Abstract: The severing machine comprises at least a first series of disk-shaped blades (23A; 23B) rotating about their own axis, which series is carried by a moveable support (21) capable of bringing the series of blades alternately into an active zone wherein the cutting of the products takes place and a parking zone. In addition, at least one barrier (41, 43) is provided separating the active zone from the parking zone.

Abstract: A method for selectively relieving sharp edges in tools used in die cutting web or sheet-type work material which includes providing a machining apparatus for supporting the tool thereon, where the machining apparatus includes a rotary cutter mounted thereon and moveable relative to the tool. The method also includes providing a controller having machine readable shape data corresponding to at least one of the tools stored therein, and operating the controller to determine, responsive to the stored shape data, locations of edge segments defined by the tool against which the work material will impinge as the work material is advanced onto the tool in a first direction.

Abstract: The cutting blade of a continuous motion saw is mounted on a skew arm which rotates about an axis which is skewed relative to the path along which the product to be cut is advanced. The blade rotates about an axis which is parallel to the path. The blade orbits in a planetary manner to compensate for the skew angle and to ensure that the blade remains perpendicular to the path. Grinding stones for the blade are mounted radially inwardly of the blade throughout the entire orbit of the blade.

Abstract: During the service of a workstation of a textile machine, a thread, presented to a spool apparatus, is captured by a capture mechanism coordinated with the spool apparatus and conducted to a thread cutting device to be cut through. The thread cutting device is coordinated with a cleaning apparatus, with the help of which the thread cutting device at specified intervals, and/or in dependency of the carrying out of assigned work phases is subjected to cleaning.

Abstract: A reciprocating knife cutter for performing a cutting operation on sheet material is provided wherein the knife is not limited to reciprocation along a vertical axis. The cutter includes a guide which engages the knife, whereby the knife and guide are constrained to slide relative to one another along the longitudinal axis of the knife. The knife is reciprocated by an eccentric drive mechanism in a plane perpendicular to the drive axis of the mechanism, and the guide is pivotally mounted on the cutter so that the knife and guide remain in engagement as the knife is reciprocated. A sheet material cutting apparatus including such a reciprocating cutter is also provided. The invention also provides a knife sharpener for a cutting apparatus.

Abstract: The orbiting knife or knives on a rotary knife holder in a tobacco shredding machine is or are automatically adjusted relative to a sharpening tool in response to signals indicating changes of one or more variable parameters which are indicative of the need for a sharpening of the knife or knives. Such parameters include at least the magnitude of torque which is required to rotate the knife holder but often also the temperature of the mass of condensed tobacco being fed into the range of the knife or knives, the quantity of tobacco per unit length of the mass, the mosture content of tobacco in the mass, the presence and/or the size and/or the nature of foreign matter in the mass, and others.

Abstract: A sheet material cutting apparatus includes a cutting head and a knife frame rotatably coupled to the cutting head. A blade defining a cutting edge is coupled for reciprocation to the knife frame, as is a primary sharpener for sharpening substantially the entire cutting edge of the blade after it becomes dull from operation. A presser foot having a secondary sharpener mounted thereon, is also coupled to the knife frame for movement between a raised non-working and a lowered working position. The secondary sharpener includes a sharpening member engageable with the cutting edge of the blade via the action of an actuator, for sharpening a portion of the blade's cutting edge between primary sharpening operations.

Abstract: A contour-cutting machine, in particular for foam. A workpiece table (1) with a table gap (4) and a drive (2) for moving workpieces (3) in the longitudinal direction (X). A movable cutting-element carrier (20) with four pulleys (31 to 34) and an endless cutting element (30) has an open side (20d) and an opposite side (20c). The cutting-element carrier (20) can be supported and driven in the transverse direction (Y) of the table, on a stationary frame (10), which encloses the workpiece table (1) in the vicinity of the table gap (4), on the open side (20d). The cutting-element carrier can also be moved and supported in the longitudinal direction (X) of the table on the opposite side (20c).

