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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 6832537 | Roll paper cutter A roll paper cutter, for cutting roll paper which is fed out from a roll of paper so that it can be separated from an outer circumference of the roll of paper, comprises: a rail extending in the longitudinal direction of the rail perpendicular to the roll paper feed... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6826993 | Rotary plunge slitter with clam style slotted anvil An apparatus for slitting a running paperboard web includes a thin high speed rotary slitting blade that is plunged through the moving web and into a slot between a pair of anvil surfaces supporting the web on the opposite side. Because the slitting blade and the an... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6286403 | Cutting machine A cutting machine for cutting long lengths of sheet material, roll material, or web material into predetermined or discrete lengths comprises a frame having a stationary blade extending transversely of the frame and a carriage movable transversely of the ... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6135001 | Strip cutter for adhesive-backed media This is a cutter assembly for linerless strip media having an uncovered adhesive backing. There is a cutter for transverse movement across the media and a backing bar with at least two cutting edges. The backing bar can be rotated to place one of the cutt... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6092450 | Rotary cutter for sheet material The rotary cutting blade is mounted on a cutting machine which dispenses and cuts sheet material. The cutting machine includes a frame for supporting a cutting table top and a dispenser for supporting a roll of floor covering material. The rotary disk sha... | 07/25/2000 |
| 6014921 | Printing device with an automatic cutting mechanism A cutting mechanism having a movable carriage and two cutters. Each cutter has an anvil that opposes a blade, and one of these is a roller that rolls against the other for progressively biasing material against the blades, producing cuts through the mater... | 01/18/2000 |
| 5813305 | Strip cutter for adhesive-backed media This is a cutter assembly for linerless strip media having an uncovered adhesive backing. There is a cutter mounted for transverse movement across the media and a backing bar with at least two cutting edges. The backing bar can be rotated to place one of ... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5787775 | Multidirectional cutting tool in a punch press environment To adapt a punch press to cut work blanks, a cutting mechanism having a freely rotating cutting wheel is provided to a first support of the punch press while a corresponding die having a groove for mating with the cutting wheel is provided to a second sup... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5690012 | Cutting module for web products and cutting device equipped with at least one such module A cutting module comprises a circular knife and a circular bedknife rotatively mounted on a frame in such a way that their respective axes are substantially parallel to each other. The distance between the axis of the knife and the bedknife is such that t... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5603251 | Sheet material cutting device A screw shaft supporting structure capable of absorbing elongation of a screw shaft due to changes in environmental temperatures irrespective of the position of the rotary blade on said screw shaft is disclosed. In the sheet material cutting device, that ... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5465639 | Method and apparatus for cutting a belt-shaped member An apparatus for cutting a belt-shaped member includes: a lower blade; a cutter; a holder for supporting the cutter; a carriage for revolving the holder about an axis of revolution intersecting an axis of rotation of the cutter by maintaining a very small... | 11/14/1995 |
| 5435217 | Disc-shaped knife rotary cutter An improved disc-shaped knife rotary cutter which has a reduced size and is not complicated in structure as a whole, and which require a knife only on the upper side of a traveling sheet. The knife can be used over a long period and paper powder produced ... | 07/25/1995 |
| 5431077 | Paper cutting device using a movable cutting wheel A paper cutting device provided in a facsimile machine, copier, printer, or the like for cutting paper discharged from a roll at a predetermined length. The paper cutting device includes a stationary cutter (2), a movable cutter (5) and movable carriage (... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5404739 | Portable louver-forming tool A portable tool for forming louvers in a sheet metal work piece. The tool has a substantially C-shaped frame with an upper leg, a lower leg, and a body forming a throat in which the louvers are formed. A female die assembly is mounted on the lower leg of ... | 04/11/1995 |
| 5325754 | Apparatus for cutting profile strips formed of rubber mixtures Apparatus for cutting profile strips of rubber mixture produced by extrusion and/or calendering and transported to the cutting apparatus by a conveyor which is intermittently stopped for making a cut has a motor driven rotating knife which is moved transv... | 07/05/1994 |
| 5307716 | Sheet material cutting device A sheet material cutter which cuts a sheet material by the cooperation of a circular rotary cutting blade moving while rotating and a long sheet-shaped fixed cutting blade, and provides a sheet material cutter, having a simple construction. The device per... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5303626 | Cutting apparatus A cutting apparatus having a holding member for holding a sheet; a plurality of cutter member for cutting the sheet held by the holding member; and a shifting member engaged by the plurality of cutting member, for shifting the plurality of cutting member ... | 04/19/1994 |
| 5243890 | Cutter assembly A cutter assembly for cutting sheets of relatively thin material is disclosed. The cutter assembly comprises a base member, a pair of support posts securely attached to the base member, and an elongated guide rail having a first end and a second end suppo... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5197364 | Method of and apparatus for trimming lateral marginal portions of sheets in a stream of partly overlapping sheets Apparatus for trimming lateral marginal portions of a scalloped stream of partially overlapping sheets has two counterknives at that side of the path for the sheets which is adjacent the leaders of successive sheets and a pair of rotary knives located opp... | 03/30/1993 |
