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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5153998 | Panel cutting and forming device and method A porous panel cutting and forming device and method is provided including a support and guide block with an "L" shaped guide slot into which a pivot guide pin is inserted depending downwardly from a radial arm with a knife blade depending from an end. Th... | 10/13/1992 |
| 5079843 | Hole cutter for ostomy adhesive wafers An adjustable size hole cutter for ostomy adhesive wafers is disclosed having firstly a cylindrical body adapted to hold a cutting blade, a cylindrical pilot protruding outward from the bottom circular face of the cylindrical body to reside in a preformed... | 01/14/1992 |
| 5065517 | Circle cutter A circle cutter having an elongate body is disclosed, the body having an awl perpendicularly affixed to one end and a crank handle affixed to the other. The crank handle stands out from the same face of the body as the awl's handle, and parallel to its ax... | 11/19/1991 |
| 5007320 | Compass A compass for sweeping an arc of a circle on a sheet of material comprises an annular base having a lower surface engageable with the material. A support member is rotatably supported on the base and a toolholder is mounted on the support member. The tool... | 04/16/1991 |
| 4911051 | Cutting apparatus for ostomy skin barrier An apparatus for cutting an interior opening in a sheet of material, such as an ostomy skin barrier, has a base with a flat cutting surface and a spindle extending out of the cutting surface. The spindle has a slot in its top which holds an arm having a c... | 03/27/1990 |
| 4858322 | Circle cutter employing base, swivel handle, and pivot bar with adjustable knife An improved circle cutting tool for performing circular cuts on a wide variety of materials. Comprises a body (10) having a horizontal rotating radius bar (18) which is provided with an adjustable knife holder (20) and knife blade (30). The knife holder m... | 08/22/1989 |
| 4830548 | Method and apparatus for cutting A cutting tool assembly including an elongated pilot holder and a cutter blade adapted to be transversely positioned in a transverse slot in the pilot holder. The cutter blade includes cutting edges along one transverse edge of the blade and notches in th... | 05/16/1989 |
| 4799315 | Knife support and cutting guide A standard cutting tool of the type commonly used to cut paperboard as a border for framing pictures or other objects is held in a two-piece clamp on the end of a curved arm. A first circular member on the other end of the arm has a surface which mates wi... | 01/24/1989 |
| 4782730 | Straddling gasket cutter A gasket cutting assembly for cutting an inner diameter and an outer diameter of a gasket simultaneously. The assembly has a rectangular bar base portion with a longitudinal slot therein and a blade at one end. An L-shaped adapter arm with a second blade ... | 11/08/1988 |
| 4773798 | Portable washer cutters The portable washer cutter of this invention comprises a pair of enclosures adapted to be interconnected and operative to rotate to progressively close the two enclosures together. A cutting knife edge secured in one enclosure progressively engages with e... | 09/27/1988 |
| 4728233 | Device and method for shaping an arcuate edge A shaping or cutting device for accurately and incrementally shaping the arcuate edges of the teeth of packing segments used as seals between turbine stage diaphragms. The device assures that the reshaped packing teeth provide uniform clearance by the sea... | 03/01/1988 |
| 4645390 | Cutting tool for making holes The rotary cutting tool is used for making holes in walls of thermoplastic materials, e.g. fuel tanks produced by the blowing process. Cutting blades pointing roughly in the axial direction are placed on the free end face of a circular, rotary tool member... | 02/24/1987 |
| 4621427 | Guide device for a mobile working tool A guide device for a tool such as a manual planing machine or a manual milling machine comprises a compass point connected to the tool by several guide rods. Curving or circular working processes are possible with this guide device. The compass point is p... | 11/11/1986 |
| 4618003 | Weeder-cultivator An elongated upstanding shank is provided including structure for manually applying rotary torque to the upper end of the shank. The lower end of the shank supports an elongated blade therefrom including a first horizontal upper end mounted at one end of ... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4602434 | Circular cutting device A circular sawblade useful in cutting circular figures from a planar material utilizing a power source to rotate the sawblade where the blade has a selected degree of concativity to accommodate the radius of the circular figure to be cut from the planar m... | 07/29/1986 |
| 4593467 | Circular cutter A circular cutter 10 has a drive shaft 11 that turns a beam 30 bearing one or two cutter knives 50 rotated within a drum 20 mounted on shaft 11 to surround beam 30. A pressure shoe 25 on the bottom of drum 20 has a central opening 26 within which cutter k... | 06/10/1986 |
| 4581824 | Portable adjustable washer cutter and improved washer A portable adjustable washer cutter and improved sealing washer blank useful in telecommunications applications are described. The cutter comprises an essentially flat frame carrying a rotatable shaft and a platform placed opposite thereto for mounting a ... | 04/15/1986 |
| 4548118 | Rotary cutter A rotary cutter for cutting holes of various sizes in sheet material such as self-adhesive pads. The cutter includes a base to which a cover is pivotally mounted for movement between a lowered closed position where it overlies the base and a raised open p... | 10/22/1985 |
