Abstract: Cutting wheels equipped with knife assemblies suitable for performing size reduction operations on products, methods of operating cutting wheels, knife holders for such knife assemblies, methods of manufacturing knife holders, and slicing machines capable of utilizing such cutting wheels. The knife assemblies each have a leading edge that faces a direction of rotation of the cutting wheel, a trailing edge oppositely disposed from the leading edge, and a cutting edge on the leading edge. Each knife assembly further has a knife holder having a first surface that faces the products advanced toward the cutting wheel in a feed direction and a registration surface formed in the first surface. The registration surface is defined by at least a first recessed planar surface that is recessed a distance relative to the first surface and defines with the first surface at least a first step therebetween.

Abstract: An Avocado Cutting and Splitting Device. The device uses a single cutting blade to cut through both the seed and meat of incoming avocados. To increase uptime, the device allows the cutting blade to be sharpened while in operating condition (without removing the blade from the machine). There are a series of guides, elements and other apparatus that will place the incoming avocados in a consistent orientation relative to the cutting blade before they are cut. Belt agitation fingers have further been added to cause the feed belt to vibrate during operation, in order to assist in positioning the avocados properly prior to their being cut. To improve throughput and reduce the need for human involvement, the device includes a set of custom-shaped ramps designed to guide and transport the cut avocado halves to the moving exit conveyor so that the halves land face-down on the exit conveyor.

Abstract: A food-product pusher that includes features that adapt and optimize the pusher to the configuration of the blade set used to cut food-product into multiple slices during a cutting operation. In some embodiments, the pusher includes a pusher head having pushing region configured to highly stabilize the food product during the cutting operation. In some embodiments, the pusher head is configured to minimize the amount of material needed for making the pusher head. Pusher heads having monolithic construction and pushers having modular construction are also disclosed.

Abstract: A food-product slicer having a blade set designed and configured to be skewed and tilted, i.e., double-beveled, relative to a thrust axis of the slicer along which cutting action occurs during a slicing operation. In some embodiments, the blade sets of the present disclosure can be integrated into a blade cartridge that is readily engageable and disengageable with the slicer. In certain configurations, a double-beveling of blade set can reduce binding of food-product slices within the blade set and/or create desirable discharging of food-product slices from the corresponding food-product slicer.

Abstract: A machine for accurately cutting tiles, blocks of concrete, clay, blocks of stone and stone materials, wood and wooden materials is described. It may include a support stand which at its top supports a removable bed structure. The bed includes a motor-driven cutting disc recessed-mounted axially along pillow blocks such that a substantial portion of the cutting disc is projected above the bed surface and its mode of rotation is about a fixed centralized axis. Trolley track rails situated on distal ends of both long sides of the bed allow for lateral movement of the trolley above the bed surface to facilitate the cutting operation. During operation the object secured safely on the trolley which is manually moved towards the cutting disc while a perforated shower head sprays water onto the work piece. Water is filtered and recycled back to the shower via the bin situated below the cutting disc and thence to the recycle and filter unit.

Abstract: An Avocado Cutting and Splitting Device. The device uses a single cutting blade to cut through both the seed and meat of incoming avocados. In order to increase uptime, the device had a feature that allows for the cutting blade to be sharpened while in operating condition (without the need for removing the blade from the machine). To increase the uniformity in the orientation of the cut in the avocados, there are a series of guides, elements and other apparatus that will place the incoming avocados in a consistent orientation relative to the cutting blade before they are cut. In order to improve throughput and reduce the need for human operator involvement, the device includes a set of custom-shaped ramps designed to guide and transport the cut avocado halves down to the moving exit conveyor so that the halves land face-down on the exit conveyor.

Abstract: A substrate splitting apparatus and a method for splitting a substrate using the substrate splitting apparatus are provided. The substrate splitting apparatus includes a servo motor, a transmission device, a substrate breaking bar, and a stage. One end of the transmission is directly or indirectly coupled to the servo motor while the other end is coupled with the breaking bar. The stage has a load-lock surface and the load-lock surface faces the breaking bar. The servo motor drives the transmission device to move the breaking bar toward the load-lock surface. A substrate with a pre-crack on the bottom is disposed on the load-lock surface. The servo motor drives the substrate breaking bar to move towards or away from the pre-crack. The method of splitting includes the following steps: forming a pre-crack on the substrate; controlling the servo motor to drive the breaking bar to move towards the substrate; and controlling the breaking bar to press the substrate at the pre-crack.

