Abstract: The invention relates to a food comminution device having a base part, which has a receptacle for a cutting insert with at least one cutting blade, and having an actuation part, which is articulatedly connected to the base part and which, for pushing through food items for comminution, can be pivoted towards the cutting insert. The food comminution device is characterized in that a cutting insert with mutually spatially separate cutting regions, said cutting regions being separated from one another by an intermediate web, or a cutting insert with an uninterrupted cutting blade arrangement, in particular a cutting blade arrangement which is not interrupted by an intermediate web, or multiple separate cutting inserts simultaneously, in particular cutting inserts each with a separate frame, can be selectively fitted into the receptacle and used.

Abstract: A bread slicer includes an input compartment for a loaf of bread to be sliced and an output compartment for the sliced loaf. Blades for slicing the loaf are arranged substantially parallel to one another between the compartments. A thrust means extends at least on the side of the input compartment and permits exertion of a push force on the loaf while the latter is moving through the set of blades by clamping the loaf between the thrust means and the base of the input compartment. The base and the thrust means define a passage in the input compartment for the loaf. The thrust means presents a guiding plate with parallel recesses extending next to each other over the width of the passage. A mobile pusher device allows exertion of a pushing force on the loaf to move the loaf along the passage and through the set of blades.

Abstract: In one aspect the invention provides a tubular handling system for use with a catwalk and a plurality of tubulars arranged in at least one tier and positioned substantially parallel adjacent the catwalk. The system comprises a tiering assembly positioned between said at least one tier and the catwalk and pipe rolling means adapted to move one or more of said tubular between said at least one tier and the tiering assembly in a sequential bi-directional manner. Preferably, the pipe rolling means comprises an auger, auger drive means and an auger positioning assembly.

Abstract: A bread conveying apparatus and a bread slicing apparatus including the bread conveying apparatus, comprise a flight conveyer including a first flight for urging a bread, an endless revolving member on which the first flight is mounted, and a driving member and a driven member, the endless revolving member being wound around the driving member and driven member; a rail extending along a conveying path of the bread and supporting the first flight; and a rail size setting unit for setting a length of the rail with respect to an extending direction of the conveying path, wherein the length of the rail with respect to the conveying direction is set by the rail size setting unit based on a size of the bread.

Abstract: An apparatus is provided for processing mail by severing an edge of each envelope in a stack of mail. The apparatus includes an input bin for receiving a stack of mail. A feeder feeds the bottom envelope from the input bin to a transport that conveys the envelope along an envelope path. A cutter positioned along the envelope path severs one edge of the envelopes. A detector detects a characteristic of the envelope and a sorter sorts the envelope in response to the detected characteristic.

Abstract: In a processing machine including a processor having a processing blade and a receiver having a reception member and in which a blade edge of the processing blade and a reception portion, of the reception member, engage with each other to process a paper sheet therebetween, the processing blade is one processing blade selected from a blade group and is attached to the processor so as to be changeable to another processing blade of the blade group, reception portions of kinds corresponding to a plurality of kinds of the processing blades of the blade group are formed on the reception member, and the processing blade attached to the processor is positioned so as to be in a position where the blade edge is engageable with the reception portion of the corresponding kind.

Abstract: Apparatus for trimming paper rolls or logs (2) characterized in that it comprises: a section for the entry of the logs (2) to be trimmed; a section for the exit of the trimmed logs (2?); a station with cutting means (6) for trimming the logs (2); means (3) for moving the logs (2, 2?) between the entry section, the cutting station and the exit section; means (4), associated with the log-moving means (3), for retaining the logs when subjected to movement.

Abstract: A device for manufacturing a product from strip tape includes a roll that draws off and separates a web of material. The web of material is severed into individual strips in cooperation with a multiple circular knife roll. A vacuum conveyor channel is associated with each strip. The vacuum conveyor channel is designed such that each strip is turned on its way to the channel or through the channel by about 90°. The end of the vacuum conveyor channel brings the strips together at one site to form a unit and at that site there are provided a guide and a transport device for the further transport to conversion equipment.

