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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7270039 | Reload system for slicing machine A loaf reload mechanism for a slicing machine that includes a loaf-loading position wherein during a loading operation a loaf is placed in the loaf-loading position to be engaged by a gripper and driven into a cutting plane. The loaf reload mechanism includes a loaf... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7155938 | Method and device for loading a glass processing installation In the method for loading a glass processing installation (5) with loading portions (10a), glass plates (10, 10b) are extracted repeatedly from a storage unit (20) in a predetermined sequence and divided into a residual port... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7011006 | Automated board processing apparatus In preferred embodiments the invention includes a transverse board conveyor, a board extrusion portion, a marking station, a sawing portion, and a plurality of board feeding portions, all of which are controlled by a process controller. In such preferred embodiments... | 03/14/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6813982 | Positioner and cutting apparatus A computerized positioning and cutting apparatus and method for automatically cutting structures to predetermined lengths with a minimum amount of scrap for a given project. The apparatus includes a frame and a positioning trough supported by the frame. A magazine i... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6352013 | Butter dish A butter dish for storing and dispensing specific sized slices of butter. The dish has two a base plates movable relative to each other and a removable lid pivotally connected to one of the base plates such that an interior space for holding a stick of bu... | 03/05/2002 |
| 5881619 | Method and apparatus for cutting blocks of solid energetic materials A remotely controlled apparatus for reducing the size of energetic materials is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a remotely controlled cutter, retainer and a device for positioning the energetic material to be reduced. Also disclosed is a method for red... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5878641 | Cutting apparatus A cutting machine for cutting elongated workpieces, having a work loading mechanism with a number of inclined, parallel supporting rails for supporting a plurality of elongated workpieces each having a longitudinal axis, the workpieces standing by on the ... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5582056 | Installation for cutting a knife material An installation for cutting a knife material which accurately cuts and produces an intermediate knife material to be supplied to a bending device for bending and forming a knife for working a sheet body. The installation is provided with a repository memb... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5339945 | Indexing device for a gravity log-feeding system A device (200) for indexing logs of frozen fish or the like is disclosed including log support fixtures (208) horizontally slideably mounted to slide blocks (206) in turn vertically slideable on guide rods (202). Horizontal legs (210) of the log support f... | 08/23/1994 |
| 5282406 | Slicing machine A slicing machine includes a blade-plate assembly and a stationary support structure capable of slicing multiple as well as varied food products at the same time. The blade-plate assembly includes a spiraled outer edge support plate and a circular blade h... | 02/01/1994 |
| 5218894 | Apparatus and method for cutting a pin header A machine for cutting pin headers of a desired length from a standard length of pin header stock is disclosed. A vertically disposed track is provided for receiving the standard lengths of pin header stock. The stock is allowed to fall by gravity to a cut... | 06/15/1993 |
| 5207139 | Adjusting mechanism for a pin header cutting machine A machine for cutting pin headers of a desired length from lengths of pin header stock is disclosed. A mechanism is provided for adjusting the width of the track opening that receives the pin header stock so that stock of various widths may be accommodate... | 05/04/1993 |
| 4914994 | Automated apparatus for debeading of scrap tires An apparatus for removing the bead wires from a scrap tire having a pair of overlapping and counterrotating shearing members mounted on a movable carriage. The carriage provides reciprocating motion to the shearing members between two shearing work statio... | 04/10/1990 |
| 4854931 | Process and apparatus for dispensing and conveying individual articles in seriatim order A method and apparatus wherein individual plastic articles are sheared from a cartridge of such articles and conveyed mechanically through an inserter arm to a desired position.... | 08/08/1989 |
| 4833958 | Paper punching machine A machine for punching holes in batches of sheets has a receptor which holds a stack of sheets in vertical position. A timing mechanism sequentially jogs and segregates a first batch from the receptor and deposits same in a vertical punch slot. At the bot... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4697488 | Device for slicing and storing food such as cheese and the like A device for slicing and storing food such as cheese and the like for cutting of said food into slices of any thickness. Said device comprises a carrier with a top, a bottom, two sides, one enclosed end and a closable aperture end. A pusher, integral to t... | 10/06/1987 |
| 4682639 | Apparatus for cutting veneer pieces into equal sections An apparatus for cutting a veneer piece into equal sections includes a main conveyer for feeding the veneer piece in a direction transverse to the wood fibers thereof and a cutter disposed in the main conveyer for cutting the veneer piece along the feedin... | 07/28/1987 |
| 4648772 | Three-knife cutting machine workfeed A three-knife cutting machine for trimming the front side and the head- and foot-side of brochures, books, and the like, in which the products to be trimmed are slidable in stacks with the back side forward from a magazine charged from above downward by c... | 03/10/1987 |
