Abstract: A method and apparatus for sterilizing and destroying a syringe needle includes a rotating needle carriage that receives a needle in a loading position. The needle carriage includes a port sized to accept a pen-type hypodermic syringe and an insert to downsize the port for accepting a conventional hypodermic syringe. The needle carriage is rotated downwardly to a cut-off position. At the cut-off position, two opposing contact blades pinch the needle, which electrically connects the positive and negative terminals of a battery. Current flows through the contact blades to shear the needle. The sheared portion of the needle then falls into a waste compartment in the bottom of the apparatus. When the syringe is removed from the needle carriage, the needle carriage rotates upwardly and returns to the loading position.

Abstract: A system and a method of using the system for reproducibly cutting a cove using a table saw are presented. The system comprises a first fence assembly and a fixturing means, where the fence assembly is rotatably affixed to the fixturing means, wherein the fixturing means can be releasably secured to the table of the table saw. The method comprises providing a blank molding, a table saw having a table and saw blade, and the cove system and releasably affixing the cove system to the table. The method further comprises setting a fence angle using the first fence assembly and setting a fence depth by adjusting the position of the fixturing means with respect to the table. The method finally comprises feeding the blank molding over the saw blade thereby cutting a cove in the blank molding.

Abstract: A machine for modifying a workpiece oriented lengthwise along an X-axis, including a support frame having aligned tracks arcuate about the X-axis, and rails supported on the arcuate tracks for selective rotation together about the X-axis. A pressing mechanism is adapted to press a workpiece tool and an associated support block together along a pressing axis to modify a portion of a workpiece located therebetween, with the pressing mechanism being supported on linear tracks on the rails for selective linear motion along the rails substantially transverse to the X-axis. A drive is adapted to selectively position the rails and the pressing mechanism on the tracks.

Abstract: Systems and methods for cutting, or trimming, a catheter at a specified location along the length of the catheter. The catheter preferably includes a stop feature which interacts with an elongate member of the cutting system to determine the catheter is in a proper position to be cut.

Abstract: A cutter blade is relatively moved along an outer periphery of a semiconductor wafer, and dust generated at a tape cutting site by the cutter blade and attached to an upper surface of the protective tape is collected with a dust collecting member which relatively moves with the cutter blade with respect to the semiconductor wafer, and the dust collected at a predetermined portion is suctioned and removed with a suction nozzle after the completion of tape cutting.

Abstract: A wood working tool includes a cutting blade, a carrier, which can receive wood, and a guide device associated with the carrier for causing movement past the cutting blade on a predetermined path, so that a timer carried by the carrier can be cut reproducibly to size. The carrier may have a groove which corresponds to the shape to be cut, which is received by the guide device, and on movement of the carrier, the interaction between the groove and the guide device causes the carrier to follow a required path. The tool can be provided with a device for allowing a number of similar articles to be cut from a single piece of material and the cutting of similar pieces can be effected automatically.

Abstract: The punching device for edge decoration enables repeated punching of a pattern in a target, such as paper along edges of the target. The punching device includes a jig in which a predetermined pattern is perforated, a punching member having a section corresponding to the perforated pattern and being slidable through the perforated pattern, and a base combined with the jig and having an angle (2) in range of 60°<2<180° to the perforated pattern. The base having a standard marking with a pattern corresponding to all or part of the perforated pattern.

Abstract: A punching device for edge decoration having a rotation unit which is capable of punching out a predetermined pattern repeatedly along an edge of a workpiece while accurately rotating the workpiece at a regular pitch is disclosed. This punching device includes a base (18) to which a workpiece is supplied, a jig (15) mounted on the base (18) and having a pattern hole (17) of a predetermined pattern, a punching member (13) formed in correspondence with the pattern hole (17), the punching member (13) passing through the pattern hole (17) to perforate the workpiece, a rotating unit for rotating the workpiece supplied on the base (18) so as to form a diagram in the workpiece by successive punching, and a fixing unit for fixing the workpiece to the rotating unit. A locking unit may be further provided for intermittently locking the rotation of the workpiece executed by the rotating unit.