Abstract: A combination slicing and dicing food processing device. The device generally includes a cutting box and gliding body which travels back and forth across the cutting box. The gliding body features a food cradle that is configured to hold a food product which is to be processed. The food cradle is attached on one end of a principal cutting arm and a handle is attached to the other end of the principal cutting arm. A secondary cutting arm is provided beneath and attaching to the principal cutting arm. A ram is provided on the end of the secondary cutting arm and positioned slightly behind the food cradle so that the rain trails the food cradle as the food gliding body travels back and forth across the cutting box. The cutting box includes a principal cutting blade near one end and a process slot for receiving slices of the food product which are sliced off by the principal cutting blade.

Abstract: An apparatus for trimming paper rolls or logs (2) including: a section for the entry of the logs (2) to be trimmed; a section for the exit of the trimmed logs (2?); a station with a cutting device (6) for trimming the logs (2); a device (3) for moving the logs (2, 2?) between the entry section, the cutting station and the exit section; a device (4), associated with the log-moving device (3), for retaining the logs when subjected to movement.

Abstract: Apparatus for trimming paper rolls or logs (2) characterized in that it comprises: a section for the entry of the logs (2) to be trimmed; a section for the exit of the trimmed logs (2?); a station with cutting means (6) for trimming the logs (2); means (3) for moving the logs (2, 2?) between the entry section, the cutting station and the exit section; means (4), associated with the log-moving means (3), for retaining the logs when subjected to movement.

Abstract: Apparatus and processes for producing paper roll products with spaced core sections. A core substrate is arranged on a mandrel, and then divided into a plurality of core sections. The core sections are then separated from each other on the mandrel to form gaps between the core sections. Paper web material can then be wound onto the separated core sections to form a log of rolls. The log is then cut into final paper roll products.

Abstract: A positioning system can position lumber to be cut while the lumber is traveling on a transfer deck. The positioning system has end stops that circulate at the same rate as the transfer deck. The end stops each have a locking mechanism that is triggered when the end stop passes an actuating member. A controller positions the actuating member so that the locking mechanism will lock the position of the end stop when the end stop is in a desired position.

Abstract: A process for manufacturing a product from strip tape starting from a broad web of material includes the step of separating the web into individual strips with a smooth stripping roll, conveying each strip in a vacuum conveyor channel, turning the strips on their way to the channel or in the channel by about 90°, leading the strips together at the end of the channel one upon the other and thereafter processing the strips to form the final product.

Abstract: A process for producing a magnetic tape is provided, in which a web is extended in the width direction immediately before it is cut by a slitter when the web is supplied to the slitter to be cut into several magnetic tapes. The extension of the web is performed by an extension roller apparatus comprises a backup roller for rolling the web and a pair of horizontally disposed extension rollers which elastically push the web WB at portions near both sides thereof to allow the web for extending in the width direction.

Abstract: An apparatus (30) and method for ultrasonically energized slitting of a slab of confectionary material wherein a slitting tool (33a) incorporates a plurality of slitting knives (37a) spaced apart in accordance with the desired width of the product, which strips are further processed by transverse cutting and/or molding or other processing steps such as chocolate enrobing to provide improved confectionary products.

Abstract: An apparatus and method of converting a web of indefinite length into a plurality of web portions by slitting the web at a transverse point prior to processing the web portions into a plurality of use supply forms (such as rolls), wherein the plurality of web portions are separated by a two-stage process. A first stage of the process is a partial separation operation that almost entirely separates the web portions, but leaves the web portions connected, such as by a slitting operation that leaves a series of connected zones. The second stage includes the complete separation, such as by breaking of the connected zones. The complete separation of the web portions preferably occurs near the station at which the use supply forms are created, such as a winding station. Thus, the web portions, after substantial separation at the first stage can be handled (for example, guided and tensioned) as if the plurality of web portions were a full width web.

Abstract: Apparatus and processes for producing paper roll products with spaced core sections. A core substrate is arranged on a mandrel, and then divided into a plurality of core sections. The core sections are then separated from each other on the mandrel to form gaps between the core sections. Paper web material can then be wound onto the separated core sections to form a log of rolls. The log is then cut into final paper roll products.

