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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7341081 | Horizontal hold down jig A horizontal rotary hold down jig for use in horizontally guiding a piece of wood to be cut on one of a portable table saw and a portable router table comprising a spring biased rotatable wheel that can be secured to the table. The spring biasing can be adjusted to ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7272966 | Multiple level entry guide for a roll forming machine An entry guide for a roll forming machine having fixed stop members for the different widths of sheet metal material which can be accommodated by the roll forming machine. The fixed stop members are offset in the vertical direction. Accordingly, when the roll formin... | 09/25/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7124992 | Tool support unit A tool support unit includes a first portion that is attached to a tool, such as a power saw or the like, and a second portion that is attached to a support, such as a table or the like. A telescoping connection between the two portions of tool support unit permits ... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7111540 | Dual purpose puncher A dual-purpose puncher combining two-hole and three-hole punch assemblies, is shown and described. The dual purpose puncher provides a duality of uses to the consumer without the necessity for readjustment. In the preferred embodiment, the two-hole punch asse... | 09/26/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6848350 | Stock stop miter gauge The present invention discloses an improved miter gauge for retaining and adjustably positioning a workpiece. The miter gauge includes a fence frame pivotally mounted to a base member for adjusting the workpiece to be cut at a user selected angle. The fence frame in... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6748837 | Apparatus for sizing and halving food product An apparatus for halving pieces of product includes a loading conveyor for conveying individual pieces of product and having a planar surface defining a plane tilted with respect to the horizontal and a lift conveyor comprising a moving surface positioned adjacent t... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6742432 | Baluster-cutter frame arrangement The present invention involves an elongated frame assembly to permit the securing and proper angular cutting to length of a plurality of balusters which are utilized to support a handrail. The frame assembly comprises a pair of spaced-apart parallel side rails conne... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6722241 | Combination cutting board and slicing brace The combination cutting board and slicing brace is a device designed to satisfy two needs that coexist in the food preparation process. One of these needs is a device designed to safely hold food product while it is being sliced. The other of these needs is a surfac... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6231911 | Ultra high speed hot dog incisor A device and method for incising a cylindrical shaped meat product in which a motor rotates a tubular shaped cutter housing around the longitudinal axis of the tubular housing. Inclined blades are mounted on the inner surface of the cutter housing. An inj... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6145427 | Apparatus and method for cutting bagels An apparatus for slicing a food product includes a housing having a food product inlet and a food product outlet and a food product path defined therebetween. A reciprocating cutter is positioned within the housing along the food product path between the ... | 11/14/2000 |
| 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 |
| 5957018 | Process and apparatus for cutting up by shearing of elements of a nuclear installation A process and apparatus for cutting up an element used in the construction of a nuclear installation for dismantling. The element is placed on a support and pushed toward a shearing tool having a blade pitch angle of 30°. As the element is pushed, the bl... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5946996 | Automatic feed chadless envelope slitter A beltless automatic feed chadless envelope slitter device is disclosed. A separator-alignment assembly assures that only the lowermost envelope received from an infeed zone is passed downstream to a slitter and the envelope so-passed has its marginal edg... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5857395 | Apparatus for the manufacture of sheets of corrugated board of variable size An apparatus for the manufacture of sheets of corrugated board of variable size comprises a cross cutter for severing the entire web of corrugated board disposed, in the conveying direction of a web of corrugated board, downstream of at least one longitud... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5823082 | Apparatus for manufacturing support members for razor blades A razor blade construction is manufactured of a thin element of blade stock forming the cutting edge portion which is welded or otherwise attached to a more rigid support member. A plurality of support members are produced from a coil of flat sheet materi... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5806395 | Method and apparatus for removing an edge fin from metal rim reinforcing strips Method and apparatus for removing an edge fin produced on a workpiece surface during the production of metal rim reinforcement strips. The edge fin is removed after the rim is clamped in the longitudinal direction by cutting a lateral incision into the ed... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5806188 | Slotter A slotter capable of providing a cut of precise depth into a tube is comprised of a main base and an adjustable roller base capable of extension and retraction from the main base, controllable by an adjustable over-center actuator linkage. A pair of rolle... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5800327 | Paper cutting device in a paper folding apparatus for a form printing machine and paper cutting method therein A paper folding apparatus for a form printing machine includes an automatic paper cutting device having a cutting cylinder, which is disposed on an upstream side of an oscillatory shooter assembly, and which is adapted to form a cross line of cuts interpo... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5697275 | Slicing station, with shear edge member, for a food loaf slicing machine A slicing station for a high speed food loaf slicing machine that slices one, two, or more food loaves simultaneously using one cyclically driven knife blade; the slices are stacked or shingled in groups on a receiving conveyor located below the slicing s... | 12/16/1997 |
| 5695105 | Apparatus for cutting a web at a predetermined length and supplying the same A cutting roller having cutting blades and a receiving roller are provided downstream of pulling-out rollers for pulling out a web, and the web passing between them is cut. Accelerating rollers rotated at a transmitting speed higher than that of the pulli... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5577428 | Portable saw guide apparatus A portable saw guide apparatus comprises a frame assembly having four leg members and a pair of cantilever arms fixedly attached to the top of the frame assembly and extending generally horizontally above the leg members and further comprises rails spaced... | 11/26/1996 |
| 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 |
| 5473967 | Vegetable cutting system Potatoes are conveyed one at a time along a predetermined path ending at a cutter that cuts the potatoes into helical strips. A series of four rings surrounds the path. Each ring has a plurality of nozzles that produce jets of water intersecting at a poin... | 12/12/1995 |
| 5417134 | Apparatus for laterally positioning flat cable An apparatus for laterally positioning flat cable in a machine for performing an operation on the cable comprises a base and a pair of cable guides which are movable with respect to the base. Each of the cable guides has a cable guide surface configured c... | 05/23/1995 |
| 5404782 | Bakery product slicing machine A cutting apparatus for slicing bakery products. Two circular cutting blades powered by respective motors are relatively positionable toward and away from each other in a cutting station. One cutting blade may be shifted to remove it from the cutting stat... | 04/11/1995 |
| 5394781 | Support structure and guide A support structure and tool guide for use with circular saws and other hand tools comprising two pairs of parallel, vertically-spaced, horizontally-extending support bars; the upper pair of support bars supporting on rollers a tool support plate which is... | 03/07/1995 |
| 5337640 | Cutter blade assembly A cutter blade assembly for cutting a product, such as a carrot, into a plurality of finished end products, such as carrot sticks, comprises a blade holder and a first and second blade group disposed within the blade holder. The blade holder has a longitu... | 08/16/1994 |
| 5303625 | Layer piercing paper punch A layer piercing paper punch is disclosed, in which a plurality of cutting hole plates is provided on a base between the location of a cutting hole and an upper cutter bar for perforation. Each of the cutting hole plates has a sharp-pointed portion on the... | 04/19/1994 |
| 5255588 | Apparatus for making accurate cuts in thermoformed articles An apparatus for making accurate cuts in thermoformed articles projecting vertically above a generally planar sheet of thermoformable material includes a base plate having a lower surface, at least one pair of knives being mounted to the lower surface of ... | 10/26/1993 |
| 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 |
| 5165314 | Slitting shingled sheets A method and apparatus for longitudinally slitting a continuously moving shingle of sheets of corrugated paperboard includes a thin, circular rotary slitting blade cooperating with a lower roller assembly which supports the underside of the moving shingle... | 11/24/1992 |
| 5161442 | Apparatus for cross cutting running webs A cross cutter for a running web of paper which is transported along a horizontal path has an upper rotary knife holder above and a lower rotary knife holder below the horizontal path. The holders carry knives which extend transversely of the path, and ea... | 11/10/1992 |
| 5152206 | Vinyl trim salvage machine A vinyl trim salvage machine is provided for salvaging vinyl from defective or used vinyl trim for automobiles. The machine includes spaced cutting edges which are mounted for rotation relative to a vinyl trim guide channel so as to engage and move the vi... | 10/06/1992 |
| 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 |
| 4867022 | Rack processor A device for producing perforations in a flexible rack. With mechanical drive systems a "rack" is a linear element used with a rotary element whereby linear and rotary motions are displaced. The flexible rack processed by this invention consists of a tape... | 09/19/1989 |
