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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7011009 | Magnetically aligned hole punch A punching device for punching paper and like sheet material contains an upper frame, a cooperating upper magnetic base supporting the upper frame, and a punch rod slideably disposed within the upper frame, and passing through a clearance hole formed in the upper ma... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6912941 | Steel rule die with removable cutting units A steel rule die for cutting cloth and synthetic materials. The cutting die includes a primary substrate and a plurality of cutting units that are removably attachable to the substrate in such a manner that they are easy to adjust, remove and replace. The cutting un... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6520900 | Methods for erection of female blanking die and universal press frames for use in such methods Methods for setting-up a female blanking die for a die cutting machine for die cutting and/or blanking a carton blank, and universal press frames for use in such setting-up are all provided herein. The first stages in the erection of the female blanking d... | 02/18/2003 |
| 5983766 | Steel rule cutting die with removable cutting units and method for using same A steel rule die for cutting cloth and synthetic materials. The cutting die includes a primary substrate and a plurality of cutting units that are removably attachable to the substrate in such a manner that they are easy to adjust, remove and replace. The... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5983765 | Anvil jack An apparatus and method are provided for die cutting both sides of paperboard sheets. The apparatus includes a die comprising a plurality of cutting knives projecting from a base, the cutting knives being set into a preselected pattern of grooves within t... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5743164 | Automatic reconfigurable die An automatic reconfigurable die having an array of knives, each of which is separately pivoted and extended along and about a respective longitudinal axis, to allow a desired contour to be scored and cut from a sheet material, according to a real time com... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5584218 | Cutter having a pair of cooperating flexible blades providing a pair of moving point cutting edges A cutting device having blades with V-shaped cutting edges and shaped to cause the blade centers to deviate from a vertical plane. One blade is reciprocated. The outer ends of each blade have sliding projections engaging marginal portions of outer surface... | 12/17/1996 |
| 5341558 | Method of assembling a movable upper tool for separating blanks A method of assembling a movable upper tool utilizing hook and loop fastening system. The tool used for an upper tool blank separating station has a plate provided with numerous apertures and a lower surface provided with one of a two-layer system of fast... | 08/30/1994 |
| 5192011 | Device for separating blanks for packages from a sheet of blanks An upper tool of a blank separating station, which is operated within a machine for producing blanks for packages in sheet material is characterized by the upper tool consisting of a rectangular board provided with a pattern of openings. A lower surface o... | 03/09/1993 |
| 5136905 | Device and method for forming a gasket hole A gasket punch and method for forming a gasket hole. The gasket punch is a single piece having a spherical head and a handle whereby the punch may be used to form gasket holes of various sizes up to the spherical head diameter with the gasket material on ... | 08/11/1992 |
| 5113733 | Adjustable angular shearing device An adjustable angular shearing device (10) in accordance with the invention is adapted to transversely shear sheet material from a continuous strip in a punch press. The device (10) has an upper punch (24) which coacts wtih a lower die (28) to shear sheet... | 05/19/1992 |
| 4813318 | Press type cutting machine for fabric The cutting device is composed of a press cutting plate installed liftably at a cutting position, a cutting table installed to slide and shift in a horizontal direction in the upper part of the press cutting plate, and pattern plates setting a predetermin... | 03/21/1989 |
| 4790223 | Method and apparatus for separating off individual items from a stack of precut strips For separating off a stack of individual shaped items such as bottle neck labels from a stack of strips each carrying several such items, a punching die is used which has a punching contour which corresponds to the desired shape of the cutting line betwee... | 12/13/1988 |
| 4771669 | Programmable corner cutter A corner cutting machine for notching corners out of plate stock located on a work table by means of upper and lower knives arranged at an angle to form a V-shaped cutting edge. Work piece stop and positioning edges are mounted to adjustment heads which a... | 09/20/1988 |
| 4709607 | Rotary cutter blade clamp A holder for mounting a knife blade in a rotating roll. The holder comprises a plural pairs of clamp members for holding a knife blade with its interior edge against a reference in a rotating roll so as to adjustably position the cutting edge of the blade... | 12/01/1987 |
| 4387616 | Sheet metal shear A cutter for ribbed sheet metal building panels wherein anvil blocks are mounted on the base table adjacent the shear edge of the base table which normally cooperates with the cutting edge of the swinging shear blade. The anvil blocks define sharp cornere... | 06/14/1983 |
| 4233873 | Permanent magnetic hold down for steel rule dies Basic steel rule dies are provided which can be combined to produce a variety of die cut patterns. Each basic die contains sufficient magnetic material to hold it in place on a steel chase during the cutting operation.... | 11/18/1980 |
| 4175686 | Device for stripping blanks from a die cut sheet of blanks In a device for stripping blanks from a die cut sheet of blanks including a set of punches mounted on a movable upper punch frame and a matrix having openings corresponding to the outlines of both the punches and blank on a lower frame characterized by ea... | 11/27/1979 |
| 3996829 | Angular shearing machine for laminates, such as sheet metal Adjustable cutting angle shearing machine for laminates comprising a pair of shoulder members of substantially C-like shape. The upper ends of the shoulder members are hinged to a supporting frame along a vertical axis. There are provided guides in the sh... | 12/14/1976 |