Abstract: A process for manufacturing a product from strip tape starting from a broad web of material includes the step of separating the web into individual strips with a vacuum roll, conveying each strip in a vacuum conveyor channel, turning the strips on their way to the channel or in the channel by about 90°, leading the strips together at the end of the channel one upon the other and thereafter processing the strips to form the final product.

Abstract: An improved impeller for use in a rotary food slicing machine comprising a rear base plate and at least one forward ring secured in axial spaced parallel relation relative to the rear base plate and a plurality of circumferentially spaced planar paddles spanning the base plate and the forward ring. The paddles are each oriented to extend at an angle relative to the radius of the rear base plate and the at least one forward ring. Moreover, the end of each paddle located adjacent to the rear base plate is arranged in a partially trailing relationship relative to the end of the paddle located adjacent the at least one forward ring with respect to the intended direction of rotation of the impeller.

Abstract: This invention relates to an electrode with an excellent quality for an electrical component, wherein an electrode raw material sheet slitter 3 comprising a slitting section 32 to slit an electrode raw material sheet 4 for an electrical component, a forming section 35 to conduct smoothing of the convex portion 17 on the slit electrode 41, electrode cleaning sections 33, 34 to remove fragments adhered on the slit electrode 41 and a slitting method of electrode raw material sheet.

Abstract: An electrode with an excellent quality for an electrical component, wherein an electrode raw material sheet slitter includes a slitting section to slit an electrode raw material sheet for an electrical component; a forming section to conduct smoothing of the convex portion on the slit electrode; electrode cleaning sections to remove fragments adhered on the slit electrode; and, a slitting method of electrode raw material sheet.

Abstract: A shape sawing system for sawing lumber pieces from a curved cant. The cant is scanned by scanners and the scan data is input to a computer. The computer determines a curved path for the saw to follow in sawing the cant into lumber pieces. The saw is laterally and pivotally adjustable to follow the determined path established by the computer. The saw is a plurality of circular saw blades having a defined cutting edge portion that is inclined from a leading point at the bottom of the cant to a trailing point at the top of the cant. The point of pivot of the saws is between the leading point and the trailing point of the cutting edge portion. The saw assembly is mounted on pads having a low coefficient of friction. Pressurized air and lubricant are delivered to the pads to reduce the friction.

Abstract: An apparatus is provided for cutting oversized wood chips smoothly and uniformly, such that the resulting chips are of optimum size and shape for use in making paper, cardboard, and other recyclable materials. A method is provided for aligning and guiding oversized wood chips through an array of spaced-apart saw blades using a reciprocating plunger controlled to continuously align and sweep the wood chips completely through the saw blades. The method and apparatus can be adapted to produce a variety of desired wood chip sizes.

Abstract: The configuration enables the introduction of a material web, which can be divided up into material sub-web strands, into the conveying paths of an angle-bar superstructure of a rotary printing machine. A slitting arrangement, which can be positioned in a variable manner in the angle-bar superstructure, and web drawing-in devices and components for attaching the material web or the material sub-web strands to the web drawing-in devices are provided. Assigned to the web-running plane is an adjustable advancement element which bridges a contact-pressure gap in relation to a mating roller, accommodated in the angle-bar superstructure, and by way of which one of the material sub-web strands or can be attached to an introduction element which can be moved into the web-running plane.

Abstract: A slitter for webs, such as sheet aluminum or other metals, has a simple and effective method and apparatus for controlling the movement of a strip of metallic trim into a scrap reclamation system. One or more air nozzles direct a stream of air between the knife roll and the trim strip in the area where the trim strip leaves the knife roll. This presses the trim strip away from the knife roll, and reduces the risk that trim will adhere to the knife roll and cause problems.

Abstract: A hollow dissection specimen holder has an internal chamber in open and direct communication with a series of dissection guide slots. The roof of the chamber is located above the floor of the slots to allow a razor to pass completely through the specimen and into the top of the chamber to deposit cut tissue and other debris into the chamber.

