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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7926396 | Matched velocity transfer apparatus for a sheet material article trimmer A transfer apparatus for a sheet material article trimmer includes a transfer element configured to grip the sheet material article and move the sheet material article in a transfer direction onto a side table of the sheet material article trimmer. A driver is provi... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7329219 | Folding apparatus in a web-fed rotary printing press A folding apparatus (1) in a web-fed rotary printing press for folding signatures (2) which are cut off from a running web of material (6) by a cutting device (40) and carried on a signature transport surface (10) of a folding blad... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7162940 | Unit for preparing leaves of paper material Tipping papers are cut from a continuous strip of material advancing along a set feed path by a unit comprising a suction roller and a roller equipped with blades, which combine to separate the single papers from the strip at a prescribed frequency; the tension of t... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7146891 | Device for transferring two-dimensional products onto a transportation device A method for segregating and transferring a product from a web of material includes the steps of conveying the web of material between a punching roll and a counter pressure roll, the punching roll having at least one cutting edge and at least one suction orifice; p... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7044902 | Printing press folder and folder components A folder operable to cut a printed web received from a printing press. The folder includes a cutting section having cutting cylinders that cut the web into individual printed products, and a cutting motor that is operable to drive the cutting cylinders. A delivery a... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7036410 | Transversely cutting and conveying a web A gripper pulls a web off a supply downstream through upstream and downstream clamps. The upstream clamp is closed on the web and a piece is cut off its end. Then the gripper is moved back upstream to form the cut-off piece into a dependent loop while the lower part... | 05/02/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6972100 | Method and system for providing articles with rigid foamed cementitious cores One aspect of the present invention pertains to an apparatus for forming a rigid foamed cementitious core within a plurality of article shells. In general, the apparatus can be comprised of a shell bank for retaining a plurality of article shells and comprising a sl... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6923101 | Continuous log bucking saw system and method A high-throughput, high-end-product-recovery, lineal log bucking device featuring continuous stem travel during the cutting process by using a simple and efficient machinery design for economy of equipment and monies. The apparatus includes: (1) a saw for cutting st... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6918586 | Method and apparatus for providing positive control of a printable medium in a printing system The present invention is directed to a method and apparatus for providing positive control of a printable medium in a printing system such that high speed processing of the printable medium can be achieved without damage to the product (e.g., printed signatures). Ex... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6883409 | Device for cross/cutting material strips, in particular cardboard strips A device for cross cutting a cardboard web in which, both the blade drums, a sheet transport conveyor accelerates the sheets and then the sheets are positioned to shingle the sheets on a further conveyor. The sheet transport conveyor has a rerouting roller at the ou... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6862969 | Method and apparatus for the manufacture of fiber bundels The present invention relates to a method for the manufacture of fiber bundles and an apparatus for the performance of the method. A continuous process routine and the reduction of fiber losses is permitted by a method with process steps including taking up and tran... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6474205 | Device for cutting off and conveying streaks and method for cutting off and transferring a threading streak The invention relates to a device for cutting off and conveying strips, for a machine. The device is used for producing a continuous web, especially of paper or card, for a threading strip, and has a knife. Finally the device is characterized in that it h... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6435395 | Post processor for the image formation machine Sheet post processing apparatus is disclosed in a compact form for receiving from an image forming machine successive sheets of printed material and performing post processing thereto, by feeding sheets into the apparatus at the output speed of the image ... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6418825 | Device for cutting a paper web in the transverse direction A device for cutting a paper web in a transverse direction includes a first continuously driven conveyor for moving the paper web through the device, a loop forming station, a cutting device, a clamping device for temporarily retaining the paper web, and ... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6269720 | Device for cutting laminar elements to length, for the fabrication of hygienic and sanitary articles for example Laminated elements, which may be constituted, for example, by labels to be applied to articles while in movement, are formed from a strip provided by a feeding device. The strip moves forward onto a reception unit, passing through a cutting zone. The indi... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6148702 | Method and apparatus for uniformly slicing food products A method of cutting food products into uniform thickness slices using a rotary cutting wheel fitted with radially extending, circumferentially spaced, tensioned and forwardly pitched bevel sharpened cutter blades rotating in a cutter plane and extending b... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6073527 | Method and apparatus for direct shingling of cut sheets at the cutoff knife Shingling of paperboard sheets cut from a web with a helical blade cutoff knife utilizes the downward deflection of the trailing edge of the cut sheet and simultaneous lifting of the leading edge of the web to position the sheets for shingling immediately... | 06/13/2000 |
