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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7329219 | Folding apparatus in a web-fed rotary printing press A folding apparatus (1) in a web-fed rotary printing press for folding signatures (2) which are cut off from a running web of material (6) by a cutting device (40) and carried on a signature transport surface (10) of a folding blad... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7191690 | Helical mechanism cutting unit and method for operating for the same A cutting unit is described that contains a pair of cylinders disposed opposite one another with a gap formed there-between for receiving a ribbon. The pair of cylinders include a first cutting cylinder having a periphery with a cutting knife disposed helically abou... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7117776 | High-speed shear for transverse cutting of a rolled strip A high-speed shear for cutting a rolled strip to a length and including first upper and second lower blade drums carrying, respectively first and second blades and rotationally connected with each other, drive elements located in front of and behind the first and se... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7037054 | Apparatus for forming groove used in cutting blade Disclosed is an apparatus for defining a bending or welding groove in a cutting blade. A pair of fixed blocks are fixed to a base of a cutting blade forming apparatus. A slider is slidably coupled to each fixed block, and a bit support block is slidably coupled to t... | 05/02/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6971295 | Sheet delivery apparatus A sheet delivery apparatus includes a cutter cylinder, a cutter reception cylinder, and a conveyor provided downstream of the cylinders. The cutter cylinder and the cutter reception cylinder cooperatively cut a paper web so as to yield sheets of predetermined size. ... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6966245 | Trim edge stripper for a corrugated board rotary cutting die A rotary cutting die includes a trim stripper having a generally pentagonal shape which forcibly separates severed trim scrap from cut corrugated board, directing the scrap material generally downwardly and away from the trimmed corrugated board product. The pentago... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6923098 | Method and apparatus for inspecting and cutting elongated articles A cutting wheel assembly for cutting elongated articles having a cylindrical housing which defines a longitudinal cavity and a circular outer periphery. A plurality of cutting blade support rings are rotatably mounted about the outer periphery of the housing. A plur... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6615699 | Method and device for cutting continuously conveyed, flat objects The described method serves for trimming or cutting during conveyance in a conveying direction (F) substantially in parallel to their main surfaces, flat objects along predetermined cutting lines parallel to the conveying direction (F). The objects are co... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6520057 | Continuous system and method for cutting sheet material A system and method for performing operations such as cutting on sheet material such as cloth wherein the sheet material is scanned at an inspection station to determine the existence and location of flaws in the material, the material is transferred to a... | 02/18/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6152002 | Method and apparatus for trimming flat printed products along a predetermined cutting line A method for trimming flat printed products along a predetermined cutting line includes the steps of continuously feeding the printed products in succession in a feed direction parallel to a plane defined by the printed products. The printed products are ... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6098513 | Assembly to shear rolled sections Assembly to shear rolled sections (11a, 11b) coming from two parallel, adjacent rolling lines, the assembly comprising for each rolling line a feeding unit (13a, 13b), shears (12a, 12b) for shearing to size and a single scrap shears (14) with two pairs of... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6070510 | High-speed flying shears and method employing this flying shears to shear the leading and trailing ends of a rolling bar High-speed flying shears and method employing the same with contrarotating blades (13) and scrap-shearing blades (18) fitted side by side to blade-holder drums (30), which is suitable to shear bars (11) travelling at 120 meters per second or more, the she... | 06/06/2000 |
| 5791220 | Cutting device of packing apparatus A cutting device of packing apparatus includes at least three cutting blades arranged around the packing material expanding cylinder in a substantially equally-spaced manner. The cutting blades are rotatable about their own rotational axes in a synchronou... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5562009 | Chopper and corner rounder for a web material A chopper and corner rounder (10) for a web material includes tool pairs (14, 16; 18, 20) driven by two double eccentrics (22, 24), the first double eccentric driving the upper knife by a first eccentric and the upper punch by a second eccentric, the firs... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5304055 | Apparatus and methods for the production of three-dimensional food products Three-dimensional food products such as crackers, cookies, puffed snacks, puffable glassy half-products, pet foods, pasta, confections such as chewing gum, and ready-to-eat cereals are produced on a mass production basis by feeding a dough or other food c... | 04/19/1994 |
| 5243889 | Tube cut off machine A cut-off machine for cutting off predetermined lengths from a moving length of roll form material such as tubing adapted to be positioned downstream from a source comprising a plurality of cut-off assemblies which are reciprocated longitudinally of the m... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5235880 | Detectable cutter knife and method for making same A detectable cutter knife (100) is useful as a replacement for a conventional cutter knife used in product inspection and cutting systems of the type having a cutting wheel assembly. The cutting wheel assembly includes a knife guide having angularly space... | 08/17/1993 |