| 5186090 | Sheeting apparatus Apparatus for cutting a strip of paper along transverse cut lines spaced along the strip of paper. The apparatus permits ready access to adjustable paper cutting blades utilized in the apparatus and enables ready adjustment of the direction of travel of t... | 02/16/1993 |
| 5168786 | Cutting apparatus There is disclosed a cutting apparatus which is an improvement over co-owned U.S. Pat. No. 4,693,151 including a mechanism for accelerating the cutting mechanism prior to transverse severing of a traveling web; wherein an elongate knife and a cooperating ... | 12/08/1992 |
| 5022295 | Method and apparatus for maintaining the cutting conditions of a rotary punch constant There is provided a method and apparatus for maintaining the cutting conditions constant at a rotary punch by bringing the rotary punch to a constant, predetermined temperature and maintaining the rotary punch at that temperature. Tempering elements are i... | 06/11/1991 |
| 5009137 | Cutter module for a modular mailing machine A cutter module for a mailing machine having a support wall and base includes a cutter support member slideably mounted to one of the mailing machine support walls such that the cutter support member can be slideably displaced longitudinally traversed to ... | 04/23/1991 |
| 4984490 | Method and apparatus for adjusting the cutting knife clearance in sheet cutters The invention is related to a method for adjusting the knife clearance in sheet cutters. In a sheet cutter, the web material is cut by means of a cutter drum (1) rotated by drive mechanism (4) and provided with cutting knives (2), and a counter knife (5) ... | 01/15/1991 |
| 4981059 | Cutting mechanism control for dot matrix printer A control mechanism for a record media cutting blade has a carriage for moving the cutting blade from a home position to a record media cutting position. The carriage has a photosensor secured thereto and is operably associated with a first reflecting mem... | 01/01/1991 |
| 4913020 | Illuminated film cutter and base A film cutter which includes a supporting frame structure with a translucent supply side platform mounted thereon and adapted to be illuminated by an underlying light source and including a film cutter mounted on the frame structure.... | 04/03/1990 |
| 4804428 | Method and device for the division of metal coated laminate webs into individual panels A process and device for subdivision of a continuously fabricated metal backed laminate web into individual panels of any size, uses a computer and a numerically controlled saw. A contour path is controlled by the computer. A saw blade of the saw located ... | 02/14/1989 |
| 4793227 | Apparatus and method for trimming signatures Apparatus and method for trimming signatures moving in a continuous stream and in an arcuate path as controlled by a conveyor. A trimming knife is stationarily disposed adjacent the arcuate path for engaging the marginal edges of the signatures and trimmi... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4693151 | Cutting method and apparatus for stacker There is disclosed a cutting mechanism for a stacker. A web of record members traveling in a longitudinal direction is severed by the cutting mechanism while the web is traveling. The cutting mechanism severs the web transversely to cut off the record mem... | 09/15/1987 |
| 4691605 | Cutter assembly with rotating knife blade A cutter assembly (82) for cutting web material such as paper (80) includes a circular cutter (100) having an endless peripheral blade (102) mounted on a frame (92) on which also is mounted a tension roller in the form of a pulley (94). A smaller pulley (... | 09/08/1987 |
| 4686876 | Apparatus for cutting sheet material Apparatus for cutting sheet material has a cutting blade on a carriage which is displaced along a guide member to co-operate with a fixed blade. The apparatus is removably mounted on a structure which provides a support surface for the material to be cut ... | 08/18/1987 |
| 4665787 | Cutting device for paper and foil webs, particularly for printers, plotters, copiers and similar machines The cutting wheel (40) is rotatably guided in a cutting carrier (50), and under the force of a spring acting axially against the cutting rail (50) so that the cutting wheel (40) is pivotable out of a neutral starting position plane parallel to the cutting... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4525088 | Compact rotary knife mechanism A rotary knife mechanism for severing record media is carried along with the printing mechanism to provide a compact cutting device for full or partial cutting of the media in either direction of travel of the printing mechanism. The position of the rotar... | 06/25/1985 |
| 4519285 | Cutting method and apparatus for tape laying machines A tape (100) is transported by a continuous strip of backing paper (102) along a tape guide (22) into position for the tape (100) to be cut by a blade (12). The tape guide (22) has an essentially flat center portion (24) and opposite side portions (28) th... | 05/28/1985 |
| 4517872 | Controlled depth cutting method and apparatus Tape (100) being laid by a tape laying machine (2) is transported by a continuous strip of backing paper (102). A rotary cutter (12) is mounted on one arm (36) of a C-shaped frame (34). An anvil (20) is mounted on the other arm (38). Frame (34) moves late... | 05/21/1985 |
| 4515053 | Continuous web feeder with web cutting means A continuous web feeder for printers and the like includes side frames, drive and support shafts for the feed tractors, and a cutter wheel movable between the side frames and rotatable as it moves therebetween to cut the web. A drive unit includes an elec... | 05/07/1985 |
| 4480518 | Apparatus for trimming the marginal portions of paper sheets or the like An apparatus for simultaneously trimming both lateral marginal portions of a scalloped stream of sheets has a transporting unit which is driven to advance the stream in a horizontal cutting plane flanked by two stationary counterknives which are mounted b... | 11/06/1984 |
| 4448101 | Shear cutter A cutter for sheet materials, packing or cushioning materials, and the like, comprises an elongate, hollow cutter bar or housing having a spring blade pivotally mounted therein, with the upper edge of the blade positioned in a longitudinal slot in the bar... | 05/15/1984 |
| 4414874 | Fabric cutting A cutter apparatus for cutting of rubberized fabric material having high strength material embedded therein, wherein a carriage is reciprocated on a support frame, which frame may be adjusted angularly to provide a bias angle of cut. A cutter support is m... | 11/15/1983 |
