Plural Breakers Patents (Class 225/97)
  • Patent number: 12036700
    Abstract: A dividing device divides a wafer from an ingot by slicing the ingot by using a dividing layer which is formed by relatively moving a laser beam to a predetermined depth of the ingot from one of both end faces of the ingot. The dividing device for a wafer includes: first fixing part that fixes the other of the both end faces of the ingot; second fixing part that is arranged on a first central axis line of the ingot so as to face the first fixing part and fixes the one of the both end faces of the ingot; and tension part that apply a tensile force to the ingot via the first and second fixing parts. The tension part rotates one end of the dividing layer with another end as a fulcrum so as to generate moments for slicing the ingot with the dividing layer as a boundary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: NAKAMURA-TOME PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Naya, Masakazu Takazawa
  • Patent number: 11945060
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method (200) of forming a plurality of teeth of a cutting blade or guard, the method comprises: a) taking (210) a blank of material, the blank having an upper outer surface and a lower outer surface, wherein at least a portion of the lower outer surface is substantially planar and forms a plane of the blank; b) utilizing (220) a cutting device (20) In comprising a first die (40) and a second die (50), wherein the first die comprises a plurality of first elements (42) and the second die comprises a plurality of second elements (52), wherein a first plane (60) is defined with respect to upper surfaces of the plurality of first elements and a second plane (70) is defined with respect to lower surfaces of the plurality of second elements, and wherein each upper surface of the plurality of first elements has a centre part (44) that lies in the first plane and edge parts (46) that are below the first plane; c) placing (230) the blank in the cutting device, such that the portion of
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Steven Johan Grobbink, Mark Klaas Albert Veldhuis, Marcel Adriaansen, Hendrik Christo Postmus, Nick Goet
  • Patent number: 11485035
    Abstract: The invention relates to a sheet processing machine (01), comprising at least one infeed unit (200) and at least one shaping unit (300) and at least one stripping unit (400) and at least one multiple-up separating unit (500), wherein the sheet processing machine (01) comprises at least one drive (1001), wherein the at least one drive (1001) is configured to drive at least one stripping tool (402; 403) of at least one stripping mechanism (401) of the at least one stripping unit (400) and at least one multiple-up separating tool (502) of at least one multiple-up separating mechanism (501) of the at least one multiple-up separating unit (500) via at least one gear mechanism (1007), wherein at least one downstream gear mechanism (1019) is arranged downstream from the at least one gear mechanism (1007), wherein the at least one downstream gear mechanism (1019) is coupled to the at least one stripping tool (402; 403) of the at least one stripping unit (400) and/or to the at least one multiple-up separating tool (50
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: KOENIG & BAUER AG
    Inventors: Jose Luis Soria Perujo, Sergi Ollé
  • Patent number: 11203172
    Abstract: In a method of aligning an upper and a lower changeable tool (2, 10, 18) in a device for processing, e.g., sheets of paper, provision is made that with the aid of at least one digital camera (50, 51), the upper changeable tool (2) is aligned with a sheet that has been moved in and the lower changeable tool (18) is aligned relative to the upper changeable tool (2) after the sheet has been moved out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Inventor: Olivier Fauconneau
  • Patent number: 10913624
    Abstract: The invention relates to an insert-sheet pick-up device (13) for an insert-sheet loading device (10) of a station for receiving copy (500). The pick-up device (13) includes a suction element (20) configured to pick up an insert sheet. The pick-up device (13) includes a pivoting axis (30) and at least one telescopic arm (33) including a proximal arm (33a), one end of which is fixed to the pivoting axis (30), and a distal arm (33b), able to move with respect to the proximal arm (33a), and one end of which is pivot-articulated to the suction element (20) to move the suction element (20) between a raised position and a lowered position according to a vertical movement of the suction element (20). Also, the invention also relates to an insert-sheet loading device, a copy-receiving station and a machine for processing elements in sheet form including the insert-sheet pick-up device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Inventors: Patrice Chatry, Ludovic Cuennet, Maude Steiner
  • Patent number: 10213787
    Abstract: A cutter head assembly for a fiber roving chopper includes a cylindrical blade cartridge extending axially between a cartridge first end and a cartridge second end. The cylindrical blade cartridge includes a first surface that extends between the cartridge first and second ends and is angled with respect to a central axis of the cylindrical blade cartridge. A second surface extends between the cartridge first and second ends parallel to the first surface and the second surface faces the first surface. A blade body extends between the cartridge first end and the cartridge second end and is disposed between the first surface and the second surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: Graco Minnesota Inc.
