Abstract: A tool is described which is particularly adapted for detaching by peeling sheet metal strip from a wound construct containing a plurality of coiled strips interconnected by intermittently spaced tabs that bridge the parting lines between adjacent strips. The tool is effective to fracture the tabs without distorting or marring the adjacent strip material.

Abstract: The invention concerns a device permitting the separation of a casting piece from a casting deadhead to which it is joined. A pair of jaws are removably joined to a base and are slidable against a central wedge by dovetail surfaces.

Abstract: This apparatus separates downturned flaps of paperboard cases, which flaps are joined by tabs and lying over sides of the case, without requiring the use of a knife or other sharp instrument for cutting. The apparatus has a conveyor for moving the case through the apparatus. There is a first device for engaging one of the flaps. A first thrust device is positioned proximate to the conveyor and connected to the flap engaging device for moving it against the side of the case over which the one of the flaps lies, and below the flap. There is a device operatively coupled to the flap engaging device for moving it along the side of the case until at least a portion of the flap engaging device extends between the flap and the side against which it lies. A device for retracting the flap engaging device is connected thereto and does so with sufficient force to break the tab joining the flap to another one of the flaps of the case. The flap engaging device is preferably frustum shaped.

Abstract: A well pump breaking tool for mounting on a well pump stand. The tool used in conjunction with a well pump stripping tool. The stripping tool cutting elongated slots along the length of a pump barrel surrounding a pump plunger. The well pump breaking tool is used when the pump plunger becomes seized inside the surrounding barrel due to contamination in the fluid which is pumped. The tool breaking the slotted barrel thereby releases the plunger so it may be reused.

Abstract: A roll breaker (20) in the form of a lever (130) of the first class with a fulcrum (54) adjustable in height. A striker assembly 70 is positioned near one end (136) of the lever, and the other end (131) is inserted in the roll to be broken. When the striker is wound and triggered, by a motor (112), it impacts downward on the lever end 136. A bumper (30) is provided to determine the depth of insertion of the lever end (131) into the roll, and an arrangement (137, 140) is also provided to prevent the second end of the lever from rising above a predetermined level.

Abstract: Apparatus is described for detaching a coiled strip from a wound sheet material construct containing a plurality of coiled strips interconnected by intermittently spaced tabs of partially sheared material that bridge the parting lines between adjacent strips. The apparatus is effective to separate the selected coiled strip from the construct and to thereafter pay out the strip to a point of use.

Abstract: Apparatus and method are described which are effective for detaching a coiled strip from a wound construct containing a plurality of coiled strips interconnected by intermittently spaced tabs that bridge the parting lines between adjacent strips. The apparatus is adapted to conveniently fracture the tabs in a manner which prevents distortion or marring of the adjacent strip material. The separated strip is caused to be wound into a tighter coil to facilitate subsequent handling thereof.

Abstract: Apparatus for making glass knives for cutting specimens for viewing by optical microscopes from thin glass plates comprises the use of a breaking rule bearing against one side of a plate, at least two breaking knobs bearing against the other side of the plate on opposite sides of the breaking rule, and a scribing device arranged between the knobs to prepare a scribing line in the plate parallel with the breaking rule, the breaking rule being displaceable with respect to the scribing line to control the edge angle of the resulting knife.

Abstract: An opening method and apparatus for opening a frangible cartridge containing a disk of exposed film, makes use of a punch and die assembly for punching the film disk out of the cartridge. Opposed wall members of the cartridge, between which the film disk is located, are punched away from the remainder of the cartridge along with the film disk. In this way, the wall members shield the film disk from any fragments which may be produced during cartridge opening.

Abstract: Apparatus for separating joined-bricks includes a transport means for moving the joined-bricks and a separating means disposed along the transport means for separating the joined-bricks into two parts, the separating means including a pressure bar engageable with the joined-bricks and actuating means operatively connected to the pressure bar to effect actuation of the latter, the actuating means providing for synchronous movement of the pressure bar with the engaged joined-brick during the separation, whereby the joined-bricks are movable without interruption along the transport means during the separation.

Abstract: A machine and method for subdividing into individual substrates a wafer which is prescored with a pattern of intersecting score lines defining the substrates. The wafer is progressively directed over a first wafer-engaging surface substantially paralleling one set of score lines, and this surface cooperates during a breaking operation to impart a localized force at a score line in the set. The wafer is halted during the breaking operation, after which the broken-off portion is directed over a second wafer-engaging surface substantially paralleling the other set of score lines. This second surface cooperates, during a substrate breaking operation, to apply a localized force adjacent a score line of the other set. The broken-off portion is halted during this latter breaking operation at which a substrate is separated from the broken-off portion of the wafer.