Abstract: A sharpener assembly for a food slicer includes a rotatable frame with a sharpening member and a truing member operatively connected for rotation with the frame. The frame is mounted on a food slicer to place the sharpening member and truing member on opposed sides of a slicer knife. The frame is rotated to rotate the sharpening member and the truing member into contact with respective sides of the slicer kife.

Abstract: A ceramics dress substrate of the present invention capable of both performances of cutting a cut material with a high accuracy and dressing a diamond cutting grindstone with an excellent cutting property and an reduced wearing amount of the grindstone. This ceramics dress substrate comprises sintering a mixture of ceramics grinding particles and a silicate mineral, The ceramics grinding particles are preferably uniformed and have a scratch hardness ranging from 6 to 10. Alumina grinding particles, silicon carbide and mullite are preferably used as the ceramics grinding particles, and a kaolin mineral, pyrophyllite, montmorillonite, sericite, talc and chlorite are preferably used as the silicate mineral. The ceramics dress substrate is preferably coated with glass.

Abstract: A reciprocating knife cutter for performing a cutting operation on sheet material is provided wherein the knife is not limited to reciprocation along a vertical axis. The cutter includes a guide which engages the knife, whereby the knife and guide are constrained to slide relative to one another along the longitudinal axis of the knife. The knife is reciprocated by an eccentric drive mechanism in a plane perpendicular to the drive axis of the mechanism, and the guide is pivotally mounted on the cutter so that the knife and guide remain in engagement as the knife is reciprocated. A sheet material cutting apparatus including such a reciprocating cutter is also provided. The invention also provides a knife sharpener for a cutting apparatus.

Abstract: A method of operating an orbital saw to transversely sever superposed elongated web plies into shorter length products which includes advancing along a linear path superposed elongated web plies having a cross sectional area of at least about 3.5 square inches (2200 mm.sup.

Abstract: The rotary cutting blade is mounted on a cutting machine which dispenses and cuts sheet material. The cutting machine includes a frame for supporting a cutting table top and a dispenser for supporting a roll of floor covering material. The rotary disk shaped cutting blade is mounted on a support block the frame below the table top for movement along a slot in the cutting table. A cable or chain driven rotary drive drives the block back and forth and at the same time provides the rotary motion to the cutting disk in a direction such that a leading edge of the disk moves upwardly relative to the floor covering material as it cuts. The chain passes over a sprocket on the block which carries a clutch so that the clutch slips when the block reaches one end of the slot and allows the chain to continue driving the rotary blade. A rotary sharpening disk is mounted at one end of the slot and is driven by the chain so as to rotate against the blade in a sharpening action while the block remains stationary.

Abstract: The invention relates to a cutting machine for cutting a flexible material by a cutting wheel rotated by a motor. The cutting wheel and the motor are carried by a cutting head mounted to move horizontally along two orthogonal axes and to rotate about a vertical tangential servo-control axis. The invention further includes a support table covered with a mat into which the cutting wheel penetrates. The cutting wheel is adjustable to change the depth to which the cutting wheel penetrates into the mat. The cutting wheel is also adjustable to change the horizontal distance between the vertical tangential servo-control axis and the axis rotation of the cutting wheel so that the cutting wheel penetrates into the mat a front contact point situated in the vicinity of the tangential servo-control axis.

Abstract: A device for automatically sharpening the circular cutting edge of a disk-like blade while it is rotatably mounted in a blade cartridge is disclosed. The sharpener includes a coupling assembly adapted to matingly retain the cartridge in the same manner that it is retained in a slitter machine. A rotary drive assembly is adapted to engage with and rotate the disk-like blade while in the cartridge. A blade sharpening head is adapted to engage and sharpen the disk-like blade as the blade is being rotated by the rotary drive assembly.

