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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7726226 | Trimming apparatus operable in auto mode or manual mode The present invention relates to a trimming apparatus operable in an auto mode or a manual mode. The trimming apparatus include a cutter frame, a transmission belt, a motor, a clamping element, a switch and a mode-switching unit. By adjusting the mode-switching unit... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7363843 | Securing device for securing blade of cutting tools A securing device for securing a blade of a cutting tool includes a clamp assembly, a bolt, a resistant slice and a driving member. The clamp assembly has two clamp members between which the blade is clamped. The bolt extends into the clamp assembly and is screwed i... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7293362 | Drill powered cable cutter A cable cutter for attachment to a power drill has a housing, first and second cutting blades connected to the housing for movement relative to one another and a drive assembly releasably engageable with the chuck of the drill and operatively engaged with at least o... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7194942 | Punch structure A punch includes a base with a base plate mounted thereto and a plurality of punch units are fixedly connected to the base plate by bolts. A plurality of connection holes and connection grooves are defined in the base plate, wherein the connection grooves communicat... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7121311 | Linerless label application assembly A label applicator for cutting labels to be applied to objects such as newspapers, letters, or flat mailpieces. The label applicator includes a movable blade and a fixed blade for cutting a label from label material fed through the label applicator. The fixed blade ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7111540 | Dual purpose puncher A dual-purpose puncher combining two-hole and three-hole punch assemblies, is shown and described. The dual purpose puncher provides a duality of uses to the consumer without the necessity for readjustment. In the preferred embodiment, the two-hole punch asse... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7036416 | Hole punch quick-change die assembly with pin strap and positioning system Embodiments of an punch machine and a quick-change die assembly are shown and described. The die assembly may be quickly installed and removed from the punch machine, without bolting or unbolting of either machine housing or the die assembly itself. The die assembly... | 05/02/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6925921 | Punch structure A punch includes a base with a base plate mounted thereto and a plurality of punch units are fixedly connected to the base plate by bolts. Each punch unit has a bottom plate and a casing which is connected to the bottom plate so as to define a receiving slot between... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6748839 | Hole punch quick-change die assembly with positioning system Embodiments of an punch machine and a quick-change die assembly are shown and described. The die assembly may be quickly installed and removed from the punch machine, without bolting or unbolting of either machine housing or the die assembly itself. The die assembly... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6651540 | Hole punch quick-change die assembly with pin strap and positioning system Embodiments of an punch machine and a quick-change die assembly are shown and described. The die assembly may be quickly installed and removed from the punch machine, without bolting or unbolting of either machine housing or the die assembly itself. The d... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6622602 | Device for slicing loaves and other bakery products A device (1) is provided for slicing loaves and similar bakery products. The device includes a stationary frame (2) including a support (4, 5) for supporting the loaves or bakery products. A blade carrier (10) holds a plurality of thin elongate cutting bl... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6536321 | Hole punch quick-change die assembly with clamp system Embodiments of an punch machine and a quick-change die assembly are shown and described. The die assembly may be quickly installed and removed from the punch machine, without bolting or unbolting of either machine housing or the die assembly itself. The d... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6363826 | Hole punch quick-change die assembly with pin strap and positioning system Embodiments of an punch machine and a quick-change die assembly are shown and described. The die assembly may be quickly installed and removed from the punch machine, without bolting or unbolting of either machine housing or the die assembly itself. The d... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6298761 | Thin film hole making apparatus An apparatus for fabricating holes in a thin film has an elongated holding block for holding a column of electromagnetic driving coils. The holding block acts as a single unit, and is magnetically attached to a punch diebar. The magnetic attraction betwee... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6279445 | Multi-tool alignment apparatus A self-aligning multi-tool for use in a punch press having a ram. The multi-tool includes a housing carrying a striker and a magazine bearing a plurality of circumferentially spaced tools and rotatable with respect to the housing so as to bring a single d... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6134938 | Forming tools Forming tools includes an upper holder; a lower holder; a punch having a punch body which can be attached to/detached from the upper holder and the lower holder; an ejector being disposed movably in a vertical direction around a convex portion provided on... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6058758 | Press with a hydraulic plate The invention concerns a press, in particular, a precision blanking press, with a slide (1) and a press lower part (3) associated with the slide, a tool (17) being located between the slide (1) and the press lower part (3). According to the invention, a h... | 05/09/2000 |
| 6047623 | Hole punch quick-change die assembly with pin strap and positioning system Embodiments of an punch machine and a quick-change die assembly are shown and described. The die assembly may be quickly installed and removed from the punch machine, without bolting or unbolting of either machine housing or the die assembly itself. The d... | 04/11/2000 |
