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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7343770 | Stamping system for manufacturing high tolerance parts A system and process for stamping parts having tolerances below 1000 nanometers. The inventive system and process is particularly suited for producing optoelectronic parts. The system includes a stamping press and one or a progression of stamping stations for suppor... | 03/18/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7104172 | Method for conveying, guiding, and locating a thermoformable web A method for delivering web-supported articles between dies and punches of a trim press. The method includes providing a treadle having an article detector, while moving the web and the articles, guiding the web and the articles along the web and between a pair of t... | 09/12/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7007579 | Paper elimination in the production of battery plates A method and apparatus for continuously producing pasted positive and negative electrode plates from pasted lead or lead alloy expanded, punched or cast metal mesh strip for use in lead-acid batteries without the use of paper barriers. The heating of cutting devices... | 03/07/2006 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6041684 | Device for separating curved sausages from a string of sausages In an apparatus for the separating of curved sausages (2) from a sausages string (3) by means of a cutting device at a cutting place (31), the sausages string (3) is fed in an arc to the cutting place (31). In this connection, the arc is defined by at lea... | 03/28/2000 |
| 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 |
| 5893310 | Method and apparatus for cutting a rubber sheet material used to form power transmission belts A cutting apparatus for sheet material, such as a power transmission belt molding pad, which cutting apparatus has a first structure for supporting a sheet material, a second structure for engaging and advancing the sheet material on the first structure t... | 04/13/1999 |
| 5685212 | Rotating punch A key punch apparatus is provided for selectively removing notches of material from a key blank. The apparatus includes a punch and die subassembly which is rotatable between first and second positions. A carrier holds the key blank in an operative relati... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5588345 | Fin sheet control apparatus for press A sheet metal working apparatus having a supply mechanism adapted to supply an elongated and flat strip of sheet metal stock to an inlet of a punch press and along a longitudinal axis of the strip. An intermittently operable drive device is provided for e... | 12/31/1996 |
| 5461450 | Apparatus and method for transporting and perforating enlongated strips of material A web (14) of material such as photographic film is supplied continuously from a stock roll (16) into an infeed vacuum box (24) from which the web passes into an intermittently operated perforator apparatus (30) through which the web is drawn intermittent... | 10/24/1995 |
| 5435218 | Slicing machine A tobacco bale slicing machine having a support structure with an inlet opening for the insertion of a bale, and with an outlet portal. A conveyor transfers a bale from the inlet opening to the outlet portal in which there is a guillotine-like cutting dev... | 07/25/1995 |
| 5377570 | Apparatus for perforating plastic film saddle bags An apparatus and method for perforating a plastic film fleader section connecting together a plurality of plastic film bags and forming a pack of saddle bags. The saddle bags are carried on a block with the header on the block and the bags draped thereove... | 01/03/1995 |
| 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 |
| 5311799 | Process and apparatus for cutting stacked sheet-like material in more than one direction with a single cutting knife A process and apparatus are provided for transferring material cut in transverse strips and located on an exit zone of an apparatus for the cutting of stacked sheet-like material, to an entry zone of the apparatus for the purpose of cutting such material ... | 05/17/1994 |
| 5263301 | Slide mounter with in-plane film pusher A film transparency severed from a photographic film web is inserted into a slide mount to prepare a photographic slide. The present invention relates to an "in-plane" film pusher for inserting a severed film transparency into a slide mount. The apparatus... | 11/23/1993 |
| 5235882 | Device for trimming and cutting computer printer paper A device which trims off the perforated margin strips of printer paper and cuts the paper transversely to separate it into individual pages. The paper which discharges from the printer is drawn around a tension bar and is applied to a toothed belt driven ... | 08/17/1993 |
| 5222347 | Slide mounter with spring loaded insert guides The present invention relates to an apparatus for mounting a film transparency into a slide mount to prepare a photographic slide. The apparatus is useful for preparing a photographic slide for a slide mount of the type formed of upper and lower frame sec... | 06/29/1993 |
| 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 |
| 5187918 | Slide mounter with bridging film advance The present invention relates to an apparatus for advancing a photographic film web for operation in a semi-automatic or automatic slide mounter. The apparatus advances the film for operation across a knife assembly to position the film with upper and low... | 02/23/1993 |
