Did You Know...
...Chester Carlson was a patent agent who tired of having to make multiple copies of patent applications using the only duplication method available at the time: carbon paper. In 1959 he came up with a new copying system and took it to IBM for evaluation. The "experts" at IBM determined potential sales to be only 5,000 units because people wouldn't want to use a bulky machine when they had carbon paper. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, the company founded on the system is Xerox.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 7185436 | Multi-position peeler apparatus A peeler apparatus is provided having an ergonomic handle and a blade that can be rotated relative to the handle to accommodate different peeling styles. The blade can be rotated in order to position the blade in a variety of positions relative to the handle. Such p... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7140111 | Food peeler The present invention provides for a food peeler having a removable blade that includes an end received in a bore of the food peeler handle and a resilient member is mounted adjacent to the end of the blade and allows for the blade to be moved between a centered and... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7114417 | Adjustable spanner wrench for spanner heads having different size holes An adjustable spanner wrench for various spanner head work piece having different size holes where various spanner driver element are able to be stored on the arms of the wrench itself, instead of being stored somewhere else in a separate container where they can be... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7055247 | Avocado slicer An avocado slicer having a handle, a curved blade, and a plurality of internal cutting blades. The blade separates the meat of the avocado from the peel while the internal cutting blades simultaneously slice the meat into separate slices. In a preferred form, the av... | 06/06/2006 |
| 6860016 | Citrus fruit segmenter A single-handedly operated citrus fruit segmenter having first and second arms such that squeezing the arms into a closed position causes a curved movable scoop to extend into a citrus fruit proximate to a triangular blade and form a segment-shaped compartment. The ... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6671964 | Green banana/plantain safety peeler The present invention consists of a safety cutter for peeling green bananas or plantains wherein a handle portion is provided adjacent a head portion which carries a peeling element with dual opposing peeling blades. The dual opposing peeling blades are r... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6427332 | Clip type kitchen peeling tool The kitchen peeling tool which includes a clip type controlling handle bar having an upper and a lower shanks pivoted to it, a blade holder, and an direction turning mechanism for fruits of various sizes to be inserted in. The upper shank is detachably co... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6412177 | Hand crank driven fruit and vegetable peeler A hand crank driven fruit and vegetable peeler for peeling away an outer portion of a fruit or vegetable. An arbor is detachably mounted in the hand crank for rotating a fruit or vegetable against a sharp cutting blade. The cutting blade is mounted in the... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6408520 | Power tool driven fruit and vegetable peeler A fruit and vegetable peeler which is driven by a small rotary power tool. An arbor is detachably mounted in the power tool for rotating a fruit or vegetable against a sharp cutting blade. The cutting blade is positioned relative to the fruit or vegetable... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6243952 | Citrus fruit segmenter A one hand-operated citrus fruit segmenter having a handle with a grip on one end and a triangular blade with diverging segmenting surfaces on the other end, a scoop moveable toward the segmenting surfaces to form a closed compartment to entrap a fruit se... | 06/12/2001 |
| 5937525 | Citrus fruit pulp cutter A cutting device for segmenting and derinding a half section of citrus fruit in order to collect the pulp segments thereof comprises an open-top container to which an annular member fits. A plurality of slicers are supported by the member to form an upsta... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5237749 | Hand tool for peeling elongated vegetables A hand tool for peeling elongated vegetables such as, for example, asparagus, carrots, cucumbers, black salsify, etc. including two hand levers pivotable against a spring force about a pivot axis, with the hand levers carrying, on free ends thereof, two m... | 08/24/1993 |
| 5115565 | Food utensil A food utensil (10) is provided for cutting a food product (12) and removing material (18) therefrom. A flexible U-shaped gripping member (20) is provided where a base section (24) is formed in one piece formation with arm members (26,26') and extend to s... | 05/26/1992 |
| 4920645 | Vegetable or fruit peeler A household utensil, in particular a fruit or vegetable peeler is composed of a handle, a cutting blade and two support bars parallel to the blade. The blade and at least one of the support bars form a unit which moves in translation towards the handle an... | 05/01/1990 |
| 4550656 | Vegetable peeler A vegetable peeler is provided which can be attached to a water faucet, allowing the user's hands to be freed for handling the vegetable and for the vegetable peels to be washed clear of the peeling blades through the action of water flowing out of the fa... | 11/05/1985 |
| 4348807 | Peeling device A vegetable peeler, particularly for pumpkins, has a pair of arms made for engagement with the blade holders of the handle and motor housing of a conventional electric carving knife in place of the usual carving blades and, like the blades, releasably int... | 09/14/1982 |
