing tip A heavy-duty demolition shear with a replaceable shearing tip has a lower jaw and an upper jaw piviotally connected to the lower jaw. The upper jaw has primary and secondary shear blades. A replaceable shearing tip is mounted to the upper jaw. The replaceable sheari... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7637016 | Extended life cutting blades for hand-held cutting tools An extended-life cutting blade is adapted for mounting on a hand-held cutting tool in multiple operative orientations. A single cutting blade may provide up to four independent shear edges, each of which has a useful life. The blade can be easily changed from an ori... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7540091 | Extended life cutting blades for hand-held cutting tools An extended-life cutting blade is adapted for mounting on a hand-held cutting tool in multiple operative orientations. A single cutting blade may provide up to four independent shear edges, each of which has a useful life. The blade can be easily changed from an ori... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7356975 | Apparatus for packaging material in netting including a netting knife cutter An apparatus for packaging material in netting is described. The apparatus in a first embodiment is a netter for enclosing material in netting and a scissors assembly for severing the netting. The scissors assembly comprises a pair of blade elements pivotally connec... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7354010 | Single jaw set multiple tool attachment system A multiple tool attachment system (10) for demolition equipment includes an adapter (12) and a universal body (18) coupled to the adapter with a pair of pivotable jaws (22) pivotally attached to the universal body. Each of the jaws includ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7346987 | Cutting tool with work piece feed mechanism A cutting tool having a work piece feed mechanism includes a first jaw and a second jaw connected together for pivotal movement between a closed position and an open position. The work piece feed mechanism includes first and second ratchet members as well as a slide... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7331109 | Electric cutting device An electric cutting device includes a housing, a motor, an activation button, a first assembly, a second assembly, two connecting rods, two connecting rods and a cutting assembly. The activation button may be used to activate the motor. The motor is connected with a... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7311126 | Grapple head assemblies with cut-off saws The present invention relates to a grapple (1) with cut-off saw (30) in which the motor (20) for driving the saw (30) is mounted inboard, and within the head portion (2) of the grapple. In a preferred embodiment drive from the moto... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7306177 | Cutting or crushing implement A cutting implement (1) includes a plurality of sets of jaws (3) which cut a single length of material at a plurality of separate positions along the length of the material. A single actuation of the implement (1) causes each of the jaws (3 | 12/11/2007 |
| 7300083 | Tongs A first tong member includes a first 4-joint linkage, in which both pairs of opposite rods are substantially equal, in length, to each other; a second tong member likewise includes a second 4-joint linkage, in which both pairs of opposite rods are substantially equa... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7284720 | Multiple tool attachment system with universal body A multiple tool attachment system is adapted to be attached to demolition equipment. The system includes a universal body attached to the demolition equipment. A series of tools is independently attachable to the universal body. The universal body includes a guide s... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7284330 | Cutting device for workpieces such as rods, bolts and the like, especially for threaded rods A cutting device for rod-shaped workpieces has two actuating levers each in the form of a two-arm pivot lever. The two-arm pivot levers each have a first arm as an actuator and a second arm having a shearing edge. The actuators move the shearing edges relative to on... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7237738 | Demolishing and cutting machine A demolition cutter which can smoothly cut an object while eliminating the possibility of any gap being formed between mating surfaces having cutting edges. The cutter includes an arm pin 8 extending between a pair of side plates 6 of a movable bracket... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7234659 | Pulverizer An automatically swiveling crushing apparatus has a swiveling motor in a bracket, and branches diverged from charging and discharging paths that constitute the hydraulic piping leading to a cylinder for closing or opening distal crushing arms. One of the branches ex... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7223062 | Front end loader tactical boom apparatus A front end loader tactical boom apparatus providing a means of penetrating walls for the purposes of gathering intelligence and the dispensation of suppression agents. The tactical boom apparatus my be readily assembled at a given site with varying boom lengths and... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7216575 | Heavy-duty demolition apparatus with blade stabilizing puck A blade stabilizer device for a heavy-duty material handling demolition tool for shearing and crushing scrap material which includes a lower jaw connected to the boom structure of a hydraulic system of an excavator has an upper jaw pivotally connected to and closabl... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7198562 | Animal dressing tool A bladed lever for cutting through or splitting animal bones having a head, a handle and a knife with the head having two sides with a row of teeth at the bottom of each side to grip the bone to be cut or split and the knife having a blade positioned below and betwe... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7197790 | Hinge including a gas strut A hinge which includes a gas strut. The hinge in one embodiment further includes a first control arm and a second control arm which is coupled to the first control arm. The gas strut in this one embodiment is coupled to both first and second control arms. ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7194807 | Sanitary nail clippers Nail clippers having both shielded cutting blades to prevent intentional or accidental injury and an integral means for collecting clipped nails. The nail clippers include two hollow cylindrical housings each having both a closed and open end. The edges of the open ... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7182595 | Distal end cutter A flush cutter of wires located on a patient's teeth has at least one pivotably carried cutting edge. An outer surface of the edge can be positioned adjacent to a surface from which the wire protrudes. An elastic insert or clamp, for griping cut wire ends, is carrie... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7168168 | Knife protection device used in cutting device A knife protection device used in a cutting device; the cutting device has a tool body; the tool body having a cutting section and a handle; the cutting section having at least one cutting portion. The knife protection device comprises a protection unit installed on... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7156431 | Wedge couple for blocking-up and fixation of windows and doors Wedge couple for fixing and wedging-up of windows and doors in connection with their mounting in a wall opening, and associated with mounting shears with which the wedges can be located and tightened by means of a shearing operation with one hand. The wedge couple i... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7150426 | Spooling apparatus Spooling apparatus comprising means for rotatably mounting a first reel and a second reel, catching means for guiding a thread (1) to be spooled onto the first reel and further to the second reel and cutting means (5) for cutting the thread to be spool... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7121489 | Multiple tool attachment system A multiple tool attachment system is adapted to be attached to demolition equipment. The system includes a universal body attached to the demolition equipment. A series of tools are independently attachable to the universal body. The universal body includes a guide ... | 10/17/2006 |
| RE39286 | Multi-blade cutting device A cutting device especially designed for cutting up salad greens includes two blades, a rib and handles. The two blades are inter-secured to rotate together about a common axis, but are spaced apart from each other along the common axis. The rib is pivotably secured... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7107812 | Hydraulic rescue tool A hydraulic rescue tool (20) that utilizes a hydraulic cylinder (22) having a piston rod (24) that is movably disposed within the housing of the cylinder to provide linear driving means for the rescue tool. A cylinder yoke (32) is rotatab... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7073517 | Hair trimming guide A hair cutting guide, for use by a hairdresser in cutting the hair of a person using scissors, having a pair of guide halves that are hingeably attached and selectively enter an open position and a closed position. Each of the guide halves have a plurality of teeth ... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7073261 | Cut and grab shearing head A cut and grab shearing head for pruning shears or loppers which includes a laterally extending protuberance mounted on one of the jaws of the shears with this laterally extending protuberance having a bottom surface which can be located directly adjacent a resting ... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7063704 | Surgical trimming tool A surgical trimming tool includes first and second handles pivotally attached to one another. A first cutting jaw extends from a first end of the first handle, and a second cutting jaw extends from a first end of the second handle. The first and second cutting jaws ... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7051912 | Breaking apparatus Article breaking apparatus for mounting on an arm of a suitable vehicle, the apparatus having a pair of hydraulically operated jaws (12, 24), the first jaw (12) of the pair having first and second mutually perpendicular article supporting surfaces (... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7025240 | Apparatus and method for breaking rails An article breaking apparatus for being mounted on an arm of a vehicle, and including a first member having a first jaw on a first end thereof and a mounting attachment on a second end remote from the first jaw for permitting the apparatus to be mounted onto the veh... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7020967 | Rod cutting device A rod cutting device includes a cutting head including a stationary cutting blade and a movable cutting blade for cutting off a waste part of a rod, and a waste part holding mechanism disposed near a cutting operation completing position, toward which the movable cu... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7017461 | Dual position automatic notcher A device for consecutively forming one or more notches in a first surface and one or more notches in second surface of a hollow workpiece. The notching device including a first die and a second die that is fixed relative to the first die; and a shiftable punch havin... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7003885 | Wire nipper A wire cutter having a handle, a fixed cutting blade mounted on the handle, a lever pivotally connected to the handle, and a stop on the lever for engagement with the fixed cutting blade is disclosed. ... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7000339 | Demolition equipment having universal tines and a method for designing a universal tine A claw tine for demolition equipment includes an elongated claw tine pivotally movable about a pivot point between an open and closed position by a hydraulic cyliner. The total angular rotation of the claw tine is at least 75 degrees, generally between 75 and 100 de... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6994284 | Multiple tool attachment system A multiple attachment system is adapted to be attached to demolition equipment. The system includes a universal body attached to the demolition equipment. A series of tools is independently attached to the universal body. The universal body includes a guide slot ext... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6966269 | Multi-purpose garden tool A multi-purpose garden tool (10) including a pair of blade assemblies (20)(20′) wherein, each blade assembly (20) includes a handle portion (21), a shank portion (22) and a contoured blade portion (23) wherein, the ... | 11/22/2005 |