    Inventors: Todd A. Domer, Paul M. Jones, Jonathan R. McMichael, Daniel J. Chase
  • Patent number: 9640954
    Abstract: A swivel-arm with a gripper in a wire-processing machine transfers a processed wire to a collection tray. The collection tray and an unloading tray have a channel-like shape. The swivel-arm swivels the processed, trailing wire-end over the collection tray, whereby the wire, with the aid of the conveyor belt that runs in the direction of the arrow, falls into the collection tray. The collection tray serves as temporary store and collects a specified number of completed processed wires that corresponds to a production lot, and transfers the production lot to the unloading tray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: Komax Holding AG
    Inventor: Daniel Fischer
  • Patent number: 9457401
    Abstract: A tool assembly includes an actuator and a bearing surface. The actuator places a force with the bearing surface on a riser connected to a workpiece to separate the riser from the workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: LGT Manufacturing Co., Inc.
    Inventors: James G. Tacheny, Adam Tacheny
  • Patent number: 9334147
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for vial opening comprising an external container, in which a closed vial having a vial body and a vial head is arranged, and comprising a hollow space in the region of the vial head, whereby the hollow space comprises at least one opening and a connection to the vial, whereby the vial head, at least regions thereof, is arranged in the connection of the hollow space to the vial, and the walls of the external container comprise at least one deformable region or are altogether made of a deformable material, whereby tilting of the vial with respect to the connection is made feasible, and the diameter of the connection is adapted to the dimensions of the vial head in such a manner that the vial head can be fractured or broken off the vial body when the vial is being tilted with respect to the connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: Heraeus Medical GmbH
    Inventors: Sebastian Vogt, Hubert Büchner
  • Patent number: 9327421
    Abstract: A device for a waste stripping unit fitted with two rotating tools which cooperate to strip at least one item of waste which originates from a blank of a plate element (4) which passes through the unit and between the two tools. At least one tool has pins that remove the waste items. At least one part (39) is inserted between the two tools and which forms a support for the blank and also opens a passage for the stripped off waste. The part is shaped and positioned in accordance with the layout of the blank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: BOBST MEX SA
    Inventor: Boris Béguin
  • Patent number: 9308662
    Abstract: A cutting and stripping apparatus has a controller and causes a strip die to be prepared with cutouts according to a pre-determined pattern, e.g., on a cutting table and positioned on a stripping station that has a removal tool to remove waste material. After a sheet of material is cut on the same or another cutting table, the sheet is positioned in the stripping station over the female strip die. The removal tool moves to programmed positions in the stripping station and removes pieces of waste material. The final stripped cut sheet is the brought to the out-stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: Esko-Graphics Kongsberg AS
    Inventor: Ivar Holm
  • Patent number: 9272500
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing the cushioning elements may include utilizing a die with a plurality of die elements positioned in a particular arrangement. A polymer material, which may be a polymer foam material, is located between the die and an extractor. The polymer material is compressed between the die and the extractor, and the die elements cut the polymer material to form a plurality of pad components, which are arranged like the die elements. The die and the extractor are separated, and the pad components are secured to the extractor in the arrangement of the die elements. Additionally, the pad components are bonded to at least one material layer such that the pad components remain in the arrangement of the die elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventor: David Turner
  • Patent number: 8915413
    Abstract: A device for opening an ampoule (3) comprises a hollow cylindrical housing (11) having an interior for accommodating the ampoule (3) and a rotary element (12) having a proximal section (121), to which a break-off section (124) extending in a distal direction is connected to. The break-off section (124) is flexible in a radial direction and is pivotably connected to the proximal section (121) in the radial direction. The rotary element (12) is rotatable relative to the housing (11) about the longitudinal axis. The housing (11) has a first guiding structure (119) for pressing the break-off section (124) inward during a rotation of the rotary element so that the break-off section (124) exerts a radial shear force on an ampoule head (33) of an ampoule (3) to break the ampoule head (33) off of the ampoule body (31).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Medmix Systems AG
    Inventor: Ralph Egon Kayser
  • Patent number: 8870046
