Abstract: There is provided a deburring system for enabling perfect automation of deburring with which burr of a resin molded article is substantially perfectly removed after the resin molded article is manufactured at low cost not by using an expensive resin molding machine, but by using a conventional general-purpose molding machine. Furthermore, there are provided a deburring apparatus and a cutter blade with which burr of a resin molded article having an unstable shape can be easily and cleanly removed from the root thereof without using any expensive control device and any positioning device and also without using any expensive copying device.

Abstract: A system for forming a tendon-bone graft. The system can include at least one support that is adapted to support the tendon-bone graft. The system can further include at least one clamp that is adapted to engage the tendon-bone graft to clamp the tendon-bone graft to the at least one support. The system can also include at least one cutting member that is operable to resect the tendon-bone graft. The at least one cutting member or the at least one support can be moveable relative to the other of the at least one cutting member or the at least one support to resect the tendon-bone graft.

Abstract: A material cutting machine has a tool mount support mounted for reciprocal movement and a tool mount supported by the tool mount support. A driver, such as a pneumatic cylinder, selectively advances and retracts the tool mount support. A control system is operatively coupled to the driver for setting the advancement force of the tool mount support when a tool supported by said tool mount contacts a workpiece, such as the edge or surface of a moving strip. In this way, the depth of cut of the tool is controlled by tool advancement force rather than by accurate positioning of the tool. In one embodiment, the tool mount support may have a head and a base and a resilient member resiliently coupling the head to the base to provide a damped resilience. With this embodiment, a transient spike in the reaction force which may result, for example, from a hard spot in the material, causes the tool to momentarily deflect.

Abstract: The machining of drills (1) includes an operation for chamfering the cutting edges (8) performed in two steps. In the first step the rotating grindstone (15) is directed to various locations of the cutting edge (8) and the point of contact is detected by an electronic appliance (17) whereof the electronic module (19) controls the stoppage of the grindstone, its return to the starting position and the recording of the position of the grindstone at the time of contact. In the second step the grindstone (15) is controlled to follow the left line obtained by connecting the points registered during the first step.

Abstract: A cutting tool assembly is provided for removing flash portions and gates from a molded article. The cutting tool assembly includes a holder device including an upper plate, a cylindrical collar, and a bearing disposed between the upper plate and the cylindrical collar to allow movement of the cylindrical collar relative to the upper plate. The cutting tool assembly further includes a cutting member fixedly secured to the cylindrical collar wherein movement of the cylindrical collar relative to the upper plate provides the cutting member with degrees of rotational freedom to float relative to the molded article during trimming of the flash portions and gates.

Abstract: A material cutting machine has a tool mount support mounted for reciprocal movement and a tool mount supported by the tool mount support. A driver, such as a pneumatic cylinder, selectively advances and retracts the tool mount support. A control system is operatively coupled to the driver for setting the advancement force of the tool mount support when a tool supported by said tool mount contacts a workpiece, such as the edge or surface of a moving strip. In this way, the depth of cut of the tool is controlled by tool advancement force rather than by accurate positioning of the tool. In one embodiment, the tool mount support may have a head and a base and a resilient member resiliently coupling the head to the base to provide a damped resilience. With this embodiment, a transient spike in the reaction force which may result, for example, from a hard spot in the material, causes the tool to momentarily deflect.

Abstract: A detailing tool for processing electronic component substrate includes a supporting frame, a substrate carrier movable on the supporting frame to receive and secure the substrate during processing by the tool, and a pair of cutter assembly attached to said supporting frame for removing tails on said substrate. The cutter assemblies self-align “to” the substrate during initial substrate loading in a processing area of the tool. Each cutter assembly includes a pair of spaced, translatable and opposed cutters that simultaneously move towards each another while removing the tails from the corners of the substrate that remains stationary. The pair of cutter assemblies are symmetrically attached to the supporting frame with respect to an axis for indexing the substrate. Thus, the invention provides a tool for cutting tails from opposite corners on the substrate edge automatically and simultaneously during processing.

Abstract: A detailing tool for processing electronic component substrate includes a supporting frame, a substrate carrier movable on the supporting frame to receive and secure the substrate during processing by the tool, and a pair of cutter assembly attached to said supporting frame for removing tails on said substrate. The cutter assemblies self-align “to” the substrate during initial substrate loading in a processing area of the tool. Each cutter assembly includes a pair of spaced, translatable and opposed cutters that simultaneously move towards each another while removing the tails from the corners of the substrate that remains stationary. The pair of cutter assemblies are symmetrically attached to the supporting frame with respect to an axis for indexing the substrate. Thus, the invention provides a tool for cutting tails from opposite corners on the substrate edge automatically and simultaneously during processing.

