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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7415914 | Trim press article handling apparatus An article handling apparatus for a trim press includes a die and a cooperating punch configured to sever articles from a web, a treadle configured to move relative to the die, and a drive wheel assembly configured to move the web and the articles. The drive wheel a... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7104172 | Method for conveying, guiding, and locating a thermoformable web A method for delivering web-supported articles between dies and punches of a trim press. The method includes providing a treadle having an article detector, while moving the web and the articles, guiding the web and the articles along the web and between a pair of t... | 09/12/2006 |
| 6889588 | Compensating blister die cutter apparatus A compensating blister die cutter apparatus is disclosed which has the purpose of cutting a sheet of blisters which have been formed on a sheet of plastic material in individual blisters which are generally symmetrical in configuration. The apparatus includes at lea... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6862968 | Cutting assembly for removing a windshield and method relating to same The cutting assembly functions to sever the urethane bed bonding a windshield to a vehicle. The assembly comprises a reciprocating air gun connected with a cutting blade by a shaft. The blade has a straight front cutting edge about 4 inches in width. The blade is re... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6843156 | Apparatus for conveying, guiding, and locating a thermoformable web A trim press article handling apparatus includes a frame, a punch, a die, and a treadle. The punch is carried by the frame. The die is carried by the frame and cooperates in relative movement with the punch to sever articles from a web. The treadle is carried for mo... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6722237 | Method for aligning and severing articles from a web of thermoformable material A trim press article handling apparatus includes a punch plate, a die plate, a plunger, and a receiver. The punch plate has a punch, and the die plate has a die cooperating in relative movement with the punch plate to sever articles from a thermoformable web. The pl... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6435067 | Apparatus and method for registering articles during a web processing operation A trim press article handling apparatus includes a punch plate, a die plate, a plunger, and a receiver. The punch plate has a punch, and the die plate has a die cooperating in relative movement with the punch plate to sever articles from a thermoformable ... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6291317 | Method for dicing of micro devices A method for dicing small devices including MEMS, ink jet printheads, lasers etc. The method comprises making a first pass cut into a substrate with a blade of narrow kerf and having long wear characteristics. This first pass cut is then followed with a p... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6192778 | Cutting apparatus for separating packages from a line A cutting apparatus for separating packages from a line of interconnected packages. The technical problem is to simplify the cutting apparatus and shorten the set-up times and the work cycles. This problem is achieved with a lower knife (4) capable of bei... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6119439 | Non-contact rotary knife perforator A non-contact rotary knife apparatus which perforates a seal area between two adjacent pouches in a continuous web by using perforating blades, preferably on the minor hub, and anvils on the major hub with the anvils having elongated, spaced apart recesse... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6119572 | Device for separating packages for flowable media A device for the mechanical separation of work pieces having plastic material in the area of separation, in particular, packages for flowable media joined together in pairs in the top wall is provided with feed and discharge means with guide rails and dri... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6070507 | Method for punching a sealed package from first and second webs A package is provided with a lid and container that are heat sealed together. A multi-ply sheet material is provided for being thermoformed to define the container which has a tapering wall and bulge-resistant bottom end. Prior to thermoforming the contai... | 06/06/2000 |
| 6058818 | Convertible pitch knife apparatus Rotary knife apparatus used in connection with a pouch form, fill and seal machine capable of handling a substantially wide range of pouch sizes or variations in pouch fills. The apparatus includes major and minor knife hubs cantilevered on respective sha... | 05/09/2000 |
| 6035610 | Method and apparatus for separating and inserting items packaged in a bandolier An apparatus for separating individual items from a bandolier of adjacent items have a seam between the items. A pair of upper jaws and a pair of lower jaws open and close horizontally to clamp and release the respective seam. The pair of lower jaws pull ... | 03/14/2000 |
| 5839337 | Semiconductor carrier strip trimming apparatus A pallet for supporting strip material on which encapsulated circuit devices of the ball-grid array type are supported is delivered to a first cutter assembly. Rotary hardened steel cutter discs having radially extended cutting teeth separate the circuit ... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5829332 | Variable count direct deposit knife A rotary knife apparatus for depositing filled pouches in preselected count stacks along a travelling product conveyor. The rotary knife apparatus includes a rotating disc valve intermediate negative and positive pressure sources on one side and a rotary ... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5575187 | Variable count direct deposit knife A rotary knife apparatus for depositing filled pouches in preselected count stacks along a travelling product conveyor. The rotary knife apparatus includes a rotating disc valve intermediate negative and positive pressure sources on one side and a rotary ... | 11/19/1996 |