Abstract: A method of operating an orbital saw for transversely severing elongated, superposed, multi-ply web material which includes advancing the web material along a path into a cutting station having a skew arm adjacent said path, rotating said arm about an axis skewed with respect to the path, the skew arm having a disc blade coupling means, such as a 4-bar linkage, mounted thereon and carrying a rotating disc blade with the blade axis spaced from the arm axis to cause the blade to intersect the path and cut the web material during the blade orbit, maintaining the blade axis at an angle skewed relative to the arm axis to position the disc blade continually perpendicular to the path whereby the disc blade makes a square cut through the web material, providing the coupling means with a grinding stone for the blade and a control for contacting the grinding stone and blade, and positioning the grinding stone radially inwardly throughout the entirety of the blade orbit whereby centrifugal forces are reduced and cyclic

Abstract: A slicing station for a high speed food loaf slicing machine that slices one, two, or more food loaves simultaneously using one cyclically driven knife blade; the slices are stacked or shingled in groups on a receiving conveyor located below the slicing station. Independent loaf feed drives are provided so that slices cut from one loaf may be thicker than slices from the other. The slicing station, enclosed by a housing except for a limited slicing opening, includes a knife blade having an elongated arcuate cutting edge and a drive that moves the knife blade at a predetermined cyclic rate along a closed cutting path through the slicing range, which range intersects the ends of food loaves fed at predetermined rates into the slicing station. A marker moving with the blade is sensed by a fixed sensor to establish a home position for the blade. There is a honing device to sharpen the cutting edge of one type of blade, with the blade in its home position.

Abstract: The present invention pertains to a device for cutting materials and including a straight blade 10, to which are connected two sharpening units 13, 14 with angulation complementary to that of the cutting edge of the blade. Each sharpening unit 13, 14 comprises a support 15 and defines a chamber 16 for a piston 17 and a pneumatic motor 18 contained in the piston, and has an outlet shaft 19 supporting a diamond disk grinding wheel 20 which is advanced towards the blade to be sharpened.

Abstract: A method and apparatus deals with a cutter used for cutting a fabric or other material sheet having a layer of active or activatable adhesive disposed on it and provides a lubricant in gel form to be applied to the surfaces of the cutting implement to keep these surfaces free from adhesive otherwise building up on them. The lubricant in the preferred embodiment is a compound of silicone and polytetrafluoroethylene. Further, a second lubricant is provided which is to be applied to the surfaces of the sharpener to keep the sharpening surfaces free from adhesive.

Abstract: A compensating linkage for a continuous motion saw for elongated web plies wherein a skew arm is pivotally connected at its ends to a drive arm and where the drive arm at its ends carries disc blades and sharpening grinding stones for the blades, the ends of the drive arm being pivotally connected for two degrees of freedom with brackets which in turn are connected to an eccentrically mounted control arm, the linkage resulting in compensation for the skew angle to provide a cut perpendicular to the movement of the web plies and reduction of centrifugal forces and elimination of cyclic centrifugal loading on the blade grinding systems.

Abstract: A tool grinding machine which can grind the cutting edge of a punch without disassembling the punch body from the punch assembly and further can grind the cutting edge of the upper surface shoulder portion of the die. Further, the punch and die of various shapes can be ground easily by selecting an appropriate previously stored operation mode determined according to grinding conditions. The tool grinding machine is made up of a rotary table rotatably disposed on a slider supported on a base movable in the right and left direction; and a grinding tool disposed axially away from the rotary table and rotatable and movable in an axial direction of the rotary table, for a grinding workpiece fitted on the rotary table.

Abstract: The machine cuts a roll or log (L) of web material into a plurality of small rolls (R). It includes a unit (17) rotating about an axis (A--A) parallel to the axis of the log (L) to be cut. The unit carries a cutting blade (19) rotating about an axis (B--B) parallel to the axis (A--A) of the unit (17). A driving device (61, 63) moves the cutting tool (19) into a reciprocating forward and backward motion parallel to the axis of the log (L) to be cut. At least at the time when the blade cuts the log, the blade moves parallel to the moving log at a translation speed substantially equal to the feeding speed of the log (L), so as to allow the cutting of small rolls (R) without stopping the log (L).

