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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7866242 | Noise dampener hub assembly for a circular saw A noise dampener hub assembly for mounting a circular blade on the drive shaft of a circular saw including a spindle hub assembly having an inside noise dampener disc member, a separate outside noise dampener disc member and a spanner hub. The tubular hub member is ... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7455006 | Modular/configurable die for a rotary die cutter A modular/configurable rotary die and a rotary die cutter (4) incorporating the die for making a corrugated carton blank (2) are disclosed. The rotary die comprises a plurality of die components (6,7,8) each having at least one blade (43-... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7343841 | Blade clamp assembly A blade clamp assembly for retaining a rotary blade on the arbor of a rotary tool includes a blade washer for engaging the blade to hold the blade on the arbor and a clamp assembly threaded into the arbor to clamp the blade washer against the blade. The clamp assemb... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7344435 | Hand-held power tool with clamping device for a tool A hand-held power tool (10) is specified, comprising a work spindle (12) for driving a tool (68), said tool (68) being fastenable between a fastening element (38) and a holding portion (36) on a tool end of the work spindle ... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7338273 | Cutter machine A cutter machine has a knife holder 13 mounted onto a cutter shaft 6 at the center portion, wherein a material to be cut is cut with knives 15 mounted onto the outer circumference of the knife holder 13 by rotating the knife holder 13 | 03/04/2008 |
| 7270040 | Cutting head mounting and support ring system A cutting head mounting and supporting ring assembly having an interlocking joint arrangement for mounting the cutting head on a food slicing machine. The ring assembly includes a support ring having a plurality of circumferentially spaced, radially extending flange... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7254891 | Lawn cutting device A lawn cutting device includes a handle having a hollow connecting part that has a bottom end portion defining a bottom opening and a driving member having an output shaft that is received in the connecting part of the handle and that extends outwardly through the b... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7238086 | Surface finishing method for aluminum shapes by barrel polishing A surface finishing method for aluminum shapes by barrel polishing, wherein caps are mounted at both open ends of a hollow aluminum shape, and two aluminum shapes each mounted with the caps are set on two right and left holders so as not to interfere with each other... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7234383 | Chip holder A rotating shaft (23) is inserted through an axial center of a cutter wheel tip for scribing a brittle object. The rotating shaft (23) is integrally provided with the cutter wheel tip. The rotating shaft (23) is inserted into supporting holes ( | 06/26/2007 |
| 7213779 | Rotary grinder apparatus and method A rotary grinder having a cylindrical drum that includes a cylindrical surface. The cylindrical surface defines two holes. The drum receives opposite ends of a through-member at the two holes such that the opposite ends of the through-member comprise hammers when th... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7178440 | Knife and cutting wheel for a food product slicing apparatus A knife for a cutting wheel provided to slice food products including a knife holder having a recessed portion located along a leading side thereof, a clamp secured to the knife holder, and a cutting blade mounted between the clamp and knife holder along the leading... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7171884 | Resilient cutting blades and cutting devices Steel reinforced tire fabrics are cut with long rigid bar blades, circular disc blades and disc and anvil blades. All of these blades may have an open relatively deep slot spaced close to the cutting edge that creates a resilient cantilevered spring element that inc... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7171885 | System for fixing rotary cutting dies in machines for die cutting laminar material System for fixing rotary die cutters in die cutting machines for cutting laminar material includes a fixing means between the die (1) and a die-holder surface or cylinder (2) around which the die (1) is arranged, wherein the a fixing element inc... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7168502 | Electric power tool with locking mechanism An electric power tool has a motor-driven circular tool that can be clamped by means of a clamping device. A mechanical braking device (2) serves to brake the tool. A safety element (4) prevents improper handling of the electric power tool. In a safety... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7169034 | Blade mounting device A blade mounting device for the mounting of blades, in particular, for skinning and stripping machines with a blade mount fixing (1), a blade support (3), a retaining strip (6) and a tensioning device (8) for holding the blade support and... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7140285 | Wire chopper module for EDM system A wire chopper module for processing spent electrode emerging from an EDM system employs replaceable inserts that are also movable relative to the feed path of the electrode. Shifting the position of the inserts relative to the feed path of the electrode allows more... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7117778 | Corrugated knife fixture with variable pitch and amplitude A corrugated knife fixture is provided for cutting vegetable products or the like particularly such as potatoes, wherein the knife fixture includes one or more knife blades each having a cutting edge with a variable pitch and variable amplitude geometry. The knife f... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7115083 | Cutting tool holder for a machining center A cutting tool holder for a machining center has a body and a fastening device. The fastening device is mounted in the body and has a base, at least two positioning elements and a locking element. The base has an annular wall, a through hole and at least two positio... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7100649 | Rotary cutter for a wood planing machine A rotary cutter includes: an elongated shaft that defines a rotation axis and that has two opposite mounting ends, and at least one axially extending blade-mounting surface parallel to the rotation axis and extending between the mounting ends; a pair of blade-aligni... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7096709 | Graphic arts die and support plate assembly A graphic arts die and support plate assembly is provided that is adapted to be mounted as a unit on the chase of a flat bed or rotary graphic arts press. The assembly includes a plurality of spaced individual dies fixedly mounted in predetermined relative relations... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7051776 | Rotary cutter for a wood planing machine A rotary cutter includes: an elongated polygonal shaft that defines a rotation axis, that has blade-mounting surfaces parallel to and surrounding the rotation axis, and that is formed with blade-aligning studs for aligning a blade, the blade-mounting surfaces being ... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7051632 | Magnetic rotary die A rotary cutting die which is mountable on a metal cylinder. The rotary cutting die includes a rotary die plate having a concave, inner surface which is magnetically attractable and magnetically mountable on a metal cylinder. A cutting blade is mounted on a concave,... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7007581 | Cutting mat for a rotary anvil A rotary anvil is outfitted with pins protruding from the base of an axially extending channel along the surface of the anvil. A cutting mat having a generally elongate body includes first and second locking members projecting from opposite axial ends thereof. The c... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7007580 | Apparatus for removably securing a cutting component An apparatus for removably securing a cutting component on a cutting component cylinder of a web printing press includes a first axial anvil member disposed at a periphery of the cutting component cylinder and a second axial anvil member disposed at the periphery of... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7009774 | Microlens array, a method for making a transfer master pattern for microlens array, a concave and convex pattern obtained from the transfer master pattern, a laminate for transfer, a diffuse reflection plate and a liquid crystal display device A component including a part having a concave and convex configuration for one of the enabling one of light convergence, light diffusion and light diffraction, being formed as a reflective film. The outline of the concave and convex configuration viewed from a right... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6990884 | Vertical rotary multi-functional trimming apparatus A vertical rotary trimming apparatus includes a base for placing material, a rail mounted on the base, a plurality of trimming elements for trimming the material, a carriage slidably mounted on the rail, an engagement device including a plurality of engagement units... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6959477 | Method for manufacturing rotary cutting die A lower plywood sheet and an upper plywood sheet which are set on a cylinder are cut in two processes by use of a router to create a 1.4-mm-wide groove in the back of the lower plywood sheet and in the front of the upper plywood sheet. Thus, a rotary cutting die whi... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6953197 | Quick-action locking device for an electric power tool A quick-action locking device for an electric power tool including a locking spindle (4) axially displaceable in the hollow spindle (2) of the electrical power tool between a working tool locking position and a working tool exchange position, and a loc... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6948413 | Wire chopper module for EDM system A wire chopper module for processing spent electrode emerging from an EDM system employs replaceable inserts that are also movable relative to the feed path of the electrode. Shifting the position of the inserts relative to the feed path of the electrode allows more... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6938532 | Hand machine tool comprising two cutting disks, which rotate counter and immediately adjacent to one another, and means for chucking the cutting disks for a hand machine tool of this type In a power tool with two cutting wheels (11, 12), which rotate past each other in opposite directions, rest directly against each other, and can be driven by two drive spindles (14, 15) disposed concentrically to each other, and with a tool fitting ( | 09/06/2005 |
| 6925923 | Rotary cutting die mounting system A clamping mechanism for securing a cutting die board to a rotary support cylinder, including a double-acting pressure cylinder having a piston rod coupled to a clamping bolt which cooperates with a keyhole-shaped slot formed through the cutting die board, and an ar... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6926051 | Planing cutter The invention is a planing cutter with a cylindrical cutter body (1) with recesses (3) along its enveloping surface. Each recess is delimited by a front wall (4), a rear wall (5) and a bottom (6) and contains a cutting element (... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6912941 | Steel rule die with removable cutting units A steel rule die for cutting cloth and synthetic materials. The cutting die includes a primary substrate and a plurality of cutting units that are removably attachable to the substrate in such a manner that they are easy to adjust, remove and replace. The cutting un... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6910694 | Electrical tool with a quick-action clamping device A quick-action clamping device for a power tool includes a clamping spindle (4) arranged in the hollow spindle (2) of the power tool, an elastic member (5) for biasing the clamping spindle (4) into its clamping poition, in which the worki... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6908253 | Split slitter A mating arrangement for a split slitter, anvil, spacer or any other similar device provides for precision alignment of the two halves of the split slitter in both the axial and radial directions. ... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6895849 | Stripper plate retention system A punch guide assembly is provided for removably carrying a stripper plate. The punch guide assembly comprises a punch guide and a stripper plate guide movable axially with respect to the punch guide. The stripper plate guide has a locked position wherein the stripp... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6813837 | Bi-directional rotation pneumatic cutting machine A bi-directional rotation pneumatic cutting machine includes an operation section which has an actuator to drive an output shaft to rotate in two directions and a fastening mechanism coupled on the output shaft. The fastening mechanism includes a coupling head which... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6813984 | Attaching device A device for attaching two units (17,18) provided for rotation in unison about an axis, having axial and radial attachment of the units relative to each other. The attaching involves first engagement members (28,29) engageable with each other and provi... | 11/09/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6729220 | Spring loaded diamond arbor A spring loaded diamond shaped arbor for use in a saw blade. The arbor includes comprised of a diamond shaped plate having four peripheral side walls with four corners therebetween that separate the four side walls. The arbor has a central opening that is configured... | 05/04/2004 |
