Abstract: An improved method and device for separating parts from the sheet metal carrier. In particular, a single sheet from a stack of sheets having parts micro-joined to the carrier sheet is transported to the nip of a pair of pinch rollers. The pinch rollers move down to engage the front edge of the sheet, the pinch rollers moving the sheet to the nip formed between a pair of main rollers. The main rollers then move together to the drive position and transport the sheet to a separation device on the opposite side of the main rollers. The main rollers drive the sheet material in a manner such that the top surface of the leading edge of the sheet metal is engaged below the forward tip of the separation device. The separation device is then moves downwardly so that the upper surface of the separation device assembly is level to the part pass line.

Abstract: For a device for fracture separating bearing covers of aligned bearing bores in bearing arrangements of a machine member, which comprises a guided separating element which is profiled in an approximately semicircular shape and acts in the center onto a bearing cover in the bearing bore, for obtaining a device which is structurally simple, it is suggested that, for the fracture separating, a half-mandrel or full mandrel, which can be axially arranged in one or several bearing bores, is provided. An operating linkage, which only causes the guiding of the respective mandrel in the fracture separating direction, is applied to the respective mandrel transversely to its longitudinal course, the respective mandrel being held in a rotationally secured manner and each bearing cover being rotationally secured while being clamped against the respective mandrel.

Abstract: A glass-plate working apparatus 1 includes: a supporting device 7 for supporting a glass plate 6 from a glass plate carrying-in section 2; a main cutter head device 9 for forming a main cut line 8 for bend-breaking on the glass plate 6 supported by the supporting device 7; a maincutter-head moving device 10 for relatively moving the main cutter head device 9; bend-breaking head devices 13 and 14 for forming edge cut lines 11 for bend-breaking on the glass plate 6 and for pressing the glass plate 6 to bend-break the glass plate 6; and bend-breaking head moving devices 15 and 16 for moving the bend-breaking head devices 13 and 14.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a blister pack opener which includes a structure designed to receive a soft pack of individually segregated unit dosages of medication. The opener or soft pack puncturing mechanism has a base segment and a top segment hingedly connected to one another. The base segment has an orifice located thereon which is of sufficient size to receive a unit dosage section of a soft pack commonly referred to as a "blister" and the top segment has a protrusion adapted to nest within the orifice of the bottom segment. The protrusion of the top segment has sufficient height so as to puncture a dosage unit section of a soft pack of medication. When a dosage unit or "blister" is placed within the orifice of the bottom segment and the top segment is hingedly pushed downwardly, the protrusion on the top segment will puncture the foil or flat element of the blister pack. Preferably, the puncture mechanism has toothed edges on this protrusion to enhance puncturing.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for refilling ink into a used, empty ink cartridge for ink-jet printers using an ink refill station and an ink refill adapter, the ink refill station accommodating the cartridge so that the head section of the cartridge is separated by a pressing or shearing force applied by a threaded screw that is provided in the refill station, and the ink refill adapter being placed on the main section of the cartridge after the head section is removed so that ink is transferred from an ink container to the main section of the cartridge via needles provided in the ink refill adapter.

Abstract: An improved lottery ticket dispenser includes a burster wheel having a cylindrical contact surface. The improved burster wheel provides for an increased range of operation so that greater misalignment between the perforation or line of weakness between adjacent tickets in a fanfold stream and the path of the burster wheel can be accommodated while still providing a reliable and effective separation of the adjacent tickets along the line of weakness.

Abstract: A method and a device are provided for obtaining semiconductor bars for laser devices starting from portions of a processed wafer and carrying out the cleavage in ultra-high-vacuum. The cleavage mechanical stresses are impulsive forces and are all applied from the processed side of the wafer through a lowerable shaped member actuated by compressed helical springs, which applies these stresses on the ledging parts of the wafer portion held on a central region thereof by a fixed support and held down in position by a suitably shaped centering thrust member. The spring-up occurs by translating the device in the ultra-high-vacuum environment and opposing a locking lever engaging the lowerable member in an upper or first position with a fixed cam.

