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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7634859 | Press device A press device to be modified such that profile rods can also be removed by a shearing movement. The tool is configured so that a cutting plate can be fixed to each pivoting arm and is displaceably mounted in the opposite pivoting arm. The clamping arms of the pivot... | 12/22/2009 |
| 7421788 | Cutting tool for a strap A cutting tool for strap includes a fixed element and a movable element pivotally operably connected to one another. The fixed element has a body, a grip extending from an end of the body and an anvil. The anvil has a cutting edge. A pivot region is defined between ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7350313 | Device for cutting and marking a metal cable Device for cutting and marking a metal cable (16), comprising means (12, 18) for cutting the cable (16) and marking means (20) for marking the cable (16) with a mark at a predetermined distance (d) from the cutting plane (C), cutti... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7340836 | Hand tool for measuring and cutting A combination tool for measuring and cutting materials such as drywall is disclosed. The tool includes a mount formed by first and second housing portions, the first and second housing portions defining a path terminating at an opening at one end of the mount. A tap... | 03/11/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7316688 | Cutting and forming device A cutting and forming device includes an outer sleeve, an inner sleeve, and a housing. The outer sleeve has a longitudinal axis, a front end, a rear end, and a borehole having an borehole axis. The inner sleeve, can be rotated in the outer sleeve's borehole and incl... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7313868 | Cutoff tool In a cutoff tool, a hood is arranged to overlap a distal end portion of a cutting blade, and a distal end portion of the hook is arranged to protrude from a toothed portion of the cutting blade. When the cutting blade retracts farthest in a uniaxial direction, the d... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7258603 | Utensil for opening a shell of a crustacean A utensil for opening a shell of a crustacean, such as a crab, lobster and the like, has a pair of pivotally connected elongated members. Each elongate member has a handle portion and a head portion. A cutting blade is positioned in each of the head portions; the cu... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7246442 | Hair-trimming tool A hair-trimming tool including a tool body having a pair of hair-bunch supporting pieces whose tip ends can open and close, a connecting portion which connects base ends of the hair-bunch supporting pieces, a protruding portion protruding from the connecting portion... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7246447 | Apparatus and method for forming designs in a haired surface A device and method for forming designs into the haired surface on the body. The device features a design head having a shape defined by a perimeter edge and a support shaft engaged with the design head. Hair is trimmed from the haired surface adjacent to the perime... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7234242 | Adjustable apparatus for hair clipper The invention discloses an adjustable apparatus for adjusting an upper blade position of a hair clipper to further adjust the hair cut length. The upper blade is connected to a blade spring. The blade spring is placed in a spring housing. The spring housing is conne... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7231719 | Hair clipper accessories The present invention achieves technical advantages as devices that attach to hair clippers, providing the clippers with an appearance that is preferably in harmony with the sound of clippers, and that is also non-threatening to a person, such as a child. In one emb... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7216523 | Pair of pressing jaws for hydraulic or electric pressing tools, and insulating covering for a pressing jaw The invention relates to a pair of pressing jaws for hydraulic or electric pressing tools for pressing fittings onto pipes or for the press connection of electric cables, the two pressing jaws being disposed for rotation about a common axis and each pressing jaw for... | 05/15/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7124508 | Scissor cap and scissors A pair of scissors including a pair of scissor pieces, each having a handle and a blade, and a pin, which connects the two scissor pieces so that they may be opened and closed. The cutting edges of the two blades intersect each other at an intersecting point that mo... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7080455 | Handheld kitchen scissor/knife appliance A cutting apparatus includes first and second subassemblies. The first subassembly has a first handle and a blade connected to the first handle, the blade including a proximal end portion attached to the handle, a distal end portion, and a cutting edge intermediate ... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7055177 | Finger guard for hairstylists A one-piece hand and knuckle guard comprising an index finger sleeve, a middle finger sleeve, a web, and a knuckle shield. ... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7051442 | Ear area comb attachment for hair clipper An ear area comb attachment for attachment to a hair clipper having a bladeset with a moving blade laterally reciprocating relative to a stationary blade includes a base configured for attachment to the clipper and a guard formation associated with the base for bloc... | 05/30/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6973725 | Scissors assembly A scissors assembly includes a main body, a jaw plate, and an angle adjusting base. Thus, the scissors assembly has a simplified construction and can be positioned efficiently. In addition, the scissors assembly can adjust the cutting angle easily and conveniently. ... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6928765 | Tension activated, hydraulically controlled rope severing device A rope severing apparatus for releasing a rope after continued tension. The first element of the apparatus is the base, which has elastic properties that permit the base to stretch when realizing tensional forces. The base may be a spring in one embodiment, although... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6918205 | Grafting tool A method of cutting a stem to be whip grafted, comprising: securing the stem in a bore of a hand-held grafting tool that includes an angled end, with a portion of the stem extending out from the angled end; drawing a knife across a face of the angled end to thereby ... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6915579 | Punch assembly and methods of using same The present invention relates, in general, to a punch assembly and methods of using same and, more particularly, to a punch assembly that is capable of accurately and repeatedly measuring an intersecting point at which a hold or indentation can be put in a sheet of ... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6871404 | Rag quilt seam gauge and table guard The seam gauge and table guard attachment attaches to a pair of conventional scissors. The protective guard includes a rigid, unitary U-shaped frame with a rectangular base portion and an inclined cover portion. The inclined cover portion has a plurality of fastener... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6854184 | Blade cover for cutting device The present invention is directed to a cutting device including a first blade portion having a handle and a cutting surface and a second blade portion having a handle and a cutting surface. The first and second blade portions are coupled together and intersect at a ... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6813832 | Scissors type implement for sectioning and retaining a candle wick A scissor-type implement for use in removing a trailing end of a candle wick. The implement includes first and second elongated handle portions pivotally connected together at an intermediate location and each terminating in an opposing and inter engaging wick secti... | 11/09/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6718641 | Hand operated punching assembly A punching tool includes a punching device, and a plier device coupled to the punching device for actuating the punching device with less force. The punching device includes a base detachably secured to one of the jaws with such as a channel-and-flange engagement, a... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6681603 | Steel cable lock structure with internal multidirectional locking effect Steel cable lock structure with internal multidirectional locking effect, including a housing, a cable winding device, a locking device and a steel cable clutch controller. The housing has an interior space including a first and a second chambers. The cab... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6651345 | Non-slip scissors Provided is scissors for hair cutting or hair dressing, wherein substantially linear slits provided at the edge of the scissors are formed in a slit width that is equal to or smaller than predetermined thickness of a hair, the slits being serially provide... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6647842 | Calibrated angle and depth scissors A scissors with built-in ruler and protractor allows precision cuts to measure lengths and angles without the use of separate external measuring tools and marking devices.... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6640441 | Pipe shears provided with means to locate securely pipe to be cut thereby A pair of pipe shears includes a fixed jaw and a movable jaw pivoted with the fixed jaw. The fixed jaw is provided with a pipe-locating structure including two locating members, each being formed of a seat block and a back block. The seat block is provide... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6578269 | Movable comb advancing system for hair trimmers By providing a rotatable wheel mounted in cooperating engagement with a longitudinally movable arm or slide member, an easily employed, dependable, and reliable movable comb control system is achieved, enabling users to controllably move the comb member o... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6526662 | Scissors with minute recessed parts formed at blade tip and method of manufacturing the scissors A pair of haircut scissors having hair-catching slits on one of their haircut edges are disclosed. Each slit is provided with a filler having a renewable microscopic nick on its top edge to prevent hairs from sliding along the haircut edges. The filler pr... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6513247 | Calibrated angle and depth scissors A scissors with built-in ruler and protractor allows precision cuts to measured lengths and angles without the use of separate external measuring tools and marking devices.... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6418625 | Cutting apparatus An apparatus for cutting pic cords of a fabric material comprises a pair of blades, each blade having a cutting portion wherein the cutting portion comprises a cutting edge and a non-cutting edge. The pair of blades are disposed such that a cutting edge o... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6405441 | Wick trimmer and capture device A wick trimmer and capture device for trimming, to a predetermined length, a wick of a candle formed with a primary and a secondary wick well. The trimmer device includes an elongated, actuatable handle assembly that has a grip assembly at a proximate end... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6374498 | Portable pruner A portable pruner comprises a shearing part, a transmission part and a driving part. By using the compound casing tube to achieve rigid axial transmission, the pruner is simple and handy in construction, and accurate and easy to pruning. It can be disasse... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6374499 | Device for cutting welded wire structures A device for cutting a welded wire structure is provided. The welded wire structure includes a first wire and a second wire which are joined together and are offset relative to each other. The device includes a first arm pivotally connected to a second ar... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6370779 | Wick trimmer A wick trimmer includes a gauge for assisting a user in trimming a candle wick to an appropriate length. The wick trimmer is adapted to be of a shape and size to allow a user to trim the wick within a votive holder, hurricane lamp, or the like without rem... | 04/16/2002 |