Abstract: A cable slitter comprises a support frame and slitting wheel operatively mounted on support frame in position to slit a cable driven longitudinally along the slitting wheel. A rotatable drive wheel is operatively mounted on the support frame for rotation about a substantially horizontal drive axis, in spaced relation from the slitting wheel to together define a substantially longitudinal cable slitting path there between. A slit-adjustment means moves one of the slitting means and the rotatable drive wheel means transversely with respect to the other between a plurality of slitting positions. A drive motor selectively rotates the rotatable drive wheel, to thereby cause a cable in the substantially longitudinal cable slitting path to move forwardly along the substantially longitudinal cable slitting path and engage the slitting wheel, thus causing the cable to be slit.

Abstract: A substrate cutting system which requires a small footprint area so as to be compact, and also which is capable of efficiently cutting a substrate is disclosed. A pair of substrate cutting devices are provided in a cutting device guide body 30 so as to be movable along a direction perpendicular to the moving direction of the clamp devices 50, the pair of substrate cutting devices cutting the mother substrate from each of the top surface and the bottom surface of the mother substrate which is clamped by the clamp devices 50.

Abstract: An apparatus for feeding flat, rigid material through a cutter comprising a continuous drive conveyor belt with a non-skid face, having one or more Guide ‘V’ belts bonded to its reverse side parallel to the direction of movement, which ‘V’ belts communicate with corresponding ‘V’ grooves in the power rollers and the rollers of the feed bed, another continuous drive conveyor belt on the out-put side of the cutter, the movement of both conveyors being synchronized by a timing/drive belt which transfers the motor drive to the inside rollers of the out-put and the input sides, and having from above regularly spaced hold-down rollers along the span of both conveyors to keep the rate of movement of the flat material through the cutter consistent. This apparatus has its preferred application in the lumber industry for trimming defects and/or wanes from wood boards, so that the boards maintain consistent position in the horizontal plane while traveling through the cutters.

Abstract: A clamping device (50) is installed on a stand (10) with a hollow rectangular parallelepiped shape such that at least one place at a side edge portion of a mother board transported in the stand (10) is clamped. A pair of substrate-cutting devices for cutting the mother substrate, clamped by the clamping device (50), from its upper face and lower face is provided on a scribing device guide body (30). The scribing device guide body (30) is reciprocally movable along one side of the hollow rectangular parallelepiped. The pair of substrate-cutting devices is installed so as to be movable along the direction perpendicular to the movement direction of the scribing device guide body (30). The mother substrate clamped by the clamping device is supported by a substrate-supporting device (20).

Abstract: A table saw having a frame to support a powered saw blade, a work surface moveably mounted on the frame, the work surface having at least two portions with a space therebetween to allow the saw blade to pass between the two portions. The work surface portions are joined by at least two drive dogs moveably seated in aligned brackets, thereby holding the two portions in fixed relationship when the work surface is both stationary and moving. A pin extends from each drive dog into a keyway mounted on the frame with a portion of the keyway adjacent to the saw blade extending away from the saw blade, whereby a drive dog approaching the saw blade is withdrawn from one of the pair of brackets and from the space between the two portions while the remaining drive dog or drive dogs continue to maintain the two portions in fixed relationship.

Abstract: A tablet conveying and cutting apparatus capable of adjusting the position of a tablet is a structure suitable for downsizing. A tablet conveying and cutting apparatus has an arranging device for arranging a long side of the tablet to be perpendicular to the tablet's moving direction by moving the tablet for a predetermined distance; and an oblique plate for making the tablet fall a predetermined distance.