Abstract: Apparatus for automatic scribing and breaking of semiconductor wafers wherein scribing is performed at a scribing station and the scribed wafer transported in the X direction to a breaking station on an X-Y table. Scribing and breaking of parallel lines is accomplished by transporting the wafer step-wise in the Y direction by the Y table. Rotation of the wafer for scribing and breaking along sets of lines perpendicular to one another is accomplished by a theta table carried on the Y table. An impulse bar is carried by the X table for applying force to the bottom surface of the wafer during both scribing and breaking. In one embodiment, upward movement of the wafer during breaking is resisted by an anvil positioned above the wafer. In a second embodiment, such upward movement is resisted by a vacuum chuck beneath the wafer, to avoid contact with the upper wafer surface.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for separating a bundle of blank pieces from a stack of sheets. The apparatus has a frame and a subframe which pivots with respect to the frame. The frame and subframe each have a clamp for clamping the stack of sheets along a stack plane and the bundle portion to be separated from the stack along a separation plane that intersects the stack plane. The subframe pivots with respect to the frame, bending the stack to cause the bundle portion to be separated from the remainder of the stack in such a way that separation is initiated at one point along the stack rather than across the whole stack or across an entire sheet of the stack. The subframe pivots about an axis that is skewed with respect to at least one of the planes to produce the described effect.

Abstract: A wafer to be diced to form chips is placed on the sticky side of a thin elastic film in the form of a Swiss Cross which is secured to the side members of a compressed but expandable square frame, the frame being placed in a scribing and dicing machine in its released state so that the frame and thus the film can expand during the dicing operation, further expansion being accomplished after dicing of the wafer by heating the film while in an expansion fixture to insure removal of the chips from the film without damaging adjacent chips. The sticky material on the film may be rendered less sticky after formation of the chips by exposure to ultraviolet energy or the like.

Abstract: A presser assembly (10) is provided for supporting carton blanking scrap during a blanking operation. The presser assembly (10) includes a presser rail (114) having a first end (116) mounted to a guide cylinder (32) and a second end (154) mounted to a second guide cylinder (32) such that each end of the presser rail is vertically movable independent of the opposite end. This, in turn, prevents jamming of the presser assembly during the blanking operation.

Abstract: In a device and a process, as well as a clamping tool for breaking away blank cuttings during the cutting out of cardboard in an automatic cutting press with a breaking away tool comprising breaking away shafts (9), a matrix (11) and a clamping tool for holding the cutting (6) to be broken away through the matrix openings (12) and hanging on a cardboard bridge (13) on the cardboard blank (7), the clamping tool is constructed as a one or multiple-part, flat element (16), which supports flat the matrix (11) and is in elastic operative connection with the breaking away shafts over the cuttings (6) at the time of breaking away. According to a further development of the invention, the flat element (16) is covered with an elastic covering layer (17) and with a multi-part construction the flat element (16) comprises clamping segments cyclically rotatable about its longitudinal axis, so that during rotation openings are freed between the clamping segments for discharging the separated cuttings (16).

Abstract: According to the invention, parting of the cap of the connecting rod is achieved by engaging the eye of the big end of the connecting rod with two semicylindrical fixtures, respectively a fixed fixture and a movable fixture, which are actuated by a hydraulic actuator which is interposed between them and is adapted to expand the fixtures in a diametrical direction against the inner surface of the eye of the big end of the connecting rod, subjecting the piston of the actuator to the action of a hydraulic fluid fed into the respective actuation cylinder at an optional pre-loading pressure that is in any case lower than the pressure required to reach the yield point of the material of the connecting rod, and producing an instantaneous peak in the pressure of the fluid fed to the hydraulic actuator by means of an auxiliary piston that is subjected to the momentary action of a striking mass.