Abstract: The severing machine for the cutting of elongate products comprises a plurality of disk-shaped blades (23A) rotating about respective shafts, and a rotating feeder (11) which takes the products (L) from a loading zone (53) and feeds them to the rotating disk-shaped blades, which subdivide each product into a plurality of cut articles (R). The rotating feeder has a plurality of staggered seatings (15A, 15B, 15C) for the products, in which the products (L) are subdivided into cut articles. Two or more unloading members arranged side by side (16A, 16B, 16C) are also provided, into which the cut articles are sequentially unloaded.

Abstract: A workpiece holding apparatus for holding and guiding a workpiece relative to a device having a driven cutting or abrading member includes a base having a workpiece support surface and a first track therein. The apparatus further includes a track-mounted member having a void. The track-mounted member is selectively securable within the void at a desired position along the track. A workpiece mounting member is provided that is slidable within the void.

Abstract: A wire measuring and cutting apparatus 1 is provided with an U-turn guide section 6 which serves to guide a wire W being fed into a guide passage 5b for bending the wire W in a substantially U-shaped manner. In the section 6, a movable guide part 5 is constituted by a pair of guide pieces 5a, 5a which are pivoted so as to open and close together. The U-turn guide section 6 is provided with a displacement mechanism 8. The mechanism 8 can maintain the pair of guide pieces 5a, 5a in the closed position. While, the mechanism 8 can displace the guide pieces 5a, 5a for the opened position together with feeding inertia of the wire W in process of measuring the length of the wire W. With this structure, the guide pieces 5a, 5a can be opened at high speed due to the feeding inertia in addition to the driving force of the mechanism 8 to open the pieces 5a, 5a and there is no need to stop feeding the wire W during the measurement of the wire W.

Abstract: An jig for a hand-held saw having a powered blade includes a slotted trammel arm, one end of the arm being formed for fixably engaging a guide holder of the saw. A clamp assembly fixably locatable on the workpiece includes a frame having a planar face member for contacting a face of the workpiece, an edge member perpendicular to the face member for contacting an edge of the workpiece, the clamp assembly defining a pivot axis that is oriented perpendicular to the face member; a pivot member rotatably connected to the clamp assembly on the pivot axis and projecting from the face member opposite the edge member, the pivot member having a head portion and a shank portion that protrudes the slot of the arm.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and device for making a series of cuts at different angles in one or more panels using a panel sawing machine. The method comprises the steps of: placing a stack of panels on a worktable; turning the stack a first time in a first direction of rotation; making a first series of cuts in the stack; turning the stack a second time in a direction opposite to the first direction of rotation and in such a way as to move the stack closer to the cutting line; and making a second series of cuts in the stack. The device comprises: a worktable having a cutting line for a panel sawing machine; a pickup element that moves along a first guide perpendicular to the cutting line; and a pusher element that moves along a second guide parallel to the cutting line.

Abstract: A table saw for use in dismantling wood pallets is provided with a table and band saw blade having course over table to cut nails between face boards and stringers as pallet is moved through blade. Table has convex, arcuate fence about which pallet may be twisted to facilitate cutting of nails. Table is shiftable horizontally relative to the saw blade to adjust position for use by single operator with short pallets or two operators with long pallets.

Abstract: A workpiece holding apparatus for holding and guiding a workpiece relative to a device having a driven cutting or abrading member includes a base having a workpiece support surface and a first track therein. The apparatus further includes a track-mounted member having a void. The track-mounted member is selectively securable within the void at a desired position along the track. A workpiece mounting member is provided that is slidable within the void.

Abstract: An apparatus for decurling food material, such as slices severed from a food material supply, while the slices are being moved toward a transfer member includes a constriction positioned in close proximity to the slicing station and in general alignment therewith. The constriction is defined by opposing upper and lower surfaces; the upper surface is a stationary surface while the lower surface is a moving surface. The lower moving surface utilizes a plurality of flexible bands rotating around at least one roller, which are disposed proximate to the food material supply. The flexible bands are driven around a guide member having an arcuate profile that matches the curvature movement that the food material supply takes. The bands which form the lower moving surface are driven at a speed equal to or greater than the speed at which the slicer operates.

Abstract: A band saw attachment for working in conjunction with a band saw for cutting arcuate panels from a piece of stock. The attachment includes a frame structure and a carriage movably mounted on the frame structure and movable back and forth between selected cutting positions. A rotating support is pivotally mounted to the carriage and pivotally movable back and forth relative to the blade of the band saw. In operation, the rotating support receives and holds a piece of stock and by rotating the support the blade of the band saw functions to cut arcuate shaped panels from the piece of stock.

