Abstract: A treatment device for material strands having a separating device for dividing a material strand and a transport system. The treatment device comprises at least one front and one rear transport unit. At least one drive unit is provided for moving at least one transport unit relative to the other transport unit.

Abstract: The cutting machine comprises a horizontal knife (17) for cutting a block (40) into plates (41). To allow for removal of a stack of plates (42) before the whole block (40) has been cut, a removal means comprising a removal conveyor (32) is provided. After completion of the last cut, the knife (17), after reversal of its cutting edge, will be entered into the cutting gap (43) again and be lifted, thus allowing a separating member (34) of the removal conveyor (32) to enter the resultant gap (44). By driving the conveyer belt (12), the stack of plates (42) is transferred onto the removal conveyor (32).

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method of manufacturing one or more kinds of rectangular unit pieces from a long base material sheet at a predetermined angle through a continuous cutting process using a cutting frame, the method including (a) manufacturing a base material sheet of a laminate structure having two or more stacked sheets and winding the base material sheet on a roll, (b) continuously feeding the base material sheet, wound on the roll, (c) cutting the fed base material sheet using a cutting frame having cutters mounted or formed therein in a structure in which the cutters correspond to rectangular unit pieces to be manufactured, the cutters being arranged such that the shapes of opposite side ends of the cutters coincide with each other when the cutters are successively arranged, the cutting being carried out while the base material sheet is partially overlapped such that a length (‘pitch’) for a one-time cutting process is equal to a spacing distance between the opposite side ends of the cutters in the lo

Abstract: The present invention provides a roof shingle comprising a shingle with at least one layer having a head lap and a butt, the head lap including at least one alignment notch and the butt including at least one corner that corresponds to the alignment notch. Also, the present invention provides a roofing shingle comprising at least one layer formed from a cutting cylinder having a circumference that is a fraction of said roofing shingle length. The present invention also provides a method for manufacturing the inventive shingles and a method for installing the inventive shingles upon a roofing area.

Abstract: Absorbent sanitary articles (2), such as nappies or incontinence pads with an elongated central body (2a) and at least one pair of closure tabs (5), are manufactured on a machine (1) by which the tabs (5) are directed in pairs from a feed unit (13) onto a transport line (6) carrying the articles (2) toward a sealing station. The feed unit (13) operates by making skew cross-cuts (16) in a continuous strip (15) of material, so as to generate a succession of tab elements (5) appearing trapezoidal in outline; the tab elements (5) are then distanced one from another in alternation along a direction (D3) transverse to their feed direction (D2) through the machine, so as to obtain two single columns (23) which are taken up by a roller (27) and aligned one with another so that the single tab elements (5) are ordered into a succession of transversely aligned pairs. The alignment roller (27) rotates tangentially to the transport line (6) and is timed to place one pair of tab elements (5) on each advancing article (2).

Abstract: A sheet processing apparatus provided with a sheet punching device and a processor unit for controlling the apparatus, said processor unit being adapted to enable an operator to specify sheet size, sheet orientation, and hole positions in batches of sheets being processed and creating a staggered stack of sheets by stacking said batches of sheets with holes aligned.

Abstract: A unit assembly including a plurality of individual film strips, each film strip having an active within a polymer matrix, the film strips having respective perimetrical edges, the plurality of individual film strips being alternatingly positioned next to one another such that a film strip perimetrical edge is at least partially offset from a subsequent film strip perimetrical edge, wherein the respective perimetrical edges of the film strips are directly adjacent to each other.

Abstract: Magnets secure a pattern and a fabric on a magnetically-attractive substrate including a top layer of a resilient material that is well-suited to receive a sharp edge to produce a clean cut in the fabric being cut. A kit according to the present invention includes a plurality of magnets, preferably of various sizes and shapes, and at least one magnetically-attractive substrate. The kit can have a plurality of substrates, fasteners for holding the substrates together, a cutting tool and packaging. At least one of the magnets includes a magnetic portion having a bottom surface and a nonmagnetic portion extending laterally from the magnetic portion.

Abstract: A retaining and cutting device for positioning a leading edge of material at one end of a roll and for puncturing and severing the material a pre-determined distance from the leading edge after removing from the roll, the retaining device comprising elongated jaw members pivotally connected together, a closure member normally urging the jaw members together, and a cutter along one edge of at least one of the jaw members. Extensions of the jaw members are manually grasped to urge the jaw members into an open position for insertion of the next leading edge of material therebetween. The device may also be utilized as a cutting tool for opening sealed boxes and the like.