Abstract: In a method of separating a product G connected to a skeleton portion S of work W via a micro joint M, from the skeleton portion, the product is separated from the skeleton portion by striking the skeleton portion in the vicinity of the micro joint to cut off the micro joint from the skeleton. Further, the die pair used for the above-mentioned method comprises a punch 17A provided with a projecting portion 17T at an end thereof and movable up and down; and a die 19A arranged under the punch and formed of an elastic substance. In this method, it is possible to separate products from the skeleton portion of the work efficiently by breaking the micro joints without scratching the products and without generating noise. Further, the separating work of the products from the skeleton portion can be easily automated.

Abstract: A toner cartridge splitter provides for the opening of the two major portions of a powdered toner cartridge, as used in various xerographic photocopy machines and printers. The device serves to separate the toner reservoir and mounting portions of a toner cartridge, thereby allowing the cartridge to be replenished with toner and resealed for further use, rather than merely being discarded after a single use. A toner cartridge is placed within the cartridge receptacle portion of the splitter, with the cartridge being immovably secured therein during the operation. A splitter blade is disposed coplanar with the seam of the cartridge between the two major components, and is driven between the two cartridge components to split them apart. A clearance notch may be provided in the blade to clear any protrusions in the cartridge rim which might otherwise block the penetration of the blade into the seam.

Abstract: The machine consists of a bearing box which is secured onto the trunk of the machine and is equipped with a pair of axes at both sides and suspends the center of gravity of the machine to rotate same freely, and a U-type supporting device is installed at the axes respectively, and a revolving or swivel joint is installed at the upper end of the above supporting device so as to enable the machine to rotate freely.

Abstract: For the purpose of automatically drawing a liquid from a sealed glass ampoule the latter is held in a support in upright position with the ampoule bottom facing upwards, and the bottom is destroyed mechanically by inserting a withdrawing element. The liquid content of the ampoule is then sucked from a splinter-free zone of the glass ampoule.

Abstract: A waste stripping station for a machine for die-cutting plate-like workpieces includes a perforated board which is positioned between an upper movable tool and a lower movable tool for supporting a plate-like workpiece carried into the station by grippers. Waste bits of the workpiece are pinched between pins or elements of the upper and lower stripping tools and are carried vertically downward through perforations in the board. In order to provide clearance for the grippers, the perforated board is mounted to pivot around an upstream edge in order that its downstream edge may be lifted from a position allowing passage of the grippers to a position slightly lifting the plate-like workpiece.

Abstract: A sterile method of simultaneously breaking a number of ampules (22) containing medication and transferring the liquid drug into syringes (58), which include cutting the ampule shipping container (20) in half and enclosing the ampules in a holder (26). Further, cleaning the ampules and breaking the ampule necks (30) with a shear plate (40) struck by a mallet (44). Finally, transferring the medication with a filtered needle (50) to a sterile container (56) and filling the syringes from the container. The method utilizes apparatus which has a holder (26) of the same configuration as the shipping container (20) and a shear plate (40) that fits over the ampule necks (30). The mallet (44) is used to strike the shear plate breaking all of the necks simultaneously. A tray (34) collects the necks and debris and a sweep (46) clears the debris away into a bio-hazard container (62), or the like.

Abstract: A presser assembly is provided for supporting carton blanking scrap during a blanking operation. The presser assembly includes a presser rail having a first end mounted to a guide cylinder and a second end mounted to a second guide cylinder such that each end of the presser rail is vertically movable independent of the opposite end. This, in turn, prevents jamming of the presser assembly during the blanking operation.

Abstract: A release device for an air cushion or thermal insulation barrier of a double or multi glazed glass unit comprises interfitting first and second members which are movable relative to one another, the first member having associated with it a pin or striker which is movable with the first member from an inoperative position to an operative position to crack or penetrate one or more glass panels of the unit, the device has one or more ventilation orifices to enable release of the sealed air cushion or thermal insulation barrier between the panes of a glazed unit. To limit the relative movement of the first and second members of the device there is within the device interfitting projections. The device, which may include one or more springs, may be mounted on a support structure for movement from an inoperative position to an operative position.

