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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| RE40349 | Device for cutting any width of wood or other materials A device for cutting wood or other materials comprises a saw blade clamping device for radially and/or axially fixing circular saw blades mounted axially displaceable on a drive shaft. Support bodies are provided axially displaceable on the drive shaft for each circ... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7191690 | Helical mechanism cutting unit and method for operating for the same A cutting unit is described that contains a pair of cylinders disposed opposite one another with a gap formed there-between for receiving a ribbon. The pair of cylinders include a first cutting cylinder having a periphery with a cutting knife disposed helically abou... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7150388 | Method of bonding and bonding apparatus for a semiconductor chip A method of bonding and a bonding apparatus for a semiconductor chip uses ultrasonic vibration but can improve the bonds between electrode terminals of a semiconductor chip and a substrate. In a method of bonding a semiconductor chip that places electrode terminals ... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7134372 | CNC slitter machine A machine for slitting a metal sheet has a number of knife holder assemblies each containing a rotary knife. The knife holder assemblies are mounted for movement along upper and lower rotating shafts which rotate the knives during a slitting operation. The position ... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7100486 | Apparatus for dicing a deformable product An apparatus for cutting a product includes a conveyor assembly and a slitter assembly. The conveyor assembly conveys the product in a feed direction and defines a conveyance surface, on which the product is conveyed. The slitter assembly slits the product into stri... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7040207 | Log merchandiser A log merchandising apparatus includes feeding and staging feeders and a plurality of pivoting overhead truss-mounted saws. The saws are travelling saws, reversibly and independently movable along the longitudinal axis of the log by means of a rack and pinion drive ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7013779 | Active sawguide assembly and method A sawguide assembly includes a plurality of sets of sawguides, the sawguides within each set positioned adjacent to one another to create an array of laterally-abutting sawguides. Corresponding sawguide biasing assemblies bias the sawguides in each set against one a... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7011005 | Method for positioning the slitters of a slitter-winder in a paper or board machine The slitters of a slitter-winder in a paper or board machine are placed in position in slitting to slit component webs to the desired width. The slitters are moved to a new slitting position as a normal movement when the slitter-winder has stopped after slitting acc... | 03/14/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6988438 | Active sawguide assembly and method A sawguide assembly includes a set of sawguides positioned adjacent to one another to create an array of laterally-abutting sawguides. A sawguide biasing assembly biases the sawguides against one another. The array is supported for movement along a lateral path gene... | 01/24/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6962147 | Dicing saw blade positioning apparatus and methods independent of blade thickness via constrained biasing elements An apparatus for positioning dicing saw blades at a fixed axial distance from one another independent of the thickness of the saw blades, where the saw blade thickness varies within a range. Flanges, spacers, and retention spacers may be employed to achieve desired ... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6928766 | Automatic outrigger lock An automatic outrigger securing assembly, for use on a fishing boat which has structural support members on the vessel. The securing assembly includes a coupler for releasably securing the outrigger in a fixed position, as well as a collar assembly for interfacing w... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6923101 | Continuous log bucking saw system and method A high-throughput, high-end-product-recovery, lineal log bucking device featuring continuous stem travel during the cutting process by using a simple and efficient machinery design for economy of equipment and monies. The apparatus includes: (1) a saw for cutting st... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6877411 | Active sawguide assembly and method A sawguide assembly includes a set of sawguides positioned adjacent to one another to create an array of laterally-abutting sawguides. A sawguide biasing assembly biases the sawguides against one another. The array is supported for movement along a lateral path gene... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6868766 | Knife holder A knife holder is provided which can be readily disassembled and maintained while remaining in a knife bank. Fasteners keep the cylinder housing and blade housing securely connected and are aligned parallel to the longitudinal axis of the knife holder for easy acces... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6817564 | Method and apparatus in changing the setting of a slitter When the setting of a web slitter winder blades (41, 42) is changed during slitting in order to slit component webs (Wo) of different widths, the width of the edge trimming formed changes and an untrimmed neck remains between the edge trimmings of ... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6689037 | Machine for the lengthwise treatment of webs of corrugated board On a machine frame, a machine for the lengthwise treatment of webs of corrugated board comprises a pair of tool beds, on which several tool holders are disposed for displacement by means of a threaded spindle. The tool holders each support a tool. The num... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6627334 | Magnetic tape and method and apparatus for slitting magnetic tape webs A plurality of upper slitting blades and a plurality of lower slitting blades are located such that each of the upper slitting blades stands facing one of the lower slitting blades. The upper slitting blade and the lower slitting blade, which stand facing... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6612216 | Active sawguide assembly and method A sawguide assembly includes a set of sawguides positioned adjacent to one another to create an array of laterally-abutting sawguides. A sawguide biasing assembly biases the sawguides against one another. The array is supported for movement along a latera... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6568304 | Method for order changing in corrugating machines An order changing method in a corrugating machine having a slitter scorer devices and a plurality of cut-off devices includes a step of aligning a dividing slit of an old order corrugated fiberboard web, which does not coincide with a centerline of the ol... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6463838 | Bank cutter positioning device A bank cutter positioning device installed in a cutter seat at a side having a dovetail groove comprises a locking block, an elastic element, a roller and a handle. The locking block having an end pivotally installed above the dovetail groove. The elastic... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6418831 | Tool holder and tab system for board cutting machine An improved tool holder for a fiber board cutting machine wherein the cutting machine includes at least one tool holder bar disposed transverse to the direction of feed of the board. The improved tool holder comprises a first member having a bottom and at... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6393956 | Device for cutting any width of wood or other materials A device for cutting wood or other materials comprises a saw blade clamping device for radially and/or axially fixing circular saw blades mounted axially displaceable on a drive shaft. Support bodies are provided axially displaceable on the drive shaft fo... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6279441 | System and apparatus for cutting logs into shorter lengths A log processing system contains a row of tipple units for supporting a log to be cut into programmed lengths by saws swing-mounted on carriages selectively positioned on a truck extending beside said row. Each tipple unit has two oppositely extending win... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6253652 | Slitter blade locking device In a web slitter of the type used for cutting continuous webs of material, such as paper, a top slitter assembly features a hub cylinder attached to its frame. The hub cylinder supports a freely rotating hub to which the top blade of the web slitter is mo... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6247389 | Polymer cutting apparatus and method A polymer cutter with a rotary cutting head in which the cutting edges are on the circumferential periphery of the head, and in which the cutting edges shear rather than slice the polymer is described. The knife blades on the rotary head have a cutting ed... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6165117 | Device and method for the slitting of a web and slitter/scorer machine incorporating said device The device comprises at least one circular slitting tool (25; 25B) with an axis of rotation located on one side of the path of the web, which works in conjunction with an edge (68; 68B) that supports the web (N) and that is situated on the opposite side o... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6155154 | Quick positioning device of a bank knife A quick positioning device of a bank knife installed with a positioning device on one side of the knife seat body having a dovetail groove is disclosed. The positioning deuce comprising: a locking block pivotally installed on the knife seat body; an elast... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6128989 | Sawing apparatus A sawing apparatus comprises a base structure including bed rolls defining a horizontal bed plane for supporting a workpiece, a saw arbor carrying at least one saw for rotation about the central axis of the saw arbor, and a carriage supporting the saw arb... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6058823 | Ultrasonic cutting device The invention relates to an ultrasound cutting device comprising an ultrasound generator having a given natural frequency, coupled to a cutting tool. The cutting tool is a disk that is driven in rotation, and the ultrasound generator is coupled to a centr... | 05/09/2000 |
| 6032564 | Saw carriage A saw carriage or module for manually, semiautomatically or automatically cutting stems typically supplied by a stem handling apparatus, which stem handling apparatus delivers full-sized, substantially tree-length stems to one or more of the saw carriages... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6012372 | Adjustable arbor and cutting elements An adjustable arbor for maintaining one or more cutting elements which includes a shaft, one or more runners associated with the shaft and runner displacing pistons aligned with the runners and selectively displacing them to engage the cutting elements an... | 01/11/2000 |
| 5946995 | Method and apparatus for curve sawing or traverse edging with an active sawbox An edging and curve-sawing saw has a selectively skewable sawbox, skewable to a workpiece infeed path so as to receive workpieces translated longitudinally along the infeed path and into the sawbox. The sawbox rotatably supports a saw arbor. A plurality o... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5921162 | Incline disc variable target size sawguides for circular gang saws A first collar is releasably slidably journalled onto a selectively rotatable shaft so as to lie in a first plane generally perpendicular to the shaft. The first collar has a first helically inclined cam surface extending between a thin portion of the fir... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5873293 | Method and device for slitting magnetic recording medium A method and device for slitting a magnetic recording medium which can maintain high cutting quality of the cutting edges of upper and lower rotary blades by adjusting the device slightly even if the cutting edges are worn to a certain degree and thus ens... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5809859 | Threaded ring and nut variable target size sawguides for circular gang saws A device for positioning sawguides for circular gang saws includes a first shaft rotatable about a first axis, an annular gear having an outer surface and a concentric threaded inner surface and rotatable in a first plane about a second axis, the first pl... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5775193 | Crush-slitting structure A crush-slitting anvil structure including a frame, a backup roll rotatably mounted on the frame, an axle mounted on the frame in substantially parallel relationship to the backup roll, a roller anvil mounted on the axle and in engagement with the backup ... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5761979 | Edge trimming and board ripping apparatus and method An improved saw assembly (30) includes a rotatable arbor (74) on which two or more saw blades (75) are mounted. The driving interface (96, 98) between the saw blades and the arbor permits the axis of rotation of the saw blades to be collinear with the arb... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5761980 | Sheet slitting apparatus The sheet slitting apparatus 1 comprises a disk-like slitting blade 23 and a guiding member 52. The slitting blade 23 rotates along the direction of the sheet feeding, and can move in a direction crossing over the sheet feeding direction. The blade-guides... | 06/09/1998 |