Abstract: In a process of transporting a strip-shaped optical film F, the optical film F is cut to a predetermined length. Thereafter, the sheet-like optical films F divided by the cutting are intermittently transported while the strip-shaped optical film F is fed by the predetermined length such that a portion to be cut next reaches a cutting action position. Further, a leading one of the sheet-like optical films F in the intermittent transport process is transported to a continuous transport process such that a rear end thereof passes the intermittent transport process in a subsequent intermittent transport operation. Herein, the sheet-like optical film F is transported to the downstream-side continuous transport process following the intermittent transport process to continuously transport the optical film F.

Abstract: Fiber optic distribution cables and methods for manufacturing the same are disclosed. The methods present one or more optical fibers outward of the protective covering for distribution of the same toward the subscriber. Specifically, the methods include presenting a length of distribution optical fiber outward of the protective covering that is longer than the opening at access location. After the opening is made in the protective covering at the access location, the optical fibers for distribution are selected. Then a tool according to the present invention is positioned about the optical fibers selected for distribution and slid within the protective covering of the fiber optic distribution cable until it reaches a cutting location within the fiber optic distribution cable. Consequently, the tool is positioned for cutting the distribution optical fiber at a cutting location within the fiber optic distribution cable at a downstream location.

Abstract: In the state of the art, a composite prepreg lamination (2) is obtained, arranged on a cutting table (1), the lamination being affix to the table (1) by means of applying a vacuum, and the cutting of the lamination (2) being done in longitudinal strips (3) between which remain wasting material strips (4), being manually removed in order to continue with the subsequent post-processing of the longitudinal strips (3) and obtain the longitudinal pieces. The aim of the invention is to automate the process of removing the wasting material strips (4) so that, prior to their removal, one end (4a) of the strips (4) is affix on a rolled up device (5) and the strips (4) are rolled up in the longitudinal direction of the lamination (2). The device basically comprises a roller (5) provided with means for affixing the ends (4a) of the strips (4) for carrying out the said automation.

Abstract: Micro-cutting machines for forming cuts in catheters, guidewires, and similar products, are disclosed, including a micro-cutting machine that can directly control the dimensions of the resultant beams being cut into products, and that can capture images of each cut for feedback control and accuracy verification.

Abstract: A strip die is prepared with cutouts according to a pre-determined pattern, e.g., on a cutting table and positioned on a stripping station that has a removal tool to remove waste material. After a sheet of material is cut on the same or another cutting table, the sheet is positioned in the stripping station over the female strip die. The removal tool moves to programmed positions in the stripping station and removes pieces of waste material. The final stripped cut sheet is the brought to the out-stack.

Abstract: The present invention provides an integral system for recycling post consumer motor-oil plastic containers. Oils and especially motor-oil, physically attaches to its HDPE (high density polyethylene) containers demanding a unique recycling process. As described by this patent, oil-contaminated plastic containers are thermally drained and mechanically freed from their labels and aluminum sealing rings. Unlabeled containers are further shredded through oil-free flake-cutting process, in which, plastic melting is minimized, thus preventing oil to be trapped inside the plastic structure. A hot water bath of sulfonic acid and/or detergents, containing the shredded flakes, is subjected to a very high turbulence in the absence of air (water sealed), which induces liquid cavitation.

Abstract: There is described a method and system for producing notes of securities, in particular banknotes, wherein individual printed sheets or successive printed portions of a continuous web are cut into individual notes on a sheet-fed or web-fed processing system, and wherein these individual notes are subsequently processed by a single-note processing system comprising a plurality of single-note processing stations. Individual notes corresponding to independent production cycles or dependent production cycles are produced on the sheet-fed or web-fed processing system, each production cycle being processed on a separate one of the single-note processing stations.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for the production of thin disks or films (3) from semiconductor bodies (1). Advantageously, a laser is used as a cutting tool (2). The beam of the laser is focused using suitable optical means, for example a cylindrical lens, in such a way that a linear intensity profile is created rather than a point-shaped one in order to cut the semiconductor film (3). Furthermore, it is meaningful to place several linear intensity profiles in a row in such a way that a parting line is created across the entire width of the semiconductor body (1), such that the entire cutting line can be removed quasi continuously, at the repetition rate of the laser. Ideally, the peripheral beams of the focused laser beam, which face the semiconductor body (1), should extend parallel to the edge of the semiconductor body (1).

