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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7333767 | Paper post-processing apparatus and image recording apparatus An apparatus and method for punching a hole in a paper with a punching unit in a paper post-processing apparatus. The paper is nipped and transported with a transporting roller system arranged downstream of the punching unit in a paper transport direction to make at... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7182009 | Adjustable shuttle stop apparatus A adjustable shuttle stop apparatus for use in controlling feeding of material to a machining operation on a machine tool, such as a band saw. The apparatus comprises a feed conveyor, a band saw adjacent to the feed conveyor, a shuttle vise movably disposed on the f... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7171882 | Knife-like cutting die A knife-like die for cutting a thermoformed plastic article from a sheet of thermoformable plastic. The die includes a die build up plate that is mounted to a first platen and a striker plate that is mounted to a second platen. The die further includes a die board h... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7021185 | Registration apparatus for a sheet material article handler A registration device for a sheet material article handler includes a movable backstop which sequentially engages a leading edge portion of a sheet material article as the article moves in a direction of movement along a path of movement in the sheet material articl... | 04/04/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6968721 | Method of manufacturing blade retainer and manufacturing devices therefor A method of manufacturing a turbine blade retainer using a material cutting device and a material bending device includes steps for suspending a bar stock material between a polyurethane shock absorber and a bore of a cutting jig support, moving the cutting punch do... | 11/29/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6810784 | Glass workpiece transporting and locating system A glass transporting and locating system for a glass cutting table with a bridge extending across the glass cutting table which is movable along the length of the glass cutting table. A glass workpiece feeding table is positioned adjacent the glass cutting table and... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6722237 | Method for aligning and severing articles from a web of thermoformable material A trim press article handling apparatus includes a punch plate, a die plate, a plunger, and a receiver. The punch plate has a punch, and the die plate has a die cooperating in relative movement with the punch plate to sever articles from a thermoformable web. The pl... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6698159 | Adjustable shuttle stop apparatus A adjustable shuttle stop apparatus for use in controlling feeding of material to a machining operation on a machine tool, such as a band saw. The apparatus comprises a feed conveyor, a band saw adjacent to the feed conveyor, a shuttle vise movably dispos... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6647844 | Precise strip material cutter An apparatus for precisely cutting lengths of strip material includes a supply of strip material, a feed mechanism for conveying the strip material from the supply and a reciprocating cutter mounted downstream of the feed mechanism. An adjustable stop is ... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6487949 | Just-in-time bulk rubber bale processor A bale processor for cutting or dicing a bale or slab of unvulcanized rubber produces small cubes or blocks of a predetermined size and uniform shape for continuous feeding at a predetermined rate into a mixing machine or blender. A bale or slab of feedst... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6435067 | Apparatus and method for registering articles during a web processing operation A trim press article handling apparatus includes a punch plate, a die plate, a plunger, and a receiver. The punch plate has a punch, and the die plate has a die cooperating in relative movement with the punch plate to sever articles from a thermoformable ... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6415698 | Apparatus for cutting wafer sandwiches An apparatus for cutting a wafer sandwich into a plurality of rectangular pieces has a support surface defining a transport path extending longitudinally through a longitudinal-cutting station and a transverse-cutting station. A plurality of stationary an... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6308604 | Apparatus for splitting articles A splitting apparatus includes a splitter member with a plurality of blades, and a splitting guide configured to anchor articles so that an article to be split is anchored on a splitting guide when the splitter member is moved across the splitting guide. ... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6216574 | Automated stop positioning system apparatus Disclosed is an apparatus for precisely, easily and automatically setting and resetting stops on a cutting table. In particular, a hand manipulable pointer slideable along a scale may be moved a desired and equal distance to that desired of the stops, and... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6176165 | Device for feeding pieces of strip material to a picking station Device (1) for feeding pieces of strip material (P) to a picking station (6), including a strip feeding unit (3), a cutting unit (4), and a conveying group (5) of the pieces of strip (P) comprising a duct (13b) extending between the cutting unit (4) and t... | 01/23/2001 |
