Roller Patents (Class 83/436.3)
  • Patent number: 9527144
    Abstract: A table saw includes a base, a workpiece support structure, and an extension support assembly. The workpiece support structure is supported by the base and defines a workpiece support surface. The extension support assembly includes (i) a guide movable in relation to the base between a first guide position and a second guide position, (ii) an arm assembly movably supported by the guide, and (iii) a cam mechanism movable in relation to the base between a first cam position and a second cam position. Movement of the cam mechanism from the first cam position to the second cam position causes movement of the guide from the first guide position to the second guide position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignees: Robert Bosch Tool Corporation, Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Andrew Frolov
  • Publication number: 20150068373
    Abstract: The continuous rod cutting system has a base; a rod path; a shear cutting unit mounted to the base and having a cutting jaw operable to cut across the rod path; and two pinch roller units mounted to the base, each on a respective side of the cutting jaw, each having at least one corresponding pair of rollers aligned with the rod path, on opposite sides of the rod path. The rollers being movable relative one another of the corresponding pair, into and out of engagement with the rod path, and each pair of rollers being selectively operable into cooperating opposed rotation in both directions, independently of said relative movement operability, for moving a rod engaged therebetween in a corresponding direction along the rod path and stopping and holding the rod for subsequent cutting by the shear cutting unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Inventor: Tiffany Armitage
  • Patent number: 8939750
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for pelletizing at least one strand of material to be pelletized. Said device comprises a cutting device with two blades that can be displaced relative each other, at least one feed roller and at least one strand feeder for feeding the strand to the cutting device. An additional tab-shaped rectification guide is arranged downstream of the strand feeder in the region directly in front of the feed roller and next to the same, said guide being adjustable and movable in relation to the strand feeder. The rectification guide can be used to adjust the angle at which the strand is fed to the feed roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Automatik Plastics Machinery GmbH
    Inventors: Sven Fenchel, Jochen Scheurich
  • Patent number: 8881630
    Abstract: A dispenser for dispensing a selectable amount of material from an amount of stored material. The dispenser includes a housing having a material track and material storage area, a material-advancement mechanism disposed within said housing, a material-cutting, mechanism, and an actuator. The actuator has a first end being operatively engaged with said first mechanism and an opposing second opposing end being operatively engaged with said second mechanism. The actuator is spring-biased to a non-compressed position via at least first and second springs and is also selectably shiftable to a selectable, material-advancement position and a selectable, material-cutting position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Case N Cut, Inc.
    Inventor: Jeffrey M. Jones
  • Patent number: 8683904
    Abstract: A target transportation device includes a first transportation portion which is capable of applying a transportation force toward a downstream side from an upstream side of a transportation path to a target, a second transportation portion which is provided on the transportation path at a position at the downstream side with respect to the first transportation portion in a transportation direction and is capable of applying a transportation force toward the downstream side from the upstream side of the transportation path to the target while nipping the target, and a cutting member which is provided on the transportation path at a position between the first transportation portion and the second transportation portion and is capable of cutting the target in the width direction perpendicular to the transportation direction of the target. The second transportation portion is configured so as to be capable of changing a nipping position of the target in the transportation direction of the target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Masato Mitsuhashi
  • Publication number: 20130291791
    Abstract: The disclosure discloses an adhesive tape cutting apparatus. The apparatus includes a feeding roller configured to feed an adhesive tape, a guide plate configured to contact and guide a surface of the other side end of the adhesive tape, a movable blade configured to advance from the adhesive layer and cut the adhesive tape, disposed below the guide plate so that a blade edge of the movable plate vertically faces the guide plate, a travel mechanism for causing the movable blade to travel along the tape width direction along the guide plate, and a movable blade support device configured to support the movable blade with respect to the travel mechanism in the manner that the movable blade slopes so that the blade edge presses the adhesive tape to the guide plate in the travel direction along the tape width.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Mitsugi TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20130252072
