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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7328640 | Turret tool holder for a press A tool-changing system for a press utilizes a rotary turret on which different tools are rigidly fixed. The turret includes a circular table base which is rotatably mounted on top of the press anvil. As the turret is turned, a different tool is moved into the work z... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7311029 | Quick-pin blade tensioning device A quick-pin blade tensioning device for a band saw comprises a sliding tension bracket coupled with an upper arm of the band saw. The sliding tension bracket engages an upper band wheel which has a band saw blade coupled to it. A lifting shoe, slidably disposed with... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7263923 | Food product cutting apparatus and process An apparatus and process for cutting food products, in which the products are fed single-file by gravity through a cutting device comprising one or more cutting elements. The apparatus makes use of a device for contacting and positioning the products as they drop th... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7140284 | Device for cold cutting elongate members along a longitudinal axis A cold separation device for separating an elongate metallic member along its length. The device has a separation unit having a driven blade, support member to support the elongate member upstream and downstream of the separation unit. The device further has to feed... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7101262 | Apparatus and methods for texturizing tread surfaces of tires An apparatus may include a stand, a tire mount supported by the stand and releasably attachable to a tire, a tire rasp, and a tire rasp mount attachable to the tire rasp. The tire rasp mount includes a pair of handles. A four bar support pivotally attaches the tire ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7017464 | Woodworking tension board A tension board comprises a bow member that can deform resiliently to apply lateral force to a workpiece pushed between it and the fence of a table saw, and that may have an associated tension gauge element. Combination tools may employ two bow members having differ... | 03/28/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6938530 | Tablet conveying apparatus and tablet cutting apparatus A tablet conveying and cutting apparatus capable of adjusting the position of a tablet is a structure suitable for downsizing. A tablet conveying and cutting apparatus has an arranging device for arranging a long side of the tablet to be perpendicular to the tablet'... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6834823 | Supply device for supplying rubber material to a cutting device Supply device for supplying rubber material (11) to a cutting device (3). In the direction away from the cutting device the supply device contains a supplying table (3) having a supplying mechanism (4), an unwinding trestle (7) con... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6675680 | Method of and apparatus for handling tandem containers Apparatus for, and method of, conveying tandem thermoplastic containers from a molding machine to a tail removal station, the tandem containers being positioned with their axes extending horizontally but possibly out of parallel with one another and with ... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6612210 | Shape sawing machine A shape sawing system for sawing lumber pieces from a curved cant. The cant is scanned by scanners and the scan data is input to a computer. The computer determines a curved path for the saw to follow in sawing the cant into lumber pieces. The saw is late... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6178858 | Shape sawing system This invention applies to a shape sawing system for sawing lumber pieces from a curved cant portion. A scanner scans the cant portion as it is conveyed on a conveyor system and inputs the scan data into a computer. The computer determines the curvature an... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6153042 | Label removing method and apparatus A lens-fitted photo film unit has a housing and a label, which is wound about the housing in a belt-shape, and at least partially adhered to the housing. To remove the label from the housing, the label is cut in a predetermined cutting direction crosswise... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6053084 | System and method for cutting panels This invention relates to a system and method for cutting circuit board panels utilizing an in-line cutting mechanism. As the panel is transported into the cutting mechanism, adjustable rails are moved into position to properly guide the panel into the cu... | 04/25/2000 |
| 6047622 | Veneer scarfing machine An apparatus for scarfing edge portions of a veneer sheet to produce a joint suited for joining the veneer sheets in an edge to edge relation. A conveyor system aligns, conveys and flattens the sheet. The sheet as it is being conveyed is engaged by tapere... | 04/11/2000 |
| 6009787 | Process and device for punching holes in flat workpieces To manufacture orifice disks, polygonal workpieces are prefabricated and oblique holes are punched successively by positioning the polygonal workpieces in different angular positions between lateral stops on an inclined bearing surface of a fixed punch di... | 01/04/2000 |
| 5485772 | Bun slicing machine A machine for slicing bakery products such as rolls and buns. Buns that are arranged in clusters having at least four buns each have their two outside buns sliced from the outer edges and the interior buns sliced from a location between them. A vertical d... | 01/23/1996 |
| 5483856 | Apparatus and method for slitting corrugated paperboard boxes An apparatus and method for slitting a stack of folded corrugated paperboard boxes utilizes a thin slitting blade mounted for continuous movement through a slitting station and defining a vertical slitting plane. A stack supporting table straddles the sli... | 01/16/1996 |
| 5375492 | Apparatus and method for slitting corrugated paperboard boxes A stack of folded and glued corrugated paperboard boxes is slit in unison with a thin cutting blade having a linear cutting edge disposed parallel to the plane of the boxes and moved through the stack in an angular direction to slit essentially one box at... | 12/27/1994 |