| 5979280 | Electronics board assembly apparatus comprising an indexed punch The invention provides an electronics board assembly apparatus which includes a base, a slide, an arm, a punch, a bracket, a roller member and at least a first engagement component. The slide is mounted to the base for sliding movement along the base. The... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5943933 | Cutting mechanism A cutting mechanism for accurately cutting a notch in a piece of edging, to permit sharp bending of the piece of edging for a picture or plaque, is disclosed. The cutting mechanism comprises a jig secured to a base member, the jig being dimensioned to rec... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5937717 | Device for feeding and discharging a work in an automatic hollow-pipe cutting apparatus A device for feeding and discharging a work in an automatic hollow-pipe cutting apparatus comprises: a cutter device for cutting a hollow pipe; a cam lever driving mechanism for sending the hollow pipe to the cutter device; a fixed chuck device disposed n... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5857397 | Sheet machining apparatus A sheet machining apparatus has a die for positioning a sheet to be machined. The die is mounted on a lower die base for movement and has a machining pattern for the sheet, a plurality of punches are mounted on an upper punch base for machining the sheet ... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5771766 | Device for cutting cheese, vegetables, sausage and like products into slices A device for cutting cheese, vegetables, sausage and like products, into slices, comprising a supporting surface for the product to be cut and a knife, wherein adjacent an end edge of the supporting surface a stop plate for the product to be cut is arrang... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5699709 | Device for severing packing strips having blisters from a continuous film A device for severing packing strips having blisters from a continuous film having a transport roller and, at a specific distance therefrom, a stamping device. The stamping device is combined with a stop, against which blisters of the packing strip to be ... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5605266 | Device for aligning material webs A device for aligning material webs which in a longitudinal direction have alternating regions of differing thickness, has a top and a bottom aligning rail, which are disposed substantially at right angles to the material web and opposite one another with... | 02/25/1997 |
| 5598757 | Method for shearing panels A tab (22) at the edge of a panel (10) may be advantageously sheared by transporting the panel into an in-line shear (30). As the panel is transported into the shear, an adjustable rail (52) engages the tab (22) to guide the panel to maintain its orientat... | 02/04/1997 |
| 5429024 | Card cutting machine A card cutting machine is disclosed herein, which includes a feeder and a cutting unit. A sheet with a mark affixed to an end thereof is conveyed from the feeder to the cutting unit, where it is cut into a desired card size. The machine further includes a... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5250246 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing sheets A method of manufacturing pallets from sheets of substantially the same dimensions as the dimensions of the pallets to be manufactured by the steps of sequentially feeding sheets of a predetermined polygonal shape, cutting substantially at one time a plur... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5218894 | Apparatus and method for cutting a pin header A machine for cutting pin headers of a desired length from a standard length of pin header stock is disclosed. A vertically disposed track is provided for receiving the standard lengths of pin header stock. The stock is allowed to fall by gravity to a cut... | 06/15/1993 |
| 5214992 | Apparatus for cutting stacked, sheet-like material having a front pusher for aligning the material at a feed unit The invention provides an apparatus for cutting stacked, sheet-like material, having a table (3) for receiving the material to be cut, a cutting blade (7) movable perpendicularly to the plane of the table, a press beam (8) arranged adjacent to this cuttin... | 06/01/1993 |
| 5156073 | Method and device for drawing wire into a shearing station of a forming press A method and apparatus achieve the intermittent feeding of raw material into a shearing station by exerting a drive torque on draw-in rollers in order to effect their rotation in one arcuate direction and hence the movement of the raw material toward the ... | 10/20/1992 |
| 5054348 | Device for shearing a group of tubes A saddle with two cutting stations, i.e., front and rear openings, moves forward and backward horizontally within a chassis. The rear opening includes a cutting blade. The chassis includes a front counter blade. A magazine holds a tube bundle and includes... | 10/08/1991 |
| 5033344 | Pipe cutting apparatus A metallic pipe-cutting apparatus is constructed to cut elongate metallic pipes such as aluminum pipes into shorter pipes of a predetermined length, and comprises a main body, a chuck disposed rearwardly of the main body so as to hold trailing ends of the... | 07/23/1991 |
| 5016506 | Method for multidirectional sheet feeding A multidirectional sheet feeding apparatus includes a sheet loader and a sheet feeder disposed adjacent a press. Both the feeder and loader include carriages movable toward and away from the press and carriages movable laterally with respect to the direct... | 05/21/1991 |
| 4926724 | Method and apparatus for multidirectional sheet feeding A multidirectional sheet feeding apparatus includes a sheet loader and a sheet feeder disposed adjacent a press. Both the feeder and loader include carriages movable toward and away from the press and carriages movable laterally with respect to the direct... | 05/22/1990 |
| 4901992 | Stock stop A manual stock stop is diclosed including a track assembly and a sliding stop assembly. A cable-activated electromechanical position transducer sends an electrical signal corresponding to the position of a stop bar mounted on the top assembly to a monitor... | 02/20/1990 |
| 4844852 | Method and apparatus for severing three dimensional thermoplastic articles Method and apparatus for forming a web of uncut thermoplastic articles from a sheet of material and severing the uncut articles from the web of unseparated articles by precisely locating the unseparated articles with respect to a cutting tool and, once lo... | 07/04/1989 |
| 4796500 | Shifting device A device for shifting packs (P) of panels along the workpiece support table (L) of a sawing machine. The top surface of a stack of panels (P') comprises a pair of levers (1, 2) hingedly mounted on a motorized carriage (C). The first lower lever (1) fronta... | 01/10/1989 |
| 4732066 | Device to feed bars A device to feed bars located upstream of a machine to shear bars to size from a bundle to be sheared, the single bars being withdrawn from a selected bundle of bars, a bundle of aligned and butted bars for shearing being delivered to such shearing machin... | 03/22/1988 |
| 4660449 | Stock feeding apparatus Feeding apparatus for repetitively advancing an elongate workpiece to a saw cyclically operable to cut parts of uniform length from the workpiece includes a power-driven feed wheel frictionally engageable with the workpiece. The feed wheel is movable into... | 04/28/1987 |
| 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 |