Abstract: An apparatus for decurling food material, such as slices severed from a food material supply, while the slices are being moved toward a transfer member includes a constriction positioned in close proximity to the slicing station and in general alignment therewith. The constriction is defined by opposing upper and lower surfaces; the upper surface is a stationary surface while the lower surface is a moving surface. The lower moving surface utilizes a plurality of flexible bands rotating around at least one roller, which are disposed proximate to the food material supply. The flexible bands are driven around a guide member having an arcuate profile that matches the curvature movement that the food material supply takes. The bands which form the lower moving surface are driven at a speed equal to or greater than the speed at which the slicer operates.

Abstract: An electric cable guiding device includes a fixed guide block and a movable guide block. A projected round surface is formed in the fixed guide block, and an indented round surface is formed in the movable guide block. In addition, a groove is formed in the indented round surface. At the time of guiding an electric cable, the movable guide block is fitted in the fixed guide block. In this state, the indented round surface and the groove constitute an electric cable guide path. The electric cable is fed into the electric cable guide path by rollers. Consequently, the electric cable is guided in a U shape along the electric cable guide path. The front end of the electric cable drawn out of the electric cable guide path is clamped. Thereafter, the movable guide block is moved to an electric cable measuring position that is spaced apart from the fixed guide block by a predetermined distance. In this state, the electric cable is fed by a required length.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing pieces of flexible material from a length thereof (such as tubes 30 from plastics tubing 4) has a rotor 6 with a port 9 through which the tubing 4 is fed. Rotation of the rotor about its axis 7 displaces an end 4' of the tubing over a cutter 15 to cut the tube piece. The tube piece 30 may be gripped by jaws 23 on a turret 20 and carried to a transfer station 31 at which the tube piece 30 may be picked up by jaws 71 on a vertically displaceable head 60 of a locating unit 3. The head 60 rotates with a turret 56 and is displaced vertically under cam control 62, 63 for fitting an end 30A of the tube piece into a component, such as an open topped container 40, in a seat 52 beneath the head 60. The container 40 may be conveyed to the seat 52 in a filling and sealing line for forming a beverage package.

Abstract: An electric cable guiding device includes a fixed guide block and a movable guide block. A projected round surface is formed in the fixed guide block, and an indented round surface is formed in the movable guide block. In addition, a groove is formed in the indented round surface. At the time of guiding an electric cable, the movable guide block is fitted in the fixed guide block. In this state, the indented round surface and the groove constitute an electric cable guide path. The electric cable is fed into the electric cable guide path by rollers. Consequently, the electric cable is guided in a U shape along the electric cable guide path. The front end of the electric cable drawn out of the electric cable guide path is clamped. Thereafter, the movable guide block is moved to an electric cable measuring position that is spaced apart from the fixed guide block by a predetermined distance. In this state, the electric cable is fed by a required length.

Abstract: A circle cutting device for selectively rotatably retaining a workpiece in a jigsaw permits a user of the circle cutting device to cut accurate circles with the jigsaw. The circle cutting device includes an elongated track secured to the jigsaw, and further includes a housing having an upper portion slidably adjustably attached to the elongated track for location at a preselected position and a lower portion with a centrally located opening therein. A pin is positioned in the centrally located opening of the lower portion of the housing and extends a predetermined distance from the opening for selectively engaging a workpiece and maintaining the workpiece in a preselected position in relation to the jigsaw, thereby providing a pivot point for rotatably retaining the workpiece in the jigsaw so as to permit the user of the jigsaw to accurately cut circles from the workpiece.

Abstract: A device for feeding a curved workpiece is presented. A shaping device incorporating a feeding device of the present invention comprises a base; a cutting head projecting vertically above the base for shaping the workpiece; and a jig mounted to the base for guiding the workpiece past the cutting head. The jig includes first, second, and third rollers for providing a three point support for the workpiece. Preferably, one of the rollers is motor driven to automatically advance the workpiece past the cutting head. Further, the jig is preferably vertically adjustable and horizontally adjustable. A feeding device is adaptable for installation on standard shaping devices, and it can shape the lateral surfaces of both straight and curved wooden workpieces.

