Abstract: A cutting apparatus for cutting a layer from a substrate length of rubber material such as used conveyor belting comprises a cutting station having a table with an upper surface to receive the material and a knife to cut the material. The cutting apparatus further comprises conveying rollers to convey the substrate length of material along the upper surface of the table and through the knife. The knife has a knife edge disposed in a plane generally parallel to and in spaced relation with the upper surface of the table to confront the material for cutting. The knife edge is arranged to extend in a transverse direction to the intended direction of passage of the material through the knife and is adapted to reciprocate in the transverse direction within the plane in conjunction with the conveyance of material through the knife to successively cut the layer from the material.

Abstract: For issuance of travelers' checks, the checks themselves are provided, as is a record sheet containing validation stamps, in serial number order, corresponding to the serial numbers on the issued travelers' checks. In order for a check to be negotiable, a matching validation stamp must be affixed to the check. Removal of each validation stamp from the record sheet provides a tally of unused checks.

Abstract: A mechanical hand for processing edges of a curved plate is attached to the hand supporting member of a robot arm and in use is moved along the edges of the curved plate, which is made of glass, ceramics, metal or the like. The mechanical hand has a fixed bracket fixed to the hand supporting member; a movable bracket supported by the fixed bracket so as to be capable of tilting around a point of processing which is determined to be on the axial line of the robot arm and which corresponds to part of the edges of the curved plate; a processing tool mounted on the movable bracket to face the part of the edges of the curved plate at the point of processing; and a driving means for causing the movable bracket to tilt so that the posture of the processing tool coincides with a surface of the edges to be processed of the curved plate at the point of processing.