| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 030175000 | Nippers | 37 |
| 20080271324 | Spring biased nipper with replaceable blades - A nipper is disclosed having light-weight alloy handles which are ergonomically shaped narrowly to accommodate smaller hands or one-handed use, and biased outwardly by a torsion type spring which additionally limit the open handle width. The nipper utilizes carbide tool steel blades affixed with fasteners for easy replacement. The nipper has a friction reducing bushing at the pivot for ease of movement. | 11-06-2008 |
| 20110179650 | Pill Card Bubble Cutter - A pill card bubble cutter includes a hinged or sliding “clam shell” like hand held cutter with opposing blades along one side for cutting through the pill card bubbles to release pills, and resembles a common staple puller. The cutter may further include a cup or pouch to catch the pill once released. In another embodiment, the cutter has a single blade opposing a stop to cut through one side of the bubble to allow the bubble to be bent back to release the pill. The cutter may alternatively include two opposing parallel sides pressed together to cut through the bubble. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110289784 | SPRING BIASED LIGHTWEIGHT ERGONOMIC NIPPER WITH REPLACEABLE BLADES TO ACCOMMODATE SMALLER HANDS AND ONE-HANDED USE - A nipper is disclosed having lightweight handles which are ergonomically shaped narrowly to accommodate smaller hands or one-handed use, and biased outwardly by a torsion type spring which additionally limits the open handle width. The nipper utilizes carbide tool steel blades affixed with fasteners for easy replacement. The nipper has a friction reducing bushing at the pivot for ease of movement. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20160166039 | HAIR CUTTING DEVICE | 06-16-2016 |
| 030176000 | Multiplex | 1 |
| 20160199986 | HAND TOOL AND METHOD OF USING SAME | 07-14-2016 |
| 030177000 | Adjustable-position cutter | 1 |
| 20120060376 | PEX CLAMP RING REMOVAL TOOL - A cross-linked polyethylene (PEX) tubing clamp ring removal tool including first and second handles pivotally connected, first and second jaw members pivotally connected to the first and second handles, respectively, a coarse adjuster slidably carried on the first handle including a stepped member defining first and second seating surfaces of different heights, the stepped member slidable relative to the first handle in a direction generally parallel to a longitudinal axis of the first handle, and a fine adjuster carried on the second handle positioned between the first and second handles and in alignment with the stepped member. | 03-15-2012 |
| 030179000 | With guide and/or gauge | 2 |
| 20130014392 | CUTTING TOOL WITH ADJUSTABLE CUTTING ANGLEAANM Lin; Kun-MengAACI Changhua CountyAACO TWAAGP Lin; Kun-Meng Changhua County TW - A cutting tool with an adjustable cutting angle includes a first shank ended by a cutting blade, a second shank pivotally connected to the first shank so that the first and second shanks can be drawn toward or away mutually, an anvil provided on the second shank in positional correspondence to the cutting blade so as to work with the cutting blade and cut, wherein the anvil having a board-like body extending along the second shank is formed with an axial hole and edged with a curved sliding rim, and a pivotable retaining plate having its one end mounted around a shaft in the axial hole and its opposite end formed with a notch for engaging with the sliding rim, so that the pivotable retaining plate can pivot against the anvil, thereby making an angle between the retaining plate and the cutting blade, namely the cutting angle vary. | 01-17-2013 |
| 20150052761 | CUTTING TOOL - A cutting tool for the cutting of strands with a holding area for the strand, a cutting blade that can be moved in, perpendicular to the course of the strand, into this holding area, and a stop that lies opposite the cutting blade. Such known cutting tools have the disadvantage that they function unreliably when cutting wire ropes and stranded wires. The disclosed cutting tool is designed better for the cutting of wire ropes, stranded wires, and other strands, and has a tubular guiding device for the strand, which follows the holding area and is firmly connected to the cutting tool. | 02-26-2015 |
| 030180000 | With motor | 2 |
| 20080201961 | Electric nibbler - An electric nibbler has a handle, a battery package, a front cover, a base, a lower blade, a drive device, a transmitting device and an upper blade. The battery package is detachably attached to the battery seat of the handle. The front cover is mounted securely to the handle and has a mounting bracket and a housing. The base is connected securely to the housing and has an upper segment and a lower segment. The lower blade is connected securely to the lower segment. The drive device is mounted in the handle and a drive shaft. The transmitting device is connected to the drive device and has a connecting tube, a transmitting shaft, a drive axle, a gear wheel, a crank and a piston rod. The upper blade is connected securely to the bottom end of the piston rod. