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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7369023 | Method for manufacturing a magnet armature A method for manufacturing magnet armatures which are used mainly in brake-pressure modulators of electronically controlled brake systems and which are provided on their entire surface with a plastic coating, for reasons of dimensional stability and sliding properti... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7346986 | Cutting tool for flexible conduit A tool for cutting flexible plastic conduit having a pair of pivotally attached handles. One of the handles includes a cutting blade. The cutting blade cooperatively associates with an anvil located on the other handle. The cutting blade and anvil form a cutting jaw... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7178245 | Gardening shears having energy-saving effect A pair of gardening shears include a first handle, a first cutting member, a second cutting member, and a second handle. Thus, when the second cutting member is movable toward the first cutting member to perform the cutting action, the linking rod of the second cutt... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7168168 | Knife protection device used in cutting device A knife protection device used in a cutting device; the cutting device has a tool body; the tool body having a cutting section and a handle; the cutting section having at least one cutting portion. The knife protection device comprises a protection unit installed on... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7156278 | Auxiliary soldering tool An auxiliary soldering tool includes a first jaw plate having a first holding portion and a first holding portion, a second jaw plate having a second holding portion and a second holding portion, and two elastic press plates each respectively rested on the first hol... | 01/02/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7051627 | Folding multipurpose tool including blade lock release mechanism A folding multipurpose tool incorporating a latch release mechanism including a lever, a cam, and a rocker-shaped grip body to easily effect release of a catch for holding knife or screwdriver blades extended. spring and cams are arranged to hold a pair of handles e... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7014387 | Shaft drive coupling A single piece coupling device for connecting a load component to a rotatable shaft. The device comprises a sleeve having a bore for containing a rotatable shaft, an externally threaded portion and a tapered engagement face on the outer surface of the sleeve. Radial... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7003882 | Nail clipper A nail clipper 10 includes a fixed blade member 2 and a movable blade member 3. The fixed blade member 2 in a form of a curved plate has a curved face for enabling a finger tip F to be contacted with the curved face, a nail insertion groo... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6966114 | Wire nipper A wire cutter having a handle, a fixed cutting blade mounted on the handle, a lever pivotally connected to the handle, and a stop on the lever for engagement with the fixed cutting blade is disclosed. The wire cutter also includes a spring to bias the lever to an â€... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6964099 | Gardening shears having two pruning effects A pair of gardening shears include a blade assembly including two blades, and a handle assembly pivotally mounted on the blade assembly and including a first handle and a second handle. Thus, the gardening shears have two blades each having two cutting portions havi... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6926727 | Surgical blade for use with a surgical tool for making incisions for scleral eye implants A surgical blade is disclosed for use with a surgical tool for making incisions in the sclera of an eye to form a scleral pocket to receive a scleral prosthesis. The surgical blade comprises a rotatable support arm capable of being rotated by the surgical tool and a... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6860017 | Single-spring or double-spring biased nipper A nipper is disclosed, having handles outwardly-biased by a spring and a removable, flexible lever member can be a second spring. The biasing force can thereby be adjusted by employment or removal of flexible lever member. ... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6725547 | Gardening shears A pair of gardening shears include a blade fastened to one end of a first handle, and a fixed jaw plate fastened to one end of a second handle which is pivotally fastened to the first handle by a pivoting member. The pivoting member is formed of a pivot and a nut wh... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6643937 | Gardening shears A pair of gardening shears includes a fixed handle, a fixed jaw, a movable handle, a movable jaw, and a pivoting member for pivoting the fixed jaw and the movable jaw together. The pivoting member is formed of a bolt, a nut, and a collar for preventing si... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6598300 | Structure for a locating pivot of shears A pivoting structure is provided to pivot together a first working block, a cutting blade, and a second working block of a pair of shears in such a manner that the cutting blade and the second working block work against each other to effect the scissors a... | 07/29/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6592603 | Manually adjustable scissors or forceps A micro-surgical forceps having a handle and integral spring arms that are interconnected at the end of the forceps remote from said blades in a tongue and groove arrangement that allows for operation of the forceps with a minimum of finger pressure. Plas... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6523266 | Shears A pair of shears has a pair of handles, a pair of front connection portions, and a pair of cutting devices. Each front connection portion is disposed on a front portion of the respective handle. Each front connection portion has a through hole and a throu... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6457241 | Ergonomic scissors In these scissors (1), one of the branches (2) entails a resting part (7) for the four fingers of the hand excluding the thumb, while the other branch (3) entails a resting part (8) for the thumb. The resting part (7) shows an exterior lateral face (7a) t... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6370780 | Spring-biased cutting tool for plastic pipes A spring-biased cutting tool for plastic pipes. The tool includes two elongated members pivotally connected to each other in a scissors-like manner. Each elongated member has a handle portion and a jaw portion with one jaw portion including a knife blade ... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6336272 | Scissors structure A scissors structure includes a first blade portion, a second blade portion, a restoring spring, and a substantially I-shaped locking member. The first blade portion includes a first handle defining a first chamber having a front end provided with a first... | 01/08/2002 |
