Abstract: A post processing apparatus for processing image-recorded sheets, having: a transporting unit for transporting a booklet comprising a plurality of image-recorded sheets; a trimming section for trimming the booklet; and an oscillating mechanism for oscillating the transporting unit to change a transporting plane angle of the transporting unit; wherein, the oscillating mechanism oscillates the transporting unit to arrange a first transporting plane angle at the time when the transporting unit receives the booklet and a second transporting plane angle at the time when the transporting unit conveys the booklet to the trimming section different from each other.

Abstract: Devices for cross-cutting paper or cardboard containing a cross-cutting device with two cutting drums which are equipped with cross cutters are already known per se. A sheet transport device is arranged behind the cross-cutting device, containing a braking device with a braking cylinder. In order to prevent marks on delicate paper or types of cardboard on said sheets, the inventive braking cylinder comprises a cylindrical base body which is secured to the blade-type elements, said blade-type elements being made of an elastic material and protruding in a radial manner with ample distance between each other, ending in a cylindrical enveloping surface which is coaxial in relation to the base body.

Abstract: A de-packaging system for removing film and bands from packages includes a first conveyor configured to move packages. The de-packaging system also includes a loading station for loading packages onto the conveyor, and a film cutting station associated with the first conveyor. The film cutting station includes a cutter having an elongated cutting element that can be heated to cut film on packages. A band cutting station includes a cutter for cutting bands wrapped around packages. A clamp device includes a clamp configured to clamp bands on packages for removal of the bands. The de-packaging system further includes a second conveyor having an upstream end adjacent a downstream end of the first conveyor. A device applies force to packages to move packages from the first conveyor to the second conveyor, and at least one friction member strips film from packages as they are moved from the first conveyor to the second conveyor.

Abstract: A conveyor (22) moves workpieces (WP) past a scanning station (40) to ascertain one or more physical parameters of the workpiece (WP) and to a portioning station (24) wherein the workpiece (WP) is portioned into desired smaller portions. Thereafter, the conveyor (22) carries a portioned workpiece (WP) to an unloading station (26) where one or more pickup devices (28) removes specific portioned workpieces (PP) from the conveyor and places the portioned workpieces onto take away conveyors (30) for other locations remote from the first conveyor. A control system, composed in part of a computer (42), keeps track of the locations of the workpieces (WP) on the conveyor (22) and also optionally on the take away conveyor (30) so that portioned pieces (PP) are placed at specific desired locations remote from the conveyor (22) by the pickup devices (28).

Abstract: An apparatus for slicing food products having a cutting knife which is driven in a rotary manner. The cutting plane of the knife extends perpendicular to the product support surface of a product supply device.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a sheet cutting apparatus comprising cutting means for cutting a sheet bundle, receiving means for receiving the cutting means, receiving position moving means for moving a receiving position on the receiving means for receiving the cutting means; and counting means for counting a number of cutting times of the sheet bundles. The receiving position moving means moves the receiving position on the receiving means according to information out of the counting means.

Abstract: A machine for processing envelopes includes a receiving assembly with a tray where envelopes are received and guided towards an envelope cutting assembly. A sensor determines the width of the envelope to align on of the two longitudinal cutting members. Another sensor detects the leading and railing edge of the envelope and with a circuit control the advancement of the envelope to cooperative positions that permit another cutter member to act transversally. The envelope is then passed to an unfolding assembly where the uppermost and lowermost sheets are loose and sandwich inbetween the contents. The uppermost sheet is pulled out to the display assembly that is hermetically closed. Subsequently, a transversally moving roller is used to lift the folds of the content, if any, and to affix the unfolded contents to protruding pins. The engagement with the protruding pins is slowly undone as the contents are pushed towards the display assembly.

Abstract: A method for the cutting of underwater structures below the level of the sea bottom on which they are installed, comprising the following phases: determination of the ideal plane of cutting, having considered the characteristic features of the structure (30) i.e.

Abstract: An apparatus for cutting and sorting boards conveys the boards ag a conveyor path. The apparatus senses the length of boards and the grade of boards, and cuts selected boards into first and second segments. The first and second segments are aligned against lumber lines respectively on each side of a conveyor path. The boards are then selectively sorted and dropped into bins successively positioned along each side of the conveyor path.