| 4644838 | Apparatus for helical cutting of potatoes A method and apparatus for cutting articles such as potatoes into helical strips wherein the potato is held against rotation and aligned by a plurality of fingers and moved longitudinally against a rapidly rotating cutting head. The cutting head may inclu... | 02/24/1987 |
| 4644729 | Slab-cutting machine A machine for slicing slabs of cheese, sausage or the like comprises a feeding mechanism which supports the slab, feeds it intermittently at an inclination to the horizontal and includes a slab-supporting conveyor belt and gripping claws for holding the b... | 02/24/1987 |
| 4588006 | High speed hopper fed trim saw A high speed hopper fed trim saw. The saw includes a first cutting station where a miter cut is made in a trim board and a second cutting station where a kerf cut is made in the same board. Boards are discharged one at a time from the hopper onto a steppe... | 05/13/1986 |
| 4583435 | Slab-cutting machine A machine for slicing slabs of cheese, sausage or the like comprises a feeding mechanism which supports the slab, feeds it intermittently at an inclination to the horizontal and includes a slab-supporting conveyor belt and gripping claws for holding the b... | 04/22/1986 |
| 4552049 | Automatic feeding of elongated products An apparatus and method are provided for feeding elongated products, especially food products having generally square cross-sections. Included is a transporting assembly that has a surface for receiving the products and moving them in a direction generall... | 11/12/1985 |
| 4519283 | Band sawmill A sawmill utilizing a bandsaw which is movable back and forth in the operation of cutting planks from a log that is cradled in a horizontal position. The cradle and the bandsaw are so arranged that the cutting portion of the saw is inclined at an angle to... | 05/28/1985 |
| 4507998 | Firewood sawing apparatus Logs which have previously been de-limbed are placed onto and removed from a loading deck one at a time and delivered to an aligning trough or mechanism where one end of all logs are moved to a common point. The logs are then conveyed one at a time by a f... | 04/02/1985 |
| 4457194 | Slicing method and apparatus An apparatus and method are disclosed for slicing elongated products, such as sausages. A pair of product engaging members are driven simultaneously in opposite directions so that one member can feed the product to a slicer while the other member is retur... | 07/03/1984 |
| 4451967 | Crane system sheet feeder method and apparatus A crane system sheet feeder method and apparatus employed for depositing collections of bundles of sheets in locations related to specific ones of sheet feeders, such that each collection of bundles can be utilized by an overhead crane to deliver the indi... | 06/05/1984 |
| 4392401 | Apparatus for staggered cutting of planar workpieces Apparatus for cutting planar workpieces including a saw movable through a cutting stroke in a substantially horizontal direction with a first and a second table being provided on opposite sides of the saw. The planar workpieces are first fed from the firs... | 07/12/1983 |
| 4382395 | Loading device for a machine tool, particularly for machining panels of sheet metal or other materials Automatic loading device for automatically positioning of panels of sheet metal or the like and to transfer the panels to a feeding device of a machine tool, preferably a cutting press. The cutting press cuts a plurality of blanks out of the panel along a... | 05/10/1983 |
| 4368657 | Feeder and slicer Whole oriented items, such as onions, are sliced in a slicer by holding the items on a horizontal cutter-bearing plate and by rotating the plate to continuously remove slices from the lower ends of the items until they are fully sliced. The holding device... | 01/18/1983 |
| 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 |
| 4328931 | Automatic speed control of a rewinder A web finishing system which includes a web rewinder 10, an accumulator 64 and a log saw 80 includes means for automatically controlling the speed of the rewinder 10 based on the status of equipment in the system.... | 05/11/1982 |
| 4318322 | Envelope cutter apparatus There is disclosed an envelope processing machine in the form of an improved envelope cutter apparatus adapted to sever one edge of envelopes in one by one relationship. The apparatus includes a supply hopper for retaining the envelopes to be processed, c... | 03/09/1982 |
| 4269093 | Rotary die cutting machine A rotary die cutting and scoring machine including a free wheeling resiliently covered anvil roll, an adjustable pusher having a velocity profile insuring that the velocity of the leading edge of the fed sheets matches the peripheral speed of the cutting ... | 05/26/1981 |
| 4253361 | Fully mechanized sawmill An improved fully mechanized sawmill is provided which is composed of structurally independent modules which are removably mounted on a platform composed of a plurality of side-by-side longerons supported horizontally on files of spaced-apart vertical pie... | 03/03/1981 |
| 4252043 | Cutting press There is disclosed a cutting press adapted for the cutting of paper, such as discarded paper money. The cutting device is mounted in a support having the shape of a case with open side walls, a feeding conveyor passing through the case forwarding the pape... | 02/24/1981 |
| 4249438 | Method and apparatus for cutting sheet material A sheet cutting method and apparatus wherein a fluid pervious die plate or wall having projecting cutting edges is located facing a sheet to be worked, and a vacuum is transmitted through the wall to draw the sheet against the cutting edges for severance ... | 02/10/1981 |
| 4249440 | Device for handling cross ties of prestressed concrete or analogous products Apparatus for delivering ties after unmolding from a first location to a trimming station which includes a conveyor operative between the first location and the trimming station, a gantry having a pair of arms for grasping the ends of the tie, lifting the... | 02/10/1981 |
| 4221246 | Floor joist machine A machine for cutting tenon ends on logs to be used as floor joists, the machine including transfer devices for depositing each log on a pair of conveyor belts, cut-off saws for cutting the log ends to a fixed length, sets of parallel and angled saws for ... | 09/09/1980 |
