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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8117952 | Closed-loop cutting system A closed-loop cutting system comprises a cutting device for cutting a piece of material at a given dimension; a positioning device for positioning the cutting means to cut the piece of material at the given dimension; a position controller for controlling the positi... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8011281 | Punching device, conveying device, finishing device, and image forming apparatus A punching device includes a detecting unit, a punching unit, a moving unit, a storage unit, and a controlling unit. The detecting unit detects a lateral edge position of a recording medium to obtain edge position data. When the edge position data does not indicate ... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8011280 | Rotary cutter for trimming printed products conveyed in an overlapping flow A rotary cutter for trimming printed products conveyed in an overlapping flow. The rotary cutter including a first knife that rotates and a second knife that rotates counter to the first knife. The second knife is arranged to operate jointly with the first knife. At... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7802504 | High speed transverse cutter for webs A web transport system operates cyclically to advance a web and provide a synchronization signal at a known point in a cutting cycle. A drive system oscillates a cutting knife from a resting position to an active position and back in response to an actuating signal.... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7536938 | Apparatus for cutting series of medicine packets An apparatus for cutting a series of medicine packets discharged from an automatic medicine packaging machine into individual doses to automatically load the cut medicine packets on a loading device is disclosed. The apparatus includes a feeding device for feeding t... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7360958 | Sheet processing apparatus There are provided a sheet inlet, a saddle-stitch compilation tray for aligning and accommodating plural sheets that are input through the sheet inlet, and a rotary cutter unit for cutting a saddle-stitched sheaf of sheets accommodated in the saddle-stitch compilati... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7359763 | Cutting tool angle adjustment method A cutting tool adjustment method includes lowering a cutting tool on a transparent Mylar to produce an indentation before an actual scribing operation; picking up the image of the indentation; using a numerical analysis method and a set formula to automatically calc... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7337037 | Controlled wall saw and method for controlling the wall saw A control wall saw includes a guide rail (2) securable on a to-be-cut wall (7), a saw head (3) displaceable along the guide rail (2), a rotary drive, a pivotally adjustable saw arm (4) on a radially end of which a rotatably driven,... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7319965 | Method and apparatus to control the operating speed of a manufacturing facility A method and apparatus for controlling the operating speed of a manufacturing facility is disclosed. It includes determining a desired operating speed that is dependent on at least one economic variable. The variables vary with the operating speed. Also, the operati... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7290472 | Miter saw with improved safety system Miter saws are disclosed having a base, a blade supported by the base, a detection system adapted to detect a dangerous condition between a person and the blade, and a reaction system associated with the detection system to cause a predetermined action to take place... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7287678 | Method and apparatus for determining and setting material release mechanism timing for a material feed mechanism This invention includes a method of determining the correct timing of a material release mechanism (42) of a material feed mechanism (14) and includes the steps of: cycling a press mechanism (12) through a working portion of a tooling mechanism ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7281334 | Mechanical scribing apparatus with controlling force of a scribing cutter A mechanical scribing apparatus with controlling force of a scribing cutter for adaptively separating each unit of thin film solar cells formed on a single substrate, which is always capable of performing a predetermined minute scribing of a work in accordance with ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7258051 | Arrangement for cutting an optical fibre An arrangement for cutting an optical fibre comprises a fibre cutter for cutting the fibre. A motor is provided to operate the cutter. To start a cutting movement, the motor is controlled by a control unit in response to a start signal. The start signal is generated... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7255030 | Method and device at running webs have been printed in a high-speed printer The present invention relates running webs which have been printed in a high-speed printer. A method and a device are provided for longitudinal cuffing of a running, unseparated web in two web portions, wherein the unseparated web (2) is printed in a high-spe... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7248987 | Signal processing system for sensor A signal processing system for a sensor for judging whether an event to be detected has occurred on the basis of a frequency of a sensor output includes a converting device for converting the sensor output into a square wave, a presuming device for presuming whether... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7228772 | Brake positioning system A saw is disclosed having a detection system adapted to detect a dangerous condition between a person and a saw blade, and a brake adapted to stop the saw blade in response to detection of the dangerous condition. The saw further includes a brake positioning system ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7225712 | Motion detecting system for use in a safety system for power equipment A woodworking machine including a detection system adapted to detect a dangerous condition between a person and a working portion of the machine is disclosed. The machine includes a reaction system associated with the detection system to cause a predetermined action... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7197971 | Device for trimming sheet material A sheet material trimming apparatus and method are described which are suitable for use in a booklet making system. An exemplary apparatus includes at least one cutter for trimming a first and a second edge of a sheet material in a first and a second direction, and ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7192024 | Sheet material processing A feed mechanism feeds sheet material sequentially on demand to a take-up mechanism of processing machinery. The feed mechanism has a feed table with a gate. Sheets may be stacked against the gate, which allows only the lowermost sheet to pass therebeneath. Rollers ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7185574 | Method and device for separating disc-shaped bodies from an original body A device for separating disc-shaped bodies from an original body includes a separating device, a feeding device, an optical recognition device for determining the front face contour of the original body and lamps for illuminating the surroundings of the cutting surf... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7182007 | Method for dynamically aligning substrates bearing printed reference marks and codes for automated cutting or scoring, and substrates so cut or scored A substrate to be cut and/or scored is pre-printed with graphics, at least first and second registration marks, and optional encoded-to-print instructions, bar-encoded data, as well as ordinary graphics. The registration marks are sensed as the substrate is automati... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7178436 | Method of cutting carbon and alloy steel The present invention discloses a method and apparatus for controlling the load on the blade of a steel-cutting saw A programmable logic controller senses the spindle motor load current and compares it with the desired optimum operating current. Variations in hardne... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7176408 | Method for laser-cutting structural components to be joined In a method for cutting structural components to be joined by laser radiation that is guided by a computer-controlled manipulation system provided with a nominal path for each structural component corresponding to a joining line that is curved as a result of at leas... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7172185 | Sheet punch device, sheet processing device, image forming system, program, and recording medium A sheet punch device for punching a sheet with a punch edge comprises a motor performing a punching operation and a position detection unit detecting a position of the punch edge. A control unit controls the motor and the position detection unit, wherein the control... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7170076 | Tools with orientation detection A tool operates with a guide system to identify the orientation of a tool on a work piece. In one implementation, the tool identifies its orientation with respect to a guide signal supplied by the guide system. In an alternate embodiment, the tool determines its abs... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7156170 | Methods and apparatus for severing nested strings of tubulars An apparatus and method for use in severing casing as it is pulled from a wellbore. In one aspect, the apparatus, includes a clamping assembly, a drilling assembly and a cutting assembly. The apparatus is disposed at the end of a telescopic arm, with the components ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7130713 | Used wire cutting device for wire cut electric discharge machine A used wire cutting device for wire cut electric discharge machine which appropriately determines the time to replace a movable blade and a fixed blade of a cutting mechanism on the basis of not only time but also the degree of wear of each blade. The device include... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7124671 | Method and device for reducing web breakage in a web cutter In a web cutter where a blade is used to cut a continuous paper web into sheets, a tractor is used to move the web past the blade for cutting. The tractor operates in a start-and-stop cycle so that the web is temporarily stopped to allow the blade to lower and shear... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7125729 | Method for opening the plastic housing of an electronic module In a method of opening of a housing of a plastic-housed electronic module by a laser, the electronic module is protected from the effects of the laser beam and the laser beam is stopped at a suitable time by providing an end point signal detection due to the laser b... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7100484 | Apparatus for automatically trimming and cutting images on sheets of paper and other graphic and photographic supports Apparatus for automatically trimming and cutting images on support sheets, which comprises two cutting devices (1, 2) arranged upstream and downstream, respectively, a conveying device (3) which is suitable for conveying to the second cutting device ( | 09/05/2006 |
| 7090120 | Sheet punching device and image forming apparatus having the same A sheet punching device that cuts holes in a sheet while punches are entering die holes, in which a plurality of punch trains along each of which a plurality of punches are aligned on a rotating shaft in parallel with the rotating shaft are disposed in the rotation ... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7073423 | Compliance device for trimming a workpiece A compliance device having a housing, a support block coupled to the housing and movable relative to the housing along a linear axis, and a tool holder coupled to the support block and rotatable relative to the support block about a rotational axis. The compliance d... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7059243 | Positive piece engagement indicator for marking tool A positive piece engagement indicator for marking tool is provided in which a metal workpiece is contacted with a workpiece contact probe for providing physical contact with, as well as electrical communication with the metal surface of a workpiece. A test voltage a... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7055418 | Device for trimming and automatic cutting of images on paper and other graphic and photographic substrates, in particular of large size A device for trimming and automatically cutting of either multiple or single images, the images produced for example through digital rendering on paper and other graphic and photographic substrates, wound in reel or being in single sheets (10), especially of ... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7054708 | Sheet material cutting system and methods regarding same A system and/or method for cutting designs of text and/or shapes out of sheet material, such as paper, vellum, and other materials used in, for example, the scrapbooking and card making industries. ... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7047852 | Feedforward control system for an elastic material A process for providing feedforward control to control the feed rate of an elastic material. The process involves measuring the distance between registration marks on the elastic material prior to cut-off. These measurements are compared to a target cut length. The ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7032518 | Method and system for managing tension and maintaining registration between multiple webs in a web finishing system A system and method for managing the tension and maintaining registration between multiple webs in a web finishing system. The method involves transporting a first web and at least second web toward a finishing apparatus, comparing relative positions of registration... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7028611 | Motor driven link press The present invention provides a motor driven link press which enables working with a heavy press load and also enables a working cycle time to be improved even when a motor with a relatively low output power is used and which can be properly controlled easily. A mo... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7017484 | Method for controlling an apparatus for controlling a cutting position of a web member and device therefor A control method for controlling a cut-off control apparatus in a printing press comprises a step of detecting an unstable factor such as a revolution number of a cylinder/a tensile value of a web in a printing press, a step for setting a stable factor such as a rev... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7017460 | Method and arrangement for adjusting feed rate of a crosscut saw A method and arrangement for adjusting a feed rate of a crosscut saw (1), in particular, in a harvesting head of a forest machine during the crosscutting of wood (9) in the apparatus. A feed force (F) of the crosscut saw and/or a rotating rate (vc... | 03/28/2006 |