| 5182897 | Slide mounter with movable knife assembly Automatic and semi-automatic slide mounters sever individual film transparencies from a photographic film web to prepare photographic slides therefor. The present invention relates to an apparatus for severing the individual film transparencies from the p... | 02/02/1993 |
| 5125305 | Apparatus and method for cutting slabs from a frozen fish block The disclosed apparatus includes a magazine for containing a plurality of frozen blocks of fish therein, the lower surfaces of the blocks resting on a table that is vertically adjustable relative to a reciprocable blade. A pusher unit is provided for each... | 06/30/1992 |
| 5061967 | Electrophotographic recording apparatus An electrophotographic recording apparatus records an image on a recording paper, either a cut recording sheet or a continuous recording paper, through steps of feeding the recording paper along a paper feed plane exclusively for the recording paper, stop... | 10/29/1991 |
| 5024129 | Radial lead component feeder having a narrow footprint A component lead cutting apparatus for tape-fed radial lead electrical components is disclosed. The taped components are driven through the machine by a rotary index wheel, with the cutting station element adjacent the wheel periphery. Clamping and cuttin... | 06/18/1991 |
| 5005455 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing preform panels with preforms for repairing interconnects A method and apparatus for manufacturing preform panels having at least one preform for repairing interconnects, particularly for repairing meander-like interconnects with a preform plated with hard solder. The metal has at least the steps of: providing a... | 04/09/1991 |
| 4972572 | IC sheet cutting press and IC sheet processing apparatus using the same An IC sheet cutting press performs a series of press cutting operations to separate ICs from an IC sheet while feeding the IC sheet stepwise. In the IC sheet cutting press, a series of press molds and an IC feed mechanism are mounted on a common die set t... | 11/27/1990 |
| 4941377 | Apparatus for feeding a continuous form and cutforms A continuous form and cutform feeding unit for a printer. The feeding unit permits feeding a continuous form and cutforms utilizing a cutform feeding arrangement and a continuous form tractor feed. In order to permit either type of form to be fed to a mai... | 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 |
| 4887452 | Sprocket-type strip feed Strip feeding mechanism intended for use in a stamping and forming machine comprises an intermittently rotated sprocket wheel which is located adjacent to the operating zone of the machine in which the stamping and tooling is located. The strip material i... | 12/19/1989 |
| 4852214 | Link separator guide An improved link separator guide for use with a link separator to aid in the alignment and successive positioning of linked material at a severing station, at the joining segment of the linked material, the improved guide having an arcuate channel substan... | 08/01/1989 |
| 4787281 | Method of dividing logs of heated metal into billets and apparatus for use in the method A method and apparatus for dividing metal logs into billets is disclosed. The apparatus includes a furnace, a shear spaced from the furnace, and a guide-pusher system for moving the logs relative to the furnace and shear. Using this apparatus, a first log... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4762041 | Dispensing mechanism for separating coupons from a connected ribbon of coupons A mechanism for feeding a ribbon having discrete three dimensional objects includes a specially formed finger which fits through a U-shaped opening from the back side of the ribbon and incrementally drives the ribbon into position where it is severed alon... | 08/09/1988 |
| 4758214 | Twin wicketing bag machine This application discloses a method and apparatus for converting thermoplastic web material, flat or tubular, to produce bags. A conventional bag machine produces web segments provided with a group of centrally located holes and each segment is transferre... | 07/19/1988 |
| 4753145 | Feeding and shearing apparatus for strip material A bell crank type strip feeding apparatus is disclosed in which one arm of the bell crank is coupled to an actuator and the other arm has a feed pawl thereon for feeding the strip. The actuator is a crank pin which is moved along a circular path about a f... | 06/28/1988 |
| 4747591 | Apparatus for separating folded perforated reel papers The apparatus for separating folded and perforated or creased endless or reel papers, which form an uninterrupted stack, comprises a conveyor belt 9 conveying the same to a separating station, in order to permit an automatic separation of the stack into i... | 05/31/1988 |
| 4730527 | Fuel element bundle cutter having a withdrawal mechanism for cutting dust A fuel element bundle cutter that has horizontal rod bundle feed. A portion f the radioactive dust that is produced when a rod bundle is cut is picked up by scavenging air and is withdrawn with the latter via the chute for the cut-off rod pieces. The botto... | 03/15/1988 |
| 4702135 | Apparatus for zig-zag folding of paper webs and the like An apparatus for converting a continuous paper web with transversely extending weakened zones into successive stacks of overlapping panels in zig-zag formation has two endless foraminous belt conveyors with divergent active reaches which attract alternate... | 10/27/1987 |
| 4693701 | Twin wicketing bag machine This application discloses a method and apparatus for converting thermoplastic web material, flat or tubular, to produce bags. A conventional bag machine produces web segments provided with a group of centrally located holes and each segment is transferre... | 09/15/1987 |