Abstract: A tool member mounted in adjacency to a band saw table, including a pivot plate pivotally mounted to an underlying support mounting a pivot head leg at a forward end of the pivot plate, wherein the pivot head leg is arranged for securement to a workpiece to direct the workpiece in a cooperative relationship with an associated band saw blade to effect a radius cut of the workpiece.

Abstract: A radial arm saw having a support table below the saw is arranged to receive a support sleeve directed through the support table, with the support sleeve adjustably mounting a positioning rod shaft therethrough orthogonally oriented relative to a top surface of the support table. A workpiece is arranged to rotatably mount upon a first end of the positioning shaft to permit manual rotation of the workpiece in engagement with a saw blade of the radial arm saw. In this manner, a circle may be formed from a workpiece plate.

Abstract: An easily attachable and detachable accessory to a bandsaw or jigsaw table. The device allows for the cutting of circles or partial arcs. The frame of the device has a protruding member that slides into the existing groove in the saw table and a travel stop that allows the frame to be held firmly in place. An adjustable arm slides perpendicular to the cutting plane of the saw. This arm carries a pivot pin that extends through a slot that extends the length of the frame. A workpiece is drilled to fit on the pivot pin, or a template with an upper surface having a high friction coefficient is used.

Abstract: A slice-cutting machine, for cutting slices out of tuberous vegetables or root crops, has a rotor mounted rotatably in a rotation housing, which rotor carries along the material to be cut in the direction of rotation and at the same time presses it against the inner wall of the rotation housing. A flap is formed over a section of the circumference of the rotor. The flap is pivotably mounted at its front end and with respect to the direction of rotation of the rotor. In the opening position with its back end opposite a permanently arranged blade, the flap limits a cutting gap defining the thickness of the cut. A resilient device is provided which pivots the flap into a widening opening position, and a manually rotatable eccentric, which acts upon the flap contrary to the effect of the resilient device, is provided to alter the cutting gap.

Abstract: This invention relates to a router table comprising a horizontal platen having a central opening formed therethrough to receive a router bit. A fence is pivotally mounted on the platen to guide movements of a workpiece therealong for engagement with the router bit. The fence is thus adapted to be pivoted to a selected position on the platen. A scale is mounted along one edge of the platen to underlie an end of the fence. The operator can thus visually note the precise distance between the router bit and the fence when the fence is pivoted to a selected position on the platen. The fence and attendant components of this invention can be sold as an adapter kit to modify a conventional router table or work bench for use with the pivoted fence, and/or scale a micro-adjustment mounting block. A method for making a router table or adapting an existing router table to accommodate the pivoted fence is also described herein.

Abstract: A guard stop is used with a power tool that includes a work surface, a tool head that projects at least partially through the work surface, a fence on a first side of the tool head and a safety guard pivotally supported on an opposite side of the tool head. The safety guard is biased to an initial position proximal the fence to cover the tool head. The guard stop includes a bracket plate fixedly secured to the power tool on the second side of the tool head. A stop member plate is mounted to the safety guard pivot and is pivotable with respect to both the bracket plate and the safety guard. The stop member plate is removably secured to the bracket by a bolt and threaded fastener. The bolt passes through an elongated slot in the bracket and can be secured at any desired positon along the slot. A portion of the stop plate is turned perpendicularly to that plate to form a stop portion which contacts the safety guard and prevents further rotation of the safety guard from the fence.

Abstract: A slicing apparatus particularly suitable for slicing livers. A plurality of adjacently spaced apart blades are mounted within a drum rotatable about the blades. The blades are disposed toward one side of the drum in close proximity to the peripheral wall thereof to form a cutting zone. Pockets are provided in the peripheral wall of the drum, the pockets being formed with gaps which align with the blades. As the drum and the pockets rotate through the cutting zone, the blades pass through the pockets and slice livers therein. The cutting zone is positioned in a lower quadrant of the drum and, with respect to the drum's rotational direction, immediately before lower dead-center thereof. Thus as a pocket enters the cutting zone it is being inverted and on exiting the cutting zone a pocket has been completely inverted. On exiting the cutting zone the sliced contents are deposited into a tray provided on a packaging tray conveyor positioned adjacently beneath the drum.