Abstract: A bacon trimmer for trimming cooked bacon slices into substantially uniform lengths comprises: a housing, a transfer comb mounted on the housing, a device mounted on said housing for transferring the cooked bacon slices from a continuous conveyor belt carrying the cooked bacon slices from a cooking device to a first end of said transfer comb, a device for moving the cooked bacon slices across the transfer comb to a second end of the transfer comb and feeding the cooked bacon slices to the same continuous conveyor belt adjacent the second end of said transfer comb, a cutter associated with the housing for trimming the bacon slices into substantially uniform lengths as they are transferred across the transfer comb.

Abstract: A cutting machine, for cutting vegetables into vegetable sticks, comprising a horizontal table having a feed end and an exit end. A belt extends vertically atop the table, around rollers which extend perpendicularly from the table. A plurality of cleats extend from the belt which have cleat fingers which extend horizontally outward from the belt. The cleats propel vegetables from the feed end toward the exit end. A horizontal blade assembly is disposed in the path of the cleats, and includes a plurality of horizontal blades which are vertically spaced to extend between the cleat fingers so that the blades do not interfere with the cleat fingers as they propel the vegetables. A vertical blade assembly is located farther toward the exit end than the horizontal blade assembly, and includes a plurality of vertical blades which cut the vegetables into sticks.

Abstract: A horizontal meat slicer includes a frame and a lower conveyor belt having forward and rearward ends, the lower conveyor belt operative to receive a meat product thereon and transport it into and through the device. An upper pressing conveyor belt includes forward and rearward ends, the upper pressing conveyor belt and the lower conveyor belt cooperating such that meat product is compressed between the lower conveyor belt and the upper pressing conveyor belt. At least one bandsaw blade is rotatably mounted on the frame, a cutting section of the bandsaw blade traveling between the upper belt and lower belts. Finally, at least one drive device such as a motor is operatively connected to each of the conveyor belts and the bandsaw blade to drive them to pull the meat product through the device and cut the meat product via the cutting edge of the bandsaw blade.

Abstract: An apparatus for shaping a slab of compressible or cellular polymer material (80), such as polyurethane foam, shapes such slab by cutting portions of the material from one surface. A moving patterned platform (32), preferably an endless belt or a series of interconnected panels, is interposed between a compression roller (56) and a cooperating surface (18) and defines at least one recess (36) or at least one projection (320) or a combination of recesses and projections. When the slab is compressed between the compression roller and the platform, which is supported by the cooperating surface, a portion of the material fills the recess or recesses in the moving platform.

Abstract: A hide splitting machine according to the invention has two pivot arms, mounted on modified journals at each end of a rubber roller, that are connected to two ring roller swivel arms attached to each end of the ring roller. The ring roller swivel arms connected to the pivot arms allow constant radial distance movement of the ring roller along the circumference of the rubber roller. Therefore, the ring roller can be retracted or moved away automatically, without possibility of mechanical damage, from the razor sharp band knife and ring jaw insert edge. The automatic retraction of the ring roller a preset distance allows splitting machine operators to easily access the ring jaw insert for safe, quick and efficient manual cleaning of the ring jaw insert edge. The automatic retraction of the ring roller further eliminates physical handling and/or manual removal of the ring roller from the splitting machine during the ring jaw insert edge cleaning process.

Abstract: An apparatus for continuously shaping a compressible or cellular polymer material, such as polyurethane foam, by cutting portions of the material from a surface of a slab of the material includes a compression roller, a support surface, a blade and a moving patterned platform interposed between the compression roller and the support surface. The moving patterned platform, preferably an endless belt or a series of interconnected panels, defines at least one recess, and may define a pattern of recesses of complex or simple shapes and at various depths. When the slab of cellular polymer material is compressed between the compression roller and the support surface, a portion of the material fills the recess or recesses in the moving patterned belt. The blade then transversely cuts from the surface of the slab a portion of the material within the recesses in the platform just as the slab emerges from between the compression roller and the support surface.

Abstract: A cutting apparatus includes a first annular member having a center eccentric from an axis of a rotating shaft and fixed to the rotating shaft. The cutting apparatus further includes a bearing with its inner race fixed to the first annular member, a disk cutter fixed relative to an outer race of the bearing, and a balancer fixed to the rotating shaft in a state being eccentric in the direction opposite to the eccentric direction of the first annular member.