| 5230268 | Device for cross cutting and/or perforating of a web Apparatus for cross cutting and/or perforating of a web. The apparatus performs two consecutive partial cuts and, provides for positive guidance of a partially cut web. This is accomplished by first and second cutting blade rollers, arranged with one comm... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5199341 | In-line, adjustable gap cutting sheeter for printed webs A gap cutting sheeter having controls to adjust the cutting position of the first and second flying shears relative to each other to set the gap size to a particular printed sheet. The downstream flying shear can be set up to cut the leading edge or the f... | 04/06/1993 |
| 5157999 | Conveyor for workstations A method and apparatus for moving workstations to perform work on a workpiece, includes moving workstations through a first path generally parallel to the workpiece and performing work on the workpiece. The workstation then returns along a second return p... | 10/27/1992 |
| 5103703 | Web severing apparatus and method Sheet cutting apparatus for severing a rapidly-moving web, such as printed paper, into cut sheets in two stages. In the first stage, spaced cuts are made along a transverse cutting line of the web. The web is trained between belts which support the cut po... | 04/14/1992 |
| 5097576 | Traveling steel pipe cutting machine of milling type The known traveling steel pipe cutting machine of a milling type, which cuts a pipe while traveling in synchronism with a pipe manufacturing speed, is improved so as to facilitate the calculation of positional loci and the control of a milling cutter, to ... | 03/24/1992 |
| 5063801 | Cut-off machine and method for tubing A cut-off machine adapted to be positioned downstream from a source, such as a tube mill, for receiving a moving length of tube stock from the mill and severing plural predetermined lengths from the moving length. The machine comprises a plurality of cut-... | 11/12/1991 |
| 4977806 | Plant to crop head and tail and to take samples Plant to perform cropping and to take samples, which is suitable to crop the head and tail of a rolled product which may travel at high or very high speeds, the head and tail being discharged through an independent discharge conduit (15), the plant compri... | 12/18/1990 |
| 4956987 | Rotary cutter for cutting a continuous corrugated strip A high speed rotary cutter includes a toothed counterwheel which has plural radial slots extending in the axial directions. First cutting blades are slidably received in the radial slots, each of which has a first cutting edge on its outer end. The first ... | 09/18/1990 |
| 4913013 | Rotary cutting apparatus A method and apparatus particularly suited for cutting continuously moving thermoplastic film such as linear low density polyethylene and includes a stationary anvil, preferably a roller of tool steel and a tungsten carbide die mounted for rotation along ... | 04/03/1990 |
| 4879891 | Method of manufacturing heat sink apparatus Unitary heat sink apparatus for use in removal of heat from a heat generating component is disclosed which includes a heat sink body formed by extrusion. Parallel fins extend outwardly a first predetermined distance from the heat sink body and are separat... | 11/14/1989 |
| 4856396 | Apparatus for selectively forming apertures or holes or venting pinholes in a continuously moving web Apparatus for selectively forming a continuously moving web (5) with apertures or holes by means of a punching mechanism consisting of a rotating die (26) and a rotating punch (14) and with venting pinholes by means of a rotating needle bar (34) and a rot... | 08/15/1989 |
| 4846033 | Apparatus for making blanks and strips of blanks Polygonally-shaped blanks useful in making products such as can parts are formed by dividing a relatively wide web of material into a plurality of relatively narrow strips, each strip having longitudinal edges delimited by scroll lines formed from a plura... | 07/11/1989 |
| 4785696 | High-speed apparatus for forming sheets from a web A method and apparatus for presenting a serial succession of cut sheet portions to a work station. The sheet portions are cut from a continuous webbing which is processed by a cutting station and a web-breaking station. The cutting station partially sever... | 11/22/1988 |
| 4715847 | Process and apparatus for producing blanks for packs Blanks (10) for producing folding boxes, etc., are severed from an advancing sheet (11), conveyed continuously, at a constant speed by first drawing rollers specifically by partial severing cuts (cutting lines 33, 34) supplementing one another and made in... | 12/29/1987 |
| 4681001 | Method of making scroll strip blanks Polygonally-shaped blanks useful in making products such as can parts are formed by dividing a relatively wide web of material into a plurality of relatively narrow strips, each strip having longitudinal edges delimited by scroll lines formed from a plura... | 07/21/1987 |
| 4658684 | Oscillating guillotine clipper for wood veneer A clipper for cutting wood or plywood veneer transversely and other similar continuous sheet materials is described which ensures that the sheet material is cut in alignment and the cut achieves a square edge on the material. The clipper includes at least... | 04/21/1987 |
| 4627320 | Compact shearing machine with scrap shears Compact shearing machine (10) with scrap shears which comprises a shears means (15) that cuts to size, a scrap shears means (17), a deviator means (12) to deviate rolled products (33) and a motor means (19), the scrap shears means (17) being positioned im... | 12/09/1986 |
| 4617850 | Machine for the treatment web material A die-cutting machine comprises two form-carrying rolls (10,12) operable in timed relation to produce alternate blanks, with minimum wastage between the blanks, from a web fed at constant speed by a conventional feed mechanism (14). The rolls (10,12) are ... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4613321 | Diecutting roll system with improved scrap disposal capability A tandem arrangement of diecutting rolls severs scrap from a traveling web in two steps, each of which steps effects cutting entirely through the web, but at different peripheral locations. The partially cut scrap is carried with the remainder of the web ... | 09/23/1986 |
| 4610189 | Web perforating utilizing a single perf cylinder and dual anvils In the perforation of webs, such as in the perforation of paper webs in the production of business forms, a single perforating cylinder is utilized in cooperation with two anvil cylinders. Perforating elements, such as interrupted blades, extend outwardly... | 09/09/1986 |
| 4597521 | Rotary notcher for a joined metallic strip A rotary notcher is used in a continuous strip processing line for metallic strip to cut out side or edge portions of the joined strips in the welded area. When an arc welder is used, welding may be done only in the center area of the seam remote from whe... | 07/01/1986 |