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20100236079 | High pressure, hydraulic hand tool for cutting hooves on horses or other applications - A fully structurally integrated high pressure, hydraulic hand-held tool for cutting dense materials, including the hooves on horses. The tool includes a handle, with a hydraulic flow line provided centrally there through, a handle chamber integrated into the upper end of the handle, the handle chamber comprising a piston, so that hydraulic fluid as exerted into the handle chamber, forces said piston upwardly and out of the handle chamber into the piston housing at the end of the piston distal to the handle chamber, and wherein at the upper end of the tool in the piston housing are a pair of mounts, said pair of mounts pivotally connect to a pair of opposing jaws, with each jaw having a cutting blade applied thereto, and wherein links and a clevis secure to the upper end of the piston, and pivotally connect to the outer back edges of the jaws, such that applying hydraulic pressure from about 3000 psi to about 6000 psi to the lower end of the piston chamber, the piston is urged upwardly and out of the handle chamber, upon actuation of the tool, and the jaw cutting blades and their edges are forced to pivot inwardly toward each other, thereby being positioned into a cutting action, and wherein the hydraulic pressure is released, the piston is forced by spring biasing downwardly within the piston housing and back into the handle chamber, and wherein said movement of said piston back into the handle chamber causes the jaws to reverse and separate from each other and to become positioned into their original pre-cut position. | 09-23-2010 |
| 030182000 | Reciprocating blade | 4 |
| 20100154225 | DEVICE FOR CUTTING PROTRUSIONS - An apparatus for clipping a protrusion of material is provided. The protrusion may, for example, be a bolt head, a nut, a rivet, a weld bead, or a temporary assembly alignment tab protruding from a substrate surface of assembled components. The apparatus typically includes a cleaver having a cleaving edge and a cutting blade having a cutting edge. Generally, a mounting structure configured to confine the cleaver and the cutting blade and permit a range of relative movement between the cleaving edge and the cutting edge is provided. Also typically included is a power device coupled to the cutting blade. The power device is configured to move the cutting edge toward the cleaving edge. In some embodiments the power device is activated by a momentary switch. A retraction device is also generally provided, where the retraction device is configured to move the cutting edge away from the cleaving edge. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20170232623 | GUILLOTINE STYLE CUTTING MECHANISM | 08-17-2017 |
| 030184000 | Lever and link | 1 |
| 20140059865 | GRAFTING PRUNER - A grafting pruner includes a first handle and a second handle pivotally connected together, a fixed cutter holder affixed to the first handle, a link affixed to the second handle, a cutter assembly mounted between the fixed cutter holder and the link. A pivot device is inserted through an arched sliding slot of the fixed cutter holder, an axle hole of the link and a longitudinal sliding slot of the cutter blade assembly to secure the fixed cutter blade, the link and the cutter blade assembly together. During relative movement between the first and second handles subject to an external force, the link will be forced by the second handle to move along the arched sliding slot, pushing the cutter blade assembly toward the first handle to cut a living shoot or bud off a plant. | 03-06-2014 |
| 030185000 | Toothed slide and lever | 1 |
| 20120137527 | GARDEN SHEARS - A garden shears with a driving mechanism includes two cutter bases, an anvil cooperating with the cutter bases, two supporting plates, a cutter plate, and an operating arm. The two cutter bases face each other to form an accommodating space in which the anvil and the two supporting plates are sandwiched. The anvil is fixed to top sections of the two cutter bases. The cutter plate and the operating arm are sandwiched between the two supporting plates. A roller wheel is disposed in a positioning slot of the cutter blade and sandwiched between restricting holes of the two supporting plates. A pivotal hole of the operating arm is pivotally connected between pivotal holes of the two supporting plates in such a manner that a driving toothed edge of the operating arm is drivingly engaged with a driven rack of the cutter plate. A pull lever is fixed to a fixing portion provided on a lower portion of the cutter plate through an elongate slot of the cutter base. | 06-07-2012 |
| 030186000 | Pivoted blade | 23 |
