Abstract: A plate subdividing and sorting machine includes a variegated subdividing device which subdivides the respective plate blank into final products arranged in the thus subdivided plate blank in respective longitudinal and transverse strips. The subdivided plate blank is shifted onto a stripping-off tray with which there is associated a stripping arrangement which strips the respective longitudinal strips off of the stripping-off tray and onto distributing roller conveyors which distributes the final products of the respective longitudinal strips in a sorted manner in accordance with their sizes to a plurality of adjacently arranged supply roller conveyors. The stripping arrangement includes a stripping blade which is movable, for the reduction of the cycle time, together with the remainder of the stripping arrangement, to at least two of the distribution roller conveyors that are arranged at a distance next to one another to deposit the longitudinal strips thereon.

Abstract: A conveyor system for conveying veneer sheets with spacings therebetween comprising a sheet supply conveyor for feeding a train of cut veneer sheets of a predetermined length in contact with one another, the cut sheet length measured in the direction of sheet feed; at least first and second conveyors arranged downstream of the supply conveyor to carry the cut sheets; a stick-and-carry conveyor spanning between the downstream end of the supply conveyor and the upstream end of the second conveyor, the circumferential length of the stick-and-carry conveyor being equal to an even number of times the specified length of the cut sheet, the stick-and-carry conveyor having nailing, or sticking, areas and non-nailing areas arranged alternately at the interval of the specified cut sheet length, the nailing area having a large number of nails embedded therein the stick-and-carry conveyor being driven so that the front of the nailing area will meet the front end of the cut sheet at a sticking operation start position; an

Abstract: A portion of an endless tying band around a package is displaced from the package thus defining a space between the portion of the tying band and the package. Then, a guide plate is inserted into the space, and the tying band is pressed by the guide roll against the guide plate to grip the tying band between the guide plate and the guide roll. The tying band which is gripped between the guide plate and the guide roll is then severed by a cutter blade. The guide roll is located to deliver an end of the severed tying band for thereby removing the severed tying band from the package.

Abstract: A method and apparatus provided for the automatic production of discrete cuffed sleeve blanks from distinct initial sleeve blanks and a continuous roll of knit cuffing material. The initial sleeve blanks are place end-to-end, a gap is introduced between them, and they are passed in a first direction with a first edge thereof parallel to the first direction. The continuous length of cuffing material is folded over to provide a double thickness having a first edge which is parallel to the sleeve blank first edge, the cuffing material and sleeve blank first edges are overlapped, moved together, and sewn to each other with an "over-edger" automatic sewing machine. The cuffing material is stretched just prior to being fed to the sewing machine, and is stretched again after sewing and severed from the rest of the roll. A driven roller includes non-rotatable washers having projecting portions engaging a blade of the cutting mechanism.

Abstract: Structural steel measuring apparatus comprises a reversible powered roller conveyor for advancing the structural member in opposite directions relative to a work station and a carriage movable alongside the conveyor and releasably clamped to the end of the structural member by an electromagnet. The carriage mounts a TV camera which reads an elongate scale extending alongside the conveyor. The reading is displayed on a monitor at the work station. The structural steel member can be positioned accurately with respect to the work station by driving the powered conveyor in either direction with the carriage magnetically coupled to its end. After the desired operation is performed, the carriage is decoupled from the structural steel member which is then advanced away from the work station by the conveyor.

Abstract: A mechanism for slitting a sheet into a number of individual smaller sheets and thereafter merging the smaller sheets together and mechanism for adjusting the angle of merge.

Abstract: An apparatus for longitudinally cutting a web into a plurality of ribbons has a plurality of blade holders mounted so that the relative spacing as well as the overall lateral position of the blades can be shifted in response to growth, shrinkage, and lateral shifting of webs, while maintaining the blades perpendicular to the direction of travel of the web. The blades are held in holders having the ends interconnected by a parallelogram linkage and clamped to a rigid bar and a flexible extensible rod.

