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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7487702 | Food product slicer with removable ring guard cover A food product slicer with a rotatable slicer knife includes a ring guard disposed about a portion of the peripheral cutting edge of the slicer knife. A removable ring guard cover includes a food catching wall positioned in the gap between the peripheral cutting edg... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7234382 | Slicer with unitary handle A slicer comprising a slicer body including a rotatable blade for slicing a product, and a tray mounted for reciprocal movement relative the slicer body and for supporting and moving the product relative the blade. The tray includes a tray body and a unitary handle.... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7175513 | Power grinder with safety guard and spindle arresting means A portable power grinder has a housing, a rotating output shaft with a grinding wheel mounting device, a grinding wheel safety guard adjustable between angular positions defined by apertures in the safety guard, and a manually operable safety guard arresting device ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 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 |
| 6857347 | Safety guard for band saws The safety device for a band saw which includes a vertically displaceable guard which is slidably mounted to a housing of the saw and having a lower end adjacent the table of saw and wherein a pivotable shield is carried by the lower end of the guard. A locking mech... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6691599 | Cutter guard device for a belt saw machine A cutter guard device is adapted for use in a belt saw machine, and includes a stationary hinge leaf formed with a first knuckle unit, a movable hinge leaf formed with a second knuckle unit, and a hinge pin extending through the first and second knuckle u... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6578460 | Blade guard assembly A blade guard and lifter therefor surround the saw blade, interlocking when raised by a workpiece as a result of relative movement caused by a secondary linkage. Two pair of primary linkages pivotally connect the blade guard to the splitter. The dual seco... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6240825 | Guide bar guide assembly and associated band saw apparatus A guide assembly includes a sleeve-shaped member having first and second ends. At least one insert member is positioned within one of the ends of said sleeve-shaped member, the insert member including an end-to-end channel. A guide bar extends through the... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6217265 | Printed circuit board drilling machine and its maintenance method A printed circuit board drilling machine, with a well-designed outer shape, providing excellent operability and maintainability, which sequentially makes a number of holes in at least one printed circuit board, placed on a table 22 moved in an XY plane, b... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6047624 | Guide bar guide assembly and associated band saw apparatus A guide assembly for receiving a guide bar of a band saw, includes a sleeve-shaped member having first and second ends. A first insert member is positioned within the sleeve-shaped member. An outer peripheral surface portion of the insert member forms a f... | 04/11/2000 |
| 6014813 | Power hand saw with powered blade guard assembly A power rotary hand saw (10) with a blade guard 36 mounted for powered movement between a guarding position (FIG. 1) and a nonguarding position (FIG. 2) is moved to the guarding position (FIG. 1) by a separate dedicated electrical motor (46) rotating a dr... | 01/18/2000 |
| 5850697 | Automatic guard lifting system A new Automatic Guard Lifting System for automatically elevating a lower guard on a conventional circular saw thereby preventing the lower guard from interfering during cutting of an object. The inventive device includes a motor having a shaft secured to the ... | 12/22/1998 |
| 5766062 | Portable power tool A portable power tool for operating a wheel type grinding or cutting working implement comprises a housing (10), a rotating output spindle (11) with a working implement supporting flange (14), a safety guard (16) adjustably supported on a guide flange (15... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5509337 | Ring guard for food slicing machine blade The invention relates to a guard which covers the periphery of the blade during use and is axially displaceable a limited distance to allow access to the rear of the blade to facilitate cleaning. The guard is mounted on the slicing machine in a fashion wh... | 04/23/1996 |
| 4761934 | Parallel belted clamp A clamp for clamping a web during stretch wrapping includes a first longitudinally extending clamp element for engaging the web, a second longitudinally extending clamp element extendable in a direction generally parallel to the longitudinal direction of ... | 08/09/1988 |
| 4732069 | Knife and knife holder assembly A knife and knife holder assembly for use with a sheet material cutting machine includes a replaceable knife with a lower most tip point and a guard and clamp member having a shoe surface engagable with the material being cut to limit the knife's penetrat... | 03/22/1988 |
| 4693008 | Releasable separate member latching device for a portable hand tool A releasable latching device (32) for a portable circular power saw (10) includes a pivotable latch member (32) for releasably latching or locking a guard member (22) for a rotary saw blade (20) in a guarding position, to preclude serious injury to an ope... | 09/15/1987 |
| 4616541 | Walking beam scroll saw A scroll or jigsaw of the walking beam type is disclosed in which the upper and lower beams or arms are of hollow, tubular construction so as to have sufficient rigidity to resist up and down vibrational movement, and so as to permit lateral cutting. The ... | 10/14/1986 |
| 4467686 | Device for protecting an orientable circular saw or like tool The invention relates to a device for guarding the blade of an orientable circular saw or like tool, already provided with an upper guard constituted by a sheath element enveloping the upper part of the blade, said device further comprising a piece of rig... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4467685 | Guard system for truss component cutting apparatus A guarding system for the protection of workers at least at the workpiece discharge side of a truss lumber component cutting apparatus is disclosed. Guard sections are attached to and move with movable elements of the cutting apparatus in both horizontal ... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4464963 | Impact-type wire rope cutter with fragment guard An impact-type wire rope cutter is disclosed in which a slotted fragment guard is movably mounted to the body of the wire rope cutter. The slotted fragment guard slidably receives the cutting chisel therethrough, and it is formed so that it can be moved b... | 08/14/1984 |
| 4422359 | Adjustable slitter blade holder An apparatus for longitudinally slitting moving webs of material. The apparatus provides for adjustment of cutting blade engagement with a moving web during slitting. The apparatus also provides for a consistent blade cutting angle as well as for increase... | 12/27/1983 |
| 4254678 | Safety guard for food slicer The combination in a food slicer of the type embodying a cutter unit, comprising a plurality of spaced cutter blades, and a pusher unit having a plurality of pusher blades that may be manually moved into and out of intermeshed relation to the cutter blade... | 03/10/1981 |
| 4204446 | Work table and hold-down assembly for power hand saw A work table and hold-down assembly for adapting a power hand saw such as a saber saw or jig saw for bench use. The assembly includes a work table which is clamped to the base of the saw, the work table having an opening through which the saw blade passes... | 05/27/1980 |
| 4078462 | Guard for a punch press A transparent sleeve made of impact-resistant plastic is fitted removably around the angularly spaced stripper fingers of a punch press and encloses the spaces between the fingers to prevent parts of the punch from flying out through such spaces in the ev... | 03/14/1978 |
| 4043237 | Guard for radial arm saw A preferably transparent awareness guard of flat plate form is attached to the conventional upper saw guard of a radial arm saw or the like in such a manner that the awareness guard can be raised and lowered relative to the work and saw blade and can also... | 08/23/1977 |
| 4041823 | Guard for slitting wheel A two section guard for enclosing the upper and lower parts of a slitting wheel designed to slit continuously moving tapes of material such as paper, cloth, and plastic film. The slitting wheel extends through the bottom portion of the lower guard only fa... | 08/16/1977 |