    Abstract: A device for engaging and tensioning a glass ribbon includes a center frame member, and first and second outer frame members connected thereto. The first outer frame member includes a suction cup that engages an edge area of the glass ribbon and an actuator for moving the suction cup of the first outer frame member. The second outer frame member includes a suction cup that engages an opposite edge area of the glass ribbon and an actuator for moving the suction cup of the second outer frame member. The actuators of the first and second outer frame members moves the suction cups of the respective frame members in directions away from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Keith Mitchell Hill, Tung Thanh Nguyen, Naiyue Zhou, Zepei Zhu
  • Patent number: 8746525
    Abstract: A bladeless optical fiber cleaver includes a first clamp and a second clamp coupled to each other via a generally support tray, where the second clamp is movable with respect to the first clamp along an axis of the optical fiber. The first and second clamps each receive a portion of the optical fiber. The fiber cleaver includes a mechanism to create a tension force in a stripped portion of the optical fiber, where the stripped portion of the fiber under tension is exposed to receive contact from a flexible abrasive material, the flexible abrasive material introducing a flaw in the optical fiber where the cleave takes place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Ronald P. Pepin, Martin G. Afflerbaugh, Richard L. Simmons, James R. Bylander, Donald K. Larson, Mark R. Richmond
  • Publication number: 20140130552
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for separating sheets of brittle material are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a separation apparatus for separating a sheet of brittle material includes a first separation cam positioned adjacent to a sheet conveyance pathway and a second separation cam positioned opposite from and downstream of the first separation cam. The first and second separation cams may be rotated such that the contact faces of the separation cams periodically extend across a centerline of the conveyance pathway. Rotation of the first and second separation cams may be synchronized such that at least the portion of the contact face of the first separation cam and at least the portion of the contact face of the second separation cam periodically extend across the centerline of the conveyance pathway at a separation time and periodically do not extend across the centerline of the conveyance pathway at a non-separation time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2012
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Inventors: Keith Mitchell Hill, Ritesh Satish Lakhkar, Mark Thomas Massaro, Liming Wang, Naiyue Zhou
  • Publication number: 20130341372
    Abstract: A cell cutting device and a cell cutting method are disclosed. The cell cutting device includes a loading stage configured to load a display sheet including a plurality of display cells, a rotation driving unit connected to the loading stage and configured to rotate the loading stage and to separate the display sheet into the plurality of display cells, and a position change unit connected to the loading stage and configured to change a position of the loading stage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae-Pil Lee, Myeong-Lyeol Yu, Dae-Seung Mun
  • Patent number: 8550319
    Abstract: A multi-tablet cutting device has a removable tablet holding tray, a housing structure and a plurality of vertically movable cutting blades. The removable tablet holding tray has a plurality of tablet nests. Each nest has two or more levels of beds sized to hold tablets of different sizes or shapes. The housing structure has at least one opening to receive the removable tablet holding tray. The plurality of vertically movable cutting blades is mounted on a support structure on the inside of the housing above the tablet holding tray above a location where the tablet holding tray is stored. The plurality of cutting blades is aligned above the tablet nests and upon a downwardly directed vertical movement the plurality of cutting blades passes through first slots in the nests aligned with the cutting blades to cut the tablets held in the nests into halves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Inventor: Puthalath Koroth Raghuprasad
  • Publication number: 20130140338
    Abstract: A splitting apparatus of an LCD panel and splitting method thereof are described. The LCD panel has a first substrate and a second substrate. The splitting apparatus includes a first splitting device and a second splitting device disposed correspondingly to the first splitting device, and the second splitting device includes protrusion adjustment devices. The protrusion adjustment device extrudes the second substrate for forming a protrusion corresponding to a split line to separate a split plate from the first substrate by a deformation portion of the protrusion and to remove the split plate by the first splitting device. The splitting apparatus makes a rapid separation of the split plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2011
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Applicant: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dong Li, Hang Yang, Haibo Huang
  • Publication number: 20130032623
