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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7331109 | Electric cutting device An electric cutting device includes a housing, a motor, an activation button, a first assembly, a second assembly, two connecting rods, two connecting rods and a cutting assembly. The activation button may be used to activate the motor. The motor is connected with a... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7275323 | Long-handled grass shears with a detachable connecting device A long-handled shears with a detachable connecting device has an operational grip stick with an elongated tube and a wire, a grass shears, and a connecting device attached between the grip stick and the grass shears. The ball is attached to the wire of the grip stic... | 10/02/2007 |
| 6938346 | Pair of scissors comprising a gear transmission mechanism to work a movable jaw thereof A pair of scissors has a fixed handle, a fixed jaw extending from one end of the fixed handle, a movable jaw pivotable with respect to the fixed jaw, a movable handle pivoted with the fixed jaw along with the movable jaw by a common pivot, and a gear transmission me... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6904684 | Strapping packaging device A strapping packaging device includes a compressing device, a cutting device, a strap-rolling device and a strap-pressing device. The eccentric cam of the compressing device is actuated to rotate by an operating rod, and the eccentric cam presses down a slide base t... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6829829 | Gardening pruner provided with means to effectuate efficient transmission of force from handles to blades thereof A gardening pruner comprises two handles, two blades, two pivoting plates, and two actuating plates. The actuating plates are fastened at a bottom end with the handles and are provided at a top end with a toothed portion. The two actuating plates are pivoted togethe... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6789324 | Double gear hedge shears A hedge having two opposing cutting blades connected to handles. Both of the cutting blades and both of the handles have gear elements formed as part of the blade or handle. The gear element of one handle engages the gear element of one of the cutting blades, while ... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6751866 | Cuticle cutting instrument A cuticle cutting instrument has tubes rotatably disposed in each other and forming two working endings, cutting elements provided on the endings, handles fixed on the tubes, a return spring installed between the handles, and a tubing connection for communicating wi... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6526664 | Low profile pruning tool A low profile tree pruning tool is provided having a head assembly coupled to an upper region of an elongated handle member and a pulley coupled to the head where the pulley is configured to rotate about a fixed axis. A lopping mechanism is coupled to the... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6446343 | Structure for improving efficiency of a movable jaw of a tree pruner A tree pruner comprises a support rod, a base mounted on one end of the support rod, a fixed jaw fastened with the base, and a movable jaw pivoted with the fixed jaw. The fixed jaw is provided with an arresting projection. The movable jaw is provided with... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6385852 | Tree pruner A tree pruner includes a fixation seat, a cutter, a link rod, and an auxiliary rod member which is formed of a support rod and an expandable push rod. The support rod is pivoted at one end with the link rod, and at the other end with a locating hole of th... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6345445 | Lopping tool and method for lopping A tool for performing lopping, pruning and similar operations includes a tool support, a tool head, an actuating line and an actuating handle. The tool support preferably includes a pair of telescoping tubes and the tool head includes a blade movable to p... | 02/12/2002 |
| 6178644 | Hollow shaft pruning assembly A pruner assembly having hollow shaft with a longitudinal axis, a lower end, and open upper end, and a handgrip portion slidable along the longitudinal axis between a first and a second position. A shearing mechanism attaches to said open upper end of the... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6038773 | Adjustable length pruning instrument A portable pruner for cutting limbs comprising a hollow handle assembly having a longitudinal axis, a lower end and an open upper end. The slidable grip portion is slidable along the longitudinal axis between a first and a second position. The cable runs ... | 03/21/2000 |
