Did You Know...
...that the Eveready Battery began as an invention called the "electric flowerpot," which was a tube with a battery and light bulb inside? The idea was to fasten this gizmo to the side of a flowerpot so it would illuminate the flowers from the bottom. The idea died on the vine and the businessman who licensed the flower pot, Conrad Huber, was left with a pile of useless tubes -- until he found a way to market them as batteries to light the world!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8020479 | Trimming apparatus A trimming apparatus includes a base, a ridge portion protruding from the base, a sliding block mounted on the base, a fixing member, and a trimming tool. The base defines a sliding groove. The sliding block is slidably engaged in the sliding groove and defines a ho... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7685913 | Apparatus for producing an imaging member belt having an angular seam There is provided an apparatus for producing a cross-sectional angular surface along a substrate, such as a flexible electrostatographic imaging member belt. The apparatus may include a support body, and a blade support member connected to the blade support body. Th... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7549362 | Precision shearing to finish machined metallic components A precision shear is provided which allows the removal of material from a machined part. The shear provides a precision cut, and may be operated by hand or attached to a machine. ... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7434369 | Guillotine cutter and tape affixing apparatus The guillotine cutter of the present invention has a fixed blade and a movable blade that moves back and forth along a straight line while contacting against the fixed blade, and the movable blade and the fixed blade cooperate to cut a tape-shaped object for cutting... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7430951 | Method and apparatus for trimming aluminum sheet to reduce slivers and improve edge quality A method and apparatus are provided for reducing or eliminating sliver formation during aluminum sheet trimming operations. A resilient support pad is used in the trimming apparatus to substantially eliminate the formation of slivers which damage the surface finish ... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7401539 | Blade material cutting device A blade material cutting device for producing a blade material used as a punching blade. Included are: a stationary blade part having a pair of front and rear support faces on which a strip plate part and a blade edge part of the blade material are to be overlaid, a... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7392731 | Paper cutter In a force cutting type paper cutter, a movable blade includes a pair of right and left edges having a V shape. These right and left edges are intersected and brought into pressure contact with a linear cutting edge of a fixed blade. The movable blade also includes ... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7373707 | Milling apparatus The milling apparatus (10) is arranged in such a manner that the deep groove cutter (21) is attached to the milling cutter (20) and the rotational drive shaft (23a) is approximately orthogonal to a spine (16a) of a sh... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7353738 | Cutting device and method for plastic lens A device for cutting a sub-finished assembly (1) of plastic lens (10) includes a cutting member (2) and a holding member (3). The cutting member has a base (20), an upper plate (21), an upper cutter (23) mounted on th... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7310984 | Forming apparatus for precambered metal sections A forming apparatus (50) includes a roll former (51) operative to roll form a metal strip (100) to form a profiled metal section (10) of generally C section profile including a pan (12) and a pair of upstanding edge margins (14 | 12/25/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7243646 | Apparatus and method for shearing reinforced concrete piles and metal piles and crushing reinforced concrete piles An apparatus (10) for shearing off reinforced concrete piles and metal piles, casing and conductor pipes, and crushing reinforced concrete piles has a frame (11) with first and second ends and a cutter blade (41) movably mounted on the frame dri... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7231860 | Blade material cutting device A blade material cutting device has a stationary blade part with a pair of front and rear support faces which are separated from each other by a gap. A pair of opposed front and rear stationary edges are disposed in the pair of support faces. A movable blade part wh... | 06/19/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7204179 | Shear assembly for a roll forming machine A shear assembly for a roll forming machine which forms a rain gutter. A pair of coplanar blade members separated along a vertical line are caused to first move vertically downwardly, then have their lower ends pivot outwardly and, finally, have their upper ends piv... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7197970 | Apparatus for trimming metal An apparatus for trimming scrap from an aluminum sheet metal blank is provided. The apparatus includes a clamping base comprising a clamping base engagement surface positioned between a clamping base upper surface and a clamping base bottom surface. The clamping bas... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7181993 | Apparatus and process for cutting of extruded material A rotating cutting apparatus comprising a cutting blade holder with at least one hole on the outside diameter of the cutting blade holder into which cutting blades are inserted and bonded to the cutting blade holder. The cutting blade holder encloses a center hole, ... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7162906 | Method and apparatus for removing a carrier part from a carrier A method for removing from a carrier a carrier part with a housing arranged thereon, wherein prior to performing the separating operation a notched line is arranged in the carrier on at least one side of the carrier along at least a part of the length of a separatin... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7152515 | Wire cutter for artificial flower stems Cutter suitable for artificial flower stems. Typically, plastic coated wire stems are cut with hand cutters to various lengths in preparing artificial floral arrangements. The invention requires far less physical effort by the operator than is required when using co... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7118028 | Method and machine for cutting window blind A method for cutting a window blind by using a cutting machine includes the step of (a) displaying data of the window blind on a display by reading a barcode provided at the window blind; (b) inputting the size of a window that is to be installed with the window bli... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7114423 | Pipe notcher A tool is provided for notching an end of a pipe. A punch is provided with a first cutting edge opposite a second cutting edge. The punch is coupled to a punch holder which is configured to move vertically relative to a collar supported upon a base. A pipe support p... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7111541 | Cutting device A cutting device includes a cutter rod, and a movable cutting tool of a length greater than the diameter of the cutter rod. The movable cutting tool is prevented from cracking and breaking. A movable cutting tool (7) has protruding parts (7b | 09/26/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7090120 | Sheet punching device and image forming apparatus having the same A sheet punching device that cuts holes in a sheet while punches are entering die holes, in which a plurality of punch trains along each of which a plurality of punches are aligned on a rotating shaft in parallel with the rotating shaft are disposed in the rotation ... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7051427 | Integrated circuit trimming device broken die sensor A broken trim die tool detection sensor. The lands of the tie bar die connect with the leads of the unit to form switches. The states of these switches indicate broken die lands or other malfunctions. ... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7028403 | Method of manufacturing friction plate and apparatus thereof A method of manufacturing a friction plate including a plurality of frictional material segments which are punched into a predetermined shape, and a core plate onto which the plurality of frictional material segments are annularly bonded, comprising step of punching... | 04/18/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6978925 | In-line automated perforation method using selective multi-hole punch A method for creating multiple punch holes during a finishing process of paper sheets and other sheet materials. A highlight of the present invention is the ability to select between at least two configurations of punch holes automatically, without manual adjustment... | 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 |
| 6953171 | Apparatus for automatically paying out free end portion of rolled paper A roll shaft 26 supporting rolled paper 20, such as toilet paper rotatably thereon, a pair of feed rollers 32, 34 for paying out the free end portion of the rolled paper 20 which has been paid out continuously from the rolled paper 20 | 10/11/2005 |
| 6925922 | Apparatus for removing tiebars after molding of semiconductor chip An apparatus for removing tiebars of a lead frame after one or more semiconductor components have been encapsulated in a resin to form a package body includes first and second removing stations. The second removing station is provided for removing scraps that may be... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6905058 | Bonding tool and wire bonder Bonding tool for ultrasonic wire bonding, with a knife (3) that is inserted into or closely apposed to the bonding tool so as to be longitudinally movable with respect thereto, in order to cut a projecting part of a bonded wire immediately behind a bonded con... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6877409 | Cutting apparatus and method for venetian blinds A cutting machine for a Venetian blind comprising a head rail, a bottom rail, and a plurality of blind slats. The cutting machine comprises a body defining a head rail opening, a bottom rail opening, and at least one blind slat opening, a plate for cutting the head ... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6868764 | Material cutting and feeding machine A material cutting and feeding machine for cutting and perforating a roll of paper. The material cutting and feeding machine includes a generally rectangular frame. A material feeding roller is mounted to the frame. The feeding roller is adapted to hold a roll of pa... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6869010 | In-line automated dual or selective multi-hole punch A device and method for creating multiple punch holes during a finishing process of paper sheets and other sheet materials. The improved sheet punch including two rotatable punches set at different angles such that when one intersects the sheet path, the other clear... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6860184 | Film cutter A film cutter is provided for use in an industrial process in which a vertical blade and a horizontal blade interact. The vertical blade is mounted to move slidingly in a vertical plane and an end of the vertical blade rests upon the horizontal blade. The horizontal... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6840145 | Device for trimming corner or sheet member A corner trimming device includes a base having a seat and a platform to support sheet members to be cut or trimmed, the base includes a channel formed between the seat and the platform. A cutter blade includes a bar engaged into the channel of the base and secured ... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6786125 | Cutter device for a printer A cutter device has a movable blade, a stationary blade, and a clutch mechanism having a driven gear mounted for undergoing rotation in clockwise and counterclockwise directions and a driving gear for rotationally driving the driven gear about a rotational axis. A c... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6761100 | Stud cutter A guillotine type stud cutter with a frame with side rails and a guillotine blade slidably mounted between the rails has spaced, fixed, parallel, stationary die plates secured transversely between the side rails. Immediately inboard of the stationary die plates, set... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6758120 | Blind cut down apparatus An apparatus for trimming the width of blinds of the type having a headrail, and a bottom rail and blind slats, and having a support body with a headrail opening, and a bottom rail opening, and a blind slat opening the blind components being insertable into their op... | 07/06/2004 |