    Abstract: Disclosed is a device for notching, at an interval of a unit electrode, a continuous electrode sheet in which an electrode active material is applied to one or both surfaces thereof, to form a plurality of unit electrodes from the electrode sheet, the device including a press to press notches on the top and the bottom of the electrode sheet at a set position, and two or more grippers arranged at the rear of the press based on a feed direction of the electrode sheet, the grippers drawing and transporting the electrode sheet by one pitch, a size corresponding to the unit electrode according to operation of the press, wherein while one of the grippers draws and transports the electrode sheet, the remaining grippers move to a position for drawing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Ki Hong MIN, Sung Min HWANG, Jihoon CHO, Taeyoon JUNG, Jeong Sam SON, Changmin HAN, Jae Hoon YOU, Su Taek JUNG, Hyeong KIM, Hyun-sook BAIK, Ki Hun SONG, Sang Hyuck PARK, Han Sung LEE, Byeong Geun KIM
  • Publication number: 20130174700
    Abstract: A foam panel cutting machine for cutting foam panels used in insulated building panels. The foam panel cutting machine has a feeder system feeds the foam panel through the cutting blades. The cutting machine additionally includes a frame, a plurality of upper rollers and a plurality of lower rollers rotationally mounted to the frame. The foam panel cutting machine can be constructed so that it may be portable. One embodiment includes the upper rollers on an adjustable head that can adjust the gap distance between the upper and lower rollers so that foam panels of various thicknesses may be cut. The cutting blade may be a hot-knife wherein the blade is heated by passing an electrical current through it. The cutting blade may have a ā€œLā€ or ā€œJā€ shape to cut kerfs into the foam panel that receive metal studs to foil an insulated building panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2013
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: SYSTECO (CAYMAN) LTD SECZ
    Inventor: Systeco (Cayman) Ltd SECZ
  • Publication number: 20130074663
    Abstract: A method and apparatus comprising a material delivery structure, a roller, a first guide, and a second guide. The material delivery structure may be configured to receive a plurality of lengths of material. The roller may be configured to move between a first position and a second position relative to the material delivery structure. The first guide may be on a first side of the material delivery structure. The first guide may be configured to guide a first number of lengths of material in the plurality of lengths of material to the roller. The second guide may be on a second side of the material delivery structure. The second guide may be configured to guide a second number of lengths of material in the plurality of lengths of material to the roller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2011
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Samuel Francis Pedigo, Perry Thomas Horst, Brice Aaron Johnson
  • Publication number: 20120285303
    Abstract: An apparatus, method, and system are provided for cutting panels of stock material for producing hard book casings. The apparatus may include a transport mechanism, a vertical cutter, and/or a horizontal cutter. The vertical cutter may produce a vertical cut of the stock material. The horizontal cutter may produce a horizontal cut of the stock material. The apparatus may produce properly dimensioned panels from the stock material in a single pass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2012
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Applicant: GP2 TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: Thomas Porat
  • Publication number: 20120055305
    Abstract: A roller-type compression-incision-cutting unit for packaging material webs comprises: a motor-driven roller (2) provided with at least one projecting incision-cutting profile (3); a driven counter-roller (4) provided with at least one abutting counter-profile (5); kinematic means (6) for directly transmitting motion, in a synchronised fashion, between the roller (2) and the counter-roller (4), the kinematic means being connected to respective shafts (2a, 4a); adjustable pusher elements (7), adapted to allow an incision or cutting contact between the roller (2) and the counter-roller (4); at least one rolling element (10, 11) interposed between the roller (2) and the counter-roller (4), and adapted to separate the rotation of the motor-driven roller (2) from the rotation of the thrust rings of the driven counter-roller (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2010
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Applicant: IMA INDUSTRIES S.R.L.
