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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7416354 | Sheet cutting device, sheet finisher equipped therewith, and image forming system provided therewith A sheet cutting apparatus includes: a cutting blade for cutting a sheet; an inserting device for inserting the sheet into a cutting position to be cut by the cutting blade; a taking out device for taking out the sheet from the cutting position after the sheet has be... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7370564 | Cutting device and transporting roller for webs of material The transporting roller, which serves for transporting a web of material which is wound up onto a winding shaft, is provided with a cutting device, which comprises a cutter and a cutter holder. The transporting roller has a groove, in which the cutter is guided. A c... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7360474 | Fiber chopper and method of chopping A method and apparatus for chopping long unwound items like fiber, fiber strands, yarn, etc. The chopper has a backup roll, a blade roll and an idler roll. The improvements include one or both of a shield having an air jet at or near its upper end, the shield being ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7356930 | Method and apparatus for removing dust from a workpiece A duct mechanism for directing a flow of air onto a working member of a power cutting tool generally includes a housing, a motor in the housing, a working member actuated by means of the motor and a shoe pivotally mounted relative to the working member and adapted t... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7353738 | Cutting device and method for plastic lens A device for cutting a sub-finished assembly (1) of plastic lens (10) includes a cutting member (2) and a holding member (3). The cutting member has a base (20), an upper plate (21), an upper cutter (23) mounted on th... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7240497 | Cryostat having a heating plate A cryostat (1) having a sealable housing (2) is described, the housing (2) enclosing a coolable cryostat chamber (3). For cooling the cryostat chamber (3), a refrigeration device (4), a control system (5) and a power ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7234308 | Cold mold A metallic, reusable mold with one or more wells. The mold is kept within a cryostat at low temperature. The mold is removed from the cryostat and a tissue specimen is placed into a well within the mold. An embedding medium is added to the well around the tissue spe... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7223163 | Cover device for a power tool A cover device for partially covering a disc-shaped working tool includes a bearing member (22) forming a receiving space (54) for receiving the shielding member (10) of the working tool and having an inner surface (24) against which an o... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7182010 | Apparatus and process for producing different hole patterns in sheet-shaped print materials The invention relates to a device for producing different hole patterns in sheet-shaped print materials. An apparatus and process for producing different hole patterns in a sheet-shaped print material is provided wherein a punch in a tool roller is raised and lowere... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7174821 | Punch for a braced die A punch for attachment to a brace of a braced die has a hollow cutting nose with a leading end for cutting a material to be punched and a trailing end opposite the leading end. A shaft extends from the trailing end of the nose and is sized to pass through an apertur... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7166194 | Water jet cutter A water jet cutter for separation of a trim strip from a moving paper, cardboard, tissue or other type of fiber web, in a machine for the production and/or conversion of the fiber web, including at least one nozzle whose water jet is directed onto the fiber web. An ... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7147724 | Cleaning device for a longitudinal cutting device and method for cleaning the device A longitudinal cutting device, that is usable for cutting a length of material such as a fabric or a paper web, includes a cylinder which supports the length of fabric or web. A blade cooperates with the cylinder to cut the fabric or web. A blower nozzle is used to ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7137539 | Method and apparatus for slitting and processing a web into plural use supply forms An apparatus and method of converting a web of indefinite length into a plurality of web portions by slitting the web at a transverse point prior to processing the web portions into a plurality of use supply forms (such as rolls), wherein the plurality of web portio... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7138165 | Intermediate for optical recording medium, mold, molding apparatus, and method of manufacturing optical recording medium There is provided an intermediate for an optical recording medium, which can be uniformly coated with resin by the spin coating method without using a resin coating-assisting member, and allows formation of a central mounting hole without burrs. The intermediate com... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7134371 | Apparatus for guiding continuous fibers The present invention is directed towards an apparatus for guiding continuous materials. In one embodiment of the invention, the apparatus comprises first and second conveyors, each comprising a continuous conveyor belt carried by a set of pulleys including a drive ... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7117776 | High-speed shear for transverse cutting of a rolled strip A high-speed shear for cutting a rolled strip to a length and including first upper and second lower blade drums carrying, respectively first and second blades and rotationally connected with each other, drive elements located in front of and behind the first and se... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7117778 | Corrugated knife fixture with variable pitch and amplitude A corrugated knife fixture is provided for cutting vegetable products or the like particularly such as potatoes, wherein the knife fixture includes one or more knife blades each having a cutting edge with a variable pitch and variable amplitude geometry. The knife f... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7096771 | Cutter blade assembly for cutting scoop shaped vegetable products A cutter blade assembly that presents a sequential series of perpendicularly oriented cutting knife arrays which are attached to a frame. A first set of cutting knives is comprised of knives that are generally scalloped shaped. A second set of cutting knives is comp... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7094011 | Power tool A hand-held power tool includes a housing having a motor provided therein, a cutting accessory coupled to the motor and means for selectively directing a flow of air toward a point of cut of the cutting accessory. The flow of air acts to remove debris at the point o... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7082867 | Circular saw with a dust collecting mechanism A circular saw includes a worktable, a blade supporting unit pivotally mounted to the worktable, a saw blade shaft mounted rotatably on the supporting unit and driven by a motor to rotate a saw blade, a driving shaft mounted rotatably on the supporting unit, and a d... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7080585 | Hold-down clamp for slitter-punch A clamping arrangement is provided for a slitter and/or hole punch for a plastic film processing machine. The punch can be unitarily formed on a base member, and mounted on a block that is affixed to the end of an actuator rod. A double-acting pneumatic cylinder act... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7052213 | Hydraulic food cutter with improved accelerator tube assembly A hydraulic accelerator tube is provided for an improved hydraulic food cutting assembly. The accelerator tube is formed of polyurethane having a durometer hardness within the range of 20–70. It is encased within a clamshell housing which, when installed in the fo... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7051427 | Integrated circuit trimming device broken die sensor A broken trim die tool detection sensor. The lands of the tie bar die connect with the leads of the unit to form switches. The states of these switches indicate broken die lands or other malfunctions. ... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7044041 | Miter saw The miter saw includes a base assembly, a rotatable table rotatably connected to the base assembly, the table having a table plane, a fence connected to the base assembly and having a fence plane, a saw assembly including a motor and a blade driven by the motor, the... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7036414 | Work piece guiding system for a table saw An improved table having improvements related to stock support, such as a rip fence stock support, as well as a lateral-table support system; features of laterally-slideable front and back rip fence guide rails, including an improved front rail configuration, an imp... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7013884 | Dust collection system for a masonry saw Dust and debris resulting from the sawing or cutting of concrete masonry units, blocks, bricks, tiles and other masonry products is collected via a three point dust and debris collection system. A movable work supporting table for cooperation with a masonry saw has ... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7000518 | Apparatus for cutting food product An apparatus for cutting food product so that the product is properly oriented and stabilized before and throughout the cutting operation to produce a sliced product of uniform thickness, even if the delivered food product varies in shape and size, such as when both... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6996874 | Air jet for machine tool to clean cutting dust An air jet for a machine tool to clean cutting dust has a housing with a hole and an outlet. An eccentric member has a cam and is provided in the housing which the eccentric member is driven by a power resource of the machine tool for rotation. An annular transmissi... | 02/14/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6973862 | Method and apparatus for delivering product to a cutting device A method and apparatus by which potatoes and other elongate food product can be properly oriented and stabilized during a slicing operation performed by a cutting device having a horizontal cutting plane. The apparatus includes a passage extending downwardly toward ... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6959636 | Produce slicer A produce slicer 10 for slicing produce is disclosed. The produce slicer includes a frame (12) defining a cavity (16) having a central axis (22). A plurality of radial cutting blades (20) are disposed in the cavity, wherein each of... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6960124 | Cutting machine with environment control arrangement A cutting machine includes a bottom collecting tray, a cutting blade overhanging on a cutting table and having a cutting area defined at an outer circumferential portion thereof when the cutting blade cuts the work piece, and an environment control arrangement. The ... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6952989 | Apparatus for cutting food product A food product cutting apparatus that makes a substantially horizontal cut through food product being delivered in a substantially vertical direction. The food product is delivered to a cutting device through an internal passage of at least one feed member above the... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6941730 | Slicing and vacuum-packing assembly The invention relates to an operating and vacuum packaging machine comprising a handling or processing machine for the handling or processing of a product to be vacuum packed, and a vacuum packing unit designed to work sequentially with said operating machine. ... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6935939 | Dust-capturing device for a saw For a power saw, a dust-capturing device having a hollow capture member with openings on each end wherein one end captures dust and the other end discharges the dust into an attached external vacuum device; a support member securable to, and translatable on, the cap... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6925919 | Table saw with a shaving collecting mechanism A table saw has a height and inclination adjustable saw blade which is mounted on and rotatable with a blade shaft that is driven by a motor. A support seat is movable relative to a mounting frame, and supports the blade shaft. A shaving collecting member is dispose... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6925922 | Apparatus for removing tiebars after molding of semiconductor chip An apparatus for removing tiebars of a lead frame after one or more semiconductor components have been encapsulated in a resin to form a package body includes first and second removing stations. The second removing station is provided for removing scraps that may be... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6923100 | Method and apparatus for punching particle board A punch and backer plate combination is disclosed as an example of the present invention. The punch has a concave recess in its extended end. The punch may be round or have a rectangular shape in plan view and includes a backer plate having an aligned opening with a... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6865974 | Sawdust removing device for a band saw machine A sawdust-removing device for a band saw machine with a power outlet device is fitted around the shaft of a motor of a band saw machine. The motor can also supply the sawdust-removing device with power at the same time to carry out clearing off sawdust. The sawdust-... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6832535 | Air ejection and compliant gage pin for rod cutting machines A closed-knife rod cutting machine is provided with air ejection apparatus for automatic discharge of cut rods. The gage pin is compliant in the direction of the knife return stroke to permit ejection of a lodged cut rod by the advancing rod stock. The free end of t... | 12/21/2004 |