| 5933965 | Extendable tool A tool for performing lopping, pruning and similar operations includes a housing assembly formed of a pair of telescoping tubular sections. The tool also includes a tool head, a head line and an actuating line. The tool head, which is connected to one end... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5745998 | Pruning implement A portable pruner for cutting limbs comprising a hollow shaft having an longitudinal axis, a lower end and an open upper end. The slideable grip portion is slideable along the longitudinal axis between a first and a second position. A shearing mechanism i... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5715604 | Force-developing device for cutting forceps A force-developing device for forceps of the type equipped with two jaw elements (2, 3) and with two handles (4, 5) includes a jaw (6A). A link rods system (6B) is articulated with the jaw (6A). A front end of a piston (7) is connected to the link rods sy... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5377411 | Hair cutting appliance A haircutting appliance comprises an enclosed housing having a hollow handle connecting the housing to a vacuum source to carry away cut hairs from a subject's head. A manually operated or finger depressible member is pivotally mounted on the handle in a ... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5367773 | Rechargeable battery-powered tree pruning device A pruning device is provided which includes an elongate support member having distal and proximal ends. A cutting mechanism is pivotably mounted on the distal end of the support member and includes a cutting member. An actuating mechanism including a moto... | 11/29/1994 |
| 5331742 | End cutters The invention relates to end cutters, in particular for cutting through cables, having two flat loose blades which are located one on top of the other, and rotatable about a common rotation shaft and can be driven by means of a drive device. Each loose bl... | 07/26/1994 |
| 5324558 | Laminated tube Provided is a laminated tube having a logarithmic decrement of at least 0.08 and a flexural modulus of at least 1,000 kg/mm2 and comprising at least 2 layers which comprise a composite material comprising a reinforcing fiber and a matrix resin.... | 06/28/1994 |
| 5317806 | Pruning shears One arm (30) of the pruning shears is connected via a swivel joint to the end of a guide handle. The swivel joint has a hinge pin (32) the axis of which intersects the axis of the handle at a right angle and is on a line with the guide groove of a cable p... | 06/07/1994 |
| 5093996 | Ergonomic scissors A scissors which may be utilized by persons having weakened hand muscles is disclosed. The scissors comprises first and second blade elements. Each of the blade elements includes a front portion having a sharp cutting edge, a middle portion and a rear por... | 03/10/1992 |
| 5084975 | Extendable pruner A portable extendable pruner for cutting limbs, branches and the like, the pruner including a hollow elongate housing assembly having a pair of telescoping tubular sections, a shears mounted on the outer end of one of the sections, an actuating element mo... | 02/04/1992 |
| 5083971 | Beef carcass head-separating tool The head-separating tool is a pair of pivoted blades, each having two sections. The section closest to the pivot comprises a wedge on each blade positioned so that the wedges come together in nearly point-to-point contact to engage in the beef neck's Atla... | 01/28/1992 |
| 5067382 | Method and apparatus for notching a lead wire attached to an IC chip to facilitate severing the wire A method and apparatus for notching a wire so that it can be severed at the notched location by applying an axial force thereto. The apparatus includes a linearly reciprocal mechanism adapted to move forwardly, placing a pair of cutting blades in straddli... | 11/26/1991 |
| 5065516 | Disassemblable scissors means disassemblable scissors which utilizes a releasable pivot joint between pivotable scissor halves. The pivot joint is formed in the scissor halves between the blades and the handles of the scissor. The scissors halves are pivotally retained together over a... | 11/19/1991 |
| 5046250 | Pipe cutting device A cutting device includes a body. A mouth is formed in the front end of the body for receiving a pipe to be cut. A cutter is received in the body and is movable toward the mouth. A gear and an upper end of a handle are pivotally coupled to the body. The g... | 09/10/1991 |
| 4949461 | Dual control handle for pneumatic tree trimmer A trimmer device is disclosed which comprises cutting blades which are to be used for a trimming operation. A hollow air hose, through which pressurized fluid is supplied to the trimmer device, is provided. First and second selectively openable and closab... | 08/21/1990 |
| 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 |
| 4696107 | Pruning shears In pruning shears a rope-and-pulley device is incorporated between the shears legs in such a manner that by pulling the free end of the rope an amplified closing force is obtained. For convenient remote operation one shears leg force lever arm is connecte... | 09/29/1987 |
