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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7216575 | Heavy-duty demolition apparatus with blade stabilizing puck A blade stabilizer device for a heavy-duty material handling demolition tool for shearing and crushing scrap material which includes a lower jaw connected to the boom structure of a hydraulic system of an excavator has an upper jaw pivotally connected to and closabl... | 05/15/2007 |
| 6997093 | Cross web shear apparatus In order to selectively reinforce portions of a material web, a cutting and laminating device efficiently produces the required reinforcing strips and then laminates them to the web. In order to efficiently and accurately produce these reinforcing strips, a cross we... | 02/14/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6564685 | Combination cutting board and leveraged knife A cutting board and leveraged knife apparatus is provided which facilitates cutting of a variety of objects, from large items such as turnips to the rapid, repetitive chopping of smaller items such as carrots or celery. The apparatus includes a cutting bo... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6182551 | Wood cutting apparatus An apparatus for cutting strips or wafers of wood into contoured pieces for forming an inlay of a desired pattern in a groove of a decorative wooden article, the apparatus comprising a base plate having a work surface with a trough extending thereon; a cu... | 02/06/2001 |
| 5724876 | Portable cam-link log cutting apparatus A log cutting apparatus having a support frame, a cutting arm, and first and second hydraulic cylinders for pivotally actuating the cutting arm through a cutting arc. The support frame comprises two support members and a removable linking member for easy ... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5676492 | Apparatus and method for shearing tubes of a lattice structure, in particular subaqueously Pipe shears for cutting tubes of a subaqueous structure, in which the pipe shears are suspended from a vessel to a location at which a tube of the subaqueous structure is to be cut and removed. The pipe shears is formed by two clamping jaws, hingedly conn... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5531146 | Tire shear A tire cutting machine including a fixed cutting blade and a movable cutting blade, the machine being adapted to cut by shearing action. The movable blade is guided by adjustable guides at each end of the blade to provide very close proximity of the blade... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5408908 | Cutting machine A cutting machine for sheet material comprising a frame, a stationary knife on the frame and a reciprocating blade cooperating with the stationary knife. A motor on the frame is connected to a gear reducer that is in turn connected to a single push rod th... | 04/25/1995 |
| 5384962 | Apparatus for shearing a material mass A shearing apparatus coupled to an excavator or similar heavy machinery for severing metal structural materials has a fixed blade attached to a boom and a cutting blade pivotably attached to the fixed blade. An outrigger is secured to the fixed blade in a... | 01/31/1995 |
| 5355598 | Device for automatically marking, ironing, hemming and cutting fabric A continuous ironing and automatic cutting apparatus, is provided. The apparatus mainly makes use of a cloth roll stand, a marking device, a few sets of buffering devices, and an automatic cutting device, in cooperation a conventional pressing device and ... | 10/18/1994 |
| 5179985 | Lifting and crushing apparatus for tree stumps A stump lifting and crushing device for mounting to an end of a bucket arm of a digging machine includes stump lifting hooks and a bit pivotally closable with a counter bit for crushing stumps therebetween. The bit has an elongate narrow cutting surface w... | 01/19/1993 |
| 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 |
| 5133236 | Tire cutting tool A tire cutting tool wherein a curved hardened cutter blade is hydraulically driven to cuttably engage a tire between the cutting face of the cutter blades and open faces of a cutter anvil with a beginning end of the cutter blade entering between the open ... | 07/28/1992 |
| 5080151 | Lifting and crushing apparatus for tree stumps A stump lifting and crushing device for mounting to an end of a bucket arm of a digging machine includes stump lifting hooks and a bit pivotally closable with a counter bit for crushing stumps therebetween. The bit has an elongated narrow cutting surface ... | 01/14/1992 |
| 5044243 | Cutting apparatus A cutting apparatus including a pair of blades respectively having linearly extending cutting edges so that the cutting edges are brought into sliding contact with each other to cut a member to be cut which is put between the cutting edges. The cutting ap... | 09/03/1991 |