Abstract: Disclosed is a cutting machine including at least a chuck table for fixedly holding a workpiece to be diced, an X-axial feeder means for feeding the chuck table bearing the workpiece thereon in the X-axial direction, and first and second cutting means each having a spindle arranged in Y-axial direction, perpendicular to the X-axial direction. The first and second cutting means are so arranged that the rotary axes of the spindles may be aligned with each other with their rotary blades facing each other. Each rotary blade comprises a circular cutting blade having an annular hub integrally connected to one side. Each spindle has the rotary blade mounted with its hub directed inside, leaving no projection outside, thus permitting each cutting blade to face the counter cutting blade without anything intervening therebetween. This arrangement permits the counter rotary blades to get close to each other, permitting them to be aligned with two adjacent streets running at a minimum interval on the workpiece.

Abstract: A panel saw machine (1) is equipped with a rear table (4) for feeding panels (3) to a cutting station (2) installed along one edge (7) of the feed table (4), and a table (6; 6′) for the manual handling of the panels (3) by an operator; the handling table (6; 6′) is located in the same plane as the feed table (4), at the front end relative to the cutting station (2), and comprises a plurality of peninsulas (9, 10, 11; 9′, 10′, 11′) on which the panels slide and are supported, and a connecting portion (12; 12′) joining the peninsulas (9, 10, 11; 9′, 10′, 11′) to each other.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for the automatic cutting of an element (50) made of elastomeric material, comprising: a rotary blade (11) having a continuous and curvilinear cutting profile, at least one cooling unit for cooling (16) said blade, a supporting structure (12) for supporting said blade, a feed device (14) for moving said supporting structure transversely relative to said element, a motor unit (15) for spinning said blade, and at least one structure (51) for supporting and feeding said element (50) to said blade. In accordance with the present invention, the ratio of the speed of rotation of said blade to the traversing speed of said feed device is between 10 and 40. Furthermore, said cooling unit (10) conveys cold air at least onto a radially outer portion of said blade, and at least one cutting surface on said blade, interacting, during the cut, with said element (50) of elastomeric material has non-stick properties.

Abstract: A method for expelling air out of mailpieces includes the steps of creating a stack of the mailpieces; cutting an opening in at least some of the mailpieces; jogging the stack of mailpieces; and subjecting the stack of mailpieces to at least one compression/decompression cycle during the jogging step thereby expelling air out of the at least some of the mailpieces through their corresponding openings.

Abstract: A transfer apparatus for a sheet material article trimmer includes a transfer element configured to grip the sheet material article and move the sheet material article in a transfer direction onto a side table of the sheet material article trimmer. A driver is provided, the driver being configured to move the transfer element at the same speed as the side table during period of time when the sheet material article is gripped by the transfer element and the side table is moving in the transfer direction.

Abstract: The severing machine comprises, in combination: a series of cutting blades (23) rotating about respective axes; a feeder (111) rotating about an axis (111A) approximately parallel to the axis of the disk-shaped blades, having at least one peripheral seating (115A, 115B, 115C) for the products (L): a flexible member (201) passed around at least one portion of the periphery of the rotating feeder, in order to retain the products in the respective seating during cutting (FIG. 1).

Abstract: The invention is a device for automatically cutting small objects, primarily objects in the form of tablets and a method of tablet cutting. The device includes tablet guide, alignment and cutter apparatus. The tablet-guide moves a tablet to a cutting position. The alignment apparatus aligns the tablet for cutting at the cutting position. The cutting apparatus automatically cuts the fully aligned tablet into tablet portions having equal volume. The device may include vacuum apparatus for removing cut tablet particulates and may include ejector apparatus for ejecting cut tablet portions.

Abstract: A cutting machine for automatically trimming edges of folded printed products has a first cutting station with a cutting element for performing a front cut at a front cut location on an open side of the printed products. A feeding device transports the printed products to the first cutting station. A transport device transports the printed products received from the feeding device in a transport direction through the first cutting station. A measuring device measures a position of each of the printed products in the first cutting station before reaching a cutting position. A control device controls the transport device based on the position measured by the measuring device such that a deviation of the position measured by the measuring device from a nominal position is corrected during further transport of the printed products.

Abstract: It comprises means for advancing the bottles towards a station for cutting the domes of the bottle, said cutting station being associated with means for pressing the bottle against the cutting element of said station and with means for making the bottle rotate, said pressure and said rotation means being a pair of drive pulleys, and it is characterized in that it also includes means for limiting the rotation of the bottles, in such a way that rotation of the bottles occurs only when the bottles are situated substantially opposite the cutting station.