Abstract: Apparatus for continuously shaping a compressible or cellular polymer material, such as polyurethane foam, by cutting portions of the material from a surface of one or more slabs of material (180) includes two compression rollers (146, 146a), two moving patterned platforms (132, 132a) interposed between the compression rollers, and one or more cutting blades (76) for transversely cutting the slab or slabs just as the cellular material emerges from between the compression rollers. At least one of the moving patterned platforms, preferably an endless belt, defines a recess or pattern of recesses. When a single slab or multiple slabs of material are fed and compressed between the compression rollers, a portion of the material from one side of the slab or slabs fills the recess or recesses in one of the moving patterned belts. The blade then transversely cuts the cellular material.

Abstract: An apparatus for cutting a wafer sandwich into a plurality of rectangular pieces has a support surface defining a transport path extending longitudinally through a longitudinal-cutting station and a transverse-cutting station. A plurality of stationary and transversely spaced longitudinal blades extend across the path in the longitudinal-cutting station. The surface is formed in the transverse-cutting station with a plurality of transversely extending and longitudinally spaced slots. An abutment is displaceable immediately downstream of the transverse-cutting station between a blocking position in the path and a retracted position clear of the path. A plurality of transverse blades are displaceable transversely in the slots of the transverse-cutting station across the path.

Abstract: A cutting apparatus includes a first annular member having a center eccentric from an axis of a rotating shaft and fixed to the rotating shaft. The cutting apparatus further includes a bearing with its inner race fixed to the first annular member, a disk cutter fixed relative to an outer race of the bearing, and a balancer fixed to the rotating shaft in a state being eccentric in the direction opposite to the eccentric direction of the first annular member.

Abstract: Apparatus for continuously shaping a compressible or cellular polymer material, such as polyurethane foam, by cutting portions of the material from a surface of one or more slabs of material (180) includes two compression rollers (146, 146a), two moving patterned platforms (132, 132a) interposed between the compression rollers, and one or more cutting blades (76) for transversely cutting the slab or slabs just as the cellular material emerges from between the compression rollers. At least one of the moving patterned platforms, preferably an endless belt, defines a recess or pattern of recesses. When a single slab or multiple slabs of material are fed and compressed between the compression rollers, a portion of the material from one side of the slab or slabs fills the recess or recesses in one of the moving patterned belts. The blade then transversely cuts the cellular material.

Abstract: This invention relates to a system and method for cutting circuit board panels utilizing an in-line cutting mechanism. As the panel is transported into the cutting mechanism, adjustable rails are moved into position to properly guide the panel into the cutting head. The actual cutting operation is performed by transporting the panel between an upper cutting disk blade and a lower cutting disk blade. The distance between these two blades is adjustable and permits precision cutting of the panel with minimal stress to the circuit board and its components.

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: A cutting device for cutting sheet material having an elongated work table disposed on a base support. The work table if for supporting the sheet material to be cut and includes a first and second portion, and a center portion, with the center portion rigidly secured to the base support and positioned between the first and second portions. A first saw is operably associated with the center portion and the base support. The first and second end portions are movable relative to the center portion, such that the sheet material disposed on the work table is movable relative to the first saw thereby permitting the cutting of the sheet material. A guide for positioning the sheet material relative to the work table is positioned along the first and second end portions. A clamp is mounted to the first end portion of the work table for holding down the sheet material on the work table during cutting, the clamp has an engaged and a disengaged position relative to the sheet material.

Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus and method for automatically counting and permanently disposing of tickets and similar markers, such as those dispensed at arcades. The apparatus employs motor driven wheels to draw tickets through it in very rapid fashion, a sensor and counter to tally the number of tickets, and a blade to permanently destroy the tickets. The present invention lends itself to many security and accounting protections presently unavailable using conventional manual systems.

