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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8069766 | Food dicer A manual food dicer includes a frame equipped with a cross blade and two guiding rails, a carriage movable in translation, and a longitudinal cutting knife equipped with triangular blades, wherein the knife cooperates with positioning mechanism enabling it to be ela... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8042444 | Knife holder for microtome blades A knife holder (1) for microtome blades (2) has a body (3) for reception of the blade (2) against an abutment edge (4) and a pressure plate (5) for retention of the blade, such that in the retained state, only the blade cutt... | 10/25/2011 |
| 7866243 | Slicer A food slicer having a blade is disclosed having a runway for supporting food prior to cutting by the blade and a landing for supporting the blade and the food after being cut. The runway and landing are adjustable for selecting a thickness of a food slice. The runw... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7331538 | Safety grater A safety grater having a parallelepipedal base body, an attachment that slides back and forth along guide rails by slide bars and that has a cylinder, into which items to be grated and sliced and a plunger are introduced and having at least one grating insert that c... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7328893 | Finisher and image forming apparatus equipped therewith A finisher for finishing a booklet having a bundle of center-folded sheets, includes: a detector for detecting an end on a side of a folded portion of the booklet: a moving device for conveying the booklet by movement thereof; a controller for controlling the moveme... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7322112 | Kitchen slicer A kitchen slicer for cutting items to be cut such as fruit, vegetables etc. is proposed, with a base, to which a blade is fixed, which is arranged on an edge of a discharge plate, and an exchangeable insert, which can be fixed to the base in different positions for ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7275671 | Pill splitter with rotating bed A pill splitter splits a pill in quarters along a major axis and a minor axis The pill splitter has a lower body, and an upper body, integrally affixed to the lower body. A rotating bed receptacle is rotatingly affixed in the pill splitter, and contains a bed substa... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7223429 | Method and apparatus for making loaves crustless, sliced bread A method of making a loaf of crustless, sliced bread from a rectangular prismatic loaf of bread, the method comprising: decrusting the bread by moving the loaf of broad longitudinally past cutting blades to remove the crust from four sides of the loaf of bread; slic... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7191691 | Food chopper A food chopping or slicing device preferably includes three primary components, including a lid, a blade tray, and a food reservoir. The lid and the food reservoir are pivotally connected to one another, with the blade tray being removably mounted within an upper ri... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7150426 | Spooling apparatus Spooling apparatus comprising means for rotatably mounting a first reel and a second reel, catching means for guiding a thread (1) to be spooled onto the first reel and further to the second reel and cutting means (5) for cutting the thread to be spool... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7146737 | Kitchen appliance for slicing various products A kitchen appliance for cutting cuttable material such as vegetables, fruit, etc., with a main body. The appliance comprises a guide surface on which the cuttable material can be moved to and fro, and a blade which, for cutting, is arranged offset in relation to the... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7143677 | Food slicer A food slicer includes a frame with a food-receiving platform having an aperture therein. A reversible cutting blade has first and second cutting edges and is selectively removably mountable on the frame in first and second positions for respectively disposing the f... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7134374 | Safety cable cutter for cutting a cable used in servicing an oil and gas well A safety cable cutter used for cutting a cable used in servicing an oil and gas well. A centrifugal arm roller and a guide roller are mounted on top of a frame. The cable is received on the rollers as the cable is lowered down a well bore. Mounted on ends of the cen... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7131905 | Method and apparatus for spiral cutting a tubular meat product One aspect of the present invention relates to the spiral cutting of a meat product. The meat product is spirally cut to produce a food item that will cook more evenly, retain condiments better, fit a standard bun, and is healthier. In addition, a food item prepared... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7107890 | Safety manual vegetable cutter The present invention relates to a manual vegetable cutter, for selectively varied cutting. Furthermore, the cutter of the present invention does not expose the user to risks of serious cuts. The cutter includes a frame fitted with at least one cutting blade mounted... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7093353 | Automatic unit for inserting hangers from a strip of attached staples A hanger taken from a strip of hangers is positioned on a fastening and cutting anvil (6) displaceable between a bottom position, in which it retracts below the level of the support plate (1) and a top position, in which it projects above the plate. A ... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7066071 | Food slicer A food slicer includes a frame with a food-receiving platform having an aperture therein. A reversible cutting blade has first and second cutting edges and is selectively removably mountable on the frame in first and second positions for respectively disposing the f... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7060081 | Microkeratome blade with arbitrary blade angle A cutting blade (56) having a cutting edge (80) defined by an intersection of a first cutting edge surface (72) and a second cutting edge surface (66) is disclosed. The angle between the first cutting edge surface (72) and the seco... | 06/13/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6993818 | Multi-fixture assembly of cutting tools Multiple cutting blades (56) are fabricated from a wafer (130). This wafer (130) is disposed on a blade handle mounting fixture (224) such that a blade handle (24) maybe mounted on each of the individual blades (56). A cutti... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6938529 | Shortening the flap of paper following a supply-roll change A flap projecting from a glue joint between two paper strips after an on-the-fly supply roll change is shortened by continuously displacing the strips in a straight line, in a travel direction, and at a travel speed along a path such that the flap lies flatly agains... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6925920 | Knife holder and knife for a microtome The invention relates to a knife holder for a microtome having a knife receiver for fixing and positioning a knife and a knife for the knife holder. The knife holder is ergonomic, the operation is made easier and safer, and the knife does not need to be changed as o... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6805044 | Vegetable cutting utensil In the vegetable cutting utensil constructed in such a way that grooves which are oppositely disposed in a diagonal direction and which are drilled in a horizontal direction on approximately central portions of left and right frame parts in the longitudinal directio... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6799495 | Tensionable blade and blade assembly for a wedge cut product A blade assembly for cutting a food product such as potatoes or vegetables in a wedge configuration. The blade assembly includes a blade head to which a blade is attached and tensioned by a tensioning assembly. The blade is attached to the blade head with a first en... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6732622 | Safety manual vegetable cutter The present invention relates to a manual vegetable cutter, for selectively varied cutting. Furthermore, the cutter of the present invention does not expose the user to risks of serious cuts. The cutter comprises a frame fitted with at least one cutting blade mounte... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6725765 | Cutter blade assembly for cutting vegetable products An improved cutter blade assembly for cutting vegetable products such as potatoes. The cutter blade assembly utilizes a number of cutter blades that transverse an axial bore through which products to be cut are fed. These blades are locked within the assembly by an ... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6675691 | Continuous platform cutting apparatus An apparatus for shaping a slab of compressible or cellular polymer material (80), such as polyurethane foam, shapes such slab by cutting portions of the material from one surface. A moving patterned platform (32), preferably an endless belt or a series o... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6626965 | Apparatus for forming die cuts and method of manufacturing same A die cutting block for forming die cuts from paper and other materials includes a base portion having a recess formed therein having a desired shape formed therein, an insert portion having an outer contour which substantially matches the contour of the ... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6601491 | Tensive cutting assembly A tensive cutting assembly includes a tensionable cutting member formed of a strip of material, typically metal, which is formed having a serpentine configuration. The tensionable cutting member is removably mounted on a tensive cutting head. The tensive ... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6571477 | Pocket cutter for plastic strap A tool for cutting strapping comprises a housing and a slot defined in a base of the housing. A blade is mounted upon the housing, and a handle is pivotally mounted upon the housing between a position remote from the blade and a position adjacent to the b... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6553885 | Knife blade for cutting food products A knife blade for cutting food products includes a cutting edge having a concave circular curved central portion and opposed linear end portions tangentially intersecting and extending away from opposite sides of the circular curved central portion. The s... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6550366 | Apparatus and method for removing an extraneous portion of a produce item An apparatus for the rapid removal of an extraneous portion of a produce item with minimal loss. The apparatus, rendered attachable to an agricultural processing implement by an integral attachment device, enables one-handed operation by a user. The appar... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6546836 | Continuous platform cutting apparatus for cutting a cellular polymer surface An apparatus for continuously shaping a compressible or cellular polymer material, such as polyurethane foam, by cutting portions of the material from a surface of a slab of the material includes a compression roller, a support surface, a blade and a movi... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6526858 | Cable breakaway assembly A cable breakaway assembly is adapted for mounting within a stationary component of a communications service network to prevent damage to a feeder cable in the event that an excessive pulling force is applied to a customer cable spliced to the feeder cabl... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6467386 | Multiple continuous platform cutting apparatus Apparatus for continuously shaping a compressible or cellular polymer material, such as polyurethane foam, by cutting portions of the material from a surface of one or more slabs of material (180) includes two compression rollers (146, 146a), two moving p... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6321628 | Knife for cutting tuberous plants, mainly potatoes, into rods or other shapes The invention relates to a knife for cutting tuberous plants, mainly potatoes, into bars and other shapes, whereby the tubers are driven through a cutting bloc, which cutting block is formed by the positioning of crosswise mounted, knives situated above e... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6319474 | Microfabricated instrument for tissue biopsy and analysis A microfabricated biopsy/histology instrument which has several advantages over the conventional procedures, including minimal specimen handling, smooth cutting edges with atomic sharpness capable of slicing very thin specimens (approximately 2 μm or gre... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6286407 | Method for the removal of an extraneous portion of a produce item Method for the rapid cleaning of produce with minimal loss, and apparatus to perform the method. The cleaning method taught in the present application enables the rapid cleaning of produce by removing an extraneous portion therefrom, by separating the ext... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6272958 | Food material decurling method An apparatus for decurling food material, such as slices severed from a food material supply, while the slices are being moved toward a transfer member includes a constriction positioned in close proximity to the slicing station and in general alignment t... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6253653 | Disc-microtome The invention relates to a microtome (1) for producing thin slices for microscopy, which is provided with a base (2), a blade holder (3) for holding a cutting blade (4) and an object holder (5) for holding the object (6) to be cut. Cutting occurs in a pla... | 07/03/2001 |