Abstract: Disclosed is a dual-cutting method devoid of useless strokes of cutting blades across a workpiece. The work piece has cross lines drawn in the form of lattice, and it is divided into the intermediate and opposite side zones. Two lines of substantially equal length are selected in the intermediate zone to be cut simultaneously every time the two cutting blades have been moved line-to-line distance for indexing. One of the two cutting blades is allotted to one of the opposite side zones, and the other cutting blade is allotted to the other side zone. As is the case with the cutting in the intermediate zone, two lines of substantially equal length are selected in the opposite side zones to be cut simultaneously every time the two cutting blades have been moved line-to-line distance for indexing.

Abstract: The present invention provides a workpiece-transfer device that has functions for both loading and unloading workpieces, without requiring a workpiece-storage device to enable a function for replacing material and product workpieces with each other, and that requires only a simple configuration and low costs. A workpiece-transfer device loads a material workpiece W1 in a workpiece-machining device 1 and unloads a product workpiece W2 from the workpiece-machining device 1. A movement means with a rectangular coordinate system 30 is provided to move a traveling body 27 in a first direction along the direction in which the workpiece-machining device 1 and a workpiece-storage device 2 stand in a line (direction X) as well as in a second horizontal direction orthogonal to the first direction (direction Y). The traveling body 27 includes a gripping means 28 for gripping a material or product workpiece W1 and W2.

Abstract: An automatic cutting and stacking device for arcuately shaped blanks is disclosed. The device contains a feeding table followed by a cutting unit and a stacking device. The cutting unit is movable in relation to the feeding table to thus allow a cutting perpendicular to the contour of the shaped film. The stacking unit comprises a slide plate and a movable base plate upon which the cut blanks are stacked. The height of the base plate can be adjusted/lowered in relation to the accumulating thickness of the stacking height of the cut blanks.

Abstract: In a labeling machine for conical or non-cylindrical containers, comprising a cutting station for cutting a film of labels into segments constituting the individual labels to be affixed to the containers, an apparatus for adjusting the inclination of the label comprising an element anchored to an end of the rotating shaft of a roller for feeding the film of labels to the cutting station, and in said element is screwed a screw actuated from a knob in such a way as to cause the translation of the element and hence the movement of the rotating shaft of said roller for feeding the film to the cutting station.

Abstract: A scribe device comprises a body (10). A holder (20) is supported by the body (10) such that the holder (20) can slightly slide in a direction of a slide axis (Lb) which intersects a surface of a workpiece (100). Retaining portions (15, 21) spaced apart in a direction of the slide axis (Lb) are formed on the body (10) and the holder (20), respectively. A vibratory actuator (40) is sandwiched between the retainer portion of the body and the retainer portion of the holder. The holder (20) holds an abutment member (30). The holder is biased by a biasing member (23) such that said retaining portion of the holder is pressed against the vibratory actuator. The vibratory actuator renders the vibrations in the direction of the slide axis to the holder. The abutment member transmits the vibrations from the holder to the workpiece. That is, the abutment member (30) is subjected to a static force and a vibration energy and pressed against the workpiece (100).

Abstract: The present invention concerns a paper sheet cutting apparatus which cuts the front end portion opposite to the fold, where both the leading edge and trailing edge get together by center folding, and an image forming apparatus equipped with the paper sheet cutting apparatus. The sheet cutting apparatus includes a conveying device for conveying a booklet; a stopping device for stopping the booklet at a predetermined position; a cutting device for cutting the front end portion of the booklet; and a controlling section to control each of the conveying device, the stopping device and the cutting device. The controlling section controls the stopping device so as to variably determine a stopping position of the booklet stopped by the stopping device, based on a number of sheets included in the booklet conveyed to the cutting device by the conveying device.

Abstract: A machine for continuously making gaskets and similar flat products. Sheet gasket material is fed from a roll and through tooling that successively: cuts the outline, separates the center scrap, then separates the gaskets from the remaining sheet stock waste. The cutting tool rotates. The center scrap and the gaskets may be removed by rotating tooling or by vacuum and air pressure, respectively. Design and fabrication of such a machine, especially the cutting roller, is made possible by state of the art CAD software.

