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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7437983 | Book skew clamping device A trimmer producing a profiled spine in a book. The device includes a first clamp element and a second clamp element contacting the second side and an actuating device moving the first clamp element with respect to the second clamp element so as to skew the spine. A... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7243586 | Apparatus for cutting cushion-like packaging material The apparatus for cutting cushion-like packaging material from a web-like supply of material having at least two layers has a base plate (1), a fixed knife (2) and a movable knife (3), which are arranged above the base plate (1), as well ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7225527 | Method of manufacturing magnetic tape When a magnetic tape material is slit into a plurality of magnetic tapes, projections are formed in edge portions of side surfaces of the magnetic tapes. The projections are removed by pressing cutting tools against the edge portions of the side surfaces of the magn... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7222511 | Process of forming bend-controlling structures in a sheet of material, the resulting sheet and die sets therefor A process of forming bend-controlling structures, such as slits, grooves or displacements (22), in a sheet of material (21, 121, 221, 321, 421, 521, 621, 721). The bend-controlling structures (22) have central portions (26) extending subs... | 05/29/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7057489 | Segmented transformer core A transformer core comprises a plurality of segments of amorphous metal strips. Each of the segments comprises at least one packet of the strips. The packet comprises a plurality of groups of cut amorphous metal strips arranged in a step-lap joint pattern. Packets t... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7011718 | Bulk stamped amorphous metal magnetic component A bulk amorphous metal magnetic component has a plurality of laminations of ferromagnetic amorphous metal strips adhered together to form a generally three-dimensional part having the shape of a polyhedron. The component is formed by stamping, stacking and bonding. ... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7000521 | Pleated shade cut-off method and apparatus The method of cutting a pleated shade to selected length, said shade having pleats retained in pleated condition between longitudinally elongated first and second retainers, that includes the steps providing a blade having a cutting edge, orienting the blade to exte... | 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 |
| 6786125 | Cutter device for a printer A cutter device has a movable blade, a stationary blade, and a clutch mechanism having a driven gear mounted for undergoing rotation in clockwise and counterclockwise directions and a driving gear for rotationally driving the driven gear about a rotational axis. A c... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6681673 | Cutting apparatus for window coverings and methods therefor An apparatus for cutting a window covering including a head rail, a bottom rail and slats includes a base having a substantially flat cutting surface, and a frame overlying the cutting surface. The base includes a clamping assembly for securing the window... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6557446 | Apparatus for cutting and sorting diagnostic strips Diagnostic strips of the kind which are exposed to biological fluids such as blood or urine to detect or monitor medical conditions are cut sequentially from elongated cards by a reciprocating shear blade. The cards may be ones which exhibit defective are... | 05/06/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6443042 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing a wood blind An apparatus for forming notches on the edge of a slat; e.g. a wood slat. The apparatus includes a feeding station to feed a slat to a punching station that locates the slat along a longitudinal edge and a leading edge of the slat. A stripper plate positi... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6439093 | Sheet punch device In one aspect, the present invention is an oversized sheet of paper having one or more punch outs for a standard sized ring binder and at least one cutout opening therein that allows the oversized paper to be secured in a standard sized ring binder when t... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6431037 | Method for engagement cutting an imaging element The present invention is a method of cutting an imaging element. An imaging element is moved through a cutting zone formed by a first cutting blade having a first cutting surface and a first engaging surface and a second cutting blade having a second cutt... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6418826 | Apparatus for slicing compression molded product of sheet-shaped material and split knife A slicing apparatus for dividing a compression-molded article of laminae is provided with a dividing knife that reciprocates within a horizontal plane, and the dividing knife has a cutting edge in the shape of a V directed toward the compression-molded ar... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6405625 | Cutter device and printer including a cutter device A printer is provided with a cutter for cutting recording paper in arbitrary lengths or cutting recording paper with a part left after cutting. A pair of movable blades, at least one of which is displaced in a direction approximately orthogonal to the pap... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6360643 | Blade assembly for shear The present invention relates to a shear blade assembly for a shearing system. The shear blade assembly includes an upper shear blade and a lower shear blade. The top surface of the lower shear blade is inclined downwardly at an angle of between 0.2 and 0... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6264456 | Suture cutting system An apparatus for cutting an indefinite length suture strand to uniform lengths for subsequent threading and swaging to a surgical needle includes a drawing tower having at least one guide member defining a drawing axis parallel thereto. First and second g... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6240824 | Blind cutting machine A blind cutting machine including a working bench, a mold, a blade tool mechanism, a power mechanism and a restriction mechanism. The working bench is formed with an escape slot and a middle portion of the working bench is marked with scales. The mold is ... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6152007 | Sheet cutter A sheet cutter has a fixed blade and a movable blade. The fixed blade has a straight edge extending in a lateral direction with respect to a longitudinal direction of a sheet to be cut, and the movable blade is provided so as to be moved in the longitudin... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6148708 | Cutting apparatus with motor A cutting device for strip stock includes a stationary blade and a motor-driven, movable blade that continuously contacts against the stationary blade, constituting a point of support. Two other points of support for the movable blade are equally spaced f... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6109154 | Sheet-cutter having motor driven push cutter A sheet cutter cuts a portion of a continuous sheet, discharged through a gap between a pair of moving and stationary knives respectively having arc-shaped and straight knife edges. A motor rotates a pair of rotatable, identical gear wheels engaged with e... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6058821 | Suture cutting system Apparatus for cutting an indefinite length suture to uniform lengths for subsequent threading and swaging to surgical needles includes a drawing tower having first and second guide members defining a drawing axis parallel thereto. First and second gripper... | 05/09/2000 |
| 5974929 | Combined letter opener and letter punch The invention provides a device for cutting open envelopes and punching filing holes into documents, and includes a body coupled to a base, the base having a two-section feeding surface along which an envelope, or other one or more documents are introduce... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5967012 | Waste aerosol container processor The invention features implementation of a flat triangular blade which has wo cutting edges and a sharp point. The blade is caused to move pointwise across a cylindrical can's diameter, with the plane of the blade perpendicular to the can's axis, so that t... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5943933 | Cutting mechanism A cutting mechanism for accurately cutting a notch in a piece of edging, to permit sharp bending of the piece of edging for a picture or plaque, is disclosed. The cutting mechanism comprises a jig secured to a base member, the jig being dimensioned to rec... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5922169 | Linerless label applying system A system for applying linerless labels to mailing items includes a label feeder for feeding a continuous length web of linerless label material from a supply roll through a loop path to a label applying station juxtaposed to the path traversed by mailing ... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5809856 | Method for cutting continuously conveyed flat products made of paper or of similar materials Products (2) made of paper or similar materials are cut along predetermined cutting lines in a drawing cut between crossed knife edges while being conveyed continuously in a dense conveying stream in which their main surfaces are orientated substantially ... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5740713 | Notch cutter A notch cutter provides a first pair of inwardly facing shear edges in a V. A second pair of outwardly facing shear edges make an almost complementary V with a slightly smaller convergence angle. One pair of shear edges is caused to contact respective one... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5740687 | Forming apparatus for strip materials A forming apparatus for forming a selected profile in a sheet of material includes a frame, a sheet drive to advance the sheet of material through the frame, a drive assembly for powering the sheet drive, forming rollers to configure the sheet into the de... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5613416 | Punching tool In a punching tool having a punch body (23), a punch driver (33) integral with the punch body, a punch head (45) disposed over the punch driver and struck by a striker (59), a punch guide (15) for guiding the punch body, a stripper plate (17) disposed und... | 03/25/1997 |
| 5584218 | Cutter having a pair of cooperating flexible blades providing a pair of moving point cutting edges A cutting device having blades with V-shaped cutting edges and shaped to cause the blade centers to deviate from a vertical plane. One blade is reciprocated. The outer ends of each blade have sliding projections engaging marginal portions of outer surface... | 12/17/1996 |
| 5528817 | Apparatus for making packets of amorphous steel strip for transformer core manufacture This method of making packets of amorphous metal strip adapted to be wrapped about the arbor of a transformer-core-making machine comprises providing first and second composite strips, each comprising many thin layers of amorphous metal strip stacked in s... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5499566 | Follow-up slotting tool In a follow-up slotting tool for continuously punching workpiece (W) fed between a punch (3) and a die unit (5) at a predetermined pitch, the punch (3) is formed with a shear angle () at a lower end surface thereof in such a way that a front end of... | 03/19/1996 |
| 5463920 | Notch cutter and method A fabric notch cutter includes a pair of inwardly facing shear edges which converge to a first apex and a pair of outwardly facing shear edges which converge to a second apex at a slightly lesser angle than the convergence angle of the inwardly facing she... | 11/07/1995 |
| 5452636 | Cutter assembly A retractable cutter for cutting an indefinite length strand of suture material to a definite length while the strand is suspended under tension along a first axis, comprises a cutting blade mounted for at least reciprocal movement transverse to the first... | 09/26/1995 |
| 5406872 | Side-by-side programmable feed system A side-by-side material feed system is provided for feeding two dissimilar strips of material. The material is fed along parallel feed paths by first and second material feeders which move the material toward respective cutters. The operation of the feede... | 04/18/1995 |
| 5365816 | Beam cutter An apparatus and method for cutting a predetermined repetitive pattern in at least one piece of material (14). The apparatus includes a conveyor belt (12) for advancing the material (14) to be cut. A first drive mechanism, disposed above the conveyor belt... | 11/22/1994 |