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for opening an ampoule (3), said device comprising a substantially hollow cylindrical housing (11) having an interior for accommodating an ampoule (3). The device also comprises a rotary element (12) having a proximal section (121), to which a break-off section (124) extending in the distal direction is connected. The break-off section (124) is flexible in the radial direction and/or is pivotably connected to the proximal section (121) in the radial direction. The rotary element (12) can be rotated relative to the housing (11) about the longitudinal axis in an actuating direction from an initial position to an intermediate position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2011
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Applicant: MEDMIX SYSTEMS AG
    Inventor: Ralph Egon Kayser
  • Patent number: 8220685
    Abstract: Apparatus and method for breaking a scribed semiconductor wafer utilizes two vacuum chucks, at least one of the vacuum chucks pivotable about a pivot line. The scribe line is aligned with the pivot line and relative movement between the vacuum chucks causes bending forces to be applied to the wafer and breakage of the wafer along the scribe line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Micro Processing Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul C. Lindsey, Jr., Christopher K. Lindsey, Jeffery D. Atkinson
  • Patent number: 8191750
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for cutting a LCD panel is provided. The apparatus comprises a first scribing unit for forming first scribing lines and second scribing lines for dividing LCD panels on a substrate having a plurality of LCD panels. The apparatus also has a first flipping unit for flipping the substrate, a first breaking unit having a breaking bar for striking the flipped substrate along the first scribing lines to form a crack on the substrate, and a plurality of breaking rollers for pressing the flipped substrate along the second scribing lines to form a crack on the substrate. A breaking process of an LCD panel may be performed without rotating the substrate by using the breaking bar and the breaking rollers. Also, the breaking process may be performed without damaging image display regions of LCD panels where different sized LCD panels are on the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Young-Kuk Park
  • Publication number: 20120104064
    Abstract: A magnet splitting device includes a one-side holder for holding a plurality of pre-split magnets on one sides of respective splitting grooves, an other-side holder for holding the magnets on the other sides, and an actuating unit for causing relative movement of the other-side holder to split the magnets all at once. The other-side holder includes a plurality of other-side independent holding parts for holding the magnets independently. The actuating unit includes a plurality of independent actuating parts for moving the other-side independent holding parts independently and a simultaneous operating part for simultaneously operating the holding parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2009
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasushi Nishikuma, Yasuji Taketsuna
  • Patent number: 8128777
    Abstract: The invention can firmly and easily remove a finely divided weft piece without leaving the weft piece by constituting a method and an apparatus of removing weft from a cord fabric for a topping sheet in a calender line for topping rubber on a number of pieces of aligned cords by a calender roll. In the midst of transferring a cord fabric (F) transferred to a calender apparatus, weft is finely divided by passing the cord fabric (F) through weft dividing means, thereafter, a plurality of blades (45) arranged movably in a width direction on an upper face side of the cord fabric (F) are reciprocally moved in the width direction over an entire width thereof to be brought into contact with the cord fabric (F), and the divided weft piece (W1) is wiped off to remove by respectively striking respective cords (C) of the cord fabric (F) by the respective blades (45).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuo Tatara, Tomoyuki Takatsuka, Hirokatsu Mizukusa, Osamu Fujiki
  • Patent number: 8011546
    Abstract: A separation apparatus comprising a first and a second scribing portions for scribing front and rear surfaces of a first mother substrate made of a brittle material along first predetermined scribing lines previously provided on the front and rear surfaces of the first mother substrate, the first and second scribing portions being opposed to each other on an upper side and a lower side, and a holding and transferring portions for holding and transferring the first mother substrate so that the first predetermined scribing lines of the first mother substrate are located between the first and second scribing portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Mitsuboshi Diamond Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroki Ueyama, Akira Ejimatani
  • Patent number: 7943489
