Abstract: The present disclosure is directed, in part, to a cutting apparatus comprising a drive shaft having a longitudinal axis, a drum configured to orbit the longitudinal axis when driven by the drive shaft, a first actuator, and a cutting assembly joined to the drum and configured to orbit the longitudinal axis with the drum. The cutting assembly comprises a second actuator operably engaged with a portion of the cutting assembly, and a cutting device driven by the second actuator. The second actuator is configured to rotate the cutting device at least 1,500 revolutions per minute during cutting of an article. The first actuator is operably engaged with a portion of the cutting assembly and is configured to reciprocate the cutting device in directions substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis as the cutting assembly orbits the longitudinal axis.

Abstract: Disclosed is a sanitary or no-touch dispenser which dispenses sheets of a web material, such as a paper towel. The disclosed dispenser provides the web material to a user by using both manual and electronic means to dispense the sheet. This is accomplished by having a motor engagably connected to an actuator roller. The motor is activated by a motor activation means, such as a switch. The motion of the actuator roller, which is started by the user grabbing and pulling a tail of the web material extending from the dispenser, causes the motor activation means to activate the motor which in turn drives the actuator roller to continue it its rotation motion to dispense the sheet from the dispenser.

Abstract: An apparatus for cutting discontinuous apertures in the wall of a corrugated tube moving along an axial path between inlet and outlet ends of the apparatus, the apparatus including a first feeder-cutter wheel proximate to the outlet, a second feeder-cutter wheel proximate to the inlet and spaced axially from said first feeder-cutter wheel, each said wheel being disposed about the outer surface of said tube and having a cutting surface and a helical worm for engaging the tube corrugations, and means for rotating the feeder cutter wheels, wherein the improvement comprises means for axially moving the second feeder cutter wheel axially towards and away from the first feeder cutter wheel wherein to accurately position the feeder cutter wheels relative to tubing corrugations.

Abstract: A device for controlling outward movement of a cutting blade of a drum in wiping material dispensing equipment is distinctive in that one of the flanges of the casing is designed with rings having a fixed position and formed during molding of an inner side of the flange facing the drum and being applied against a facing edge of the drum. The end flange of the drum on its lateral edge has a projecting profile forming a bar arranged for the fixing and pivoting of the blade holder and having a cutout to receive a locking member formed on a lever mounted to pivot with the blade holder. Each of a first central ring and the lever located on the flange and the drum, respectively has two shaped protuberances which interact at certain stages of operation. One of the other rings formed on the flange is designed to interact with the locking member formed on said lever at certain stages of operation when the drum rotates.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for producing different hole patterns in sheet-shaped print materials. An apparatus and process for producing different hole patterns in a sheet-shaped print material is provided wherein a punch in a tool roller is raised and lowered relative to an outer surface of the tool roller in order to effectuate and ineffectuate, respectively, punching by the punch. According to a preferred embodiment, a die roller is provided having a die corresponding with the punch, and sheets are fed through the tool roller and the die roller. In one embodiment punches and dies are provided, and the punches are selectively raised and lowered in order to achieve a desired hole pattern in the sheet.

Abstract: A dispenser having a transfer mechanism for transferring between a first source and a second source of sheet material, and a method for transferring between the first source and the second source. Dispensing is transferred from a first source to a second source upon an absence of sheet material from the first source. The transfer mechanism includes a transfer roller with a slot to receive a free end of sheet material from the second source. The transfer roller also includes a plurality of raised portions, the raised portions are free to rotate through a dispensing roller when there is an absence of sheet material from the first source. This rotation introduces the free end of sheet material from the second source to the dispensing roller, and allows dispensing from the second source. Afterwards, the transfer roller is set to receive sheet material from a new source of sheet material.

Abstract: A device for perforating material webs by perforating tools accommodated on perforating cylinders and capable of producing perforations on copies in an exactly correct position with respect to cross-folds formed in the copies, the perforation position being adjustable during machine operation, the perforating tools being cooperatively related with associated perforating strips for producing transverse or cross-perforations, includes at least one perforating bar disposed coaxially with at least one of the perforating cylinders, the perforating tools and the perforating strips being accommodated on at least one of the perforating bars, the at least one of the perforating cylinders being adjustable relative to at least another of the perforating cylinders; a folder including the perforating device; and a pin-less folder including the perforating device.

