Abstract: A machine for cutting electric battery plates, comprising two rollers (17, 18), between which a metal strip (20) passes. The metal strip is provided with a row of holes (22) running down the center, separated by bridges (31). The lower roller (17) is provided with means for removing cut-away pieces. A disk that is selectively circumferentially positioned is mounted on the lower roller. Lugs (21) project radially from the disk to pull the strip (20) along. Cutter plates (25, 26) are mounted on the upper roller. The cutter plates are provided with blades (29, 30) that cut the strip (20) and the bridges (31) transversely to yield plates (32) with their respective tabs (33). Inserts (35, 36) are provided under the cutter plates.

Abstract: A cutter assembly for severing pieces from a length of material and advanced into proximity thereto includes a driven anvil roll and a driven rotary cutter roll disposed in opposed relation with each whereby the length of material is advanced between the rolls for cutting. The cutter roll carries at least one knife blade on its periphery to cut the material against the anvil roll into predetermined lengths as it is advanced between the rolls. The at least one knife of the cutter roll is mounted at an angle with respect to the longitudinal axis of the cutter roll so as to engage the material in a shearing motion and the cutter roll is attached to the anvil roll and mounted so as to be movable away from the anvil roll against the force of resilient means as the knife contacts the anvil roll during rotation. The degree of such movement may be adjusted by the use of shims removably placed between the resilient means and the mounting point of the cutter roll.

Abstract: A rotary cutter includes a knife rotor having extending from an exterior peripheral surface thereof at least one longitudinal knife. The knife rotor cooperates to cut a sheet to a predetermined length, with either a plane rotor or a swingably mounted thick plate member, neither of which is provided with a knife. Either the plane rotor or the thick plate member has a surface positioned to come into contact with a tip of a blade of the knife to cut therebetween the sheet to a predetermined length.

Abstract: A device for cutting to shape advancing material webs, in particular made of fibrous materials, comprises a rotatingly driven shape cutting roller and a rotatingly driven counter cutting roller. The shape cutting roller has a shape cutting edge and the counter cutting roller a smooth cylinder surface. Both rollers are mounted in a machine frame by means of pivot bearings, and the distance between the axes of the rollers is adjustable. The rollers are rotatably mounted in separate, first and second machine frame parts which, for their part, are supported on a common machine base. One of these machine frame parts is held on an adjustable wedge-shaped guide means for adjusting the distance between the axes of the rollers. Each machine frame part is adapted to be secured separately on the machine base.

Abstract: A quick change cassette hole punch unit for punching business forms allows the punch cylinder to be changed in a simple and effective manner. The cassette includes a frame having side members and a top member, and an anvil cylinder mounted on an anvil shaft for rotation about an axis stationary with respect to the frame, and a drive gear also mounted on the anvil shaft. A punch cylinder shaft is mounted on bearing assemblies for reciprocal movement with respect to the frame side members upon rotation of a screw shaft associated with each bearing assembly. The punch cylinder shaft can be disconnected from one of the bearing assemblies, slit with respect to the bearing assemblies to expose a free end, and the punch cylinder mounted on the punch cylinder shaft moved off the free end and replaced. All associated drive gear for the punch cylinder shaft is also replaced at the same time.

Abstract: An equalizer assembly that integrates into the die cutting station of a press and comprises two hydraulic actuators, each of which interacts with one of the jackscrews of the press to create an internal hydraulic pressure. The internal pressure of a first of the hydraulic actuators corresponds to a loading force that is imparted upon the rotary cutting die proximate to a first end of the rotary cutting die, and the internal pressure of a second of the hydraulic actuators corresponds to a loading force that is imparted upon the rotary cutting die proximate to a second end of the rotary cutting die. The hydraulic actuators are in fluid communication with one another such that the hydraulic pressures therein are maintained substantially equal to define an overall system hydraulic pressure, and the hydraulic actuators are designed and arranged so that the loading forces generated thereby are substantially equal.