    Abstract: A system and method for the removal of superfluous material in a bonded wafer assembly. The method includes cutting a plurality of parallel cuts in a top wafer, the plurality of cuts defining a segment of the top wafer attached to another portion of the top wafer via a tab, inserting a wedge-shaped breaker bar into at least one cut of the plurality of cuts, applying force to the breaker bar to fracture the tab, and removing the segment of the top wafer from the bonded wafer assembly, wherein a bottom wafer remains unsingulated after the removing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Daryl Ross Koehl, Braden Peter D'Andrea
  • Publication number: 20100108732
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a bundle separator for separating bundles from a log traveling along a conveyor, the log having a plurality of stacked sheets with a weakened separation path, and the weakened separation path of each sheet being substantially aligned in the stack. The separator includes a first platen mounted for vertical reciprocating movement generally on a first side of the separation path and a second platen mounted for vertical reciprocating movement generally on a second side of the separation path, each platen having a plurality of moveable guided rails. The second platen is also mounted for movement away from the first platen. The moveable guided rails on each of the first and second platens are each independently moveable in the upstream or downstream direction of travel of the log.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2009
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Inventors: Craig Gendreau, Michael Harrington
  • Publication number: 20100065600
    Abstract: An auto-breaking machine adapted for breaking metal shells off a base band includes a frame assembly, a first breaking assembly, a power assembly and a turntable. The first breaking assembly has a support assembly disposed on the frame assembly, a first breaking member and a second breaking member pivoted on the support assembly and spaced away from each other for allowing the base band passing therebetween. The second breaking member has a breaking portion at a free end thereof and keeps a distance from a free end of the first breaking member for breaking the metal shells off the base band. The power assembly is disposed on the frame assembly. The turntable is rotatably mounted to the power assembly and driven by the power assembly for driving the base band to move.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2008
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Inventors: Xiao-Lin Wu, Sung-Lin Chen
  • Patent number: 7673788
    Abstract: The package opening device is an adhesive strip adapted for mounting on a cover of a package, the adhesive strip having a gripping member allowing the user to pull on the gripping member to tear at least a portion of the cover of the package. The package opening device includes a base strip having a proximal portion, a distal portion, an upper surface, and a lower surface. An adhesive layer at least partially covers the distal portion of the lower surface of the base strip, and the uncovered proximal portion forms the gripping member. Further, a release liner may be provided for covering the adhesive layer prior to application to the cover of the package. Alternatively, a plurality of adhesive strips may be provided, with the plurality of adhesive strips being joined together by a line, with user-generated tension in the line creating the tearing force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2010
    Inventor: Mario Calabretta
  • Publication number: 20090077804
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to a sectioning module positioned within an automated solar cell device fabrication system. The solar cell device fabrication system is adapted to receive a single large substrate and form multiple silicon thin film solar cell devices from the single large substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2008
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Inventors: Robert Z. Bachrach, Yong-Kee Chae, Soo Young Choi, Nicholas G.J. De Vries, Yacov Elgar, Eric A. Englhardt, Michel R. Frei, Charles Gay, Parris Hawkins, Choi (Gene) Ho, James Craig Hunter, Penchala N. Kankanala, Liwei Li, Wing Hoo (Hendrick) Lo, Danny Cam Toan Lu, Fang Mei, Stephen P. Murphy, Srujal (Steve) Patel, Matthew J.B. Saunders, Asaf Schlezinger, Shuran Sheng, Tzay-Fa (Jeff) Su, Jeffrey S. Sullivan, David Tanner, Teresa Trowbridge, Brice Walker, John M. White, Tae K. Won
  • Publication number: 20090071995
    Abstract: A separation apparatus comprising a first and a second scribing means for scribing front and rear surfaces of a first mother substrate made of a brittle material along first predetermined scribing lines previously provided on the front and rear surfaces of the first mother substrate, the first and second scribing means being opposed to each other on an upper side and a lower side, and a holding and transferring means for holding and transferring the first mother substrate so that the first predetermined scribing lines of the first mother substrate are located between the first and second scribing means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2008
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Inventors: Hiroki UEYAMA, Akira Ejimatani
  • Patent number: 7458300