Abstract: A ticket destruction mechanism for use with paper tickets comprises a ticket moving mechanism and a cutting mechanism disposed within a housing. The ticket moving mechanism carries paper tickets inserted into a slot in the housing from the slot to the cutting mechanism where they are destroyed. The ticket moving mechanism includes two continuous belts, each disposed around two rollers, with the two belts set parallel one another. In operation, the adjoining portions of each belt move together in the same direction to carry tickets towards the cutting mechanism. The cutting mechanism comprises a cutting gear configured to turn at a high rotation rate. At least one cutting blade is configured to protrude from the cutting gear. The cutting mechanism is set at a second end of the ticket moving mechanism, distal the slot in the housing. The cutting mechanism is oriented such that the protruding cutting blade will intersect a strip of tickets as it is fed out of the second end of the ticket moving mechanism.

Abstract: An apparatus (30) and method for ultrasonically energized slitting of a slab of confectionary material wherein a slitting tool (33a) incorporates a plurality of slitting knives (37a) spaced apart in accordance with the desired width of the product, which strips are further processed by transverse cutting and/or molding or other processing steps such as chocolate enrobing to provide improved confectionary products.

Abstract: This invention applies to a shape sawing system for sawing lumber pieces from a curved cant portion. A scanner scans the cant portion as it is conveyed on a conveyor system and inputs the scan data into a computer. The computer determines the curvature and position of the cant portion on the conveyor system. The conveyor system conveys the cant portion through side chippers and into a saw. The side chippers are independently laterally adjustable to follow the curvature of the cant portion. Guide members mounted strategic to the saw guide the cant portion into the saw. The saw is pivotally and laterally adjustable to follow the curvature of the cant portion to produce full length and partial length lumber pieces from the cant portion.

Abstract: The device comprises at least one circular slitting tool (25; 25B) with an axis of rotation located on one side of the path of the web, which works in conjunction with an edge (68; 68B) that supports the web (N) and that is situated on the opposite side of said path (P) from the tool axis and essentially perpendicular to the direction of forward travel (F) of the web and over which said web (N) travels during its advance.

Abstract: An automatic packaging system for dry lasagna noodle product includes a vacuum drum which automatically lifts a top layer of lasagna noodle from a bottom layer. The layers are travelling on a conveyor belt. The vacuum drum replaces the top layer back onto the conveyor belt behind the bottom layer. A water knife cutter is disposed downstream from the vacuum drum. The water knife cuts the lasagna in half. An inspection/rejection station is disposed downstream from the water knife cutter. The inspection/rejection station inspects piece of lasagna to ensure that it is of uniform shape and satisfies a predetermined minimum quality standard. A swing conveyor is disposed downstream from the inspection/rejection station. The swing conveyor transmits the lasagna onto one of two travelling conveyors. The travelling conveyors transmits the lasagna onto a loading conveyor. The loading conveyors transmits the lasagna into a bucket in a bucket indexer station.

Abstract: A method of dividing deep-frozen food blocks comprising forming a succession of spaced parallel blade rows each row having a plurality of spaced parallel coaxial freely rotatable discoid blades and advancing successive food blocks past the successive blade rows so that the blades in the successive blade rows rotate with a peripheral speed which more or less matches the speed of the block advance so that there is minimal relative linear motion of the blade edges and the blocks whereby the blades groove the blocks by displacing block material to the sides of the grooves and selecting a number of blade rows such that while the grooves made by any blade row are quite shallow, the grooves made by all of the blade rows divide each of the blocks into a plurality of parts. Apparatus for practicing the method is also disclosed.

Abstract: An apparatus for trimming printed products which includes a drum with a plurality of radially displaced receiving compartments. The printed products which are to be trimmed rest, along their folded edges, against stops which form the base of the radial receiving compartments. The products are gripped by a displacement device and displaced radially outwards into a cutting position. In the cutting position, the printed products are clamped in the region of their side border located opposite the fold edge. When the clamped printed products run past a stationary cutter element, the printed products are trimmed on the side border. After completion of the cutting operation, the clamping of the printed products is released and the displacement device is moved by a further distance radially outwards. Consequently, the trimmed printed products are advanced into a removal position, in which they are gripped by grippers of a removal conveyor.