Abstract: A device for removing burrs created on the lateral edges of ice skate blades during sharpening is provided. The device consists includes cutting insert of extremely hard alloy having at least one angled cutting surface. The cutting insert is secured in a recess located along one of the edges of a substantially flat rigid housing member such that the portion of the cutting insert having the cutting surface extends out from the housing member. The housing member is connected to a substantially flat rigid base member such that a channel is defined by a portion of the base member, the end of the housing member having the recess, and the portion of the cutting insert which extends out from the housing member. The housing member and base member are connected such that they may pivot slightly relative to each other, but remain substantially parallel.

Abstract: A machining tool beveling the edges of workpieces such as sheet metal is movable relative to the workpiece in the feed direction along the edge of the workpiece and in an action direction perpendicular to the feed direction. It has at least two adjacent cutting edges extending in the feed direction, one of which is the leading edge and the other of which is the trailing edge which is offset from the leading edge. The trailing cutting edge will effect a further cut in the workpiece as the tool is moved along the edge of the workpiece and reciprocated against its edge portion.

Abstract: Apparatus for removing burrs from flame cut steel slabs including multiple deburring pistons extendably mounted in a piston body. Pressurization of the piston body causes extension of the pistons, while rotation of the piston body positions the deburring pistons at an inclined angle with respect to the work piece.

Abstract: Apparatus for removing burrs from flame cut steel slabs having a rotating shaft and burr knocking members loosely mounted on the shaft for impact removal of the burrs.

Abstract: A deburring device is provided in the advance direction with a support roll preceding the deburring tool and which together with the latter acts in such a way with respect to the workpiece edge to be deburred during the advance movement in track-guiding manner so that it is possible to have lateral tilting and displacement movements of both working members with respect to the workpiece edge, which greatly facilitates working with the tool.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method and apparatus for shaping a top surface of a product, such as an antiperspirant or deodorant product, to have a compound-curved shape. The apparatus includes at least one cutting blade which moves inward and outward in a second direction while the product passes by in a first direction perpendicular to the second direction, such that the cutting blade cuts the top surface of the product to have a desired profile in the first direction. The cutting blade itself can have a desired profile along a third direction perpendicular to the first and second directions, to impart to the top surface of the product a desired profile in the third direction. A plurality of cutting blades can be used, to incrementally remove product material to form a final shaped product surface. The product cut off in forming the shaped surface can be reclaimed for re-use.

Abstract: A manual tool useful for scraping, deburring and breaking the sharp edges of sheet material such as metal and glass and the like, formed of an elongated handle shaped to fit within the human hand and a pair of closely adjacent, conventional, wafer-like, hard cutter inserts mounted upon the forward end of the handle. A pair of sockets are formed on the forward end of the handle and each insert fits within a socket and is immovably held therein by means of a conventional fastener. The inserts each have a forwardly extending cutter edge, and the two cutter edges are arranged at an acute angle to form a V-shaped channel between the two inserts. The channel receives and is drawn along the sharp edge of the sheet material. The inserts are removable and replaceable, when desired, with similar inserts.

Abstract: An apparatus for chamfering the outer edges of stacked printed circuit boards comprises a detecting device for detecting the boundary between two adjacent boards, and a chamfering tool positionable adjacent to the opposed outer edges of respective ones of the two adjacent boards in response to detection of the boundary and movable along the board outer edges to simultaneously chamfer both outer edges. The chamfering tool successively chamfers pairs of opposed outer edges in the upward direction on one side of the stack, and then the stack is turned so that the chamfering tool chamfers the outer edges on a different side of the stack printed circuit boards.

Abstract: A method of chamfering the outer peripheral edges of plate members comprises stacking the plate members in face-to-face vertically aligned relation so that for each two adjacent plate members the upper outer peripheral edge of the lower plate member opposes the lower outer peripheral edge of the upper plate member, detecting the boundary between two adjacent plate members in the stack, positioning a rotary chamfering tool in response to detection of the boundary, and moving the rotary chamfering tool relative to the outer peripheral edges of the two adjacent plate members to simultaneously chamfer the upper edge of the lower plate member and the lower edge of the upper plate member. The detecting, positioning and chamfering steps are repeated for each two adjacent plate members in the stack to thereby chamfer both the upper and lower edges of the stacked plate members.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for shaping a solid body of soft material wherein the body is notched on one side, a rough cutter moves inwardly through the other side of the body to enter the closed end of the notch and sever body material without breaking, and a finish cutter than removes relatively little material to produce a finish cut.

Abstract: In a process for edging metal strips, especially nonferrous metal strips, by means of an edging machine wherein the longitudinally driven metal strip is guided between an upper and a lower linear guide and cutting tools are disposed successively along the line of movement of the strip, on either side of the linear guides. It is proposed according to the invention that a liquid or gaseous fluid be forced out of the central part of the linear guides at individual points along the line of movement, into the clearance between the metal strip and the linear guides. In a linear guide for carrying out this process, provision is made according to the invention such that, in each linear guide face confronting the metal strip, there are a series of grooves running longitudinally along the center of the guide, the grooves being separate from one another and connected to inlets for the fluid.