Abstract: A food handling system having a positioning system and method. The positioning system includes a main conveying surface, an electronic sensor, a controller and a robot. The main conveying surface is configured to move food products. The electronic sensor is configured to capture position data about one or more food products on the main conveying surface within a sensor range of the sensor. The controller is signal-connected to the electronic sensor and the robot. The controller is configured to receive data captured by the sensor and is configured to instruct the robot to move a food product to a destination position. The robot is configured to reposition one or more food products on the conveying surface according to instructions sent by the controller. The robot has a longitudinal and a lateral working range. The food product may include formed meat patties or sliced meat or cheese products.

Abstract: A food handling system having a vacancy reduction system. The vacancy reduction system includes the main conveyor, a food product parking station, a vacancy detector, a robot, and a controller. The vacancy detector is configured to detect a vacant food product position on the main conveyor. The robot has a working range for moving between the parking station and the main conveyor. The controller is signal-connected to the vacancy detector. The controller is configured to receive a signal from the vacancy detector indicating a vacant food product position on the conveyor. The controller is signal-connected to the robot and has control instructions for instructing the robot to move the food product from the food product parking station to the vacant food product position on the main conveyor.

Abstract: A sheet compound (1) is disclosed, comprising a first group of conglomerates (3) of fibre segments (5) and a matrix (6) of polymeric material, the conglomerates (3) of the first group having a random orientation, and at least one second group of conglomerates (4) of fibre segments (5) and a matrix (6) of polymeric material, the conglomerates (4) of the second group having a prevailing orientation of a direction of maximum tensile strength (FR) thereof along a respective predetermined direction (FB) in said geometric plane (P), said at least one second group of conglomerates (4) being distinguishable from the first group of conglomerates (3) by at least one characteristic other than orientation. A process and an installation for making such a material, as well as a moulded object made from such a material are also disclosed.

Abstract: A machine tool that includes a workpiece support and a punching die. The punching die includes a support surface, for supporting a workpiece to be processed, and a discharging slope. The discharging slope is configured such that a workpiece part, severed from a workpiece supported on the support surface of the punching die, is displaced, in at least one of a rotational, tilting, or linear movement, from a processing position at least partially overlying the discharging slope toward a removal position on the discharging slope. The discharging slope is also configured such that a workpiece part, severed from a workpiece supported on the support surface of the punching die, is directed, in a sliding movement, toward a discharging position located beneath the support surface and adjacent the punching die.

Abstract: A shield can includes a frame having a hole in the top wall thereof, and an enclosure attached to the frame and covering the hole. The frame and the enclosure are formed by punching a metallic piece, the enclosure corresponds to the hole in shape and size, the enclosure is fixed to the upper surface of the top wall. The invention also discloses the method for fabricating the shield can.

Abstract: A LED dynamic advertising lamp box with animated visual effects, comprising an outer frame, a light-emitting advertising board, a program controller, and a power supply; the light-emitting advertising board comprises a surface layer composed of advertising pictures, an overall background light guide board, and several shape light guide boards. As per specific requirements, the advertising screen can either emit light as a whole, or flash different picture or text areas and emit light according to a certain sequence. In addition, LED light sources can be reasonably combined with pre-treated transparent acryl boards to form an overall background light guide board and shape light guide boards that match the shapes of pictures or text on the advertising screen.

Abstract: An apparatus for producing a long, easy-to-straight-tear plastic film having large numbers of substantially parallel half-cut lines extending in a transverse direction on at least one surface, comprising (a) a roll having at least one cam axially extending on a circular surface of said roll, and (b) a cutter arranged in parallel to said roll with a gap narrower than the thickness of said plastic film, the rotation of said roll causing said cam to intermittently push said plastic film to said cutter to form half-cut lines on said plastic film.

Abstract: An apparatus for portioning meat, comprising a base unit, control means, first drive means mounted to said base unit, casing mounted to said base unit, further comprising: second drive means to cooperate with said first drive means for rotating said casing, and pressing member dividing said casing into at least two chambers, an in-feed chamber and a pressing chamber, said pressing member is mounted to said base unit off-center, with respect to said casing, substantially closer to the pressing chamber such that said pressing member has freedom to move in direction substantially perpendicular to the off-center direction, an ejecting device, mounted to said base unit, portioning plate receiving the meat ejected from said pressing chamber, a position adjustable bottom piece, a cutting means, positioned between the pressing chamber and the portioning plate.