Abstract: An ink cartridge opener is used connection with a flat support surface. The ink cartridge opener includes a base stand adapted to hold a first portion of a ink cartridge. An opening mechanism with the base stand applies sideways force to another portion of the ink cartridge in order to open the cartridge.

Abstract: A glass cutting machine including a frame, a cutter assembly supported by the frame, and a cam activated breaking mechanism. The cutter assembly includes a guide bar for supporting a sliding cutting attachment. The cutting attachment is positioned in a first orientation when sliding in a first direction and a second orientation when sliding in a second direction. A glass cutter, attached to the cutting attachment, cuts the glass workpiece when the cutting attachment is positioned in the first orientation and is spaced from the glass workpiece when the cutting attachment is positioned in the second orientation. Thus, cutting occurs only when the cutter assembly slides in the first direction. A cam activates a breaking mechanism as the cutting attachment slides in the second direction. The breaking mechanism impacts the glass workpiece to complete separation of the glass workpiece into a first glass section and a second glass section.

Abstract: An electrographic label system is disclosed whereby flexographic and electronic printing are combined in a modular design to produce multi-color labels. Label stock is unwound from a roll and passes over an automatic shut off roller that shuts down the entire printing process and stops the flow of label stock when it runs out so that a new roll of stock can be sliced to the old roll and rethreading the system is not necessary. A back slitter having a roller cutter cuts the desired height of the label leaving a feed strip between the label and opposite edge. The label stock is fed into a flexographic printer having a drum which imprints a first image, cuts the label to the correct length, and imprints a register mark on the feed strip. The label stock material is next fed into an electronic printer interfaced with a computer or programmable logic controller which imprints a second image upon each label.

Abstract: Lead wires extending out from an electrical circuit device are removed from respective bonding pads to which they are bonded by a lateral shearing action. Shearing can be accomplished either unidirectionally, or with a bidirectional reciprocating movement. A shearing tool is provided with a single shearing projection for a unidirectional shearing, or with a pair of spaced shearing projections for bidirectional shearing. A vertical alignment is established between the tool and a first lead to be sheared, and this initial alignment is also used for shearing the other leads of the device. With the actual bond between a lead and its bonding pad occupying only a minor portion of the available surface area, a subsequent lead from a replacement device is bonded to the same bonding pad as the first lead by forming a new bond at a different site along the pad.

Abstract: A forged-steel connecting rod blank is formed with intentional-break zones extending over one or both of the broad crankshaft-eye surfaces of the connecting rod or as crevices formed radially in the inner surface of the large-diameter bore of the eye and running from an upper edge to a web of the material which is ultimately punched out.

Abstract: Apparatus for fracturing, into a bearing cap and a connecting rod, an integral preform which defines a cylindrical aperture and two spaced-apart bolt seat shoulders includes a guide member that defines a first guideway along which moves a first slide member, the latter in turn definlng a second guideway parallel to the first, along which a second slide member moves. A split mandrel has an upper part fixed with respect to the first slide member and a lower part fixed with respect to the guide member. The split mandrel halves define an internal tapered passageway for receiving a wedge capable of forcing the mandrel halves apart. Projections on the second slide member contact the bolt seat shoulders when the cylindrical aperture of the preform receives the split mandrel, and a camming member urges the second slide member toward the mandrel.

Abstract: There are provided a feed roller 1 for feeding a punched sheet and a press roller 6 disposed above the feed roller 1, which elastically pinch a tip end portion of the punched sheet 2 fed between the rollers. An actuator 7 actuates the press roller 6 to move along a circumferential surface of the feed roller 1 at the same speed as that of the punched sheet 2, whereby a portion 2a surrounded by cuts is separated from the punched sheet 2.