| 5038477 | Universal siding cutting An apparatus for cutting aluminum siding or like articles includes a movable blade and a pair of fixed blades between which the movable blade is mounted to pivot. The fixed blades are each mounted on a rail that is rigidly connected to a flexible base mem... | 08/13/1991 |
| 4957235 | Paper trimmer A paper trimmer including a base having an upper surface for supporting paper to be cut by a cutter structure pivotally mounted to one edge of the base. Structure is associated with the base for carrying associated office supply and office device elements... | 09/18/1990 |
| 4908946 | Wood cutting shear The present invention relates to heavy duty wood cutting shear attachments of a large scale for connection to a boom structure of a hydraulic excavator for cutting tree stumps and the like. The wood cutting shear includes a swingable jaw and a stationary ... | 03/20/1990 |
| 4625607 | Food slicer A machine for slicing a piece of a foodstuff has a base having front and rear ends and provided with at least one guide extending longitudinally therebetween, a carriage longitudinally displaceable along the guide on the base and formed with a seat adapte... | 12/02/1986 |
| 4616417 | Hydraulic shear head attachment for backhoe or the like A hydraulic shear attachment means for construction equipment having a support arm for pivotal attachment to said construction and a lower jaw for shearing. The arm includes flange members positioned on either side of the lower jaw to support the pivotabl... | 10/14/1986 |
| 4543719 | Shear apparatus A shear attachment is provided with fixing means so that it can be replaceably mounted in place of a bucket on the end of an arm of an excavator, the attachment comprising a pair of co-operating shearing jaw members, one of which is attachable to the arm ... | 10/01/1985 |
| 4519135 | Metal demolition shear A heavy duty shear for a backhoe including a lower jaw having a shear blade and a guide blade lying along each other and tied together at their outer ends, an upper jaw defining a shear blade and having a wear plate or guide to engage and slide along the ... | 05/28/1985 |
| 4516458 | Slicing device for foodstuffs A slicing apparatus for foodstuffs comprising a baseboard with a groove extending transversely thereof; a bore extending into one end of the baseboard through and beyond the groove; a U-shaped bar having two legs and a central portion; the first leg of th... | 05/14/1985 |
| 4491046 | Paper cutting device for a printer A paper cutting device for use in a printer for cutting off a sheet of recording paper. A first cutter blade is supported on a frame of the device and a second cutter blade pivotably supported on the frame is movable over the first cutter blade to cut off... | 01/01/1985 |
| 4450625 | Material handling and shearing attachment for a backhoe A material handling and shear attachment for a backhoe enables the backhoe to be used in grasping and moving structural beams, pipes, cables, and the like and pivotally positions a cutting blade in the form of a hook on the end of a backhoe boom for actua... | 05/29/1984 |
| 4401002 | Soffit cutting mechanism An apparatus for cutting soffits, or the like, has a base and a hinged blade swingably attached to the base. A fixed profile blade attached to the base co-acts with the hinged blade for shearing lengths of soffit material. A blade guide is operatively con... | 08/30/1983 |
| 4376340 | Material handling and shearing attachment for a backhoe A material handling and shear attachment for a backhoe enables the backhoe to be used in grasping and moving structural beams, pipes, cables, and the like, and pivotally positions a cutting blade in the form of a hook on the end of a backhoe boom for actu... | 03/15/1983 |
| 4187865 | Cigarette clipper A cigarette clipping device comprising an open ended casing, sized and shaped to accommodate a standard package of cigarettes. A knife edge is pivoted and slidably carried along one side of the casing and is received in any one of a plurality of parallel ... | 02/12/1980 |
| 4149439 | Apparatus for preparing packings and the like A spiral cutting anvil is provided with indicia along its length, and a series of aligned gaps through which a cutting blade can be passed. A cutting blade comprises the working portion of a cutter assembly pivotally fastened to a slide plate which can be... | 04/17/1979 |
| 4145941 | Culinary utensil A kitchen utensil for the preparation of food and adaptable and easily convertible to numerous uses such as chopping, juicing, dicing, slicing, comminuting, can opening and cracking of nuts. All food processed is collected in a receptacle forming a basic ... | 03/27/1979 |
| 4146161 | Pinning machine There is disclosed a pinning machine having an improved plunger, an improved guide track and an improved knife assembly. The plunger has relatively movable sections threadably connected together to enable the length of the plunger to be changed so that ta... | 03/27/1979 |