Patent ID: 9346179
Filing Date: 2016-05-24
CPC Classification: B26B

Claim Text:
1. A clipping apparatus comprising: a reciprocating blade; a motor; a shaft mechanically connected at one end to the motor for being driven to rotate by the motor; an eccentric connected off-center to another end of the shaft, such that rotation of the shaft causes the eccentric to rotate about a longitudinal axis of the shaft, but not about a central axis of the eccentric; a bearing connected to the eccentric; a drive tip having a first end, a pivot point and a second end, wherein the second end engages with the reciprocating blade, and wherein the drive tip pivots about the pivot point, and wherein the first end is sized and shaped to follow the bearing and the eccentric such that rotation of the eccentric and the bearing causes the first end of the drive tip to oscillate back and forth causing the drive tip to pivot about the pivot point, thereby causing the second end to oscillate and drive the reciprocating blade; and wherein the bearing is positioned on the eccentric such that a central axis of the bearing intersects with the pivot point of the drive tip throughout the range of motion of the bearing and the eccentric.