Abstract: An improved towel dispenser includes a rotatable driveshaft mounted in a one-way clutch bearing fitted with a pinion which engages a vertically oriented press bar assembly including at its lower portion a rack which engages the pinion to advance paper towel through a dispensing nip upon pivotable motion of the press bar assembly. A dispensing chute located below the dispensing nip includes a lower shelf configured to direct web forwardly toward the front portion of a dispenser. The gear rack is preferably an internal gear rack integrally formed with a unitary press bar assembly member. The dispensing chute is configured such that an angle between a cutting-blade and the outer lip of the shelf makes an angle with a vertical of at least about 25°.

Abstract: A filament dispenser (10) includes a spool (20), hub (22), and axle (30). The axle is laterally movable from a first position to a second position. The axle is independently rotatable with respect to the spool. In the extended position, the axle may be attached to a second spool (10?), forming an assembly of operably-coupled filament dispensers. In the assembly, the connected spools are independently rotatable.

Abstract: A power-operated toilet paper dispensing device for automatically providing a desired quantity of existing toilet paper as needed by a user may include a housing adapted to be affixed to a support surface. Further, the device may include a plurality of spindles situated within the housing. Each of the spindles may receive and support a corresponding roll of toilet paper. A mechanism may be included for automatically and independently rotating each of the spindles along a corresponding first rotational path defined within the housing. Such a mechanism may be automatically responsive to a triggering event such that a first one of the spindles automatically and independently articulate along the corresponding first rotational path while a second one of the spindles remains statically disposed at a fixed position within the housing. Additionally, the automatically and independently rotating mechanism may automatically detect the triggering event at a location exterior of the housing.

Abstract: A dual food storage sheet goods dispenser (100) having a housing comprising a lower cartridge containing section (101) and an upper cartridge containing section (118). The lower cartridge containing section (101) includes a dispensing slot (112) located horizontally across a bottom (110) of the housing. A cutting edge (108) and respective carrier (106) are assembled to the exterior of the bottom (110) between the slot (112) and a front edge. Access to the lower section (101) is provided via an access door (124). An upper cartridge containing section (128) includes a dispensing clearance (126) located horizontally between an upper edge of a front wall (122) and an access door (124). A cutting edge (128) is assembled to a top of the front wall (122).

Abstract: A die-cutting device is herein disclosed for performing slots perpendicular to the feeding direction of paperboard sheets used for making boxes, which is mounted on a supporting framework which can be driven in a cross direction with respect to the longitudinal feeding direction of the paperboard sheets.

Abstract: The invention is an organizer for dispensing rolled goods. The organizer has first and second carousels positioned adjacent opposing ends of an axle. Additionally, each of the first and second carousels comprises a plurality of connector hubs, each adapted to receive a hollow end of a respective roll of rolled goods. A preferred embodiment of the organizer has a lock that selectively restricts rotation of the carousels relative end panels that receive the axle.

Abstract: The rolled media cutter includes an elongated tray and a cutting mechanism. The elongated tray includes first and second substantially parallel channels. The first channel is formed in the tray and is configured to receive the rolled media therein. The cutting mechanism is configured to be slidingly coupled to the second channel. The cutting mechanism includes a cutting surface and a slider coupled to the cutting surface. The slider is configured to be retained within the channel so as to prevent said cutting mechanism from being removed from at least a portion along the second channel.

Abstract: A food wrap cutter includes a base body disposed under a slot on the front wall of a main body, a guiding element with elastic moving function disposed on the base body, and a guiding wedge of the two guiding elements coupled to a cam slot at a lower panel. Thus, when the guiding element is pressed, the lower panel is lifted by the action of the guiding element on the cam groove such that the upper edge of the lower panel is higher than the upper edge of the cutter; and the guiding element drives the upper panel to lift and separate the upper and lower panels in order to protect a user's hand from being cut or scratched while pulling out the food wrap.

