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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7694615 | Slicer A food slicer having a blade is disclosed having a runway for supporting food prior to cutting by the blade and a landing for supporting the blade and the food after being cut. The runway and landing are adjustable for selecting a thickness of a food slice. The runw... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7377201 | Food processing apparatus for forming strips, slices and cubes A food processing apparatus comprises a first and second shaft and first, second, third and fourth subsets of blades. The first and second subsets of blades are mounted to the first shaft. The blades of the first subset of blades are separated by a first displacemen... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7367171 | Venting system for use with a foam-in bag dispensing system A venting device with base and an adjuster supported by the base, and a driver driving the adjuster. The adjuster includes a film vent former moved by the driver between vent formation mode and non-vent formation mode. The adjuster includes an adjustable blade movin... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7350387 | Tooling assembly A tooling assembly 10 having a first set of blades which are formed from a first material and a second set of blades which are formed from a second material. More particularly, each carbide blade of each member 62, 64, 66, and 68 is operatively ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7281535 | Saw singulation Improved systems and methods for singulating a substrate into a plurality of integrated circuit devices are disclosed. One aspect of the invention corresponds to a fixture that holds the substrate during the dicing process. Another aspect of the invention pertains t... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7278344 | Shear mechanism for a slicing machine A slicing machine includes a machine frame having a food loaf delivery path arranged in a longitudinal direction, and a cutting assembly arranged in the delivery path. The cutting assembly has two longitudinally directed reciprocating blades facing upstream in the d... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7267036 | Vial card slitting apparatus A device for separating individual containers from a group of multiple containers and delivering the separated individual container for further processing is shown. The device relies in part on gravity for the movement of the containers. ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7237421 | High-speed sheet feeding without grip pliers The invention concerns a conveying device for sheet steel plates and for moving several sheets (1, 1′) inside or through a working zone (W; 50) wherein the sheets are machined. The inventive feeding device comprises first and second sheet feeders ( | 07/03/2007 |
| 7171884 | Resilient cutting blades and cutting devices Steel reinforced tire fabrics are cut with long rigid bar blades, circular disc blades and disc and anvil blades. All of these blades may have an open relatively deep slot spaced close to the cutting edge that creates a resilient cantilevered spring element that inc... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7163287 | Combined cutter and slitter module for a printer A combined cutter and slitter module for a wallpaper printer, the combined cutter and slitter module comprising: at least two end plates, a media web able to pass between the at least two end plates; at least two slitter rollers rotatably held between the at least t... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7143677 | Food slicer A food slicer includes a frame with a food-receiving platform having an aperture therein. A reversible cutting blade has first and second cutting edges and is selectively removably mountable on the frame in first and second positions for respectively disposing the f... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7143678 | Cutting machine for brick making A wire-cutting apparatus 10 used in the manufacture of bricks. The apparatus includes a pair of spaced generally parallel coextensive beams 13 and 14 between which cutting wires 15 pass. Associated with each wire 15 are groove-form... | 12/05/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7131905 | Method and apparatus for spiral cutting a tubular meat product One aspect of the present invention relates to the spiral cutting of a meat product. The meat product is spirally cut to produce a food item that will cook more evenly, retain condiments better, fit a standard bun, and is healthier. In addition, a food item prepared... | 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 |
| 7107890 | Safety manual vegetable cutter The present invention relates to a manual vegetable cutter, for selectively varied cutting. Furthermore, the cutter of the present invention does not expose the user to risks of serious cuts. The cutter includes a frame fitted with at least one cutting blade mounted... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7096771 | Cutter blade assembly for cutting scoop shaped vegetable products A cutter blade assembly that presents a sequential series of perpendicularly oriented cutting knife arrays which are attached to a frame. A first set of cutting knives is comprised of knives that are generally scalloped shaped. A second set of cutting knives is comp... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7066071 | Food slicer A food slicer includes a frame with a food-receiving platform having an aperture therein. A reversible cutting blade has first and second cutting edges and is selectively removably mountable on the frame in first and second positions for respectively disposing the f... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7055517 | Block working blade unit, block chipping machine and block chipping process A block working blade unit which has working blades disposed in the form of a lattice in order to perform chipping work on the upper surface corner parts of a plurality of workpiece blocks when these blocks are arranged side by side at equal intervals. In a block ch... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7051633 | Ampoule card splitter A device for splitting apart a card of thermoplastic ampoules is described. The splitter device includes a card receiving base, a cutter assembly, and a pusher assembly for pushing the card along the base through the cutter assembly so as to divide the card into sep... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7025251 | Log cutting system The present invention discloses a log sawing system comprising multiple cutting blades. The multiple cutting blades are positioned to cut laterally or perpendicular to the centerline of the log which is to be cut. The logs are transported into cutting position using... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7004055 | Method and apparatus for steering saw blades A method and apparatus for steering saw blades which includes an arbor rotatable about a rotation axis. Saw blades are mounted on the arbor in such a manner that the saw blades rotate with the arbor and are angularly adjustable in relation to the rotation axis of th... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6994005 | Apparatus for slitting, merging, and cutting a continuous paperweb A paper web, which may be pinless, is slit into side-by-side web ribbons that are merged one on top of the other for simultaneous crosscutting into appropriate page lengths. One web ribbon wraps substantially about an angled turnbar to shift it into registry with th... | 02/07/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6959636 | Produce slicer A produce slicer 10 for slicing produce is disclosed. The produce slicer includes a frame (12) defining a cavity (16) having a central axis (22). A plurality of radial cutting blades (20) are disposed in the cavity, wherein each of... | 11/01/2005 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6908020 | Device for separating strips and uses of such a device A device for isolating strips conveyed next to another in lengthwise direction is constituted by at least one separating unit which is extended parallel to a lengthwise axis. Each strip is assigned to one guide and it is inserted and guided by the guides in a plane ... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6874400 | Cutting tool unit and assembly, and machine and associated cutting method A rotatable cutting tool unit of a tool assembly for a cutting machine that is used in conjunction with an associated method of cutting provides several novel aspects. The tool arrangement, which includes two tool units, includes first and second disk-shaped tools r... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6857350 | Appliance and process for reducing distortion of slit metal sheet A machine for slitting metal sheet with rotating knives has roller assemblies which present rollers against the metal sheet immediately beyond the knives. The rollers bear against both faces of the slit metal sheet and straddle the slits, all to reduce distortion ca... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6799737 | Disc scratcher A burn side of a compact disc is maintained in contact with edges of triplet blades while the disc is moved relative to the blades. In one embodiment, the disc is manually moved into and out of an enclosure where the blades scratch the burn side. In another embodime... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6755102 | Method and apparatus for steering saw blades A method and apparatus for steering saw blades which includes an arbor rotatable about a rotation axis. Saw blades are mounted on the arbor in such a manner that the saw blades rotate with the arbor and are angularly adjustable in relation to the rotation axis of th... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6736041 | Vegetable stick cutting machine A cutting machine, for cutting vegetables into vegetable sticks, comprising a horizontal table having a feed end and an exit end. A belt extends vertically atop the table, around rollers which extend perpendicularly from the table. A plurality of cleats extend from ... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6732622 | Safety manual vegetable cutter The present invention relates to a manual vegetable cutter, for selectively varied cutting. Furthermore, the cutter of the present invention does not expose the user to risks of serious cuts. The cutter comprises a frame fitted with at least one cutting blade mounte... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6729218 | Device for cutting potatoes or other vegetables into slices or sticks A device (1) for cutting potatoes (5) or other vegetables into slices or sticks, comprising a cutting member (2) with a supply tube (3) and a discharge tube (4) connected thereto. The device is designed for moving potatoes (5 | 05/04/2004 |
| 6722249 | Method of fabricating a polishing pad having an optical window A method of fabricating a polishing pad in which a pad material includes a polishing layer overlying a substantially optically transparent backing layer is subjected to a process in which an optical window is formed in the pad material by removing a portion of the p... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6711863 | Edge cut to increase effective width of insulation sheet and method of forming the same An insulation sheet for insulating a wall, floor, ceiling or roof cavity is flexible, compressible and resilient and has lateral edges extending the length of the sheet. The lateral edges of the sheet are formed with contours along the lengths of the lateral edges, ... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6682470 | Cutting apparatus with fold-mark function A cutting apparatus comprises a casing, a driving mechanism and an upper roller set. The roller set comprises a first roller, a second roller, a third roller and a fourth roller parallel to each other and rollers have a plurality of cutting blades and fol... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6622602 | Device for slicing loaves and other bakery products A device (1) is provided for slicing loaves and similar bakery products. The device includes a stationary frame (2) including a support (4, 5) for supporting the loaves or bakery products. A blade carrier (10) holds a plurality of thin elongate cutting bl... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6612213 | Double-cut lobed belt diverter A method and device for diverting signatures is disclosed. A first cutting device partially cuts a web, while a second cutting device downstream of the first cutting device fully cuts the web so as to form a plurality of signatures. At least one first bel... | 09/02/2003 |