Abstract: In a method for the removal of punch waste on punching, in particular punching using knife attachment cutting, in which, for the production by means of a punch blade of a punched opening in a workpiece supported at the end face of a cylindrical anvil, a part of the workpiece is punched out and the punched out part lies before its removal on a base, in particular a resilient base, movable axially in the cylindrical anvil, the movable base is retracted together with the punched out part into the cylindrical anvil up to and into the region of a lateral ejection opening provided in the cylindrical anvil and the punched out part supported on the retracted base is subsequently ejected through the ejection opening by loading with a corresponding force transversely to the axial direction. In addition, an apparatus for the carrying out of the method is set forth.

Abstract: A blade guard for a hedge trimmer that can cut trimmings from a hedge includes a cutting arm member with a first set of the cutting blades that extends laterally from the cutting arm member. The blade guard generally includes a first housing member and a second housing member movable between an open condition and a closed condition. A connecting member on the blade guard member that is operable to releasably couple to the cutting arm member. The first housing member and the second housing member in the open condition establish an opening between the first housing member and the second housing member. The blade guard in the open condition is operable to catch the trimmings in the opening between the first housing member and the second housing member. The blade guard in the closed condition is operable to cover the first set of the cutting blades.

Abstract: A method for palletizing confectioned units including the steps of grouping the confectioned units to a layer of confectioned units in a grouping device, providing a material for an intermediate layer comprising a partly elastic foil material, cutting a single sheet from the material for the intermediate layer, moving the layer of confectioned units and the single sheet of the intermediate layer to a transport device, moving the layer of confectioned goods and the single sheet of the intermediate layer into the loading station of the transport device, transporting the layer of confectioned goods and the single sheet of the intermediate layer to an unloading station, and positioning the layer of confectioned goods and the single sheet of the intermediate layer at the unloading station onto a pallet or onto layers of goods which are already positioned on the pallet.

Abstract: A method and a device for trimming printed products (100) on the front edges (104) (frontal trimming) and/or on the lateral edges (106, 108) (head-foot-trimming). The products (100) are inserted into moved receiving compartments along a closed circuit (U), the compartments being open on at least one side, preferably on three sides and include blades (32, 42) moved along in this region, which act together with stationary counter blades (34, 44). The depth of insertion of the products (100) is restricted by a support (50) such that the front edges (104) of the products (100) are in the direct vicinity of the open side of the compartments (10), advantageously protruding with their front edges (104) over the moved along blades (32) for the frontal trimming. The edges (106, 108) of the products (100) extending perpendicular to the folded edge (102) are fixed prior to carrying out a trimming by means of a clamping and moving arrangement (20) and only released for the passing on of the printed product.

Abstract: A removably attachable, multifunctional accessory (10) for a utensil such as a kitchen knife is provided comprising a base (15) with at least one cavity (16), one or more magnets (41) inserted and secured within cavity (16), and a wing (30) protruding from the base. The wing is shaped in such a fashion as to have minimal effect on normal cutting behavior, and provides several benefits to the user, such as providing means for more easily and accurately guiding piles of cut food around and off a cutting surface, providing means to quickly and more safely remove food remnants stuck to the blade of the knife, and providing means to hold the knife in an upright position.

Abstract: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for protecting a product. A center member is in physical communication with a bottom of the product. North, south, east, and west members are in communication with the center member and each comprise an orifice. In addition, the north, south, east, and west members are partially separated from the center member by proximal cuts along a lower side of the sheet. The north, south, east, and west members are configured to pivot upward to form at least a ninety degree angle to the center member and physically communicate with sides of the product. The east and west members further comprise distal cuts about which east and west distal edges pivot toward the center member such that the east and west distal edges are in physical communication with a top of the product when folded.

Abstract: An apparatus for cutting fruit. The apparatus includes a frame, at least first and second cutting stations, at least one receptacle in which the fruit is received that includes a plurality of extensions protruding outwardly from an outer circumference thereof, and a conveyor that conveys the receptacle from the first cutting station to the second cutting station. The frame includes a kicker. In use, the object is cut along its vertical axis at the first station, the receptacle is then rotated about its vertical axis as a result of one of the extensions contacting the kicker, and the object is cut at the second station.

Abstract: A sheet cutter assembly concurrently cuts a leading edge and a trailing edge of an image.

Abstract: There is disclosed a fiber optic liquid level sensor apparatus that functions using total internal reflection and an index of refraction. More specifically, there is disclosed a fiber optic liquid level sensor apparatus comprising two fiber optic strands, each having a first end and a second end, substantially oriented in parallel to each other, wherein the second ends of both strands are attached to each other.

