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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5062210 | Cactus thorn removing tool A cutter for removing thorns from cactus is disclosed including a fork shaped member having a pair of prongs pivotably connected together at one end and having tabs at free ends received in traverse slots in a conventional wafer type razor blade. A tie me... | 11/05/1991 |
| 4939841 | Cutting tool A cutting tool for cutting tree branches and small trees in a minimum of strokes of the tool, as well as for cutting bushes, plants, tall weeds and the like, includes an elongated rigid blade at least about 8 to 10 inches in length, an elongated handle at... | 07/10/1990 |
| 4885004 | Rotating stylus cystitome Novel surgical instruments for cutting soft tissues, and the like, are provided. The instruments include an elongated shaft having a cutting member rotatably mounted to the shaft and disposed to slide against a substantially planar surface of the shaft. T... | 12/05/1989 |
| 4879871 | Beach combing apparatus A beach combing apparatus is set forth wherein a plurality of spaced runners have secured therebetween an elongate blade member formed with a forwardly positioned beveled planar blade formed with a spaced parallel rear overfolded edge to provide strength ... | 11/14/1989 |
| 4872231 | Impact blade tool An impact blade tool particularly suitable for tucking carpet and the like into tight corners and beneath baseboards, although the impact blade tool has other application. The impact blade tool includes a handle having substantial mass for driving a blade... | 10/10/1989 |
| 4870756 | Strip cutter A strip cutter for cutting elongated, uniform strips of material includes a holder having members defining a U-shaped channel, a hollow body having end and side walls defining a chamber, and a plurality of parallel spacers and blades loosely mounted in th... | 10/03/1989 |
| 4805307 | Grape thinning tool The present invention relates to a tool for thinning bunches of young berries comprising a cutter head for housing a cutter. The cutter head is constructed with guides to permit the user to excise selected laterals from the main stem of the bunch without ... | 02/21/1989 |
| 4777725 | Blade holder capable of holding two different deburring blades and a deburring tool utilizing same There are disclosed a blade-holder capable of holding two different deburring blades and a deburring tool utilizing the blade-holder. The blade-holder comprises of a rod, two longitudinal bores, one at each end of the rod and releasable locking means situ... | 10/18/1988 |
| 4713884 | Carpet pad knife A hand held knife for use in cutting carpet pads. A speciality type utility knife used principally for cutting carpet pads has a handle configured such that a straight edged cutting blade releasably held in the handle provides a slicing action in contrast... | 12/22/1987 |
| 4646437 | Cutting tools The present invention relates to a cutting tool for prunning or cutting branches, wood plants and bushes, comprising a J-shaped tool body (1) and a handle (2). Secured to the tool body is a cutting blade (4,10) arranged in the opening presented between th... | 03/03/1987 |
| 4631829 | Hand-held safety holder for a single-edge razor blade for cutting a sheet or strand A holder is described which holds a conventional, single-edge razor blade and permits the blade to be held safely in the hand and used to cut thin, elongated articles, such as sheets or strands by drawing the blade into edgewise contact with the sheet or ... | 12/30/1986 |
| 4574480 | Rotary shear cutter A manual rotary-shear cutter for severing sheet metal stock has a cutting head and a handle joined by an extension tube engageable with and selectively retained at sites formed on the cutting head and handle. A series of preformed apertures spaced along t... | 03/11/1986 |
| 4531286 | Carton cutting knife A knife particularly for opening corrugated board cartons efficiently and safely without damaging the carton contents includes a forward end receptor slot for a standard single edge razor blade which positions the cutting edge of the blade below and forwa... | 07/30/1985 |
| 4455894 | Hand held opening apparatus A hand held opening apparatus with no moving parts which includes three distinctly different opening devices. One of the opening devices consists of a centrally located socket-like portion at the center of a substantially flat body portion. This opening d... | 06/26/1984 |
| 4442601 | Tool handle A handle for swivelling tools, aperture means within the handle for receiving the stock swivelling of the tool, and internal retaining means for retaining said tool within said handle. A preferred embodiment of the invention enables the insertion or remov... | 04/17/1984 |
| 4400878 | Knife blade holder A holder for an interchangeable knife blade comprising a handle, a chuck adapted to be threaded into the handle. The chuck has a bifurcated forward end defining a lengthwise slot for receiving a flat cutting blade, the bifurcated end defining a cam surfac... | 08/30/1983 |
| 4344230 | Leather tooling apparatus Shank and knife portions of a cutting tool having particular known utility in the leather tooling art are permitted to swivel within a sleeve member that is held in the chuck of a conventional electrical vibrating tool holder. An angular extension of the ... | 08/17/1982 |
| 4283853 | Cutting tool A cutting tool which may be pulled through sheet material to be cut has a pair of spaced circular cutting blades on a first shaft and a single circular cutting blade on a second shaft spaced vertically with respect to the first shaft and wherein both shaf... | 08/18/1981 |
| 4283854 | Hunter's knife A hunter's knife is provided which is adapted for both eviscerating and skinning a game animal in the field. The knife has a blade portion which includes a reversely facing hook-shaped portion formed on one side, with the hook-shaped portion having a shar... | 08/18/1981 |
| 4236308 | Self-cleaning tree girdling device In my co-pending application Ser. No. 949,811 of Oct. 10, 1978, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,188,718 I disclosed an improved device for "girdling" trees. That device effectively removes a complete circular band of bark and all that underlies the bark to the centra... | 12/02/1980 |
| 4199852 | Windshield remover A semi-automatic windshield remover capable of removing automobile windshields is presented. The remover comprises an airtool and an attachment capable of being coupled to the airtool and powered by the airtool. The attachment comprises an longitudinal ba... | 04/29/1980 |
| 4198751 | Skinning knife A skinning knife having a notched cutting edge which opens toward the knife handle, and an enlargement on one side of the notch which permits the user to slice the hide of an animal without cutting the underlying flesh.... | 04/22/1980 |
| 4062117 | Rescue tool means A relatively small, pocketable rescue tool for cutting and/or breaking various substances in order to free trapped victims from automobiles and the like. The tool includes first and second members integrally joined together by a throat member with the fir... | 12/13/1977 |
| 4010542 | Plastic scoring tool A flat spring steel element has a handle portion, an offset shank portion, and a blade portion defining a symmetrically ground chisel edge. The edge is oriented at 45° to the handle axis and each end of the chisel edge is ground to define two scoring tip... | 03/08/1977 |
| 3990144 | Suture cutter and removal means An inexpensive suture cutter is shown in which the cutting portion is a sharpened edge of a wire-like member one-eighth inch or less in diameter at the cutting portion. This wire-like cutting portion has a blunt end to prevent accidental penetration of th... | 11/09/1976 |
| 3977077 | Convertible swivel knife A swivel knife that is convertible for use as a conventional knife wherein the blade is rigidly mounted. A tubular housing having front and rear ends has an elongated generally cylindrical stem mounted therein and normally rotatable with respect thereto. ... | 08/31/1976 |
| 3965575 | Knife blade support unit Blade support unit, for receiving a replaceable blade, includes a blade receiving slot defined by a rigid base member and a second flexible member, the members having blade engaging surfaces and being maintained with fixed separation equal to the blade th... | 06/29/1976 |
