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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7654005 | Two-piece assembly, assembly kit and method of achieving an assembly An assembly having a first piece and a hollow second piece, the first piece having upper and lower parts which are connected by a hinge-forming part and form a space, a part of the second piece being accommodated in the space, the hollow second piece includes a cavi... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7497015 | Scissors-action tool with adjustable opening angle A scissors-action tool whose blades or jaws are urged apart by a spring and which includes an adjustable member restricting opening movement to a limited blade or jaw separation angle during normal use of the tool, but allowing the blades or jaws to be opened to a w... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7380342 | Scissors having separated blades and handles A pair of improved scissors is provided herein, which separates the blades and handles of the pair of scissors into individual parts. These parts are joined at the pivot point by a locking mechanism. By adjusting the locking mechanism, the included angle between the... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7356931 | Hairdressing scissors A pair of hairdressing scissors, wherein a connecting block is mounted in the hairdressing scissor, on a first wall surface of the connecting block is protrusively formed a rib portion having a retaining ear thereof, and on a second wall surface of the connecting bl... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7204022 | Scissors-action tool with adjustable opening angle A scissors-action tool whose blades or jaws are urged apart by a spring and which includes an adjustable member restricting opening movement to a limited blade or jaw separation angle during normal use of the tool, but allowing the blades or jaws to be opened to a w... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7166119 | Scissors for cutting narrow curves A pair of scissors has two elements that are cross-wise rotationally movably assembled in a hinge, each of said elements consisting of a blade and an arm. The arms each terminate in a ring for a user's finger. The general direction of the blades and the arms in a cl... | 01/23/2007 |
| 6176866 | Scissors A scissor comprises a rigid blade with a fixed shape and an adjustable spring blade both pinned together at the end of the blade portions. The blades also comprise elongated leg portions extending outwardly from the junction with the blade portions and te... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6132447 | Umbilical scissors Umbilical scissors having birth-related indicia associated therewith. In this regard, the umbilical scissors may be labeled with the birth data or provided with engraved or embossed birth data or indicia in the form of a color-coded handle to indicate the... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6108913 | Stripping tool A stripping tool for removing clothing, and the like, in emergency situations. The present tool allows for clothing to be stripped from a patient quickly, safely, and efficiently. The stripping tool may be pulled toward the operator of the tool for quickn... | 08/29/2000 |
| 5386634 | Means for preventing the interchanging of cutting head assemblies with unsuitable clipper bodies and vice versa An electric hair clipper comprising a first clipper body having a support tongue pivotally mounted on an inclined front end of the clipper body, the support tongue having an upper surface carrying a first projection and a top end defining a second open-en... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5384962 | Apparatus for shearing a material mass A shearing apparatus coupled to an excavator or similar heavy machinery for severing metal structural materials has a fixed blade attached to a boom and a cutting blade pivotably attached to the fixed blade. An outrigger is secured to the fixed blade in a... | 01/31/1995 |
| 5353504 | Motorized scissors A motorized scissors includes a bottom casing to hold a first cutter blade and a motor and a battery power supply, a top casing covered on the bottom casing, a movable cutter holder to hold a second cutter blade, a looped handle pivoted to the top and bot... | 10/11/1994 |
| 5327649 | Circular saw with dust collector A portable circular saw with a dust collector for use in trapping fine dust raised in cutting cultured marble, concrete, masonry and the like has a deflector positioned above a discharge aperture in the front of an upper blade guard for directing the enve... | 07/12/1994 |
| 5319854 | Scissors In a pair of scissors, particularly hairdresser's scissors, with a pivot joint consisting of a pivot screw (1) and a screw nut (18), where the pivot screw (1) is connected to one scissor blade (21) in an essentially non-rotating fashion, play between the ... | 06/14/1994 |
| 5224268 | Apparatus for shearing a material mass An apparatus for severing a material mass having a pair of movable shears. An outrigger is secured to the shearing and extended across the path of one of the movable shears. The outrigger supports the material mass when severed and transfers torque from o... | 07/06/1993 |
| 5060381 | Pair of scissors, in particular for use in the cutting of hair Pair of scissors, in particular for the cutting of hair, having two elements articulated about a common spindle (6), each of which comprises a cutting blade (2, 3) extended beyond the axis of articulation by a limb (4, 5) equipped with an annular grip (9,... | 10/29/1991 |
| 4983914 | Proximity measurement by inductive sensing using single turn UHF energized coil sensors incorporated into cutter head of sheep shearing device An inductive sensing arrangement enables the distance of the cutting head of an automated sheep shearing apparatus from the skin of a sheep to be determined. Sensors on the cutting head include a coil, the inductance of which varies in accordance with the... | 01/08/1991 |
| 4964216 | Torque limiting device for shears A shearing device capable of being articulated between open and closed positions for cutting material includes pairs of handle levers and shearing elements rotatably mounted on a pivot mechanism. A clutch assembly comprising plates with complimentary and ... | 10/23/1990 |
| 4689884 | V-snip scissors Scissors for cutting a V shape have two parts which are pivotably coupled. The first part has a V-shaped cutting block with two cutting edges which meet at an apex. The second part has a pair of cutting blades with cutting edges which cooperate with the c... | 09/01/1987 |
| 4663848 | Ball-handled scissors Scissors have a pair of pivotally interconnections blades and a ball-shaped handle. One embodiment has a pair transversely spaced, outwardly-convex, partly ball-shaped handle members at the rear end portions of the blades and an elastomeric member compres... | 05/12/1987 |
| 4140124 | Handles for surgical instruments A surgical instrument comprises first and second elongate members which are pivoted together intermediate their ends in crossing relationship, so as to define a major plane of the instrument extending substantially perpendicular to the axis of pivotal mov... | 02/20/1979 |
