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Comic actor Danny Kaye received patent D166,807 for the co-design of "Blowout Toy or the Like". It's similar to one of those toys that unravels when you blow into at a birthday party except Kaye's has three blowouts going in different directions, not just one.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7320270 | Table saw A table saw includes a table, a saw unit coupled to a substantially inverted U-shaped suspension girder, two supporting devices fixedly fastened to the bottom side of the table to support the suspension girder, and two sliding blocks respectively fastened to the two... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7171885 | System for fixing rotary cutting dies in machines for die cutting laminar material System for fixing rotary die cutters in die cutting machines for cutting laminar material includes a fixing means between the die (1) and a die-holder surface or cylinder (2) around which the die (1) is arranged, wherein the a fixing element inc... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7171884 | Resilient cutting blades and cutting devices Steel reinforced tire fabrics are cut with long rigid bar blades, circular disc blades and disc and anvil blades. All of these blades may have an open relatively deep slot spaced close to the cutting edge that creates a resilient cantilevered spring element that inc... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7127975 | Rotary cutter and method for manufacturing fibrous product using the same Disclosed is a rotary cutter including a first roll and a second roll. With contact peripheries of the first roll being pressed against contact peripheries of the second roll, the first roll and the second roll are driven to rotate in synchronism with each other so ... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7100648 | Plane-blade adjusting device for a planing machine A plane-blade adjusting device for a planing machine includes a blade shaft, a plurality of plane blades, plural covers and plural eccentric tubular posts. The blade shaft body is provided with plural set flat surfaces for each plane blade to rest on and then each c... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7096709 | Graphic arts die and support plate assembly A graphic arts die and support plate assembly is provided that is adapted to be mounted as a unit on the chase of a flat bed or rotary graphic arts press. The assembly includes a plurality of spaced individual dies fixedly mounted in predetermined relative relations... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7032485 | Plate member shearing apparatus, method for shearing plate member, and sheared piece of plate member A shearing apparatus (1) for shearing a plate member (2) is provided with a pair of shearing rollers (20, 20) opposed with each other. These shearing rollers (20, 20) are rotated in opposite directions in a state that the plate member ( | 04/25/2006 |
| 6948413 | Wire chopper module for EDM system A wire chopper module for processing spent electrode emerging from an EDM system employs replaceable inserts that are also movable relative to the feed path of the electrode. Shifting the position of the inserts relative to the feed path of the electrode allows more... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6912941 | Steel rule die with removable cutting units A steel rule die for cutting cloth and synthetic materials. The cutting die includes a primary substrate and a plurality of cutting units that are removably attachable to the substrate in such a manner that they are easy to adjust, remove and replace. The cutting un... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6896017 | Rotatable cutting tool There is provided a rotatable cutting tool for supporting at least one knife in at least two alternate angular cutting configurations. The cutting tool includes a body that defines at least one cavity extending generally in a longitudinal direction of the body. Each... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6868766 | Knife holder A knife holder is provided which can be readily disassembled and maintained while remaining in a knife bank. Fasteners keep the cylinder housing and blade housing securely connected and are aligned parallel to the longitudinal axis of the knife holder for easy acces... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6813837 | Bi-directional rotation pneumatic cutting machine A bi-directional rotation pneumatic cutting machine includes an operation section which has an actuator to drive an output shaft to rotate in two directions and a fastening mechanism coupled on the output shaft. The fastening mechanism includes a coupling head which... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6758121 | Device for cutting a fiber cable A device for cutting a fiber cable, in which a rotationally driven cutter supporting member and a rotatable pressing ring positioned at an incline relative to the cutter supporting member work together to cut the fiber cable. An annular channel formed on the outer c... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6715394 | Rotatable die A die that may be rotated relative to a die holder to form an opening in different types of envelopes, cardboard boxes or other type of blanks or webs is provided. The window opening in an envelope blank is formed by using a sheet of material having a top surface an... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715393 | Cutting apparatus having adjustable cutter assembly A cutting apparatus is disclosed which is particularly suited for use in association with an apparatus for effecting lengthwise slitting of sheet stock, such as sheet metal. In the illustrated embodiment, the cutting apparatus includes first and second cooperating, ... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6692424 | Rotary trimmer apparatus and method A rotary trimmer apparatus and signature trimming method are provided that enable operators to set a gap spacing between a rotating knife and an anvil at different predetermined sizes in an easy and accurate manner. The operator chooses the optimum knife/... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6684750 | Structure of a connection seat and a suspension seat of the connection seat for a suspension round saw This invention relates to structure of a connection seat and an improved structure of a suspension seat of a connection seat for a suspension round saw. The connection seat formed as one unit will not product error when the left-right angle of the sawing ... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6627334 | Magnetic tape and method and apparatus for slitting magnetic tape webs A plurality of upper slitting blades and a plurality of lower slitting blades are located such that each of the upper slitting blades stands facing one of the lower slitting blades. The upper slitting blade and the lower slitting blade, which stand facing... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6609442 | Chop saw An improved chop saw may include a base assembly, a blade assembly including a blade having a center and a motor for driving the blade, an arm pivotally attached to the base assembly and carrying the blade assembly, the blade assembly being movable betwee... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6595094 | Working cutting apparatus and method for cutting work A work cutting apparatus comprises a bed. The bed has an upper surface provided with a column including a rail slidably mounted with a slider. The slider has a front surface mounted with a supporting portion supporting two end portions of a rotating shaft... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6494123 | Rotary blade roll The application relates to a device for quickly and precisely aligning and fixing foil blades on the body part of a blade roll. The rotary blade roll has a rotating shaft, at least one roll body part arranged with torsional strength on the rotating shaft,... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6370998 | Rotating-drum flying shear Upper and lower rotating drums (13, 14) having shearing blades (13a, 14a) are supported by a bearing frame (12) via eccentric sleeves (15, 16). Only the upper rotating drum (13) is rotated by a drive motor 17, while the eccentric sleeves (15, 16) are rota... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6272959 | Continuously rotating shears Continuously rotating shears (10) to shear to size metallic strip fed continuously at up to around 20 meters per second and having a thickness of from 0.5 mm to 5 mm and a width of from 500 mm up to at least 1500 mm, comprising two blade-bearing drums (11... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6263775 | Rotary knife carrier for use in cross cutters One rotary knife carrier of a pair of carriers in a cross cutter for running webs of paper, cardboard or the like has longitudinally extending peripheral recesses for disposable elongated strip-shaped knives each of which has a first lateral surface abutt... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6244151 | Apparatus for adjusting cutting bar An improved adjusting apparatus for a cutting bar received in an axial slot of a blade cylinder for cutting web material. The improvement enables an operator to adjust the tilt of the cutting bar relative to the axis of rotation of the blade cylinder to a... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6123002 | Method and apparatus for transverse cutting A method of operating an orbital saw to transversely sever superposed elongated web plies into shorter length products which includes advancing along a linear path superposed elongated web plies having a cross sectional area of at least about 3.5 square i... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6109158 | Cutting die mounting system An alignment and mounting system for steel rule cutting dies and the like includes multiple elements: registration pins for ensuring proper disposition of the cutting dies on the cutting drum relative to the bolt pattern of the cutting drum, alignment gui... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6085626 | Rapid adjustment rotary dies A system to accurately align relative to each other a pair of rotary die cylinders having co-acting cutting blades formed by integral lands projecting generally radially outwardly from each cylinder. Each cylinder has an alignment groove formed therein su... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6067887 | Translucent rotary cutting die A rotary cutting die includes a translucent or transparent rotary die plate having an inner surface and an outer surface. A cutting rule that defines a cutting design is supported by the die plate. The cutting rule includes a cutting edge, which extends a... | 05/30/2000 |
| 6058824 | Cutter holder for accommodating wedge-shaped microtome cutters A a cutter holder (1) for wedge-shaped microtome cutters (5), in particular of regrindable hard-metal or steel cutters or wedge-shaped blade holders, in the case of which a clamping jaw (2) is mounted pivotably on a base (4) for the purpose of setting he ... | 05/09/2000 |
| 6032565 | Multi-use rotary die plate system A multi-use die system is provided having a die holder with reference marks disposed circumferentially and radially along the longitudinal axis of the holder, and a multi-use die plate for magnetic affixation to the die holder which impresses a pattern on... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6026727 | Rotary scoring apparatus having retractable scoring blade An improved scoring apparatus of the type used in box making operations for the purpose of creating strategically located scores and cuts in box blanks that define the folding lines and tabs of the finished boxes. The scoring apparatus includes a selectiv... | 02/22/2000 |
| 6009781 | Differential-spacing perforating roll A rotatable perforating roll, for use in a continuously operating paper-converting rewinder, comprises at least a first plurality of pockets and a second plurality of pockets, each of the pockets designed to receive at least one perforating surface therei... | 01/04/2000 |
| 5996462 | Slitting tool for a circular saw machine and slitting saw blade therefor A slitting tool for a circular saw machine has a tool carrier with a first and second tool flanges arranged coaxially and axially displaceable relative to one another. A slitting saw blade has first and second blade halves. Fasteners are provided for fast... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5983764 | Cutting device A cutting device for transversely cutting a traveling web into signatures is usable to cut signatures into equal or unequal lengths and to accomplish proper register of the cuts. This is accomplished by supporting at least one cutter blade in a cutting cy... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5950516 | Device for adjusting a cutting stick for a cutting cylinder of a rotary press Cutting bars positioned on the peripheral surface of a cutting cylinder are shiftable circumferentially toward or away from each other to vary the lengths of signatures being produced when the folding apparatus is switched between collection and no collec... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5947881 | Slitter for use with rolled material A graduated gear assembly provides for controlled movement between a stationary support surface and exterior contact surface. The assembly contains two discs are supported by a roller shaft affixed to the support surface. The first disc has a contact surf... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5927175 | Stationary and indexable cutter A cutting device for cutting elongate flat-walled tubular stock into preselected lengths which cutting device includes opposed circular cutting blades that are laterally movable to effect a transverse cut across the tubing. The cutting blades are rotatabl... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5924346 | Method and apparatus for transverse cutting A method of operating an orbital saw for transversely severing elongated, superposed, multi-ply web material which includes advancing the web material along a path into a cutting station having a skew arm adjacent said path, rotating said arm about an axi... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5904086 | Apparatus for cutting a high-speed strip A drum-type shear for cutting high-speed strip, especially hot strip, includes a blade that is movable radially into and out of a rotating blade drum from which it is extendable into a strip-cutting position at a desired cutting time. In order to provide ... | 05/18/1999 |