Abstract: A transverse food slicer includes a generally horizontal conveyor for advancing food products to be sliced to a vertical cutting wheel having radially mounted cutting blades thereon rotating in a cutting plane that transversely slice the conveyed food products. Between the end of the conveyor and the cutting plane, an inclined support surface is provided to stabilize relatively round food products advanced to the cutting plane by the conveyor. The inclined support surface may cooperate with cutting blades having thickness determining gauging surfaces thereon facing towards the conveyor.

Abstract: A tape printing device which receives a tape cassette that accommodates a printable tape. The tape cassette includes a housing having a wall portion which is arranged to support the tape during a cutting operation which is performed with a cutting mechanism of the tape printing device. To align the cutting mechanism with the cassette during cutting, the wall portion of the cassette housing is arranged for interacting with a guide mechanism that connects the cutting mechanism and the wall portion during cutting and aligns the cutting mechanism with the wall portion.

Abstract: The present invention provides a bale feeder for breaking down large cylindrical bales of hay and like animal feeds and spreading it in rows for feeding. The bale feeder comprises a feeder body, a bale lifting means for lifting and positioning a bale within the feeder body, and a bale opening means providing superior dust and mold removal characteristics. The bale feeder is usually towed over the ground behind a vehicle. The bale feeder also includes anti-binding means for reducing the problem of cut twine and hay getting into and binding the cutting means and feed mechanisms.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for preparing tissue samples for subsequent slicing in a microtone, utilizing a thermally transmissive body and removable mold heads to facilitate encapsulation of tissue samples in a gelatinous substance so that the samples may be selectively oriented for proper slicing in the microtone.

Abstract: An improved apparatus for cutting conventional pound ice cakes into rectangular blocks suitably sized to be received by commercially available snow-cone shaving machines and the like. An ice cake is placed horizontally upon a tiltable table and then, using an automatic gravity feed, to expeditiously cut the cake into rectangular blocks of prescribed size, with minimal waste. An adjustable horizontal chain saw blade and an adjustable plurality of vertical chain saw blades simultaneously cut rectangular ice blocks.

Abstract: There are disclosed a method and a device with which growing points can be cut out of a plant by means of a laser source. The plant is present on carrying means thereby, said carrying means comprising tubes, through which the plant is sucked onto the end face of the carrying means. After the laser source has been switched on the plant is manipulated by means of an XY-table, during which operation the switched-on laser is led along the successive circumferences of bounded areas, within which the growing points are present. The bounded areas have been determined on the basis of the image which is obtained after the contours of the image recorded by image recording means have been determined. When three contour branches intersect the circumference of a bounded area, it is assumed that no growing point is present within said area.

Abstract: Known are cutting devices for cutting food products with a base plate, an orbital-driven circular knife, a product feed unit and a counterknife. The invention proposes a height- adjustable distance of the circular knife to the counterknife along the cutting plane, and a stationary counterknife.

Abstract: Arrangement for production of sections cut out from a material web (18), such as sections for articles of clothing. It comprises a carrier element (19) with a deposit surface (17) for the material web (18), an automatic cutter (16) which is displaceable over the cutting member (70; 77) is supported by the slide arrangement. The cutting member is moved by means of a computer program along the intended contours of the sections which are to be cut out. The carrier element (19), which can be a conveyor belt, is of a material which is elastically compressible. The material, by virtue of its elasticity, tends to form a main plane in which, as a result of the compressibility of the material, depressions can be formed by exerting a force on the material, for example by pressing-down of bottom parts of the cutting and picking members.

Abstract: Method and apparatus are disclosed for cutting a slit along the length of a pipe in such a manner that expansion of a diameter of the slitted pipe is possible without creating a gap at the slit. This is accomplished by advancing the pipe to be slit past a cutting edge that non-radially traverses the inner and outer circumferences of the pipe wall. In a preferred embodiment the cutting edge, which traverses the pipe wall, is positioned tangentially with respect to the inner circumference of the pipe wall and extends from the inner circumference to intersect the outer circumference of the pipe wall.