Abstract: A dispenser having a transfer mechanism for transferring between a first source and a second source of sheet material, and a method for transferring between the first source and the second source. Dispensing is transferred from a first source to a second source upon an absence of sheet material from the first source. The transfer mechanism includes a transfer roller with a slot to receive a free end of sheet material from the second source. The transfer roller also includes a plurality of raised portions, the raised portions are free to rotate through a dispensing roller when there is an absence of sheet material from the first source. This rotation introduces the free end of sheet material from the second source to the dispensing roller, and allows dispensing from the second source. Afterwards, the transfer roller is set to receive sheet material from a new source of sheet material.

Abstract: A multiple roll tape dispenser consists of a spool unit and a spool housing assembly. The spool unit consists of a first end cap connected to a second end cap by at least one inner tape roll supporting cross member for rotatably supporting a first tape roll having a first inner diameter and a plurality of outer tape roll supporting cross members for rotatably supporting a second tape roll having a second inner diameter being greater than the inner diameter of the first tape roll.

Abstract: A flap projecting from a glue joint between two paper strips after an on-the-fly supply roll change is shortened by continuously displacing the strips in a straight line, in a travel direction, and at a travel speed along a path such that the flap lies flatly against an outer face of the strips and engaging at least a part of a separating device against the outer face in the path. At least the part of the separating device engaging the strip is displaced in the travel direction at a speed greater than the travel speed such that, when the separating device engages the flap, the flap is bowed out away from the outer face downstream of the separating device. A blade is juxtaposed with the outer face of the strip immediately downstream of the separating device such that the bowed out flap engages and is cut by the blade.

Abstract: A dispensing system including a plurality of covered dispensers and an uncovered dispenser for readily dispensing sheet materials in a rapid and safe fashion. Each covered dispenser includes: a tray surface, arcuate in cross-section, for receiving a roll of sheet material; a cutting surface fixedly attached to a front edge of the tray; a counterweighted cover, having a front edge and a back edge, with an offset pivot point above the principal rotational axis of the tray; the counterweight being integral to the back edge of the cover; and a blade guard fixedly attached to the cover on a side opposite the counterweight. Each uncovered dispenser includes: a dowel support; and a dowel, whereby a roll of sheet material is mountable.

Abstract: A cutting installation for a fabric web comprising an unwinding unit, a downstream dancer unit serving as a buffer, and a downstream cutting frame with a cutting unit disposed thereon. At least two gripper beams extending parallel to the cutting unit and guided along a lateral rail arrangement are displaceable across the longitudinal extension of the cutting frame, and each gripper beam on one side is carried by a first support tower which is displaceable along the rails, and on its opposite end is provided with a telescopically extendable extension piece. The extension piece can be docked with a second support tower arranged on the opposite side and traveling along. The support towers are adapted for adjusting the height of the respectively carried gripper beam, such that each gripper beam, as it moves along the cutting frame, can travel over the other gripper beam.

Abstract: A dispenser having a transfer mechanism for transferring between a first source and a second source of sheet material, and a method for transferring between the first source and the second source. Dispensing is transferred from a first source to a second source upon an absence of sheet material from the first source. The transfer mechanism includes a transfer roller with a slot to receive a free end of sheet material from the second source. The transfer roller also includes a plurality of raised portions, the raised portions are free to rotate through a dispensing roller when there is an absence of sheet material from the first source. This rotation introduces the free end of sheet material from the second source to the dispensing roller, and allows dispensing from the second source. Afterwards, the transfer roller is set to receive sheet material from a new source of sheet material.

