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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7845082 | Universal hand pruner with extendible handles A hand tool for cutting includes a first handle, a second handle pivotably connected to the first handle, and a cutting head including a fixed first blade and a pivotable second blade to provide cutting action with the first blade. The first and second handles are m... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7814665 | Actuation mechanism for a power tool An actuation mechanism for actuating a power tool that includes a cable assembly comprising at least one outer sheath (41) arranged coaxially around an inner cable (40), wherein the inner cable (40) slides relative to the outer sheath (41... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7707727 | Foliage trimmers with adjustable curvature of cutting sections The invention comprises of a trimmer body with pivotally mounted handle mechanism attached to a flexible curvature adjuster band going through a plurality of cutting units articulately arranged side by side with a flexible scissor type mechanism attached to every cu... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7603781 | Foliage trimmer with adjustable curvature of the flexible cutting blade assembly Foliage trimmer with adjustable curvature of the flexible cutting blade assembly for the purpose of cutting convex shapes comprising of a trimmer body with pivotally mounted handle mechanism attached to a flexible curvature adjuster band with a uniform curvature mai... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7370423 | Long-arm gardening shears having angle adjustable function A pair of long-arm gardening shears include a main body, a first casing, a second casing, a cutting blade assembly, a retaining member, a push button, and a spring. Thus, the angle between the cutting blade assembly and the main body is adjusted so that the length o... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7275322 | Pivoting handle assembly for power tool There is disclosed a power tool comprising a housing (3), a motor provided in the housing and having a rotary output shaft, a reciprocating output shaft adapted to be caused by the motor to execute reciprocating motion to actuate a blade assembly, and a handl... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7251896 | Hair clipper with pivot head The clipper has a cylindrical housing including a handle containing a battery and motor and a head pivotally mounted on the handle. The head carries a stationary blade and a reciprocating blade. Motion is transmitted from the motor to the reciprocating blade through... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7162804 | Safety device for a trimmer A hedge trimmer has a working part with a cutting tool and a drive and further has guide part with a guide rod that has a drive connection for connecting a drive motor to the drive of the working part. The working part is pivotable relative to the guide part. A safe... | 01/16/2007 |
| 6986206 | Hair clipping device with rotating bladeset having multiple cutting edges A hair clipping device includes a housing, a bladeset engageable upon the housing and including at least one stationary blade and at least one moving blade configured for reciprocal movement relative to the at least one stationary blade. The stationary blade has a f... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6662451 | Hedge shears Hedge shears has a pair of hands, a pair of blades and a rotatable connector secured between the handles and the blades. Each handle has a handle drive slot and each blade has a blade drive slot. The rotatable connector consists of two connecting plates. ... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6536116 | Hair clipper with rotating blade assembly There is provided a hair clipper with a housing having a control for selectively connecting a motor positioned in the housing to an energy source. The hair clipper also having a rotating blade assembly with one or more cutting edges and a switch mechanism... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6481106 | Scissor action tool The present invention relates to scissor action tools which comprise first and second cutting elements pivotable about a first joint in a first plane of movement and first and second hand levers pivotable about a second joint in a second plane of movement... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6249976 | Scissors The invention is a scissors in which the direction of blades is changeable with regard to handles. The feature is a pair of cutting implement (5A) and (5B), which is a curved intermediate portion (4) between handles (3) and a pin (6) with a constraint mec... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6192769 | Adjustable gearhead for a hedge trimmer attachment A gearhead assembly between a drive shaft and an output shaft of a trimmer arranged parallel but staggered to one another, includes a bearing shaft extending perpendicularly between the drive shaft and the output shaft. The bearing shaft has a first end s... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6182367 | Power-driven work tool Power-driven work tool including a shank (2, 3), a drive motor (4), and a working tool (1) driven by the motor. The working tool is rotatable around at least one axis perpendicular to the shank by a controller (8). The controller is attached to the shank ... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6105257 | Remote gripping or cutting apparatus having a rotatable head The invention is an apparatus having opposed jaws remotely located at a distance from actuator for the jaws. In particular, the apparatus has opposed jaws supported rotatably with respect to the actuator for the jaws. More particularly, the apparatus is a... | 08/22/2000 |
| 5970616 | Hair trimmer with lighted rotating head A hair trimmer that includes a main body extending between an upper end portion and a lower end portion and further includes a front side and a rear side. The main body defines a primary longitudinal axis that extends substantially linearly between the up... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5606799 | Detachable pivoting clipper blades A hair clipper including a handle portion having a drive end with a first coupler formation, a blade assembly having a housing at least partially enclosing a reciprocating blade and a fixed blade, and having a second coupler formation for engaging the fir... | 03/04/1997 |
| 5575069 | Pivotable hair cutting device for cutting over non-linear surfaces A removable and replacable hair cutting head for use with motorized hair cutting tools. The hair cutting head adapts to conventional motorized hair cutting tool bodies allowing the head to pivot with a resistive bias through a limited range of angular mot... | 11/19/1996 |
| 5165172 | Adjustable hair clipper An adjustable hair clipper including an interconnected body and head mounted about a common pivot for rotational movement between the body and the head, the body including a motor with an associated drive shaft, a reciprocating cutter in the head, an oper... | 11/24/1992 |
| 4880015 | Biopsy forceps This invention relates to a biopsy forcep for use in a flexible fiberoptic bronchoscope. More particularly, this invention is directed to a biopsy forcep having an increased range of operability when used in conjunction with the flexible fiberoptic bronch... | 11/14/1989 |
| 4796359 | Electric shaving apparatus with a pivoted shearing head system An electric shaving apparatus has a housing serving as a hand grip (1) with projecting support lugs (11, 12) that defines pivot axis (Z). Shearing head system (2) is movable about pivot axis (Z) and comprises a shearing head frame (3) that has at least on... | 01/10/1989 |