Abstract: In an automated machine for cutting cloth or fabric and similar sheet materials the knife is made from a high-alloy tool steel to provide the knife with a sharp cutting edge capable under a given set of conditions to cut sheet material for a far longer period of time before requiring re-sharpening than the case with the knives previously used in such machines. A sharpener is also provided which allows the knife after becoming dull to be returned to a sharp condition while removing only a minimum amount of the knife material, thereby further increasing the service life of the knife.

Abstract: A table-top cutting machine includes a base having an upright support, a motor mounted on the upright support, a belt type cutting tool mounted around a horizontal pulley wheel and a vertical pulley wheel. The cutting tool is stretched at a right angle by a first rotor, which is mounted on the upright support at the top, and a second rotor, which is mounted on the upright support at the bottom. A guard longitudinally covers the belt type cutting tool at one side permitting only the cutting edge to be longitudinally exposed to the outside at one side for cutting. A tool grinder includes two emery-wheels disposed at two opposite sides by the cutting edge. The emery-wheels contact to the two opposite sides of the cutting edge by means of a pressure rod. When the motor is turned on, the belt type cutting tool is rotated to cut cloths smoothly and stably without producing much noise. Furthermore, much cost can be curtailed due to fewer machine elements which are used for manufacturing the present invention.

Abstract: An improved disc-shaped knife rotary cutter which has a reduced size and is not complicated in structure as a whole, and which require a knife only on the upper side of a traveling sheet. The knife can be used over a long period and paper powder produced as a result of cutting of a sheet by the knife can be removed by a suction box extending over a full width of the sheet. The improved rotary cutter performs cutting by moving a knife edge portion of a rotating disc-shaped knife into a surface of a sheet being successively fed. On the underside of the traveling sheet, a brush consisting of rod-shaped brush elements is fixed on a backing table over the entire region in the lateral widthwise direction of the sheet. A knife edge of the knife is disposed close to a front end portion of the backing table and upon transfer of the knife in the lateral widthwise direction of the sheet the knife is raised to be disengaged from the brush and the sheet and then it is transferred and set in position.

Abstract: The device for sharpening a cutting blade presenting a sharp edge includes at least one grinding wheel provided at least on the surface with abrasive material. The grinding wheel has a cylindrical body presenting a V-sectioned peripheral groove, and is mounted to rotate freely about an axis contained in a plane generally parallel to the sharp edge of the blade and perpendicular to the median plane of the blade, with the axis being inclined by a predetermined angle with respect to the normal to the median plane of the blade. The sharpening device is further constructed to place the blade and the grinding wheel in contact and to provide for relative displacement of the blade and the grinding wheel in a direction parallel to the sharp edge of the blade.

Abstract: A tool carriage includes a main beam along which a subcarriage carrying the tool travels and is supported above a supporting table by two end parts each associated with opposite ends of the main beam. The main beam has a length sufficient to straddle the widest width of conventional supporting tables and is adjustable at one of the two end parts to accommodate different table widths. The end parts have rollers which support the carriage above the table support surface and against lateral displacement on the table. The lateral rollers on one end of the carriage are capable of being adjusted relative to horizontal and vertically extending directions allowing either end of the carriage to be generically adaptable to any table edge configuration.

Abstract: A carriage for carrying a labeller, bundler or similar tool for working on sheet material spread on a supporting table is moveable vertically and transversely relative to such table by an associated lifting and transport cart allowing the carriage to be lifted from one table and transported to another table at which it is lowered onto the new table to bring it into working relationship therewith. The carriage may be engaged by the cart from the side or end of the table. Accordingly, the carriage may be moved from one table to another even in cases where the carriage can not be easily moved onto or off of the end of a table because of such table end being inaccessible. Means hold the carriage against vertical and lateral movement relative to the table while the carriage is in working relationship therewith, and these means are moveable to disengaged positions to free the carriage for vertical movement relative to the table when removing the carriage from or placing it onto the table.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for cutting a longitudinally advancing a rod of tobacco-containing material into lengths including a cut-off wheel having two or more blades equally spaced around the wheel periphery, a sharpening stone driven independently by a motor at a fixed location to sharpen one side of each blade as the wheel rotates, and a deburring stone oscillating in a path between two points at a frequency such that the stone intersects the path of travel of each blade for deburring the other side of each blade. The deburring stone may be located on the ledger device of a cigarette manufacturing machine where the ledger is oscillating at a frequency that is a multiple of the number of blades of the cutoff wheel for each revolution of the wheel.