| 20090265941 | Shaping device - An elongate element, in particular a catheter, has a curved shape imparted to its end by a device comprising razor blades which are mounted on a pivotal linkage mechanism. Upon pressing actuator members against the restoring force of spring elements, the razor blades are constrained by the pivotal linkage mechanism to follow a desired curved path. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20120055030 | CUTTING EDGE FOR A CUTTING TOOL - A cutting tool comprises a first cutting edge and a second cutting edge movable into engagement with one another. The first cutting edge comprises an edge tip extending along at least a portion of the cutting edge. The edge tip has a geometry that lowers the cutting force required to cut hard articles and minimizes damage to the cutting edge. The edge tip has a flat end face defining a first edge and a second edge. A first side face extends from the first edge and a second side face extends from the second edge where the first side face and the second side face extend at an angle relative to one another such that the first side face and the second side face diverge as they extend away from the flat end face. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120198704 | Apparatus for Trimming Toilet Anchor Bolts - An apparatus includes a pair of handles in which each handle comprises a tab extending from a top of the handle. The handles are rotatably joined at the tabs. A two-piece fulcrum transfers a force from the pair of handles. Each piece comprises a bottom portion for rotatably joining to a one of the handles, a top portion and an arm extending from the piece for rotatably joining the pieces. A two-piece head forms a craw in which each piece comprises a bottom portion rotatably joined to the top portion of fulcrum and a blade having an indentation for engaging an anchor bolt of a floor toilet. A pivot point lever rotatably joins the pieces, generally aligns the blades and transfers forces from the fulcrum to a cutting force on the bolt where a length of the bolt can be cut while mitigating damage to a thread of the anchor bolt. | 08-09-2012 |
| 20130340263 | Cutter with Anvil - A cutting apparatus for opening a sealed package has a first arm partially enclosing a first blade that is at least partially juxtaposable against a second arm having a cutting surface. The two arms can be injection molded as a single piece of plastic or comprise two separate pieces coupled to a pivot. Preferably, the cutting surface comprises a raised portion at least partially enclosing a hard anvil. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20140259688 | Self-Opening Nipper and Method for Manufacturing Self-Opening Nipper - A nipper includes two crossing levers movably connected at a joint, each lever has a finished distal portion with a blade, an unfinished proximal portion, and a coil-spring connector at a junction of the distal and proximal portions. A hollow coil spring has ends each connected to a respective connector and visually covering the proximal portion thereof. A method for manufacturing the nipper includes providing the levers with a nipper blade at the finished distal portion, the unfinished proximal portion at a proximal end of the distal portion, and the coil-spring connector at a junction of the distal and proximal portions. The two levers are movably connected at the joint to form a nipper with the blades. The proximal portion of each lever is visually covered by sliding each end of the coil spring over the respective proximal portion and securing each end thereof at the respective coil-spring connector. | 09-18-2014 |
| 030187000 | With blade-moving means | 18 |
| 20110203116 | Bolt cutter - A cutting apparatus used primarily to cut bolts or other cylindrical articles employing a source of compressed air to force a pair ofjaws together. The apparatus includes a handle provided with a trigger and a main body portion including a pair of laterally moving jaws. Compressed air will flow through the handle portion into the main body portion, thereby forcing a diaphragm downward forcing a piston to move in the direction of the jaws. A gear cam would force the proximal end of the jaw assembly outward, thereby forcing the jaws inward against one another, thereby cutting the cylindrical article. | 08-25-2011 |
| 030188000 | One movable blade | 5 |
| 20100126025 | Loppers - A lopper of use by those who, for one reason or the other, find it difficult to bend over sufficiently to cut unwanted plant material at or near ground level. The lopper has a jaw which is parallel to the ground with the user standing and the user is able to anchor one of the blades of the lopper while manipulating the other blade toward and away from the anchored blade to cut plant material between them at or near ground level. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20130152404 | POSITION RESTRICTION STRUCTURE OF SCISSORS - A position restriction structure of scissors includes a main body, a second body, a driving handle, a connecting piece, a restricting piece and a plurality of hinged units, wherein a main hinge hole and a second hinge hole provided for the second body and the driving handle are through and passing through a center portion of the main body, and the second body and the driving handle have a gearing teeth portion and a activating teeth portion engaged with each other. The restricting piece attaches to one side of the second body and driving handle and the hinge unit passes therethrough. The restricting piece clamps the second body and the driving handle through a screw and screw nut of the hinge unit to restrict axial position of the gearing teeth portion and activating teeth portion to prevent the second body from shear forces and to improve durability of the product. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130219722 | ERGONOMIC TOOL FOR CUTTING FLOWERS AND FRUITS - The invention relates to an ergonomically designed tool for the intensive cutting of flowers and fruit, configured such that it can be gripped with the whole hand. According to the invention, the handles occupy a position in which they are perpendicular or almost perpendicular to the cutting blades, thereby minimizing the risk of injury to the upper limbs. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20150047208 | DOUBLE FULCRUM TOOL - A tool including a first jaw extending from a distal portion of an elongate member, a second jaw pivotally attached to a first fulcrum at the distal portion of the elongate member, wherein a first force amplifier including an elongate lever extends from the second jaw towards a proximal end of the elongate member, and a second force amplifier including an elongate handle pivotally attached to a second fulcrum at a proximal portion of the elongate member, the elongate handle including a distal grasping portion and a pushing member arranged to push against a proximal portion of the elongate lever thereby to move the second jaw towards the first jaw. | 02-19-2015 |
| 030190000 | Lever and link | 1 |
| 20150313088 | DUAL MODE RATCHET PRUNERS - Pruners and loppers have dual mode operation in that the blade is closed with a single squeeze or with multiple squeezes and a rotatable selector selects the desired mode. The blade has a rocker arm with ratchet teeth formed in a window in the arm. The scissor handle has a radius arm which ends in a pawl which can engage the ratchet nearer the pivot axis of the blade or further from it. | 11-05-2015 |
| 030191000 | Pivoted handles | 12 |
| 20100064526 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ANVIL PRUNER AND LOPPER WITH SHOCK ABSORBING FEATURE - A shock absorbing anvil pruner/lopper comprises a cutting blade and a shock absorbing anvil member with a compound action tang. The anvil member includes a liner member for engagement with the blade and a shock absorber in relation to the liner member, whereupon on engagement of the blade with the liner member during a cutting operation, the shock absorber will compress or otherwise absorb some of the force, providing for less physical shock being transmitted to the user through the pruner/lopper handles. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20110005086 | PLIERS AS MIDDLE CUTTER OR SIDE CUTTER - The invention relates to pliers ( | 01-13-2011 |
| 20120055031 | CUTTING EDGE FOR A CUTTING TOOL - A cutting tool comprises a first cutting edge and a second cutting edge where the cutting edges are movable into engagement with one another. At least one of the cutting edges comprises an edge tip extending along at least a portion of the cutting edge. The edge tip has a curved outer surface that in cross-section is bounded by a first line defined by the equation y=74x | 03-08-2012 |
| 030192000 | Handles interlinked or geared | 4 |
| 20110083327 | CUTTING TOOL WITH DOUBLE COMPOUND LEVERAGE - A cutting tool with double compound leverage includes first and second opposed handle levers having handle ends and pivot ends. One of the handle levers includes a double link with a rearward portion defining the handle end and a forward portion defining the pivot end. First and second opposed blade levers each include a jaw end with a cutting blade and a lever end. The blade levers are each pivotally attached intermediate the jaw end and the lever end at spaced apart pivot points to a transverse coupling element. The pivot ends of the handle levers are pivotally attached to the lever ends of the blade levers. First and second compound linkage pivotally couple the handle levers and the blade levers so as to provide complete opening and closing of the cutting jaws. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20120017445 | GARDEN SHEARS - A garden shears includes a pressing member, a holding member, a cutting member and a ratchet. The second through aperture of the cutting member is combined with the first assembling aperture of the pressing member and used as a pivot point. The holding member and the ratchet are assembled together at the assembling portion of the pressing member, and the driving teeth of the ratchet are engaged with the pawl of the cutting member such that the pressing member, the holding member and the ratchet have different pivot points. The opening between the blade and the anvil is smaller than the opening formed between the handle and the holding member. In other words, when a user holds both of the handle and the holding member to cut an object, since the opening formed between the handle and the holding member is larger than the cutting opening between the blade and the anvil, a stronger cutter torque is applied to increase the clipping strength derived from the anvil and the blade. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120304473 | Bolt cutters with breakdown handles - A collapsible bolt cutter includes compound levers a first lever of which includes elongate handles and a second lever of which includes cutting jaws for transmitting a force applied to the handles to the cutting jaws with a mechanical advantage when the handles are urged to move towards each other. The handles are each split along their length to form free handle portions articulated to the second levers. Locks or latches a provided for selectively locking the handle portions in the aligned operative positions during normal use while being manually releasable to release the free handle portions to allow the free handle portions to be pivoted to a second folded position when not in use and for storage. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20140317937 | MANUAL CUTTING TOOL - The invention relates to a manual cutting tool including two jaws each provided with a cutting blade, the two jaws being mounted movable in rotation with respect to a securing system so as to define a closed position and an open position of a cutting area. The tool also includes two cams mounted rotating with respect to the two jaws and each including an aperture, and a bearing surface having a variable curvature, the two bearing surfaces being configured so as to be in permanent connection. The tool includes two connection parts positioned on the axes of rotation of the jaws and configured to connect the cams to the jaws. | 10-30-2014 |
| 030193000 | Common pivot | 5 |
| 20100313428 | Multifunctional Plate Cutter - An apparatus for cutting a radial cut in a surgical plate includes a top jaw element, a bottom jaw element, a removable top insert operable to be coupled to the top jaw element, and a removable bottom insert operable to be coupled to the bottom jaw element, a first top radial cutting element and a second top radial cutting element coupled to the removable top insert, and a first bottom radial cutting element and a second bottom radial cutting element coupled to the removable bottom insert. The radial cutting elements provide a radial cut of the surgical plate. The apparatus also includes a first alignment post and a second alignment post coupled to the removable bottom insert. The alignment posts are operable to align the surgical plate on the removable bottom insert. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20130227842 | HAND-OPERATED TOOL - The tool is provided with a pair of right and left cutting blades, a pair of right and left operating handles connected to said blades via pivots, and connecting pins that connects the blades to each other, and is configured so that: the operating handles are disposed so as to abut in the same plane and the opposing surfaces thereof form cam contact surfaces that directly contact each other; between the pivots and the pivot pins of the other operating handles, two connections fittings that connect the right and left handles on the front and back surfaces are disposed diagonally in a criss-cross shape, connecting the respective upper and lower ends to the pivots and the pivot pins; and the criss-cross position of the connection fittings is determined by the positioning of the pivot pins. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20140202006 | Apparatus For Cutting Electronic Monitoring Bracelet Straps - The present disclosure includes a cutting apparatus for cutting a strap to a desired length. The cutting apparatus includes a handle body with first and second handles and a head affixed to the handle body. The head includes an attachment mechanism to allow a strap to be cut to be releasably secured to a first end the head. The cutting apparatus further includes a blade disposed proximate to a second end of the head. The length of the head or the distance between the first end of the head and the blade approximates a device body length. The present disclosure further includes a method of using a handheld cutting apparatus for cutting a strap to a desired length, such that the combined length of the strap and a device to be attached to an object, approximates the circumference of the object. | 07-24-2014 |
| 20160023361 | Cutter - A cutter includes two handles, two jaws, two strips and two pins. The first jaw extends from the first handle in a co-planar manner and includes a boss and a blade with a cutting edge. The second jaw extends from the second handle in a co-planar manner and includes a groove for movably receiving the boss and a blade with a cutting edge. The strips sandwich the first and second jaws. Each of the pins is inserted in the strips and a corresponding one of the first and second jaws in perpendicular. An acute angle is defined between an equidistant line of the cutting edges and an equidistant line of axes of the pins. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160158946 | CUTTING TOOL - Provided is a cutting tool with which an operator can cut a to-be-cut material by grasping a second handle while setting a first handle stably, and in which the first handle can be changed from a stably-set mode to a grippable mode as with the second handle. The cutting tool has a sidewardly-protruding extension component disposed at the base end of the first handle, which is installed so that, with respect to a handle main body of the first handle, it can be freely changed between a transverse position substantially aligned with the axial direction of the pivotal shaft and a longitudinal position aligned with the lengthwise direction of the handle main body, and, a position holding mechanism is disposed between the extension component and the handle main body, for holding the extension component in each position. | 06-09-2016 |