Abstract: An apparatus for breaking plate glass, comprising a breaking mechanism (9), (10) which presses and breaks a portion of the plate glass (1) on which a cutting line is marked; a linear-sliding mechanism (6) which moves the breaking mechanism (9), (10) along a surface of the plate glass (1); a suction device (21) which lifts the plate glass (1); a supporting base (39) which supports the plate glass (1) in plane: a glass support (37) which supports the plate glass (1); a crack developing device (38) which develops a crack in the plate glass (1); a linear-sliding device (35) which moves the glass support (37) and the crack developing device (38) along the surface of the plate glass (1); and a control device which controls the breaking operation of the breaking mechanism (9), (10) as well as the operations of the linear-sliding mechanisms (6), (35) and the crack developing device (38), the control device being so adapted to control the linear-sliding device (35) so as to move the glass support (37) and the developi

Abstract: A tool used for an upper tool blank separating station has a plate provided with numerous apertures and a lower surface provided with one of a two-layer system of fastening with a first of the two layers having a plurality of loops and a second of the two layers having a plurality of catches or hooks for engaging the loops, and an upper surface of each block at least partially covered with the other of the two layers so that when the block is pressed against the lower surface of the plate, it is mounted thereon.

Abstract: A method of, and apparatus for, separating a sheet of glass along a score line on the sheet. The method comprises flexing the glass at the score line along an axis of flexure on the support to pre-stress the glass to a level below the critical stress level, and initiating a break at one end of the score line. The apparatus comprises a support for the sheet, the support defining an axis of flexure for alignment with the score line, at least one movable pressure member spaced above and on one side of the score line, a press head to move the pressure member into contact with the sheet of glass to pre-stress the sheet at the score line, and a break initiator at one end of the score line.

Abstract: Separation of individual laminations is performed by positioning a row of the laminations against a metal tray or similar supporting surface. The opposite ends of the row are engaged between platens which are oriented parallel to each other at a first angle relative to the axis of the row. While compressing the row between the platens, a force is applied against a side of the row to compact it against the supporting surface. The row is the engaged between platens that are oriented parallel to each other but at a second angle relative to the axis of the row, and a compacting force is again applied while the row is compressed between the platens. At least one of the first and second angles is an oblique angle.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for dividing a flat glass panel (14) are described. The panel (14) which is to be divided and which is raised away from its substrate is securely held in its part regions by two clamping devices (10, 12) which are pivoted in opposite directions about a common pivot axle (4) and thus exert on the panel (14) a bending resulting in breakage along the score line (30). Simultaneously exerted on the clamping devices (10) which are, moreover, arranged to be displaceable in the direction of their connection line is a force which presses the clamping devices apart and which at the moment of breakage of the glass panel results in the two part panels moving apart, so that the broken edges cannot strike against one another. The part panels can be deposited again on a substrate after breaking. The invention further provides for marginal strips to be broken off the panel (14) to be divided, in the raised state thereof directly before dividing.

Abstract: A universal movable upper tool for a waste-stripping station situated within a machine designed for die-cutting sheet or web-like matter to be converted into packages includes a tool with a rectangular lower plate provided with apertures. Push-rods destined to push waste material through corresponding openings of a perforated upper plate forming a lower tool of the station are fitted against a lower side of the upper plate with the help of quick-fitting means situated on the upper plate's upper surface. Sponge rubber pressers are fitted against a lower side of the upper plate by means of strips affording an easily disengageable mechanical engagement such as hook and loop locking strips (such as VELCRO fasteners) or frictionally engaging locking devices (such as LEGO fasteners).