Abstract: It is placed in a stationary manner in the top part of the machine and has a sharpening wheel (18) as well as a polishing device of the blade that eliminates the rough edges produced in sharpening.It has a frame (1) that incorporates a cover (3) that is subject to being collapsed in order to allow the unit to be cleaned. In the bottom the cover (3) incorporates a support fastened by means of a body (9) which is passed through by a central hole through which a shaft (12) passes whose top end incorporates a control (13) and in the bottom thereof the sharpening wheel (18) the shaft (12) being aided by a spring (14) whereby upon turning the control (13) the movement of the sharpening wheel (18) is produced until it makes contact with the cutting blade (2.) Upon releasing the control (13) the sharpening wheel returns to its original position, the cutting blade (2) remaining protected in the entire process.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for sharpening saw blades having planetary motion in transverse cutting as for multi-ply webs in stacks or log rolls wherein a saw blade is carried on a planetary arm moving through an orbit skewed relative to the path of travel of the product to be cut, the grinding system being mounted on the planetary arm and including an adjustment arm carrying grinding stones; the adjustment arm being pivoted to bring the stones in contact with the blade and indexed so as to compensate for blade wear.

Abstract: Slicing machine has a protective knife or blade edge guard for that portion of the periphery of the circular knife which is not coverable by the conventional gauge plate during sharpening of the knife edge or cleaning of the face and rearside of the knife. The blade edge guard is fastened to a bearing block for the shaft which supports and drives the knife, by means of spaced spokes extending from the block to the guard. A parallel pair of the spokes support slotted plates which mount a knife sharpener having stones for grinding and honing the edge of the knife. The sharpener has fixed pins on a body portion thereof, which pins cooperate with open-ended slots in said plates to enable the sharpener to be readily moved between inactive and active positions and removable for cleaning, all with one hand positioning or movement of the sharpener.

Abstract: An apparatus for providing longitudinal, laterally spaced slits in a continuously moving sheet or web of corrugated paperboard or the like includes a plurality of upper tool heads each supporting a thin, circular rotary slitting blade. The blades are coaxially mounted and driven by a common drive shaft and each blade-carrying tool head is independently positionable across the width of the paperboard sheet. Each slitting assembly includes a lower tool head or counterhead carrying a roller assembly which supports the underside of the moving board and provides a firm surface to support the board against the upper rotary slitting blade. The roller assembly includes a circumferential radially extending slot in its outer surface through which an edge portion of the upper cutting blade travels with the sheet firmly supported by the roller surfaces on each side of the slot.

Abstract: A machine is described for cutting large diameter wound logs of paper or similar web material such as toilet tissue and the like into relatively small discs for use specially in institutional dispensers. The machine includes a cradle and transport means for inserting a large diameter log of paper into a gripper which holds the log securely and stationary while a band saw cuts the discs of paper from the log. The gripper includes a ring through which the log passes, said ring including a plurality of radially movable plungers which support and retain the log within the ring while the band saw is cutting a disc from the log. The mechanism also includes an automatic guide and sharpening station for maintaining the sharpness of the band saw and, furthermore, includes a support and discharge mechanism for removing the discs of paper from the gripper.

Abstract: A cutter head having a reciprocating knife has a base frame movable relative to a support carriage between a raised non-cutting position and a lowered cutting position with the base frame and the support carriage cooperating with one another to limit the movement of the base frame to define raised and lowered positions. A variable lowering stop mechanism is interposed between said base frame and said carriage to adjustably lower the cutting depth of the knife relative to said support carriage in response to a decrease in knife length at its tip resulting from sharpening. The variable lowering stop mechanism may be activated by a controller which counts the number of sharpenings occurring during a cutting operation.