Abstract: A food wrap cutter comprises a base body disposed under a slot on the front wall of a main body, a guiding element with elastic moving function each disposed on both ends of the base body, and a guiding wedge of the two guiding elements coupled to a cam slot at a lower panel; the base body is fixed to a cutter having a plurality of sawteeth, and the sawteeth of the cutter have different heights to facilitate the tearing of the food wrap without tangling; an upper panel is disposed on the front wall of the main body, and both of the upper and lower panels jointly constitute the space for letting the food wrap pass; when the guiding element is pressed, the lower panel is lifted by the action of the guiding element on the cam groove such that the upper edge of the lower panel is higher than the upper edge of the cutter; the guiding element drives the upper panel to lift and separate the upper and lower panels in order to protect user hand from being cut or scratched while pulling out the food wrap; when opening

Abstract: The present invention is an apparatus for storing rolls of material so that a user can create individual bags from the rolls. For example, the device may store vacuum bag material suitable for filling with food and vacuum sealing. The apparatus has a support platform, a storage unit and a base for transporting two rolls of material simultaneously to the front of the apparatus. The storage unit has two rollers for storing up to two rolls. The apparatus also has a cutting mechanism for creating straight edges.

Abstract: A building unit for constructing a multi-layered, finite length structure, and a method of building such a structure is disclosed. Rolls of stock material are stored in cartridge stations adjacent to a build table. Mounted on the build table and capable of traveling the length of the build table is a build shuttle. The stock material is moved onto the build shuttle and as the shuttle travels the length of the table, the material is dispensed and laid onto the table. The shear assembly on the build shuttle cuts the material to a specified length. In this manner, a plurality of layers are laid onto the table until a structure containing a desired number of layers is achieved.

Abstract: A cutting mechanism for sheet-like conveyed material comprising: a unit provided across the transfer path for conveying the long sheet-like conveyed material in a lengthwise direction; a movable member provided in the unit for moving forward and backward along a crosswise direction of the transfer path; and a blade mounted on the movable member for cutting the sheet-like conveyed material widthwisely thereof as the movable member is moved.

Abstract: At a tape feeding station which is arranged to reel off an electronic parts carrier tape having a large number of electronics circuitry parts formed successively in a predetermined pitch on its carrier tape portion, at least a couple of reel support shafts are provided to replaceably support tape supply reels thereon. A carrier tape from one of the two supply reels is fed to a tape punching station along a predetermined tape supply route to punch out electronic circuitry parts successively from the tape. While a carrier tape is being supplied from one supply reel, the other supply reel is set in a standby position. A fore end portion of the carrier tape from the standby reel is disengageably retained on a tape switching means.

Abstract: Cutter for cross cutting of reeled webs comprising a rotary cutting assembly including a blade and a counter blade rotated in synchronism with an advancement assembly of the web. The rotation axes of the blade and of the counter blade are displaceable relative to each other, perpendicularly to the web, and a gear actuator is provided to operate mutual approaching thereof when the blade and the counter blade are placed in a mutually facing angular position for cutting the web. The blade and the counter blade are rotated only at the time of cutting.

Abstract: Dispenser for rolls of a web-shaped material, such as paper, said dispenser having space for at least two rolls, at which one space is located adjacent the outlet opening (14) and is intended for a first roll in a use position and the second space is located above the first space and is intended for a roll in standby position. A lock (24, 25;27) is intended to keep the second roll in standby position. The disk plate is spring-loaded (23) and cooperates with the lock such that when a roll is located in place in the disk plate the lock (24, 25;27) prevents the standby roll from falling down.

Abstract: An automatic paper dispensing apparatus includes a molded plastic housing and a protective cover hingably attached to the housing, the housing further including a pair of parallel end shields disposed in a lower part of the housing. Each of said parallel end shields are perpendicular to a rear plane of the housing and spaced to allow positioning of a rotatably supported support drum and a pressure roller disposed in relation to the drum to ensure feeding of a strip of paper from a take-off reel disposed in an upper part of the housing. Each of the end shields include elastically deformable tongues having recesses to accommodate the pressure roller and to position opposing ends of the support drum, wherein the support drum is a unitary member comprising a smooth continuous area extending over essentially one-half the outer periphery of the drum, and having a plurality of discs spaced over the entire length thereof.

