US Patent Issued to Bettcher Industries on Nov. 3 for "Cam mechanism for split blade housing of power operated rotary knife" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,779,720, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Bettcher Industries Inc. (Birmingham, Ohio).

"Cam mechanism for split blade housing of power operated rotary knife" was invented by Terry J. Thompson (Wakeman, Ohio) and Joel L. Hall (North Ridgeville, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cam mechanism bridging a split through a mounting section of a split blade housing of a power operated rotary knife for moving the split blade housing between the first, blade supporting position and the second blade changing position. The cam mechanism includes a cam plate including an opening and a cam member supported for rotation by the cam plate. The cam m...