Abstract: The sharpening unit comprises two diamond grinding wheels 6,7 mounted on respective shafts 8, 9 rotatably supported by a carriage 14 movable away from and towards the cutting blade 4 of a leather splitting machine to bring the grinding wheels in contact with the blade bevel. Said shafts are housed in eccentric bushes 30, 31 rotatably engaged in said carriage and operable in angular rotation, which bushes can be fixed according to predetermined positions to give a desired mutual positioning to said diamond grinding wheels.

Abstract: A method for applying a shrink sleeve to the closure end of a conveyed container and apparatus for performing the method. Shrink sleeves supplied in the form of a hose are expanded over a mandrel which is disposed at an inclined position relative to the conveying direction of the containers such that the closure ends of the containers enter the lower open ends of the shrink sleeves as the containers are conveyed and before the respective shrink sleeves are cut off.

Abstract: In a forage harvester having a motor driven sharpening stone driven back and forth along a path parallel to the axis of a rotating cutterhead to sharpen the knives of the cutterhead, and a door which normally prevents access to the knives, a control circuit is provided for controlling the opening of the door, the movement of the sharpening stone to sharpen the knives, and the closing of the door after the knives have been sharpened. The circuit is controlled by switches located at an operator's control panel and accessible to the operator while he is in the driver's seat of the harvester so that the operator does not have to leave his driving position to accomplish the knife sharpening operation. The circuit includes visual indicators located on the control panel for indicating the status of the circuit during the entire operation.

Abstract: A sawchain designed for resharpening while it is idling around the drive sprocket has cutting links (16) on the left and right sides with depth gauges (10) and spade-shaped cutters (22) which between their front (12) and rear borders (14) have a fold (13) substantially perpendicular to the lengthwise direction of the sawchain with the concave side outwards away from the central plane, permitting the rear border (14) and the side edge (12) to contact the side walls of the kerf. The depth gauge (10) is placed so far forward on the cutter links (16) that the chip thickness (19) is sufficient when the sawchain is straight. The intermediate drivelinks (21) may be provided with raker teeth (17) located so far to the rear that they do not touch the bottom of the kerf when the chain is straight, but only loosen and convey the chips cut by the cutters (22) of the cutter links (16).

Abstract: A cutting head for cutting spread sheet material and using a vertically reciprocating knife achieves a light-weight, low cost, low maintenance and high stroking speed design through a unique combination and arrangement of parts wherein the knife drive motor is isolated from rotation with the knife about the theta axis without using a conventional swivel mechanism. The knife has a leaf spring portion directly connected to the eccentric member, fatigue failure of the leaf spring portion of the blade is inhibited by antivibration stops and by a varying cross-section, a simple sharpener mechanism sharpens the blade on either one or both side faces, and a roller guide restrains the lower portion of the blade to the vertical axis with minimum frictional loss.

Abstract: An apparatus for honing in place the endless blades of a band-type slicer for buns and similar bakery goods. The honing apparatus has a pair of independently adjustable hones mounted on a common actuator so that the hones will simultaneously engage both sides of the cutting edge of the endless blade as it passes between the hones. The apparatus also uses a helical cam arrangement that advances and retracts the hones during the honing operation to lengthen the life of the hones and also to provide a more accurate honing as the hones and blades wear. Because of the mounting arrangement and the independent adjustability of the hones, the apparatus can be attached to and used with any of the various bun slicing machines that are presently commerically available.

Abstract: A modified grinding process for smooth circular saw blades whereby the blade rate of rotation is constantly varied to avoid the system natural frequencies and improve the resulting saw surface edge.

