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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7360475 | Stripping device for a press A stripping device for stripping a waste piece from a sheet of material, which includes a stripping member with a connecting portion, a supporting finger located on one side of the connecting portion, and a stripping finger located on another side of the connecting ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7225711 | Die head assembly for nibbler tool A cutting die head assembly for nibbler tools which enables the die head to be independently rotatably manipulated by the user's hand independent of its axial connection with the die body to provide for angular and/or circular cuts in areas of limited space use and ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7225659 | Punch press die A punch press tool includes a cylindrical punch guide in which a punch body provided with a punch tip for press forming is fit slidably. The punch tip consists of an appropriate number of long forming punch tips each including a press forming portion in the leading ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7107890 | Safety manual vegetable cutter The present invention relates to a manual vegetable cutter, for selectively varied cutting. Furthermore, the cutter of the present invention does not expose the user to risks of serious cuts. The cutter includes a frame fitted with at least one cutting blade mounted... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7100486 | Apparatus for dicing a deformable product An apparatus for cutting a product includes a conveyor assembly and a slitter assembly. The conveyor assembly conveys the product in a feed direction and defines a conveyance surface, on which the product is conveyed. The slitter assembly slits the product into stri... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7089840 | Food slicing apparatus for a food processing line A food slicing apparatus and components where the apparatus includes a frame and a pivotally mounted carriage. The frame mounts a height adjustable conveyor system while the carriage hosts a latch for a slice thickness adjustment cam. The carriage also supports a dr... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7017461 | Dual position automatic notcher A device for consecutively forming one or more notches in a first surface and one or more notches in second surface of a hollow workpiece. The notching device including a first die and a second die that is fixed relative to the first die; and a shiftable punch havin... | 03/28/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6968765 | Cutting head for cutting a food product An improved cutting head for a food product on a slicing machine including upper and lower mounting rings, a plurality of cutter support segments connected to the mounting rings, a cutting blade attached to a front edge portion of each cutter support segment, and op... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6949059 | Two cylinder one piece pin stripping device A device used to separate and discard a skeleton formed when a blank is cut into the pattern of a folding carton, envelope, or other desired shape is provided. The device includes first and second separating cylinders. The second separating cylinder includes at leas... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6912941 | Steel rule die with removable cutting units A steel rule die for cutting cloth and synthetic materials. The cutting die includes a primary substrate and a plurality of cutting units that are removably attachable to the substrate in such a manner that they are easy to adjust, remove and replace. The cutting un... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6561067 | Food dicing machine with adjustable stripper A machine for cutting a food product includes a stationary structure with a food product guide surface for guiding a food product along a path of travel. A knife wheel support which rotatably supports the knife wheel and is pivotally attached to the stati... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6457392 | Process and apparatus for producing an endless seamed belt A novel method and apparatus for producing an endless flexible seamed belt using a punch and die is disclosed. The punch and die have patterned edges in the form of a puzzle cut pattern with extremely small nodes and kerfs. The cutting tolerances of the p... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6453783 | Process and apparatus for producing an endless seamed belt A novel method and apparatus for producing an endless flexible seamed belt using templates is disclosed. A first form of the template is a mask template with a template aperture in the form of a puzzle cut pattern to be used in combination with an excimer... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6453784 | Apparatus for cutting individual pieces from a continuously moving extruded strand An apparatus for cutting individual pieces from an extruded strand fed at a constant velocity (v0) has two cutting blades, which are disposed on disks and rotate in circular paths. In order to align the cutting blades perpendicular to the feed ... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6397714 | System for adjusting the position between a waste ejector and a cutting cylinder The cutting cylinder of a rotary cutting machine has at least one radial needle for retaining waste projecting radially from its surface. A waste ejector has a rectilinear part parallel to the generatrix of the said cylinder and traversed by at least one ... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6318223 | Process and apparatus for producing an endless seamed belt A novel method and apparatus for producing an endless flexible seamed belt using templates is disclosed. A first form of the template is a mask template with a template aperture in the form of a puzzle cut pattern to be used in combination with an excimer... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6311595 | Process and apparatus for producing an endless seamed belt A novel method and apparatus for producing an endless flexible seamed belt using a punch and die is disclosed. The punch and die have patterned edges in the form of a puzzle cut pattern with extremely small nodes and kerfs. The cutting tolerances of the p... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6145423 | Semi-automatic dispenser for linerless labels A semi-automatic linerless label dispenser effectively dispenses labels from a support for a supply of continuous form linerless labels, each label having a pressure sensitive adhesive face and an adhesive-release material face. First and second grooved d... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6142049 | Linerless label cut-off A linerless label dispenser includes a cutting mechanism. Linerless labels are transported from a roll underneath a plastic guide and onto an adhesive-release material guide structure/ramp past a sensor to a print head which prints indicia on the release ... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6012366 | Slitting mechanism of a card cutting machine A slitting mechanism for a card cutting machine including a pair of rotating shafts having conveying rollers and cutting disks with cutting edges secured thereto. The slitting mechanism also includes a plate positioned in the space between adjacent cuttin... | 01/11/2000 |