Abstract: A press system having an integrated frame and press box for a foundry apparatus such as a trim press. The frame includes a top member, a bottom member and a pair of spaced apart side columns located between the top and bottom member. The press box is slidably coupled to the frame. The press system includes guideway bearings, and an integrated hydraulic box to form a system which minimizes deflection. The press system includes a controller having a program which operates the press system. The press system includes detection devices to provide input to the controller and a human-machine interface to provide input to the controller and to display output from the controller.

Abstract: A shear device is disclosed. The shear device includes a material guiding mechanism, a shear head including a shear blade disposed proximate the material guiding mechanism, and means for translating a first movement of one of the shear head and the material guiding mechanism into a second movement of the other of the shear head and the material guiding mechanism. A method is also disclosed.

Abstract: Method for manufacturing a filling material, characterised in that it consists at least in providing cylindrical foam springs (14) between two support layers (2,9) and in fixing them to the latter, for example by gluing the crosscut ends (15) to the support layers (2,9), after which the thus obtained double-coated layer (16) is cut, through the support layers (2,9), in two single-coated layers which each mainly consist of a single support layer (2, 9) with shorter foam springs (14) connected thereto.

Abstract: A conveyor system for assembling and stacking sliced food products is provided. The conveyor system includes an assembly area, wherein groups of a predetermined quantity of sliced food products travel from a slicer on a conveyor and are deposited on discrete carrier sheets on a downstream conveyor. The assembly area is configured to delay advancement of the carrier sheets on the downstream conveyor until a group of the predetermined quantity is formed. The slicer is configured to calculate the number of slices in each group and determine whether a group is complete. A stacking area of the conveyor system includes a nose conveyor that extends and retracts to deposit each carrier sheet onto a pair of initial supports. The initial supports reciprocate away from each other in opposing directions to drop the carrier sheet onto a subsequent level, with the initial supports reciprocating each time a carrier sheet is deposited thereon.

Abstract: Used tires are chopped up in a punch press which progressively punches out areas of each tire lying flat in the press. The tire fragments are conveyed from the press to a collection container. An elevator mechanism may receive four tires stacked vertically, each used tire therein successively fed into the press by a feed mechanism receiving each tire from the elevator mechanism. An on-site enclosure houses all of the components and a container of collected fragments which is accessed for removal through a door in the enclosure.

Abstract: A system and method are provided that allow meat logs to be manually loaded into a slicing station and thereafter be continuously automatically processed at the slicing station, a harping station, and an insertion station for automated packaging thereof without the need for handling of the meat stacks by workers. To this end, the slicing station is effective to form smaller sections or chubs from the meat logs and to do so such that the chubs are provided with substantially parallel flat end-faces to ensure that high quality meat slices are generated therefrom. The chubs are then transported to the harping station where each of the chubs undergoes a single cutting operation, thus simultaneously forming the meat slices therefrom and substantially maintaining the slices in the configuration of the chubs for generating well-formed stacks of the slices.

Abstract: A crown molding jig may have a first guide and a second guide. Each of the guides may be sized and configured to receive a crown molding. A saw guide may be disposed between the first and second guides for guiding a saw blade and cutting a compound angle cut in the crown molding. A crown molding holder may have a base member for engaging the crown molding and an extension pole pivotally attached to the base member such that the crown molding holder may be wedged between the crown molding disposed at the ceiling and the floor. A door installation jig may have a U-shaped member sized and configured to receive a door and an inflatable tube for lifting the door to position adjacent a door frame.

Abstract: Stacks of pieces (24) are cut out from the lay-up (20) on a cutting table, on the basis of recorded information relating to the locations of the pieces on the surface of the lay-up, and the skeleton (26) of the lay-up is split up (lines 28) into a plurality of portions while the stacks of pieces are being cut out. Then the lay-up is brought onto an unloading table (60) for successively unloading the stacks of cut-out pieces by causing an unloading tool (80) to move so as to bring it into contact with the stacks that have arrived on the unloading table, by using information relating to the locations of the pieces, and so as to take off each stack from the remainder of the lay-up merely by moving it substantially parallel to the plane of the lay-up, without interfering with the stacks of pieces that have not yet been unloaded.