Abstract: A cutting machine for decoration chains for cutting a chain-like workpiece formed by coupling a number of ring-like units, the chains being wound on a guide wheel and being inserted in a spiral groove formed on the peripheral surface of the guide wheel, a cutting tool of the rotating cutting tool holder passes into the groove of the guide wheel for cutting engagement with the chain-like workpiece in the groove, and a longitudinally regulating mechanism for adjusting the width of the groove to correspond to the size of the chain.

Abstract: A circular sawblade useful in cutting circular figures from a planar material utilizing a power source to rotate the sawblade where the blade has a selected degree of concativity to accommodate the radius of the circular figure to be cut from the planar material. The present invention further comprehends a saw device to mount the blade for rotation where the cutting plane of the material can be selectively adjusted with respect to the degree of concativity of the sawblade to selectively adjust the angle between the surface cut by the blade and the planar surface of the material.

Abstract: A sheet metal cutting apparatus with sheet metal cutting member, adjustable guide member and various attachments in a portable embodiment for the mounting of and controlled feeding of a sheet metal workpiece to the cutting member so that desired straight, circular, arcuate and/or combinations of arcuate and straight cuts may be effectuated. A guide bar is disposed laterally from the cutting member and supports the adjustable guide member and the various attachments. The adjustable guide member or any of the various attachments may be selectively positioned and locked along the guide bar at a desired radial distance from the cutting member.

Abstract: According to the disclosed process, an endless fibrous material to be cut is wound in spiral form onto a rotatable cutter roll having radially outwardly oriented knives. A cutting force acts from the outside of the cutter roll radially inwardly, by way of a pressure roller contacting the wound material, for cutting, for example, synthetic fibers. In the process, at least two cutting forces are effective against the axis of the cutter roll, these forces being directed against each other. In the apparatus for conducting the process, two pressure rollers are articulated to each other by way of a double rocket arm. Consequently, the optimum cutting level, which will be different in individual cases, is automatically set. The effective cutting force for each roller is of equal strength.

Abstract: A guide member has a linearly extending guide groove formed therein. A pivot pin is guided in the guide groove in perpendicular relation with the guide member and is releasably securable to the guide member at a selected point of the guide groove. A mounting clamp releasably secures the guide member to the miter groove of the table of a motor-driven saw blade in a manner whereby the guide member abuts the planar work surface of the table with the guide groove perpendicular to the miter groove and the pivot pin extending perpendicularly to the work surface at a selected distance from the saw blade, so that a workpiece rotatably mounted on the pivot pin and parallel to the work surface is cut in a circle by the saw blade as the workpiece is rotated, the diameter of the circle being twice the distance of the pivot pin from the saw blade.

Abstract: Carriage attachment apparatus is disclosed for carrying a workpiece on an associated saw table whereby planar surfaces may be formed by sawing with common attachment between the carriage and a woodturning lathe being provided so that the sawed product is turned about the same rotational axis affording a high degree of symmetry.

Abstract: A cutting guide for use during cutting of work pieces, and especially flexible materials such as foam rubber and the like to insure precise, accurate arcs or curved paths in the work pieces. The guide includes a rotatable plate having an adjustable pivot assembly providing an axis or center of rotation with respect to a base or other support and upstanding, adjustably spaced, support walls which position the work piece for cutting. The base may be a portable plate or the table of a cutting apparatus such as a band saw or the like such that, in either case, the work piece may be supported adjacent a cutting tool such as a band saw blade or the like. The rotatable plate is rotated to move the work piece toward the cutting tool in a precise, controlled arc while the plate and support walls prevent the work piece from moving out of position. Apparatus for remote positioning of the pivot axis may be included.

Abstract: A two-piece tool for circumferentially scoring an optical fiber (11). Retaining member (21) has a substantially flat end surface (26) beyond which a portion (13) of the optical fiber protrudes perpendicularly. The scoring ring holder (28) floatably mounts a scoring ring (30). When the retaining member is inserted into the scoring ring holder, the portion (13) of the optical fiber extends into the scoring ring. A preselected relative orbital motion between the retaining member and scoring ring holder causes the scoring ring to revolve about the optical fiber scoring a line about the fiber circumference.

