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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7185574 | Method and device for separating disc-shaped bodies from an original body A device for separating disc-shaped bodies from an original body includes a separating device, a feeding device, an optical recognition device for determining the front face contour of the original body and lamps for illuminating the surroundings of the cutting surf... | 03/06/2007 |
| 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 |
| 6739228 | Process for minimizing waste during processing of a length of stock A process is provided for minimizing waste during processing of a length of stock into one or more shorter usable segments, where in connection with the processing station upon which the length of stock is processed, the length of stock has a minimum handling length... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6560849 | Apparatus for manufacturing slats An apparatus (10) is provided for automatically cutting strip materials (22) into slats (20) for a venetian blind. The apparatus (10) has a feeding station (12), a cutting station (14), a punching station (16) and a laddering station (18). Strip materials... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6382067 | Lumber positioning apparatus for end trimming An apparatus for positioning lumber pieces for end trimming, by means of a succession of gates mounted on traveling chains set at a converging angle with the even end line of uniformly spaced lumber pieces carried transversely on parallel chains towards a... | 05/07/2002 |
| 5899128 | Apparatus for changing the length of envelope blanks cut from a continuous web A continuous web of sheet material is fed through the lip of a first pair of driven pull rolls around a series of idler rollers and through the nip of a second pair of driven pull rolls. The pairs of pull rolls are selectively rotated to exert a desired t... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5826472 | Method and apparatus for processing a wire A wire processing apparatus is provided with a prefeeder 120, a feeding unit 12 and an accumulator 110 therebetween. A detector is provided to determine if there is a cause for stopping the prefeeder 120. In response to such a detected cause, a controller... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5741381 | Labelling system and method The present invention discloses a labelling system and process. A continuous single-ply film is provided with a reverse printed image on an inside surface thereof with opaque coating substantially covering the inside surface. The film preferably is very t... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5727435 | Severance control for sinuous wire forming machine Apparatus for cutting, from a continuously extending sinuously formed wire, a variably selected predetermined length thereof having a plurality of sinuously formed generally identical coils, which apparatus comprises a frame, a mechanism on said frame for... | 03/17/1998 |
| 5606842 | Manufacturing method for photosensitive film magazines and manufacturing method for photosensitive film magazines packed in containers A manufacturing method for a photo-sensitive film magazine packed in a container is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of (a) assembling a photosensitive film magazine in a photosensitive film magazine assembly section (b) feeding successively the ... | 03/04/1997 |
| 5441374 | Apparatus for feeding strips coated with a fusion adhesive on one of their surfaces to an advancing transport unit Method and apparatus for feeding strips having a fusion adhesive coating on one of their surfaces to an advancing transport unit, in particular a sheet-stack binding apparatus where loose sheets are bound to form brochures or books. The method is carried ... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5156033 | Method of cutting steel products in a rolling line A multiplicity of cooled steel products, after having been severed from an as-rolled steel, divided into sectional bars and delivered to and accumulated on a cooling hearth, are taken from the cooling hearth, and delivered to a multi-bar straightening mac... | 10/20/1992 |
| 5136906 | Slicing machine A slicing machine for cutting slices from a product includes a camera (6) which views a cut face (5) of the product. A boundary recognition processor (14) processes image signals from the camera (6) to determine a boundary of the cut face (5). A parameter... | 08/11/1992 |
| 5125250 | Flying shear system with adaptive cut-length control and the operational method thereof A bloom is heated and rolled by the flying shear system so as to produce a semi-finish rolled billet having a reduced cross section. A CLSI value, which is indicative of the uniform length of each of a number of product billets that can be cut from the le... | 06/30/1992 |
| 5031493 | Ultrasonic control system for cut-off or shearing machines A shear mechanism is controlled by ultrasonically calipering the bar stock and adjusting the length of sheared bar stock to assure a uniform volume of metal bar stock in the sheared product. A plurality of ultrasonic transducers are carried in a common fr... | 07/16/1991 |
| 4944503 | Division sheet feeding apparatus and method A division sheet feeding method comprises the steps of laying at least one division sheet, which is fed by a division sheet conveyance device, upon a group of a predetermined number of product sheets each time the predetermined number of the product sheet... | 07/31/1990 |
| 4913019 | Ham loaf size sensing means in a ham slicing machine In a ham loaf slicing machine having a rotary cutter supported for cyclical orbital movement into and out of a slicing station, a ham loaf size sensing mechanism is provided in a collar having an aperture for supporting a ham loaf in position at the entra... | 04/03/1990 |
| 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 |
| 4840696 | Label dispenser and a franking machine equipped with said dispenser The label dispenser comprises a cutter (11) for cutting a label from a continuous tape (1), with first and second means (10, 12) disposed on either side of said cutter for holding and for driving said tape. The dispenser further includes cells (25, 26) fo... | 06/20/1989 |
| 4796497 | Method and apparatus for cutting a chain of elongate products In a method and apparatus for cutting a chain of longitudinally joined elongate products into pieces of a desired length, the chain of elongate products is intermittently fed by a feed unit through a first distance equal to the length of each piece to be ... | 01/10/1989 |
| 4651602 | Method for shearing billets A method and apparatus for shearing logs to form billets includes movable stop at the discharge side of a shear to measure the length of the log passed through the shear. A light beam impinges on a detector when the trailing end of a log passes beyond the... | 03/24/1987 |
| 4603629 | Printer with automatically adjustable stacker A printer utilizes an automatic stacker that has a conveyor belt whose speed and increment of advance is varied as a function of the size of the tag being printed in order to provide a more even overlap when different size tags are stacked in a shingle fa... | 08/05/1986 |
| 4594923 | Controller for cutting sheet material A controller for cutting sheet material so that inferior or incomplete sheet material is eliminated is characterized by the provision of means for detecting a length of sheet passing through a rotary cutter which continuously cuts the sheet material, mean... | 06/17/1986 |
| 4526073 | Method and an apparatus for shearing heated metal bars to billets A method is disclosed of shearing heated metal bars to form billets, using a hot shearing apparatus. The bars are heated or kept warm in an oven upstream of the hot shearing apparatus, and the bar column normally is conveyed back into the oven after a she... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4523500 | Method and apparatus for cutting continuous corrugated member A method and apparatus for cutting a continuous corrugated member while conveying it in a longitudinal direction thereof, in which a movable cutter blade is moved forward in the same direction as the conveying direction of the corrugated member at the sam... | 06/18/1985 |
| 4468993 | Small log bucking system A bucking station for small logs is disclosed, in which a log is scanned to determine its size and shape, the resulting data are analyzed by a computer which determines the optimum locations for cuts, and the proposed cut locations are displayed on the lo... | 09/04/1984 |
| 4442774 | Printer with automatic stacker A printing system for printing characters in various fonts and formats onto webs of sheet stock of various sizes includes apparatus for cutting the web into various lengths to accommodate various formats as well as for providing different lengths of tags ... | 04/17/1984 |
| 4194267 | Handling pork loins Hog loins or other meat items are trimmed to a base weight by severing from one relatively uniform end of each loin a single portion having a length determined by the amount of actual weight of said loin which exceeds the base weight multiplied by a facto... | 03/25/1980 |