Abstract: A glass-breaking apparatus adapted for breaking microtome knives of the Ralph type, including a generally horizontal base having right and left upright posts which serve in the manner of vices or clamps. A rigid fulcrum in the form of a hardened and elongated member is fixed to the base at a central position between the two upright structures. A movable block is positioned at a desired location between the two upright posts in such a way that the block may affect the precise placement of a piece of glass in the apparatus--by virtue of pushing the glass rearwardly against the block. Index lines are provided on the vertical front face of the block, for use in manually aligning a score line on the top of the glass piece with a desired one of the index lines. The fulcrum is preferably removable and replaceable at will with a similar fulcrum of the same or a different length.

Abstract: In the manufacture of a window, an apparatus and method for detachment of edges from a sheet of glass along a cut-off line or score is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a frame surrounding an open area, elastic means in the form either of elastic cables connected together at one end and connected to the frame at the other end or a belt connected to the frame and traversing the open area, a support for supporting the sheet of glass and means for moving one of the frame or support for supporting the sheet of glass so that the elastic means acts on to flex the edges of the sheet of glass about the cut-off line or score and break the edges from the window. The apparatus, further, may comprise structure for incising break lines in the edges of the glass sheet to assist in breaking the edges from the window.

Abstract: A device for breaking various size ampules at the ampule neck, which is the most convenient break point for extracting the fluid from the ampule. The ampule breaker comprises a formed structure having a wedge surface which contacts the ampule at the neck and sides adjacent to the wedge which are contoured to contact the extremities of the appendage to be broken off from the ampule. The contoured sides extend beyond the point where the extremities contact so that no matter which size ampule is inserted into the breaker, a mechanical advantage is provided to help break the ampule appendage. A staggered set of cover plates are used to retain the ampule appendage during and after breaking.

Abstract: An apparatus for removing a dead-head from a casting comprises a device for exerting on the dead-head or the casting a force which does not pass through the joining neck between the dead-head and the casting. This force generates bending moments which cause the dead-head and casting to break apart at the neck. The force can be applied by a fluid-actuated cylinder which acts on the dead-head or casting either directly or via a linkage comprising one or more levers.

Abstract: Drilling through a wall of a molten material containing vessel, such as a glass melting tank, for the purpose of inserting an electrode or the like, is facilitated by employing a drill rig in which the drill bit is carried on the end of the electrode, which in turn is mounted on reciprocating means. The reciprocating means preferably includes a fast-travel mechanism and a high-powered hydraulic cylinder acting in tandem.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a nipper for slotting metal shapes of light alloy.

Abstract: Apparatus for separating individual coils from a coil construct of wound sheet metal web material that has been partially slit along parallel lines to produce frangible parting lines between adjacent coils. The apparatus includes clamping members adapted to engage the construct on the inner and outer peripheral surfaces of the construct and on opposite sides of a parting line and means for effecting relative movement between the clamping members and a concomitant complete separation of the coil from the construct.

Abstract: Apparatus is described for detaching individual strip coils from a construct of wound sheet metal web material that has been partially slit along parallel lines to produce parting lines containing frangible connections between adjacent coils. The coil detaching means includes a self-contained rotatable mount for the detached coil which becomes effective upon detachment of the coil from the construct to permit dispensing of the strip material without need to transfer the coil from the apparatus to an uncoiler.

Abstract: A method of and apparatus for thermally severing a thick glass sheet by applying localized heat to one surface of the sheet along an intended line of cut and flexing the sheet adjacent the exit end of said intended line of cut to assist in the severance of the sheet and confining the cut to such line at the exit end thereof.

Abstract: Hollow filaments, which are suitable for use in separating one or more components from a fluid mixture by selective permeation, are embedded, or potted, in a solid potting mass and the potting mass is severed to expose fluid communication openings of the hollow filaments. In accordance with the invention a thin layer of the solid potting mass having the hollow filaments embedded therein is removed by planing or milling using a knife blade edge moving in an essentially arcuate path at sufficient velocity to cause fracturing of at least one of the hollow filaments and solid potting mass at the point of contact with the knife edge.

Abstract: A pill-splitting implement or tool having self-centering means for positioning a pill in desired alignment with the path of movement of a pill-engaging projection in the form of a blade, wedge or edge. The projection is movably associated with the pill-holding structure, which preferably retains the pill in an elevated position above a support base to provide a clearance space or area underlaying the pill to enhance clean, sharp splitting of the pill. The pill holding means is preferably of a resilient character to accommodate and yield to the displacement of the pill during the splitting or dividing operation.

