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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7493840 | Three-side trimmer A three-side trimmer according to the present invention comprises a bound material feed unit (2) for feeding the bound material (1) one by one; a rotating table unit (3) for receiving the bound material (1) from the bound material feed un... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7299728 | Loaf end trimming station for slicing machine A loaf end trimming station for a high speed food loaf slicing machine, includes a frame, a first knife and a second knife spaced apart along the frame and oriented in positions corresponding to a lead end trimming location and a trailing end trimming location of a ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7213493 | Infeed apparatus for a sheet material article trimmer An infeed apparatus for a sheet material article trimmer includes a pusher element for moving a sheet material article to be trimmed on a front table of the trimmer and into engagement with a backstop of the front table. The pusher element is moved by a driver which... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7111535 | Microtome A microtome includes a knife holding device for a cutting element (16) and a specimen holding device (12). Associated with the specimen holding device (12) for a cutting movement is a first drive device (18) and associated with the specim... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7047855 | Apparatus 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 |
| 7044038 | Microtome A microtome includes a knife holding device for a cutting element (16) and a specimen holding device (12). Associated with the specimen holding device (12) for a cutting movement is a first drive device (18) and associated with the specim... | 05/16/2006 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6308602 | Apparatus for bite cutting made to order garments An apparatus and method for cutting pattern pieces from a continuous marker are disclosed. According to the invention, pattern pieces comprising made to order garments are cut from successive bites of limp sheet material. Means are provided for creating t... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6212983 | Tiltable infeed and outfeed saw table An apparatus for sequentially and automatically cutting a piece of dimension lumber at a number of predetermined angles to produce a building component, such as a rafter or truss web or chord, with composite or compound angles, is disclosed. The apparatus... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6024524 | Method of manufacturing book blocks from various printed sheets having several quarto sheets which are inserted into one another A method and an apparatus for manufacturing book blocks from various printed sheets composed of a plurality of quarto sheets which are inserted into one another, wherein the printed sheets are successively pulled fold first along a conveying path from a s... | 02/15/2000 |
| 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 |
| 5836226 | Apparatus for progressively feeding and machining sheet material A progressively feeding and machining apparatus has a die for placing a sheet material thereon, the die having a machining pattern for machining the sheet material, an upper punch base or a machining head movable toward and away from the die and having a ... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5802940 | Dispenser apparatus for an economic use of a multi-zone disposable strip A dispenser apparatus having a guiding plate (59) and a cylindrical extension (74) with a groove (75), the cylindrical extension preferably being coupled to a cover (22) for enabling backwards movement of a disposable strip (34) in the apparatus prior to ... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5743160 | Metallic tape cutting device A metallic tape cutting device is disclosed, including a driving device, a driving force transmitting device for a crank member in a crank motion and a fork member in a fluctuating motion by receiving rotational power from the driving device. A tape trans... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5477761 | Device for dispensing bandages A device for dispensing a bandage material has a container for accommodating a supply of bandage material, a mechanism for advancing the bandage material from the container so as to expose a desired portion of the bandage material outside of the container... | 12/26/1995 |
| 5389189 | Splicing tape feeding device for use in a tape splicer A splicing tape feeding device is disclosed which is adapted for supplying a splicing tape for joining a magnetic tape to a leader tape. The splicing tape feeding device includes a stationary base member and a movable member displaceable relative to the b... | 02/14/1995 |
| 5351729 | Apparatus for log unscrambling and for feeding individual logs to processing systems The disclosure describes an apparatus to move, individually and at a controlled rate, sawlogs and tree stems from a first multiple feeding station to a second station situated at a higher level than that of the first station; it comprises a frame, a set o... | 10/04/1994 |
| 5311801 | Cutting device A cutting device has a transportation railway for guiding a pile of sheets, a cutter positioned along the transportation railway for cutting a pile of sheets delivered thereto into a plurality of smaller sheets; a first pusher movable along the railway by... | 05/17/1994 |
| 5301581 | Apparatus for cutting stacked, sheet-like material having a side stop and a pressing slide movable against the same for aligning the material to be cut An apparatus is provided for cutting stacked, sheet-like material, having a table surface which has a working zone, above which a cutting blade and a press beam are located, an entry zone behind the working zone for receiving the material to be cut and an... | 04/12/1994 |
| 5245897 | System and method for advancing the leading edge of a corrugated web The present invention is directed to an apparatus for advancing the leading edge of a corrugated web for positioning the web for a secondary operation, such as a cutting operation to cut a discrete sheet from the web. The web has a plurality of alternatin... | 09/21/1993 |