Abstract: An automatic paper dispensing apparatus for dispensing one of toilet paper and paper towels includes a protective cover hingably attached to the housing, in which the housing of the paper towel dispensing version of said apparatus further includes a pair of parallel end shields disposed in a lower part of said housing, each of the parallel end shields being perpendicular to a rear plane of said housing and spaced to allow positioning of a rotatably supported support drum and a pressure roller used to ensure feeding of a strip of paper from a take-off reel disposed in an upper part of the housing. Each of the end shields include elastically deformable tongues having recesses to accommodate the pressure roller and to position opposing ends of the support drum. The housing of the toilet paper dispensing version includes a front end shield and a rear wall, each of the front end shield and a rear wall of the housing being spaced to allow positioning of the support drum and the pressure roller therebetween.

Abstract: A dispenser for dispensing and cutting a measured amount from a web of roll material includes a housing and a roll carrier disposed within the housing to rotationally carry a first web of roll material. A rotatable drum is disposed in the housing proximate to the roll carrier. The roll carrier is biased towards the drum so that a roll carried by the roll carrier is urged towards the drum and the web material is frictionally engaged against the drum to rotate the drum upon a consumer pulling on the free end of the web material. A cutting device extends longitudinally along and is disposed at least partially within the drum. The cutting device extends automatically from a retracted position to a cutting position upon the drum being rotated a constant predetermined amount by a consumer pulling on the free end of the web material. A stub roll carrier is disposed in the housing to rotationally carry a depleted second roll of material that is simultaneously dispensed with the first web of roll material.

Abstract: An apparatus for supporting an elongated circular product during cutting includes a fixed lower support frame and a movable upper support frame. Right and left bottom support links include a lower end which is pivotally connected to the lower frame. Right and left side support links include a lower end which is slidably supported by a slot in the lower frame, an intermediate pivot point which is pivotally connected to the upper end of one of the bottom support links, and an upper end which is engageable with the product. The upper frame includes right and left guide surfaces which are engageable with the product. When the upper frame is moved downwardly toward the lower frame, the guide surfaces of the upper frame move the upper ends of the side support links closer to the center of the product.

Abstract: Automatic dispensing apparatus for paper rolls, including a molded housing containing a take-off reel, a cutting blade and a tensioning device in the upper section. A mechanism controls the tensioning and cutting of strips from the roll. A protective cover is hinged to the housing which snaps into place to cover the cutting and dispensing components.

Abstract: A dispenser having a transfer mechanism for transferring between a first source and a second source of sheet material, and a method for transferring between the first source and the second source. Dispensing is transferred from a first source to a second source upon an absence of sheet material from the first source. The transfer mechanism includes a transfer roller with a slot to receive a free end of sheet material from the second source. The transfer roller also includes a plurality of raised portions, the raised portions are free to rotate through a dispensing roller when there is an absence of sheet material from the first source. This rotation introduces the free end of sheet material from the second source to the dispensing roller, and allows dispensing from the second source. Afterwards, the transfer roller is set to receive sheet material from a new source of sheet material.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a photographic web cutter device for cutting a web of photographic paper prints, a so called batch, related to a plurality of customer orders, including magazines for the web or batch, a cutter portion and a control portion, and according to the invention said control portion controls the cutting operation by means of control data so that cut parts of the photographic web can be assigned to a related customer order.

Abstract: An apparatus for cutting fabric includes at least one fabric wind-off device (1, 1′) for one fabric bolt (7), a conveyor belt (5) for conveying the unwound fabric, and a cutting device (3) which cuts a piece of fabric to a given shape from the length of fabric deposited on the conveyor belt (5). Said conveyor belt (5) extends without interruption from at least that point where the fabric is deposited by the wind-off device (1, 1′) to the working area of the said cutting device (3). The wind-off device (1, 1′) places the length of fabric directly onto the conveyor belt (5) or onto one of more lengths of fabric already deposited on the said conveyor belt. An apparatus control automatically feeds the unwound fabric to the cutting device and directs the cutting of the unwound fabric by the cutting device.

