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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5615970 | String trimmer having knock-down handle A string trimmer having a knock-down construction which enables the trimmer to be shipped in a partially disassembled condition and quickly assembled by an end user without the need for special tools and without the need for a large plurality of assembly ... | 04/01/1997 |
| 5615543 | Rotary cutting head A rotary cutting head adapted for attachment to a conventional line trimmer including a cutting disk having a circular plate and a peripheral side wall integral with the circular plate. The peripheral side wall has a pair of integral gussets, each having ... | 04/01/1997 |
| 5599233 | Coaxial drive cable centering apparatus Flexible centering apparatus for centering a flexible drive cable within a cylindrial cable housing, the centering apparatus formed of an elongated finned sleeve in which radially disposed fins engage the cable housing, the fins being free and unattached ... | 02/04/1997 |
| 5594990 | Lawn trimming and edging apparatus having motor housing rotatable on extendable handle A powered lawn and garden tool for trimming and edging lawns is specially adapted for shipping and storing in collapsed state for reduced package sizes includes a single length of tube that is received within an extended neck portion of a motor housing. D... | 01/21/1997 |
| 5584348 | Guard for a string-type lawn trimmer The present invention provides an arcuate ring guard for a conventional lawn trimmer having a string-type cutting blade, which rotates in a planar cutting circle, and an arcuate housing covering the rearward region of the cutting circle but having an open... | 12/17/1996 |
| 5582041 | Portable hand-held fleshing tool The tool includes a linear housing, a thin circular fleshing blade with a cutting edge around its perimeter, and a guard member. The housing encompasses an air-driven or electric motor and serves as a handle. A rotary drive shaft projects at an angle from... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5566455 | Rotary filament vegetation trimmer with air cooled filament This rotary filament vegetation trimmer improves the life expectancy of plastic filaments by improved and simplified control of a refrigerated air flow path about the filament of sufficient magnitude to prevent overheating resulting in catastrophic failur... | 10/22/1996 |
| 5560108 | Electric tool with an extendable handle An electrically powered tool, in particular an electrically powered tool of the type which includes a shaft assembly of adjustable length, also includes: a handle assembly; a cable entry mounted in the handle assembly; a shaft assembly, one end of which i... | 10/01/1996 |
| 5558057 | Operator carried power tool having a four-cycle engine A hand held powered tool is provided which is intended to be carried by an operator during use. The power tool has a frame, including a handle to be grasped by the operator, an implement affixed to the frame having a rotary input member and a small four-c... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5551156 | Revolving blade skinning device A revolving blade skinning device is provided with a pair of housing shells, a drive motor mounted within the housing shells, a blade support mounted to the housing shells, a blade mounted on the blade support for rotation relative to the housing shells, ... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5544417 | Multi-purpose motor mounting system for a string trimmer A motor mounting plate system enables a motor to be mounted within a string trimmer without the need for a plurality of precisely formed ribs to support the motor within the housing. The motor mounting plate apparatus includes a planar mounting plate memb... | 08/13/1996 |
| 5542183 | Firefighter's ceiling cutting tool A fire fighter's tool for cutting through ceiling and wall panels which includes a base shaft within which telescoping expandable tubular sections are stored. The base shaft carries a power cord reel, counterbalance, and a control handle. A retractable po... | 08/06/1996 |
| 5540291 | Switch actuator for a portable power tool A hand held power tool is disclosed comprising an internal combustion engine, a workpiece driven by the engine, a boom extending between the engine and the workpiece, and an actuator for a kill switch of the engine. The actuator includes a collar disposed... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5529532 | Minature motorized annular hand held dental saw A miniature motorized hand held dental saw wherein, like with a coping saw, the axis of rotation of the handle of the dental saw is tangent with the outer diameter of the blade. This important characteristic, combined with the use of a flexible blade, ena... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5526572 | Cutting head for a cord type mower A cutting head for a cord-type mower driven by an engine is disclosed. The cutting head includes a rotor capable of rotating about an axis and a bobbin with a cord wound on it. The bobbin can rotate relatively to the rotor about the axis in the rotor. The... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5524349 | Lawn trimmer shield A protective shield for a grass and weed trimmer which prohibits grass and weed clippings and other debris from reaching the operator. The shield is characterized by a clamping member for securing the shield to the trimmer, a supporting member attached to... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5524350 | Cutting line filled with inorganic grit material A cutting line for grass trimmers, lawn mowers, and edgers of the type having a rotating head. The cutting line includes a carrier formed from a polymeric material and an inorganic grit material impregnated within the carrier. Preferably, the grit materia... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5522140 | Cutting head for a cord type mower A cutting head for a cord-type mower driven by an engine is disclosed. The cutting head includes a rotor capable of rotating about an axis and a bobbin with a cord wound on it. The bobbin can rotate relatively to the rotor about the axis in the rotor. The... | 06/04/1996 |
| 5522142 | Rotary knife and slicing gauge A rotary knife for slicing thin strips from comestible product comprising a handpiece, a blade housing removably secured to the handpiece and an annular blade supported for rotation by the blade housing. A rotary driver is carried by the handpiece and eng... | 06/04/1996 |
| 5522141 | Cutting head for a cord type mower A cutting head for a cord-type mower driven by an engine is disclosed. The cutting head includes a rotor capable of rotating about an axis and a bobbin with a cord wound on it. The bobbin can rotate relatively to the rotor about the axis in the rotor. The... | 06/04/1996 |
