"The abolishment of pain in surgery is a chimera. It is absurd to go on seeking it...knife and pain are two words in surgery that must forever be associated in the consciousness of the patient."
Dr. Alfred Velpeau, French surgeon ; 1839
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7328513 | Cutter having changeable carrier A cutter includes a lever having a handle on one end and a fixed jaw on the other end and having one or more catches extended from the fixed jaw and having a groove formed in the fixed jaw, a cutter device is pivotally attached to the lever and has a cutter blade mo... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7322111 | Brush cutting device A lever actuated cutting tool that allows ground level cutting of shrubs and small trees from a standing position. The design of the cutting tool takes advantage of the principles of leverage and resistive force, and also incorporates a pendulum swing, to provide a ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7219432 | Stamping and die-cutting tool with a quick mould change design A stamping and die-cutting tool with quick mould change design comprises: a casing and a pushing member. The pushing member has a pushing portion to be fixed at an extended position and a retracted position alternatively after being pressed repeatedly. The pushing m... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7174640 | Tool for cutting cable ties leaving a round end The present invention presents a pliers-like hand tool with special shaped cutting edges and grooved guides in the jaws of the tool so that when used to cut off the unwanted ends of cable ties the cable tie can be guided into the tool and positioned for cuffing the ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7104173 | Corner cutting structure An improved corner cutting structure, having a knife seat and a base pivotally connected to the knife seat. The knife seat has an inwardly recessed notch and a receiving slot formed on a periphery. The receiving slot provides the support of a blade. The base has a s... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7080538 | Roofing panel notching, shearing, and hemming tool A notching, shearing, and hemming tool constructed with a table which receives the roofing panel, at least two notching devices (notchers), a pan shear pivotally mounted on the table, and a hemming tool pivotally mounted on the table. To prepare a finished end piece... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7055239 | Index cutter The invention relates to a device for producing a book page index for facilitating the search for certain sections in a book. The device includes a bearing surface (1) on which a pile (3) of pages is placed. According to the invention, an index notch o... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7047851 | Wick trimmer A wick trimmer apparatus is herein provided and more particularly, a wick trimmer with a measuring foot that facilitates the effective cutting of a wick to an appropriate length. The wick trimmer has two arms and a measuring foot connected to the second arm that det... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7014171 | Tie lifter and holder An improved design that would allow one workman to easily elevate a heavy concrete tie to the base of the rail and hold it in position while tie is connected to the rail with retainer clips. Improvements are made in the handle design that allow the workman to remain... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6966244 | Non-metallic hand pliers with wire cutter A pair of preferably substantially buoyant-in-water hand pliers comprising a pair of non-metallic lever members each having a handle portion and a jaw portion and formed of material preferably having a density greater than water. The lever members are pivotally conn... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6944953 | Corner cutter A cutting tool provides a device for cutting a plate glass corner. The structure includes upper and lower blades which are opened and closed to cut the plate glass. The upper and lower blade edge lines mutually oppose each other to form a cutter body having a scisso... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6941848 | Procedure for the production of a bar notch A bar notch (3) in the side of a side member (1) and a shaping cut (4) at the end of a cross member (2) for the bar jointing of a side member (1) with a member (2) in workpieces of wood, plastics or MDF—medium density fibe... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6941995 | Lace-like structure of a hive-shaped venetian blind A lace-like structure of a hive-shaped Venetian blind comprises a blind body made up of a plurality of wave-like arc slats paired up into oval-shaped blind units in cross section. Each wave-like arc slat has a pair of extended flanges disposed at the front and rear ... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6922898 | Drywall bead press A tool for cutting drywall bead that has a shaped cross section and requires cutting to length with both straight and angled cuts. The tool includes a base with a first handle attached thereto and a second handle pivotably attached to the base, and a blade with a cu... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6757978 | Scissors for angularly cutting sheet stock Scissors for angularly cutting sheet stock is disclosed. The scissors comprises oblique slots in a lower handle, fasteners in the oblique slots, a rear elongate slot in a lower ridge of a board, and a pin slidably defined in the elongate slot. In a closed state, fas... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6591506 | Hand operated end cutting sheet metal shear This invention describes a hand operated, end cutting, sheet metal shear that makes cuts perpendicular to the axis of the tool handle. The shearing surfaces consist of a moving shear blade with a fixed rake angle and shear angle, cutting along a blunt anv... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6557740 | Device for removing a pill from its package A device for removing a pill from its package including a lower base portion having a generally rectangular configuration. The lower base portion has a top wall, a bottom wall, a front wall, a back wall, and opposed side walls. The front wall has an upper... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6308421 | Multi-use scissors A multi-use scissors composed of a first grip, a second grip and a blade bar which are pivotally connected with each other. A link is additionally pivotally connected between the second grip and the blade bar to form a double lever aspect. A multi-use bla... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6240764 | J-channel siding cutter The J-channel siding tool is preferably used to cut tabs or notches or a miter finishing cut in J-channel vinyl or aluminum siding in perpendicularly adjacent pieces proximate to the corners of doors or windows of a building, through the one cut operation... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6227026 | Band-blade cutting tool and band-blade working apparatus The present invention relates to a band-blade cutting tool which is used for cutting a band blade that is a so-called Thomson blade, and also to a band-blade working apparatus having a function of cutting such a band blade into a predetermined shape and l... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6185824 | Method of installing panel closures on metal roof panels Notches are cut in a "Z"-section closure to be installed across seams on a standing seam metal roof by means of a tool which punches holes in the central web of the closure. The lower flange of the closure is subsequently cut manually to finish the notch.... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6115922 | Punch pliers device for cutting J-channel siding elements A punch pliers device is disclosed for cutting J-channel used for fastening siding around an opening defined by a building. The device includes a first U-shaped member having a first and a second arm. A second U-shaped member has a first and a second limb... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6112413 | Shingle severing device A shingle severing device includes a cutter pivotably secured to a work carrier. The work carrier mounts spaced blades and the cutter mounts spaced blades alignable with the work carrier blades. A shingle support and fences locate a conventional shingle. ... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6038772 | Edging scissors with guides A pivoted hand tool, such as a scissors, includes a pair of blades having non-rectilinear cutting edges to form various cutting patterns on a sheet of paper. The scissors also include at least one guide to control the angular presentation of the paper to ... | 03/21/2000 |
| 5913575 | Cutter for hollow strip A cutter for cutting a hollow strip includes a pair of levers pivotally coupled together. One of the levers includes a cutter blade, and the other lever includes a jaw. The jaw includes a bracket, the bracket includes a mold piece for engaging with the in... | 06/22/1999 |
| 5832612 | Edging scissors with guides A pivoted hand tool, such as a scissors, includes a pair of blades having non-rectilinear cutting edges to form various cutting patterns on a sheet of paper. The scissors also include at least one guide to control the angular presentation of the paper to ... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5822865 | Cutting pliers for cutting implant plates A cutting pliers for cutting implant plates features two handgrips (10) joined via a hand-grip pivot (11), which handgrips actuate by way of leverage pivots (14) a pliers holding jaw (15) and a pliers punching jaw (16). Formed on the pliers holding jaw (1... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5600891 | Poly-scissors device A poly-scissors device and a scissors connector, both aimed at simultaneously cutting two or more cuts in a medium, which cuts are at a constant distance from one another along their length. The poly-scissors includes two elements, each of which includes ... | 02/11/1997 |
| 5584124 | Trigger-operated punch A sheet punch assembled of a plurality of molded parts having a handle section with a stationary jaw and a trigger section pivotal about the handle section which trigger section has a movable jaw. The handle and trigger are oriented at about a right angle... | 12/17/1996 |
| 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 |
| 5487745 | Curvilinear surgical punch A curvilinear surgical punch (10) having a cutting head (21) for performing surgery upon the meniscal tissue of the knee joint is disclosed herein. Cutting head (21) includes an upper blade member (22) pivotal upon a lower frame member (24). Upper blade m... | 01/30/1996 |
| 5485641 | Composite/plier cutter tool with shear action cutter insert A composite, non-electrically conductive, non-sparking, non-magnetic and lightweight cutter/plier hand tool has two pivotally interconnected lever members, each of unitary, one-piece construction and formed by compression molding of multiple plies of a di... | 01/23/1996 |
| 5483746 | Hand operated channel notching tool and method of notching A hand operated slot-forming tool has an elongated nose portion having a mechanically advantaged dual edge cutting blade which is pivotally mounted over a slotted dual element anvil blade having shearing edges which work in opposition to the dual edges of... | 01/16/1996 |
| 5419045 | Hand cutting tool for preparing caulking gun cartridge nozzles A hand tool for cutting plastic caulking gun cartridge nozzles in preparation for laying a uniform bead of caulk wherein a slicing blade mechanism is provided between the handles of the plier like implement to cut off the caulking tube tip and a V-shaped ... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5327652 | Hand-held seam notching apparatus A new and improved hand-held seam notching apparatus includes two double-armed lever assemblies. A first double-armed lever assembly includes a first handle portion, a first fulcrum portion, and a first jaw portion. The first jaw portion includes a first ... | 07/12/1994 |
| 5058276 | Hedge trimmer A drive for a hedge trimmer, or the like, stores energy in a clock spring during a part of each cycle of sickle-bar operation. When enough energy is stored in the clock spring, it is released to drive a sickle-bar with a strong chopping action.... | 10/22/1991 |
| 5052258 | Cutter A cutter for repeatedly cutting identical size pieces from a larger sheet of a semi-brittle and semi-rigid material includes an outer jaw affixed to a base and an inner jaw affixed to an arm that is resiliently connected to the base. The upper jaw include... | 10/01/1991 |
| 5033194 | Hand operated metal shears An improved hand operated metal shears comprising an open lower cutter and a replaceable upper cutter that slides in a raceway in the upper handle and is forced downward thru a workpiece into the lower cutter when upper and lower handles are biased togeth... | 07/23/1991 |
| 5005454 | Lamina clipping device and method A lamina clipping device and method are presented whereby edge excess lamina portions of a laminated substrate can be trimmed at the corners in an efficient and clean, finished fashion. One blade is stationarily mounted to a base and a second movable blad... | 04/09/1991 |