| 5860343 | Slicing machine for foods A slicing machine for foods includes a circular knife with a peripheral cutting edge mounted rotatingly in a substantially vertical position on a machine housing. The knife defines a substantially vertical cutting plane. A knife protection ring is secured... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5784936 | Slice stacker for a slicing machine An improved slice stacking device for a food slicing machine. The machine has a reciprocating carriage to which an elongated food product workpiece is mounted. The workpiece reciprocates through a cutting blade, forming a slice in each cycle. A stacking b... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5524332 | Wiper assembly for electrical connector coding station An improved coding station for a wire harness processing machine includes a wiper assembly mounted alignment with a reciprocating knife assembly. The knife assembly has a plurality of individual cutoff blades which reciprocate in a cutting action to sever... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5368291 | Media stripper mechanism A media stripper mechanism for a plotter in which the media is supported by a support having a recess therein adapted to be covered by the media. A stripper is positioned external of the support and is adapted to be extended a preselected distance into th... | 11/29/1994 |
| 5303623 | Clearing device associated with a rotary cutting apparatus of a web of material The common base of the comb-shaped clearing device is made of a shaft. Screws are provided for blocking pairs of parallel arms on a shaft in variable positions as a function of a longitudinal position of a series of points on the cutting cylinder (2). The... | 04/19/1994 |
| 5206679 | Method of and apparatus for cutting sheet-material A method of cutting a fed sheet-material into a cut segment and a remaining portion by engaging a movable cutting edge with a fixed cutting edge is disclosed, wherein the remaining portion after being cut off is fed in a spacing with a predetermined amoun... | 04/27/1993 |
| 5123830 | Dough portioning machine A dough portioning machine includes a plurality of dough feeders for feeding dough under pressure from a hopper to a plurality of orifices. The dough blossoms through an open mouth of the orifice and is cut by a rotating wire moving in a circular path acr... | 06/23/1992 |
| 5121663 | Method of and apparatus for cutting sheet-material A method of cutting a fed sheet-material into a cut segment and a remaining portion by engaging a movable cutting edge with a fixed cutting edge is disclosed, wherein the remaining portion after being cut off is fed in a spacing with a predetermined amoun... | 06/16/1992 |
| 4974479 | Punch and die set having improved slug management system System for controlling slugs (10, 10') in a stamping and forming machine has a slug stripper (32) for stripping slugs from the end (13) of the punch (11) and slug supporting bars (78, 80) which support slugs at their edges as they move through a passagewa... | 12/04/1990 |
| 4932300 | Control mechanism for adjusting the punch tool carriage stroke of a punch press The punch press with a control mechanism for the displacement of a punch tool carriage and a punch tool mounted therein comprises a machine frame, a punch tool carriage movable up and down in the machine frame, a die-bearing member having a workpiece rece... | 06/12/1990 |
| 4913017 | Meat cutting device A meat cutting device comprising a feeding chute defining for the meat a path inclined towards a blade assembly, the blade assembly being formed by a plurality of disc-like cutting blades; whereby the meat piece to be cut passes automatically through the ... | 04/03/1990 |
| 4884484 | Strip retainer and stripper for stamping and forming machine Strip retainer and stripper which is used on a stamping and forming machine for stripping or removing the stock material from the pilot pins and punches when the punches and pilot pins move from their closed positions to their open positions, comprises on... | 12/05/1989 |
| 4725261 | Cutting carton blanks and cutters therefor Apparatus and method for cutting an end portion of a carton blank, e.g. to form a stitch flap, employs a rotatably driven male cutting head cooperating with a rotatably driven female cutting head. The female cutting head has a peripheral cutting groove th... | 02/16/1988 |
| 4631998 | Mandrel apparatus A mandrel apparatus for a tube cutting machine in which the mandrel apparatus is moved into the open end of the tubing advancing along the feed axis of the tubing as the tubing is moved by the feed means into a cutting position. The mandrel apparatus incl... | 12/30/1986 |
| 4619163 | Automatic mitering apparatus Precut pieces of wood of like configuration are stacked in a hopper from the lower end of which they are advanced one-by-one by a reciprocable pusher onto a horizontally disposed work station. As soon as a workpiece is positioned on the station it is auto... | 10/28/1986 |
| 4015495 | Device for stripping waste from a sheet die cut on a platen press A device designed for stripping waste from a sheet, which has been die cut by means of a platen press. The device includes two lateral frames, a fixed upper part or plate in which stripping tools are fixed, a lower movable supporting plate with apertures,... | 04/05/1977 |
| 3956952 | Extrusion preparation apparatus Multiflanged extrusion preparation apparatus including means by which multiflanged elongated extrusions are aligningly fed to punch press operated dies which notch, trim, and otherwise prepare the extrusions for use in assembling and installing of fiberbo... | 05/18/1976 |
| 3938413 | Extrusion preparation apparatus Multiflanged extrusion preparation apparatus including means by which multiflanged elongated extrusions are aligningly fed to punch press operated dies which notch, trim, and otherwise prepare the extrusions for use in assembling and installing of fiberbo... | 02/17/1976 |