    Abstract: A tablet splitter includes a tablet bed having a bed body with a tablet holding structure for holding a tablet. A base is included having a base side wall with an outer perimeter. The side wall surrounds a recess extending along a longitudinal axis. The recess is shaped for receiving and retaining the bed body of the tablet bed. A cap having a cap side wall engages and slides over the outer perimeter of the base side wall along the longitudinal axis. The cap has an interior with a first splitting member positioned therein for engaging and splitting tablets held by the tablet bed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2008
    Assignee: Best Remedies Holdings, LLC
    Inventor: Peter C. Williams
  • Patent number: 7367455
    Abstract: A dinked card (53, 51, 57, 53, 64) that forms a box is equipped with an appendage (78) constituting an ensemble of strip (80), each with a central hole (80A), which are individually detachable from the appendage; the appendage (78) is detachable from inside the box formed, and can be kept in the box itself after a strip has been taken out to be used when required.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2008
    Assignee: PROJECT S.a.s. di Massimo Memichelli & C
    Inventor: Camilla Maffei
  • Patent number: 7350446
    Abstract: A wafer dividing apparatus for dividing along dividing lines a wafer whose strength is reduced, along the dividing lines, comprising a tape holding means for holding a protective tape affixed to one surface side of the wafer; and a wafer dividing means comprising a first suction-holding member and a second suction-holding member, both having a holding surface for suction-holding the wafer held on the tape holding means through the protective tape on both sides of a dividing line through the protective tape, and a moving means for moving the first suction-holding member and the second suction-holding member in directions that they separate from each other, wherein the holding surface of the first suction-holding member and the holding surface of the second suction-holding member are inclined such that they descend or ascend toward their side edges that are opposed to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2008
    Assignee: Disco Corporation
    Inventor: Yusuke Nagai
  • Patent number: 7318543
    Abstract: The apparatus includes a frame supporting two fixtures, of which at least one is movable, and which have respective crescents adapted to be brought together to form a circular profile engageable with the big end of a connecting rod and separable by an opening device for fracturing the big end of the connecting rod. The opening device comprises a pusher device which has a sloping surface and is slidably supported with respect to one of the crescents to abut against the other crescent, and a driving member, which is slidable transversely to the pusher device under control of driving elements, and has a sloping surface that is adapted to cooperate with a camming action with the sloping surface of the pusher device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2008
    Assignee: Vigel S.p.A.
    Inventor: Giorgio Cavallo
  • Patent number: 7185797
    Abstract: A rail assembly is provided for supporting a blanking tool insert on an outer frame for a lower blanking tool of a die cutting machine. The rail assembly includes an elongated insert receiving structure for receiving a portion of the blanking tool insert. A plate member is interconnected to the outer frame and a clamping structure is operatively connected to the plate member. The clamping structure is movable between a clamping position for rigidly retaining a portion of the insert receiving structure against the plate member and a release position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2007
    Assignee: Blanking Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Frank E. Oetlinger, Peter H. Thermausen, Russell Kempka, Jr.
  • Patent number: 7182235
    Abstract: A jogger is provided for aligning carton blanks die cut from a sheet supported on inner grid mounted to an outer frame for a lower blanking tool of a carton die cutting machine. The jogger includes a plate member defining inner and outer faces. The plate member having a recess formed therein and a bore extending between the inner face and the outer face along an axis at an acute angle to the outer face. A jogger element is positioned within the recess and is movable between a retracted position and an extended position. A fastening element extends through the bore through the plate member and is receivable in a corresponding slot in the outer frame to interconnect the plate member to the outer frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2007
    Assignee: Blanking Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Frank E. Oetlinger
  • Patent number: 7143916
    Abstract: A connection device is provided for interconnecting a grid element to a support rail for a lower blanking tool of a carton die cutting machine. The connection device includes a generally flat base having first and second sides and an inner surface for engaging the grid element. First and second connection arms depend from opposite sides of the base. The connection arms have terminal ends receivable in corresponding first grooves in the support rail. A flyer extends from the connection device for raising a scrap portion of the carton above the grid element after a blanking operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2006
    Assignee: Oetlinger Tool Engineering Co., Inc.