Abstract: A rotary sheet processing system, such as a roller die cutting system incorporates force transferring bearer surfaces which may be bidirectionally adjusted to vary the clearance between cutting elements and a backup anvil. Angled bearer surfaces together with means for dynamically adjusting relative lateral position of the bearer surfaces provide a geometrical clearance adjustment. Compression adjustments measurable by electrical means are used in interrelated fashion to the geometrical clearance, to hold preloading forces between minimum and maximum acceptable levels while assuring cutting of the sheet in the predetermined pattern.

Abstract: The shredding device for paper web according to the present invention is equipped with a receiving drum, the peripheral surface thereof being formed as a suction surface, a drum shaft which is arranged in parallel to the receiving drum, a bladed drum which is mounted on the drum shaft, a pair of free rollers which are rotatably mounted via bearings on the drum shaft at both sides of the bladed drum and which have a larger diameters than the bladed drum, a pair of rocking arms which are free to rock and which support both ends of the drum shaft, a pair of air cylinders which urge these rocking arms toward the receiving drum, and a control system which increases the air pressure of the air cylinders according to the thermal expansion of the free rollers and displaces the axes of the free rollers with respect to the axis of the drum shaft through the bearings.

Abstract: An apparatus for severing (collar) blanks from a web of material is disclosed. Knife rollers (10) which are provided with knife edges (17) are used to sever blanks of (thin) cardboard from a web. A knife roller (10) is pressed against a counter roller (11). For this purpose, there are provided resiliently adjustable pressure elements (30). The pressure is exerted on the counter roller (11) in the region of annular supporting elements, in particular annular rims (18). The annular rims (18) for exerting pressure are designed such that they are slightly resiliently compressible in the region of contact with the counter roller (11). For this purpose, the annular rims are especially designed to be Z-shaped in cross section.

Abstract: The apparatus comprises, between each pair of upper and lower bearing blocks, a shim or strut which provides a support for two bearing blocks on one another. Each of the upper bearing blocks is extended, in an upper portion and toward an inside of said apparatus, by a cantilevered portion subjected to action, in a downward direction, of a pressure exerting vertical jack mounted in an upper portion of said apparatus. A vertical and transverse plane containing a central axis of each pressure exerting vertical jack is situated between a vertical and transverse plane in which is situated a shim or strut placed between the bearing blocks and a vertical and transverse plane of raceways for an upper cutting cylinder and a lower cutting cylinder.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a shear for shearing laminar elements, flat material. This shear comprises at least one pair of blade-holders and associated blades which move substantially parallel to each other along straight lines which are spaced apart a predetermined distance from each other. The predetermined distance is computed as a function of the thickness of the material and the nature of the material which is to be sheared. The blades have cutting edges which, at the time of shearing, apply a pair of mutually perpendicular forces Fx and Fy to the material being sheared. The force Fy acts along a straight line perpendicular to a plane or surface through the material or upon which the material rests. It is along the straight line of the force Fy that the blade-holders and blades move during the shearing operation.

Abstract: Upper and lower drums each with a blade are separated from each other by a hydraulic cylinder until a rotating velocity of the drums are accelerated to a predetermined level. Then, the drums are relatively approached by the cylinder so that gears each fitted to a shaft of the corresponding drum are engaged with each other to keep constant a gap between the blades. The blades are approached to a feed line of a strip to cut off the strip.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for bonding thin film supplied from a continuous roll to at least one bonding surface along the entire length of a discrete printed surface base plate and efficiently cutting the film to a proper length which covers an entire planar surface of the board. Each board is conveyed to a film bonding position and the leading end of the continuous film is transported to the film bonding position that is held by suction. A compression bonding roller moves across the surface of the board and automatically feeds film and bonds the film to the board while leaving a portion of the film loose over the trailing end of the board. A cutter comprising a rotary blade and a fixed blade disposed across the direction of movement of the film and the board is mounted on a slide bed which is moveable towards and away from the film. The rotary blade is obliquely oriented in order to permit the cutting of the film when the blade is rotated in opposition to the fixed blade.

