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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7114890 | Cutting tool adjustment device The instant invention is directed to an adjustment device for a multiple insert cutting tool with adjusting elements using a wedge to adjust the position of an insert in a tool body pocket through an intermediate component having expansion elements. The intermediate... | 10/03/2006 |
| 6736040 | Perforator device for ribbons of paper in re-reeling machines A perforator device for ribbons of paper in re-reeling machines is applied to a re-reeling machine (10) which mounts a roller (11) that turns and carries a plurality of smooth perforating blades (13) mounted on helical seats, and a counter-rolle... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6327951 | Mounting arrangement for hard metal cutting blades in cutting heads In a mounting arrangement for mounting a hard metal cutting blade in a cutting head in a mounting groove of the cutting head in an adjustable radial position, wherein the cutting blade is disposed on a support plate and engaged by a clamping bolt. The sup... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6196105 | Cutting arrangement for cutting paper or sheet webs A cutting tool having a cutter bar and the anvil with cooperating abutment portions (6, 9) at their ends. The knife edge is resiliently deformable and the abutment portions prevent damage to the knife edge resiliently under high cutting pressures.... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6105479 | Variable diameter cutter roller or glue spreading roller A variable-diameter knife roll is provided with a knife extending parallel to the axis of the roll placed generally radially on a diametral plane, such knife being mounted on a knife carrier able to be adjusted radially outwardly and inwardly. In order to... | 08/22/2000 |
| 5842401 | Hole punch mount for split rotary die punches A punch assembly is provided for a rotary forms press, for punching holes in a sheet of paper or other material as the material travels between punch and die assemblies. The punch assembly is of the split ring type, and has a hub to be carried on a punch ... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5839343 | Cutter bar for a cutting cylinder A cutter bar which is usable in a cutting cylinder to sever paper web trains utilizes spaced clamping strips, that contain spaced pressure strips, to sandwich a cutter blade. The pressure strips have pressure surfaces that extend out adjacent a cutter edg... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5771770 | Cutting cylinder with adjustable cutter bar A cutting cylinder for transversely cutting or perforating a material web running in a rotary press, preferably a printed web in a rotary printing press, has at least one displaceable cutter bar. The cutter bar, pressing a displacing surface provided at t... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5740714 | Rotary blade clamping assembly A blade clamping assembly for use with a rotary cylinder is designed to allow a quick change of a perforating blade, cutting blade or scoring blade. The assembly comprises an elongated retainer bar, an elongated backing plate and at least one compressive ... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5465641 | Cylinder for processing A knife cylinder for processing a continuous web has a plurality of knife blades mounted therein each associated with motors on the cylinder for adjusting each knife in a radial direction during rotation of the knife cylinder. A mechanism on the cylinder ... | 11/14/1995 |
| 5464166 | Method and apparatus for automatic roll transfer A method and apparatus for automatic roll transfer allows a film web winding onto a completed roll on a continuous film winder to be severed, and an incoming edge of the film web to be transferred onto a new core. A cylindrical housing having an external ... | 11/07/1995 |
| 5437213 | Device for manufacturing uniform sheets from material panels A device for manufacturing uniform sheets from paper panels having a cutter roller which has, at its circumference, at least one pair of blades which interact with a stationary counter blade. Each blade is individually adjustable and is fastened to a moun... | 08/01/1995 |
| 5379671 | Magnetic saddle for non-magnetic die-cutting cylinders A magnetic saddle apparatus for mounting magnetic etched dies onto rotating cylinders and including a segment of a cylinder wall, on an outer surface of which an array of permanent magnets is adhered, a mounting arrangement for fastening the saddle appara... | 01/10/1995 |
| 5367928 | Method of and implement for cutting books at the backbones The backbones of successive stacks of signatures of a series of such stacks are trimmed by a rotary implement having two annuli of substantially radially extending orbiting trimming or cutting tools. The tools of one annulus extend radially outwardly beyo... | 11/29/1994 |
| 5316538 | Adjustable slotter wheel retrofit apparatus for box blank making machines Box blank-forming apparatus (60) is provided which includes a feeder assembly (62) and a scoring/slotting assembly (64) each provided with adjustment structure (62a, 64a) to facilitate makeready adjustment of the apparatus (60) between production runs. Th... | 05/31/1994 |
| 5167968 | Apparatus for finishing a blow molding Apparatus (30) for finishing a blow molding (24) is disclosed as including a rotary head (42) on which a first knife holder (44) is provided for mounting a knife (46) for radial movement with respect to the rotational axis (A). A second knife holder is mo... | 12/01/1992 |
| 4962684 | Cutting device for a board machine A cutting device for a board machine is disclosed. The board machine includes at least two parallel shafts. One shaft is mounted by eccentric assemblies which vary the center line of rotation of the shaft. A first cutter head is mounted on that shaft and ... | 10/16/1990 |