    Inventor: Frank E. Oetlinger
  • Patent number: 7134583
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to an improved gift wrap storage and dispensing device, comprising a container and a lid, which are rotatable with respect to one another. Wrapping paper is stored on dowels within the container and is dispensed through openings in the side wall of the container. The wrapping paper is cut using a cutting device positioned on the outside wall of the container. Similarly, the lid contains a dispensing housing for storing rolls of tape, ribbon, etc., which can be dispensed through openings in the side wall of the lid and cut using a cutting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2006
    Inventors: David L. May, Kirstin S. May
  • Patent number: 7115181
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a rubber coated fabric for a tire which includes a weft cutting step of cutting a weft of the rubber coated fabric base substance using a cutting device at a cut pitch Cp of two to five times an arrangement pitch P of a warp. The cut ductility of the weft is set between 5 and 20%. The cutting device utilizes first and second rollers in which the peripheral protrusions and the peripheral grooves are alternately formed. Groove widths W1 and W2 of the peripheral grooves of the first and second rollers are set between 2.0 and 5.0 mm, protruding widths T1 and T2 of the peripheral protrusions of the first and second rollers are set to 0.25 to 0.5 times the groove widths W1 and W2, and the insertion depths h1 and h2 of the peripheral protrusions to the peripheral grooves are set between 2.0 and 4.0 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2006
    Assignee: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Gaku Tanaka, Kazuaki Yarimizu, Toru Fukumoto
  • Patent number: 6997363
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for removing break-off pieces (12), especially waste parts, from a sheet of material containing blanks or similar flat pieces. An abutment device (20) which can move in a longitudinal direction is associated with a break-off tool (40, 42). The abutment device protrudes into a through opening (16). Even when said device is in a rest position it supports the break-off component or waste part of the sheet of material (10) in an approximately parallel position. When the waste part moves, its position can be modified by the break-off tool and brought into a specific angle of inclination in relation to the sheet of material, especially when the waste part is lowered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2006
    Inventor: Franz Vossen
  • Patent number: 6945443
    Abstract: A device for parting a laminated substrate used for a liquid crystal cell is provided which is capable of obtaining, at a time of the parting, a parting line being vertical to a face on which a scribe line is formed, thus enabling prevention of a failure in the parting of the laminated substrate. To part the laminated substrate made of a first substrate and a second substrate into a plurality of substrates used for the liquid crystal cell, the scribe line is formed on one substrate out of the first substrate and second substrate along a boundary of the substrate used for the liquid crystal cell and multiple parting force is applied by timesharing to the other substrate out of the first and second substrates along the scribe line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2005
    Assignee: NEC LCD Technologies, Ltd.
    Inventor: Tadashi Matsuzawa
  • Patent number: 6925922
    Abstract: An apparatus for removing tiebars of a lead frame after one or more semiconductor components have been encapsulated in a resin to form a package body includes first and second removing stations. The second removing station is provided for removing scraps that may be left between leads of the lead frame after the tiebars have been removed in the first removing station. In the second removing station, the lead frame is positioned on a die. A scrap-cutting punch is moved relative to the die so that projections of the punch are fitted into corresponding holes of the die, thereby pushing the scraps out of the leads and into the holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2005
    Assignee: Renesas Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Hidekazu Manabe, Kenta Matsunaga
  • Publication number: 20040251294
    Abstract: A jogger is provided for aligning carton blanks die cut from a sheet supported on inner grid mounted to an outer frame for a lower blanking tool of a carton die cutting machine. The jogger includes a plate member defining inner and outer faces. The plate member having a recess formed therein and a bore extending between the inner face and the outer face along an axis at an acute angle to the outer face. A jogger element is positioned within the recess and is movable between a retracted position and an extended position. A fastening element extends through the bore through the plate member and is receivable in a corresponding slot in the outer frame to interconnect the plate member to the outer frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2004
    Publication date: December 16, 2004
    Inventor: Frank E. Oetlinger
  • Patent number: 6817505