Abstract: A dispenser having a transfer mechanism for transferring between a first source and a second source of sheet material, and a method for transferring between the first source and the second source. Dispensing is transferred from a first source to a second source upon an absence of sheet material from the first source. The transfer mechanism includes a transfer roller with a slot to receive a free end of sheet material from the second source. The transfer roller also includes a plurality of raised portions, the raised portions are free to rotate through a dispensing roller when there is an absence of sheet material from the first source. This rotation introduces the free end of sheet material from the second source to the dispensing roller, and allows dispensing from the second source. Afterwards, the transfer roller is set to receive sheet material from a new source of sheet material.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel helical drum shear which is operable to cut a strip of material which moving at a first velocity. The cut is formed along a substantially straight line at a specific angle. The specific angle may be at an angle perpendicular to the feed direction thereby producing a squared cut. The helical drum shear comprises a means for cutting the material wherein the cutting means moves at a second velocity which is at a predetermined angle from the first velocity. The apparatus further comprises a means for moving the cutting means at a third velocity such that the combination of the second velocity and the third velocity is equivalent to the first velocity and the material is helically sheared along a substantially straight line oblique to the first velocity.

Abstract: A rotary cutting apparatus includes a cutter roll assembly and an anvil roll assembly. The cutter roll assembly includes a bearer ring. The anvil roll, which is includes a substantially cylindrical surface, is parallel with the bearing surface of the cutter roll. A multiple-position mechanism provides a plurality of relatively axially shifted positions for the cutter roll assembly and the anvil roll.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for the transverse cutting of a web, whereby the cutting blades can be optionally withdrawn to allow, for example, a spoil-generating web to be diverted from a folding apparatus without problems.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for producing different hole patterns in sheet-shaped print materials. An apparatus and process for producing different hole patterns in a sheet-shaped print material is provided wherein a punch in a tool roller is raised and lowered relative to an outer surface of the tool roller in order to effectuate and ineffectuate, respectively, punching by the punch. According to a preferred embodiment, a die roller is provided having a die corresponding with the punch, and sheets are fed through the tool roller and the die roller. In one embodiment punches and dies are provided, and the punches are selectively raised and lowered in order to achieve a desired hole pattern in the sheet.

Abstract: This machine comprising a housing (1), a cover (2), a drum (3), a cutting blade (4a) built into the drum, means of starting and returning the drum including a cam (6) and a start and return spring (6a) located on one side of the drum, lateral end shields (1b) of the housing being devised to support the reel of material (B), a pressure roller (8) being capable of pushing against the strip of material at a specific point in addition to a second pressure area towards the area where the strip of material is cut at the level of the drum, the pressure roller (8) being mounted so that it is articulated and pivoted by two swivelling levers (9-10) so that it comes into permanent contact and presses against the reel of material (B), thereby defining a distance between the tensioning areas defined by reel/pressure roller contact on the one hand and drum/cutting blade ejection on the other hand of the order of 25 to 50 cm, is distinctive in that the two levers (9-10) are not joined together and pivot independently so tha

Abstract: The invention relates to a cutting and transport roller (1) and a process for cutting the material webs (7), which rest on the peripheral surface (3) of the cutting and transport roller. In so doing, the material webs (7) are severed with the aid of a cutter (4), which is located in essence inside the shell of the cutting and transport roller (1) in its resting position and which exhibits at least one knife (9), which during the cutting process of the material web reaches through an opening (6) of the shell of the cutting and transport roller. The cutting motion, which is executed by the cutting surfaces (9a, 9b) of at least one knife during the cutting process, exhibits rotary components, whereby the rotational motions of at least one knife (9) run about the axes (D, 36), which are either parallel or at an acute angle to a perpendicular line on the plane, which is defined by the radial (r) and axial (z) coordinates of the cutting and transport roller.

Abstract: Thick matter and solids are conveyed together and substantially continuously through a conveyor pipeline. The thick matter is forced by a conveyor piston driven by a piston pump from a feed container into a conveyer cylinder. A forward face of the piston has a cutting crown with a cutting edge cooperating with an annular cutting ring to cut off solids projecting beyond an inlet in the conveyer pipeline.

Abstract: A sawing device for sawing a long object to a fixed size, said sawing device comprising a conveyor (1) for conveying the object to be sawn and blades (3, 4) rotated by a first power unit (2) for cutting the object. The sawing device comprises a rotatable frame (6) rotated by a second power unit (5), the blades (3, 4) being supported by said rotatable frame, a third power unit (7) and guide bars (8, 9) in the rotatable frame to allow the blades (3, 4) to be moved back and forth by the third power unit along the guide bars in the longitudinal direction of the object to be sawn.