Abstract: Two pairs of opposed feed rolls are rotatably mounted on the upstream and downstream sides, respectively, of a bar cutting mechanism with respect to the predetermined traveling direction of the bar. Each feed roll pair comprises a fixed feed roll on one side of the bar and a movable feed roll on the other side, with the movable feed roll being movable toward and away from the fixed feed roll. A drive mechanism constantly rotates each pair of opposed feed rolls, so that the bar is fed only when being pressed against the fixed feed roll by the movable feed roll. The feed roll pair on the downstream side of the cutting mechanism is further jointly movable laterally of the path of the bar against the force of a spring for lessening the load exerted thereon, and for preventing the bending of the bar, when the bar is being cut by the cutting mechanism.

Abstract: A shear for cutting a stock between a feed conveyor and a discharge conveyor has a pair of rollers which can engage the stock when the movable blade is in its upper position, the slide having a stroke equal to the distance by which the discharge conveyor is located below the feed conveyor.

Abstract: An apparatus for unwinding a roll of a thin belt-like discrete sheet material (hereinafter referred to as a "web") including paper, plastic film, fabric, metal and the like includes a cutter mechanism for cutting the forward end portion of the web of the web roll with the core and the forward end portion of the web being previously fixed in the winding direction, a nip mechanism for clamping the forward end portion of the web after the web is cut, and an unwinding shaft to be coupled to the core of the web roll, the cutter mechanism and the nip mechanism together with the unwinding shaft being linearly movable to and from a web roll storing position. The unwinding shaft position is movable, while the web roll supply position is stationary, so that the space for installing the apparatus can be minimized. Furthermore, the apparatus has a nip mechanism for clamping the forward end of the web, whereby the web roll can be delivered in a state where the forward end of the web is clamped.

Abstract: A continuous tag feeding and cutting apparatus for cutting a continuous tag strip into proper length tags. A first feeding mechanism feeds the strip of tags past the cutting mechanism to a second feeding mechanism, and a sensor halts the first feeding mechanism each time a sufficient length of the tag strip has been fed past the cutting mechanism. The cutting mechanism includes a rotary blade which is driven through one rotation cycle each time a length of tag strip is fed therepast by the first feeding mechanism. A second feeding mechanism located past the cutting mechansim is engaged with the tag strip for feeding a tag cut from the strip during one rotation of the blade to storage after the tag has been cut from the strip. The second feeding mechanism includes a driving roller which is driven to rotate along with the rotary blade and includes a driven roller which is engageable with the driving roller to engage the tag strip.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a safety device for standard table-mounted saws whereby a board is firmly restrained thereon while the sawblade rotates to saw the board in a longitudinal plane. The device utilizes a pair of vertically oriented, spring-loaded, hold-down assemblies to maintain the board in longitudinal alignment with the rotating blade. The hold-down assemblies are of a generally rectangular configuration and may be conveniently mounted perpendicular to and at longitudinally spaced apart locations with respect to the board. The device of the invention is a significant improvement in safety equipment designed to prevent the sawed sections of a board from kicking back onto the operator of conventional table saws.

Abstract: An apparatus for cutting off lengths of slide fasteners from a continuous chain thereof includes a cutting punch coactive with an anvil, there being feed rolls disposed in the path of movement of the fastener chain upstream from the cutting punch, and a pair of delivery rolls in such path downstream of the cutting punch. The upper delivery roll is arranged to reciprocate with the cutting punch and to engage the chain before the cutting punch does, and to continue to engage the chain until the cutting punch has been slightly retracted. Such retraction of the delivery roll facilitates feeding of the chain even though the leading end may be slightly curled.

Abstract: A sawmill utilizing a bandsaw which is movable back and forth in the operation of cutting planks from a log that is cradled in a horizontal position. The cradle and the bandsaw are so arranged that the cutting portion of the saw is inclined at an angle to the vertical and so that the cutting plane is inclined at the same angle. The bandsaw is carried on a sub-frame which reciprocates longitudinally of a main frame of the mill. The main frame is preferably mounted upon wheels so that the mill is portable and can be taken from one forestry location to another.