| 5573629 | Tape application apparatus An apparatus 10 applies segments of adhesive tape 14 to workpieces 20. A supply station 24 provides the continuous strip of tape 14. An application station 28 forces the continuous strip of adhesive tape 14 against successive workpieces 20 as each workpie... | 11/12/1996 |
| 5483857 | Workpiece finishing and presentation machine A workpiece finishing machine feeds a plurality of interconnected workpieces, in the form of a feedstock bandolier, to a cutting cylinder wherein individual workpieces are separated from the bandolier by a cutting punch. The separated workpiece is subsequ... | 01/16/1996 |
| 5480507 | Reciprocating cutting tool and method A reciprocating cutting tool includes a shank for mounting in a pneumatic hammer, a blade holder assembly connected to the shank and a blade clamped in the blade holder assembly. The blade holder assembly includes a base member and a retainer member which... | 01/02/1996 |
| 5347898 | System for assorting small product pieces cut from work pieces A method and system for assorting a number of small product pieces (G) cut off from a large work sheet (W) which is processed by a cutting machine (1) to form small product parts (G). The system includes a cutting-off device (71) for cutting off the small... | 09/20/1994 |
| 5235882 | Device for trimming and cutting computer printer paper A device which trims off the perforated margin strips of printer paper and cuts the paper transversely to separate it into individual pages. The paper which discharges from the printer is drawn around a tension bar and is applied to a toothed belt driven ... | 08/17/1993 |
| 5179885 | Flying shears with workpiece alignment device A cutting assembly for cutting a continuous sheet of material covering containers which are continuously conveyed in spaced apart container carriers in a predetermined direction at a predetermined speed. The cutting assembly includes a support assembly an... | 01/19/1993 |
| 5096108 | Apparatus for stripping molded rubber products from a product sheet An apparatus has a base plate having a plurality of penetrating holes, a vertically movable plate slidably mounted on guide posts, and a stripper plate slidably mounted on the guide posts and hung from the movable plate. A plurality of stripper pins are v... | 03/17/1992 |
| 5090591 | Article dispenser for use with continuous strip of articles A dispenser for a continuous strip of articles has two grippers with cantilevered gripping arms, one gripper positioned at each side of the strip. One of the grippers grips the end article in the continuous strip of articles and moves the end article down... | 02/25/1992 |
| 4581809 | Device for hairpin-type forming of axial lead components Under the direction of a controller, taped axial lead components are sequentially advanced to a forming area at which the components are severed from the taped ends of their leads, formed into a hairpin-type configuration, and positively driven into engag... | 04/15/1986 |
| 4395929 | Method and stamping tool for waste-free stamping of packaging strips and packaging strips so fabricated The invention sets forth a method and a corresponding stamping tool for waste-free stamping out packaging strips such as the so-called press-through packages. These press-through packages are made of a strip of foil comprising a lower foil strip with depr... | 08/02/1983 |
| 4362075 | Method and apparatus for separating and feeding wrapped articles from a continuous dispenser sheet A common intermittent drive mechanism intermittently rotates a feed roller and a cutter rotor. An intervening gear and the radii of the feed roller and the cutter rotor differentiate the circumferential speed of the roller and the rotor to provide a slip ... | 12/07/1982 |
| 4360095 | Feed chute for electronic components A chute for feeding electronic components having axial wire leads into a machine for cutting and forming said leads includes spaced apart parallel plates defining therebetween a chamber for the bodies of the electronic components and has an elongated slot... | 11/23/1982 |
| 4317399 | Die cutter for stamping rectangular objects with rounded corners A device designed to stamp generally rectangular blister packages from an intermittently advancing laminated strip comprises a die with rounded corners whose radii of curvature are substantially larger at a transverse leading edge than at a transverse tra... | 03/02/1982 |
| 4253364 | Apparatus for discharging and separating skin packages An apparatus for withdrawing a continuous band of multi-article skin packages from a skin packing machine includes a clamping device for periodically grasping the band and stepwise withdrawing it from the skin packing machine in a direction of band feed; ... | 03/03/1981 |
| 4121487 | Continuously connected fastener attachment stock Continuously connected fastener attachment stock formed by elongated plastic side members with cross coupling links. One of the side member has successively connected cross bars with each cross bar connected to one of the cross links. The other side membe... | 10/24/1978 |
| 3948128 | Feed and severing apparatus A new and improved apparatus and method for feeding fastener attachments and stock having a plurality of spaced apart cross links coupled to side members, and severing the side members between adjacent cross members to form fastener attachment devices, i.... | 04/06/1976 |