Abstract: An improved scoring apparatus of the type used in box making operations for the purpose of creating strategically located scores and cuts in box blanks that define the folding lines and tabs of the finished boxes. The scoring apparatus includes a selectively retractable scoring blade that can be pivoted between an extended position and a retracted position during operation of the scoring apparatus for permitting scoring and cutting along any position of the box blanks.

Abstract: Thick matter and solids are conveyed together and substantially continuously through a conveyor pipeline. The thick matter is forced by a conveyor piston driven by a piston pump from a feed container into a conveyer cylinder. A forward face of the piston has a cutting crown with a cutting edge cooperating with an annular cutting ring to cut off solids projecting beyond an inlet in the conveyer pipeline.

Abstract: An apparatus is arranged to construct a reclosable zipper attached to a polymeric web. The zipper has a female profile with first and second elongated legs substantially perpendicular to the web and a channel therebetween. The apparatus includes a punch wheel having a first surface for supporting a first portion of the web on a first side of the zipper. The punch wheel includes a plurality of projecting punches for engaging the channel between the first and second legs of the female profile and for exerting a punch force through the first leg to remove slugs from the first leg. The apparatus includes a die wheel adjacent to and coaxially aligned with the punch wheel. The die wheel has a second surface for supporting a second portion of the web on a second side of the zipper and has a plurality of voids for receiving the punches. The punch wheel includes a cam for pushing the punch, and the first and second surfaces are tapered.

Abstract: A perforator has a rotary drum. A plurality of die sets are arranged at regular intervals around a peripheral surface of the drum and circulates along with the peripheral surface. Each of the die sets has a pair of die and punch. The die is secured to a die holder which is mounted to the peripheral surface, and the punch is secured to a punch holder which is linearly movable in a direction perpendicular to the peripheral surface between a punch position where the punch is fitted in the die and a retracted position where the punch is retracted away from the die. The sheet material is brought into contact with the peripheral surface within a predetermined range, and conveyed on the peripheral surface in the same direction at the same speed as the die sets. An annular punch drive cam disposed surrounding the peripheral surface drives the punch holder to move between the punch position and the retracted position.

Abstract: A zipper for a reclosable bag includes an elongated male and female profile. The female profile has first and second legs parallel to each other to form a channel there between. The first leg has a plurality of portions removed to form a series of breaks in the first leg along the length, and the second leg is substantially continuous in dimension along the length. The male profile is constructed for engaging the channel and interlocking with the first and second legs. The zipper is made by a rotary punching mechanism having L-shaped punches insertable in between the first and second legs.

Abstract: A rotary cutter for cutting a block of tobacco includes a support structure having a rotatable shaft and a plurality of blade-holder carriages rotatable with the shaft. Each carriage includes a cutting blade for cutting through and penetrating a block of tobacco. Each carriage is capable of a translatory movement relative to the shaft along a line parallel to the axis of the shaft. A drive device includes plurality of rotary pinions which bring about the translatory movement of each carriage in synchronism with the rotation of the shaft during cutting the block of tobacco.

Abstract: A perforating apparatus is disclosed for rewinding machines and the like which includes a rotating roller (5), on which cutting blades (31) are disposed. A shaft (3) carries a perforating counter-blade (33) provided with indentations. An oscillating drive (57, 59, 61, 63, 65) is combined with the shaft (3) which causes the counter-blade 33 to move with reciprocating translation motion in a direction parallel to the axis of the rotating roller (5), so as to avoid a concentration of wear in the cutting blades (31).

Abstract: A cutting device for cutting a block of tobacco includes a rotatable support and guide structure mounted for rotation about an axis disposed at an angle to the direction of advance of the block of tobacco. A plurality of movable blade carrier elements are mounted on the support guide structure with each element carrying a cutting blade adapted to intersect and penetrate the block of tobacco. Each carrier element is axially movable independently of the other carrier elements and is pressed against a stationary cam member by a thrust member. Upon rotation of the support and guide structure, each blade carrier reciprocates in response due to engagement with the cam member.

Abstract: An apparatus for continuously cutting a filled cylindrical dough body is provided. The apparatus comprises a conveyor belt and at least one cutter arranged above and perpendicularly to the conveyance path of the conveyor belt. The cutter has a wedge-form blade which penetrates the cylindrical dough body from above, while the dough body is being conveyed, by the combination of a downward movement and repeated lateral movements, whereby the dough is cut into separate filled dough pieces without exposing the filler.

Abstract: The front and tail ends of fast travelling rolled goods (3) such as wire rod are cropped by leading the rolled goods into a guide groove (2) extending around the periphery of a circular disc (1). The disc rotates at the same peripheral speed as the linear speed of the rolled goods. The rolled goods are positively guided in this position and are caused to accompany the disc over a sector (24). The rolled goods are sheared by a cam-operated punch (8) carried by the disc, the punch moving parallel to the axis of the disc. The separated end pieces (22) of the rolled goods are lead away in one direction, and the cropped rolled goods (23) are lead away in another direction.