Abstract: An attachment for cutting machine tools, such as band saws, spindle-shapers, sanders and the like, controlling the feed path of the workpiece to the cutting tool to form desired workpiece contours, such as circles, arcs and the like, has a grooved track bar easily locked on and removed from the machine bed or table carrying a slide in the groove which has a workpiece centering pivot pin projecting therefrom. A workpiece is either directly pivoted on the pin or secured to a templet pivoted on the pin and is rotated about its pivot support against the cutting tool. The slide may be locked in the groove at a selected distance from the tool, may be pushed against a stop at a selected position in the groove or may be shifted by a cam to control the feed path of the workpiece for forming desired contours. Circles of selected diameters, elipses of selected minor and major radii, heart shapes, four leaf clover shapes and the like are easily developed.

Abstract: Apparatus for positioning the center points of circular arcs for accurately and precisely cutting such arcs in work pieces with band saws and the like. The device includes a base secured to the work support table of the saw and extending away from the saw blade. An arm is mounted at the end of the base, remote from the blade, and is spaced above the base. Also included are means with the arm for movably mounting a trammel point which engages and holds the center of the arc to be cut either on the work piece itself or on a holder therefor to determine the radius of the arc, as well as manual and power means for rotating the work piece about the trammel point.

Abstract: A guide plate assembly, mountable on the table of a saw which guides a sheet rotatably fixed to the guide plate to enable the saw blade to cut the sheet into a circular disk of a desired diameter. The assembly includes a first slide bar that may be latched in position in a miter slot of the saw table, with a plate attachable to the first slide bar that is slidably latched to the first slide bar, and a second slide bar fitted with one or more cylindrical pivot holes which is also slidably latched in an open slot of the plate. A pivot screw, in the form of a wood screw fitted with a cylindrical head is fastened to the center of a sheet, to be cut, and the cylindrical head rotatably mounted in a pivot hole of the second slide bar, so that the sheet may be circularly rotated about the cutting edge of the saw blade.

Abstract: A horizontal base including a plurality of side by side horizontally spaced apart parallel guides is provided and a follower is selectively removably engageable with any one of the guides for guided movement therealong. A workpiece support is rotatably supported from the follower for angular displacement about an upstanding axis substantially normal to the plane containing the guides and the base is stationarily positionable on the horizontal table of a band saw or jig saw and a workpiece to have a constant radius arcuate cut made therein may be supported from the workpiece support and angularly displaced therewith in order that the blade of the saw may make the desired arcuate cut. The spacing of the parallel guide with which the follower is guidingly engaged from the blade of the saw determines the radius of curvature of the arcuate cut to be made.

Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed for splicing the trailing end of an expiring web of an old stock roll to the leading web end of a new stock roll. The new stock roll is provided with a splicing tape for initially releasably attaching the leading end of the new stock roll to its outer web convolution. A plurality of sensors are provided for positioning the new stock roll and splicing tape in a precise presplicing position prior to the splicing operation. During the splicing operation, a web guiding and severing mechanism guides the expiring web into engagement with the new stock roll, severs the expiring web, and splices the trailing end of the expiring web to the splicing tape on the leading end of the new stock roll.

Abstract: Apparatus for positioning the center points of circular arcs for accurately and precisely cutting such arcs in work pieces with band saws and the like. The device includes a base secured to the work support table of the saw and extending away from the saw blade. An arm is mounted at the end of the base, remote from the blade, and is spaced above the base. Also included are means with the arm for movably mounting a trammel point which engages and holds the center of the arc to be cut either on the work piece itself or on a holder therefor to determine the radius of the arc, as well as manual and power means for rotating the work piece about the trammel point.

Abstract: Apparatus for feeding a continuous web of photosensitive paper into a reprographic machine so that the leading edges of the paper and a transparent master sheet to be copied are coincident as they enter exposure and developing stations, and to ensure that the tail end of the paper is cut, during continuous forward movement of the leading edge, so that the trailing edge of the severed paper coincides with the tail end of the master sheet. The feed path of the paper includes a curved portion defined by an arcuate-section guide and a concentrically mounted roller. A loop of paper is formed by moving the roller out of the guide and the rear end of the paper is then held stationary and cut by a guillotine while the paper forming the loop is continuously fed forward. The timing of the feeding and cutting operations on the paper is controlled by micro-switches actuated by the leading and trailing ends of the master sheet.