Abstract: Apparatus is described for separating individual coils from a construct of wound sheet metal web material that has been partially slit along parallel lines to produce parting lines containing frangible connections between adjacent coils. The apparatus is carriage-mounted and includes a mandrel assembly adapted to enter the construct center and carrying fluid operated means for anchoring the construct and for displacing the coil to be removed from the remainder of the construct thereby breaking the connections attaching adjacent coils thus to separate the selected coil from the construct.

Abstract: In a device for stripping blanks from a die cut sheet of blanks including a set of punches mounted on a movable upper punch frame and a matrix having openings corresponding to the outlines of both the punches and blank on a lower frame characterized by each of the punches comprising a plurality of punch members and means extending between adjacent punch members to close the outline of the punch with the punch members being adjustably mounted on a first set of bars which are slidably mounted on the punch frame and the matrix being formed by two pairs of parallel extending bars or members which are slidably mounted on the frame of the matrix to vary the size of the openings therein.

Abstract: An apparatus having utility in microtomy comprising a device for placing a score line on the top surface of a piece of glass plate, and subsequently breaking that glass along a curvilinear plane which encompasses the score line--to produce a Ralph-type knife. The scoring device includes an arm which is movable along an excursion path in a plane which is parallel to the top surface of the glass. A cam-like adjustment is provided to insure that the arm can travel parallel to the glass's top surface. An ancillary device comprises a pair of spaced clamps which are on either side of a rigid fulcrum, such as a piece of drill rod. An index mark (which is preferably movable) is positioned parallel to the fulcrum, and the glass is manually positioned so that the score line is directly over the index mark.

Abstract: A pill cutter of a relatively simple construction, including an upper and a lower member which are hingedly or otherwise affixed together at one end thereof so that one member may be pivotally rotated with respect to the other. On the inner facing surfaces of the upper and lower members of the pill cutter are disposed a pair of resilient pads which are positioned to engage one another when the upper and lower members are pressed together. One of the resilient members is of a split construction, and a wedge is disposed between the split halves thereof. This wedge preferably is of a height which is less than the thickness of the resilient pad so that the apex of the wedge is disposed below the surface of the resilient pad.

Abstract: A method for handling an elongated web of sheet metal formed as a parent coil construct pre-divided into a plurality of severable daughter coils in which the daughter coils are selectively severed from the parent coil at one site and then transported to another ultimate point of use. The daughter coils defining the outermost ends of the parent coil form edge trim strips that protect the construct during tranport and are severed therefrom prior to or incident with ultimate use.

Abstract: The present invention is concerned with a method of separating and stacking sheets of paper, cardboard and the like, which are delivered from a sheet punching machine and consist of useful and waste portions connected together by small fillets, comprising the steps of laying and separating a specific number of sheets on a severing table of a useful portion separating station; interrupting the supply of sheets; lowering the table with a stack of separated sheets; withdrawing the table from under the stack and laying the stack on a pallet situated therebelow; setting the table in place and raising same; removing the pallet with the stack and introducing a new pallet with simultaneous resumption of the cycle of steps.

Abstract: A chewing gum dispenser is described wherein a rectangular box having a top, a bottom, two sides, a front and a rear end is dimensioned to contain a plurality of sticks of gum when the sticks of gum are stacked one upon another within the interior of the box. The front end of the box has a slot extending from one side of the box to the other side adjacent to the top of the box. The box has an elongated hole in its top surface and a spring attached to the bottom of the box and extending within the interior of the box toward the top surface. The spring urges sticks of gum within the box toward the top such that the uppermost stick of gum fits against the inside of the top of the box resulting in a portion of the top stick of gum being exposed through the elongated hole. By frictionally engaging the top stick of gum with a finger inserted through the elongated hole the top stick of gum can be partially pushed out of the box through the slot.

Abstract: A hand tool for quickly, easily, and cleanly removing concentric knockout rings from electrical sheet metal enclosures. The tool is an elongated member fabricated of flat metal stock. Notches in opposite edges at one end of the tool are adapted to engage opposite inner edges of a knockout ring having a central opening. The tool is rocked back and forth pivoting the two halves of the knockout ring about the tabs retaining it in the sheet metal of the enclosure until the tabs fracture completely severing the knockout ring from the enclosure and providing an opening in the enclosure wall for accommodating cable or conduit.