Abstract: In a blanking die assembly for use with a punch press for cutting a sheet material along two spaced apart lines in each striking stroke, a conveyor is provided for conveying the upstream blanked sheet piece 17 out of the press, which comprises upper rolls 8 driven by a motor between upstream and downstream cutter units 3, 4; 5, 6, cooperating vertically movable lower rolls 9, and a control 12, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28 is provided for controlling the position of the lower rolls so that the upstream blanked sheet piece is sandwiched between the rolls 8, 9 to be conveyed after the striking stroke.

Abstract: A system for slitting a parent web to form grooved rolls including movable shear slitters and a Coanda nozzle device for removing trim segments from the shear slitters.

Abstract: A shake resaw machine for converting a generally rectilinear wooden blank into a pair of oppositely tapered shingles, each having a tip and a butt end, is comprised of a support table hingedly disposed for cooperative engagement with a saw for lateral movement with respect to a longitudinal feed axis along which the wooden blank progresses during a resaw sequence through the saw, including a first tip-cutting stage, an intermediate diagonal-cutting stage, and a second tip-cutting stage, a table control member for moving the support table at a predetermined rate in a lateral path relative to the feed axis during the resaw sequence, first and second blank guide members having variable lateral stiffness, one of each disposed on either side of the feed axis forwardly proximate a saw blade location thereon, for cooperatively routing the blank along a variable, predetermined resaw path, and first and second guide control members for regulating, respectively, the lateral stiffness of the first and second guide membe

Abstract: A towel cutting machine includes a drive feed device including rollers for feeding strip material from a towel supply roll to and between a cutter blade and braking-sensing mechanism and into a set of driver pull slip-clutch rollers to pull the strip of material through the towel cutting machine, to hold the strip material taut during cutting and to draw off the towel severed from the end of the strip material after being cut.

Abstract: A copy paper drawn out from a roll paper is supplied to a copy paper feeding and cutting system in an electrophotographic copying machine or a facsimile device. The copy paper feeding and cutting system includes a paper supply roller for introducing the copy paper into the paper feeding and cutting system, a catching roller for catching the leading edge of the copy paper supplied by the paper supply roller, and a paper holding section for curling the copy paper between the paper supply roller and the catching roller. A cutter is disposed between the paper supply roller and the paper holding section for providing a copy paper of a predetermined length.

Abstract: A water table and submersible conveyor system for use with an in-line material handling system, particularly a system in which the work is processed by burning, is disclosed. The water table includes opposing end walls whose top portions each define a substantially rectangular opening to accommodate a conveyor carrying a workpiece and end doors for sealing the openings having vertical slots with resilient seals mounted therein for engaging and effecting a watertight closure about sealable links of the conveyor. The water level in the water table can be raised to submerge and protect the conveyor beneath the workpiece during the burning operation.

Abstract: In a cutting machine composed of a machine base carrying a workpiece table defining a workpiece support surface, a workpiece feed rollway presenting a workpiece carrying surface and disposed for feeding a workpiece onto the table, and a pair of clamping jaws mounted on the workpiece table for permitting passage therebetween of a workpiece fed by the feed rollway, at least one of the clamping jaws being movable relative to the other jaw in a direction transverse to the direction of feed effected by the feed rollway for clamping a workpiece on the table, there is further provided: a pivot bearing supporting the machine base for pivotal movement about a pivot axis which is substantially horizontal and parallel to the feed rollway feed direction; and a vertical displacement mechanism operatively associated with the machine base for pivoting the base between a workpiece feed position in which the workpiece support surface is below the workpiece carrying surface and a workpiece cutting position in which the workpie

Abstract: A sawmill apparatus includes first and second carriages for supporting first and second logging dogs therebeneath, with the second carriage being movable upon the first whereby to engage the ends of a log between the dogs. The carriages support the dogs at the end of steel baldes which are moved in a vertical direction by a combination of air cylinders and ball screws to provide the desired positioning of the log in a vertical direction. As the carriages urge the log between the blades of a bandsaw, rubber tired wheels are raised against the underside of the log for supporting cants or boards sawn therefrom and preventing splitting at the finally sawn edge.

