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"It is my heart-warmed and world-embracing Christmas hope and aspiration that all of us, the high, the low, the rich, the poor, the admired, the despised, the loved, the hated, the civilized, the savage (every man and brother of us all throughout the whole earth), may eventually be gathered together in a heaven of everlasting rest and peace and bliss, except the inventor of the telephone. "
Mark Twain ; Christmas greetings, 1890
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6952988 | Method and apparatus for trimming containers Method and apparatus for trimming a container having an open end wherein the container is held during the trimming operation, including a multi-station assembly for holding the container to be trimmed stationary during trimming, ejecting the trimmed portion and ejec... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6928913 | Method and apparatus for trimming containers Method and apparatus for trimming a container having an open end wherein the container is held during the trimming operation, including a multi-station assembly for holding the container to be trimmed stationary during trimming, ejecting the trimmed portion and ejec... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6865975 | Method and device for removing pallet runners A device and method for severing fasteners securing deck boards to pallet runners. A band saw extends across a table recess. The band saw is spaced above the tabletop aligning the saw between the deck boards and runners. The recess includes stop surfaces enabling th... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6766721 | Just-in-time bulk rubber bale processor A bale processor for cutting or dicing a bale or slab of unvulcanized rubber produces small cubes or blocks of a predetermined size and uniform shape for continuous feeding at a predetermined rate into a mixing machine or blender. A bale or slab of feedstock rubber ... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6761098 | Apparatus for emptying reels of web material field An apparatus for emptying a reel on which a web of material is wound in layers. A frame supports the reel. A carriage is mounted on the frame for reciprocal movement longitudinally in a first direction and in a second direction opposite the first direction over the ... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6687970 | Method and device for removing pallet runners A device and method for severing fasteners securing deck boards to pallet runners. A band saw extends across a table recess. The band saw is spaced above the tabletop aligning the saw between the deck boards and runners. The recess includes stop surfaces ... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6675687 | Tire cutting machine The present invention is a tire cutting machine comprising of a base, a body member, a drive assembly means and a cutting assembly means. The drive assembly means includes a drive power means simultaneously engaged to a pair of front drive wheels and to a... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6578784 | Twine cutting assembly for bale processor Disclosed is a twine cutting assembly for a rotary drum type bale processor. The twine cutting assembly comprises a twine cutter and a locking mechanism. The twine cutter, comprising a rod and a cutting member, is adapted to extend through a hole in the s... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6487949 | Just-in-time bulk rubber bale processor A bale processor for cutting or dicing a bale or slab of unvulcanized rubber produces small cubes or blocks of a predetermined size and uniform shape for continuous feeding at a predetermined rate into a mixing machine or blender. A bale or slab of feedst... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6453785 | Hoop material cutter A hoop material cutter, which comprises a movable blade secured to a bottom surface of a ram movable reciprocally while rocking, a fixed blade secured to a top surface of a base plate, and a hopper for guiding a hoop material between the movable blade and... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6286356 | Method of and apparatus for machining web-shaped workpiece and apparatus for processing scrap An apparatus for machining a web-shaped workpiece includes a workpiece supply for supplying workpiece rolls each of an elongate thin metal sheet, a processing machine for machining the elongate thin metal sheet into caps, a workpiece feeder for feeding th... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6257113 | Apparatus for manufacturing tire sectors, interconnected in the area of the tire cap from a tire An apparatus for the production of tire sectors from used tires wherein the tire sectors remain interconnected in the area of the tire tread. The apparatus comprises a support with at least a portion inserted within the inner section of the tire and the s... | 07/10/2001 |
| 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 |
| 6079308 | Apparatus for sheet-metal plate processing to be employed at inclined C-frame presses An apparatus is provided for a plate processing at inclined C-frame presses for an automatic cutting of tin-can covers and lids of tin cans and the like from sheet-metal plates with a piston plunger of a press moving up and down, where the sheet-metal pla... | 06/27/2000 |
| 6044738 | Method for removing wires from bales of compressible material A method for removing wires from a bale of waste cardboard and paper material that is compacted in vertical layers with wires running at right angles to the layers and in vertical planes. A cutting blade is moved downwardly through the wires and bale of w... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6035752 | Scrap cutter assembly A scrap cutting assembly for use in a reciprocating press in which a cutter is carried on a ram which reciprocates with respect to a fixed base to form and cut material passing through the press includes an exit plate mounted on the press base adjacent th... | 03/14/2000 |