| 6301787 | Shear with sliding lock mechanism A locking mechanism for scissors-type shear allows closing and locking of the shear even when the locking element is placed in a locked position before the shears are closed. The shear includes first and second blade assemblies pivotably connected to one ... | 10/16/2001 |
| 5979061 | Hand-actuated scissors A hand-actuated scissors useable by an individual whose hands and fingers are weak or impaired and therefore experience difficulty in operating a conventional scissors. The scissors include a pair of blades whose cutting edges face each other, the blades ... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5950314 | Step-separating shearing tool A step-separating shearing tool includes a first handle and a second handle. A first blade portion is connected to the first handle, and a second blade portion, which includes an L-shaped slot, is hinge-connected to the first blade portion and to the firs... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5946752 | Spring biased implement for use in multi-function tools A multi-function tool includes a spring biased implement which can be stored within the handle of the multi-function tool when not in use. The implement includes first and second members pivotally attached at a pivot. The implement further includes a spri... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5904078 | Pliers with flush joint bias spring A slip-joint pliers has crossed pivoting levers joined at pivot portions thereof by a flat-sided bolt extending through openings in the levers and engaged with a nut, one of the openings being elongated and generally dumbbell-shaped to accommodate the sli... | 05/18/1999 |
| 5893307 | Pliers with biasing element A pair of pliers including a first plier element having a first handle portion and a first jaw portion defining a plurality of first protections. A deflected beam biasing element including a distal end is integrally formed with the first plier element. A ... | 04/13/1999 |
| 5860568 | Normally-closed nozzle tip trimmer A dispensing apparatus, such as a caulking gun, includes an elongated handle having a U-shape cross section to define an internal space. A support member is mounted on the handle configured for receiving a dispensing cartridge having a nozzle at one end a... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5813417 | Hair cutting method A hair cutting method includes positioning a strand of hair between normally open blade ends of a scissors. The scissors have a pair of elongated members, each member having a blade end, an intermediate gripping section, and a spring end. Each blade end h... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5787589 | Cutting shears particularly secateurs Cutting shears or pruning shears have one handle longer than the other handle. The tool can be used with two hands when cutting a cut-resistant object while maintaining the handiness and lightness of pruning shears for one hand.... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5720103 | Self-opening finger inserts for scissors and shears A pair of self-opening scissors or shears, or an attachment which can be used with conventionally designed scissors or shears, particularly of the kind used by barbers or the like. The invention uses a pair of inserts for the finger holes of the scissors,... | 02/24/1998 |
| 5628115 | Cutting tool A cutting tool designed for hand cutting/harvesting of grapes and trimming shrubs and flowers. It has two elongated members pivotally secured together at a locus axis passing perpendicularly through their respective head portions. The surfaces of the resp... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5592743 | Shock absorber for scissor action tool The present invention relates to scissor action tools such as garden shears or the like which are provided with a pair of cooperatively engaging members united for scissor action about a joint. In particular, this invention relates to tools of the type pr... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5498095 | Press fitted flexural pivot joint A flexural pivot joint includes two pivoting members, which may be levers of a pivotal hand tool, and two substantially identical flexible blade elements, each substantially Z-shaped and having opposite ends respectively connected to the pivoting members.... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5297343 | Trimming scissors and sheath assembly A scissors including a first handle assembly and a second handle assembly pivotally interconnected for movement between open and closed positions. A latch mounted on one of the handle assemblies for movement into engagement with the other of the handle as... | 03/29/1994 |
| 5214854 | Spring-biased nipper A spring-biased nipper has a pair of handles connected for pivoting movement toward and away from each other. A helical spring has first and second cylindrical ends and a relatively wide central portion which tapers toward each end. One end of the spring ... | 06/01/1993 |
| 5203084 | Structure for scissors with pincer-clip An improved structure for a pair of scissors with pincer-clip, especially for the control of the scissors' opening angle when it's opened, and the locking of the scissors when it's closed. This pair of scissors with pincer-clip can achieve its function by... | 04/20/1993 |
| 5193277 | Scissors gun A scissors gun having a handle, a movable blade pivotally interconnected with a stationary blade which is joined to the handle, and an elastic member compressibly interposed between the rear end portions of the stationary blade and the movable blade so th... | 03/16/1993 |
| 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 |