    Inventor: Claudio Betti
  • Publication number: 20110226108
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cutting and expanding device for cutting a web of packaging material that is fed to the device via a web inlet into a plurality of individual webs that are conveyed away from the device at a web outlet and spaced apart from one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2010
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Applicant: KHS GmbH
    Inventor: Bernd Cox
  • Publication number: 20110214542
    Abstract: Systems and methods for processing multi-page mail pieces include a first unwinder that produces single width web and a second unwinder that produces a double width web. A merger/aligner having a slitter is located downstream from the second unwinder, and a cutter is located downstream from the merger/aligner. The slitter slits the double width web into two single width webs, and all of the single width webs are fed into the cutter. The cutter cuts the webs cross-wise at appropriate locations to separate the webs into individual sheets of a desired length.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2010
    Publication date: September 8, 2011
    Inventor: Mike Powers
  • Publication number: 20110002727
    Abstract: A medium cutting device for cutting a conveyed continuous medium in a predetermined length includes a cutting unit having a cut roller that is freely rotatable and is provided with a cut blade for cutting the continuous medium on an outer surface, and an anvil roller arranged to face the cut roller, and brush rollers that are arranged to face each other on a further downstream side than the cutting unit in a conveyance direction, and prevent a sheet-shaped recording medium cut by the cutting unit from being entangled with one of the rollers of the cutting unit . A linear speed of the outermost perimeter of each of the brush rollers is made faster than a conveyance speed of the continuous medium conveyed by the cutting unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2010
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yasuhiro MIYAZAKI
  • Patent number: 7845259
    Abstract: An electronic paper cutting machine includes a housing to which a drive roller is coupled for moving a sheet to be cut in a first direction and a cutter assembly coupled to the housing and moveable in a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction. A user interface is incorporated into the housing for allowing a user to select via the user interface at least one shape to be cut by the cutter assembly wherein controlled movement of the drive roller and the cutter assembly causes a shape to be cut in the sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: Provo Craft and Novelty, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Emmett Workman, William Craig Youse, Jason B. Brinkerhoff, Jonathan Aaron Johnson, Ken Yan, Michael S. Horito, Gerardo D. Ayala, James R. Gunter, Rodney Stock, Phil Beffrey
  • Publication number: 20100116110
    Abstract: A sheet processing apparatus comprises a first conveyer roller pair and a second conveyer roller pair arranged sequentially from the upstream side to the downstream side along a sheet conveyance route of a sheet of paper along with a punching unit disposed between the first and second conveyer roller pairs. The punching unit includes a hole cutting blade that is capable of retractably projecting the hole cutting blade relative to the sheet conveyance route so as to control the position of the hole cutting blade of the punching unit according to the condition of the sheet of paper being conveyed. The apparatus further comprises a control unit adapted to cause the hole cutting blade to project across the sheet conveyance route before the leading end of the sheet of paper being conveyed gets to the punching unit so as to make the leading end of the sheet of paper abut the hole cutting blade and correct the skew, if any, of the sheet of paper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2010
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Applicant: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Tsuchihashi
  • Publication number: 20100107848
    Abstract: A scoreless separation device and method are described herein for separating a glass sheet without needing to score the glass sheet. In one embodiment, the device shears a stationary glass sheet without needing to score the glass sheet. In another embodiment, the device shears a moving glass sheet to remove outer edges from the moving glass sheet without needing to score the moving glass sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2008
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Inventors: Michael Albert Joseph, II, Steven Edward DeMartino
  • Publication number: 20090289407
    Abstract: Interfolding machine of sheet material for making a stack of interfolded sheets (1) equipped with cutting and transferring means, including, for example, a cutting roller 2 that operates the division of the web (10) into sheets (11) of determined length. The cut sheets (11), all having the same length, are carried along the machine up to a transfer roller (3) that transfers them to an ā€œoverlapā€ roller (4). In particular the cutting roller (2) has peripherally a first series of cutting blades (21a)-(21d) arranged at a first angular distance equal to 90Ā° and a second plurality of cutting blades (21?a)-(21?c) arranged at a second angular distance equal to 120Ā°. The length of sheets 11 is therefore achieved by the angular distance existing between the blades (21). In order to adjust the length of the sheets, or cut-off length, one selects the blades on the cutting roller (2) located at an angular distance corresponding to the desired sheet length.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2009
    Publication date: November 26, 2009
    Applicant: MTC-Macchine Trasformazione Carta S.r.l.