Abstract: A dispenser for dispensing a web from a roll of paper includes a housing and a cover connected thereto to provide access to the housing interior. The dispenser has mechanism for supporting a paper roll and a drive roller and tension roller operatively associated therewith which urges paper from the paper roll into contact with the drive roller for dispensing a length of paper from the paper roll. Actuator mechanism operates the drive roller and extends across substantially the entire housing at the bottom thereof. A roller frame assembly is mounted within the housing and carries the tension roller and a transfer roller. The transfer roller releasably holds the free end of a first paper roll while paper from the second roll is dispensed upon actuation of the actuator to rotate the drive roller.

Abstract: A twin-roll paper dispensing machine for dispensing coiled wadding paper includes a housing having a protective cover, the housing being defined by lateral sides spaced to accommodate a spare roll in an upper part, a service roll in a middle part and a cutting device and pressure component adjacent a drum in a lower part thereof. The pressure component presses against the drum between which a strip of paper to be cut is inserted. The middle and lower parts of the housing are separated by a profiled plate which ensures removal of a used service roll. The device further includes a hinged flap on each side to allow clearance for the spare roll, an articulated swinging link which accommodates elastically mounted tabs arranged to receive and hold the service roll on at least one side and, a pair of small plates articulated from the sides to retain the spare roll in the middle part of the housing.

Abstract: Automatic dispensing apparatus for paper rolls, including a molded housing containing a take-off reel, a cutting blade and a tensioning device in the upper section. A mechanism controls the tensioning and cutting of strips from the roll. A protective cover is hinged to the housing which snaps into place to cover the cutting and dispensing components.

Abstract: A photographic material feeder apparatus includes a paper conveyor for conveying cut papers to an exposure station and a plurality of paper magazines arranged in a cluster around a loading end of the conveyor. Each magazine accommodates therein a respective paper roll having a width corresponding to a respective size of a film image to be printed, and each magazine has a respective paper supply opening directed at the loading end of the conveyor. A plurality of paper feeders, one each positioned adjacent the opening of a respective the magazine, is operable to feed therefrom a strip of paper from the respective paper roll towards the loading end of the conveyor. A plurality of paper cutters, one each positioned adjacent a respective paper feeder, is operable to cut the strip of paper fed thereby from the respective magazine to a given length to produce a desired size of cut paper to be fed to the loading end of the conveyor.

Abstract: A dispenser apparatus for holding, dispensing, and severing lengths of flexible duct connector material from side-by-side coils thereof includes a guide station and a cut-off station shiftable laterally of the apparatus and into alignment with a selected one of the coils. The coils are supported on an anti-friction cradle which includes anti-friction rollers extending laterally of the device, the ends of the rollers being supported on chains hung in catenary fashion. Since the rollers are capable of moving toward and away from each other, they are free to define a cradle which conforms to the periphery of the specific coil which is being fed to assure that the connector material may be withdrawn for processing with the lowest possible force.

Abstract: A dispenser for dispensing a web from a roll of paper includes a housing and a cover connected thereto to provide access to the housing interior. The dispenser has mechanism for supporting a paper roll and a drive roller and tension roller operatively associated therewith which urges paper from the paper roll into contact with the drive roller for dispensing a length of paper from the paper roll. Actuator mechanism operates the drive roller and extends across substantially the entire housing at the bottom thereof. A roller frame assembly is mounted within the housing and carries the tension roller and a transfer roller. The transfer roller releasably holds the free end of a first paper roll while paper from the second roll is dispensed upon actuation of the actuator to rotate the drive roller.

Abstract: Machine for laying out laminar products from a first bobbin on which a first laminar product is coiled and a second bobbin on which a second laminar product is coiled. The machine includes a device for unwinding the first laminar product from the first bobbin and a driving device for moving the first laminar product onto a table upon which it is laid out. A second device unwinds the second laminar product from the second bobbin and a control device is coupled to the unwinding devices to permit manual or automatic control of the laying out of the first and second laminar products on the table. The first laminar product is laid out together with the second laminar product, separately or simultaneously, in an automatic and controlled manner thereby avoiding the need for the operator to place the laminar products on the table by hand.