Abstract: Apparatus for cutting sheet material such as cloth as the material lies on a supporting surface having opposite sides comprising an elongated track adapted to extend across the supporting surface between the sides, the track having an operative surface over which the sheet material lies during cutting thereof, and a cutter operatively associated with the track for movement in opposite directions along the track for cutting the material.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for sharpening a cutting blade of a numerically controlled cutting apparatus which includes a conveyor for supporting material to be cut and a cutting head assembly mounted on a carriage disposed above a cutting surface of the conveyor. The cutting head assembly includes a cutting blade, a mechanism for rotating the cutting blade about an axis perpendicular to the cutting surface, a mechanism for raising and lowering the cutting blade and a pair of grinding wheels for sharpening the cutting blade. The rotating mechanism rotates the cutting blade from a first angular position at which cutting is performed to a second angular position at which the pair of grinding wheels sharpen the cutting blade.

Abstract: A rotary die-cut apparatus, in which a die roll cooperates with a resiliently covered anvil roll for die-cutting carton blanks passed therebetween, incorporates a constant mesh gear train between the die roll and the anvil roll for providing an infinite hunting ratio between the rolls. This provides more uniform wear of the anvil roll cover and prolongs its effective life. Preferably, this gear train includes a harmonic drive having a wave generator cam rotatable by a trim motor. An arrangement for sensing changes in diameter of the anvil roll due to wear of its cover may provide an input for determining the speed of the trim motor. A resurfacing mechanism for removing the outer surface of the cover when worn may provide this input. A pulse generator is preferably incorporated in a controller of the trim motor for periodically making random changes in the speed of the trim motor.

Abstract: A cutting machine for cutting layups of sheet material has a reciprocating blade suspended from a platform above a support surface for the material. A blade sharpener is also suspended from the platform and comprises at least one sharpening wheel for engagement with the cutting edge of the blade. The sharpening wheel is mounted on a rotatably driven shaft, and includes an abrasive surface disposed about an axis of symmetry which in turn is arranged in angular relation to the axis of the shaft. The angular arrangement of the axes of symmetry and the shaft ensures contact between a limited portion of the abrasive surface and the cutting edge of the blade during sharpening operations.

Abstract: A device to move the sharpening grinding wheels in a leather splitting machine close to and away from a cutting blade. The grinding wheels are rotatably supported on the end portions of respective arms the other ends of which are pivoted on a carriage. The carriage, slidably movable on guiding rods, through an actuator, moves the grinding wheels from a position in which the latter are engaged on the bevel of the cutting blade to a position in which they are not in contact with the blade. In order to bring the grinding wheels back to the operative position on the cutting blade bevel, spring means is provided between the carriage and a bar rigidly connected to the splitting machine.

Abstract: An automatic routing device for sheets made of plastic material utilized especially in compound panes has a cutting head with a band having a sharp edge in the form of a band saw blade. The cutting head is mounted to a structure allowing the cutting head to move along three orthogonal cartesian axes and to rotate along two orthogonal rotation axes. An electronic and numeric command and control device is provided to control the head.

Abstract: A rotary slicer 20 for comestible products. A stationary magazine 26 supports a product upright as a rotary table 38 carries a rotary knife 40 in an orbit that passes beneath the magazine. A freely rotatable center plate 80 of the blade facilitates movement of the blade through the product. Orbiting movement of the blade is automatically stopped with the blade remote from the magazine and electrical interlocks 109, 112 prevent operation without all protective safety covers 24, 102, 106 in place. A removable sharpener 172 is attachable to the top of table and operates with the blade flush with the table top. A product follower 118 within the magazine holds the product in place and urges it downward during slicing. The follower in part extends outward between the magazine 26 and magazine cover 106 to allow manual movement and release from a latched raised position, after the magazine cover is closed.

Abstract: An apparatus for providing longitudinal, laterally spaced slits in a continuously moving sheet or web of corrugated paperboard or the like includes a plurality of upper tool heads each supporting a thin, circular rotary slitting blade. The blades are coaxially mounted and driven by a common drive shaft and each blade-carrying tool head is independently positionable across the width of the paperboard sheet. Each slitting assembly includes a lower tool head or counterhead carrying a roller assembly which supports the underside of the moving board and provides a firm surface to support the board against the upper rotary slitting blade. The roller assembly includes a circumferential radially extending slot in its outer surface through which an edge portion of the upper cutting blade travels with the sheet firmly supported by the roller surfaces on each side of the slot.