Abstract: A radially adjustable anvil roll assembly for use in a die cutting cylinder of a rotary die cutting press is comprised of a cylindrical sleeve having an internal bore, a shaft extending longitudinally through the internal bore of the sleeve and supporting the sleeve for rotation thereon, and an adjustable bearing assembly having pluralities of bearer rolls that engage in rolling engagement with an exterior surface of the anvil sleeve and adjustably position the anvil sleeve radially on the shaft, thereby adjusting the radial spacing between the cutting edges of the die cutting cylinder and the anvil surface of the sleeve.

Abstract: A rotary perforator having a rotary anvil roll carrying one or two anvils cooperable with a fixed perforating blade edge for forming lines of perforations at spaced intervals along a continous web fed between the anvil roll and the blade edge, with provision for feeding the web and driving the anvil roll at different speeds, and for positioning the anvil roll at different skew angles relative to a plane transverse to the path of the web at right angles to the edges of the web so that the lines of perforations extend at right angles to the edges of the web, and with provision for forming the perforations in each line progressively across the web.

Abstract: A radially adjustable anvil roll assembly is provided for use with a die cutting cylinder of a rotary die cutting press. The adjustable anvil roll assembly comprises a shaft mounted for selective and intermittent rotation on the press, and a pair of eccentrics provided on an intermediate portion of the shaft. A hollow cylindrical sleeve is mounted for free rotation on the shaft eccentrics. Rotating the shaft so that the maximum eccentricity of the eccentrics is directed toward the die cutting cylinder adjustably positions the cylindrical sleeve in its closest adjusted position toward the cylinder. Rotating the shaft 180.degree. so that the maximum eccentricity of the eccentrics is directed away from the die cutting cylinder adjustably positions the cylindrical sleeve in a radially adjusted position furthest away from the die cutting cylinder.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for reducing the thickness of an edge (2) of a board web (3) or board sheets, comprising a cutting blade (1); and structure for supporting, positioning and rotating the cutting blade and for guiding the edge (2) to be thinned with respect to the cutting blade (1). To provide a mechanically simple device construction of good adjustability, the cutting blade (1) is disclike; and the edge guide comprises a lower roll (4) and structure (5) for tightening the edge to be thinned against the lower roll.

Abstract: The apparatus comprises a frame supporting an upper cutting cylinder and a lower cutting cylinder placed between two parallel and vertical uprights. A removable cassette is made of two pairs of blocks vertically slidable in two rectangular apertures and formed into the upper horizontal faces of the two uprights. Two opposite coaxial spindles of the upper cutting cylinder are rotatively mounted in the two opposite upper sliding blocks. Two opposite coaxial spindle of the lower cutting cylinder are rotatively mounted in the two opposite lower sliding blocks. On each side of the removable cassette, the upper and lower sliding blocks are connected together by a resilient coupling device.

Abstract: A horizontal perforation forming apparatus for a rotary press includes an interaxial distance adjusting unit for adjusting a distance between axes of perforation and mating cylinders. The apparatus also includes a phase adjusting unit having a phase adjusting shaft which is axially moved to pivot the perforation cylinder. The phase adjusting shaft is moved upon pivotal movement of an operation shaft of the interaxial distance adjusting unit.

Abstract: A rotary die cutter includes an anvil roll and at least one die roll. One or more sheet metal dies with raised cutting edges are carried on the die roll to cut patterns in a web of material passing between the die and the anvil roll. The die cutter has a pair of rigid side frames spanned by a very rigid spreader. While the anvil roll is end-mounted between the side frames, the die roll is mounted from the spreader. A drive shaft rotatable in the side frames and driven from a lineshaft by a gear system transits rotation to the die roll, while allowing the die roll freedom of movement for independent vertical, axial and circumferential adjustments. This mounting and drive of the die roll can accommodate a full width press web using die rolls having a small diameter, typically a single repeat roll, and one whose length is comparable to its circumference. A pair of mutually slidable wedges acting against a spring clamping force adjusts the vertical position of bearing blocks that rotatably mount the die roll.