| 5174351 | Ending apparatus and method An ending apparatus for positioning elongate objects comprising, in combination, object singulating equipment for separating a plurality of elongate objects in an inlet area into single objects while moving the objects in a first direction to an outlet ar... | 12/29/1992 |
| 5131971 | Apparatus for making a reinforced fabric from a ribbon of uncured elastomeric material A shuttle head which can be translated along a longitudinal axis between an assembly table and a lead-in table, wherein the shuttle head has a vacuum pick-up for picking up a ribbon of uncured elastomeric material. The shuttle head includes a pick-up plat... | 07/21/1992 |
| 5060546 | Method and apparatus for cutting irradiated fuel elements in the horizontal position by means of a blade-carrying carriage The invention relates to a method and to apparatus for cutting irradiated fuel elements when in the horizontal position. A fuel element is placed on a support and presents a cross-section for cutting. The fuel element may be displaced along its longitudin... | 10/29/1991 |
| 5046220 | Method for feeding fibres to a fibres cutting machine and fibre cutting machine for implementing such method A process for feeding fibres towards the fixed and mobile knives of a fibre cutter, such as a flock cutter, is provided which includes preparing a mattress of fibres aligned in a direction which is substantially perpendicular to the vertical plane of the ... | 09/10/1991 |
| 5042343 | Device and machine for cutting wire binding portions A device for automatic separation of wire binding portions of random length and shape. From a delivery spool a wire strand is fed into a feed mechanism behind which is arranged a cutting mechanism. A sensor measures the length of the wire binding portion ... | 08/27/1991 |
| 5038647 | Cutting-off machine for cutting logs of paper material and the like A machine is described for cutting large diameter wound logs of paper or similar web material such as toilet tissue and the like into relatively small discs for use specially in institutional dispensers. The machine includes a cradle and transport means f... | 08/13/1991 |
| 5019204 | Method of producing mat packets from sheets of adhesive material and apparatus for implementing the method The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for producing mat packets from panels of an adhesive material which adhesive material is covered with release layers. The panel of adhesive material is advanced sequentially through a feed device,... | 05/28/1991 |
| 5014583 | Push feed system for a saw A push feed system for feeding articles from one position to another, and particularly for feeding pieces to be cut to a jump saw, includes a computer-controlled drive means having a stepper motor connected to drive a double sided toothed belt in engageme... | 05/14/1991 |
| 4991479 | Apparatus for trimming articles moldingly formed on thermoplastic sheet and process for operating thereof Apparatus and process for trimming articles molded on a plastic sheet and successively fed from a forming machine. A carriage receives the article to be held thereunder by vacuum and is moved in a trimming zone, where a pair of longitudinal cutter devices... | 02/12/1991 |
| 4941374 | Process and apparatus for the loading of pallets in layers In the loading of pallets (10) with cartons (11) arranged in layers (carton layer 14), intermediate layers (24) consisting of paper or the like frequently have to be introduced between the carton layers (14). The pallets (10) are loaded by a palletizer (1... | 07/17/1990 |
| 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 |
| 4872383 | Apparatus for cutting tubular knitted fabric An apparatus comprising a movable frame reciprocatingly movable longitudinally of a tubular knitted fabric, a fixed press bed member spaced apart from the frame in the direction of transport of the fabric, at least one pair of upper and lower fabric feed ... | 10/10/1989 |
| 4843930 | Apparatus for trimming a tubular article The apparatus comprises axially aligned punches 1 and 2 which are operated to cooperate with dies 3 and 4 to trim the flanged ends of a tubular article. The dies are formed in two halves which are opened to allow an article to be positioned at the work st... | 07/04/1989 |
| 4813321 | Film transport mechanism A film transport mechanism for extracting film from one or more cassettes, and for slicing a sheet of the film and storing the sheet at a temporary storage apparatus until the sheet is to be loaded. The mechanism includes a film guide which moves between ... | 03/21/1989 |
| 4544824 | Equipment for handling sheet material in a pattern cutting machine The suction hood (20) can be moved in over the suction table (4) which can retain cloth during cutting by a laser. The suction surface of the hood opens simultaneously as the suction action of the table is reversed such that cut out portions of cloth are ... | 10/01/1985 |
| 4448627 | Apparatus for applying a rubber sheet onto a tire making drum This invention relates to an apparatus for applying mainly a thin rubber sheet, such as an inner liner or insulation, onto a tire making drum, which is used in a series of raw tire making processes. The apparatus can realize a proper applying of the sheet... | 05/15/1984 |
| 4422357 | Apparatus for advancing a predetermined length of strip-shaped material An apparatus for advancing a predetermined length of strip material from a supply roll to a delivery point. In addition to strip pull-off mechanism (15) cooperating with a one-way means (20, 22) to pull-off the desired strip length from the supply roll (1... | 12/27/1983 |
| 4376400 | Improvements in a machine for applying a gusset to tubular articles such as women's pantyhose A device is provided for feeding a continuous fabric web to a machine for sewing women's pantyhose. The continuous fabric web is formed into a gusset for the pantyhose by various devices including a motor controlled by a photoelectric device for feeding t... | 03/15/1983 |
| 4362075 | Method and apparatus for separating and feeding wrapped articles from a continuous dispenser sheet A common intermittent drive mechanism intermittently rotates a feed roller and a cutter rotor. An intervening gear and the radii of the feed roller and the cutter rotor differentiate the circumferential speed of the roller and the rotor to provide a slip ... | 12/07/1982 |