Abstract: A laminate cutting apparatus has a support belt supported on a frame for reciprocating horizontally in the longitudinal direction, independently lowerable support plates juxtaposed in the longitudinal direction and retained on the frame for supporting the bottom of a laminate support portion of the belt, suction ports on opposing side portions of the frame for withdrawing air from the interior of the laminate supported on the support portion with its upper and lower surfaces covered with air-impermeable sheets, a longitudinally reciprocated travelling body supported on the frame, a transversely reciprocated cutter head supported on the travelling body, a cutter on the cutter head for being raised and lowered to cut the laminate, recess forming rollers for forming the support portion of the belt into a transversely extending movable recess open at the top, a lower receiving member secured to the travelling body and arranged in parallel with the rollers within the recess, interconnected closure plates within th

Abstract: A machine which separates pallet boards from their connecting stringers by sawing essentially through their attaching nails only, thus minimizing damage to the boards so that they can be reused.In order to separate and loosen the boards so that only the nails are cut a pressing device is designed to squeeze the sides of a pallet inserted within it. Then the loosened pallet, with the boards lifted so that there is space enough for a saw blade to be inserted to cut the nails only, is sent through the previously described sawing machine.

Abstract: A slicing machine has a table defining a horizontal and flat support surface having an outer edge and a blade displaceable transversely along the edge. Thus when the blade moves along the edge a slice is cut from an elongated foodstuff projecting longitudinally over the edge. An automatic feed for the slicing machine includes a pair of feed elements centered on and rotatable about respective parallel longitudinal axes spaced apart transversely above the surface to either side of the foodstuff and each formed with a flat outer end immediately juxtaposed with the edge, and a helicoidal formation at least generally centered on the axis, engageable with the elongated foodstuff between the elements, and extending to the respective outer end. A drive rotates the elements about the respective axes for advancing the foodstuff gripped between the elements in a longitudinal transport direction along the surface toward the edge.

Abstract: Die-cutting roll assemblies are provided which utilize a shaftless die roll. In certain embodiments, stability in the press is provided by an assist adaptor which has flanged bearings that cooperatively support the die roll laterally and transversely. In other embodiments, the roll is supported in a frame that has removable centers, which permit the use of rolls of various lengths in the assembly.

Abstract: An automatic sausage slicing machine for salami and the like comprises a framework carrying an electric motor which drives an orbital blade and a feed device for continuously feeding a line of products to be sliced towards the path of displacement of the orbital blade. The feed device comprises a plurality of entrainment shafts located side by side and separated by longitudinal containment partitions, each entrainment shaft having a helical ridge on which a respective product to be cut rests in use, the product being inserted between a corresponding pair of containment partitions. A drive mechanism provided for simultaneously rotating the entrainment shafts in synchronism with the movement of the orbital blade.

Abstract: An apparatus and process is described for deflecting a continuous yarn moving along a first to a second path to lay flat on a surface of an upstream roll of a pair of rolls at least adjacent a cutting zone defined by the circumferential contacting surfaces of the rolls of a cutting machine. The first path of movement is above and in a zone between the sides of one roll, the blade-carrying roll, which may comprise either the upstream or downstream roll, and the yarn is deflected at such time that it is being drawn at an operational speed of movement and at a speed equalized with the drawing speed of movement of other yarns.

Abstract: A portable apparatus that can be wheeled to a pallet supported by a conveyor for selective removal of nails that interconnect the stringers with the deckboards. The portable apparatus has a platform that is moveable in a vertical direction to position the cutting means at the juncture of the stringer with the deckboards. Such apparatus has a pair of pivotal cutting means that are moveable toward each other into intermeshing contact to shear nails.

Abstract: A film slitter is described including means for supporting a blade in an unexposed condition. The slitter comprises a support which is selectively slidably mounted on a supporting member. The support is provided with an elongated slot extending downwardly thereinto which is adapted to receive a blade in a vertically disposed position. A second slot extends downwardly into the upper end of the support and extends between the first slot and one side of the support member. A second slot extends downwardly into the upper end of the support at the other side of the first slot and extends between the first slot and the other side of the support. The lower ends of the second and third slots extend in diverging directions with respect to each other.

Abstract: A method of processing a fibrous cable fed at a high speed comprises the steps of braking the cable by coiling it on a stationary cylinder and simultaneously discharging at a low speed the lower cable windings by exerting downward pressure on the upper windings. The discharged windings can be deposited into containers or cut into staple fibers by pressing the discharged windings against stationary knives. A device for carrying out the method comprises an upright rotatable shaft having a hollow upper part for receiving the cable, a downwardly projecting guiding member attached to and communicating with the hollow upper part, a stationary cylinder surrounding the lower portion of the shaft and having in its cylindrical wall a plurality of vertical slits, a wobble plate disposed within the cylinder and having a plurality of fingers projecting through the vertical slits in the cylindrical wall.