Abstract: A cassette (10) for photosensitive web material includes a hollow housing (12) having a peripheral wall (16); an exit slit (42) extending through the peripheral wall; a device (20), located within the housing, for rotatably supporting a roll (22, 24) of web material; a mechanism (32, 38), located within the housing, for engaging a lead end (26) of a web material to drive the web material through the exit slit; a knife blade (134, 136) having a cutting edge (138) extended at an acute angle to the exit slit; a recess (132) for slidably mounting the blade for movement between a first position in which the exit slit is open, and a second position in which both the web material has been cut by the cutting edge and the exit slit has been closed by the blade to prevent entry of light into the housing through the exit slit; and a knife bed (142, 144) fixedly mounted on the housing, the blade being in sliding engagement with the knife bed, whereby the blade and the knife bed cooperate to scissor the web material as th

Abstract: A skate for an end cutter for cutting sheet material such as cloth as the sheet material lies on a supporting surface having opposite sides, the end cutter comprising an elongated track extending across the supporting surface between the sides and having a longitudinal axis, an exposed surface over which the sheet material lies during cutting thereof, a slot extending along the length thereof and a guide surface spaced from the exposed surface facing the slot and extending along the track in a plane substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis thereof. The skate is elongated, slides along the track, and has an operative surface facing the guide surface of the track. A bracket extends from the skate through the slot in the track member, and a blade is carried by the bracket and extends into the slot for cutting sheet material lying on the exposed surface of the track as the skate slide therealong.

Abstract: A method and device whereby a first runout strip, fed at a first speed along a guide by a traction device, is replaced with a new strip by cutting the first strip; activating both a push device, by which the new strip is engaged and fed along the guide at a second speed, and a movable guide device a portion of the guide and which is lowered in relation to the rest of the guide and together with a trailing portion of the first strip on the movable guide device itself; and controlling the second speed as a function of the first speed so that a leading portion of the new strip is superimposed on the trailing portion of the first strip along the movable guide device.

Abstract: A device for supplying and changing a multiplicity of cables is disclosed ving a cable changing and supply unit, which is provided with stationary reels which guide individual cables fed from a cable storage and releasable clamping elements associated with the individual cables, a movable drive unit having a drive reel and a routing tool which can be positioned by a multi-axial positioning unit provided with a length-cutting unit. The cable changing and supply unit is stationary and connected to the routing tool via a flexible tube. An intermediate storage is located between the cable storage and the cable changing and supply unit for the cables which are cut in the routing tool and returned to the cable changing unit by means of a drive reel.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for nondestructively removing a cut segment of predetermined shape from a limp material sheet workpiece and transporting the cut workpiece segment to a staging area for further processing. The cut segment is picked up by a picker which may comprise an array of carding strips, each strip having a plurality of needle-like elements, arranged such that each strip can be displaced relative to its adjacent strips and the needle-like elements of each strip are angularly offset with respect to the needle-like elements of the adjacent strips. Such removal and transporting having is accomplished without distorting the shape of the cut segment.

Abstract: An automatic change-over method and device for strip material in which a new strip is timed in relation to the end portion of a run-out strip fed by traction rollers along an unwinding path, by feeding a portion of the new strip along the unwinding path and arresting it against a stop element; removing the stop element to permit the new strip to be fed along the unwinding path; and, at the same time, connecting the new strip and the run-out strip by friction, in response to a phase signal emitted by a run-out strip.

