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Class 83/174.1 - Spatially fixed tool


Subclass of Class 83 - Cutting
Definition: Device wherein the dressing means acts on a tool which is
No. of patents: 25
Last issue date: 06/24/2008


NumberTitleIssue Date
7390243Sharpener for blades of food slicers
A sharpener to sharpen the edge of a food slicer blade includes a non-planar abrasive surfaced rotatable disk mounted on a supporting structure. The supporting structure includes one or more surfaces designed to align with at least one of a push bar, thickness contr...
06/24/2008
7134937Food product slicer with knife sharpener and associated knife guard
A food product slicer with a rotatable slicer knife includes a knife sharpener and an associated knife guard assembly with a guard member positioned for protecting the edge of the knife when the sharpener is positioned in its standby, or non-sharpening state. ...
11/14/2006
7073421Slicing machine, and method of use and components thereof
An ergonomically designed food slicing machine including a rotatable blade (800, 2800) for slicing bulk food product, a motor (1400, 3400) operably connected to the rotating blade (800, 2800), and a base (100) portion located below the ro...
07/11/2006
7047855Apparatus for cutting pieces of material into appropriate shaped portions
An apparatus for cutting a material having prevalently two-dimensional extension into appropriately shaped portions, in particular for cutting a fabric or the like into shaped portions for the manufacture of clothing items or other items, comprising a support frame ...
05/23/2006
6979153Deep-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
6955108Sawing device for sheets of wood, plastic or the like
A sawing device for sheets of wood and plastic material has a support with at least one transport belt. The transport belt has longitudinal profiled sections arranged in the transport direction of the transport belt. The longitudinal profiled sections are positioned...
10/18/2005
6709319Sharpener assembly for a food slicer and related method
A sharpener assembly for a food slicer includes a rotatable frame with a sharpening member and a truing member operatively connected for rotation with the frame. The frame is mounted on a food slicer to place the sharpening member and truing member on opposed sides ...
03/23/2004
6698325Machine for skiving or splitting nonmetallic planar workpieces
A machine for skiving or splitting nonmetallic planar workpieces, in particular plastic-coated paper-like workpieces, is disclosed. The machine has a motor-driven moving knife, in particular a bell knife or hoop knife, whose cutting edge moves around a cl...
03/02/2004
5775189Cutting machine
A cutting head is provided also with a notching blade to enable it to cut a length shorter than the blade width of a round blade. In order to eliminate the need for compressed air supplying equipment and simplify the mechanism thereby to make it compact a...
07/07/1998
5209150Sharpening device for cold cuts cutting machines
It is placed in a stationary manner in the top part of the machine and has a sharpening wheel (18) as well as a polishing device of the blade that eliminates the rough edges produced in sharpening. It has a frame (1) that incorporates a cover (3) that is subje...
05/11/1993
5165314Slitting shingled sheets
A method and apparatus for longitudinally slitting a continuously moving shingle of sheets of corrugated paperboard includes a thin, circular rotary slitting blade cooperating with a lower roller assembly which supports the underside of the moving shingle...
11/24/1992
5067378Blade for cutting sheet material and related cutting method
In a reciprocating blade for cutting sheet material, a lower cutting part includes a forward cutting edge defining portion and a rear body portion. The body portion has two parallel side faces. The cutting portion has first, second, third and fourth side ...
11/26/1991
5027559Sharpening unit for leather splitting machines
The sharpening unit comprises two diamond grinding wheels 6,7 mounted on respective shafts 8, 9 rotatably supported by a carriage 14 movable away from and towards the cutting blade 4 of a leather splitting machine to bring the grinding wheels in contact w...
07/02/1991
4991481Blade for cutting sheet material and related cutting method
In a reciprocating blade for cutting sheet material, a lower cutting part includes a forward cutting edge defining portion and a rear body portion. The body portion has two parallel side faces. The cutting portion has first, second, third and fourth side ...
02/12/1991
4984492Cutting blade and method for cutting sheet material
In a reciprocating blade for cutting sheet material first and second side surfaces inclined relative to one another intersect to define an elongated cutting edge. The cutting edge is offset from a reference plane located midway between the side faces of t...
01/15/1991
4817480Knife sharpener
A knife sharpener includes an abrasive cylinder and a rectangular block for sharpening the opposed portions of a knife edge. The cylinder and block are urged together to form a sharpening notch in which the knife edge is received. The knife sharpener is p...
04/04/1989
4643061Rotary blade sheet material cutter with sharpener
A cutter for cutting fabric and similar sheet materials spread on a supporting surface includes a rotary cutting blade and an associated sharpening element in the form of a rotary sharpening disk or similar element. A simplified sharpening apparatus and p...
02/17/1987
4503866Cigarette or filter rod cut-off device
A cut-off device for a cigarette or filter rod making machine is designed to work with a knife having an aperture which, when the knife is spent, is detected by a system including a light emitter and a detector, with an electronic timing system sensitive ...
03/12/1985
4503643Sharpener assembly for the cutting cylinder of a crop harvester
The cutter box which houses a cutting cylinder on a harvester has an access opening in its top wall through which an abrasive, full-length sharpening stone may be alternately inserted and removed to engage and sharpen the peripherally located knives of th...
03/12/1985
4497143Device for sharpening rotating blades
A device for sharpening rotating blades, in which a transverse approaching movement of a grindstone-carrying shaft towards an associated rotating blade to be sharpened is controlled, within a predetermined range, by a sensor sensitive to the speed of rota...
02/05/1985
4472990Cutting device for continuous rods of smoking products
A device for cutting continuous rods of smoking products, in which a rotary cutting head is provided with a radial blade inclined with respect to the axis of rotation of the head, the blade being sharpened, upon each rotation of the head, by a frusto-coni...
09/25/1984
4276891Trimming devices for cigarette-making machines
A trimming device for trimming the cigarette filler stream in a cigarette making machine comprises a first fixed blade and a first rotating brush member which cooperate to remove from the tobacco stream tobacco lying further than a first predetermined dis...
07/07/1981
4189875Harvester cutterhead knife sharpening device
A forage harvester includes a rotary cylinder-type cutterhead mounted in a housing and having a plurality of knives with cutting edges that generate a cylinder as the cutterhead rotates. A sharpening mechanism for the knives includes a pair of closed hous...
02/26/1980
4065880Sharpener for cut-off having a helical knife
A cut-off mechanism for a cigarette or other similar continuous rod making machine comprises a rotating helical knife and a sharpening device for sharpening the knife, characterized in that the sharpening device comprises two rotary sharpening members arr...
01/03/1978
3986304Sharpener for commodity slicing machine
The guard cover for a commodity slicing machine sharpener extends over and protects the otherwise exposed knife edge at the knife sharpening area. The guard protects the knife edge at all times regardless of whether the sharpener is in the sharpening posi...
10/19/1976
 
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