Abstract: Corrugated paperboard box blanks are formed with corner fold lines defined by a colinear slit and score. The score deflects one slit edge of the liner out of the plane of the blank such that, when a subsequent lateral fold is made on the line, one slit edge tucks consistently under the other along the full length of the fold line. The resultant box blanks fold more squarely than prior art folded boxes with no significant loss in the compressive strength of the box.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for stopping a roll set, quickly in a controlled fashion. Typically, such a roll set is comprised of a plurality of rolls which is launched from a slitter wherefrom it is rolled along a downward ramp to a conveyor. On the downward ramp, on the side of the conveyor opposite the ramp is a number of adjacent stop gages suited for being controlled to a home position and an operating position, respectively. For each roll, a required number of the stop gages located along the rolling path of the roll is selected to operate, while the rest of the stop gages are left in their home positions. In this fashion, each roll can be stopped individually even when the rolls move simultaneously and, moreover, the stopping force can be adjusted separately for each roll.

Abstract: This invention relates to a method and apparatus for simultaneously forming four metal rounds and includes disclosure of two pair of forming rollers, a preslitter roller pair and two pair of slitting rollers, the dimensioning of the ridges and grooves of which, in combination, serve to separate an entering bar into four strands of substantially equal area for simultaneous forming into metal rounds.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for separating a first flexible lamina of predetermined thickness from a second lamina to which the first lamina is adhered along an edge (e.g., a pouch for use in an identification card). The apparatus includes a channel having a thickness not substantially greater than the combined thickness of the laminae, an impeller for impelling the laminae together through the channel and out of the outlet end, a cutter adjacent the outlet of the channel positioned to contact the edge at which the two laminae are adhered adjacent the line of adhesion between the laminae, thus separating the laminae, and a wedge adjacent the cutter so that as the first and second laminae are separated by the cutter and impelled past the wedge, the two laminae pass on opposed sides of the wedge, thereby increasing the separation between the laminae.

Abstract: A cutting apparatus for a strip of a ribbon core comprises a plurality of slitter units for cutting traveling strip material into a predetermined configuration of ribbon core materials. The slitter units are arranged in off-set positions in the traveling direction of the strip material, and one of the strip material cut by each of the slitter units is fed upwardly or downwardly rounding about a traveling line, through which the other of the cut strip material is fed. Therefore, guide rollers can be provided upstream and downstream of each of the slitter units, and a width detecting means can be provided for each of the ribbon core materials, so that a plurality of ribbon core materials can be formed in one time with high precision.

Abstract: An apparatus for separating a first flexible lamina of predetermined thickness from a second lamina to which the first lamina is adhered along an edge (e.g., a pouch for use in an identification card) includes a channel having a thickness not substantially greater than the combined thickness of the laminae, an impeller for impelling the laminae together through the channel and out of the outlet end, a cutter adjacent the outlet of the channel positioned to contact the edge at which the two laminae are adhered adjacent the line of adhesion between the laminae, thus separating the laminae, and a wedge adjacent the cutter so that as the first and second laminae are separated by the cutter and impelled past the wedge, the two laminae pass on opposed sides of the wedge, thereby increasing the separation between the laminae.

Abstract: Method for producing sheets of corrugated cardboard with a variable format in which a web of corrugated cardboard is removed continuously from a heating and pulling device of s conventional corrugated cardboard installation. The sheets are processed to the required format in at least one longitudinal cutting and grooving device. For this purpose the web is conveyed through a pulling device. A cross cutter cuts the sheets of corrugated cardboard from the cardboard web according to a preset format. The cardboard web is conveyed to a cross cutter for the corrugated cardboard sheets in the direction of conveyance without cutting them crosswise. When the format is changed, the area of the web of corrugated cardboard where the formats overlap is cut out by the cross cutter and removed to a waste container through a trap.

Abstract: An apparatus to support a fruit or vegetable on a spherical surface and to slice it with a single stroke comprising; a frame constructed of two vertically disposed members in an A-shape configuration with parallel lower edges and a centrally disposed upper edge, and with lateral support beams extending horizontally and coupling the lower edges of the two A-shape frames and the upper edge of the two A-shape frames, the A-shape frames each having a vertically disposed central member with a vertical slot therein to define a path of travel between the two parallel slots; a support with an upper surface fixedly retained within the frame between the A-frame members configured in the general form of a partial sphere, the support having a plurality of parallel openings.