    Inventor: Alessandro DE MATTEIS
  • Publication number: 20090211423
    Abstract: An improvement applicable to a laminate film cutter for cutting a thin film covering a planar body having plural partly overlapping short plates, the shape of the knife being a rectangular blade extending to a sharp cutting point, and the position of the knife being inclined downward in a controlled manner to prevent stalling of the feeder during cutting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2009
    Publication date: August 27, 2009
    Inventors: Tadashi Kiyono, Ryo Yoshioka
  • Publication number: 20080257328
    Abstract: A tile saw includes a base, a frame assembly disposed on the base, a first rail disposed on the frame assembly, the first rail having a longitudinal axis, a table slidingly disposed on the first rail, a support assembly disposed on the base, a saw assembly supported by the support assembly, the saw assembly comprising a motor, a cutting wheel driven by the motor, the saw assembly being pivotable about a horizontal axis substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis, and a switch electrically connected to the motor and disposed on the support assembly so that, when the motor assembly is pivoted about the horizontal axis, the switch remains stationary.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2007
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Applicant: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventors: Gregg L. Sheddy, James D. Schroeder, Peter Chaikowsky, Darren B. Moss, Warren A. Ceroll, Stuart J. Wright, William D. Spencer, Jiangang Zhao, William S. Taylor, Frank A. Mannarino
  • Publication number: 20080250944
    Abstract: A sheet interleaver is provided for a slicing machine that includes a slicing plane for slicing an elongated food product and a sheet from web material beneath the elongated product. The interleaver includes a supply of web material, a drawing station, a feed station, and a controller. The drawing station has a first driver for drawing web material from the supply. The feed station has a second driver for receiving web material from the drawing station and driving the web material through a cutting nip into the slicing plane. The controller is in signal-communication with at least one of the first and second drivers to drive web material at select differential speeds by the first and second drivers such that tension between the drawing station and the feed station is controlled to allow a slackened length of web material between the drawing station and the feed station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2006
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Inventors: Glen F. Pryor, Scott A. Lindee, James E. Pasek
  • Patent number: 7409897
    Abstract: A cable stripper apparatus is disclosed for stripping insulation from an electric cable. The apparatus includes a framework and a driven wire feeder rotatably secured to the framework. A guide is provided for guiding the cable towards the wire feeder. The guide includes a movable spacer bar which extends towards the wire feeder. A cutter has a cutting edge which is disposed spaced and parallel to an axis of rotation of the wire feeder. The cutter is connected to the framework immediately adjacent to the wire feeder. The arrangement is such that when the cable is guided by the guide towards the wire feeder, the wire feeder, spacer bar and the cutter cooperate with each other for stripping the insulation from the cable. A cam is rotatably supported by the framework for moving the movable spacer bar relative to the framework to a required location of a plurality of locations of the movable spacer bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Inventor: Allan R. Adams
  • Publication number: 20080134856
    Abstract: A card cutter for producing a plurality of cards by cutting a sheet is provided, wherein a pair of rotary shafts rotating in directions opposite to each other are provided with a sheet feeding path between them. A plurality of first rotary blades are arranged on the one rotary shaft, while a plurality of second rotary blades are arranged on the other rotary shaft so that they slide in contact with each other between the peripheral edges so as to constitute a slitter cutting portion. A roller for pressing each end of the sheet outside the slitter cutting portion is provided at least at the one rotary shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2007
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Applicant: CARL MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hitoshi Kawachi
  • Patent number: 7333767
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for punching a hole in a paper with a punching unit in a paper post-processing apparatus. The paper is nipped and transported with a transporting roller system arranged downstream of the punching unit in a paper transport direction to make at least a leading edge of the paper pass through an aligning unit. An actuator is activated to end the nipping of the paper by the transporting roller system, and the aligning unit aligns the paper in a width direction thereof that is perpendicular to the paper transport direction. The activation of the actuator is ended to resume the nipping of the paper, and a stopper member is inserted into a paper transport path upstream of a punch of the punching unit. A trailing edge of the paper is then caused to hit the stopper member, and the paper is punched by the punching unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2008
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Masahiro Kaneko, Toshio Shida, Mikihiro Yamakawa
  • Patent number: 7140284
    Abstract: A cold separation device for separating an elongate metallic member along its length. The device has a separation unit having a driven blade, support member to support the elongate member upstream and downstream of the separation unit. The device further has to feed the elongate member towards and through the separation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2006
    Assignee: Edmet International Limited
    Inventors: Edwin James DuMorris Eddy, Shay Vincent Eddy, Delville Edwin Eddy, Paul Anthony Eddy
  • Patent number: 7115181
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a rubber coated fabric for a tire which includes a weft cutting step of cutting a weft of the rubber coated fabric base substance using a cutting device at a cut pitch Cp of two to five times an arrangement pitch P of a warp. The cut ductility of the weft is set between 5 and 20%. The cutting device utilizes first and second rollers in which the peripheral protrusions and the peripheral grooves are alternately formed. Groove widths W1 and W2 of the peripheral grooves of the first and second rollers are set between 2.0 and 5.0 mm, protruding widths T1 and T2 of the peripheral protrusions of the first and second rollers are set to 0.25 to 0.5 times the groove widths W1 and W2, and the insertion depths h1 and h2 of the peripheral protrusions to the peripheral grooves are set between 2.0 and 4.0 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2006
    Assignee: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Gaku Tanaka, Kazuaki Yarimizu, Toru Fukumoto
  • Patent number: 7100484
    Abstract: Apparatus for automatically trimming and cutting images on support sheets, which comprises two cutting devices (1, 2) arranged upstream and downstream, respectively, a conveying device (3) which is suitable for conveying to the second cutting device (2) the sheet portions cut by the first cutting device (1) and comprises one or more conveyor belts (12) tight between a pair of rollers (13), at least one being mechanically connected to a motor (14), a plurality of sensors (16, 17, 18) suitable for detecting the presence of a sheet portion on the conveyor belts (12), as well as one or more conveying rollers (25) suitable for taking a sheet portion placed on the conveyor belts (12) and conveying it to the second cutting device (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2006
    Assignee: Fotoba International S.r.l.