Abstract: Apparatus for marshalling glass sheets comprises a conveyor capable of conveying an array of sheets lying in a transverse sheet array across the conveyor to a sheet removal station, transverse conveying means extending transversely above the conveyor and transfer means operable to transfer a sheet or sheets from the conveyor to the transverse conveying means at the sheet removal station. The transfer means includes a plurality of selectively and separately operable transfer devices, such as lifting devices, extending in an array across the array of sheet positions, and control means for controlling simultaneous operation of selected transfer devices.

Abstract: Apparatus is provided for supporting the end portion of a workpiece blank which extends through and to the rear of power shear blades. The apparatus includes a table top and a frame supporting the table top. The front portion of the table top is supported for limited vertical displacement by rollers on opposite sides of the table engaged in horizontal track sections of vertically displaceable tracks interposed between the table top and the frame. The rear portion of the table top is separately supported by reciprocating rear table supports on opposite sides of the table top, the rear table supports being guided for vertical displacement in vertical ways provided on opposite sides of the frame. The table top is displaceable downwardly in response to downward movement of the movable shear blade, and is tiltable rearwardly after initial downward displacement by reason of the rear table supports being allowed greater downward displacement than the rollers supporting the front portion of the table top.

Abstract: A photographic processing apparatus for severing an advancing strip into successive segments and for mechanically segregating the segments in conjunction therewith includes a strip feed for advancing the strip in a lengthwise direction and a guide for guiding the strip past a cutting station in a predetermined path of advance. A cutting blade is mounted at the cutting station and is operable to sever from the strip the segments thereof that have passed the cutting station. The blade has a home position wherein it permits passage of the strip along the path of advance before severance and is movable through a cutting stroke from the home position and back into the home position. The blade has a deflecting position wherein it permits passage of the strip beyond the cutting station while deflecting the strip from the path of advance. A blade actuator is provided to move the blade into and from the home position and deflecting position and through the cutting stroke in timed relation to strip advancement.

Abstract: An apparatus for stripping continuously a solid mass in a strip from a two roll mill comprising a frame; knife means at a first end of said frame adapted to cut a strip of solid mss from said two roll mill; first roller means adapted to receive the cut strip and pass it through a dusting means which applies a non-stick powder on said cut strip. Second roller means in said dusting means adapted to pass said dusted cut strip through such dusting means into a packaging container. There is also envisioned a novel means for fixing the distance of the knife means from the two roll mill with precision.

Abstract: A sawmill apparatus includes first and second carriages for supporting first and second logging dogs therebeneath, with the second carriage being movable upon the first whereby to engage the ends of a log between the dogs. The carriages support the dogs at the end of steel blades which are moved in a vertical direction by a combination of air cylinders and ball screws to provide accurate positioning of the log at a predetermined distance above a lower saw guide and at a predetermined distance above an outfeed conveyor. Side braces are mounted on each carriage and extend downwardly on each side of the blades carrying the log engaging dogs, the side braces supporting bearing members disposed in slidable relation to the blades for maintaining alignment thereof in the direction of carriage movement.

Abstract: Apparatus and control circuitry used in a copy machine for providing copy paper cut to length in accordance with an original sheet sensed by a single switch in the path of travel of the original. A first feed roller is rotated via a clutch upon energization of a solenoid for the clutch when the leading edge of the original is sensed by the switch to connect the solenoid to a D.C. power supply via a capacitor. When the capacitor is nearly charged, current flow to the solenoid has diminished to a level where the armature of the solenoid is returned to its unactuated position. The leading edge of the copy paper is moved from a solenoid operated cutter to a second feed roller by the rotation provided by the first feed roll in response to the energization of the solenoid for the clutch.

Abstract: An in-line material handling system for transporting work from one processing station to another, particularly to a station where the work is processed by burning, includes a pair of conveyor means aligned end-to-end. The first conveyor means comprises a loading conveyor for moving the work to the burning station and the second conveyor means comprises a supporting and off-loading conveyor for supporting the work during burning and for discharging it from the burning station. The second or supporting conveyor means may be integrally incorporated in a water table at the burning station to collect dross and swarf from the burning operation.

