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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8186253 | Detection system for power tool Power tool includes a movable blade and a detection system for detecting contact between the blade and an object. Detection system includes an excitation plate capacitively coupling the drive signal to the movable blade. A circuit generates an in-phase component sig... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8186252 | Method and apparatus for trimming and transporting printed products in a trimmer A book trimmer is provided. The book trimmer includes an edge trimming knife movable back and forth in a book travel direction and a conveyor downstream of the edge trimming knife. The conveyor includes a reciprocating section movable back and forth in the book trav... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8166856 | Method for portioning foodstuff to user-specified shape A system for cutting a three-dimensional portion from a foodstuff. The system includes a scanner for scanning the foodstuff, a computer coupled to the scanner for receiving information from the scanner to determine one or more cutting paths for the foodstuff, and a ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8166855 | Thin section preparing apparatus and thin section preparing method A thin section preparing apparatus prepares a thin section from an embedded block having a biological sample embedded and carries the thin section. The thin section preparing apparatus includes a cutter, an approaching and separating mechanism, a carrying mechanism,... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8166854 | Shearing device In a shearing device (10), a plate-like work piece (50) is seated on a die (20) positioned on a lower side thereof is clamped by a pad (30), so that a predetermined portion of the work piece (50) is processed into a predetermined s... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8156851 | Proportional length food slicing system This invention includes a system for cutting food products, such as potatoes, into proportional length pieces. In a one embodiment, the system includes a cutting assembly, sensors upstream of the cutting assembly and a programmable logic controller. The cutting asse... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8151674 | Layer cutting apparatus A layer cutting apparatus includes a tray having an interior defined by a bottom and sidewall. A sleeve is at least partially disposed in the interior of the tray, and a cutting line is attached to the sleeve. The cutting line is configured to be removed from the sl... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8146469 | Container for producing predetermined food portions A container or pan for producing predetermined food portions is disclosed. Indicia are formed on the container at selected intervals adjacent an outer peripheral edge. A cutting blade is provided having a length substantially equivalent to a length, or a width, or a... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8146468 | Device and method for compressing and cutting soft food A device and method of cutting soft food material. The cutting is performed by an arrangement of cutting wire or ribbon that is pulled taut across a supporting frame. The cuts are made while the food material is lightly compressed and confined in a press. The press ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8141465 | Wire bundle wrap cutting tool In accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present disclosure, a wire bundle wrap cutter is provided for cutting wire bundle wraps. The wire bundle wrap cutter generally comprises a shaft with a cutting end, and a handle end, a cutting head perpendicular to th... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8122797 | Tool incorporating a locking swing bolt construction with associated method The invention relates to a tool for clamping together pivotable parts under bias relative to each other, using a swing bolt construction for mounting the pivotable parts on a fork of a holder. Such a swing bolt construction has a swing bolt with a widened part provi... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8113096 | Tool for cutting structural materials A method for assembling a tool for cutting structural materials includes the steps of providing a pair of handles, each handle having a connector plate. A drive pin is pivotally coupled to the connector plates, the drive pin being movable as the handles are pivoted.... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8109184 | Method and device for cutting fresh tissue slices The method and device for cutting fresh tissue slices utilizes a vibrating microtome. The vibrating microtome uses a cutting blade that vibrates in a horizontal direction. The microtome has a base, a specimen holder attached to the base, and a diagonal slide carriag... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8104384 | Serviceable pivot for shears This invention relates to a demolitions shears, including a body having a fixed jaw and a movable jaw that pivots with respect to the fixed jaw. A main shaft for pivotally mounting the moveable jaw to the body. A hydraulic cylinder for actuating the movable jaw to p... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8096216 | Chain-type flexible cutting edge A chain-type flexible cutting edge, particularly for bush-cutter is described, comprising at least one linear connecting and cutting link (3) and at least one toothed connecting and cutting link (5) mutually connected in an articulated manner in order ... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8074545 | Block alignment for microtomes Systems and methods described herein for aligning a block in a microtome attempt to save time, money, and the sample by aligning a block in any rotary or cryostat microtome. One such device for aligning a block in a microtome has a knife holder component removably a... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8069758 | Head section for a rotary cutting device A head section for a rotary cutting device includes a body portion that includes a blade passage defined between a blade entrance opening and a blade exit opening. A blade fastening mechanism is positioned in the blade passage and includes a blade engaging member. T... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8069760 | Method and apparatus to remove cast from an individual A method for installing a fiberglass cast on and removing the cast from an individual includes an openended pliable thin-walled polymer guide track and cutting tool designed to track along said guide track to cut the cast and to prevent, while a cast is being remove... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8069757 | Cast-cutter A cast-cutter for use in removing a cast from a patient comprises a body (20), cutting means (18, 148, 230) supported by the body (20), and a protection member (16, 204, 206, 236, 244) supported by the body (20) and adapted to be p... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8069759 | Method and device for separating continuously conveyed material webs Material webs (1), in particular printed products which are designed as two-ups or multiple-ups, are separated parallel to a conveyor direction (F) during an essentially continuous conveying, in that a waste strip is separated out of the material webs (1 | 12/06/2011 |