Abstract: A rail breaker attachable to the boom structure and hydraulic system of a hydraulic excavator and having an elongate frame tiltable by a hydraulic cylinder of the excavator, a grapple and a swingable breaker arm on the outer end of the frame directed toward the excavator, the grapple having a width to grasp and clamp a length of the rail to immobilize the rail, the lower stationary jaw of the grapple having a hardened fulcrum blade over which the rail is broken, the upper jaw of the grapple having a nicking blade to put a nick in the rail to be broken, and the breaker arm swinging against the extended portion of the rail which is being clamped by a grapple to break the rail at the nick produced and over the fulcrum blade.

Abstract: In order to so improve a machining method for severing a machine part having a bearing eye into a first and a second bearing bushing, wherein the machine part with the bearing eye is mounted on a mandrel comprised of two halves and the halves are moved apart to sever the machine part and wherein prior to and during the severing, the first bearing bushing is fixed in the severing direction by at least one first transverse fixing element, the first bearing bushing is fixed transversely to the severing direction by two first side fixing elements and the second bearing bushing is fixed in the severing direction by at least one second transverse fixing element, that the joining following the severing can be carried out in as simple a manner as possible, it is proposed that prior to the severing, the first and second side fixing elements be positioned in an essentially tension-free manner in the advancing direction against the machine part and be held in this position resting essentially tension-free in the advanci

Abstract: A glass plate working machine includes table (20) on which glass plate (22) is placed, breaking unit (3) for forming a cutting line on glass plate (22) placed on table (20), and pressing the glass plate in the vicinity of a portion of the glass plate (22) formed with the cutting line to break that portion off; and moving unit (67) connected to the breaking unit (3) for moving same linearly along a surface of glass plate (22) placed on table (20). Breakage by breaking unit (3) and movement by moving unit (67) are controlled by a numerical control unit.

Abstract: An apparatus for separating a portion of a punch sheet enclosed with intermittently formed notches or cuts comprises a rotation roller, a press roller disposed above the rotation roller, a sheet feeding member for feeding the punch sheet towards the rotation roller, a pressing device for moving the press roller towards the rotation roller to snap a leading end portion of the punch sheet between the rotation roller and the press roller and an operation device operated in association with the pressing device for moving the press roller along an outer peripheral surface of the rotation roller and for separating the portion of the punch sheet enclosed with the notches or cuts from the punch roller.

Abstract: A method for producing a glass knife, in which a flat glass plate (511) is divided by breaking along a divising line (23) scratched on said plate. The plate is placed on two lower supporting pins (9, 10), positioned by the use of means (7, 8) cooperating with the side edge surfaces of the glass plate, and is fixed by means of two upper supporting pins (17, 18) which are made to engage the upper face of said plate. Each pair of supporting pins has a line of symmetry perpendicular to the line of symmetry of the other pair, one line of symmetry coinciding with the dividing plane. Before the glass plate is broken by moving the supporting pins towards one another, the positioning means (7,8) are, at least partially, disengaged from the glass plate, such that essentially only the forces deriving from the supporting pins act upon the glass plate during the breaking thereof.

Abstract: A continuous strip of ticket stock from which individual tickets can be separated includes an elongated strip of a ticket stock material and, at each preselected ticket-separation location, a collinear transversely extending perforation, bursting slot, and slit at each end of the bursting slot. A ticket dispenser for dispensing individual tickets from such a strip of stock includes a drive mechanism that drives the strip of ticket stock in both a forward direction and a reverse direction through a bursting station. The bursting station includes a burst barb, and a guide that permits the strip of ticket stock to move past the burst barb when the strip of ticket stock is driven in the forward direction, and to engage the burst barb to the bursting slot when the strip of ticket stock is driven in the reverse direction. The burst barb propagates a separation from the bursting slot outwardly through the perforation to separate the individual ticket cleanly from the strip.

Abstract: Flat tubing is fed from a continuous supply into an embossing station and then into a cutting station and is briefly stopped periodically for an operation in each station. The embossing station has embossing dies for forming a transverse groove in the tube where a cut is desired and for reducing the tube perimeter dimension adjacent the cut to a required size. At the cutting station grippers engage the tubing on either side of the groove and bend the tubing to separate it at the groove.