| 5946994 | Void fill material and process for manufacturing same Void fill material is used to cushion and protect packages during transport and delivery. A void fill material is shown, as well as a process for manufacturing same.... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5936863 | Optimal segmentation and packaging process A process for improving packaging efficiency uses three dimensional, computer simulated models with various optimization algorithms to determine the optimal segmentation process and packaging configurations based on constraints including container limitat... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5896795 | Scrap cutter assembly A scrap cutting assembly for use in a reciprocating press in which a cutter is carried on a ram which reciprocates with respect to a fixed base to form and cut material passing through the press includes an exit plate mounted on the press base adjacent th... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5826473 | Device for cutting a wire laid on a substrate A continuous strand of wire is laid in a wire groove or between pairs of guides on a substrate and is cut at desired locations to form individual circuits. At least one recess below the level of the wire laying plane is positioned to correspond to a scrap... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5823082 | Apparatus for manufacturing support members for razor blades A razor blade construction is manufactured of a thin element of blade stock forming the cutting edge portion which is welded or otherwise attached to a more rigid support member. A plurality of support members are produced from a coil of flat sheet materi... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5718157 | Apparatus for removing wires from bales of compressible material An apparatus for removing wires from a bale of waste cardboard and paper material that is compacted in vertical layers with wires running at right angles to the layers and in vertical planes, sawing downwardly through the wires and bale to separate a forw... | 02/17/1998 |
| 5697243 | Shape scrap processing apparatus A shape scrap processing apparatus adapted to be situated next to a conveying table for conveying a continuous shape cut in a regular size. The apparatus comprises: conveying means for conveying shape scraps, which are discharged from the conveying table,... | 12/16/1997 |
| 5622068 | Method and machine for producing details from a sheet of metal A method and a machine for producing plate components (1) from a sheet of metal (2) which is moved through a press (13) for at least a first cutting operation to be performed to separate the plate components from the sheet of metal and a second cutting op... | 04/22/1997 |
| 5566599 | Cutter apparatus A cutter apparatus having: (a) rotary cutters locked on a common horizontal shaft at intervals, (b) a motor for the cutters, (c) a cloth feeder, (d) a cloth piece separator, (e) a first conveyor to transport the cut cloth pieces to discharge them from the... | 10/22/1996 |
| 5484238 | Refuse bag opening device A rigid, box-like frame structure has a vertically movable subframe assembly mounted thereon. Attached to the subframe are a number of horizontally movable tined sleeves with connected sharpened tines. As the subframe assembly moves downwardly, the attach... | 01/16/1996 |
| 5439550 | Apparatus for longitudinal welding with fast and reliable trimmed scrap removal An apparatus for longitudinal welding with fast and reliable scrap removal, suitable for being coupled with a product conveyor for conveying products to be packaged inside a plastic material sheet comprising a saddle (16), capable of being reciprocated in... | 08/08/1995 |
| 5375316 | Bale wire stripping system A conveyored bale dewiring system for safe severing and removal of bale strap material from about a compressed bale composed of a planar table with an integral conveyor system, an overhead cutting assembly on an articulated balanced 4-bar linkage, a grasp... | 12/27/1994 |
| 5373767 | Trimming tool for trimming drawn parts and for simultaneous transverse cutting A trimming tool for trimming drawn parts over their complete periphery and for the simultaneous transverse cutting of the waste strip which has been cut off achieves complete and fragment-free transverse cutting of the waste strip by way of a low-maintena... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5371938 | Machine for cutting and removing the wrapper of a bale The machine comprises a support structure including a vertical upright, a cross member which can move vertically along the upright, two horizontal arms, one end of each being articulated to the cross member and the other end having a rotatable gripping de... | 12/13/1994 |
| 5297329 | Apparatus for cutting String ties of products carried on pallet-like supports The apparatus for cutting the string ties of products carried on pallet-like supports has at least one cutting unit with a transverse beam arranged above a line for the conveyance of the pallet-like supports so as to be slideable in a direction which is l... | 03/29/1994 |
| 5267496 | Tire cutting apparatus A hydraulically actuated tire cutter includes a first conveyor belt which loads a tire into a tire cutting position between a fixed plate, a moving plate and a plurality of adjustable bars. Twelve corresponding pairs of gripping jaws project from the fixe... | 12/07/1993 |
| 5235888 | Tire sidewall cutting machine A tire cutting machine that cuts the sidewalls from passenger car tires. The cutting operation is performed on both sidewalls simultaneously. The inner side of the tire tread rests on two rollers so that the tread becomes the reference point for the cutti... | 08/17/1993 |
| 5094159 | Slide cradle for a scrap cutter A slide cradle is provided that includes a stationary well, a feed slide that is movable along the stationary wall, and a compactor wall this is disposed across from the stationary wall, rests upon a loading and compacting base, and is angularly adjustabl... | 03/10/1992 |
| 5044189 | Scrap guiding and chopping in a shell press A method and apparatus are disclosed for making and transferring shells for cans within a ram press. The shells are formed in a two-step operation in which shell preforms are formed at a first station within the press and then transferred to second statio... | 09/03/1991 |
| 5033374 | Machine for compacting and cutting residual material, in particular for scrap metal The machine has a containment box which holds the material to be compacted. The material is advanced through the containment box by a pivoted inlet wall of the containment box which is acted upon by a fluid actuated cylinder. Two compaction stations are a... | 07/23/1991 |
| 4967626 | Apparatus for sectioning tire carcasses A mechanism for cutting a tire carcass into small sections for disposal. An array of adjoining female die sections has knife edges forming the sides of each die and shearing sections forming the corners of each die. Matching, shearing fit male punches opp... | 11/06/1990 |
| 4964324 | Side trimmer shear A side trimmer shear for metallic strip and the like travelling along a pass line including gear housings on opposite sides of the strip as it passes along the pass line. Means are provided for varying the angular positions of the gear housings with respe... | 10/23/1990 |
| 4914994 | Automated apparatus for debeading of scrap tires An apparatus for removing the bead wires from a scrap tire having a pair of overlapping and counterrotating shearing members mounted on a movable carriage. The carriage provides reciprocating motion to the shearing members between two shearing work statio... | 04/10/1990 |
| 4914998 | Security document processor A device for obliterating information discernible on disposable carbons from multi-part forms used in credit card transactions includes a processor contained within a housing defining a document receiving slot in an optically transparent viewing window, w... | 04/10/1990 |
