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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7361131 | Systems and methods for processing a container blank A system includes a first scoring station, an optional second scoring station, and a cutting station. The first scoring station includes a stationary platen for supporting a substrate, a movable platen juxtaposed a spaced distance therefrom, and one or more scoring ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7299731 | Paper trimmer A material trimmer including a base having a support surface and a cutting region having a channel. A plate is movably attached to the base and includes oppositely facing upper and lower surfaces, an elongated slot therethrough, an elevated portion proximate each si... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7299726 | Method and unit for transversely cutting cigarette portions or similar on a filter assembly machine A method and unit for transversely cutting cigarette portions or similar on a filter assembly machine, whereby a cigarette portion is fed transversely through a cutting station to intercept a rotary circular blade, which is maintained in a work position by an arm mo... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7273325 | Thermal printer and cutter A thermal printer includes a first module having a motor and a thermal head support member to fix a thermal head, the thermal head support member having a fixed blade part working as a blade and an a second module being detachably coupled with the first module, the ... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7258049 | Method of operating a flying shear A method of operating a flying shear for cutting a rolled strip, which includes at least one drum provided with a blade, includes synchronizing a peripheral speed of the blade with a feed rate of the rolled strip, and cutting the rolled strip by effecting a partial ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7249547 | Paper cutter A paper cutter comprising a pair of four-joint link array mechanisms disposed in parallel between a paper holding member and a base, wherein pivotal links adjacent between the respective four-joint link array mechanisms are disposed to intersect with each other and ... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7219585 | Cutting workstation A cutting workstation which includes a cutter mounted on an arm type configuration. The arm configuration is slidably moveable relative to a divided work piece support table, the cutter moveable there between. Further, the cutter is capable of elevating the arm eith... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7191691 | Food chopper A food chopping or slicing device preferably includes three primary components, including a lid, a blade tray, and a food reservoir. The lid and the food reservoir are pivotally connected to one another, with the blade tray being removably mounted within an upper ri... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7168355 | Fiber chopper and method of chopping A method and apparatus for chopping long unwound items like fiber, fiber strands, yarn, etc. The chopper has a backup roll, a blade roll and a biasing system for forcing the backup roll and the blade roll together at a desired force during set up and operation. The ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7124672 | Blind cut down machine A blind cut-down apparatus for trimming a blind down to size the blind having at least a head rail component, and blind slats suspended from the head rail, and having a blind holding plate with an opening for holding the components in position for cutting, a slat cu... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7059224 | Process for cutting through films in laminated glass A blade is used to cut through a film between the panes of laminated glass in the area of a gap produced in the laminated glass the blade is provided on a holding device and can move along the gap. The holding device includes swiveling carrier on which there is a ho... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7032812 | Quick-extraction punch-holder adapter for converting punching machines from a single-punch to a multiple-punch configuration A punching machine comprising at least one punching head including a support body having a first end delimiting a peripheral shoulder, a second end, and at least two parallel seats being angularly spaced from one another and extending through said support body from ... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7032489 | Multipurpose cutting apparatus The present invention relates to a multipurpose cutting apparatus having a straight cutter and a multipurpose cutter disposed at either side of the cutting table, the cutting table is provided with two pairs of lateral slide grooves in each of received an adjusting ... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7013776 | Device for cutting optical fiber and a method for cutting optical fiber An optical fiber cutting device provided with a speed reducing part which transmits drive force by reducing the drive speed of the external drive force, a drive force transmission part which transmits the drive force from the speed reduction part to the cutting blad... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7000520 | Roll supporting slide cutter assembly incorporating a traversable cutter tab and in particular capable of being supported within a carton enclosure associated with a wrap material roll A slide cutter assembly for use in sectioning lengths of a packaging material drawn from a roll. The device includes an elongated and shaped body. A first roll supporting portion is located at a first end of said body and a second roll supporting portion is likewise... | 02/21/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6971296 | Venetian blind cutting machine A Venetian blind cutting machine is constructed to include a machine base, two blind locating modules mounted on the machine base at different elevations, each of which having a set of through holes for supporting component parts of a Venetian blind to be cut, a bli... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6854495 | Table with rotatable supports A collapsible table assembly having improved portability. A mechanism interconnects the table and supporting legs for moving the legs between a diverging supporting position, a folding position, and a storage position. A saw track assembly includes an upper platform... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6854370 | Device for the cross perforation of webs A device for the cross perforation of webs, preferably paper webs for producing sacks, comprises a rotatingly driven perforating blade and a grooved roller, both of which are mounted on a machine frame and between them passes the web to be perforated. To adjust the ... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6840145 | Device for trimming corner or sheet member A corner trimming device includes a base having a seat and a platform to support sheet members to be cut or trimmed, the base includes a channel formed between the seat and the platform. A cutter blade includes a bar engaged into the channel of the base and secured ... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6823765 | Bevel locking system for a sliding compound miter saw A compound miter saw includes a table on which a workpiece is placed, a miter saw unit supporting a saw blade, and a housing pivotally supporting the miter saw unit related to the table in such a manner that the miter saw unit is at least laterally pivotable. Furthe... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6786123 | Portable precision cutting device A portable precision cutting device comprises a cutting board, cutting-resistant pad, a pressing member and a cutting mechanism. The cutting mechanism is movably located at the pressing member. The pressing member is attachable to the cutting board. The cutting mech... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6749352 | Cutting apparatus and printers provided with cutting apparatus A printer includes a cutting apparatus with a shield that protects the cutting part of a cutter blade in the apparatus. A fixed blade is supported so that the fixed blade can be moved by pressure by a compression coil spring upon a fixed blade supporting frame attac... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6705192 | Folding saw table A collapsible table assembly having improved portability. A mechanism interconnects the table and supporting legs for moving the legs between a diverging supporting position, a folding position, and a storage position. A saw track assembly includes an upper platform... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6662838 | Bench slide mount A bench slide mount is provided, comprising a flat rectangular plate with roller slides connected to its sides, and two hinges connecting the plate to an L-shaped bench mount bracket. The bench slide mount has particular utility in connection with couplin... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6606927 | Process and device for cutting through films in laminated glass A blade is used to cut through a film between the panes of laminated glass in the area of a gap produced in the laminated glass the blade is provided on a holding device and can move along the gap. The holding device includes swiveling carrier on which th... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6530771 | Rotary cutter handling system A cutter carriage for moving a rotary cutter between a front side of the back roller and a back side of the back roller. The preferred system has a pair of guide rods located on the left and right side plates of the sheeting head. The rotary cutter is hel... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6520059 | Bevel locking system for a sliding compound miter saw A compound miter saw includes a table on which a workpiece is placed, a miter saw unit supporting a saw blade, and a housing pivotally supporting the miter saw unit related to the table in such a manner that the miter saws unit is at least laterally pivot... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6447187 | Restraining module for a cutter of a printer Disclosed is a printer having: a fixed chassis mounted thereon; a moving chassis being engageable with the fixed chassis between an open position and a closed position; a cutter including a fixed blade and a moving blade; a paper drive roll; a thermal hea... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6289696 | Apparatus for severing gobs from glass strands In an apparatus (1) for the severing of gobs from one or more strands (2;3) of molten glass, the severing of each gob is effected by a shear blade pair (5;6). A shear blade (7,8;9,10) of each shear blade pair is arranged on an associated, pivotably mounte... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6260461 | Security cutter A security cutter comprising a body for fixing onto a support, a saw blade supported by the body for movement between a normal position contained wholly within the body and an operating position extending out from the body, a spring urging the saw blade t... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6234057 | Cable cutter A product for cutting cables with spiral-wound, metallic casings. The product includes a frame having a base portion and a carriage portion pivotally attached to the base portion. The base portion has a receptacle for supporting a cable to be cut. A pair ... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6138546 | Hand-operated cutter for a sheet-like workpiece and a method of cutting A hand operated cutting apparatus and method of cutting mat board, glass, and other related sheet-like framing material. The apparatus has a cutting head assembly which includes a plurality of interchangeable and adjustable blade holding units. Each blade... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6128995 | Cutting device for agricultural machines An agricultural machine has a feed passage for stalk products, a cutting device provided on the feed passage and having a plurality of turnably supported knives which are arranged in a row and extend in their cutting position into the feed passage, spring... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6105480 | Apparatus for separating ribbon-coated multicore optical fiber An apparatus for separating a ribbon-coated multicore optical fiber at a plurality of positions at once, wherein the ribbon-coated multicore optical fiber includes a number of single-core fibers arranged in parallel. This apparatus comprises a first cutti... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6079307 | Paper cutter A paper cutter having a paper stand, a pair of arms of identical length attached to the paper stand defining a contacting position and a separating position, a guide rail connected to the pair of arms such that the guide rail is parallel to the paper stan... | 06/27/2000 |
| 6076442 | Chopper for cutting fiber continuously, and method A new type of multi-chopper for cutting strands or ribbon shaped material such as strands of glass fibers, and a method of using this chopper, is disclosed. The chopper has at least two chopper assemblies on a rotating frame. When one chopper assembly nee... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6035754 | Bevel locking system for a sliding compound miter saw A compound miter saw includes a table on which a workpiece is placed, a miter saw unit supporting a saw blade, and a housing pivotally supporting the miter saw unit related to the table in such a manner that the miter saw unit is at least laterally pivota... | 03/14/2000 |
| 6026727 | Rotary scoring apparatus having retractable scoring blade An improved scoring apparatus of the type used in box making operations for the purpose of creating strategically located scores and cuts in box blanks that define the folding lines and tabs of the finished boxes. The scoring apparatus includes a selectiv... | 02/22/2000 |
| 6016733 | Card corner cutter A card corners cutter includes a body having a top surface with two sides and a bottom, the two sides each having a tube attached thereto in which a spring is received. Two guides extend upwardly from two sides the top surface. A passage and a slot are re... | 01/25/2000 |