    Inventor: Valter Maddalon
  • Patent number: 7032488
    Abstract: A support for a material web for use with a longitudinal cutting device for cutting the material web, includes a support shaft having an axis of rotation. At least one bearing mechanism positions the at least one support shaft, wherein the at least one bearing mechanism has an axis of rotation outside of the axis of rotation of the support shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Assignee: E.C.H. Will GmbH
    Inventors: Bernd Hƶpner, Thomas Hitscher
  • Patent number: 7028598
    Abstract: A rotary printing press has a folding station where the printed web is perforated both transversely and longitudinally in order to expedite subsequent folding thereof into signatures. In order to incorporate a longitudinal perforator into the folding station without adding to its size, a longitudinally perforating blade similar to a circular saw is mounted to a blade carrier shaft which is rotatably supported opposite a feed roller by which the web is frictionally fed into and through the folding station. An annular, longitudinally grooved anvil is formed circumferentially on the feed roller for engaging the longitudinally perforating blade via the web being thereby perforated. The longitudinally perforating blade is movable with the blade carrier shaft into and out of perforating engagement with the anvil on the feed roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2006
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Tokyo Kikai Seisakusho
    Inventor: Tsunetoshi Teshima
  • Patent number: 6892617
    Abstract: The invention relates to a charging arm for conveying, treating and discharging different starting materials in order to produce glass fiber armored plastic pipes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2005
    Assignee: HOBAS Engineering GmbH
    Inventor: Josef Knauder
  • Patent number: 6868762
    Abstract: An automatic cutting and stacking device for arcuately shaped blanks is disclosed. The device contains a feeding table followed by a cutting unit and a stacking device. The cutting unit is movable in relation to the feeding table to thus allow a cutting perpendicular to the contour of the shaped film. The stacking unit comprises a slide plate and a movable base plate upon which the cut blanks are stacked. The height of the base plate can be adjusted/lowered in relation to the accumulating thickness of the stacking height of the cut blanks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2005
    Assignee: Solutia Europe S.A./N.V.
    Inventor: Herbert Sybrant Van De Velde Keyser
  • Publication number: 20040255747
    Abstract: Devices for cross-cutting paper or cardboard containing a cross-cutting device with two cutting drums which are equipped with cross cutters are already known per se. A sheet transport device is arranged behind the cross-cutting device, containing a braking device with a braking cylinder. In order to prevent marks on delicate paper or types of cardboard on said sheets, the inventive braking cylinder comprises a cylindrical base body which is secured to the blade-type elements, said blade-type elements being made of an elastic material and protruding in a radial manner with ample distance between each other, ending in a cylindrical enveloping surface which is coaxial in relation to the base body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2004
    Publication date: December 23, 2004
    Inventor: Albert Stitz
  • Patent number: 6829970
    Abstract: Disclosed is a tape guide device for an automatic roll tape cutter, the toll tape cutter including a tape feed-out unit housed in a case for feeding out a roll tape loaded in a tape loading portion thereof through a plurality of guide rollers from a supply roller thereof, and a tape cutting unit which is mounted in front of the case for cutting the tape fed out at a proper length, the tape guide device comprising: a body disposed between the tape loading portion and the supply roller of the tape feed-out unit and having both ends, one end of which is hingeably mounted to one side wall of the tape feed-out unit as to be elastically biased toward an opening direction, and the other free end of which has engaging protrusions formed thereon; a first guide roller installed at the rear end of the body and having engaging recesses formed on an outer circumference of both ends thereof; a pair of stoppers horizontally installed inside the body in such a manner as to be moved oppositely with respect to each other, each
