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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 5332405 | Apparatus for manufacturing semiconductor lead frames in a circular path An apparatus for processing semiconductor lead frames is described which comprises a plurality of stations arranged in a substantially circular path for processing the lead frames. The apparatus further includes processing means located at each station fo... | 07/26/1994 |
| 5191824 | Method and apparatus for forming a contoured surface Forming apparatus (10) embodying the concepts of the present invention has a base (12). A carriage (14) is supported on the base (12) so as to be translatable along a translational direction (16). A cradle (46) is mounted on the carriage (14) for rotation... | 03/09/1993 |
| 5105695 | Slice-cutting machine A slice-cutting machine, for cutting slices out of tuberous vegetables or root crops, has a rotor mounted rotatably in a rotation housing, which rotor carries along the material to be cut in the direction of rotation and at the same time presses it agains... | 04/21/1992 |
| 5096108 | Apparatus for stripping molded rubber products from a product sheet An apparatus has a base plate having a plurality of penetrating holes, a vertically movable plate slidably mounted on guide posts, and a stripper plate slidably mounted on the guide posts and hung from the movable plate. A plurality of stripper pins are v... | 03/17/1992 |
| 4782728 | Automatic cutter for blow molded plastic objects An automatic cutter for separating a blow molded plastic object into two parts. The cutter is capable of cutting a rectangular object into two parts. The cutter operates by grasping the blow molded object to be cut and piercing the object with a knife bla... | 11/08/1988 |
| 4653145 | Rotatable livestock head splitter A livestock head splitter for splitting the head of an animal for recovering head organs including a plurality of circumferentially arranged head trays or holders rotatably movable through loading, head-splitting and discharge stations. A vertically recip... | 03/31/1987 |
| 4528880 | Staple fiber cutting machine A staple fiber cutting machine has a cutter supporting member which suppo a plurality of cutters and is driven in rotation by a drive, a gap formed so that a cable can be introduced into the gap, and a pressing member which is driven in rotation during i... | 07/16/1985 |
| 4434694 | Food material slicing machine A food material slicing machine has a housing, a cutter mounted in the housing, a hopper pivotally mounted to the housing for receiving food material when the hopper is in a first position remote from the cutter and being pivotable to a second position in... | 03/06/1984 |
| 4377958 | Remotely operated microtome A miniature microtome assembly with a bellows-operated blade on an arm swingably mounted on a flexible hinge. The specimen is secured in a chuck on a support arm pivoted on a flexible hinge. The specimen is fed toward the cutting path of the blade by a su... | 03/29/1983 |
| 4360095 | Feed chute for electronic components A chute for feeding electronic components having axial wire leads into a machine for cutting and forming said leads includes spaced apart parallel plates defining therebetween a chamber for the bodies of the electronic components and has an elongated slot... | 11/23/1982 |
| 4288680 | Apparatus for cutting mould notches for strip steel cutting tools Apparatus for cutting notches in the outer surface of a cylindrical drum includes a machine frame, and a laser cutting set which provides a laser beam to cut the notches in the drum. The notches are provided to allow sheet steel strips to be later fitted ... | 09/08/1981 |
| 4183272 | Mechanism for cutting panels to size In a mechanism for cutting panels, including an approximately vertically standing backing structure for the panels to be cut and a lower panel edge support to define a work area through which a saw mounted on a carrier may be moved, the panels may be secu... | 01/15/1980 |