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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7249551 | Gasket cutter with changeable and reversible dies and punches A gasket cutter with changeable and reversible dies and punches including a body having upper and lower opposed arm members, a cylindrical member slidingly engaged within said upper arm member to be raised and lowered by rotation of a handle attached to the cylindri... | 07/31/2007 |
| 6789468 | Device for forming fruit kabobs A device for forming a fruit kabob from uniform sections of fruit including melons comprises an elongate, preferably transparent, shaping tube. In one embodiment, the shaping tube is of cylindrical configuration and in another embodiment the shaping tube is of gener... | 09/14/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6655032 | Pumpkin cutting apparatus A pumpkin cutting apparatus includes a tubular shaft and a cutter releasably coupled to one end thereof, the cutter having a continuous side wall capable of cutting a pumpkin and retaining the cut portion. A plunger shaft extending through the tubular sha... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6457238 | Eating utensil An eating utensil with a spoon shell fastened to a handle enables handicapped people, who have, e.g., only one usable hand, to reduce in size pieces of food, e.g., meat, by cutting into bite-sized pieces. To achieve this, the spoon shell (1, 31) and the h... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6032368 | Apple corer A hand held coring device for removing the core from a piece of fruit such as an apple, pear, or the like is disclosed. The device is constructed of a tube having a wall, a central bore, first and second ends, and at least two slots defined within the wal... | 03/07/2000 |
| 5966819 | Meat scraping tool A new meat scraping tool for easily dislodging meat by pressing a button. The inventive device includes a handle. A plurality of generally cylindrical stationary blade members arranged in a concentric configuration are included. The stationary blade membe... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5490853 | Orthopedic bone plug cutter An orthopedic bone plug cutter for cutting a customized bone plug for use with prosthesis having stems of complex geometry, such as a cruciate stem. The bone plug cutter comprises an anvil which supports a piece of bone obtained intraoperatively. A specia... | 02/13/1996 |
| 5481803 | Safety feeder A safety peeler including a short cylindrical shell having a closed exterior portion and an open interior portion with a cylindrical extension extending therefrom including an external threaded portion and an exterior surface therebetween with a top edge ... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5303473 | Cookie cutter A device for cutting and engaging a doughy material having a deformable consistency, forming a material, transferring the shape from a first location to a second location and disengaging the shape. The device includes a cutting edge carried by a housing f... | 04/19/1994 |
| 5157836 | Tool for separating a core, a rind and flesh of a fruit, in particular a pineapple A tool is described for separating a core, a rind and flesh of a fruit, in particular a pineapple, including, at least, a cylindrical corer which is provided at one end with a cutting edge and at the other end with a handle or other driving member, such a... | 10/27/1992 |
| 4843716 | Canape maker A food shaping cutter for making canapes, hors d'oeuvres and the like having an elongated hollow body with a tapered cutting edge and a piston within said body for ejecting cut food therefrom.... | 07/04/1989 |
| 4792299 | Biscuit cutter and cooperative mold A biscuit cutter having at least one cutting element defined by a hexagonally oriented cutting edge which taper upwardly and inwardly to form a circular biscuit forming cavity and which cutting element may be cooperatively seated within a mold so as to un... | 12/20/1988 |
| 4733469 | Extractor for increment borer An extractor for an increment borer, which consists of a tubular body having internally a cylindric portion, which at its forward end 3 transforms to a conic portion 6, and which borer on its outer surface is provided with bore threads. The extractor 2 co... | 03/29/1988 |
| 4691602 | Punch and ejector assembly A piercing punch and ejection assembly has a piercing punch member provided with a bore in its point thickness section. The ejector member, included in the assembly, comprises a conical helical spring of rectangular cross section that is installed into th... | 09/08/1987 |
| 4690047 | Tool for peeling and coring pineapples and the like The tool comprises two substantially annular and coaxial blades, an inner one and an outer one respectively, each of which has a frontal cutting edge, and a handgrip for enabling the blades to be pushed into the fruit and possibly rotated so as to separat... | 09/01/1987 |
| 4606716 | Mold and biscuit cutter A cutter comprising a plurality of contiguous hexagonal shapes with a closely-fitting mold surrounding the cutter.... | 08/19/1986 |
| 4596073 | Apple corer with a core remover An apple corer having four molded plastic components are fitted together to form the invention. They are a hollow cutting tube, a core remover slidable along the cutting tube, a handle attached at the end of the cutting tube, and a compression plug insert... | 06/24/1986 |
| 4584769 | Extractor for increment borer An extractor for an increment borer (1), which increment borer (1) consists of a tubular body having internally a cylindric portion, which transforms to a conic portion (6), and which on the outside is provided with bore threads (4). According to the inve... | 04/29/1986 |
| 4546545 | Pineapple cutter A pineapple cutter is provided with a cylindrical body 1 having a cutter edge 1a at the circumference end portion of the lower end, a pair of handles 5, 5 connected to the outer surface of said cylindrical body, a pressing sheet mounted on the inner porti... | 10/15/1985 |
| 4543053 | Tool for forming a folded pastry A tool for forming a folded pastry from rolled-out dough. The pastry tool includes a frame having an edge for cutting the dough, the cutting edge being formed in the shape of the peripheral outline of a pair of circles intersecting at two points. The two ... | 09/24/1985 |
| 4507866 | Device for removing portion of a roll and method of using same A device for removing a portion of a roll, comprising an elongated hollow shaft having a handle at one end thereof. The other end is formed into two separated jaws, with one jaw extending beyond the other jaw. The edges of the jaws are sharpened and serra... | 04/02/1985 |
| 4443176 | Food mold A food mold having a rectangular body having sides and an upper mounting plate is disclosed. A dislodging plate is disposed within the body in a plane parallel with the mounting plate. A central shaft is connected to the dislodging plate and extends upwar... | 04/17/1984 |
| 4352242 | Apparatus for producing a skewered stack of food A gourmet press for producing hors d'oeuvres and similar snacks in the form of morsels of various foods stacked on a skewer. The press is a tubular device with a sharpened end which is pressed into various foods such as cheese, meat, bread, fruit and the ... | 10/05/1982 |
| 4296659 | Jack-O-Lantern forming method A Jack-O-Lantern forming method for cutting facial feature openings (14) in a pumpkin (12). At least one pumpkin die element (26) having a closed contour sidewall element (32) is provided. The sidewall element (32) has a lower edge (36) adapted for contig... | 10/27/1981 |
| 4234375 | Cutter-vacuum-plunger applicator This invention relates to a vacuum created by a plunger to suck up a disc cut by the razor-edged nozzle of said applicator, and thereafter mechanical-plunger pushing said cut disc into a golf ball cavity. The material cut into disc shape to be disposed in... | 11/18/1980 |
| 4204577 | Golf hole cutter guide An apparatus for guiding a golf hole cutter when constructing holes on a golf putting green in such a manner that the ground surrounding the hole remains level and the area surrounding the hole is protected from markings and indentations caused by the fee... | 05/27/1980 |
| 4190050 | Trephine instrument for use in cornea removal and transplant A trephine instrument for use in surgical removal of a cornea includes a cylindrical blade mounted on an elongate handle. The blade is power-driven and an actuating element is operable for selectively extending and retracting the blade. In a second embodi... | 02/26/1980 |
| 4074426 | Threaded blade holder A threaded blade holder for cutting an opening in a flexible externally threaded closure element on a pail or container. The holder comprises a hollow internally threaded tubular body. A retaining member, comprising a pointed spike, is slideably disposed ... | 02/21/1978 |