Abstract: An absorbent article 10 having an absorbent body 17 including a liquid permeable topsheet 15, a liquid impermeable leak-preventive sheet, and a liquid retentive absorbent member 16 and an exterior material 14 including a rear portion B, a front portion A, and a crotch portion C. The absorbent article 10 has both side edge portions 18b of the rear portion B and both side edge portions 18a of the front portion A joined via respective mechanical fasteners 13 to take on the shape of pants. The male member 19 is attached to the inner side of the side edge portion 18b of the rear portion B. The female member 20 is a strip-shaped sheet attached by its outer edge portion 20a to the inner side of the side edge portion 18a of the front portion A, with the portion inward of the outer edge portion 20a left free as a flap 20b. The male member 19 engages the flap 20b of the female member 20 to join each side edge portion 18b of the rear portion B and each side edge portion 18a of the front portion A.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for laser cutting material plates (13a,b), especially metal sheets. According to said method, the material plates (13a,b) that are to be cut are first placed in a substantially vertical cutting position (SP1, SP2) and are then cut from one side by means of a laser cutting device (14, 15, 16). In order to drastically reduce the machine downtime, the material plates (13a,b) are placed in two or more different cutting position s (SP1, SP2) that can be reached by the same laser cutting device (14, 15, 16) while the material plates located in the different cutting positions (SP1, SP2) are cut one after another.

Abstract: The invention provides for the replacement of the cutting plate (15) and the press die (16) to be carried out automatically, specifically with the aid of a positioning device for positioning the stack of printed sheets (11) to be trimmed under the press die (16). In this way, the automatic conversion of the automatic three-knife trimmer for a format change is possible without a significant change to the automatic three-knife trimmer. Only the control system of the positioning device has to be changed and expanded. The positioning device (21) automatically ensures that the new press die (16) and the new cutting plate (15) are positioned exactly. In particular, the positioning of the die plate (19) under the format plate (18) can be carried out automatically by means of the positioning device with the required high accuracy, to be specific with higher accuracy than would be possible manually.

Abstract: A composite web has a first fastening material in a first longitudinally extending zone on a first outer surface, a second fastening material in a second longitudinally extending zone on the first outer surface, and at least a portion of a third fastening material on a longitudinal centerline on a second outer surface. A disposable absorbent article has a dual fastening system comprising a pair of front ear portions and a pair of back ear portions formed from a composite web. The composite web has first, second, and third fastening materials. Each back ear portion has a fastening material configured to engage the outer cover and each front ear portion has a fastening material configured to engage the body facing surface of the liner.

Abstract: An apparatus and method is provided for single transfer insert placement. The apparatus receives continuous web material and cuts a discrete section or pad from the web. The pad is then supported on a single transfer surface. The single transfer surface then may spin the supported pad to a desired angle and provide the pad to a receiving surface at a desired interval.

Abstract: The present invention refers to a fast-opening plaster packaging comprising a plaster having at least an adhesive support protected with at least two films (P1, P2) made of protective material and detachable from the adhesive support, and an envelope (E) suitable for containing the plaster. The envelope has at least two portions (E1, E2) mutually dividable and each dividable portion of the envelope is anchored to at least one of the protective films (P1, P2). The packaging is characterized in that at least one of the protective films (P1, P2) has at least a cut (II, 12) suitable for shaping one or more columns and one or more arcades (LA) or semi-arcades. The column(s) is(are) joined to the corresponding semi-wrapper (E1) at anchoring line (C1) of the protective film (P1) and is(are) able, upon pulling at least one of the portions (E1) of the envelope (E), to fold onto itself(themselves) as such one or more arcades or semi-arcades (LA) made of protective material are substantially not involved into folding.

Abstract: A sawing installation for sawing an object, such as an elongated structural steel section, comprises a sawing bench for at least partially accommodating the object and a saw that comprises a saw blade. The saw blade can move transversely relative to the sawing bench between an initial position in which, when an object has been arranged on the sawing bench, the saw blade is situated at a distance therefrom, and a final position, wherein the saw blade has sawn through said object into the sawing bench. The sawing installation further comprises a feed track that is aligned with respect to the sawing bench. The feed track is provided with a drive member for driving the object over the feed track towards the sawing bench. Furthermore, the sawing installation has a stop for guiding the object while it is being driven. The sawing installation is provided with a guide member for forming a guide channel between the stop and the guide member. The guide channel extends on both sides of the saw blade.

Abstract: An improved cup comprising a top portion and a base sleeve connected to the sidewall of the top portion. The base sleeve is at least partially formed of an insulating material. The base sleeve is formed of a one piece material that eliminates a seam at the bottom of the cup.