| 5235888 | Tire sidewall cutting machine A tire cutting machine that cuts the sidewalls from passenger car tires. The cutting operation is performed on both sidewalls simultaneously. The inner side of the tire tread rests on two rollers so that the tread becomes the reference point for the cutti... | 08/17/1993 |
| 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 |
| 5203246 | System to align and square boxes A system for aligning and squaring folded and glued boxes being conveyed serially in line or in a shingle utilizes a fixed set of alignment wheels positioned parallel to and on one side of the shingle and a set of adjustable alignment wheels positioned on... | 04/20/1993 |
| 5168784 | Hydro-cutter The present invention relates generally to a cutting system for vegetables, including potatoes, which includes a water system for moving the item to be cut along a tubular passageway and through a cutting mechanism. The system includes a water bypass arra... | 12/08/1992 |
| 5099979 | Parting device for substantially parallelipipedic bodies of deep-frozen foodstuffs or feedstuffs The invention relates to a parting device for substantially parallelipipedic bodies of deep-frozen foodstuffs or feedstuffs. For the purpose of supplying the body (4) to be parted centred to parting elements, stop rails (2, 3) which can be urged towards t... | 03/31/1992 |
| 5095791 | Bread slicing machine An apparatus for slicing a loaf of bread includes a frame, first and second drums rotatably coupled to the frame and aligned in a vertical plane, at least one endless slicing band having a cutting edge being passed around the first and second drums to for... | 03/17/1992 |
| 4946085 | Apparatus for producing paper with decorative edges A deckle-edge-simulating apparatus generally comprising a conveyor system for transporting a web of paper through the apparatus, and a novel deckle-edge-simulating assembly operatively associated with the conveyor system. The deckle-edge-simulating assemb... | 08/07/1990 |
| 4913018 | Apparatus to cut and align material in a tire building machine Apparatus to cut breaker material as it is conveyed from a roll to a rotatable drum and to align the cut breaker material comprising a conveyor to move the breaker material along a path of travel from the roll to the drum with the longitudinal centerline ... | 04/03/1990 |
| 4850257 | Apparatus for cutting stacks of sheets Apparatus for cutting stacks of sheets has a first cutting machine which subdivides large piles of overlapping sheets into elongated strip-shaped stacks. The stacks are accumulated on a platform which is moved into a second cutting machine wherein a selec... | 07/25/1989 |
| 4833960 | Lumber conveyor assembly for band saw A conveyor assembly which can be mounted on a band saw table to convey lumber to be cut to and away from the saw blade includes two guide/drive subassemblies which are independently positionable on the band saw table on opposite sides of the saw blade, ea... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4823664 | Tandem sawmill assembly A tandem sawmill assembly is disclosed having two linearly spaced sawing stations. A conveyor system moves the log through the first sawing station and up an inclined ramp for rotating the log ninety degrees prior to moving the log through the second sawi... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4750394 | Cutting machine for decoration chains A cutting machine for decoration chains for cutting a chain-like workpiece formed by coupling a number of ring-like units, the chains being wound on a guide wheel and being inserted in a spiral groove formed on the peripheral surface of the guide wheel, a... | 06/14/1988 |
| 4719832 | Copper foil cutter An adjustable cutter apparatus for longitudinally slicing thin sheet materials such as copper foil used in stained glass processing has the coil mounted on a roll from which it is pulled through a guideway across a cutter blade. The guideway is defined be... | 01/19/1988 |
| 4681005 | Twin arbor resaw with a fence having a continuous rotatable belt A resaw has twin arbors with one to six blades mounted on each arbor. In addition, the resaw has a rotatable fence with a continuous belt along its periphery. Two side pressure rollers are mounted adjacent to the rotatable fence between an entrance to the... | 07/21/1987 |
| 4679475 | Log-bundling and cutoff apparatus A trough conveyor receives small logs from a deck to form a bundle and conveys the bundled logs lengthwise to a discharge end. The log bundle is transported intermittently to project sections of the log bundle successively beyond the discharge end of the ... | 07/14/1987 |
| 4655111 | Fiber cutting device The fiber cutting device of the present invention comprises a die block having a feed opening extending therethrough for receiving a multi-strand fiber. The die block has a flat cutting surface at one end of the feed opening. A fiber feeder is adapted to ... | 04/07/1987 |
| 4569071 | Hand tool for holding a dental xeroradiographic cassette A handtool for holding a dental xeroradiographic cassette, the handtool comprising a first elongated member having a first handle portion at one end thereof and a first beak at the opposite end thereof; a second elongated member having a second handle at ... | 02/04/1986 |
| 4523501 | Slicer feed mechanism An apparatus and method are provided for feeding elongated product to a slicer in order to closely hold and control the product immediately before it engages the blade of the slicer and while pulling the product into the slicer blade. The apparatus includ... | 06/18/1985 |
| 4512228 | Automatic sausage slicing machine for salami and like products An automatic sausage slicing machine for salami and the like comprises a framework carrying an electric motor which drives an orbital blade and a feed device for continuously feeding a line of products to be sliced towards the path of displacement of the ... | 04/23/1985 |
| 4476757 | Adjustable featherboard An adjustable featherboard is used with a table saw or other tool of the type having a substantially flat saw table having at least one groove formed in its surface and a blade slot adjacent and parallel to the groove, and consists of a body having a plur... | 10/16/1984 |
| 4452118 | Shake resaw machine A shake resaw machine for converting a generally rectilinear wooden blank into a pair of oppositely tapered shingles, each having a tip and a butt end, is comprised of a support table hingedly disposed for cooperative engagement with a saw for lateral mov... | 06/05/1984 |
