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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7827892 | Apparatus for trimming paper rolls or logs and method for treating the logs An apparatus for trimming paper rolls or logs (2) including: a section for the entry of the logs (2) to be trimmed; a section for the exit of the trimmed logs (2′); a station with a cutting device (6) for trimming the logs (2); a... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7389716 | Core reduction apparatus Apparatus and processes for producing paper roll products with spaced core sections. A core substrate is arranged on a mandrel, and then divided into a plurality of core sections. The core sections are then separated from each other on the mandrel to form gaps betwe... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7377376 | Lumber positioning system A positioning system can position lumber to be cut while the lumber is traveling on a transfer deck. The positioning system has end stops that circulate at the same rate as the transfer deck. The end stops each have a locking mechanism that is triggered when the end... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7370563 | Process and device for manufacturing a product from strip tape, especially for manufacturing a medicinal and/or active substance-containing product as well as fillable containers or sealed-margin bags A process for manufacturing a product from strip tape starting from a broad web of material includes the step of separating the web into individual strips with a smooth stripping roll, conveying each strip in a vacuum conveyor channel, turning the strips on their wa... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7364504 | Apparatus and method for producing controlled portions of meat products An apparatus for producing multiple portions of meat. A plurality of product mandrels having an open-top recess are mounted on a conveyor for travel along a selected path. The mandrels are selectively rotatable about a vertical axis. Two sets of parallel slots are p... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7299728 | Loaf end trimming station for slicing machine A loaf end trimming station for a high speed food loaf slicing machine, includes a frame, a first knife and a second knife spaced apart along the frame and oriented in positions corresponding to a lead end trimming location and a trailing end trimming location of a ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7240595 | Process for producing magnetic tape A process for producing a magnetic tape is provided, in which a web is extended in the width direction immediately before it is cut by a slitter when the web is supplied to the slitter to be cut into several magnetic tapes. The extension of the web is performed by a... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7238446 | Active electrode composition with conductive polymeric binder An active composition for an electrode of an electrochemical cell. The active composition comprises an active electrode material and a conductive polymer. The electrochemical cell is preferably a battery cell or a fuel cell. ... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7174819 | Apparatus and method for cutting a web, feeding it into a processing and threading it up through that line The invention relates to an apparatus for cutting of a web (1) conveyed along a conveyance direction (F), and subsequent feeding and threading it up into a processing line, said web (1) comprising a central portion (1c) and edges (1 | 02/13/2007 |
| 7141259 | Ultrasonically activated continuous slitter apparatus and method An apparatus (30) and method for ultrasonically energized slitting of a slab of confectionary material wherein a slitting tool (33a) incorporates a plurality of slitting knives (37a) spaced apart in accordance with the desired widt... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7137539 | Method and apparatus for slitting and processing a web into plural use supply forms An apparatus and method of converting a web of indefinite length into a plurality of web portions by slitting the web at a transverse point prior to processing the web portions into a plurality of use supply forms (such as rolls), wherein the plurality of web portio... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7127974 | Core reduction apparatus Apparatus and processes for producing paper roll products with spaced core sections. A core substrate is arranged on a mandrel, and then divided into a plurality of core sections. The core sections are then separated from each other on the mandrel to form gaps betwe... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7114422 | Method and device for producing a product made of strip tape, especially a medical product and/or a product containing active substances as well as fillable receptacles or pouches whose edges can be sealed A process for manufacturing a product from strip tape starting from a broad web of material includes the step of separating the web into individual strips with a vacuum roll, conveying each strip in a vacuum conveyor channel, turning the strips on their way to the c... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7100486 | Apparatus for dicing a deformable product An apparatus for cutting a product includes a conveyor assembly and a slitter assembly. The conveyor assembly conveys the product in a feed direction and defines a conveyance surface, on which the product is conveyed. The slitter assembly slits the product into stri... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7096771 | Cutter blade assembly for cutting scoop shaped vegetable products A cutter blade assembly that presents a sequential series of perpendicularly oriented cutting knife arrays which are attached to a frame. A first set of cutting knives is comprised of knives that are generally scalloped shaped. A second set of cutting knives is comp... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7082675 | Method for manufacturing a solid core of laminations In a method for manufacturing a solid core of laminations, a sheet metal web is cut in the longitudinal direction of the sheet metal web to produce at least two sheet metal strips. The sheet metal strips are separated in a direction transverse to the longitudinal di... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7000302 | Process for preparing a radio frequency cable for coupling Radio frequency cables have a inner circular conductor and an outer circular conductor. The inner and outer circular conductors are usually formed from copper and are separated by a heavy insulation layer usually cellular polyethylene. The outer side of the outer co... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6979153 | Deep-grooving insert having stepped cutting edge A deep-grooving chip-forming cutting insert includes a rear mounting portion, a front cutting portion, and a pair of side walls, each side wall extending along the front and rear portions. The front cutting portion includes a front end surface, a top surface, and a ... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6964218 | Method of and apparatus for dividing a web of wrapping material A continuous web of cigarette paper or other wrapping material, particularly for smokers' products, is split by a pair of rotary knives into two strips which are fed to discrete strip processing units, such as wrapping units for rod-like tobacco fillers. If the widt... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6959636 | Produce slicer A produce slicer 10 for slicing produce is disclosed. The produce slicer includes a frame (12) defining a cavity (16) having a central axis (22). A plurality of radial cutting blades (20) are disposed in the cavity, wherein each of... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6945858 | Method for manufacturing non-seamed stone corners for veneer stone surfaces A method is disclosed for constructing non-seamed stone corners for use on outside edges formed by joining thin stone walls at right angles. Thin stone is used to lay the field of the walls. Then a building stone is oriented and fed down a chute, having perpendicula... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6883411 | Impeller for rotary slicing machine An improved impeller for use in a rotary food slicing machine comprising a rear base plate and at least one forward ring secured in axial spaced parallel relation relative to the rear base plate and a plurality of circumferentially spaced planar paddles spanning the... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6634270 | Slitter for an electrode raw material sheet and the slitting process An electrode with an excellent quality for an electrical component, wherein an electrode raw material sheet slitter includes a slitting section to slit an electrode raw material sheet for an electrical component; a forming section to conduct smoothing of ... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6612210 | Shape sawing machine A shape sawing system for sawing lumber pieces from a curved cant. The cant is scanned by scanners and the scan data is input to a computer. The computer determines a curved path for the saw to follow in sawing the cant into lumber pieces. The saw is late... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6575066 | Method and apparatus for reducing oversized wood chips An apparatus is provided for cutting oversized wood chips smoothly and uniformly, such that the resulting chips are of optimum size and shape for use in making paper, cardboard, and other recyclable materials. A method is provided for aligning and guiding... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6553881 | Configuration for introducing material webs into conveying paths of rotary printing machines The configuration enables the introduction of a material web, which can be divided up into material sub-web strands, into the conveying paths of an angle-bar superstructure of a rotary printing machine. A slitting arrangement, which can be positioned in a... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6451262 | Dissection specimen holder A hollow dissection specimen holder has an internal chamber in open and direct communication with a series of dissection guide slots. The roof of the chamber is located above the floor of the slots to allow a razor to pass completely through the specimen ... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6368647 | Ultrasonically activated continuous slitter apparatus and method An apparatus (30) and method for ultrasonically energized slitting of a slab of confectionary material wherein a slitting tool (33a) incorporates a plurality of slitting knives (37a) spaced apart in accordance with the desired width of the product, which ... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6178858 | Shape sawing system This invention applies to a shape sawing system for sawing lumber pieces from a curved cant portion. A scanner scans the cant portion as it is conveyed on a conveyor system and inputs the scan data into a computer. The computer determines the curvature an... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6165117 | Device and method for the slitting of a web and slitter/scorer machine incorporating said device The device comprises at least one circular slitting tool (25; 25B) with an axis of rotation located on one side of the path of the web, which works in conjunction with an edge (68; 68B) that supports the web (N) and that is situated on the opposite side o... | 12/26/2000 |
| 5934186 | Packaging system for dry lasagna noodle product An automatic packaging system for dry lasagna noodle product includes a vacuum drum which automatically lifts a top layer of lasagna noodle from a bottom layer. The layers are travelling on a conveyor belt. The vacuum drum replaces the top layer back onto... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5860348 | Apparatus for dividing frozen fish slabs A method of dividing deep-frozen food blocks comprising forming a succession of spaced parallel blade rows each row having a plurality of spaced parallel coaxial freely rotatable discoid blades and advancing successive food blocks past the successive blad... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5826476 | Apparatus for trimming folded printed products, such as newspapers, periodicals, brochures and the like An apparatus for trimming printed products which includes a drum with a plurality of radially displaced receiving compartments. The printed products which are to be trimmed rest, along their folded edges, against stops which form the base of the radial re... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5690601 | Method and apparatus for slitting and scoring corrugated paperboard sheets for folding Corrugated paperboard box blanks are formed with corner fold lines defined by a colinear slit and score. The score deflects one slit edge of the liner out of the plane of the blank such that, when a subsequent lateral fold is made on the line, one slit ed... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5655425 | Method and assembly for stopping a set of rolls The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for stopping a roll set, quickly in a controlled fashion. Typically, such a roll set is comprised of a plurality of rolls which is launched from a slitter wherefrom it is rolled along a downward ramp... | 08/12/1997 |
| 5498305 | Apparatus and process for separation of laminae An apparatus and method for separating a first flexible lamina of predetermined thickness from a second lamina to which the first lamina is adhered along an edge (e.g., a pouch for use in an identification card). The apparatus includes a channel having a ... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5488887 | Cutting apparatus for cutting strip material and for processing unnecessary strip material cut therefrom A cutting apparatus for a strip of a ribbon core comprises a plurality of slitter units for cutting traveling strip material into a predetermined configuration of ribbon core materials. The slitter units are arranged in off-set positions in the traveling ... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5466324 | Apparatus and process for separation of laminae An apparatus for separating a first flexible lamina of predetermined thickness from a second lamina to which the first lamina is adhered along an edge (e.g., a pouch for use in an identification card) includes a channel having a thickness not substantiall... | 11/14/1995 |
| 5393294 | Method and apparatus for producing sheets of corrugated cardboard with a variable format Method for producing sheets of corrugated cardboard with a variable format in which a web of corrugated cardboard is removed continuously from a heating and pulling device of s conventional corrugated cardboard installation. The sheets are processed to th... | 02/28/1995 |
| 5375512 | Apparatus to support a fruit or vegetable on a spherical surface and to slice it with a single stroke An apparatus to support a fruit or vegetable on a spherical surface and to slice it with a single stroke comprising; a frame constructed of two vertically disposed members in an A-shape configuration with parallel lower edges and a centrally disposed uppe... | 12/27/1994 |