Abstract: In an apparatus for cutting a metal sheet, a pair of hollow shafts are mounted in a housing for angular movement relative thereto. The hollow shafts have respective hollow bores whose respective axes are eccentric to the axes of the respective hollow shafts. A pair of holder shafts are rotatably fitted respectively in the hollow bores. A pair of circular cutting blades are mounted respectively on projecting forward ends of the respective holder shafts in concentric relation thereto for rotation with the respective hollow shafts. When the holder shafts are rotated to rotate the cutter blades, the cutter blades cooperate with each other to cut a metal sheet caused to pass between the cutter blades. An interlocking unit is arranged between the hollow shafts, for enabling the hollow shafts to be moved angularly about their respective axes in an interlocking fashion, thereby moving the axes of the respective holder shafts toward and away from each other to adjust an amount of lap between the cutting blades.

Abstract: A method and apparatus particularly suited for cutting continuously moving thermoplastic film such as linear low density polyethylene and includes a stationary anvil, preferably a roller of tool steel and a tungsten carbide die mounted for rotation along a circular arc intersecting the anvil. In an embodiment for punching holes in the film, the apparatus includes a saddle shaped hollow tungsten carbide die projecting slightly above the cylindrical surface of a roll passing under a spring biased tool steel roller for cutting a semicircular hole in a continuously moving continuous plastic film web for the manufacturer draw tape bags. A vacuum is supplied to the center of the die for removing the segment of plastic film cut out by the apparatus.

Abstract: A synchronous rotary cross-cutter is disclosed with two oppositely rotated, axially parallel cutting rotors that support cooperating, helically extending knife blades with cutting edges situated in a cylindrical envelope. The axes of these cutting edges run at an angle, corresponding to the inclination of the helix, with respect to the direction of advancement of the material web being cut. To accommodate different cutting lengths without the need for a controllable irregular drive for this purpose, the axial distance of the cutting rotors from the material web is variable and the knives are mounted on a flat blade holder that runs substantially tangentially in the rotor cross section and is slightly flexible. The knife blade holder, supported by a series of individually adjustable supporting elements, can be given a slight flexure with a radial adjustment, so as to assure that the position of the cutting edge of the knife remains within in the cylindrical envelope.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a machine for slitting continuous tapes o sets of stripes having variously shaped lateral profile, with the possibility of applying cutting cylinders having size as desired, and possibility of modification of the mutual position of the cylinder supporting shoulders, so that tapes can be machined, which have different width, and of the cutting cylinders supporting elements, so to vary the distance between the centers of the said cylinders.

Abstract: A multipurpose web rotary module comprising a die cylinder and an interchangeable anvil cylinder assembly located above said die cylinder, said anvil cylinder assembly being interchangeable so several diverse functions can be performed, namely, die cutting, perforating, embossing, scoring.

Abstract: An apparatus for scoring or cutting has a generally stationary frame, a lower cradle in the frame, and a plurality of lower rollers rotatable in the cradle about respective roller axes and all tangent to an imaginary lower cylinder centered on a lower axis. A lower arbor centered on the lower axis has one end projecting into and supported by a lower journal in the frame and an opposite unsupported end. A lower tube is fitted snugly on the lower arbor and has an outer surface lying on the lower cylinder and resting on the lower rollers. Similarly, an upper pressure plate in the frame carries a plurality of upper rollers rotatable in the pressure plate about respective axes and all tangent to an imaginary upper cylinder centered on an upper axis. An upper arbor centered on the upper axis has one end projecting into and supported by an upper journal in the frame and an opposite unsupported end.

Abstract: Coacting die cylinders with one cylinder having a cutting blade and the other cylinder an anvil surface which when rotating cooperate to cut a blank from a web of low density material. The blade and the anvil surface are tapered in opposite axial directions so that the clearance between them can be readily varied and adjusted by moving the cylinders axially relative to each other. Preferably, the cylinders each have a pair of cylindrical bearers which are in contact and rolling engagement with each other when the cylinders are operating to cut a web of material. The die cylinders are journaled in bearing assemblies carried by the cylinders and removably received in the stand to facilitate easy removal and installation of the die cylinders when desired.

