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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7415915 | Cutting system having an interchangeable rotary blade cartridge A cutting system that includes a rotary blade cartridge that can be interchangeably used with a variety of cutting tools is disclosed. The cartridge houses a rotary blade assembly that is maintained in a secure and safe retracted state and that can be activated when... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7413360 | Sheet cutting apparatus, sheet aftertreatment apparatus having the same, and image forming apparatus having the same A sheet cutting apparatus including: a cutting blade for cutting a sheet to be cut, which includes a sheet or a sheet stack; and a transport devices capable of holding and rotating the sheet to be cut to cause an end portion of the sheet to be cut to be opposed to t... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7293362 | Drill powered cable cutter A cable cutter for attachment to a power drill has a housing, first and second cutting blades connected to the housing for movement relative to one another and a drive assembly releasably engageable with the chuck of the drill and operatively engaged with at least o... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7278425 | Inhalation device and method Inhalation device and associated method for facilitating inhalation by a patient of powder medicaments contained in a receptacle. The inhalation device has a chamber for receiving the receptacle. A ring is circumferentially coupled to an inner surface of the chamber... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7278345 | Blind trimming apparatus The present invention generally provides a blind trimming apparatus including a frame supporting a cutting tool, the cutting tool including a cutting edge, a blade holder supported on the frame for movement with respect to the cutting tool along a cutting path, and ... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7258053 | Hot dog slicer A food slicer 10 of the present invention contains a hollow body 12 having an inner wall 13 defining an interior 17 and an outer wall 15 for containment of a food product therein. A plurality of blades 32 extends across the ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7227181 | Organic light emitting device and method of fabricating the same An organic light emitting device, and method of fabricating the same, in which a data line, a power line, or a data line and a power line of a unit pixel region are formed in a trench formed in an insulating layer. A first pixel electrode overlaps the trench. ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7204180 | Apparatus for cutting plastic profiles An apparatus for cutting plastic profiles includes a knife which is guided transversally to the profile, the knife including a cutting section and a holding section, the cutting section defining a guide portion, a transition portion, and a blade portion defining a t... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7178439 | Blind cutting center A method and apparatus for sizing window coverings slidably extendable from a bay into an aisle of a retail outlet. The method includes the steps of locating the center of the window covering relative to a cutting station utilizing a half scale for removing a portio... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7156943 | Method and apparatus for separating composite A first rigid body has a horizontal surface on which a composite is to be placed and a non-horizontal surface on which the composite is not to be placed, with the horizontal surface and the non-horizontal surface forming a continuous horizontal linear edge. The cont... | 01/02/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6976414 | Method and apparatus for trimming aluminum sheet A method and apparatus are provided for reducing or eliminating sliver formation during aluminum sheet trimming operations. By controlling parameters such as trimming angle and cutting blade clearance, aluminum sheet can be trimmed while substantially eliminating th... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6732624 | Cutting device The invention pertains to a cutting device, particularly for the cutting of predetermined breaking points in plastic membranes, foils or the like, with an air-permeable supporting surface for the plastic membrane or the like and with an aspirating device, with which... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6644161 | Paper punch with multiple punch heads A paper punch includes a base having a protrusion on a top thereof and three passages are defined vertically through the protrusion. Each of the passages has a punch head assembly received therein. A gap is defined between the protrusion and the top of th... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6598508 | Optical fiber cutting device 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 c... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6510773 | Method and apparatus for cutting elastomeric materials An apparatus for cutting segments from a long sheet of multilayered elastomeric material. An initial opening is formed in the sheet without severing reinforcing cords within the elastomeric sheet by a penetrator/separator. Two ultrasonic knives are insert... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6415698 | Apparatus for cutting wafer sandwiches An apparatus for cutting a wafer sandwich into a plurality of rectangular pieces has a support surface defining a transport path extending longitudinally through a longitudinal-cutting station and a transverse-cutting station. A plurality of stationary an... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6367362 | Apparatus for punching steel studs An apparatus for punching knock-outs out of light gauge steel framing studs used in building construction to form holes of sufficient size to allow building wiring and piping to extend therethrough includes a compact hand held frame (12) having a generall... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6311597 | Self-guiding punch and die set A punch and die set is provided for use in a stamping press having a punch assembly and a die assembly reciprocated by a driving mechanism. The punch and die assemblies are aligned to a common center and are structured to slidably engage one another for p... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6244150 | Cheese slicer A cheese slicer having a flat base and a blade holder releasably pivotally secured to the base for moving from a locked upright cheese slicing position to a lowered storing position. A unique wide, flat blade slidably carried in the blade holder and havin... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6227093 | Pizza docking device The preferred embodiment of the present invention comprises a pizza docking device having a pair of guides atop a pan and retaining a roller therein. Said roller has a plurality of pins thereon in spiral orientation. The device is dimensioned such that wh... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6196095 | Method and apparatus for cutting continuous paper web A continuous paper web is severed transversely in between the transportation cycles at the paper's maximum allowable rate of feed. The transverse cutter device has a stationary bottom blade 6 and a driven upper blade 5 fixed to or integral with a permanen... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6161460 | Bearing assembly for shear The present invention relates to a shearing system. The shearing system includes a die assembly having linear bearings and guide rails for guiding movement of the upper die shoe. Gas springs return the die shoe to the open position.... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6142199 | Machine for trimming decorative molding A machine trims the ends of decorative molding to match the contour of the face of the molding. The machine comprises a frame that supports a die. The die has an opening therethrough with a die profile that is reversely arranged in comparison with the mol... | 11/07/2000 |
| 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 |
| 6032559 | Fill riser cold punch A pipe punch apparatus which generally comprises a punch housing, a punch means situated within the punch housing, and a collar. The punch housing is connected to a bi-directional hydraulic fluid pump means. Depending on which direction the pump is set, t... | 03/07/2000 |
| 5974934 | Apparatus for making a bowl from a loaf of bread A device for hollowing out food products such as loaves of hemispherically shaped bread for the purpose of using the hollowed out loaf as a bowl for food. The device has a knife for cutting into the loaf and a loaf platform for holding the loaf of bread. ... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5866221 | Impregnated and serrated cutting strip for a carton A serrated cutting strip (26) for a carton comprises paper or board impregnated with a mix of acrylic resin and urea formaldehyde. The strip is 0.2 to 0.5 mm in thickness and can bend without cracking over a bar of 20 mm diameter. The strip has adhesive o... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5697278 | Apparatus for shape cutting A shape cutting apparatus is provided having a lower mold body that can cut characteristic openings within the outer shape of sticker whose outer contour is cut by an upper mold body. When the outer shape of the sticker is cut, the inner characteristic op... | 12/16/1997 |
| 5601006 | Punch tool with interchangeable die A punch tool for use by children is disclosed. The punch tool includes a removable die and punch assembly that can be inserted and removed from a base portion to permit the punching of holes having a variety of configurations. A cap is rigidly secured to ... | 02/11/1997 |
| 5547003 | Device and method for forming square inside corners on raised panels formed of single workpieces Square inside corners are formed in raised panels from a single workpiece to be used in the manufacture of cabinetry, furniture and the like. A machine with a rotatable spindle provides the drive for the square corner forming tool bit. The tool bit is mou... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5468081 | Tape cutting apparatus A cutting mechanism for printing tape is described wherein the tape is bent over an arcuate surface during cutting so that when the tape is cut layers of the tape secured to one another by an adhesive layer tend to separate.... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5390576 | Cutting machine A guillotine-type cutter blade cuts sheets such as papers, metallic plates, etc. The cutter blade is provided at the back face with a flank which is inclined at an angle of 1° to 7° with respect to the moving direction of the cutter so as not to be in c... | 02/21/1995 |
| 5375496 | Device for simultaneous shearing of two sheet metal blanks The subject of the invention is a device for simultaneous shearing of two sheet metal blanks comprising, for each sheet metal blank, an assembly formed, on the one hand, by a support member of the corresponding sheet metal blank comprising a rectilinear c... | 12/27/1994 |
| 5239903 | Device for severing and holding a torn web In an apparatus for severing and holding a torn web for a web processing machine and more particularly for a web feed rotary printing press, comprising a knife beam having a stationary knife and arranged across the conveying plane of the web, and furtherm... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5123829 | Rod guide remover A rod guide remover is provided for splitting rod guides away from a sucker rod without risk of damage to the rod. A set of opposing blades are used which are kept a selected distance apart by stop members that abruptly contact a set of rod supports for p... | 06/23/1992 |
| 5104350 | Animal decapitation apparatus An apparatus includes a support base, the support base including a top and bottom wall arranged in a parallel relationship, with the top wall including a lower track, with an upper track spaced from the lower track in a parallel confronting relationship t... | 04/14/1992 |
| 5052317 | Apparatus for cutting strip-shaped sewing material An apparatus for cutting strip-shaped sewing material on a sewing machine by means of power-operated cutters co-operating in scissor-like manner. For enabling as well the separation of strips of materials that are hard to cut and for increasing the safely cutt... | 10/01/1991 |
| 5005454 | Lamina clipping device and method A lamina clipping device and method are presented whereby edge excess lamina portions of a laminated substrate can be trimmed at the corners in an efficient and clean, finished fashion. One blade is stationarily mounted to a base and a second movable blad... | 04/09/1991 |
