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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7425191 | Methods for forming a reverse kiss cut and score line in a sheet of deformable material Methods and apparatus for forming a score line with a reverse kiss cut in a deformable material are provided. A method can include providing two plates, such as a die plate with a scoring rule thereon and a counter plate with an aligned corresponding recess with a k... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7354211 | Perforation forming mechanism for use in an imaging apparatus An apparatus for perforating a sheet of print media having a front side and a back side includes a printhead carriage for carrying a printhead. A perforator carriage carries a perforation forming mechanism. An isolation damper having elastic, vibration absorbing, ch... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7284975 | Manufacturing apparatus for airbag cover A technique and apparatus for effectively constructing a cover for covering a vehicle airbag is provided. An ultrasonic machine is used that includes an ultrasonic machining blade for machining a tear line in the cover rear surface of the airbag cover. First and sec... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7244083 | Cutting head assembly A cutting head assembly for use in cutting plate glass has a simplified drive train, all positioned about the vertical rotational centerline. The drive train includes a hollow bore drive motor having a drive adaptor directly engaged with a spline shaft that extends ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7226405 | Methods and apparatus for forming a reverse kiss cut and score line in a sheet of deformable material Methods and apparatus for forming a score line with a reverse kiss cut in a deformable material are provided. A method can include providing two plates, such as a die plate with a scoring rule thereon and a counter plate with an aligned corresponding recess with a k... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7217049 | Supplying media to a wallpaper printer The invention provides a method of supplying a media web to a wallpaper printer. The method involves opening a reusable case and placing into the case a core onto which has been located a supply roll of blank wallpaper media. The core is supported for rotation withi... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7204654 | Perforation forming mechanism for use in an imaging apparatus An apparatus for perforating a sheet of media includes a perforation forming mechanism including at least one perforation device. The perforation forming mechanism is configured to drive the perforation device through the sheet of media to extend through the sheet o... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7168364 | Method and apparatus for marking workpieces A method and an apparatus are provided for marking a sheet-shaped workpiece using a marking tool. The marking tool is mounted in a punch holder of a punch press and a counter-support is fixed in place on a side opposite of a marking surface of the workpiece to be ma... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7156011 | Depth limiting safeguard for channel machining A channel cutting tool may include an arbor that connects to a rotating spindle of a machining tool or a similar spinning part of a machining tool. Two slot cutting blades may be fixedly mounted to the arbor. An inner washer may be fixedly mounted on the arbor betwe... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7134372 | CNC slitter machine A machine for slitting a metal sheet has a number of knife holder assemblies each containing a rotary knife. The knife holder assemblies are mounted for movement along upper and lower rotating shafts which rotate the knives during a slitting operation. The position ... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7124673 | Horizontal cutter of double-bodied bottles attached to each other at the neck A horizontal cutter of double-bodied bottles attached to each other at a neck which comprises means (2) for advancing the bottles (3) and a cutting device (1) of the neck of the bottles. The cutting device (1) comprises a pair of blades (... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7066671 | Method for forming perforations in a sheet of media with a perforation system A method for forming perforations in a sheet of media with a perforation system includes the steps of generating graphics data; defining a non-printed color to represent perforation locations; embedding the non-printed color in the graphics data for a current perfor... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7059232 | Method of forming bridges in tamper-indicating closures A tamper indicating closure comprising a base wall and a peripheral skirt having an internal thread adapted to engage the threads of a container wherein a tamper indicating band is provided on the skirt by a plurality of circumferentially spaced bridges. The band in... | 06/13/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7028597 | Perforating apparatus with fine setting In a perforating apparatus which has a holder to which a perforating blade can be fastened, the perforation is produced via the movement of a piston by the piston pressing against an air cushion, which in turn transmits this pressure to a perforating piston which pr... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6997095 | Apparatus and method for making labels A label making apparatus includes a cutter that cuts sheets along a desired line, the cutter being switchable between a full cutting state and a half cutting state. A controller controls a switching device to switch the cutter between the full cutting state and the ... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6817276 | Apparatus for forming bridges in tamper-indicating closures A tamper indicating closure comprising a base wall and a peripheral skirt having an internal thread adapted to engage the threads of a container wherein a tamper indicating band is provided on the skirt by a plurality of circumferentially spaced bridges. The band in... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6776078 | Cutting machine A cutting machine comprising a chuck table for holding a workpiece, a spindle unit having a rotary spindle for mounting a cutting blade which cuts the workpiece held on the chuck table, and a spindle unit support mechanism for supporting the spindle unit in such a m... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6755067 | Trim stock scoring tool A scoring tool supported by a carriage that is moved along a track on a sheet stock bending brake. A knife blade is pressed into engagement with sheet stock as the carriage is moved on a track. The knife blade is pivotally retained in a retainer housing that is secu... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6652171 | Printing medium, manufacturing method of the same, and printing method A sheet-like printing medium with easy-separating means which enables one to easily separate the printing medium into separate portions. When an image is formed on the printing medium having easy-separating means disposed inside and entirely along the per... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6626617 | Process for the milling of a groove into a board-like workpiece as well as processing machine for carrying out the process In order to further develop a process for making a groove in a board-like workpiece by means of a processing machine, wherein the workpiece is placed on a supporting table of the processing machine aligned essentially horizontal for holding the workpiece ... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6592703 | Method and apparatus for cutting a laminate made of a brittle material and a plastic A method and an apparatus for cutting a laminate made of a brittle material and a plastic with a cutting tool is described. The plastic is heated up, thereby lowering its viscosity, at least in the region of a predetermined cutting line. A cutting tool is... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6588477 | Method and apparatus for cutting a laminate made of a brittle material and a plastic The apparatus for cutting a laminate, which is made of a brittle material and a plastic, has a cutting tool for severing the plastic along a predetermined cutting line and simultaneously scoring the brittle material; a heating device for heating the plast... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6536121 | Scribing apparatus A scribing apparatus which forms a scribe line on a work 100 comprises a scribe body 10 having a cutter 13 put on the work 100 and a vibration generation member 14 which vibrates the cutter 13 in a direction perpendicular to the work 100 periodically, a s... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6521153 | Method for in-situ green sheet slitting The present invention relates generally to a new apparatus and method for in-situ green sheet slitting. More particularly, the invention encompasses an apparatus and method that uses a modified green sheet slitting machine so that it can provide an in-sit... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6503639 | Press-formed product and press-forming method A press-formed product which is characterized by having a large number of linear concave portions 11 in the region (such as the side wall 31 of the press-formed product 30) which has undergone bending or bending-unbending deformation during press-forming,... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6494122 | Alignment method and apparatus for aligning cutting blade Alignment method and apparatus for aligning a cutting blade with a selected street on a semiconductor wafer. It has square chip areas defined by crossing streets and alignment spots formed on its surface. Two street lines with at least one street interven... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6460258 | Scribe device A scribe body (A) includes an abutment member (30) and a vibration generating member (40) for applying vibrations to the abutment member (30). The scribe body (A) is connected to a support portion (6) of a slide mechanism (3) through a vibration damping m... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6341548 | Device for adjusting distance of cutting blade from workpiece sheet A cutter shaft 40 provided with a cutter 43 as its lower tip is freely vertically movably disposed in a guide cylinder portion 17a of a cutter holder 17. A horizontal support body 47 is supported in a hollow case portion 17b. A large diameter first steel ... | 01/29/2002 |
| 6152003 | Cutting device with elevation regulation There is described a cutting device for fabric and similar material which comprises a cutting table on the surface of which a material support is mounted; a cutting tool which is moveable over the table to penetrate and cut material lying on the support; ... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6136209 | Perforating and slitting die sheet, methods of constructing the same and paper product produced therefrom A first method of constructing a die sheet includes covering a die surface with a first, spaced pattern of a first photo-resist material and then covering the first pattern with a second, continuous pattern of a second photo-resist material. A chemical re... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6113294 | Tape printer A head 18 and a cutting unit 23 are provided. The head 18 prints on a print layer of a laminated tape formed by laminating the print layer to a separation layer. The cutting unit 23 cuts the print tape transported from the head 18. A partial cutting unit ... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6105483 | Cutting apparatus equipped with tool variably pressed against work depending upon working distance A cutting apparatus presses a wheel cutter against a ceramic plate for cutting it along a cutting line, and a controlling unit determines the total cutting length so as to increase the pressure against the ceramic plate together with the total cutting len... | 08/22/2000 |
| 5937725 | Laminated sheet cutting method A laminated sheet cutting method and apparatus for making consistent cuts partially through a laminated sheet without requiring high precision control of the cutter cutting depth are provided. The method for cutting partially through an adhesive tape comp... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5860348 | Apparatus for dividing frozen fish slabs A method of dividing deep-frozen food blocks comprising forming a succession of spaced parallel blade rows each row having a plurality of spaced parallel coaxial freely rotatable discoid blades and advancing successive food blocks past the successive blad... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5860349 | Cutting apparatus equipped with tool variably pressed against work depending upon working distance A cutting apparatus presses a wheel cutter against a ceramic plate for cutting it along a cutting line, and a controlling unit determines the total cutting length so as to increase the pressure against the ceramic plate together with the total cutting len... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5740717 | Blister package scoring machine In contrast to typical machines though, the present invention discloses a device which allows the plate to "float" within the mechanism, so that any inaccuracies in dimensional tolerances between plate and knife are absorbed in a damping of the plate or b... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5634388 | Mark cutting apparatus and method of controlling same Marks such as patterns, designs, numbers, or the like are cut out of a mark sheet or mark sheets placed on a glass base by a thermal cutter having a heated cutting bit. The thermal cutter is movable two-dimensionally over the mark sheet, and is also verti... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5605087 | Tape cutting apparatus A tape cutting apparatus which provides for cutting a multi-layered tape through only one layer of the tape. The apparatus includes a cutting device with a cutting blade wherein the cutting device is actuated by a drive mechanism and the position of the c... | 02/25/1997 |
| 5538056 | Log conditioning before mechanical debarking High powered lasers are used to score the bark on logs before they are mechanically debarked. Typical of the lasers employed are multi-kilowatt CO2 industrial lasers. A high powered laser beam is brought to a focus just above the surface of the... | 07/23/1996 |