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2004
    Inventor: Myon Ki Hong
  • Publication number: 20040216573
    Abstract: A hydraulic cutting device for a raw aluminum material includes an input tract for transporting the raw aluminum material to a cutting seat to be cut by the incorporation of a movable cutting block and a fixed cutting block. A measuring device is provided to measure the length of the raw aluminum material being cut. After the raw aluminum material is cut, an output cylinder is activated to transport the cut raw aluminum material to an output tract which is driven by a motor via a chain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2003
    Publication date: November 4, 2004
    Inventor: Chu-Hsiung Kuo
  • Patent number: 6736038
    Abstract: Disclosed is a tape guide device for an automatic roll tape cutter, the tape guide device having a roll tape loaded therein for feeding out a required length of the roll tape and automatically cutting the fed out roll tape, the tape guide device comprising: a tape guiding portion disposed at the inside of in a main body of the tape cutter, and including a plurality of guide rolls which guide the roll tape with its upper and lower surfaces contacting with the rolls, each guide roll positioned at the lower portion of the tape guiding portion having uneven grooves formed on its outer circumferential surface at equal distances, guide rolls positioned at the upper portion of the tape guiding portion being respectively mounted in proximate close to the opposite guide rolls positioned at the lower portion of the tape guiding portion in at least an outlet and an inlet for the tape, and the plurality of guide rolls of the tape guiding portion having a gear ratio set in such a manner that the rotation speed of guide ro
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Inventor: Myon Ki Hong
  • Publication number: 20040089127
    Abstract: Disclosed is a tape guide device for an automatic roll tape cutter, the tape guide device having a roll tape loaded therein for feeding out a required length of the roll tape and automatically cutting the fed out roll tape, the tape guide device comprising: a tape guiding portion disposed at the inside of in a main body of the tape cutter, and including a plurality of guide rolls which guide the roll tape with its upper and lower surfaces contacting with the rolls, each guide roll positioned at the lower portion of the tape guiding portion having uneven grooves formed on its outer circumferential surface at equal distances, guide rolls positioned at the upper portion of the tape guiding portion being respectively mounted in proximate close to the opposite guide rolls positioned at the lower portion of the tape guiding portion in at least an outlet and an inlet for the tape, and the plurality of guide rolls of the tape guiding portion having a gear ratio set in such a manner that the rotation speed of guide ro
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2003
    Publication date: May 13, 2004
    Inventor: Myon Ki Hong
  • Patent number: 6708592
    Abstract: A chopper for chopping fibers or fiber strands having a back up roll and a blade roll containing blades that work against a peripheral surface of the back up roll and a method of using is disclosed. The chopper has a number of improved features for reducing the frequency of long fibers or long fiber strands and fuzz from getting into the chopped product. The chopper can have one or any combination of the improvements. The improvements include a strand guide located at least two feet up stream of the chopper, a first starting roll for starting a new strand that runs on a fluid bearing that can be adjusted to control the RPM of the first starting roll, a mount for a roll that runs against the peripheral surface of said back up roll, a strand guide insert for reducing fuzz generation and for preventing fuzz from getting into the product, and a deflector plate for catching and deflecting chopped strands thrown off the back up roll into a chopped strand product chute.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2004
    Assignee: Johns Manville International, Inc.
