Abstract: A trim ejector for ejecting the trim produced by a steel rule of a rotary steel rule die apparatus includes a die cylinder having a die board provided with the rule and an anvil roll positioned parallel to the die cylinder to define a sheet receiving gap therebetween. The trim ejector has a flexible body defining a trim-ejecting surface extending between an ejecting edge and a stem portion, an anchor portion connected to the stem portion of the flexible body for securing the flexible body to the die board to position the ejecting edge of the flexible body adjacent and parallel to the rule, and a compressible biasing member secured to the flexible body on a side opposite the trim-ejecting surface. The compressible biasing member forces the flexible body to a neutral position, corresponding to no tension being applied to the stem portion, when the flexible body is moved away from the neutral position under passage of a sheet in a sheet receiving gap.

Abstract: A trim ejector for ejecting the trim produced by a steel rule of a rotary steel rule die apparatus comprising a die cylinder including a die board provided with the rule and an anvil roll positioned parallel to the die cylinder so as to define a sheet receiving gap therebetween is described herein. The trim ejector comprises a leaf-like body defining a trim-ejecting surface extending between an ejecting edge and a stem portion, an anchor portion connected to the stem portion of the leaf-like body for securing the leaf-like body to the die board so that the ejecting edge of the leaf-like body is positioned adjacent the rule parallel therefrom; and a compressible biasing member secured to the leaf-like body on a side thereof opposite the trim-ejecting surface.