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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8047112 | Hole-piercing punch The pivoting shaft of a handle member has an axial center position in a support platform that is substantially fixed, and the position with respect to the handle member is to be displaceable. Furthermore, as for a support shaft, the position in the handle member is ... | 11/01/2011 |
| 7882773 | Plunge cut paper roll converter An apparatus for cutting a roll of material includes an elongated blade having a distal end, a cutting guide attached to the elongated blade and positioned to direct the distal end of the elongated blade towards the roll of material, and a support position to hold t... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7856912 | Manually operated portable die cutting machine A manually operated portable die cutting machine having a rotatable handle arm for generating a pressure necessary to cut a sheet material that is carried by a die cutting assembly and positioned between a movable upper press plate and a stationary lower press plate... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7819045 | Hole punch structure The invention provides a hole punch structure. More particularly, one end of an exposed longitudinal handle is moved together with a slide rod in a hole-punching mechanism covered by a casing. Thus, when the other end of the handle is pressed down, the slide rod is ... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7331266 | Paper punch with two articulated linkages A paper punch has a base, two cutters, two articulated linkages and a lever. The base has a top, an open bottom, a cavity, two punch holes and two brackets. The punch holes are defined through the top. The brackets are mounted on the top and each bracket has two gui... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7255032 | Puncher having replaceable knife holder A puncher having a replaceable knife holder comprises a base, a knife holder, and a wastepaper-storing case. A cover is pivotally mounted in the front of the base. The front edge of the cover is extended to the knife-holding groove such that the knife-holding groove... | 08/14/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7194942 | Punch structure A punch includes a base with a base plate mounted thereto and a plurality of punch units are fixedly connected to the base plate by bolts. A plurality of connection holes and connection grooves are defined in the base plate, wherein the connection grooves communicat... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7168903 | Punching/binding machine The invention relates to a punching/binding machine comprised of a frame (1), a matrix (3), a rake (4), a comb (2), a cutting knife (5) and a control lever with which the cutting knife (5) and/or the comb (2) can be d... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7152516 | Multi-stage movement paper punch A paper punch includes a ratchet assembly received in each of the frames on a base. A handle assembly is connected to the frames. The ratchet assembly includes ratchet wheels co-rotatably connected to the driving gear which drives a rack to lower the punch head. The... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7143675 | Puncher having a double cutter linkage structure A puncher having a double cutter linkage structure includes a driving shaft, a driving plate, a front linking rod, a rear linking rod, a front cutter seat, a rear cutter seat, a front cutter, a rear cutter, and a positioning seat. The driving plate is fixed to the d... | 12/05/2006 |
| 6994010 | Cutting tool for a punching machine, method for producing said cutting tool and punching machine A cutting tool (1) for a punching machine has a punching body (8) on which a plurality of punching tool elements (5) which are located parallel to each other are provided. The puncing body (8) consists of a double-layered metal sheet (... | 02/07/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6938542 | Embossing tool An embossing tool for embossing a sheet of material has a body formed with a fissure for receiving the sheet of material, a lever pivotably mounted about a pivot point on the body and a block positionable between the lever and the body. The block has an embossing fa... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6925921 | Punch structure A punch includes a base with a base plate mounted thereto and a plurality of punch units are fixedly connected to the base plate by bolts. Each punch unit has a bottom plate and a casing which is connected to the bottom plate so as to define a receiving slot between... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6918332 | Paper punch device A paper punch device includes an elongate base having a first end, a second end, a top side and a length greater than nine inches. A compartment is positioned within the base. An aperture positioned adjacent to the first end extends through the top side into the com... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6782786 | Electric punch An electric punch for automatically punching holes in documents and the like is provided that allows the spacing between the holes to be selectively set at either 70 mm (U.S. standard) or 80 mm (European and Japanese standard) by forming a bend midway of the length ... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6752058 | Punching device for edge decoration The punching device for edge decoration enables repeated punching of a pattern in a target, such as paper along edges of the target. The punching device includes a jig in which a predetermined pattern is perforated, a punching member having a section corresponding t... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6742431 | Punching device for edge decoration having rotation unit A punching device for edge decoration having a rotation unit which is capable of punching out a predetermined pattern repeatedly along an edge of a workpiece while accurately rotating the workpiece at a regular pitch is disclosed. This punching device includes a bas... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6736045 | Manually operated corner cutter A manually operated corner cutter includes a base, a support and guide device, a blade post, multiple cutting tools, a press and control handle, and a press plate. The support and guide device includes an upright support post and a slide seat each secured on the bas... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6698322 | Supported shear with reversible drive and method of operating same A reversible linear hydraulic drive system for a bidirectional supported shear having an adjustable stroke length. A method for improving the quality of the tube ends after shearing using a reversible partial orbital path is also disclosed.... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6513413 | Mold-pressing device A mold-pressing device including a seat body formed with a horizontal fissure at one end and a vertical chamber communicated with the fissure. A mold block is disposed in the chamber. One face of the mold block is disposed with a solid die, while the othe... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6470777 | Low profile side punch for internal drum imagesetter A low profile side punch assembly is provided to punch registration openings along the side edge of media in an imagesetter. The side punch assembly includes a punch actuator having a scissors configuration to provide a low profile. The punch assembly is ... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6447187 | Restraining module for a cutter of a printer Disclosed is a printer having: a fixed chassis mounted thereon; a moving chassis being engageable with the fixed chassis between an open position and a closed position; a cutter including a fixed blade and a moving blade; a paper drive roll; a thermal hea... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6439093 | Sheet punch device In one aspect, the present invention is an oversized sheet of paper having one or more punch outs for a standard sized ring binder and at least one cutout opening therein that allows the oversized paper to be secured in a standard sized ring binder when t... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6428248 | Punch for production decorative cutouts A punch for producing decorative cutouts includes a base with a die secured thereto, a cutter mounted above the die and urgeable downward therethrough by a lever pivotally secured to the base, at least one spring compressed between the base and an under f... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6405625 | Cutter device and printer including a cutter device A printer is provided with a cutter for cutting recording paper in arbitrary lengths or cutting recording paper with a part left after cutting. A pair of movable blades, at least one of which is displaced in a direction approximately orthogonal to the pap... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6324954 | Device for actuating a punch A device for actuating a punch includes a base for supporting the punch and an arm adjustably secured on the base. A barrel is secured to the arm for slidably receiving a shaft, and a lever is pivotally secured to the barrel and coupled to the shaft for m... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6314851 | Dual mini-blind cutter A mini-blind cutter for selective manual in-store sizing of a first mini-blind product and a second mini-blind product. Each of the mini-blind products include a head rail, a plurality of slats, and a bottom rail having a different geometry and or materia... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6289709 | Gutter outlet punch A gutter outlet punch for punching an outlet in a rain gutter. The gutter outlet punch has a female die and a male cutting die mating with the female die with the rain gutter positioned therebetween. The male cutting die is attached to a rod. A ratchet pe... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6205901 | Quick tool change for punch A punch assembly includes a frame that has a pair of arms forming a deep throat for receiving material to be punched, and a single acting punch and die set held by the outer ends of the arms. The punch is actuated with a lever mounting a swing frame that ... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6145425 | Punch activating apparatus A punch activating apparatus is provided which may be used in connection with a plurality of button-activated punches having different shapes and sizes. The punch activating apparatus comprises a base assembly including a base having an upper surface, and... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6142199 | Machine for trimming decorative molding A machine trims the ends of decorative molding to match the contour of the face of the molding. The machine comprises a frame that supports a die. The die has an opening therethrough with a die profile that is reversely arranged in comparison with the mol... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6113293 | Label printer having lever actuated cutter A cutting mechanism for a hand held printer includes a lever pivotally mounted to a base and coupled to a slidably mounted blade. Pivotal movement of the lever translates the blade along a cutting axis to cut labeling media. The lever is automatically ret... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6109155 | Punch A punch includes a first member and a second member which has two lugs extending therefrom which are pivotally connected to the first member. Two apertures are defined through the second member. A transverse frame is connected between the two lugs and two... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6089137 | Paper punch A paper punch has an inner punch and an outer punch movably received with respect to each other. The outer punch has a first contour punch so as to be able to punch a hole in a piece of paper with the same contour as that of the first contour punch, and t... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6079924 | Hole-punching and binding apparatus for papers A hole-punching and binding apparatus for papers includes a hole-punching device drivable to move along a vertical direction. The hole-punching device includes a cutter seat carrying thereon a number of cutters that are equidistantly spaced in a row to pu... | 06/27/2000 |
| 6076447 | Hand operated punching device A punching device for punching an aperture in a sheet includes a housing and a handle pivotally joined to the housing with a first pivot connection. A drive plate is slidably displaceable in the housing. The drive plate includes a protrusion extending fro... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6058820 | Rod cutter A rod cutter having two force-applying members pivotally attached together. A cutter is pivotally mounted on each of the members in a mechanical advantage arrangement. The cutters both have extending ends which are pivotally connected together and have ro... | 05/09/2000 |
| 5974929 | Combined letter opener and letter punch The invention provides a device for cutting open envelopes and punching filing holes into documents, and includes a body coupled to a base, the base having a two-section feeding surface along which an envelope, or other one or more documents are introduce... | 11/02/1999 |