Abstract: A container for capsules and the like having a cutter associated with the container for cutting the capsules is disclosed. Hinged upper and lower portions of the container have cutting members secured thereto. Closure of the container portions effects cutting of a capsule inserted between the cutting members. In the preferred embodiments, the cutting members comprise a trough-shaped notch in the front wall of one of the container portions and a blade secured to the front wall of the other of the container portions, the blade and notch being superposed. An internal compartment is provided to receive a cut portion of a capsule.

Abstract: A machine for detaching a surgical blade from a continuous strip in which it is manufactured and presenting the blade to a position for assembly into a blade holder. The disclosed embodiment of the invention is designed for use with a continuous strip of material which has blades formed integrally along an edge thereof, and joined thereto by pre-scored lines. The machine breaks the connection between an individual blade and the strip along the pre-scored lines while grasping the blade, and then moves the separated blade to a pre-determined position for assembly with a blade holder.

Abstract: For separating glass sheets, especially sheets of wired glass, into separate sheet portions and stacking the sheet portions in spaced stacks, the sheets are cut to define the sheet portions, which are gripped by respective relatively movable groups of suction gripping devices. The cutting may be effected by scoring the glass sheet before it is gripped by the suction devices, and then snapping it either before or after gripping it with the suction devices. The sheets may be lifted from a roller delivery conveyor into engagement with the suction gripping devices by a series of transverse lifting tines. The groups of suction gripping devices are then moved apart to separate the cut sheet portions, and in the case of wired glass this also severs the wires.

Abstract: This invention relates to a system for separating a semiconductor wafer into a plurality of discrete pellets while maintaining the relative orientation that the pellets exhibited when in the wafer. The invention is carried out by first applying a ductile variable coupling layer to a surface of the wafer. The coupling layer is affixed to a stretchable membrane which, after the wafer is subdivided, is stretched to space the pellets from one another. The coupling material adheres more tightly to the membrane than to the wafer. A portion of the bond between the ductile coupling layer and the membrane is broken during stretch so that the pellets adhere less tightly to the coupling layer following stretch than prior thereto.

Abstract: A catalyst strand sizer is described which produces catalyst pellets of uniform preselected length without producing an excessive amount of fines. The catalyst sizers comprises two fixed rotatable rolls wherein one roll has a compressible surface and the other roll is covered with a wire mesh of selected dimensions whereby when the catalyst strand extrudate is passed between said rolls, the strands are broken into catalyst pellets of preselected length.

Abstract: An encapsulating block encasing a projecting workpiece, the block having a plurality of parallel slots in opposed side walls, the slots in each side wall extending alternately from opposed side edges of the side wall and terminating in a bearing face in the region of a plane passing through the workpiece and a frangible cross-sectional area of the block. Apparatus for use with the block consists of a pair of dies each having a plurality of parallel projecting tines receivable longitudinally in the slots to meet the bearing faces whereby on moving the dies together the block will fracture in the frangible cross-sectional area.

Abstract: Score lines or fracture lines in a glass sheet are opened by advancing the glass sheet along an article movement path into a snapping station with the score lines to be opened extending between the leading and trailing edge of the sheet as it moves along the article movement path. A moving bending moment is applied to the glass sheet along a path transverse to the article movement path. In one embodiment, the bending moment is applied to the glass sheet by a pair of spaced rotatably mounted wheels urging the sheet in a first direction as a rotatably mounted wheel urges the sheet in a second opposite direction.

Abstract: An improved template for use in a glass break-out apparatus having a major marginal edge substantially corresponding to the scored pattern inscribed on a glass blank and formed with discrete extensions protruding outwardly of the major marginal edge at the corners of the template for facilitating a smooth break-out of the finished piece with resultant straight and even peripheral edges.

Abstract: A shearing tool for use in dismantling steel structures such as multi-story buildings takes the form of a large heavy inverted U-shaped steel member of a size enabling it to be elevated and dropped on a horizontal floor beam for example adjacent a vertical column to shear the same therefrom.

Abstract: This invention is related to an improved technique for destructing chills. A novel tool, preferably in the form of a piston cylinder mechanism is introduced into the cavity of the chill, said tool comprising at least two reciprocally movable parts which are set in motion relative to each other in the cavity so as to squeeze apart the walls of the chills or portions thereof.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for producing a concrete panel having a fractured rib finish is disclosed. A quantity of relatively low slump concrete mixture is cast upon a pallet in the form of a panel and is extruded to define projecting ribs and channels. The casting is permitted to harden until the concrete becomes rigid but not completely set. Thereafter an array of wedges secured to a carriage assembly is drawn along the length of the panel with each wedge disposed in shearing engagement with edge portions of an adjacent pair of ribs. Each wedge includes a shoulder portion wider than the channel for shearing and forcibly displacing portions of the ribs as the wedge is drawn through the channel. Means are provided for propelling the carriage assembly along the length of the panel and in a direction parallel to the orientation of the ribs. A concrete panel having a fractured rib finish produced by the method of the invention is similar in appearance to a concrete panel having a manually hammered rib finish.