Abstract: Foodstuffs are transported on a conveyor to a cutting device which is actuated to move into a position for cutting and then cut the transported foodstuffs into portions. An ultrasonic measuring device takes foodstuff length and thickness information from the foodstuff transported by the conveyor to the cutting device. The information taken by the ultrasonic measuring device is fed to a control unit which processes the information and actuates the cutting device to move into a position to cut the foodstuff and then to cut the foodstuff into portions.

Abstract: An ending apparatus for positioning elongate objects comprising, in combination, object singulating equipment for separating a plurality of elongate objects in an inlet area into single objects while moving the objects in a first direction to an outlet area, and object support rollers intermediate the inlet and outlet area for supporting a separated, single elongate object. The object support rollers are adapted to move the elongate object in a second direction toward a reference surface independently of the object's movement in the first direction on the singulating device. The reference surface stops movement of the elongate object to establish a pre-determined position for the elongate object. Establishing the position of the object permits more efficient handling during further processing.

Abstract: An apparatus for slicing a loaf of bread includes a frame, first and second drums rotatably coupled to the frame and aligned in a vertical plane, at least one endless slicing band having a cutting edge being passed around the first and second drums to form a figure eight with an up leg and a down leg with the cutting edge of the band up leg facing in the same direction as the cutting edge of the band down leg. A mechanism is provided for rotating the first drum to drive the slicing band in a circle so that the cutting edge of the band up leg and the cutting edge of the band down leg cross each other at a point. The cutting edges have a horizontal velocity at the crossing point so that the cutting edges can engage and pull the loaf through the crossing point at a predetermined velocity. The apparatus further comprises a conveying element for horizontally conveying the loaf at a predetermined velocity into the slicing band at the crossing point.

Abstract: A laminate cutting apparatus includes a cutter head moved horizontally back and forth above a support member which supports a laminate, and a cutting member and piercing blade mounted on the cutter head, with the cutting member comprising a knife-shaped cutting blade or the cutting blade and a cutting blade guide. The upper surface of a cutter rest moved in synchronization with the cutter head and in the same direction is arranged flush with a supporting surface of the support member. There are provided a cutting member receiving body into which receives the cutting member, and a piercing blade receiving body which receives the piercing blade. The cutting member and the piercing blade are adapted so as to turn in the same direction and so as to be raised and lowered independently of each other. Furthermore, the cutting member receiving member is adapted so as to turn in synchronization with the cutting member and in the same direction.

Abstract: The disclosure herein describes an anti-kickback device for use in a wood ocessing machine. The invention is concerned with mounting, upstream of an arrangement of circular saws, a series of fingers pivotably mounted on a shaft mounted transversely of the frame. Each finger is characterized by a curved edge, facing the lumber passing by, on which is mounted a series of peripherally spaced lumber-engaging pointed elements, each element defining a different angle with respect to the pivot axis of its shaft. Each lumber-engaging element consists of a support which is removably mounted to the curved edge and a blade, preferably made of carbide material, fixed to this support.

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: The device includes a bed plate which can be placed on the table of a table saw and held against the rip fence and onto the table top by a block clamped to the rip fence which allows the bed to be moved fore-and-aft upon the table top parallel to the saw balde. A live center and a dead center are provided to hold a work piece therebetween parallel to the saw blade. In one aspect of the invention the work piece can be indexed and engage the saw blade to cut three or more equidistant lengthwise facets thereon. In another aspect these facets can be tapered end to end or from the center to each end by shifting the tail stock towards the blade or by first shifting the tail stock and then the head stock. In a still further aspect, the head stock includes means to rotate the work piece by a source of power so that a tapered cylindrical shape may be cut or dowels may be formed.

Abstract: An improved link separator guide for use with a link separator to aid in the alignment and successive positioning of linked material at a severing station, at the joining segment of the linked material, the improved guide having an arcuate channel substantially conforming to a portion of the circumference of the linked material, the guide having recess semicircular indents for the drive rollers of the link separator to cooperate with the arcuate channel in order to partially encapsulate a portion of the circumference of the linked material in order to position the linked material at the severing station.

