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Class 209/614 - Hand supported implements


Subclass of Class 209 - Classifying, separating, and assorting solids
Definition: Methods and apparatus wherein a hand-supported tool separates
No. of patents: 23
Last issue date: 09/29/2009


NumberTitleIssue Date
7594580Lock pin decoding apparatus
A device and method to sort high security lock pins to characterize their length, wedge direction, and slot position comprises a lock pin decoding body containing lock pin cavities that receive high security lock pins and orient them in a uniform way by fitting a ta...
09/29/2009
7441663Tray assembly having hinged dividers
A tray assembly has a tray and a divider assembly removably connected to the tray. The tray has a base, a first side fixedly attached to the base, a second side fixedly attached to the base and the first side, a third side opposite the first side and fixedly attache...
10/28/2008
7293728Electric spice mill
An electric spice mill comprising a power unit coupled to the motor of the mill, the power unit comprising: (i) first and second electric circuits; (ii) a switch in electrical contact with said first and said second electric circuits; and (iii) an actuator movable b...
11/13/2007
7246706Sorting using modular stations
System and method for modular sorting stations. A sorting station may be subdivided into two or more modular bins. A modular bin may be partitioned into compartments. Each compartment may be configured to receive one order including one or more items. Modular bins m...
07/24/2007
7137418Produce tray
The present invention is directed to systems and methods which use a tray to hold and transfer objects, such as produce. The tray has at least one opening to permit the user to manipulate the tray during transfer without touching the contents held within the tray. T...
11/21/2006
7111741Multi-purpose rake
The multi-purpose rake includes a rake head and a detachable pole for pulling the rake across a surface. The rake head has a frame with two arced end ribs, an upper and a lower crossbar extending between the end ribs. The upper crossbar has a sleeve or other attachm...
09/26/2006
7095305Retractable magnetic sweeper
A retractable magnetic sweeper includes a shell member, a retractable tubular member, a moving member, a connecting bar member, and a magnetic member. The shell member defines a receiving space. The retractable tubular member includes a lower tubular section connect...
08/22/2006
6216879Fold sown sorting pan
A fold down sorting pan for providing a surface for sorting small objects. The fold down sorting pan includes a mounting portion adapted for mounting to a wall or countertop. A support arm is pivotally coupled to the mounting portion. A tube is coupled to...
04/17/2001
6095340Lawn and garden pan
A lawn and garden pan having a substantially horizontal bottom wall panel having a substantially triangular configuration. The front end of the pan is open and it has numerous teeth extending forwardly along its entire length. The bottom wall panel has nu...
08/01/2000
5868258Plastic lightweight magnetic sweeper
The Plastic Magnetic Sweeper is designed with lightweight plastic. Its overall weight is eighteen pounds or less. The load release system is contained inside handle. The Plastic Magnetic Sweeper is light weight for easy storage. The Plastic Magnetic Sweep...
02/09/1999
5667080Jewelers vacuum
A hand-held jeweler's vacuum comprises an elongated vacuum member with an opening at one end, motor drive means located at the other end and an aperture in the bottom of the elongated member. A detachable box member is mounted beneath the aperture to rece...
09/16/1997
5549207Metal particle sweeper
A hand held tool for gathering and later releasing metallic particles such as paper clips or a spilled box of pins or tacks includes a handle with a magnetic attached at the bottom and a sweeper cover covering the magnet and hinged to the handle. Ferrous ...
08/27/1996
5433256Pill guide and dispenser tray
A pill guide for use in combination with pill, capsule and caplet dispensing trays has a tapered guide channel for removable attachment to the pill return outlet of the tray. The guide combines with adjacent wall portions of the tray return outlet to form...
07/18/1995
5413225Magnetic sweeper
A magnetic sweeper for collecting magnetically attractable debris from parking areas and the like using magnets in an aluminum tube. A collector plate is hinged to the tube in the magnetic zone so that the collector plate can be pivoted away from the magn...
05/09/1995
5325971Method and receptacle for filtering lawn and garden debris
A cart that is useful to contain, store and/or transport lawn and/or garden debris and filter or screen this debris into different size classifications....
07/05/1994
5190164Bead sorting tool
A sorting tool comprising a flat thickness of rigid material (14) on which lie a multiplicity of removable, individually labeled, equal-sized and uniformly stacked sheets of material of known thickness (16). A chamber (18) formed in the sheets by the remo...
03/02/1993
5092471Sorting and counting tray
A tray for receiving a multiplicity of small objects, such as pills, nuts and bolts or sundry items, to be sorted and/or counted. The tray includes an integral funnel-shaped outlet for dispensing or discharging the sorted and counted objects. A series of ...
03/03/1992
4929345Carpet sweeper
A carpet sweeper for removing metallic staples, paper clips and the like from carpet wherein a semi-circular wire mesh fabric is secured to the forward end of a housing or base member and a magnet is secured to the bottom of the base member and extends al...
05/29/1990
4643316Sorting tray
A sort tray characterized by two sorting sections hinged together along a common wall. The sorting sections, which are substantially mirror images of each other, can be folded together to allow compact storage of the sort tray. Sliding gates are provided ...
02/17/1987
4462496Method and apparatus for separating spheres from non-spheres
A method and apparatus for separating the spheres from the non-spheres in a large number of particles of lamp fill material of substantially equal mass in which the spheres are placed in the grooves of an inclined surface to roll downwardly thereon under ...
07/31/1984
4307808Apparatus for refining herbage
A device for cleaning or refining herbage or herbal substances which operates to separate out twigs, seeds or other roughage by an agitating and straining process. The device includes a cylindrical main body internally divided into a pair of chambers by a...
12/29/1981
4101028Herb cleaner record cover
The improvement of the standard double album cover enables the clean, orderly removal of impurities found in natural herbs, and gives a second utilitarian purpose to a record album cover, wherein a sifting device is formed on one side of the cover....
07/18/1978
4058218Apparatus for removing a sheet from a stack of sheets
Apparatus is disclosed for removing any sheet selected from a stack of sheets without removing adjacent unselected sheets in the stack. The apparatus includes means for selecting and withdrawing the desired sheet in a forward direction from the lead end o...
11/15/1977
 
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