Abstract: A shaping or cutting device for accurately and incrementally shaping the arcuate edges of the teeth of packing segments used as seals between turbine stage diaphragms. The device assures that the reshaped packing teeth provide uniform clearance by the seals between stage diaphragms thereby maintaining efficiency between the higher to lower pressure stages of the turbine. The device includes a positioning jig to hold the packing segments. A pivoting cutting tool is itself vertically and horizontally positionable relative to the jig. By relatively positioning the jig and cutting tool, cutting can be incrementally adjusted to uniformly shape each arcuate edge of packing teeth.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for imparting a sharp, defect-free outside corner of a desired angle to a metal workpiece are disclosed. The apparatus comprises two separate cutting tools, each with a distinct cutting direction. The tools are juxtaposed such that their leading surfaces are adjacent to each other and that their respective cutting edges intersect at the desired angle. This provides that the cutting directions of each tool are opposite one another. In using the improved cutting apparatus, the workpiece is secured and the apparatus must be movable along the x, y and z axes. By cutting the first and second surfaces of the workpiece in sequence with the first and second cutting edges of the present apparatus respectively, a sharp defect-free corner of the desired angle can be imparted to the workpiece. A specific application for the present invention is in the fabrication of intricate copper products, such as heatsinks for semiconductor devices.

Abstract: An apparatus for preparing the edges of metal sheets to be welded comprises one or more metal working means, particularly milling cutters, included in a unit which is associated with means for producing between the sheet and the unit a relative movement during which the metal working means are working an edge of the sheet. The means for producing said relative movement comprise two sets each including at least three rotatable rollers which can be pressed against opposite sides of the sheet and of which two rollers engaging the same side of the sheet are spaced apart in the direction of movement in order, together with the roller or rollers engaging the opposite side of the sheet, to safely hold the sheet also when said metal working means have passed the end of the sheet edge being worked.

Abstract: This invention relates to a method and apparatus for removing a plurality of strips from the top or outermost layer of a multilayered product having a complex shape to expose a substrate having one or more properties substantially different from those of the top or outermost layer. The invention is particulary intended for use with a metal coated plastic support frame which may be used in the handle of an illuminating or examining device such as laryngoscopes. The support frame comprises a means to hold batteries, a light source and a switch, all integrally formed into a single structure. The apparatus and method of the invention are employed to electrically segregate areas of the metal coated support frame by removing strips of the metal coating.

Abstract: A process and apparatus for fabricating an optical fiber communication cable are described herein. The optical fiber cable has a cable core including a metal containment tube and at least one optical fiber within the tube. The containment tube preferably is formed by drawing a strip of metal through at least one forming die. In a first aspect of the present invention, smooth operation of the forming die is promoted by first passing the metal strip through a shaving die to remove any shearing burrs along the strip edges and to maintain the width of the strip within a desired tolerance.In a second aspect of the present invention, various approaches for effectively sealing the containment tube are described. In a first embodiment, the tube is sealed using a wave soldering approach wherein a flow of moving molten solder is used to substantially fill a seam in the tube.

Abstract: Apparatus for underfiling curvelinear vanes of cast centrifugal impellers. Such vanes are cast with generally uniform thickness along their length; it is desirable to have the vanes taper in thickness such that the radially outward portions are thinner than the roots; also this provides a desired curve to each side of the blades.

Abstract: A self-positioning scarfing apparatus includes a plurality of sensing wheels and scarfing tools, each sensing wheel and scarfing tool defining an operative set mounted on a common support and biased by a biasing device, such as a spring assembly or hydraulic cylinder, into engagement with an elongated weld on a workpiece. One operative set is mounted on each end of a yoke, which is in turn mounted for movement relative to the workpiece. In one embodiment, the yoke is mounted for pivotal movement with respect to the workpiece. In an alternate embodiment, a positioning wheel is mounted in the yoke for engagement with the workpiece, and the yoke is mounted for biased reciprocation to a hydraulic cylinder or spring assembly. Apparatus identical to that just described is positioned on the opposite side of the workpiece for scarfing the opposite side.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for trimming an elongated article are disclosed by which the article is notched at longitudinally spaced locations and material spanning adjacent notches trimmed from the article as discrete strips.

Abstract: A plate-edge machining apparatus comprises a workbench for supporting a plate and a movable abutment for positioning the plate border to be machined in a machining position projecting beyond the workbench. The plate is retained by a movable plate holder. A tool carriage is reciprocably movable relative to a fixed sliding guide and carries two machining tools, each tool being associated with a relative edge of the plate border such that both of said edges can be machined.