Abstract: An all-electric web feeding, cutting and sheet dispensing machine includes a bi-directional cutting knife on a reversible carriage driven by a reversible-rotation knife-drive shaft. The carriage includes a ball-bearing-wheeled linear actuator riding on the knife-drive shaft propelling the carriage along this shaft in cutting strokes in one or the other direction as this shaft is rotated in one or the other sense of rotation for cutting sheets off from a web of resilient packaging material. A combined knife-guard and clamp jaw (guard/clamp) holds the web and protects the moving knife from contact with foreign objects while the knife is traveling during each cutting stroke. At the end of each cutting stroke a cam on the knife carriage lifts the guard/clamp in readiness for feeding another length of web.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for feeding strips having a fusion adhesive coating on one of their surfaces to an advancing transport unit, in particular a sheet-stack binding apparatus where loose sheets are bound to form brochures or books. The method is carried out in that a thickness range of a sheet stack to be bound is associated with a specific width of a strip coated with a fusion adhesive, in that the association is effected in that the thickness of the sheet stack to be bound is determined or in that a selectable predetermined value is provided and in that the sheet-stack thickness value preselected or determined is used to control a drive mechanism (5, 6) which transfers the strip associated with the thickness range of the sheet stack to be bound from separate standby positions (7') of a number of strips (1c, 1d) of different widths to a handling position (12').

Abstract: A web of coherent labels or coherent blanks of wrapping material is advanced along an elongated path toward a severing station where the web is cut at selected intervals by an orbiting knife in cooperation with a stationary or moving knife to yield a succession of sections of desired length. If the web is to be arrested for a shorter or longer period, it is first accelerated above its standard speed and is thereupon decelerated to zero speed during the last interval of advancement so that the length of the leader of the web extending beyond the severing station matches the desired length. Analogously, when the web is restarted, it is accelerated above the standard speed and is thereupon decelerated to such standard speed during the first interval of advancement so that the knives sever a section whose length again matches the desired length.

Abstract: A side-by-side material feed system is provided for feeding two dissimilar strips of material. The material is fed along parallel feed paths by first and second material feeders which move the material toward respective cutters. The operation of the feeders and the cutters is controlled by a programmable controller which permits each of the material strips to be fed and cut to form pieces of predetermined length which may be removed by an operator or conveyed to a subsequent station for further processing. In a further embodiment of the invention, the feeders are movable relative to a work station comprising a cutter associated with a common feed path extending between the cutter and a sewing apparatus. As each of the feeders is aligned with the work station, a predetermined length of material may be cut off by the cutter and conveyed along the common feed path to the sewing station.

Abstract: Web-shaped packaging material, which is to be cut into strips for integration into a package, is fed through a web-changing device which has knives and two conveying sections, the conveying sections converging upstream of the strip-cutting station. In order to be able to perform a web change-over, the web-changing device comprises a fixed knife arranged between the two conveying sections and movable knives which cooperate with the fixed knife for severing the respective webs of packaging material to produce leading and trailing edges which correspond to the shape of the front and rear edge of the strips. A deflecting device for the severed front end of a new web of packaging material is provided in each conveying section.

Abstract: A chain merchandising apparatus includes a frame, a cabinet secured to the frame, and a chain support mounted to the frame and located within the cabinet for supporting a plurality of chain containers. A chain cutter is moveably fixed to the apparatus so as to be facilely and safely selectively adjustable vertically and horizontally in relation thereto for permitting a user to position the chain cutter substantially adjacent to a preselected chain container supported on the chain support.

Abstract: Dispensably different supplies, such as plastic wrap, wax paper, metal foil or sandwich bags can be stored in a common cylindrical dispenser, having an inner wall dividing the interior into a plurality of individual compartments. A curved door gives access to each compartment, and an opening in one door allows bulk items to be withdrawn from the dispenser. Rolled material is drawn through a gap, and torn off by pulling the material against a serrated cutter. Plastic wrap can be cut off using a blade cutter mounted on the side of the dispenser. The dispenser can be mounted vertically on a turntable, or horizontally from a bracket or cabinet.

Abstract: A chain merchandising apparatus includes a frame, a cabinet secured to the frame, and chain support means mounted to the frame and located within the cabinet for supporting a plurality of chain containers. A chain cutter is moveably fixed to the apparatus so as to be facilely and safely selectively adjustable vertically and horizontally in relation thereto for permitting a user to position the chain cutter substantially adjacent to a preselected chain container supported on the chain support means.