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for fracture-separating a workpiece which comprises one or more ring-shaped workpiece sections that are aligned axially one behind the other. The method comprises the following steps: fixing the workpiece for the fracture-separation process; axially introducing at least one expansion device into at least one borehole which is formed in each ring-shaped workpiece section; creating at least one fracture notch in at least one borehole during and/or after the axial introduction of the expansion device; and expanding the expansion device for fracture-separating at least one ring-shaped workpiece section. The invention also relates to a device which is suitable for carrying out said method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2004
    Assignee: Alfing Kessler Sondermaschinen GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Hahnel, Horst Wisniewski
  • Patent number: 6796474
    Abstract: A jogger is provided for aligning carton blanks die cut from a sheet supported on inner grid mounted to an outer frame for a lower blanking tool of a carton die cutting machine. The jogger includes a plate member defining inner and outer faces. The plate member having a recess formed therein and a bore extending between the inner face and the outer face along an axis at an acute angle to the outer face. A jogger element is positioned within the recess and is movable between a retracted position and an extended position. A fastening element extends through the bore through the plate member and is receivable in a corresponding slot in the outer frame to interconnect the plate member to the outer frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2004
    Assignee: Blanking Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Frank E Oetlinger
  • Patent number: 6698637
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for fracture-separating a workpiece which comprises one or more ring-shaped workpiece sections that are aligned axially one behind the other. The method comprises the following steps: fixing the workpiece for the fracture-spectrum process; axially introducing at least one expansion device into at least one borehole which is formed in each ring-shaped workpiece section; creating at least one fracture notch in at least one borehole during and/or after the axial introduction of the expansion device; and expanding the expansion device for fracture-separating at least one ring-shaped workpiece section. The invention also relates to a device which is suitable for carrying out said method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2004
    Assignee: Alfing Kessler Sondermaschinen GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Hahnel, Horst Wisniewski
  • Publication number: 20030226871
    Abstract: A jogger is provided for aligning carton blanks die cut from a sheet supported on inner grid mounted to an outer frame for a lower blanking tool of a carton die cutting machine. The jogger includes a plate member defining inner and outer faces. The plate member having a recess formed therein and a bore extending between the inner face and the outer face along an axis at an acute angle to the outer face. A jogger element is positioned within the recess and is movable between a retracted position and an extended position. A fastening element extends through the bore through the plate member and is receivable in a corresponding slot in the outer frame to interconnect the plate member to the outer frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2002
    Publication date: December 11, 2003
    Inventor: Frank E. Oetlinger
  • Patent number: 6641016
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for fracture-separating a workpiece comprising several ring-shaped workpiece sections which are aligned axially one behind the other. The device comprises at least one expansion device which can be introduced axially into a borehole, formed in each ring-shaped workpiece section and has at least one expansion element that can be expanded in at least two axial expansion areas which lie at a distance from each other in the axial direction. The expansion device is provided with an integrated expansion control device which interacts with the expansion element for controlling a variable position and/or a variable expansion distance and/or a variable expansion period and/or a variable expansion sequence of at least the two expansion areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2003
    Assignee: Alfing Kessler Sondermaschinen GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Hähnel, Horst Wisniewski
  • Publication number: 20030116597
    Abstract: A method for cutting a laminated web comprises the steps of engaging a first side of the laminated web with a crack initiator having a high rake angle, the crack initiator extending from a first cutter base having a low rake angle, the laminated web including at least a support web, and an upper layer that may, at least for imaging elements, be considered a protective layer, the upper layer being thinner than the support web, the upper layer being located at the first side of the laminated web structure; simultaneously engaging a second side of the laminated web with a second cutter; generating a first crack in the first side of the laminated web with the crack initiator completely through the upper layer; engaging the web with the cutter base of the first cutter; and further propagating the first crack using the cutter base while disengaging the crack initiator of the first cutter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2001
    Publication date: June 26, 2003
    Inventors: Zhanjun Gao, Yeh-hung Lai, Mridula Nair, Aparna Vasant Bhave