Abstract: Apparatus for subdividing a web of exposed and developed photographic paper into discrete prints has advancing rolls which move the web lengthwise in stepwise fashion to place successive frame lines into register with a severing device which is thereupon actuated to sever the web in order to separate the foremost print. Such print comes to rest on the wings of two turnable depositing devices which flank the path for the prints downstream of the severing device and are thereupon operated to rotate the wings in opposite directions so as to allow the print thereon to descend onto a composite stacking platform therebelow. The depositing devices have rotary hubs or plate-like orienting members which align the print on the wings with the prints of the stack therebelow.

Abstract: An apparatus for cutting a tying band of a coiled material comprising a cutter for cutting the tying band, and pinch rollers for pinching and transferring the tying band after it is cut out. The cut comprises a lower cutter and a pair of upper cutters pivotally mounted on the lower cutter. The lower cutter is connected to a hydraulic cylinder and adapted to be moved up and down along a guide which is obliquely mounted to a base member by the actuation of the hydraulic cylinder. The tying band is being cut out between the lower cutter and the upper cutters.

Abstract: Apparatus and control circuitry used in a copy machine for providing copy paper cut to length in accordance with an original sheet sensed by two switches in the path of travel of the original. A first feed roller is rotated via a clutch upon energization of a solenoid for the cluch when the leading edge of the original is sensed by the first switch with the clutch disengaged upon deenergization of the solenoid when the leading edge of the original reaches the second switch to provide limited movement of the leading edge of the copy paper from a solenoid operated cutter to a second feed roller. The second feed roller continues to pull copy paper from the roll until the cutter is operated by energization of its solenoid upon passage of the trailing edge of the original past the first switch. The cutter solenoid is deenergized when the trailing edge passes the second switch.

Abstract: A rotary shear machine is described having a plurality of oppositely rotating hollow cylinder pairs carrying helical blades for transversely shearing several continuously moving webs perpendicular to their directions of travel. Each cylinder pair includes a separate reversible DC motor drive and an electronic digital control system regulating the motor drive for cutting sheets of predetermined lengths from the respective webs. A unique feature of the machine is a web feed and pull roller system having an independent drive for engaging and feeding the continuously moving webs into the respective helical blade shears and pulling sheets from the respective shears as they are cut from the continuously moving webs. The upstream feed roller system includes means for sensing web velocity and generating electronic pulses for input into the control means regulating the respective reversible DC motor drives driving the respective helical blade shears.

Abstract: A machine for picking up stacks of sliced food obtained from a slicer and loading the stacks into cavities of a packager which then encloses same. The machine includes a transmission driven in synchronism with the packager that pivots a placer having spring closed doors for stack support from a load position wherein a ram loads each cavity, to an upper pick up position on an inclined, transmission driven, conveyor having suitable stops. The stops retract, and the conveyor pivots downwardly, as the placer moves the stacks to the load position without interference with the stops and the conveyor. Suitable feed conveyors load an escapement for the stacks for the sequential movement of the stacks to the stop positions. A control system is provided to regulate the flow of stacks from the slicer to the loader for continuous loader operation if desired.

Abstract: A cutting apparatus for severing portions of identical length from a strip. This cutting apparatus comprises a feed means which is coupled to a drive means and which is adapted to feed the strip to a pair of advancing rolls located between the feed means and a cutting element. One of these advancing rolls is coupled to the drive means and is provided with a cam surface having a larger radius than the remaining roll surface. This cam surface, together with the other advancing roll, is adapted to engage the strip to move the strip forward towards a pair of receiving rolls through a distance determined by said cam surface. The central axes of the receiving rolls lie in a plane that is parallel to the plane through the central axes of the advancing rolls.

Abstract: A cutting apparatus for cutting steel rod into predetermined lengths. The apparatus has a feed track and a discharge track at opposite sides of a shearing unit, the discharge track having a number of stops which may be located at selected spacings. The shear unit is adjustable between the tracks whereby an adjustable intermediate track is located between the shear unit and the entry to the discharge track according to the position of the shears.

Abstract: Apparatus is disclosed for feeding rectangular metal sheets from a supply to a cupping press in which can body blanks are cut and drawn from the metal sheets. The apparatus includes a table providing a flat conveying surface, and three sheet feeding mechanisms are provided at locations along the table between the opposite ends thereof. A sheet to be transferred is deposited on one end of the table and is transferred therefrom to a second position by an endless chain and feed finger arrangement. At the second position, the trailing edge of the sheet is engaged by a reciprocating feed finger arrangement to advance the sheet one step to a third position on the table in which the sheet is accurately spaced longitudinally relative to a reference point in the press.