Abstract: Cross-cutter for cutting web material, in particular corrugated cardboard, comprising a pair of knife shafts which are tubularly supported for rotation on a core secured in the machine frame and commonly driven by a drive means, the knives temporarily contacting each other during the cutting operation under bias, if necessary, at least one end of at least one core having associated therewith a power unit which produces a flexural moment at the core such that the knives abut against each other under bias during the contact.

Abstract: A rotary cutter for sheet materials, particularly wood veneers, comprising a blade (11) controlled to rotate between two supporting rolls (12, 13), which are upper and lower respectively and which are also rotary, wherein each of the supporting cylinders (12, 13) rests on at least a pair of travelling rolls (14, 15 and 16, 17), which can be reciprocally neared and/or distanced through the intermediary of actuating means which cooperate with them.

Abstract: A machine and method to operate the machine to provide a plurality of valve-like perforations in the rubber-like backing of a nap mat or carpet by delivering the nap mat or carpet to and under a spiked roll. The machine includes a plurality of narrow bands located longitudinally of the machine to guide the nap mat or carpet away from the spiked roll after the spikes or pins on the roll have entered the rubber-like backing material to form the valves therein.

Abstract: A precision centerable, rotatable shaft assembly (60) has a shaft (62) and a housing (64) extending generally axially along the shaft (62). The shaft (62) is journalled to the housing (64) by a first roller bearing assembly (66) and a second roller bearing assembly (68). The first roller bearing assembly (66) is connected to the shaft (62) near end (80) and a second roller bearing assembly (68) is connected to the shaft (62) near end (83). The first roller bearing assembly has a first inner race (70) fixedly attached to the shaft (62) and a first outer race (74) fixedly attached to the housing (64). The outer race has an inner surface (78) tapering toward the shaft (62) approaching the end of the shaft (62). The second roller bearing assembly has a second inner race (82) fixedly attached to the shaft (62) and a second outer race (86) axially movable within the housing (64) toward the first roller bearing (66).

Abstract: Apparatus for drawing molten streams of glass into filaments and severing the filaments into segments is provided wherein the cot wheel is eccentrically mounted to provide automatic micro-adjustment with respect to the cutter roll, and wherein the cutter roll is releasably secured to provide macro-adjustment to accomodate cot wheels of different diameters.

Abstract: A rotary die cutter includes a frame having spaced side plates. An anvil roll and a die plate roll are rotatably supported in bearing housings which are mounted in vertical slots in the side plates. A roll gap adjustment unit includes a lead screw and a follower member fixedly attached to the anvil bearing housing. The lead screw is threaded into said follower and projects upwardly. A thrust bearing is mounted on the sprocket and the upper bearing housing rests on the thrust bearing. An actuator is mounted to the side frame and a chain and sprocket couples it to the gap sprocket. The actuator includes a gear reduction drive means having a rotating input dial and an output coupled to the actuator sprocket to rotate the chain and sprocket at the rate of substantially one revolution for each one hundred revolutions of the input dial. Cam roller units engage the outer bottom ends of the anvil roll. Spring-loaded preload cam roller units engage the opposite top ends of the die cut roll.

Abstract: A device for transferring and monitoring the load applied to a die cutting roll in a press has a pressure indicator for registering applied force. By utilizing an elongated member having such a pressure indicator adjacent each of its opposite ends, or by utilizing two such devices with an assist roller mounted therebetween, the force applied to the opposite ends of the underlying die roll can readily be determined, and adjusted if necessary. The load-bearing members of the device preferably comprise a diaphragm mounted on the body in sealing relationship over a recess, to which the pressure indicator is operatively connected.