Abstract: The invention relates to tile cutters and provides a tool for cutting glass and ceramic tiles. The tool can be used both to guide a scriber for scoring the surface of the tile and also to provide the necessary bending stress to snap the tile along the score line. The tool comprises a base member and an arm hinged thereto, a ridge being formed on the top of the base member. The arm includes a slot for guiding the scriber and at least one pair of shoulders located on either side of the slot. The slot is held parallel to the ridge so that the shoulders are located on either side of the ridge. When pressure is applied to the arm with a tile resting on the base member, bending stress is applied to the tile by the ridge acting on one side of the tile and the two shoulders acting on the other side of the tile.

Abstract: An extrudate cutting device comprising(a) a frame means,(b) attachment means mounted on said frame means for attachment thereof to the extrusion end of an extruder,(c) second attachment means mounted on said frame means and adapted to receive a rotatable elongated cutting means and(d) elongated cutting means rotatably mounted on said second attachment means and a method of cutting extrudate into substantially identically sized sections, are disclosed.

Abstract: Apparatus for breaking-off a selected portion of a cutting blade to expose a fresh cutting point. The apparatus is adapted to snap a frangible cutting blade along any predesired rectilinear line.

Abstract: A machine for separating a sheet of brittle material, for example a semiconductor wafer, into a plurality of pellets is disclosed. The pellets are defined by a plurality of intersecting scribed lines on the sheet. The machine includes a member for applying a shear force to an edge of the sheet whereby the maximum bending moment is applied at a preselected scribe line. The machine is particularly applicable for use with those semiconductor wafers which have a solder coating on both sides.

Abstract: An internal member for supporting a hollow body during shearing in the form of a close-fitting solid body. The body comprises at least portions meeting in the shearing plane and each portion including at least one split ring having a single gap in its periphery to allow it to expand to fit the hollow body. Expansion may be effected by axial movement of frusto-conical plugs corresponding to and co-operating with frusto-conical inner surface in the rings. Each ring may either comprise a single component, preferably notched on its inner face to increase flexibility, or be in the form of a thin split cylindrical shell surrounding a plurality of inner segments.

Abstract: A process for automatically removing edge portions from a glass sheet comprises scoring a line of cut on a first surface of the sheet between the edge portion and the remainder of the sheet, hammering the second surface of the sheet along a path opposite the score line to initiate breakage and applying a bending force transverse to this line to the sheet at a predetermined distance from one of its ends to initiate breakage. The process is applicable to long ribbons of glass or to glass volumes having a given length and edge portions of inferior quality may be removed simultaneously from both sides of the sheet.

Abstract: A glass pattern breaking apparatus having a press roll which is rollably movable across a prescored glass bracket supported upon an aligned template for breaking out the prescored pattern. The press roll is provided with an elongated rigid core shaft covered by a pliable resilient body, and its ends are journalled in freely vertically movable slide mechanisms so that its weight may freely bear against the glass bracket. The core shaft may be hollow so that it can be filled with water or granular material whereby its weight can be changed to break out patterns from glass brackets of different thicknesses.

Abstract: The present apparatus is constructed for separating previously punched out workpieces from the surrounding waste material, for example, punched-out carton shapes. Preferably, the workpieces are arranged in a stack supported on a worktable. Power driven break-out tool means are located for up and down movement, as well as for lateral back and forth movement above the worktable. If desired, power driven push out means are arranged below the worktable with a push rail extending through a respective channel in the worktable. The break-out tool means and the push rail are arranged to be effective on a stack of workpieces on opposite sides and at opposite ends. The break-out tool and/or the push rail apply a levering action to the workpieces to break any lands or bridges which prior to such levering action connect the workpiece proper to the surrounding waste material.

Abstract: A method of and apparatus for stripping a flash from a blow moulded hollow container in which the container is located at a stripping station with its flash projecting in a predetermined direction and in which a powered stripping tool is driven along a line parallel with, but spaced from, the jointline from which the flash is projecting such that the flash is progressively stripped away from the container along the jointline.