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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7398716 | Method and apparatus for processing a tube When a tube is to be cut into a plurality of sections, a tube feed assembly is operated to rotate the tube and to move the tube along its longitudinal central axis into a work station. The tube and a mandrel move into a telescopic relationship at the work station. T... | 07/15/2008 |
| 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 |
| 5992275 | Pipe cutter having non-rotating, overlapping knives A pipe cutter having non-rotating, overlapping knives is provided. Also provided is a pipe cutter having non-rotatable overlapping knives wherein one of the knives is continuously reciprocated.... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5794499 | Method of and apparatus for disassembling can for measurement of can seam dimensions A can is disassembled by a disassembling apparatus for measurement of can seam dimensions. The can is composed of a can body and an end member which are coupled to each other by a can-seamed region. The can body has an end opening closed by the end thereb... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5791214 | Combined parting tool and material feeding arrangement The present invention relates to a tool arrangement (5) which includes a parting tool (6) or the like which is intended to cut off or remove a machined section from the raw material (3) held firmly in a holding device (2). Located adjacent the parting too... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5787771 | Method of and apparatus for workpiece loading and unloading in lathe In a lathe of a type employing a movable main spindle, the main spindle (2) is moved in a leftward and rightward direction (Y-axis direction) perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the main spindle (2) after a workpiece (W) has been machined, and durin... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5361469 | Apparatus for helical cutting of a flexible tubular sheet of polymeric material In an apparatus for cutting a tubular film into an elongated strip wherein the tubular film is fed at a given velocity in flattened form from a supply reel to an expansion zone where the film is expanded into a tube, advanced after such expansion along a ... | 11/08/1994 |
| 5335570 | Automatic pipe cutting device An automatic pipe cutting device chiefly cuts a metal pipe of small thickness. This pipe cutting device has a pipe fixing element for clamping and releasing the pipe and a pipe cutter incorporating cutting bits. A pipe cutting length adjuster means with a... | 08/09/1994 |
| 5257560 | Trimmer for removing scraping from tops of plastic bottles A trimmer apparatus (10) comprising dual moveable belts (64) and (90) for removing a dome scrap (12) from a hollow, blow molded plastic bottle (14), is described. The dual belts are supported on spaced apart pulley systems (20) and (22) forming a linear p... | 11/02/1993 |
| 5248366 | Method for helical cutting of a flexible tubular sheet of polymeric material Flexible tubular film is helically cut into a flat strip by feeding the tubular film in flattened form from a supply source to a film feeding means advancing the flat film tube at a predetermined velocity to a tube expansion zone in which the flat tube is... | 09/28/1993 |
| 5214988 | Tube positioning apparatus A tube positioning apparatus has at least one mandrel for positioning tubes for processing. A variable tube positioning stroke length is facilitated for optimizing stroke length and for optimizing the time required to position and process tube, such as by... | 06/01/1993 |
| 5125299 | Portable machine tool A machine tool comprises a support structure having first and second opposite ends spaced apart along an axis, a drive assembly mounted on the support structure at the first end thereof, the drive assembly comprising at least one drive motor, and an outpu... | 06/30/1992 |
| 4934225 | Device for cutting a continuously fabricated tube An apparatus for cutting a continuously manufactured tube including a knife-holder carriage which is movably mounted for translation and which is provided with a knife activator, a return mechanism for returning the carriage to an initial position followi... | 06/19/1990 |
| 4930379 | Cutting apparatus A tube cutting apparatus includes a stopping element positioned inside the tubular blank to be cut. The stopping element is movable inside the tube to cutting position. The stopping member is transferred and held at the cutting position by a flexible memb... | 06/05/1990 |
| 4876930 | Spin trimming machine with object positioning A spin trimming machine for trimming the necks of objects that have a dome molded above the trim line of the object. The machine is capable of positioning the object being trimmed in a predetermined orientation with respect to its starting orientation. Th... | 10/31/1989 |
| 4807502 | Tube cutting apparatus A tube cutting apparatus designed for use in severing predetermined lengths of stock from a continuously moving workpiece includes a reciprocating carriage assembly on which is supported a driving motor directly connected to a continuously rotating cuttin... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4805498 | Apparatus for cutting adhesive tape roll stocks A feeder is provided for feeding a plurality of adhesive tape roll stocks to a cutting section, a tape stock holding device having a plurality of shafts to be inserted into corresponding paper bobbins of tape stocks, and a cutting blade receiving shaft de... | 02/21/1989 |
| 4782728 | Automatic cutter for blow molded plastic objects An automatic cutter for separating a blow molded plastic object into two parts. The cutter is capable of cutting a rectangular object into two parts. The cutter operates by grasping the blow molded object to be cut and piercing the object with a knife bla... | 11/08/1988 |
| 4754671 | Combination cut-off tool/bar puller A combination tool mounted at a work station on the turret of a CNC lathe includes a cut-off tool having a tool holder body supporting a carbide cutter insert at its forward end. A bar puller mounted on the tool holder body has a pair of vertically spaced... | 07/05/1988 |
| 4713992 | Process and apparatus for truncating tubes The invention relates to a truncation apparatus and a process of truncating tubes. The truncation apparatus includes a mandrel, a means for advancing the tube to be truncated along the mandrel, at least one knife positioned in proximity to the free end of... | 12/22/1987 |