Abstract: Apparatus for severing the running web of tipping paper in a filter tipping machine has a rotary anvil whose cylindrical peripheral surface is contacted by the running web, a rotary carrier which is adjacent to and defines with the anvil a nip for the running web, a knife which is movably mounted in the carrier and has an elongated cutting edge which cooperates with the web-contacting portion of the peripheral surface of the anvil to sever the web once during each revolution of the carrier, and a system of springs which bias the knife axially of the carrier so as to prevent movements of the knife under the action of centrifugal force and/or gravity but to allow the knife to move its cutting edge into a position in which the entire cutting edge contacts the peripheral surface of the anvil upon completion of the first cut. This reduces noise which is generated when the apparatus is in use.

Abstract: A scroll-type slitting machine of the type having upper and lower arbors, each having a plurality of mating rotary cutting members, a movable housing rotatably supporting ends of the upper and lower arbors, a fixed housing rotatably supporting opposite ends of the upper and lower arbors, and a mechanism for vertically adjusting at least one of the arbors relative to the other, includes the improvement which consists of a pinion stand mounted outboard of and adjacent one of the housings, upper and lower intermeshing, synchronizing gears rotatably mounted within the pinion stand, and upper and lower torque-transmitting couplings extending between and operatively joining the upper and lower synchronizing gears to the upper and lower arbors, respectively, while permitting relative movement between the arbors.

Abstract: A rotary envelope machine blank cutter is provided with laterally adjustable, independent frame units for each meshing set of knife rolls for changing the depth of a side cut into a blank for envelope size and style production changes. The rotational and axial meshing of hard and soft knives respective to a single knife roll set is adjusted without disturbing the roll mount of either knife. Changes in envelope length or style are accommodated by the mechanical capacity to adjust the rotation cut timing between the knife roll sets of a two-set unit and also between respective cutting units of two or more two-set units. As in the case of lateral cut adjustments, knife roll mounts are undisturbed by rotational timing adjustments. Consequently, the machine may be quickly and accurately changed for production runs of any of several envelope style and several sizes respective to each style: all adjustments being made without disturbing the knife profile mesh of any knife set.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for setting the positioning between a first rotating member and a second fixed or rotating member in a rotary machine comprises controlled thermal elements positioned on the frame supporting the members and/or on the rotating member(s) itself to counteract the effects of centrifugal force on the rotating member(s) to thereby approximately maintain the setting between the members. The temperature of the frame controlled by the thermal elements can be maintained in proportion to the speed of rotation of the rotary member(s) to maintain the setting of the rotary machine throughout its operating speed range. A predefined temperature may be set by the thermal elements prior to the manual setting of the rotary machine so that the temperature of the frame and/or rotating member(s) can be controlled to compensate for wear of the rotating member(s) in machines wherein such member(s) encounters wear over operating time.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for slitting ribbon stock for use in making fins for a heat exchanger. A pair of slitter wheels are mounted to co-act on separate shafts. One of the shafts is driven by a motor and the other shaft is driven therefrom. Notched pulleys mounted on each shaft and a double sided belt connects the pulleys to maintain the slitter teeth and respective wheels in registration during rotation. A phase shifting device is further provided to allow for initial alignment of the slitter teeth relative to the pulleys.

Abstract: A cutting head for a cigarette filter attachment machine, for cutting a filter attachment web at regular intervals in cooperation with a cutting drum comprising a rotary member which carries one or more knives and is mounted on a movable carrier so as to be movable towards and away from the cutting drum, and including a fluid-powered actuator which is arranged to urge the cutting head towards the cutting drum.

Abstract: A rotary punch for punching envelope blanks from moving webs of paper or like or for making shaped cuts from prepared envelope blanks has a backup roll which bears on a cutter roll. The punch is characterized by the provision of intermediate bearings with an adjustable member therebetween. This precludes unwanted movements in the bearings between the two rolls due to varying cutting and out-of-balance forces, the adjustable member making it possible to correct the between-axes distance to suit cutter wear.

Abstract: A web sectioning apparatus wherein web sectioning occurs through engagement or interference of the cutting edges of a rotatable knife assembly with the surface of a drum and wherein an indicator is provided for generating a signal indicative of the force resulting from such interference.