| 8065942 | Armoring element of a knife haft for connecting to a knife blade and method for producing a knife The invention comprises an armoring element (1) of a knife haft, which has a bar (10) extending in an axial direction (100) and is connected to the tang (20) of a knife blade (2) using a connecting means (11). A secure, fric... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8061244 | Compliant cutoff saw assembly A cutoff saw assembly incorporates a robot assembly with a compliant cutting apparatus to remove various undesired metal extensions from a casting. The assembly cooperatively and conjunctively controls the position of the casting using the robot assembly and the for... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8056454 | Serrated knife A knife has a cutting blade with an elongate planar body having a front and a back, a first and second opposite edges, the elongate body having a centerline extending between the first and the second edges, each of said first and second edges being provided with a p... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8056455 | Method and apparatus for die cutting a web A method and apparatus for producing shaped articles from a web material is disclosed. The apparatus generally includes a rotary cutting roller, preferably including indicia on an end surface, and an anvil roller operating in cooperating rotational movement with the... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8051756 | Band saw blade and cutting method Concave/convex portions are consecutively formed on a back of a band saw blade. The concave/convex portions include concave portions engageable with and disengageable from a backup guide of a band saw guide unit, and convex portions adjacent to the concave portions.... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8042439 | Method and apparatus to remove cast from an individual A method for installing a fiberglass cast on and removing the cast from an individual includes a guide track and cutting tool designed to control carefully the vertical displacement and lateral displacement of the tool when the tool is used to cut the cast, and, acc... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8033202 | Apparatus and method for cutting electrode foil layers A punch and die apparatus and a method and apparatus for punching a capacitor electrode layer. A method includes placing a capacitor material sheet between a punch and a die, the punch guided by a punch guide, there being no stripper plate between the punch guide an... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8025000 | Three axis portioning method The portioning foodstuffs in three dimensions includes generating a three-dimensional map of the foodstuff, and then comparing the generated three-dimensional map of the foodstuff with the desired shape as stored in the memory of a computer. The computer determines ... | 09/27/2011 |
| 7997174 | Osteochondral plug graft trimming device and method A device for trimming an osteochondral plug graft to an implantable configuration includes a blade assembly terminating in a configured leading cutting blade and a plug graft housing comprising a substantially longitudinal holding sleeve having a bore and oriented c... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7997175 | Sawing machine, cutting-off method, and method of reducing noise A band saw machine includes a driving wheel and a driven wheel around which an endless band saw blade is wound. At least one of the driving wheel and the driven wheel is directly connected to an output shaft of a control motor. The output shaft of the control motor ... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7980161 | Method and apparatus for assessing blade life of a guillotine paper cutter A method and system for assessing when to change or sharpen a cutting blade of a paper cutter is presented. The cutting blade is operated using an electric motor that causes motion of the cutting blade, and the motion of the cutting blade causes the paper to be cut.... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7971510 | Method for setting a cutting gap The invention relates to a method for setting the cutting gap on a cutting device for cutting food products. According to said method, the actual distance between the blade and the cutting edge is first determined and a desired distance between the blade and the cut... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7886641 | Push block having retractable heel A push block including a heel that has a stored position and an operative position. Accordingly, when the push block is disposed face down on a flat workpiece and the heel is in its stored position, the push block can effectively perform the functions of a flat face... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7878097 | Powered weed trimmer cutting head and method A cutting head attached to a powered rotary weed cutting machine has a generally cylindrical structure containing a plurality of cutting blades. The cylindrical structure has upper and lower portions which may be rotated with respect to one another to expose each en... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7874235 | Game field dressing safety tool The right handed hunter uses a special safety tool having a pistol grip handle firmly gripped by the hunter's left hand and having a slot formed in a forward portion of the safety tool for receiving a knife blade with its cutting blade up during dressing of the game... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7861628 | Method for calibrating a web-cutter having a chip-out cutter module A calibration procedure is carried out for determining the displacement distance from a reference point to the center of the blade in a web cutter in a mail inserter. A photosensor is placed near the paper plane of the web cutter to sense a web edge at the reference... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7856910 | Method of balancing a kitchen knife using removable handle weights A knife with a handle capable of adjustable weight configurations. The handle is hollow such that the weight balance between the handle and blade may be adjusted through the selective use of one or more removable weights that form part of an axially oriented weight ... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7841265 | Method for cutting off glass panes from a continuously produced glass sheet The method includes continuously detecting glass faults in the glass sheet. Based on the results of the detecting of the glass faults an optimized cutting pattern for cutting crosscut pieces from a predetermined sheet section and for cutting glass panes from the cro... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7841264 | Three axis portioning method A method for portioning foodstuffs in three dimensions includes scanning the foodstuff to be portion, generating a three-dimensional map of the foodstuff, then comparing the generated three-dimensional map of the foodstuff with the desired shape which is stored in t... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7806028 | Nutshell cracker and method of use This invention is directed toward a nutshell cracker and method of use. The nutshell cracker has three or more cracking members, each with a concave cracking surface, a central slot on its top with eyelets on either side. The 3-D design and curvature of the inventio... | 10/05/2010 |