| 4541176 | Glass cutter and accessory A glass cutter and an accessory to allow circular cuts are disclosed. The glass cutter includes a barrel having an axial opening formed of two sections: a smooth and a tapped section, a tapered holder for releasably securing a cutter wheel in the barrel's... | 09/17/1985 |
| 4522679 | Apparatus for sticking adhesive film on a ring and a thin article An apparatus for semiautomatically sticking an adhesive film on a silicon wafer and on a ring used as a carrier. After the ring and the silicon wafer have been manually positioned on tables, an adhesive film is automatically stuck on the ring and the sili... | 06/11/1985 |
| 4456075 | Weeding auger with U-shaped blade An elongated upstanding shank is provided including a ground piercing lower end and an upper end including structure for applying rotary torque to the shank. The lower end portion of the shank supports a generally horizontally disposed U-shaped blade ther... | 06/26/1984 |
| 4426781 | Cutter for making paper discs A device for cutting discs of paper of either a diameter of 21/4" to 23/4" with means to adjust the depth of the cutter blade all contained in a circular, stationary container and incorporating means to rotate the cutter blade.... | 01/24/1984 |
| 4414745 | Guiding arrangement for a hand tool A guiding arrangement for a hand saw includes a support located below the saw housing, a guiding strip adjustably connected to the support and a guiding rail secured to the guiding strip. The guiding rail extends normal to the guiding strip and serves as ... | 11/15/1983 |
| 4365414 | Vegetable slicer A device for cutting vegetables into interconnected slices of generally helical configuration. The device comprises a cutting device including feed screw and an elongate cutting edge extending outwardly from the feed screw in direction normal to the axis ... | 12/28/1982 |
| 4351111 | Machine tool for scribing arcs and circles A machine tool for scribing arcs and circles on work pieces comprising an elongated arm having a vertical stud adjacent one end for mounting in a chuck on a rotary spindle, a slide having a plurality of scribing styluses of different sizes disposed at an ... | 09/28/1982 |
| 4339877 | Hand-held cutter for cutting mounting board and the like A cutter employing flat replaceable blades and providing a handle and support member that is shaped as an annular segment cut off by a planar surface. The blade is held by a shaft which is preferably encircled by a sleeve and locked to it against rotation... | 07/20/1982 |
| 4295273 | Combination carpet razor knife and guide A combination carpet razor knife and guide. In known carpet razor knives, a screw retains a razor in sandwiched relation to the opposed halves of the carpet razor knife body. In the invention, this screw is utilized to fixedly secure an arm to the knife, ... | 10/20/1981 |
| 4222169 | Cutter for cutting out profiles from sheet material A cutter for cutting out profiles from sheet material, the cutter having a cutter blade mounted on a pivoted arm whose movement round a fulcrum causes variation in the effective length of the arm by means of a cam and cam follower combination.... | 09/16/1980 |
| 4173913 | Hole cutter having rotatable blade carrier The cutter is primarily intended for use in cutting holes of various sizes in self-adhesive pads used by people who have had Ilyostomy and collostomy operations. It consists of a holder in the form of a hinged case for a square pad, a rotatable blade carr... | 11/13/1979 |
| 4060893 | Cutter A cutter for cutting a sheet-like material into a circular form, comprising a frame member including a sidewall portion for holding a sheet-like material to be cut against a surface of a flat body and defining a gap between the portion and the surface, a ... | 12/06/1977 |
| 4050336 | Insulation cutter Apparatus for cutting pieces of insulation used to line specially-shaped ductwork, such as radius elbows and O. G. sets. A pair of telescoping trammel tubes are pivotal about a pivot post, and radially movable with respect to the post to assume any desire... | 09/27/1977 |
| 4044464 | Circular cutting device A circular cutting device having a stand which rests upon the workpiece with its own weight and via an adhesive layer disposed on the bottom of the stand. A sleeve in the stand threadedly receives a hollow pivot shaft in which a centering pin is axially d... | 08/30/1977 |
| 4036674 | Fabric repair tool A repair tool for performing quick, inexpensive and almost invisible repairs on fabrics which have been subjected to local damage. The tool comprises a base plate having core pins and ring pins projecting upwardly therefrom. An annular holding ring overfi... | 07/19/1977 |
| 3994194 | Cutting apparatus A cutting apparatus for making circular or circular arc-like cuts in a sheet of material such as paper, cloth, leather, plastic, rubber and the like. A substantially planar base is provided to receivably support said sheet and a hinged apertured clamping ... | 11/30/1976 |
| 3975475 | Wiping spinneret face with cooled wiper Accumulated deposits are removed from the face of a spinneret by periodically manually wiping the face of the spinneret with the blade of a hand held wipe stick. Cooling the blade just before use decreases the smearing of the polymer melt and increases th... | 08/17/1976 |
| 3960218 | Grass-clearing device for lawn-sprinkler heads A grass-clearing device for lawn sprinkler heads, wherein the grass and sod surrounding the in-line, sprinkler head is to be trimmed therefrom, to provide an unobstructed flow of water from the sprinkler head. The device comprises a pair of adjustable, cu... | 06/01/1976 |
| 3934343 | Device for cutting circles Disclosed is a device for cutting circles and the like consisting essentially of an adapter for mounting on one leg of a compass and into which is threaded a blade holder provided with a blade.... | 01/27/1976 |