Abstract: In apparatus having a pair of spaced apart cylinders rotatable on respective axes that are substantially parallel and lie in a common plane, each cylinder has at each end thereof a smaller diameter concentric bearer ring. Each bearer ring on each cylinder is adjacent to a bearer ring on the other. For each bearer ring there is a roller supporting member that is movable in directions parallel to said plane and transverse to said axes, each roller supporting member being adjacent to its bearer ring, between that bearer ring and an adjacent roller supporting member. Two rollers on each supporting member, at opposite sides of said plane, rollingly engage its bearer ring. An adjustable spacer member reacting between adjacent supporting members substantially on said plane hold them spaced apart by an adjustably variable distance that determines the distance between the cylinders.

Abstract: The housing of web sectioning apparatus having a rotary knife assembly and a rotary cutting drum is provided with a pair of bearing surfaces. A frame is pivotally mounted on these bearing surfaces, and the rotary knife assembly is rotatably mounted to the frame eccentrically of the pivot axis between the frame and the housing. Thus, by pivoting the frame relative to the housing, the axis of rotation of the rotary knife assembly can be moved towards or away from the cutting drum to adjust the degree of engagement between the edges of the knife assembly and the cutting drum. Clamps are provided to force the frame against the bearing surfaces of the apparatus to prevent movement at the pivot axis between the frame and housing during operation. These clamps are released to allow adjustment. The frame can be pivoted in small increments to finely adjust the position of the knife assembly rotation axis relative to the cutting drum.

Abstract: A dispenser for sheets of web material, such as paper towels, from a supply roll, including a housing, means for holding a supply roll of the web material, and means for separating a sheet of the web from the supply roll operable in response to a user pulling the sheet from the housing and arranged to present at least a portion of the leading edge of the web ready for a user to seize for the dispensing of a further sheet as a direct result of the user pulling the previous sheet from the dispenser.

Abstract: This invention relates to die-cutting roll presses and, more particularly, to a means for adjusting the spacing between the axes of the anvil roll and the die roll of a press.

Abstract: A cross cutter for a web of goods comprises 2 coupled cutter rolls which are driven at the moment of cutting in synchronism with the webs of goods. The driving of the rolls is carried out by a driving motor, an adjustable asymmetrical coupler mechanism and a mechanism for controlling the number of revolutions per unit time of the driving motor. The cutter rolls are directly driven by the driving motor and parallel to the asymmetrical mechanism and the control mechanism is receptive of the actual number of revolutions as a control input from the asymmetrical mechanism.

Abstract: A cutting mechanism including a backing roller having a longitudinal axis of rotation and a rotatably mounted cutting member having a cutting edge and a longitudinal axis of rotation disposed parallel to the axis of rotation of the roller member. The backing roller is freely rotatably mounted about its axis of rotation. Thus, the cutting member cuts at different locations along the circumferential surface of the backing roller each time. The backing roller is resiliently mounted to float in a direction transverse to a plane extending vertically through its axis of rotation. The roller is mounted on a carrier body that is laterally movable to effect movement of the roller in a direction parallel to the axis of rotation of the roller. Unique timing belt and gear drive mechanisms are used to effect driving of the draw rollers and cutting devices. A particular guide mechanism is used to direct the tear strip from a supply to the point where it is superimposed on a web of wrapping material.

Abstract: Rotary die cutting apparatus having novel structure for achieving registration of the die roller and base roller in terms of axis parallelism and rotational positioning is disclosed in the context of apparatus for cutting and scoring cardboard in the manufacture of boxes.

Abstract: Rotary cutting die and rotary anvil mounted in parallel and in tangent contact, with frame mounting same, such frame being in two parts including a first part at one end of the die and anvil capable of attachment to and detachment from the frame of a larger machine such as a label cutting and label applying machine for cutting labels from continuous label stock and applying the severed labels to containers, such frame having a second part at the other ends of the die and anvil which can be attached to and detached from the first part; also means for adjustment of the anvil and for automatic retraction of the anvil from contact with the die.