Abstract: A machine for continuously cutting a web of paper or the like into sheets of different length and then sorting and stacking the sheets includes an improved tape-type delivery means for receiving and conveying the different length sheets from the cutting zone of the machine to the sorting and stacking zones of the machine in equally spaced relation and at tape speed. The sheet receiving and conveying means comprises a plurality of pairs of equally spaced nip rolls, each of which includes a nip opening and closing mechanism, which are mounted on the machine for fore and aft movement in the direction of web travel for receiving and conveying sheets in the range of from about 20 to 80 inches in length.

Abstract: A process and machine are disclosed that function to convey a pair of elongated sector shaped pieces where each piece has substantially the same smaller included angle. Upper and lower conveyancing channels are supported on a framework and have a common longitudinally extending adjustable support means whereby sector pairs of varying included smaller angles may be readily oriented and then conveyed. Suitable holding means are provided for constraining each sector piece in its conveyancing channel as they are conveyed longitudinally toward the outfeed end of the machine.

Abstract: Precision guide means for accurately directing lumber to and/or receiving cut lengths from saws. The guide means is mounted for selective movement by setworks back and forth across a path along which the lumber moves. A closed hydraulic system includes piston-cylinder units with a unit near each of opposite ends of the guide means. One end of each cylinder unit is fixed against movement and the opposite end thereof is connected to the adjacent end of the guide means, and pipe means interconnects these cylinder units so that when the guide means is moved, hydraulic fluid is transferred from an end of one of the units to an opposite end of another unit to ensure that both ends of the guide means move exactly the same distance. The guide means can be a linebar and a tailbar interconnected by the hydraulic system so that they are moved in unison exactly the same distance by the setworks. The guide means can be or include a relatively long splitter.

Abstract: A method of and apparatus for blanking products from pliable sheet material where the material to be cut is supported on a planar support member within the peripheral shape of the final product and after the blanking process has been completed a product-discharge roller is moved through an aperture in the supporting surface to lift the cut product clear of the cutting edge and discharge the product from the cutting apparatus. Additionally, the cutting edge has a portion which separates the cut product and its peripheral waste from incoming material and the peripheral waste is positively discharged from the apparatus by a conveyor arrangement located externally of the cutting edge which defines the products peripheral shape.

Abstract: This invention relates to an improvement in an apparatus for cutting a sheet from a web of material, including a magazine roll for the web of material, a cutting station, at least one feeding device for the web upstream of the cutting station and which is stationary during a cutting operation, a feeding device downstream of the cutting station and which is in operation during a cutting operation, movable curved guide means between the cutting station and the downstream feeding device, which guide means provides a shorter path for the web of material between the cutting station and the feeding device downstream thereof during the cutting operation,The improvement comprising separate drive means for the movable curved guide means,Additional feeding means for the web including at least one rotary element means positioned between the cutting station and the movable guide means, said rotary element means being adapted to rest against a web of material with a frictional force lower than that of the other feeding de

Abstract: A machine for trimming the edges of a panel in which the panel is introduced on a table of belts to a pair of spaced saws which trim the side edges of the panel, the panel being then passed through a device which increases its speed and separates it from succeeding panels and onto a rack which when the panel reaches a predetermined position descends to carry the panel to the bed of a carriage where it is clamped in squared position so that when the carriage is moved to carry the clamped panel past a second pair of spaced saws the end edges of the panel are trimmed preferably at an angle of 90.degree. from the sawed side edges of the panel.

Abstract: A device for feeding a foil blank and envelope made therefrom for enveloping a cigarette block in a cigarette wrapping machine with side folds on the narrow sides. The foil sections which overlap each other at the narrow sides of the envelope extend at a slant. The width of the respective outer side increases toward the head portion of the envelope in such a way that the corner during the preparation of the head fold rests on the last cigarette of the outermost cigarette row.