| 5493784 | Blade cover for cutting machine A blade cover for a rotary blade weed or grass cutter is formed with a body adjustably fixed to a bracket provided on the operating shaft. Either the bracket or the attachment part is provided with long holes extending slantingly downwards to the main bod... | 02/27/1996 |
| 5493783 | Grass trimming device A grass trimming device for removal of grass which overgrows a concrete doughnut positioned on the ground surrounding a sprinkler head of an underground lawn sprinkler system. The device is connectable to a lawn trimmer having a rotating upright output sh... | 02/27/1996 |
| 5493785 | Rotary grass cutting head A heavy-duty, long-life, light-weight, replaceable rotary cutter head accessory for attachment to a rotary member of a vegetation trimmer is provided by this invention. The invention is characterized by several novel construction features that give the he... | 02/27/1996 |
| 5490641 | Vegetation cutters A spool (30) for a rotary cutter, such as a lawn mower edger or trimmer of the type using a flexible line (38) as a cutting member, comprises a core portion (32) and at least two flange portions (34), (36) spaced apart on the core portion (32) for support... | 02/13/1996 |
| 5483733 | Method of making an angle gear drive An angle gear drive for a portable lawn care implement including first and second housing portions molded to net shape. First and second housing portions support an input shaft having a bevel gear and an output shaft having a mating bevel gear. The assemb... | 01/16/1996 |
| 5484331 | Method and device for hot fat trimming A method and device for retaining a pre-determined thickness of fat on a carcass or piece of meat is provided. A guide for a trimming knife is provided comprising a means for contacting meat that is capable of compressing fat substantially to the surface ... | 01/16/1996 |
| 5472448 | Surgical knife blade holder and support The surgical knife of the present invention includes a substantially cylindrical housing which has an external housing surface and one open end. A planar knife blade is support for axial movement within the housing so that one end of the knife blade can b... | 12/05/1995 |
| 5463942 | Motorized tool for slicing and tenderizing foods and method A motorized tool for slicing food having a motor, a cutting tool, a shaft, and a connector connecting the shaft to the motor. The cutting tool mounted to the shaft. Alternatively, the invention can be converted into a motorized tool for tenderizing meats ... | 11/07/1995 |
| 5463815 | Ribbed flexible cutting line A line for a rotating trimmer has a plurality of longitudinal outwardly-extending cutting edges, spaced circumferentially about the main body portion of the line. A cross-sectional area of the main body portion is selected to be between 70 percent and 90 ... | 11/07/1995 |
| 5461787 | Filament-type trimming apparatus A filament-type trimming apparatus comprises a reel case including a main body and a bottom member, a cord reel housed in the reel case and which is wound with a nylon cord, plural stoppers on a lower surface of the cord reel and on an inside of the botto... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5447206 | Trigger retainer for a portable power tool A trigger retainer assembly for a portable power tool such as a line trimmer has an internal combustion engine and a workpiece driven by the engine. The trigger retainer assembly includes a housing grippable by an operator, a trigger disposed at least par... | 09/05/1995 |
| 5446964 | Apparatus and method for packaging and assembling a flexible line trimmer A flexible line trimmer for shipping and storing in a knocked down version for reduced package sizes includes a single length of tube that is received within an extended neck portion of a motor housing. During final assembly, the tube is extended and lock... | 09/05/1995 |
| 5441115 | Edging blades for constructing bevelled and angled contours for landscaping purposes A bevelled edger blade has a base side attachable centrally to a conventional edger shaft. Ends of the base side having cutting edges are extended an equal distance in opposite directions from a blade axis at a central attachment orifice on the base side ... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5433006 | Mowing apparatus A mowing apparatus including: a motive power source; a circular rotational member which is adapted for rotation by the motive power source; at least one flexible cutting line having opposite ends and being adapted to setting on the rotational member in su... | 07/18/1995 |
| 5430944 | Electric rotary hand tool, especially hand circular saw In an electric hand-operated machine tool, particularly a hand-operated circular saw, with a drive spindle which is driven by an electric motor via a gear unit, a spindle locking arrangement is provided for locking the drive spindle when changing the rota... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5430943 | Unitary cutting attachment for vegetation cutting devices A cutting attachment for use with a vegetation cutting device. The cutting attachment has a body with a generally planar coupling portion and a central axis of rotation. In one embodiment, the body further includes a conical central wall portion extending... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5426852 | Power hoe A power hoe attachment for attachment to a power grass trimmer or the like includes a blade member of a continuous length having a first end attached to a disc shaped member and a second end attached to the disc shaped member. The disc shaped member conta... | 06/27/1995 |
| 5423126 | Flexible flail trimmer A flexible flail trimmer for conventional trimming of grass, weeds and other vegetation and for edging of sidewalks includes a rotatable combined guide and guard having a depth gage for providing positive vertical indexing during an edging operation. A tr... | 06/13/1995 |
| 5424128 | Flexible cutting line with controlled drag A monofilament line for a rotating string trimmer has a main body portion of a generally circular configuration. One or more sharp longitudinal cutting edges are integrally formed with the main body portion and protrude from the main body portion at an an... | 06/13/1995 |
| 5414934 | Exchangeable sleeve bearing for a vegetation cutter apparatus A vegetation cutter apparatus having a drive motor which drives a cutterhead via a drive shaft journalled in a guide tube, The cutterhead is held in a sleeve bearing at the end section of the guide tube facing away from the drive motor, The cutterhead is ... | 05/16/1995 |