Abstract: A cutting apparatus for a strip of a ribbon core comprises a plurality-of slitter units for cutting traveling strip material into a predetermined configuration of ribbon core materials. The slitter units are arranged in off-set positions in the traveling direction of the strip material, and one of the strip material cut by each of the slitter units is fed upwardly or downwardly rounding about a traveling line, through which the other of the cut strip material is fed. Therefore, guide rollers can be provided upstream and downstream of each of the slitter units, and a width detecting means can be provided for each of the ribbon core materials, so that a plurality of ribbon core materials can be formed in one time with high precision.

Abstract: In the present invention, complete cutting is carried out by primary and secondary cutting devices without causing the crush, break or crack of a cut portion even in the case of a composite paper sheet such as a thick corrugated cardboard sheet or the like. There is provided a cutting apparatus for corrugated cardboard sheets which cuts and separates a corrugated cardboard sheet along the direction of travel and positioned upstream from a cylinder cutting portion. The cylinder cutting portion performs secondary cutting and consists of a knife cylinder having a knife and an anvil cylinder. The primary cutting device is provided with a cutter knife for performing primary cutting and is fixed to a bracket and is capable of movement and adjustment in the widthwise direction of the sheet. At the opposite side with respect to the corrugated cardboard sheet is provided a sheet guide capable of movement on a guide rod so as to change a relative position (gap) with respect to the cutter knife.

Abstract: Method and portable apparatus for separately cutting respective layers of sheet of double-layered sheets which includes a portable apparatus with a pair of adjustable upper and lower parallel cutting assemblies each having angularly oriented cutting blades for separately cutting each sheet in parallel as they are pulled through the upper and lower cutting assemblies.

Abstract: A roller knife cutter includes a first knife shaft pair for severing a ferromagnetic metal sheet into sheet metal strips forwarded in a first direction of advance; and a plurality of substantially coplanar plates arranged downstream of the first knife shaft pair in a series in the first direction of advance. The plates are separated from one another by a clearance. The cutter further has an endless belt having an upper run moving in a second direction of advance and positioned in the clearance and extending parallel therewith. The upper run has a lowered position in which a top surface of the upper run is at a level below the top surfaces of the plates and a lifted position in which the top surface of the upper run is substantially coplanar with the top surfaces of the plates; and a plurality of individually height-adjustable magnet units arranged in a series underneath the upper run parallel to the second direction of advance.

Abstract: Knocked down boxes made of corrugated paperboard are slit longitudinally in an on-line process directly downstream from the folder/gluer in which the boxes are formed. The boxes are first reoriented 90.degree. in a horizontal plane from the positions in which they are formed in the folder/gluer to a reoriented position for movement in a direction transverse to the box fold lines, the boxes are formed into a shingle in the direction of movement, and the shingle is conveyed in that direction into an alignment station. In the alignment station, the lateral edges of the boxes in the shingle are aligned vertically, while the shingle moves through the alignment station, by shifting the boxes transversely to the direction of movement.

Abstract: For cutting multilayer printed products in a continuous process single or multiple printed products 92) are associated with a first knife part (3) which is moved together with the printed products. During the movement, the printed products and the first knife part are engaged along a cutting edge (4) and subsequently moved past a second knife part (5). Through the cooperation between the first (3) and second (5) knife parts, the printed products (2) are cut along the intended cutting edge (4). A corresponding apparatus has a plurality of conveying units for the printed products moving along a circular path. The conveying units are preferably constructed as counterknives while the associated cutting knives are fixed. Thus, even when large quantities are conveyed and the printed products are thick, a top-quality three-sided cut is obtained.

Abstract: A device for high speed automatic wire and cable insulation stripping. The device has pairs of infeed and outfeed cutting assemblies that engage and cut the insulation at multiple points in a two stage process. The cutting devices have multiple parallel space cutting edges that initially remove a strip of insulation insuring rapid removal of the remaining material.

Abstract: An apparatus for severing envelope edges in continuous fashion comprises a plurality of devices for severing an envelope edge and a conveyor mechanism for carrying envelopes past the plurality of severing devices, and for rotating the envelopes to present envelope edges to the plurality of severing devices in orientations which permit the edge-severing of each presented envelope edge. Also a severing device for use in connection with the severing apparatus.