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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 6772663 | Apparatus and method for rotary pressure cutting An improved rotary pressure cutting apparatus that cuts, perforates, and scores plies of paper, window materials, label stock, and plastic laminates in conjunction with soft, discontinuous, and/or non-cylindrical anvil surfaces. A light weight, low mass anvil in the... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6422283 | Nonmetallic cutter, a carton having the same cutter attached thereto, a method of and an apparatus for manufacturing the same cutter and attaching the same cutter to the carton An apparatus for manufacturing a cutter includes a cutter cylinder that has a cutter blade on a peripheral surface thereof. The cutter blade extends in a longitudinal direction. A rotary die cutter has a receiving cylinder on a peripheral surface thereof ... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6192778 | Cutting apparatus for separating packages from a line A cutting apparatus for separating packages from a line of interconnected packages. The technical problem is to simplify the cutting apparatus and shorten the set-up times and the work cycles. This problem is achieved with a lower knife (4) capable of bei... | 02/27/2001 |
| 5403428 | Apparatus for producing communication articles including postcards and envelopes The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for producing communication articles such as postcards, envelopes or the like in each of which display surfaces for information or the like are separably bonded with a synthetic resin therebetween by... | 04/04/1995 |
| 4680083 | Cutter device for a film strip on a laminate A revolving base roller and a stationary cutter are mounted on opposite sides of the path of a laminated strip, in order to partially cut the strip from one side at desired cut lines along its length. The laminated strip includes a strip of printed labels... | 07/14/1987 |
| 4638702 | Web cutting method and apparatus The disclosed cutting method and apparatus produces a pattern cut in web material by providing a generally conically-shaped rotatable anvil and oppositely disposed knife edge shaped to produce the pattern cut. The axes of symmetry containing the apex of t... | 01/27/1987 |
| 4581008 | Apparatus for forming a perforated tear-line in a blank for a parallelepipedic package An apparatus which produces a precisely shaped and positioned perforated line in a blank for a parallelepipedic package has a blade and a roller for pressing the blank against the blade. The blade is stationary relative to the packaging blank and provides... | 04/08/1986 |
| 4480507 | Method for manufacturing a punching unit A cutting die assembly for cigar wrappers is manufactured by rigidly interconnecting a knife blade unit and a die assembly on a common carrier. The die assembly has an opening of particular shape bounded by a generally planar margin over which tobacco lea... | 11/06/1984 |
| 4415395 | Apparatus for applying a printing or cutting force to a laminated tape An apparatus for applying a printing or cutting force to an elongated strip of tape comprising a base, a printing station, a pair of side walls extending upwardly from the base and each including a tape receiving opening, a printing or cutting member and ... | 11/15/1983 |
| 4356747 | Device for simultaneously cutting a plurality of wrappers from a tobacco leaf A cutting table for whole tobacco leaves out of which wrappers or binders are to be cut, comprises a perforated plate forming the top of a suction box and presenting a field illuminated from below, within which the mid rib of the tobacco leaf should be po... | 11/02/1982 |
| 4339974 | Supporting anvil for movable cutting platen There is provided an improvement in an apparatus for cutting a profile of a selected shape from a natural sheet material at a given location, which apparatus comprises a cutting platen having an upper generally flat cutting surface and a lower generally f... | 07/20/1982 |
| 4331055 | Apparatus for cutting portions out of a web of material In an apparatus for cutting portions such as labels or tickets from a continuously moving web, the web is passed between a blade and a co-operating support member. As the web moves past the blade, the blade is displaced during the cutting operation in the... | 05/25/1982 |
| 4245538 | Process and apparatus for cutting portions out of a web of material In a process and apparatus for cutting portions such as labels or tickets from a continuously moving web, the web is passed between a blade and a co-operating support member. As the web moves past the blade, the blade is displaced during the cutting opera... | 01/20/1981 |
| 4245531 | Device for transferring tobacco leaves and for cutting out wrappers A device for transferring a leaf-like material, such as tobacco leaves, and for cutting out pieces, such as wrappers for cigars, from said material. A drum is employed to remove the leaf-like material from a conveyor and to support the same during the cut... | 01/20/1981 |
| 4231273 | Apparatus for perforating a paper sample Apparatus for providing various different lines of perforations in a paper sample for use in a testing apparatus. The perforating apparatus includes a replaceable blade mounted on a base. A roller is mounted on the base for movement along the blade. Means... | 11/04/1980 |
| 4223684 | Method and device for cutting a tobacco leaf into portions suitable for use as binders or wrappers A method and a device for cutting up a tobacco leaf into portions suitable for use as binders or wrappers, in which cutting members are employed, which have a cutting edge matching uninterruptedly the desired circumference of a wrapper or binder wherein a... | 09/23/1980 |
| 4112799 | Cutting apparatus An apparatus for cutting wrapper for cigars from a ribbon, comprising a frame including a guide for a conveyor, a conveyor belt parallel to said guide passed over rollers in the frame, a blade cooperating with cutter means and corresponding with the conto... | 09/12/1978 |
| 4014257 | Apparatus for die cutting indicia on a multilayer tape Apparatus for supporting a die plate having indicia formed thereon by a raised rib and for forcing a tape into engagement with the raised rib to cut indicia from said tape corresponding to the indicia on the die. The apparatus utilizes a flat platen suppo... | 03/29/1977 |