| 4552047 | Apparatus for cutting tubing into predetermined lengths An apparatus for cutting metallic tubing into predetermined lengths has a stationary supporting frame on which is mounted a feeding mechanism for moving a straight length of tubing unidirectionally intermittently along a straight path in alignment with th... | 11/12/1985 |
| 4488463 | Method and apparatus for armature stripping A method and apparatus for armature stripping of wire from an electric motor armature having a shaft, a core including slots for winding wire therein and a commutator to effectively, efficiently and inexpensively salvage and recycle the armature is disclo... | 12/18/1984 |
| 4484499 | Rear portion supporting mechanism in apparatus for machining elongated workpieces Apparatus for successive cut-off operations at axially spaced locations along an elongated tubular workpiece wherein the workpiece is rotated during cut-off operations and successively advanced axially between such operations. The cut-off operations occur... | 11/27/1984 |
| 4411179 | Apparatus for cutting tubing into predetermined lengths An apparatus for cutting metallic tubing into predetermined lengths has a stationary supporting frame on which is mounted a feeding mechanism for moving a straight length of tubing unidirectionally intermittently along a straight path in alignment with th... | 10/25/1983 |
| 4369796 | Method and apparatus for forming an air dilution filter The air dilution filter of the cigarette is provided with an annular zone in the plug wrap paper which enables air to pass directly into the fibrous body of the filter material after passing through apertures in the tipping paper. The annular zone can be ... | 01/25/1983 |
| 4347770 | Apparatus and method for radially cutting cylindrical material An apparatus for radially cutting cylindrical material including three rollers mounted with a first frame which is pivotable about an axis of one of the rollers with respect to a second frame which carries a saw arbor. One of the rollers is driven in rota... | 09/07/1982 |
| 4269091 | Arrangement for cutting guided cylindrical sleeves A machine for automatically cutting and dividing of cylindrical sleeves guided and supported on a drawoff spindle by means of a plurality of coaxially arranged rotary knives. The machine includes a transport arrangement for transporting an uncut sleeve on... | 05/26/1981 |
| 4232574 | Apparatus and method for providing a cigarette filter with an aeration groove An apparatus and method is adapted to provide the filter of a cigarette with an annular perpheral groove to enable air to pass directly into the fibrous body of the filter material after passing through apertures in the tipping paper. Ordinary plug wrap p... | 11/11/1980 |
| 4213359 | Fluid jet cutter with confined passageway for fluid disposal The shaped block in the path of the fluid from the nozzle of a high pressure fluid jet to be located below the material to be cut or slit by a jet including, preferably, a curvo-linear passage or bore through the block having an entry port aligned with th... | 07/22/1980 |
| 4205566 | Machine for mass production cutting of tubes A simple, economical, drum-type tube cutting machine is disclosed which employs a conventional drum for high-speed automatic cutting of ordinary tubes and a special drum for high speed cutting of tubing which could not otherwise be cut satisfactorily beca... | 06/03/1980 |
| 4148402 | Device for loading cylindrical articles Method and device for loading cylindrical articles in a processing apparatus including a rotatable starwheel with pockets defined therein which carry the cylindrical articles and a plurality of mandrels aligned with the pockets for rotation with the starw... | 04/10/1979 |
| 4130036 | Apparatus for cutting tubes The apparatus includes a cradle for holding long tubes desired to be cut into individual tubes of shorter length. The cradle is generally cylindrical and mounted for rotation about its axis. Tubes are mounted in the cradle at a loading position, and a con... | 12/19/1978 |
| 4112627 | Glass cylinder subdividing apparatus and method Small-diameter vitreous cylinders, for example glass tubes, are maintained under lateral (radial) compression and are precision rolled through grinding wheels, thus fully separating the cylinders into as many cylindrical components as desired. The rolling... | 09/12/1978 |
| 4111084 | Lug end cutting apparatus for roll-like products An end-trimming apparatus for roll-like products. The apparatus trims both ends of a roll comprising a sheet-like material wound up on a core, particularly, stretchable one such as plastics film, by cutting off the irregularity of both the ends, finishing... | 09/05/1978 |
| 4037498 | Movable sizing gauge The length of segments cut from steel blooms that can be conveniently removed from a pass line in which a sizing gauge is positioned in close aligned relation to the pass line is increased by mounting the sizing gauge on a movable carriage. Support roller... | 07/26/1977 |
| 4026171 | Shuttle transfer mechanism Work pieces, particularly thin-walled shells of can dimension, are transferred from a magazine at a supply station to another station by a reciprocal shuttle having a pocket for receiving the shells in ready position at the supply station; at the other st... | 05/31/1977 |
| 4012972 | Band applying apparatus A banding machine for feeding sleeves of banding material onto bottle necks and the like when the sleeves are of tough material requiring use of a sharp cutting edge. The mandrel along which the tubular banding material is fed is formed to provide a radia... | 03/22/1977 |
| 3985221 | Tube feeder with self-adjusting loader A tube feeder has a longitudinal support equipped with two rows of wheels which support various diameter tubes and a loader for delivering tubes one at a time to the wheels. The loader comprises transverse tracks mounted on the longitudinal support and co... | 10/12/1976 |
| 3933090 | Tube cutting apparatus This invention relates to an apparatus for efficiently and automatically cutting a length of tubing into a shorter length or lengths of tubes. The apparatus includes automatic devices to actuate and deactuate the tube cutters as well as printers used to c... | 01/20/1976 |