Abstract: This invention relates to a cutting device for severing a continuous web into a plurality of individual segments, particularly into bands for connection of filters to cigarettes, by supporting the end portion of the web on a rotating supporting drum and by cutting the segments from the end of the web on the supporting drum by means of a web-cutting blade that is cyclically moved on a plane which is transverse to the web and substantially parallel to the axis of the supporting drum, so as to effect a transverse progressive cut in the web from one longitudinal edge to the opposite longitudinal edge thereof.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for rewinding and severing a web delivered to a winding core and then transferring the leading end of the remaining web to an empty core while the winding core is being filled. The web to be rewound and severed is passed between a vacuum transfer roll and a knife roll prior to reaching the winding core with the vacuum transfer roll being spaced from the winding core while the web is delivered thereto until such winding core is almost filled. The vacuum transfer roll is moved toward engagement with the empty core and the knife roll is moved toward the vacuum transfer roll when the winding core is almost filled. The web is severed at a location spaced forwardly of the empty core as it passes between the vacuum transfer roll and the knife roll with the vacuum transfer roll being adjacent the empty core to force the leading end of the remaining web onto the empty core.

Abstract: A rotary web shearing machine equipped with pairs of rotating helical blades, the improvement for adjusting the clearance between the blades which makes it unnecessary to adjust the blades by their individual holders while the machine is stationary, but makes it possible to effect this adjustment without shutting down the machine. This is accomplished either by providing that one of the blades remains in a fixed axial position, while the companion cutting blade holding shaft is moved axially with respect to the fixed blade. This is accomplished by the novel mechanism on the end of the shaft of said blade mounted in a special bearing and housing and equipped with an adjusting screw and nut which permits imparting of axial motion to the shaft while it is in rotation if desired and thus effecting a variation in the clearance between the pair of helical blades eliminating the necessity of shutting the machine down and resorting to manual adjustment of the blade holders to effect proper clearance.

Abstract: A pipe shearing device provided with a holder means which is shifted laterally by means of a follower connected therewith and engaging in a cam groove of a drum cam, a pair of rotating blades slidably mounted on spline shafts, the first blade of the pair being arranged to cut the surface of the pipe to form a slit during its rotary movement to make it easy for the second blade of the pair to produce a cut pipe of the desired length by cutting through the slit during its opposite rotary movement, a clamp device which grips or holds the pipe unmovably while the pair of rotary blades are in motion, and a motor connected to the drum cam and the spline shafts through a gear train.

Abstract: A rotary die cutter is provided having a knife cylinder, provided on its peripheral surface with a punching blade, and an anvil cylinder around which is wound an anvil against which the punching blade is urged in punching material from cardboard passing between the knife cylinder and the anvil cylinder. The cylinders are driven by meshing gears disposed at the ends of the cylinders and having different numbers of teeth. A pair of helical gears are disposed at one end of the anvil cylinder. One of these helical gears is attached to the anvil cylinder and the other is connected to one of the meshing gears. A mechanism is provided for causing axial movement of the anvil cylinder. This axial movement is converted into rotational movement of the anvil cylinder by the relative movement of the helical gears.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for extending the useful life of resilient covers on anvil rolls of rotary die cutters by causing the die cutting rules to penetrate the covers at sequential incrementally small circumferentially spaced locations around the cover by adding to the speed of rotation of the anvil roll relative to the speed of the die holder roll. Lateral reciprocation of the anvil roll is translated to rotary motion by a gear and pivot lever arrangement, such rotary motion being added to the normal speed of the anvil roll.

Abstract: A shearing device for cutting rod of the type comprising a pair of coplanar discs with projecting blades has the blades mounted in grooves in the discs so that the tips of the blades can be moved into and out of the path of the rod, thereby enabling the discs to rotate continuously and thus avoiding the problem with the known shearing device of accelerating and stopping the discs and ensuring that the blades are moving at precisely the same speed as the rod during the cutting action.

Abstract: An improved rotary shearing apparatus for cutting a rapidly moving body including rotatable blades which may be inserted into a cutting position and withdrawn therefrom, positioning means for inserting or withdrawing the blades into or out of cutting position, and automatic switches and circuitry capable of causing insertion of the blades and their withdrawal within one rotation of the blades, so that the blades will sever the rapidly moving body with a single clean cut and without disturbing its rapid movement.