    Inventors: Randall Clark Bascom, Harold Miles Hendrickson, Russell Donovan Arterburn, Carlos Gilberto Santizo, Emery Sidney Barber
  • Publication number: 20040020341
    Abstract: Disclosed is a tape guide device for an automatic roll tape cutter, the toll tape cutter including a tape feed-out unit housed in a case for feeding out a roll tape loaded in a tape loading portion thereof through a plurality of guide rollers from a supply roller thereof, and a tape cutting unit which is mounted in front of the case for cutting the tape fed out at a proper length, the tape guide device comprising: a body disposed between the tape loading portion and the supply roller of the tape feed-out unit and having both ends, one end of which is hingeably mounted to one side wall of the tape feed-out unit as to be elastically biased toward an opening direction, and the other free end of which has engaging protrusions formed thereon; a first guide roller installed at the rear end of the body and having engaging recesses formed on an outer circumference of both ends thereof; a pair of stoppers horizontally installed inside the body in such a manner as to be moved oppositely with respect to each other, each
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2003
    Publication date: February 5, 2004
    Inventor: Myon Ki Hong
  • Publication number: 20040011172
    Abstract: A method of automatic in-line forming of a material stack comprising the steps of feeding a base in sheet form or from a roll to a predetermined position, simultaneously feeding a first layer from a first roll for placement on one side of the base in sheet form and a second layer from a second roll for placement on the opposite side of the base in sheet form. The base, the first layer from the first roll, and the second layer from the second roll are moved together to a cutting station and are advanced a predetermined length. The first layer and the second layer are cut together to the predetermined length to form the desired stack, with the base between the first and second layers. In another aspect, the invention comprises apparatus for automatic in-line forming of a material stack comprising a main frame, a conveyor on the main frame for feeding a base material. A first layer of material is fed from a first roll onto one surface of the base material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2002
    Publication date: January 22, 2004
    Inventors: David S. Rosenthal, Gregory Starr
  • Publication number: 20040003695
    Abstract: A device and method cuts paper from a supply such as a paper roll into predetermined lengths, and supplies these cut tickets or cards to a ticket processing device. The device includes a paper supply holder, a paper guide, a paper feeder, and a paper cutter. The device can be attached to a conventional ticket processing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2003
    Publication date: January 8, 2004
    Inventors: Norman Diamond, Nikola I. Konsulov
  • Patent number: 6647844
    Abstract: An apparatus for precisely cutting lengths of strip material includes a supply of strip material, a feed mechanism for conveying the strip material from the supply and a reciprocating cutter mounted downstream of the feed mechanism. An adjustable stop is movably mounted adjacent the cutter for engaging an end of the strip material and setting a precise length of the strip material being cut. An adjustment mechanism is coupled to the stop for moving the stop relative to the cutter along a longitudinal axis of the length of the strip material being cut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2003
    Assignee: Moore Wallace Incorporated
    Inventor: David J. Nowaczyk
  • Patent number: 6615100
    Abstract: An automated saw apparatus for cutting the component pieces for roof trusses. The apparatus comprises a circular power saw, a processing line whereon stock lumber is conveyed to and from the saw, a waste bin for receiving scrap pieces cut by and discarded from the saw, a control computer and software, and sensors for measuring the lumber as it is conveyed to the saw for allowing the computer to determine how long a board to cut, and where and at what angles to make the cuts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2003
    Inventor: James Francis Urmson
  • Publication number: 20030015080
    Abstract: A cable stripper apparatus is disclosed for stripping insulation from electric cable. The apparatus includes a framework and a drive secured to the framework. A wire feeder is rotatably secured to the framework and is rotatably driven by the drive. A guide is provided for guiding the cable towards the wire feeder. Also, a cutter is connected to the framework adjacent to the feeder. The arrangement is such that when the cable is guided by the guide towards the wire feeder, the wire feeder and the cutter cooperate with each other for stripping the insulation from the cable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2001
    Publication date: January 23, 2003
    Inventor: Allan R. Adams
  • Publication number: 20020194970
    Abstract: Manually operable apparatus for cutting gel or other sheet material comprises a cutting table and a longitudinally reciprocable traveling bridge mounting a transversely translatable cutter carriage supporting a cutter assembly for manually selective movement to any position on the cutting table. The cutter assembly is employed for making longitudinal as well as transverse cuts of the sheet material. An associated method is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2001
    Publication date: December 26, 2002
    Inventor: Joseph H. Evreniadis
  • Publication number: 20020078807
    Abstract: An automatic cutting and stacking device for arcuately shaped blanks is disclosed. The device contains a feeding table followed by a cutting unit and a stacking device. The cutting unit is movable in relation to the feeding table to thus allow a cutting perpendicular to the contour of the shaped film. The stacking unit comprises a slide plate and a movable base plate upon which the cut blanks are stacked. The height of the base plate can be adjusted/lowered in relation to the accumulating thickness of the stacking height of the cut blanks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2002
    Publication date: June 27, 2002
    Inventor: Herbert Sybrant van de Velde Keyser
  • Patent number: 6216756
    Abstract: A log processing apparatus is disclosed for processing a log with tapered sides, the log processing apparatus including a frame assembly, and infeed guide assembly including upstream and downstream pairs of guides configured to grip and center the tapered log along a travel path. The log processing apparatus may also include a saw assembly positioned adjacent the guides and configured to cut the tapered log in a cutting plane perpendicular to the travel path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2001
    Inventor: Howard Carl Mason