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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7458302 | Panel turning device A panel (2) turning device (1) applicable to a panel saw machine (4) comprises a panel (2) hold-down element (11) located in the vicinity of a lateral edge (5a) of the worktable (5) and acting on the panel (... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7032491 | Device for spirally cutting a workpiece The invention relates to a device (10) for cutting a workpiece (38), mounted onto an elongate rod (36), into a spiral formation. The device includes a frame (12) defining a workspace (14), and a locating mechanism (34) for l... | 04/25/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6892616 | Cutting apparatus A cutting apparatus is capable of cutting a work-piece depending upon the quality of the work-piece. The cutting apparatus produces parallelism between a knife edge of a cutting blade and a mounting face of the work-piece. A support having the blade is provided to a... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6823579 | Portable platform for use in gasket manufacture The present invention comprises a portable platform (10) for use in gasket manufacture, comprising a shaft connected to a motor and can receive at least one mandrel, and a surface to receive at least one molding tool, the mandrel being activated by the motor ... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6769600 | Motor lamination notching apparatus and method with selectively positionable punches A notching apparatus for notching both an outer lamination and an inner lamination from a single lamination blank at s single station using a single press device includes a multi-piece die assembly provides multiple outer slot punches, multiple inner slot punches, a... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6672189 | Construction toy device and method of using the same A construction toy device that can be used to create multiple construction elements and methods of using the same are disclosed.... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6651541 | Band saw attachment for cutting arcuate panels from a piece of stock A band saw attachment for working in conjunction with a band saw for cutting arcuate panels from a piece of stock. The attachment includes a frame structure and a carriage movably mounted on the frame structure and movable back and forth between selected ... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6634268 | Method for feeding a sample or cutting knife into a cutting plane of a microtome A method for cutting sections from a specimen using a microtome wherein a cutting knife or specimen is advanced by an advancing carriage into a sectioning plane of a disk microtome. The advancing carriage is moved by a motor drive in order to bring the sp... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6619170 | Slicer A machine for slicing a bakery product, including a supported table surface having an aperture for the passage therethrough of sliced products; a pair of spaced-apart riser blocks projecting above said table surface; at least one power-driven cutting devi... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6582744 | Integrated cooking and cutting instrument for fast food doner kebab and method therefor The present invention is a method for cooking, cutting and preparing the doner meat automatically and without any human intervention in the same amount and form for service and an integrated instrument for cooking and cutting doner. This invention relates... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6571674 | Device for making a series of cuts at different angles in one or more panels The invention relates to a method and device for making a series of cuts at different angles in one or more panels using a panel sawing machine. The method comprises the steps of: placing a stack of panels on a worktable; turning the stack a first time in... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6470780 | Panel turning device A device for turning panels on machines for processing the panels basically comprises an element for holding a panel to be processed or being processed, located close to a table that supports the panel, and acting on the panel in such a way as to form a p... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6463845 | Device for making cream-style corn A preferred device for making cream-style corn includes a corn-receiving member and a blade member. The corn-receiving member incorporates a first open end and defines an interior that is configured to receive at least a portion of an ear of corn. The bla... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6453787 | Device for removing end packaging from web rolls A pair of drawing members, separated by a prescribed distance, are rotated toward each other in contact with an end packaging material covering the ends of a web wrapped on a web roll. The drawing members are brought toward one another, creating an insert... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6401579 | Work holding apparatus A workpiece holding apparatus for holding and guiding a workpiece relative to a device having a driven cutting or abrading member includes a base having a workpiece support surface and a first track therein. The apparatus further includes a track-mounted ... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6302007 | Method for trimming the exposed lateral edges of printed bound documents conveyed individually or in quires and apparatus for carrying out the method For trimming the exposed lateral edges of printed bound documents (4 to 6) conveyed individually or in quires, such as books, brochures or magazines, which are held at the bound lateral edge (23) and conveyed to a trimming device (2) through a rotational ... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6272958 | Food material decurling method An apparatus for decurling food material, such as slices severed from a food material supply, while the slices are being moved toward a transfer member includes a constriction positioned in close proximity to the slicing station and in general alignment t... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6260458 | Method and apparatus for forming cuts in catheters, guide wires, and the like A system and method for making at least one cut in a catheter, guide wire or other elongate cylindrical object having a lengthwise axis, comprising a securing means for repeatedly releasing and then holding the elongate object in a position suitable for c... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6253653 | Disc-microtome The invention relates to a microtome (1) for producing thin slices for microscopy, which is provided with a base (2), a blade holder (3) for holding a cutting blade (4) and an object holder (5) for holding the object (6) to be cut. Cutting occurs in a pla... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6240819 | Apparatus for cutting a scrap tire An apparatus for cutting a scrap tire includes a base with a top face, a vertical shaft mounted on the base, a tire support mounted rotatably on the vertical shaft, and first and second cutting units. The first cutting unit is mounted on the base and is a... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6202530 | Glass cutting device A device used as an aid in scoring polygonal shapes into glass having a platen rotatable on a base and a compression arm secured to the base, the platen having grid markings and circular markings intersecting the grid markings, and holes at certain of the... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6193458 | System for and method of binding and trimming a perfect bound book A binder/trimmer is disclosed in which a book block is placed in a carriage, jogged to align the pages, and then transported to a milling station in which the spine of the book block is milled to roughen the spine, then to an adhesive application station ... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6053098 | Rotary root vegetable slicer A rotary root vegetable slicer that is reliably held at an installed position even when water enters into the lower surface of the bed plate, and can be easily removed from the installed position. The rotary root vegetable slicer (1) includes a bed plate ... | 04/25/2000 |
| 6044739 | Food material decurling apparatus and method An apparatus for decurling food material, such as slices severed from a food material supply, while the slices are being moved toward a transfer member includes a constriction positioned in close proximity to the slicing station and in general alignment t... | 04/04/2000 |
| 5989607 | Spirally sliced ham product and method and apparatus for production thereof A ham product which is formed by cutting a spirally sliced half ham longitudinally through the bone. The cut can be made by feeding the half ham through a band saw blade by hand, by pushing a split cart through the blade, or by feeding the product through... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5924349 | Drive device for rotating a machine tool table A drive device, for rotating a machine tool table, includes an armature, of a linear electric motor, located tangentially along the whole lateral surface of a circular table. The armature is connected by its own lateral surface to the table. An inductor, ... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5904084 | Cutting apparatus An apparatus and method for cutting sheet material in which the apparatus comprises a turntable, a cutter guide and a cutter mounted on and moveable along the cutter guide. A piece of sheet material to be cut is mounted on the turntable and a straight lin... | 05/18/1999 |
| 5871788 | Punch and die assembly for closure liner insertion device An improved punch and die assembly for use with a closure liner insertion device is disclosed. As contrasted with prior art construction, the assembly is supported upon a pair of vertically oriented posts located adjacent the periphery of a rotating dial,... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5850774 | Panel cutting machine A machine including a loading station for loading a pack of panels; a cutting station in which a cutting line is defined; a fixed structure located between the loading and cutting stations presenting a work surface; and a device for 90° rotation of the p... | 12/22/1998 |
| 5845553 | Stator lamination jig system The invention is a stator lamination jig system which comprises a centrally located spindle and a support for a stator lamination having a plurality of holes therein. The support is rotatively-mounted on the spindle for driving the lamination during a not... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5797306 | Lamination notching apparatus A lamination notching apparatus for forming dynamoelectric core laminations with winding slots includes a sprocket and drive belt system connecting an indexer to the drive table shaft of a lamination table. The indexer is driven from a punch drive and has... | 08/25/1998 |
| 5784942 | Spiral potato slicing apparatus and method A spiral potato slicer is described herein comprising: a base; a carriage mounted on the base which may slide longitudinally along the base; a motor mounted on the carriage; a longitudinal threaded shaft connected to the motor, rotated by the motor, havin... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5715737 | Apparatus for trimming printed products on at least two borders An apparatus for trimming multiple-sheet, folded printed products utilizing two processing drums adjacently arranged. The drums are each rotated about a horizontal axis by a drive mechanism. Each processing drum comprises radial compartments for receiving... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5671648 | Rotary microtome with horizontal sweep A microtome having a rotatable platform and a fixedly mounted cutting blade which is disposed perpendicularly to the axis of a shaft about which the platform rotates. With each rotation, it carries the specimen holder beneath the blade. The height of the ... | 09/30/1997 |
| 5564321 | Can trimmer The can trimmer includes first and second supports adjustably mounted on bars for adjustably spacing the supports from one another dependent upon the height of the cans to be trimmed. The supports mount a motor-driven splined shaft for rotating first and ... | 10/15/1996 |
| 5479839 | Method for cutting tubes, where tubes are moved into the cutting position by a rotatable clamping plate A method is provided for cutting pipes, preferably welded pipes in conjunction with welding the pipes in a welding machine, and for cutting the pipes at a rate determined by the welding machine. At the same time a pipe is cut in a cutting position by a ra... | 01/02/1996 |
| 5458032 | Method for making a cold forged battery bushing An apparatus and method for punching a hole in the end of a battery terminal bushing having a head at one end, a frustum at the other end and a spline ring intermediate the head and the frustum, the bushing including a tapered recess and terminating at a ... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5413017 | Counter-rotating knife paper tail ripper A paper tail ripper having a pair of rotatably mounted knives, air motors which counter-rotate the knives and a deflector which deflects the paper tail toward the knives. The knives traverse closely spaced overlapping circles as they counter-rotate. The d... | 05/09/1995 |
| 5410925 | Method of making an aerator membrane The aeration field of an aerator membrane is formed by perforating the membrane with a rotary device having a plurality of perforating tools. The membrane also rotates while it is being perforated, and the membrane and tool simultaneously move in a radial... | 05/02/1995 |