Abstract: A conveyor assembly which can be mounted on a band saw table to convey lumber to be cut to and away from the saw blade includes two guide/drive subassemblies which are independently positionable on the band saw table on opposite sides of the saw blade, each guide/drive subassembly including two spaced apart gripping roller for contacting an adjacent side of the lumber. The two gripping rollers of one of the guide/drive subassemblies are spring biased towards the gripping rollers of the other guide/drive subassembly to accommodate lumber of differing widths. The two guide/drive subassemblies include respective drive systems to positively rotate the gripping rollers thereof in the same direction and at the same speed, and a transmission chain extends between the two guide/drive subassemblies to connect the two drive systems in such a way that the gripping rollers of one guide/drive subassembly rotate in the opposite direction to the gripping rollers of the other guide/drive subassembly.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for forming draw tape bags wherein the bag material moves continuously during the manufacture, except for the last step. The apparatus may be used with an in-line system wherein a tube is extruded and a side gusset is formed to create a hem; or the apparatus may be used with an off-line system wherein folded bag material is used, and a continuous hemmer is provided to turn the loose edges. In the off-line system a constant tension dancer precedes the hemmer to maintain constant tension on the web regardless of the size of the supply roll. The web continues to move, and a cutter is actuated to move through a circle and engage the web to punch finger holes in the hem. A reel of a strip of material is continuously fed, the strip being slit longitudinally to provide the draw tapes which are inserted into the hems. A tape guide tensions the tape and assures that the tape is well within the hem, the hems are sealed, and the bags are side welded.

Abstract: A sawing machine having rollers which laterally guide a log and feed it upon a transporting chain between and under rollers to sawblades of the saw machine, such as circular saws or a band saw. Above the log there in a staying chain which stays the log by means of staying spikes acting on the log's surface. The feed chain below the log carries supporting members which support the log at a plurality of points and maintain its unchanged position relative to the sawblades, and are particularly useful for sawing crooked logs to avoid uneven and unaesthetic saw cuts.

Abstract: A lumber mill system includes an endless lower spike chain conveyor, log loading charger for loading logs one at a time onto such charger such that the geometrical center is laterally offset from the longitudinal centerline of the conveyor and microprocessor for determining the optimum amount of lateral offset, if any, to maximize lumber recovery from the log. The log loading charger includes a frame pivotable about a pivot axis, axial carriage supported by the frame for horizontal movement in the same direction as the lower conveyor, and tandem radial carriages supported by the axial carriage for movement toward and away from the pivot axis. The radial carriages support clamp arms for gripping the log. The charger operates to grip a log adjacent the lower conveyor, swing the log above the lower conveyor to the predetermined laterally offset position, and lower the log onto the lower conveyor while simultaneously moving the log downstream with the conveyor.

Abstract: A hemming machine has a first station with an ultrasonic slitting device for cutting woven material that has enough thermoplastic content to be cut and fused by an ultrasonic device. At a second station, a hemming device folds and sews the material and by providing only two folds, results in a three layer hem which does not fray because the edge has been fused by the ultrasonic slitting device.

Abstract: A meat cutting device for cutting long rolls of meat into shorter chunks includes means for conveying long rolls one after another against a plurality of blades, each having converging sharpened edges forming a sharp point. The blades are positioned parallel to one another across and above the path of travel of the rolls and are located so that as a roll is conveyed into the blades, the blade points will pierce through the skin of the roll before the sharpened edges begin to slice through the roll. Preferably the conveyor means includes a table on which support cradles are moved and the blades are positioned above the table with the blade points located above the table so that central axis of the roll is located under the points as the roll is moved through the blades.

Abstract: A cutting apparatus for cutting tobacco leaves into small pieces. The cutting apparatus has a feed belt conveyor including a plurality of parallel narrow endless belts. At the tail section of the feed belt conveyor is provided a pulley on which a plurality of lower rotary cutting blades are coaxially mounted. The diameter of the blades is larger than that of the pulley and each lower cutting blade projects from between adjacent narrow endless belts. There are further provided a plurality of upper rotary cutting blades above the lower rotary cutting blades and each upper rotary cutting blade overlaps each corresponding lower rotary cutting blade. The endless belts are led to proceed from the pulley but not to proceed beyond the outfeeding edges of the lower rotary cutting blades and then return to the head section after they pass the overlap section.