Abstract: A vertical bandsaw machine having a feed mechanism with a driving component movable in opposite directions in response to the application thereto of hydraulic fluid pressure. A workpiece engaging element urges the workpiece towards the cutting blade in response to movement of the driving component in one direction, while accommodating movement of the workpiece away from the cutting blade during movement of the driving component in the opposite direction. The application of hydraulic fluid pressure to the driving component is controlled by valves which are both manually adjustable and automatically responsive to the forces opposing workpiece movement towards the cutting blade.

Abstract: A sugar cane planting machine for eliminating the excessive manual labor previously required to plant sugar cane stalks. The uncut stalks are loaded in the rear of a tractor-pulled cart at the bottom of which is positioned a conveyor-like belt for moving the cane towards the front of the cart. Slideably attached on a transversely positioned guide member of a pivotable frame at the front of the cart is a combination cross-cutting and kicker-chain assembly which moves laterally across the width of the cart under hydraulic controls. Said assemblies include a downwardly extending chain saw which is followed by at least one vertically disposed kicker-chain, both preferably under the control of a common motor. Below the kicker-chain assembly is positioned a trough or hopper having an opening formed along the bottom thereof.

Abstract: A lay table is placed adjacent to a cutting table with the tables in end-to-end relationship so that layups of limp sheet material may be prepared on the lay table and then be moved onto the cutting table for a cutting operation. A sled formed by a low friction, non-stretching, sheet material is first placed on the lay table and the layup is then formed on top of the sled. Motor-driven cabling extends between the cutting table and the lay table and when a layup is to be moved, the sled is coupled to the cabling and pulled by the cabling with a layup thereon onto the cutting table. The layup on the cutting table is then clamped in position, and the cabling pulls the sled out from between the layup and the cutting table.

Abstract: A machine is disclosed for dressing in stretched condition continuous web materials on a plurality of frames, the machine comprising means for moving the continuous web through a given path intersecting the path of empty or stripped frames, provided with means for connecting thereto the continuous web after the path intersecting point, and wherein the means for moving the web through said given path comprise endless pin conveyors running on guides on the two sides of the machine and carrying the continuous web dressed on the pins at a predetermined tension.

Abstract: A device for severing a veneer sheet comprising a veneer sheet feeding means, a cutter member pivotally disposed on the feed-out side of said veneer sheet feeding means and having an edge portion adapted to work on the side of the fed-in veneer sheet during the pivotal movement of the cutter member, a means for sensing an irregularity or a predetermined length of said veneer sheet, a means for transmitting a signal in accordance with the sensing of the irregularity or the predetermined length of the veneer sheet and an actuator for actuating in response to said signal said cutter member to cut the veneer sheet in cooperation with a force by which the veneer sheet is fed. With such a device, severing can be done without stopping feeding of a veneer sheet and the arrangement of said cutter member dividing of a feed-out passage of the veneer sheet into two different directions.

Abstract: Box capacitors are loaded onto an in-line track feeder with the capacitor leads extending downward between a pair of tracks. Vibration of the tracks moves the capacitors thereon so that the capacitor leads pass between the meshing teeth of a drive gear and an idler gear that is caused to turn by the former. The tracks are spaced from the gears to prevent damping of vibrations of the former. The leading edges of the teeth on the gears have a radius thereon for providing smooth feeding action of the capacitor leads between the gear teeth. The drive gear also has a chamfer on the top edges of the teeth thereof to reduce the possibility of jamming on components with bent leads. A disk is attached to the underside of the idler gear for cutting the component leads to a prescribed length as they pass between the disk and the drive gear. The ends of the teeth on the idler gear are truncated such that a cut lead is compressed into a valley between teeth on the drive gear to thereby straighten these leads.

Abstract: A cutter device for cutting thermoplastic material may be truck mounted, and includes lifting means to present articles of thermoplastic material to a portion of the device which receives the articles and hydraulically operates to transfer the article to the cylindrical portion of the device along which the article is pushed toward one end of the device where a hydraulically operated knife can selectively cut off portions of the thermoplastic material as desired. The device also includes conveyor means to transfer the cut off portions of thermoplastic materials away from the cutter device to an area where they are intended to be used. The conveyor means are hydraulically operable from the same source of hydraulic pressure as operates the other components of this device.