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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8127454 | Rod cutter A rod cutter and method of measuring rod length and then cutting, and including two telescoping handles operable with only longitudinal force on the handles. The cutting precision is effective by a gauge that aligns with the cutting line on the rod and then position... | 03/06/2012 |
| 7743509 | Ratcheting hand tool with easily replaceable cutting blade A hand-held and hand-operated cutting tool particularly well suited for cleanly and quickly cutting plastic pipe or tubing, rubber hose, or the like is provided. The tool has a blade which is easily manually removed from and replaced into the cutting tool without th... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7690118 | Bar steel cutting tool A bar steel cutting tool in which a fixed blade body and a rotary blade body that is capable of rotating around a first shaft, by operating a handle, are provided at the front end of a tool base for shearing bar steel with concave blades formed on outer peripheries ... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7681315 | Clamping pliers A clamping tool for use with a power tool includes a housing mounted on a power tool. The housing includes at least one engaging portion. The locking pliers includes a retaining section with a proximal end and a distal end. The proximal end is mounted on the at leas... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7549226 | Self-locking cutting tool for plastic pipes A locking mechanism for a cutting tool for plastic pipes. The tool includes two elongated members pivotally connected to each other in a scissors-like manner. Each elongated member has a handle portion and a jaw portion with one jaw portion including a knife blade a... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7478480 | Tool for snap-cutting brittle pipe A chain pipe-cutter is made up of chain links joined together by cross bars, the cross bars further engage cutting wheels. A pair of adapters each having a U-shaped body with a pair of longitudinally oriented legs joined together by a back portion from which the leg... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7418785 | Compact dispensing tube opener A compact dispensing tube opener for accessing contents of a dispensing tube having a dispensing tip and an inner seal. The opener includes a housing with first and second passageways therein meeting at an angle at an intersection. A blade carriage is movable in the... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7346986 | Cutting tool for flexible conduit A tool for cutting flexible plastic conduit having a pair of pivotally attached handles. One of the handles includes a cutting blade. The cutting blade cooperatively associates with an anvil located on the other handle. The cutting blade and anvil form a cutting jaw... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7328513 | Cutter having changeable carrier A cutter includes a lever having a handle on one end and a fixed jaw on the other end and having one or more catches extended from the fixed jaw and having a groove formed in the fixed jaw, a cutter device is pivotally attached to the lever and has a cutter blade mo... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7316069 | Pipe cutting apparatus and method A pipe cutting supplemental apparatus and method prevents thin-walled pipe from collapsing when being cut with a standard pinch roll cutter. The tool may be embodied as a solid cylindrical insert, or a hollow cylindrical sleeve. ... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7313868 | Cutoff tool In a cutoff tool, a hood is arranged to overlap a distal end portion of a cutting blade, and a distal end portion of the hook is arranged to protrude from a toothed portion of the cutting blade. When the cutting blade retracts farthest in a uniaxial direction, the d... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7308897 | Cigar opener A cigar opener assembly (10) includes a cover (12) and blade housing (14) having a blade (16) therein. The cover (12) and blade housing (14) rotate relative to each other so that openings (22, 24) through the cover ( | 12/18/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7275469 | Planetary tubing cutter The planetary tubing cutter of the invention provides a gearing assembly having a pair of ring gears and a number of pinions with a blade affixed to each pinion. The ring gears are parallel to one another and are individually driven. The pinions are rotatably mounte... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7257895 | Apparatus for machining, especially cutting tubular and round section bodies An apparatus for cutting workpieces adapted to engage the workpiece in at least four points of surface engagement. The apparatus has a clamping mechanism designed to be fastened to the workpiece. The clamping mechanism has a tool unit attached which includes adjustm... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7258603 | Utensil for opening a shell of a crustacean A utensil for opening a shell of a crustacean, such as a crab, lobster and the like, has a pair of pivotally connected elongated members. Each elongate member has a handle portion and a head portion. A cutting blade is positioned in each of the head portions; the cu... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7204021 | Multi-purpose plastic pipe cutter Upper and lower handle members are pivotally attached at one end. Crimper jaws are operated via the handles. The upper handle carries a guide assembly to mount the blade, and operate the cutting mode using an upper handle cradle. Other accessories include a hole pun... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7185409 | Installation tool for irrigation emitter barbs with cutter A tool installs barb emitters in irrigation tubing. The tool has a cradle which receives irrigation tubing and a punch mounted opposite the cradle. The punch has a first cylinder and a second cylinder telescopically received within the first cylinder. The first cyli... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7174642 | Cutting guide A cutting guide. The cutting guide includes a body portion having a leading edge and an opening therethrough and an engagement portion concentrically attached to the body portion. The leading edge is adapted to guide a saw while a cut is being made in a material. | 02/13/2007 |
