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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8074548 | Fringe cutter for tie and cut blankets and pillows A fabric cutter for making a fringe on an edge of a fabric having a base member, a lever member; and a row of blades for cutting a fringe in the edge of a fabric, the lever member being pivotally attached to said base member and having suspended there from the row o... | 12/13/2011 |
| 7617756 | Index cutter An index cutter (I) forms a thumb index on a sheet. The index cutter (I) includes: a flat plate-shaped first base member (1) having a first blade portion; and a flat plate-shaped second base member (2) rotatable coupled to the first base member (1 | 11/17/2009 |
| 7249550 | Culinary cutting tool A culinary tool includes a base member that has a planar bottom surface and an arcuate top surface for fitting an entire roll of cookie dough thereon. The top surface is contoured symmetrically to an outer surface of the roll of cookie dough. The base member has opp... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7219586 | Cutter A cutter 10 having a support member 12, a handle member 30 which is movably coupled to the support member 12, and a pair of cutting members 39, 40 which are attached to the handle member 30. The cutter 10 includes a s... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7140288 | Device for shaping a food product A method and cutting device makes incisions in an elongated food product, like a hot dog or sausage, to form a pattern or character after the product is cooked. One form of the cutter includes a hinged housing into which the food product is positioned. The housing i... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7104173 | Corner cutting structure An improved corner cutting structure, having a knife seat and a base pivotally connected to the knife seat. The knife seat has an inwardly recessed notch and a receiving slot formed on a periphery. The receiving slot provides the support of a blade. The base has a s... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7036416 | Hole punch quick-change die assembly with pin strap and positioning system Embodiments of an punch machine and a quick-change die assembly are shown and described. The die assembly may be quickly installed and removed from the punch machine, without bolting or unbolting of either machine housing or the die assembly itself. The die assembly... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7017461 | Dual position automatic notcher A device for consecutively forming one or more notches in a first surface and one or more notches in second surface of a hollow workpiece. The notching device including a first die and a second die that is fixed relative to the first die; and a shiftable punch havin... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7011009 | Magnetically aligned hole punch A punching device for punching paper and like sheet material contains an upper frame, a cooperating upper magnetic base supporting the upper frame, and a punch rod slideably disposed within the upper frame, and passing through a clearance hole formed in the upper ma... | 03/14/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6969535 | Method for pitting and slicing olives with spring-loaded, adjustable slicing knife assembly A method and apparatus for pitting olives (or other fruit) and slicing the pitted fruit. In preferred embodiments, a pitting knife and a coring knife horizontally translate each olive to be pitted while the pitting knife, coring knife, and olive revolve together abo... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6923104 | Tensive cutting assembly A tensive cutting assembly includes a tensionable cutting member formed of a strip of material, typically metal, which is formed having a serpentine configuration. The tensionable cutting member is removably mounted on a tensive cutting head. The tensive cutting hea... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6907808 | Apparatus for the processing of a strip of plastic material An apparatus for processing, constriction, simultaneous closure and severance of a strip of plastic-Like material, in particular a multilayer extruded strip, at specified intervals, and for simultaneous closure of a casing, comprises a tool having two tool parts, ea... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6802663 | Media cutter and slicer mechanism for a printer A printer for creating specialty-sized prints where media is advanced through the printer along a media advancement path, the printer including a housing, a printing mechanism disposed in the housing and configured to place a desired print on the media, a cutter mec... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6581501 | Device for use in preparation of animation paper A device for use in preparation of animation paper has a punching plate connected to a receiving plate by hinges. The punching plate has an upwardly extending circular punch located intermediate and coaxial with two upwardly extending rectangular punches ... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6439092 | Device for processing a strand of plastic material Apparatus (1) for the constriction and possible severance of a strip (2) of plastic material--particularly a multilayer extruded strip--at specified intervals, with a tool (3, 4) that consists of a plurality of segments (35 to 40) which can be moved again... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6415700 | Drop speed adjustment assembly for a bread slicer A bread slicer that has a knife frame, a damper and a variable rate control. The knife frame is movable between first and second positions. The damper is coupled to the knife frame and is configured to affect the rate of movement of the knife frame. The v... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6343533 | Cutter, method of making the same and apparatus for shaping and cutting tape end A cutter for cutting a laminated sheet such as tapes or the like or for shaping or chamfering tape end into various rounded configurations, a method of making such a cutter and an apparatus for shaping and cutting tape end. A sheet metal is worked to form... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6116132 | Cutter, method of making the same and apparatus for shaping and cutting tape end A cutter for cutting a laminated sheet such as tapes or the like or for shaping or chamfering tape end into various rounded configurations, a method of making such a cutter and an apparatus for shaping and cutting tape end. A sheet metal is worked to form... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6116134 | Cutter arrangement Cutters are disclosed including a pair of cutting blade holders and a pair of cutting blades mounted for movement in a cutting direction with respect to each other, at least one of the blade holders comprising a sprung holder. The apparatus includes a pai... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6089134 | Multi blind trim machine A multi-purpose blind cut-down apparatus for cutting a blind having a head rail and closure elements. The cut-down apparatus has a blind holding plate with a blind component opening and a closure element opening for holding the head rail and closure eleme... | 07/18/2000 |