| 5848563 | Multiple tool for punch press A multiple tool is disclosed wherein during a punching process by a predetermined punch, a workpiece is not damaged by other punches not used therein. A multiple tool is mounted on a rotatable holder (7) supported in a freely rotatably driven manner on a ... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5771768 | Hole punch with quick-change die assembly Embodiments of an punch machine are shown and described, each comprising a quick-change die assembly. The die assembly may be quickly installed and removed from the punch machine, without bolting or unbolting of either machine housing or the die assembly ... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5740712 | Punching devices A punching device comprises a housing carrying a main punch body in the form of a plate mounted for rectilinear sliding movement, the punch body comprising a driving rack extending downwardly along each side, and a plurality of integral punch members proj... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5390575 | Multiple tool for punch press In a multiple tool for a punch press, a plurality of punches (57) are arranged circularly so as to be movable up and down within a stripper guide (41) provided also movably up and down in an upper die holding member (15) of the punch press; a punch driver... | 02/21/1995 |
| 5379667 | Pinch cutting method and apparatus An apparatus for cutting lengths of material is provided having a pair of scroll type cams adapted to operate a pair of laterally opposed cutting blades. The apparatus comprises a frame having a front end, a rear end, and generally parallel side members l... | 01/10/1995 |
| 5163349 | Tape cutting apparatus A tape printer for making adhesive labels includes a tape supply, a printer for reverse printing on the tape and a double-sided adhesive film, one side of which is laminated to the printer tape and the other side of which carries a release paper. The prin... | 11/17/1992 |
| 5144872 | Multiple punching press A multiple punching press includes a supporting framework having a die block with a plurality of slug holes. A movable punch holder moves relative to the die block and includes a plurality of punch pins that are movable within the movable punch holder bet... | 09/08/1992 |
| 5143502 | Paper sheets binding apparatus A dual paper binding and multiple punch apparatus (10) includes a punch lever (17) operating bending blades (58) for bending flexible studs (63) of one binding strip (60) into grooves (62) on a second apertured binding strip (61) through which the studs p... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5140879 | Variable array punch A system is provided which utilizes a plurality of sequentially controlled magnetic repulsion punches arranged in a variable array to punch a constantly moving substrate. These punches are disposed adjacent the constant velocity substrate on which holes, ... | 08/25/1992 |
| 5106017 | Pneumatic film punch The invention is an improvement to punches for placing one or more openings on the edge of a sheet of material. A collection of individual punch pins are carried within bores in a punch block. Movement of the pins is constrained by a corresponding collect... | 04/21/1992 |
| 5090284 | Mechanisms for driving punch pins in punching apparatus In a punching apparatus, a die set supports, in mutual opposition, an upper die part on which a plurality of punch pins upwardly urged by a plurality of springs are axially slidably disposed at predetermined intervals, and a lower die part formed with a p... | 02/25/1992 |
| 5072620 | Stamping tool A stamping tool for use in an auto-indexable tool station having a number of character inserts that can be rotatably moved below a striker area so that a thin metal plate or sheet of metal may be marked. The stamping tool allows for automatic adjustment o... | 12/17/1991 |
| 5048385 | Indexable multi-tool for punch press A punch assembly which may be provided at a punching station in a turret punch press. The punch assembly includes a striker body having a solid portion, and a punch carrier which carries a plurality of individual punches. A selectively actuable stop holds... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5044242 | Cutter shaft of perforator An improved cutter system having a plurality of cutters with inclined cutting edges which are alternately inclined to provide a cleaner cut of paper or other material.... | 09/03/1991 |
| 5033345 | High-speed cutter for aramids An automatic yarn cutting apparatus comprising a cutter body, actuating means, valve means, and cutting means whereby the cutting mechanism is actuated by tensioned yarn passing over the actuator arm and through the cutting slot.... | 07/23/1991 |
| 5027683 | Punching device for thin plates and punching units used with punching device A punching device is provided which includes a plurality of punching units arranged in a side-by-side fashion on a substantially horizontal working surface. The device includes a plurality of punches and dies of different shaped, and a moving assembly, fo... | 07/02/1991 |
| 5018420 | Machine tool The machine tool comprises a frame (1, 2, 3) with two fixing elements (22 and 39) for fastening a scroll saw blade. The fixing element (22) is driven by an electrical motor (5) in a vertical reciprocating movement. The two fixing elements (22 and 39) are ... | 05/28/1991 |
| 5012712 | Tool holder for punching tools A tool holder for a punching machine includes a housing attached to the frame of the machine for the purpose of accommodating a punch holder with a number of punches capable of actuation as required. The housing is essentially coaxial with the cutter slid... | 05/07/1991 |
| 5007782 | Combined paper punch and binding apparatus A paper punch and binding apparatus has two punch mechanisms, one for punching round holes in a paper sheets stack and one for punching rectangular holes in another paper sheet stack. A single layer or crank simultaneously operates and drives a series of ... | 04/16/1991 |
| 4989483 | Apparatus for putting bar codes on a thin metal strip An apparatus for putting on a thin strip a bar code consisting of a plurality of parallel thin and wide bars of respective thin and wide widths and a plurality of thin and wide spaces separating the bars has a plurality of stations spaced apart along a tr... | 02/05/1991 |
| 4986153 | Method and apparatus for the parting and removal of pieces from punch presses A punch press, of the type capable of producing a piece from a sheet of material, the piece being attached to the sheet by a tab, is provided with a separation assembly that fits into a standard tool station. The invention provides for parting of the piec... | 01/22/1991 |
