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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7308921 | Horizontal curve sawing apparatus A saw for cutting a cant by sensing the curvature of the cant and raising or lowering the saw blade in order to follow the curvature when cutting the cant. ... | 12/18/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7255030 | Method and device at running webs have been printed in a high-speed printer The present invention relates running webs which have been printed in a high-speed printer. A method and a device are provided for longitudinal cuffing of a running, unseparated web in two web portions, wherein the unseparated web (2) is printed in a high-spe... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7207249 | Lineal optimization gang/edger for cutting cants and flitches A combination gang saw and edger system cuts both cants and flitches into boards. Cants and flitches are fed singly, lengthwise into the system on an infeed conveyor. On the conveyor, the cant or flitch is scanned to produce a lengthwise cross-sectional profile. An ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7172185 | Sheet punch device, sheet processing device, image forming system, program, and recording medium A sheet punch device for punching a sheet with a punch edge comprises a motor performing a punching operation and a position detection unit detecting a position of the punch edge. A control unit controls the motor and the position detection unit, wherein the control... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7140168 | Device for packaging continuous webs of materials such as selvedges generated on thermoforming units The device for packaging continuous webs of materia1, such as selvedges generated on thermoforming units, includes an input regulator of webs, driving guide for the webs, a cutting unit and, downstream thereof, a collector for bits of webs. The cutting unit has at l... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7140283 | Automated method and apparatus for vision registration of graphics areas operating from the unprinted side A method and apparatus are disclosed for performing finishing operations on at least one graphics area on a graphics sheet, the graphics sheet having a graphics side, an opposite process side, and reference features, the graphics side bearing the graphics area(s) an... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7131363 | Paper-cutting apparatus and paper-holding device of the same A cutting apparatus is provided for cutting a sheet material. The cutting apparatus includes a bed for resting thereon the sheet material, a hollow rail structure spaced from the bed, a cutting element moved along the hollow rail structure to travel on the sheet mat... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7108030 | Lineal optimization gang/edger for cutting cants and flitches A combination gang saw and edger system cuts both cants and flitches into boards. Cants and flitches are fed singly, lengthwise into the system on an infeed conveyor. On the conveyor, the cant or flitch is scanned to produce a lengthwise cross-sectional profile. An ... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7100486 | Apparatus for dicing a deformable product An apparatus for cutting a product includes a conveyor assembly and a slitter assembly. The conveyor assembly conveys the product in a feed direction and defines a conveyance surface, on which the product is conveyed. The slitter assembly slits the product into stri... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7100484 | Apparatus for automatically trimming and cutting images on sheets of paper and other graphic and photographic supports Apparatus for automatically trimming and cutting images on support sheets, which comprises two cutting devices (1, 2) arranged upstream and downstream, respectively, a conveying device (3) which is suitable for conveying to the second cutting device ( | 09/05/2006 |
| 7090120 | Sheet punching device and image forming apparatus having the same A sheet punching device that cuts holes in a sheet while punches are entering die holes, in which a plurality of punch trains along each of which a plurality of punches are aligned on a rotating shaft in parallel with the rotating shaft are disposed in the rotation ... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7077120 | Substrate cutting method A method of producing a semiconductor device constructed by arranging a plurality of substrates, on each of which, thin film semiconductor elements two-dimensionally arranged are installed. The method includes the steps of cutting a substrate along at least a slice ... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7059785 | Composite printer and scan image copying method It is an object of the present invention, when using image scanner(s) to capture image(s) of original(s) and using printer(s) to print same, to enable four-sided borderless copying such that margin(s) do not appear on printout(s). An image scanner might capture an i... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7055418 | Device for trimming and automatic cutting of images on paper and other graphic and photographic substrates, in particular of large size A device for trimming and automatically cutting of either multiple or single images, the images produced for example through digital rendering on paper and other graphic and photographic substrates, wound in reel or being in single sheets (10), especially of ... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7040204 | Method for preparing graphics on sheets A method for preparing a graphic on a sheet of material which also includes at least one registration mark at and about the graphic in predetermined positions. The method involves the steps of applying the graphic and at least one registration mark on a sheet of mat... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040207 | Log merchandiser A log merchandising apparatus includes feeding and staging feeders and a plurality of pivoting overhead truss-mounted saws. The saws are travelling saws, reversibly and independently movable along the longitudinal axis of the log by means of a rack and pinion drive ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7036416 | Hole punch quick-change die assembly with pin strap and positioning system Embodiments of an punch machine and a quick-change die assembly are shown and described. The die assembly may be quickly installed and removed from the punch machine, without bolting or unbolting of either machine housing or the die assembly itself. The die assembly... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7036411 | Active measurement and control system for a material cutting apparatus An active measurement and control system for a material cutting apparatus. The apparatus comprises a cutting tool which may be pivoted for cutting a workpiece in a cutting area at a selectable angle. The cutting area defines a datum plane, and a feed table with a sh... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7017632 | Position-based integrated motion controlled curve sawing A method of position-based integrated motion controlled curve sawing includes the steps of: transporting a curved workpiece in a downstream direction on a transfer, and monitoring position of the workpiece on the transfer, scanning the workpiece through an upstream ... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7007577 | Sheet processing apparatus, control method therefor, sheet processing method, and storage media To maintain high productivity and performing high-grade processes while minimizing deviation of a sheet process position in a direction at a right angle to a sheet conveying direction whatever types of sheets are to be processed, timing for starting detection of an ... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7003257 | Hole-punching processor and image forming apparatus The invention concerns a hole-punching processor that forms punched-holes, for binding sheets into a file, on the sheets, which are ejected after images are formed on them from an image forming apparatus such as, for example, a copying machine, a printer, a facsimil... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6991012 | Apparatus for sawing a workpiece A method of forming a workpiece into sectioned parts using a pair of laterally translatable chipping heads and, downstream, a cutting device of the type having a plurality of rotatable cutting members mounted for rotation on a common axis which is movable and includ... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6978925 | In-line automated perforation method using selective multi-hole punch A method for creating multiple punch holes during a finishing process of paper sheets and other sheet materials. A highlight of the present invention is the ability to select between at least two configurations of punch holes automatically, without manual adjustment... | 12/27/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6971423 | Method and apparatus for singulating, debarking, scanning and automatically sawing and sorting logs into lengths A log handling and cutting system which cuts logs into lengths, and allows for maximum use of fiber. The system includes equipment for singulating the logs, optimally removing the bark from the logs, scanning the true log image, cutting the logs to length, and sorti... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6949061 | Apparatus for working with sheet material An apparatus and method of using the same is disclosed. The apparatus has a base and a plurality of shears adjustably secured thereto. Each shear has one cutting element that is adjustable secured to the base and another cutting element that is pivotally secured to ... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6931703 | Rail producing method and producing equipment The present invention provides a method and equipment for producing a rail, the method and equipment being capable of lowering a bend at an end of a rail effectively and the truncation amount thereof. The present invention is a method for producing a rail, character... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6928914 | Book trimming apparatus and method A trimmer (1) is disclosed from trimming excess margins (M) along one, two or three edges of a perfect bound book (B) is disclosed. The trimmer has a shearing blade (15) movable in a shearing plane (SP) between an open and a closed position. The book i... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6929043 | Optimized board edger and method of operation thereof In a first aspect of the invention, there is provided a new method for edging a wood board. This method comprises the steps of constructing from the scanned images of a wood board, a virtual entity of the wood board; determining from the scanned images an optimized ... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6923101 | Continuous log bucking saw system and method A high-throughput, high-end-product-recovery, lineal log bucking device featuring continuous stem travel during the cutting process by using a simple and efficient machinery design for economy of equipment and monies. The apparatus includes: (1) a saw for cutting st... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6915602 | Sizing tag The combination of a soft-goods item of folded fabric adapted to be displayed in a stack, and labeling for each item, has at least one band engaged around the item, spanning at least one of the narrow edge surfaces of the item. A self-supporting tag has a pair of sl... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6907806 | Sheet processing apparatus, control method therefor, sheet processing method, and storage media To maintain high productivity and performing high-grade processes while minimizing deviation of a sheet process position in a direction at a right angle to a sheet conveying direction whatever types of sheets are to be processed, timing for starting detection of an ... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6895843 | Method of using band saw with reciprocating workpiece A resaw apparatus and method of sawing a succession of boards from a cant of a succession of cants. A band saw is vertically positioned to cut the succession of boards from the cant as the cant is reciprocated through the saw. A pivoted raker gate downstream of the ... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6887003 | Printing system to print continuous sheet without any margin, and to automatically cut the sheet A pattern of continuously printing a sheet without any margin between images and cutting a boundary between the images, a pattern of continuously printing the sheet with a margin between the images and performing two upper and lower cuttings at the places slightly i... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6883421 | Installation for preparing lettuce heads An apparatus for preparing lettuce heads with tightly packed overlapping leaves or vegetables with a similar structure. The apparatus includes a plurality of workstations and supports for receiving lettuce heads and for conveying the lettuce heads through the workst... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6869010 | In-line automated dual or selective multi-hole punch A device and method for creating multiple punch holes during a finishing process of paper sheets and other sheet materials. The improved sheet punch including two rotatable punches set at different angles such that when one intersects the sheet path, the other clear... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6845698 | Systems and methods for severing elongated material Systems and methods for severing elongated material include a rotatable first roll having a first severing structure, a rotatable second roll having a second severing structure corresponding with the first severing structure for severing a length of the filament pos... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6820526 | Automatic device for finishing and cutting multiple or single images on paper and other graphic and photographic substrates in reels or single sheets An automatic device for cutting paper and other graphic and photographic substrates in reels or single sheets through optical reflection recognition of complex marks includes at least a pair of rollers (2) for feeding the substrate, a motor (3) for dri... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6772665 | Band saw with reciprocating workpiece and method of using A resaw apparatus and method of sawing a succession of boards from a cant of a succession of cants. A band saw is vertically positioned to cut the succession of boards from the cant as the cant is reciprocated through the saw. A pivoted raker gate downstream of the ... | 08/10/2004 |