| 5673604 | Collapsible hole punch A compact hole punch for manually punching holes through sheet-like material to produce hole sets which enable the material to be mounted on multi-ring binders. The hole punch includes male and female plates, which in operation move convergently between a... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5638730 | Plastic paper punch with axially reciprocable punch heads A paper punch comprising a one-piece die body, a one-piece press body, and a plurality of one-piece punch heads; the die body and press body being pivoted along a rocking axis for a rocking motion between an inactive position and an active position, the p... | 06/17/1997 |
| 5575186 | Machine tool stroke control system A unique system and process for controlling the stroke positions of tools on a multi-station metal working machine are disclosed. The system and process are suitable for use with a metal working machine which carries the tools on an arm pivoted by an actu... | 11/19/1996 |
| 5555785 | Paper slitting device with integral spring biasing means A paper slitting device having first and second pivotally mounted platens with an integral biasing spring between them. The spring is formed by a resilient member extending from the first platen toward the second platen. The resilient member has a free en... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5503052 | Hole punch A compact and portable hole punch for manually punching holes through sheet-like material to produce hole sets which enable the material to be mounted on multi-ring binders. The hole punch includes male and female plates which are pivotally mounted togeth... | 04/02/1996 |
| 5501128 | Floating die paper punch A pin-type punch having an arm pivotal on a base in which the punch pins for punching sheets of paper are located on the arm or on the base and die holes on are located the opposite part. To create alignment of pin-to-hole, one or the other is mounted on ... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5499565 | Belt cutting apparatus An apparatus for cutting a conveyor belt. The conveyor belt is clamped against a cutting surface on the base of the apparatus by a pair of parallel clamping bars. A lever arm is pivoted to, and is axially slidable on, a shaft disposed parallel to the clam... | 03/19/1996 |
| 5490440 | Paper punch A paper punch for punching one or more holes into one or more sheets is disclosed. The paper punch includes a pair of top and bottom plates, formed of a polymer and hingelike mounted to one another along respective straight edges about an off-center pivot... | 02/13/1996 |
| 5394782 | Shearing apparatus An apparatus is provided for selectively shearing angle iron and flat stock. The apparatus has a frame defining a receiving station for separately receiving angle iron or flat stock. The receiving station includes a stationary shear blade assembly having ... | 03/07/1995 |
| 5291813 | Paper perforating device A sheet perforating punch formed of hard polymeric material formed of a punch plate with punching teeth and a die plate with holes intended to be registered with the teeth, snap-together hinging being provided for rotatably coupling the two plates togethe... | 03/08/1994 |
| 5174183 | Post-cutting arrangement for loops A post-cutting arrangement for sewing loops formed by a band portion has a mandrel provided for opening and spreading a loop, and having a gap for receiving free band ends, and at least one cutter arranged in the gap and movable relative to the band ends.... | 12/29/1992 |
| 5170689 | Metal working machine A metal working machine (10) is disclosed according to the preferred form including a punching station (48) associated with a first crank arm (18) pivotably mounted to the frame (12) by a first pivot pin (20) and including multiple shearing stations (50a-... | 12/15/1992 |
| 5134912 | Tab tape singulation apparatus and method An apparatus and method for cutting strip or reel form of TAB tape into individual sites ready for further processing. In addition, a lead plating buss may be removed at the same time. A universal and adjustable apparatus includes preferably two cutter as... | 08/04/1992 |
| 5083486 | Method and apparatus for trimming containerized deodorant products A method and apparatus for trimming solid stick deodorants to provide for a protruding rounded deodorant stick in the container in a continuous manner on subsequent deodorant sticks whereby the deodorant stick is brought into registration with a means for... | 01/28/1992 |
| 5058471 | Rod shearing machine A scissors action shearing machine for sectioning reinforcing rod is equipped with replaceable, hardened steel shear blocks affixed to each scissors mounting blade with each such block and blade pierced to provide a communicating aperture through the enti... | 10/22/1991 |
| 5052256 | Apparatus for cutting shingles A shingle cutting apparatus includes a base, a lever arm pivotally mounted to the base, and a pair of diverging cutting blades mounted to the lever arm. The base includes a shingle-receiving surface upon which a shingle may be positioned for cutting. A pa... | 10/01/1991 |
| 5040441 | Punching device A punching device has a base for placing papers thereon, a plurality of single hole device bodies fixedly arranged in one row in the horizontal direction at predetermined distances on the base. Each of the single hole device bodies is provided with a punc... | 08/20/1991 |
| 5005458 | Low cost punch mechanism A pocket size inexpensive punch mechanism is provided to punch openings in paper objects, the punching teeth having a configuration especially adapted to produce sharp initial penetration of the paper object, followed by smoother cutting of the remainder ... | 04/09/1991 |
| 4951540 | Shingle ridge cap cutter A shingle ridge cap cutter utilized for cutting uniform sections from roof shingles comprising a frame along which a shingle is guided to a manually operated cutter that comprises spaced blades that are moved to sever a section of the shingle. The cutter ... | 08/28/1990 |