| 4872382 | Apparatus for adjusting knives for a pouch form, fill, seal machine Apparatus for adjusting the knives of a pouch form, fill, seal machine. The knives are to cut pouches from a web. The knives are mounted in a generally cylindrical cage for radial sliding movement with respect to the cage. An axially movable cone inside t... | 10/10/1989 |
| 4860623 | Apparatus for severing a running web of tipping paper or the like Apparatus for severing the running web of tipping paper in a filter tipping machine has a rotary drum-shaped counterknife which cooperates with equidistant knives at the periphery of a rotary knife carrier to sever the leader of the running web at regular... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4840098 | Cutting knife for rotary cutting apparatus for paper A cutting knife for a rotary cutting apparatus for multilayer isolated paper products with projections, for example in tooth form, projecting from a base body. The projections are formed as blades or the like displaceable in or on the base body and inclin... | 06/20/1989 |
| 4805502 | Sheet material slotting device Disclosed is a sheet material slotting device provided with an upper slotter shaft and a lower slotter shaft, in a vertical relationship, which rotate in opposite directions to each other in synchronization with the speed of feeding the sheet material; an... | 02/21/1989 |
| 4699033 | Device for dividing a continuous web of wrapping material into successive single sections The invention refers to the devices for dividing a continuous web of wrapping material into successive single sections of a same length. These devices comprise a rotary cutting roller (1) with one or more angularly equispaced peripheral radial blades (7),... | 10/13/1987 |
| 4640168 | Apparatus for cutting cigarettes An apparatus for cutting a continuous bar of cigarettes into individual cigarettes includes a cutter head supported rotatably on a first rotary shaft, a knife projecting from the cutter head, and a device provided in the cutter head for holding and advanc... | 02/03/1987 |
| 4594926 | File hole punch ring apparatus for web fed paper conveying mechanism A punch ring apparatus particularly useful in a printing operating involving web fed paper is provided which is easily adapted for punching file holes, line holes, or a wide variety of hole patterns in the moving paper web, thereby substantially reducing ... | 06/17/1986 |
| 4517871 | Cutting device for continuous rods of cigarette A cutting device for continuous rods of cigarette, in which a substantially cylindrical cutting head is rotatably mounted about its axis on a support and is drivingly connected by a central coupling to a drive shaft extending through the support, the cutt... | 05/21/1985 |
| 4503867 | Apparatus for severing a running web of tipping paper or the like A running web of tipping paper in a filter tipping machine is attracted to the peripheral surface of a rotary suction conveyor constituting a counterknife for a set of equidistant knives which are radially movably mounted in axially parallel grooves of a ... | 03/12/1985 |
| 4500042 | Two-way knife adjustment for crop harvester cutting cylinder The knife is normally clamped tightly against a supporting arm by a retaining bolt, but when the bolt is sufficiently loosened, the bolt itself and the knife through which it passes may be forced radially inwardly or outwardly by shifting a transversely r... | 02/19/1985 |
| 4485710 | Apparatus for severing running webs of tipping paper or the like Apparatus for severing the running web of tipping paper in a filter tipping machine has a rotary anvil whose cylindrical peripheral surface is contacted by the running web, a rotary carrier which is adjacent to and defines with the anvil a nip for the run... | 12/04/1984 |
| 4370908 | Cutting head for filter assembler A cutting head for a filter attachment machine comprises a drum carrying a number of knives each of which is urged radially outwards by at least one spring against an adjustable retaining device by which the normal distance of the cutting edge from the ax... | 02/01/1983 |
| 4366737 | Cutting head for filter assembler A cutting head for a filter attachment machine comprises a carrier drum carrying at circumferentially spaced positions a number of knife bodies each of which is clamped onto the drum by retaining devices engaging the ends of the knife body, and including ... | 01/04/1983 |
| 4364402 | Apparatus for automatic compensation of wear upon orbiting knives in tobacco cutting machines or the like Apparatus for moving the knives relative to their rotary holder in a tobacco cutting machine has a crankshaft which is rotatable and is rotated once during several successive revolutions of the holder. The crankshaft is the input element of a step-down tr... | 12/21/1982 |
| 4240313 | Rotary cutting knife mounting The knives of a rotary cutter assembly are mounted on a centrally disposed pivot and elastic means are used to apply bias force to the knife ends to normally maintain the cutting edges of the knives substantially parallel with the axis about which the rot... | 12/23/1980 |
| 4171666 | Apparatus for fabricating slotted partition strips for use in assembling multi-cell partitions Apparatus for successively fabricating slotted partition strips for use in assembling multi-cell partitions utilized in cartons, crates and the like as characterized by construction providing for adjustability thereof for fabrication of varying sizes and ... | 10/23/1979 |
| 4155282 | Mechanism for cutting sheets from a continuous web of film A cutting mechanism includes a removably mounted backing roller having a longitudinal axis of rotation and a rotatably mounted cutting member having a cutting edge and a longitudinal axis of rotation disposed parallel to the axis of rotation for the rolle... | 05/22/1979 |
| 4056022 | Knife growth detector In a tobacco cutting machine where tobacco is cut by knives mounted on a rotating drum, the knives are advanced as they are worn away. In order to prevent the knives being advanced too far, and becoming damaged by contact with other machine parts, a safet... | 11/01/1977 |