| 5967011 | Device for removal of slips from a continuously transported slip web A device for removal of slips from a continuously transported slip web is composed of an advancement roll pair which continuously advances and holds the slip web. A blade cylinder pushes a respective lead end of a slip into an open gripper of a gripper cy... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5950510 | Decelerating mechanism for printed products An arrangement for decelerating and shingling printed products as they are conveyed from a variable rotary cutter by a high-speed belt conveyor to a slower speed belt conveyor includes at least one depressor wheel at the entry end of the slower speed conv... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5862968 | Separator for linerless labels Linerless labels are cut or burst from a web by passing the web through infeed and outfeed pairs of rolls with a separator device located therebetween. Each roll pair includes a friction surface for engaging the slick smooth surface of the web and another... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5857394 | System for vacuum-refeeding sheets, in particular corrugated board sheets, to be used in printing and die cutting machines A sheet-refeeding system for vacuum-refeeding sheets in printing and die cutting machines includes a supporting structure and a plurality of boxes containing fans, located on the supporting structure above a sheet-conveying line. The system further has sh... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5855153 | Method and apparatus for conveying flat printed products The present invention is directed to a conveying device for flat printed products. Exemplary embodiments include a transport device for transporting signatures. A plurality of arms, each having a seizing device, are assigned to the transport device for se... | 01/05/1999 |
| 5713256 | Dual speed limits for a cut-off A direct drive cut-off has a pair of cylinders, each having a helical knife blade. The path of the knife blade around the cylinder defines a synchronous length. A corrugated board is passed in a board path direction between the cylinders at a production r... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5708345 | Compact sheet cutter for a document reproduction machine A compact sheet feeding and cutting apparatus is disclosed which is particularly suitable for retrofitting to an existing document reproduction machine. The sheet feeding and cutting components are located within a common housing which can be mechanically... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5704265 | Conveyor/classifier system for versatile hi-speed food loaf slicing machine A versatile high speed slicing machine moves first and second food loaves along parallel loaf paths into a slicing station where both loaves are sliced by a cyclically driven knife blade. There are independent loaf feed drives so that slices cut from one ... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5690008 | Method for delivering rolled rod to a cooling bed A method for transferring rod sections from a flying shears to a cooling bed via a run-in table wherein electromagnetic coils are placed in hollow rollers at a downstream end of the run-in table to pull the leading ends of the rods onto the rollers and pr... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5566600 | Conveyor/classifier system for versatile hi-speed food loaf slicing machine A versatile high speed slicing machine moves first and second food loaves along parallel loaf paths into a slicing station where both loaves are sliced by a cyclically driven knife blade. There are independent loaf feed drives so that slices cut from one ... | 10/22/1996 |
| 5562009 | Chopper and corner rounder for a web material A chopper and corner rounder (10) for a web material includes tool pairs (14, 16; 18, 20) driven by two double eccentrics (22, 24), the first double eccentric driving the upper knife by a first eccentric and the upper punch by a second eccentric, the firs... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5293797 | Multiple point delivery apparatus for separating of sheet-like elements A sheet diverter apparatus diverts sheets into alternate paths by guiding the leading portion of each sheet through a gap in a horizontal conveyor into alternate diverter belt conveyor units where the sheet is firmly grasped for transfer. The one conveyor... | 03/15/1994 |
| 5199341 | In-line, adjustable gap cutting sheeter for printed webs A gap cutting sheeter having controls to adjust the cutting position of the first and second flying shears relative to each other to set the gap size to a particular printed sheet. The downstream flying shear can be set up to cut the leading edge or the f... | 04/06/1993 |
| 5193423 | Method and device for conveying material strip portions cut from a material strip A conveying device for transporting strip portions to be cut by a cutting device from a material strip in transverse direction of the material strip, which strip portions are then laid overlapping in the manner of roof-tiles onto a stacker, comprising: i)... | 03/16/1993 |
| 5119704 | Combined cutting machine and take-off table A machine for cutting cloth or similar sheet material for a take-off table permanently connected to it for supporting sheet material after its having been cut by the cutting machine. The table is movable relative to the machine between a deployed and a st... | 06/09/1992 |
| 5031495 | Sheet punching cutter A cutter for punching a sheet of material having a fixed block disposed so as to face one side of the sheet, a punching blade disposed at the opposite side of the sheet relative to the fixed block, a cutting blade disposed spacedly and along the punching ... | 07/16/1991 |
| 5024128 | Sheeter for web fed printing press A sheeter for a web fed printing press having: an infeed section; a first cutting head into which the infeed section feeds the web, the first cutting head for cutting the web transversely comprising a circular knife cylinder and corresponding anvil cylinder ha... | 06/18/1991 |
| 5014582 | Carton blank deceleration unit A machine is described for handling die-cut carton blanks as they emerge from the die-cutter. The die cut web is separated into sheets of blanks and projected sequentially onto a conveyor. The conveyor is operated at a speed which is less than that at whi... | 05/14/1991 |
| 5004415 | Apparatus for producing concrete roof tiles The invention relates to the production of concrete roof tiles in an extrusion process, in which a continuous layer of fresh concrete is deposited on pallets supplied in a continuous row to a depositing apparatus and is subsequently compacted by means of ... | 04/02/1991 |
| 4969862 | Method and apparatus for producing folded articles Folded articles, such as paper napkins, handkerchiefs, and the like are puced of an intially continuous web or sheet material which is moved into a folding machine in a feed advance direction at a controllable feed-in speed. The sheet material may be fol... | 11/13/1990 |
| 4969640 | Sweet diverting and delivery system An apparatus for diverting and delivering sheets in which the sheets are positively controlled throughout the entire operation. Initially, a continuous web of paper passes between opposing cylinders comprising a rotary cutter. The lead edge of the web is ... | 11/13/1990 |
| 4928562 | Film perforator Disclosed is a film perforator having a punch unit, a pad roller and a feed roller which are disposed at the upstream side of the punch unit and support a film by nipping it between them, and a sprocket which is disposed at the downstream side of the punc... | 05/29/1990 |