Abstract: An upper tool of a blank separating station, which is operated within a machine for producing blanks for packages in sheet material is characterized by the upper tool consisting of a rectangular board provided with a pattern of openings. A lower surface of the board bears a large number of punches which are mounted on the board by a self-locking pin arrangement that extends through one of the apertures in the board.

Abstract: The magnetized punch of the tool breaks off the tang and holds the tang until the punch is withdrawn into an opening in a vacuum conduit. The tang is thereby removed from the punch and it becomes entrained in a vacuum flow, detected and accounted for before passing into a collection chamber.

Abstract: A method and an apparaus for fracturing cap and shaft of connecting rods manufactured by powder forging in which the cap or the shaft of the connecting rod is fixed on a support movable perpendicularly to the plane of fracture, the portion of the connecting rod not fixed on the support is held stationary, and a straight central impact acting along the axis of symmetry of the connecting rod is applied to the support in the direction of fracture.

Abstract: A substrate breaker positively feeds substrate plates to a stick breaker where the sticks are broken from the plate. The sticks are fed upwardly to an elevated chip breaker where chips are broken from the sticks.

Abstract: An ampoule holder comprises a body part 1 and a head part 2 which are connected together by a pair of hinge strips 3 and a breakage link 4. A glass ampoule 7 is inserted, stem first, through an opening 6 in the base of the body portion 1. The body of the ampoule is forced past inwardly extending projections 8 until the lower end of the ampoule snaps past these projections and the shoulder at the top of the body of the ampoule 7 abuts against the curved hinge parts 3. The base of the ampoule will then be raised above the projections 8. The stem 10 of the ampoule is gripped within the head portion 2 of the holder by internal ribs or spines 11, so that the neck 9 of the ampoule is aligned with the breakage link 4.

Abstract: A rail breaker attachable to the boom structure and hydraulic system of a hydraulic excavator and having an elongate frame tiltable by a hydraulic cylinder of the excavator, a grapple and a swingable breaker arm on the outer end of the frame, the grapple having a width to grasp and clamp a length of the rail to immobilize the rail, the lower stationary jaw of the grapple having a hardened fulcrum blade over which the rail is broken, the upper jaw of the grapple having a nicking blade to put a nick in the rail to be broken, and the breaker arm swinging against the extended portion of the rail which is being clamped by a grapple to break the rail at the nick produced and over the fulcrum blade.

Abstract: A device for splitting an object, preferably a pill, tablet, capsule or caplet of any of a variety of shapes or sizes, the device having a base with a pill receptacle for receiving and centering the pill. The device also includes a hinged top with a blade adapted for entering the receptacle and engaging and splitting the pill when the cap is closed. The device is adapted to be used as a cap for a container for storing the pills, tablets or caplets to be split.

Abstract: A glass sheet has marginal zones thereof removed by (a) subjecting the marginal zones to a heating flame, and (b) raising the glass sheet (during or after the flame heating) while restraining upward travel of the marginal zones. The lifting is performed by suction cups which depend from a movable carriage, and the restraining is performed by removing members having inclined lower faces disposed over the marginal zones. The removing members are connected to rods which carry the suction cups, the rods and removing members being relatively movable upwardly and downwardly. The rods are horizontally adjustable relative to the carriage for repositioning the suction cups and removing members relative to a glass sheet.

Abstract: An apparatus for making a semiconductor device comprises a flexible mat, support shafts for supporting the flexible mat in a substantially horizontal position, a pressing plate having a generally convex body and supported for movement up and down, and a drive mechanism for driving one of the pressing plate and the wafer relative to the other of the pressing plate and the wafer so as to move up and down. The wafer having the first and second surfaces opposite to each other with the chips formed on the first surface thereof is placed on the mat with the chips confronting the flexible mat. The convex body of the pressing plate is pressed against the second surface of the wafer to separate the chips on the wafer individually.