Did You Know...
...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8069764 | Shearing apparatus with clamps for carrying and locking the material A shearing apparatus (10) for material unwound from reels comprises a support frame (12) for a working table (14) whereon a moving tape (16) is wound; said apparatus is provided with means for the temporary stabilization along at least a ... | 12/06/2011 |
| 7950316 | Automated system for precision cutting short pieces of lumber An automated saw system, including a saw head movable in a cutting stroke and rotatable in angle to perform miter cuts and a lumber feed conveyor to feed lumber to be cut to the saw head. The short lumber member conveyor has a floating gripping assembly that is shif... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7721632 | Power tool machine with a holding apparatus A power tool machine includes a base, a fence, a cutting arm, a motor, a saw blade and a holding apparatus. The base has an operating surface for supporting a workpiece. The fence mounted on the operating surface has a standing surface substantially perpendicular to... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7603935 | Workpiece support device for power saws A workpiece support attachment for power saws and similar materials cutting devices including a workpiece support having a measuring guide having movable stops capable of abutting a workpiece and maintaining a workpiece, or a number of workpieces, in a desired posit... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7406901 | Auto sheet threading and cutting device and method An apparatus and method for cutting and threading a sheet of material is described. The apparatus can facilitate the transfer of a sheet from a sheet forming machine to a processing machine, and can halt the feeding of sheet material to the processing machine. When ... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7255031 | Vertical curtain cutter A vertical curtain cutter includes at least a base and a mold cutting device fixed on the base, which consists of a clamper, a knife and a motor. The clamper has a stationary clamp block and a movable clamp block, and the stationary clamp block has a flat clamp surf... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7237465 | Operation mechanism for pressing board of electric paper cutters A pressing board operation mechanism for paper cutter includes an eccentric driving rod to pivot a first link assembly composed of two pairs of triangular plates and the first link assembly is connected to a second link assembly which includes a rack member, two fir... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7228773 | Radial arm saw safety top A radial arm saw is adapted with a safety top configured with cutting box enclosure that contains and collects substantially all of the sawdust generated during use. A dust collection system is in fluid communication with the cutting box for removing the sawdust con... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7207270 | Fixture for printing blinds Provided is a fixture assembly for printing image graphics on a slat set of a window blind. The slat set is comprised of a plurality of substantially identically configured slats. Each one of the slats has a slat length and a slat width. The fixture assembly compris... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7178439 | Blind cutting center A method and apparatus for sizing window coverings slidably extendable from a bay into an aisle of a retail outlet. The method includes the steps of locating the center of the window covering relative to a cutting station utilizing a half scale for removing a portio... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7172673 | Peeling device and peeling method A peeling device 11 includes an adsorber 15 having an adsorbing face 20A that adsorbs and retains a wafer W, and a peeling element 17 that holds a protective sheet H stuck to the wafer W, and peels off the protective sheet H from the wafe... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7159496 | Portable vise and saw combination A portable vise and saw combination includes a vise element having three attachment points. One attachment point is used to attach the vise to an existing support such as an existing horizontal rail, and another attachment point allows a saw to be mounted to the vis... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7152514 | Fiber chopper apparatus and method A chopper for chopping fibers or fiber strands having a back up roll and a blade roll containing blades that work against a peripheral surface of the back up roll and a method of using is disclosed. The chopper has a number of improved features for reducing the freq... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7124672 | Blind cut down machine A blind cut-down apparatus for trimming a blind down to size the blind having at least a head rail component, and blind slats suspended from the head rail, and having a blind holding plate with an opening for holding the components in position for cutting, a slat cu... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7114424 | Wire sawing device A sawing device includes a holding device (22) arranged so as to hold in the course of wire sawing the different sawed slices (23) substantially parallel and such that the width of the sawing gaps (24) is held constant. The device includes, for ... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7100485 | Blind and shade cutting center A method and apparatus for sizing window coverings slidably extendable from a bay into an aisle of a retail outlet. The method includes the steps of locating the center of the window covering relative to a cutting station utilizing a half scale for removing a portio... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7090211 | Assembling device for liquid crystal displays An assembling device for holding a liquid crystal display (LCD) thereon includes a base plate (110), a first clamp plate (120) fixed on the base plate, and a second clamp plate (130) movably set on the base plate. The first clamp plate has a fir... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7086643 | Spring pin assembly The subject invention provides a work support apparatus (20) including a spring pin assembly (32) for biasing a work piece (22) against a work stop (24), which includes a table (26) having a recess (30) with the spring pin a... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7059229 | Counterbalanced advancing metal cutting saw An advancing power saw used for any metal cutting application. The power saw is provided with an oscillating mechanism that drives the saw up and down in a vertical direction. A hydraulic cylinder advances the saw toward the metal being cut while the saw is oscillat... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7059231 | Dental model cutter The invention is a dental model cutter for trimming the base of a dental model in a precise predetermined manner where the dental model is precisely secured and positioned under a cutting guide and can be hand sawed or cut, thus eliminating the need of a conventiona... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7059227 | Paper abutted ruler A paper abutted ruler is provided which can easily be moved on the surface of a surface plate and can simply and accurately be positioned in place. The paper abutted ruler is constructed such that magnet bases rotatably supported at their one ends to a bottom portio... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7044039 | Radial arm saw safety top A radial arm saw is adapted with a safety top configured with cutting box enclosure that contains and collects substantially all of the sawdust generated during use. A dust collection system is in fluid communication with the cutting box for removing the sawdust con... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7044041 | Miter saw The miter saw includes a base assembly, a rotatable table rotatably connected to the base assembly, the table having a table plane, a fence connected to the base assembly and having a fence plane, a saw assembly including a motor and a blade driven by the motor, the... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7044043 | Apparatus for sizing window coverings An apparatus for sizing at a single workstation pleated shades and mini blinds in a particular dimension uses a sizing device that includes hydraulic actuated horizontal and vertical blades and a cutting rail assembly. The hydraulic actuated horizontal and vertical ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7000521 | Pleated shade cut-off method and apparatus The method of cutting a pleated shade to selected length, said shade having pleats retained in pleated condition between longitudinally elongated first and second retainers, that includes the steps providing a blade having a cutting edge, orienting the blade to exte... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6979153 | Deep-grooving insert having stepped cutting edge A deep-grooving chip-forming cutting insert includes a rear mounting portion, a front cutting portion, and a pair of side walls, each side wall extending along the front and rear portions. The front cutting portion includes a front end surface, a top surface, and a ... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6976414 | Method and apparatus for trimming aluminum sheet A method and apparatus are provided for reducing or eliminating sliver formation during aluminum sheet trimming operations. By controlling parameters such as trimming angle and cutting blade clearance, aluminum sheet can be trimmed while substantially eliminating th... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6952988 | Method and apparatus for trimming containers Method and apparatus for trimming a container having an open end wherein the container is held during the trimming operation, including a multi-station assembly for holding the container to be trimmed stationary during trimming, ejecting the trimmed portion and ejec... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6945151 | Integrated circuit package separators A base having a plurality of pins extending upwardly therefrom is provided. A support is provided over the base. The support has an upper surface and a plurality of holes extending therethrough. The pins extend through the holes and upwardly beyond the upper surface... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6912940 | Cutting table and clamp for use therewith A clamp is provided that is capable of restraining an item during cutting and rotating the item between cutting a first end of the item and cutting a second end of the item. The clamp includes an upper jaw, a lower jaw, and a backplate that pivotally connects the lo... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6901833 | Automated tube trimming system An automated tube trimming system accurately trims tubes to the correct height and angle. The tube trimming system is a combination of an automated trimming saw and a unique spherical tube clamping system. A spherical clamp having a fixed clamp section and an intern... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6872044 | Apparatus for and method of manufacturing sheets Sheets held by a sheet transfer mechanism are supplied from a supply unit to an aligning unit, and aligned with each other by the aligning unit. Thereafter, corners of the sheets are cut off by first and second cutting units, and then the sheets are vertically inver... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6865817 | Window shade with measurement guide A system is provided for properly resizing a window shade to fit within a window frame adjacent a window. At least one ruler strip is provided with visible graduations thereon. Indicia are provided adjacent at least some of the graduations. The indicia are descripti... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6848350 | Stock stop miter gauge The present invention discloses an improved miter gauge for retaining and adjustably positioning a workpiece. The miter gauge includes a fence frame pivotally mounted to a base member for adjusting the workpiece to be cut at a user selected angle. The fence frame in... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6805031 | Finger shield for slicing vegetables A finger shield that is placed over elongated vegetables or like food items to provide an effective barrier between a cutting blade and the user's fingers when the user is slicing the foodstuff includes a U-shaped body, a spring-loaded handle, and a compression plat... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6766721 | Just-in-time bulk rubber bale processor A bale processor for cutting or dicing a bale or slab of unvulcanized rubber produces small cubes or blocks of a predetermined size and uniform shape for continuous feeding at a predetermined rate into a mixing machine or blender. A bale or slab of feedstock rubber ... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6761098 | Apparatus for emptying reels of web material field An apparatus for emptying a reel on which a web of material is wound in layers. A frame supports the reel. A carriage is mounted on the frame for reciprocal movement longitudinally in a first direction and in a second direction opposite the first direction over the ... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6688198 | Apparatus for cutting a sheet-shaped material An apparatus for cutting a sheet-shaped material, comprises the first blade, the second blade, the first holding members and the second holding members. The second blade is disposed to face the first blade so that a sheet-shaped material to be cut is plac... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6622603 | Linear via punch A method and apparatus for punching holes in a substrate which is disposed between a punch head with a fixed partial pattern of holes and a die having a full array pattern of holes. The punch head punches holes in the substrate by aligning with the die an... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6543323 | Vice device in compound miter saw The vice device includes a vice holder 24 composed of two side parts connected together at a given angle and, in these two side parts of the vice holder 24, there are respectively formed two holes 24a, 24b which extend at right angles to their associated ... | 04/08/2003 |