Abstract: A device for severing round timber includes a rotatable circular saw and a transversal feeding device feeding round timber pieces towards the saw and for feeding cut sections of the timber from the saw towards the discharge end of the device. The feeding device includes a number of rotary conveying chains arranged in groups in the feeding direction at one side of the saw and at the opposite side of the saw. The conveying chains of two groups extend in the feeding direction such that they include an acute angle with each other and diverge from one another whereby timber sections cut off by the saw tend to move away from each other and, after being cut off, do not contact the saw teeth in the area of the saw blade.

Abstract: A high accuracy slitter system including both method and apparatus for aligning and cutting an elongate web of reinforced elastic material into multiple strips wherein the improved guiding apparatus includes mechanisms for both aligning the web relative to either its longitudinal center line or one of its edges while keeping the web in a generally flat condition and wherein the improved moving member includes a porous conveying member having a plurality of guide members for restraining the member against lateral movement. In a method for aligning and slitting, the improvement includes the steps of aligning the web; keeping it in a generally flat condition while aligning; and restraining the conveying member against lateral movement during slitting.

Abstract: A bag removal apparatus provided with a plurality of cutting assemblies, each cutting assembly consisting of cutting auxiliary rolls and a cutter for facilitating posttreatment of a paper bag by releasing the paper bag from a paper bag envelope encasing a long article and shredding the paper bag.

Abstract: An apparatus for preparing leads for electrical components having a sliding guide with a guide slot for conveying the components, a cutting device for cutting the leads to length, and at least one tool set having two tools which are cooperable for shaping the connecting leads between them. At least one of the tools is operable to move against the other by a closing movement in a direction which is perpendicular to the guide slot, while both of the tools are jointly movable parallel to one another, in an operating movement, in such a manner that the closing movement of the tools set is synchronized with the operating movement so as to cause the tools to be closed during a part of the operating movement which takes place in a direction in which the components are conveyed and are opened in an opposite direction.

Abstract: In order to be able to cut short workpieces by means of a multiple blade circular sawing machine a separate depresser member is provided for each saw blade. This depresser member has a slot which extends in the longitudinal direction of this member and through which the respective saw blade projects. A depresser member is so connected to an associated displacer head that together therewith it is displaceable to a defined position and is fixable in this position. Furthermore, at least one presser roller is provided in each depresser blade on both sides of the saw blade in the sawing region and the workpiece to be sawn is pressed thereby against a conveyor chain.

Abstract: A guarded tomato slicer has a sharp rack of blades mounted substantially diagonally across a table with a loading area disposed between a retracted pusher and the sharp edges of the blades. A swinging vertical gate is mounted in front of the loading area on a vertical pivot adjacent the rack of blades. The gate is resiliently poised in front of the loading area. The gate and pusher are short enough to clear each other when a tomato is pushed into the loading area against and through the swinging gate, which covers the sharp edges of the rack of blades to guard them. The swinging gate has an apertured roof to shield the top of the loading area. As deflectable outer segment of the roof has a projection which provides an outward limit of travel for the swinging gate and is deflectable to permit removal of the swinging gate. The pusher is mounted on a pair of horizontal slide rods connected to the top of the rack having lower extensions which extend downwardly together to provide a support foot.

Abstract: A shake resaw feed system is used with a band saw for lengthwise sawing of tapered wood shingles from shake blanks or slabs. The feed system includes an endless chain conveyor having flights or push paddles spaced equidistantly apart along the chain for pushing each slab longitudinally toward the blade of the band saw. Along the conveyor are guides including a fence on one side of the conveyor and flexible fingers on the other side of the conveyor for urging the slabs against the fence as they proceed along the conveyor. The fence is automatically shifted laterally during sawing of the slab to produce a tapered cut through the slab. The system also includes apparatus for sensing the thickness of the slabs and for automatically repositioning the fence laterally to equalize the thickness of the shingles cut from the slab.