| 7156170 | Methods and apparatus for severing nested strings of tubulars An apparatus and method for use in severing casing as it is pulled from a wellbore. In one aspect, the apparatus, includes a clamping assembly, a drilling assembly and a cutting assembly. The apparatus is disposed at the end of a telescopic arm, with the components ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7152325 | Powered tubing cutter The powered tubing cutter is a hand held, mechanical device driven by a motor for cutting tubing/piping. The device comprises a housing, a drive plate, a main drive shaft, a cutting assembly having a cutting blade, a cam plate and a chain drive secured to a motor ho... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7127819 | Ratchet scissors Provided is scissors comprising a movable first handle unit; a stationary second handle unit including a bifurcated jaw, a pivotal blade in the jaw, a spring biased pivotal plate member in the jaw and including teeth, a gear and ratchet wheel assembly, and a spring ... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7121310 | Underwater pile cutting apparatus and method of use An apparatus for cutting wooden piles underwater and a method of use are disclosed. The apparatus has a frame and brace configured for engaging a pile. A pressure medium activated cutting device is connected to the frame and oriented at an angle such that a pile can... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7081299 | Polypropylene fibers and fabrics The present invention is a meltblown fiber and a fabric manufactured from the fiber comprising reactor grade polypropylene having a melt flow rate of from 100 to 5000 and having less than 50 stereo defects per 1000 units. Further, the polypropylene is typically prod... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7080453 | Manual apparatus for cutting cables to size Manual cutting tools for cutting cables, steel cord, rods to size, the cutting tools including a stationary cutting part connected to a stationary handle, and a movable cutting part adapted to be moved against the stationary cutting part by a movable handle via a tr... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7017271 | Cutting device A cutting device having a head member having a movable cutting blade positioned therein, first and second legs pivotally mounted on said head member, a connector connecting the first leg, the cutting blade, and the second blade, wherein the connector and cutting bla... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7010840 | Cylinder liner remover A novel apparatus and method to engage a liner in an cylinder of an engine is provided. A wedge and rod are utilized as part of a liner remover assembly to move at least one collet axially to engage the liner. In a preferred embodiment, a novel eyehook is provided a... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7007391 | Dual containment tubing cutter The present invention is a C-shaped plastic tubing cutter having a C-shaped grasping portion and a fixed cutting blade. The grasping portion has an opening for receiving the tubing whereby the width of the opening is measurably smaller than the diameter of the tubin... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7003877 | Cylinder liner remover A novel apparatus and method to engage a liner in an cylinder of an engine is provided. A wedge and rod are utilized as part of a liner remover assembly to move at least one collet axially to engage the liner. In a preferred embodiment, a novel eyehook is provided a... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6997794 | Sanding rope and method of forming same A disposable sanding device is fabricated as a continuous rope-like article which is adapted for selective segmentation and application as a plurality of serially arranged disposable hand sanding devices or ropes. Each hand sanding device is formed as a generally el... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6938531 | Reciprocal-movement power tool A reciprocal-movement power tool includes a movable blade reciprocally movably provided on a main body. A receiving plate that supports an angle iron to be cut is supported on the main body at a position in front of the movable blade. The movable blade is fixed on a... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6931970 | Roller shade cutting machine A roller shade cutting machine includes a base, a track assembly, a shade holder, a slat cutting device and a shade cutting device. The track assembly is mounted the base and includes a stationary track and an adjustable track with a ruler slidably mounted on the st... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6769181 | Crimped-ring removal device Apparatus is provided for removing a crimped ring from plastic tubing installed over the nipple of a fitting. A supporting jaw radially supports the crimped ring while a chisel cuts the ring on a tangential path. One embodiment uses pair of levers joined and pivoted... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6754959 | Hand-held, cartridge-actuated cutter Cartridge-actuated cutter (10), held in a single hand, generally includes frame (20) and barrel assembly (40). Frame (20) includes grip (26), trigger (30) firing pin (28), and pivot mount (35). Barrel assembly ... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6742423 | Perpendicularly displaced window shade roller cutting assembly A window shade roller cutting assembly includes a base placed on a surface, a hollow guiding rod perpendicularly mounted on top of the base and having a fixing plate securely mounted on a side of the guiding rod, a measuring rod movable relative to the guiding rod, ... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6691417 | Pruner attachment apparatus for a power tool A pruner attachment apparatus includes a body releasably attachable to a shoe of a power tool of the type having a reciprocating saw blade. The body includes a front face for engaging a workpiece. The pruner attachment apparatus further includes a hook me... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6671966 | Hydraulic and pneumatic actuated cutting apparatus A hydraulically and/or pneumatically actuated cutting tool is provided having a housing with a piston assembly slidably disposed between a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet. The piston assembly comprises a seal which is operable between two positions. In a f... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6658738 | Pipe and tubing cutter A cutter adapted for cutting a range of different diameter plastic pipe and tubing with a pair of jaw members pivoted on a pivot pin intermediate their ends with the first of the jaw members pivoted within the second of the jaw members. The first of the j... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6609302 | Bolt cutting tool A bolt cutting tool comprises a bolt engaging portion and a cutting blade. The bolt engaging portion has at least one bolt-receiving bore, which is adapted for receiving a portion of a bolt to be cut. The cutting blade is rotatably connected to the tool g... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6578267 | Air tool for sectioning a length of tubing A portable, hand held exhaust pipe cutter having an air motor to drive a cutting wheel arranged parallel to a drive shaft of the air motor by an angle head gearing device. The cutter makes straight cross-sectional cuts through cylinders by using a feed le... | 06/17/2003 |
