Abstract: A cutting board assembly with a rigid planar member, a circular segmented tray member, a plurality of supports, a plurality of non slip feet, a tray turning knob, a rotary bearing assembly and a food retaining curb. The planar member has an aperture matching the perimeter of one segment of the tray member. The tray turning knob is located at the center of the planer member. The rotary bearing assembly is mounted to the underside of the tray. The supports and non slip feet hold the rigid planar member up and prevent it from sliding during use. The food retaining curb is attached to either the left or right side of the rigid planar member, enabling a user to cut items and slide them into one of the tray segments and turn the tray so that a new segment of the tray is available for receiving additional cut items.

Abstract: This invention involves a method of securing pipe (also referred to as a “string of tools”) when driving off a subsea well or sealing off a well in onshore applications where there is an emergency by grabbing the pipe before it is cut. A pipe ram then is closed on the pipe before a shear ram is actuated to cut the pipe. In subsea applications, the top of the pipe may then be raised clear of the blowout preventer within a marine riser. A blind ram and annular preventer can then be closed above the remnant of the pipe being retained by the pipe catcher. The pipe above the cut is removed through the marine riser and the marine riser itself is then disconnected. The rig is then driven off the well. If the well is reactivated the steps are reversed but the well is safely secured before the blowout preventer components are opened. The pipe supported by the catcher is independently supported before the catcher is released and the pipe lifted through the riser.

Abstract: Cutting device, method and use are for cutting of a line extending from a floating vessel. The cutting device is structured for placement on the vessel. The cutting device comprises: at least one guide structured for directional steering of the line past a cutting area for the line; and at least one of the following cutting-promoting devices: at least one induction coil device directed inwards toward the cutting area and structured for heating, hence weakening, of the line within the cutting area; and at least one moveable cutting knife with an opposite contact surface directed inwards toward the cutting area and also structured for cutting of the line within the cutting area.

Abstract: The invention relates to a gripper for use in a cutting machine, in particular a high-speed cutting machine. The gripper can be brought into engagement with an end of a food loaf in a reversible manner by applying a negative pressure.

Abstract: Cutting device, method and use are for cutting of a line extending from a floating vessel. The cutting device is structured for placement on the vessel. The cutting device comprises: at least one guide structured for directional steering of the line past a cutting area for the line; and at least one of the following cutting-promoting devices: at least one induction coil device directed inwards toward the cutting area and structured for heating, hence weakening, of the line within the cutting area; and at least one moveable cutting knife with an opposite contact surface directed inwards toward the cutting area and also structured for cutting of the line within the cutting area.

Abstract: A dental prosthesis mold shaping apparatus includes a panel that has an upper side and a cutting assembly that is attached to the panel and extends upwardly from the upper side. The cutting assembly is capable of cutting into a dental prosthesis mold. The cutting assembly has restricted lateral movement and unrestricted vertical movement. A saddle includes an mount and a plate. The mount is releasably coupled to the upper side and the plate releasably receives the dental prosthesis mold. The saddle supports the dental prosthesis mold while the dental prosthesis mold is being cut.

Abstract: A rotating log saw clamp having a clamp infeed section and a clamp outfeed section located adjacent a log saw blade. The clamp infeed section and clamp outfeed section are coupled for rotation together with the log during sawing of at least a portion of the log by the log saw blade.

Abstract: A system for clamping sheet material against an underlying support surface employs linear arrays of clamp units, each unit including a separate clamping member having a head portion with a flat top surface and a peripheral element constructed to engage an edge portion of the sheet material. The clamping members are disposed in spaced relationship along marginal portions of the support surface, and an actuating device is providing for effecting movement of the clamping members between release and clamp positions. The cutting head utilizes a blade magazine-mounting slide, the travel of which is positively limited and which has a unique pin arrangement for facilitating the interchange of separate magazines adapted for specific cutting modes.

Abstract: A cutter clamp assembly for holding the elongated strip of tire material during the cutting process, whereby predetermined lengths of tire material are created to be formed into a tire. The cutter clamp is an air actuated clamp that is pivoted into engagement with a sidewall section of the elongated strip of tire material as air suction from an air manifold holds the entire elongated strip down so as to assure a uniform and even cut. The cutter clamp includes a clamp bar that is spring loaded by a tension bar such that during engagement the clamp bar evenly distributes a force along the entire sidewall adjacent to the cutter such that an even cut is started upon contact by the cutter with the elongated strip of tire material, whereby the air suction manifold holds down the entire elongated strip during cutting.

Abstract: A lead cutting apparatus of an electronic component, which is capable of cutting of leads of the component to a specific length independent of the shape and size of the component. This apparatus includes a table with a flat surface on which an electronic component is placed. The package of the component is supported by the flat surface of the table. A pair of cutting units are located at each side of the table. Each of the pair of cutting units has a gripper for gripping a corresponding one of the leads of the component, a cutter for cutting the corresponding one of the leads to a specific length, and a retainer for retaining the package of the component on the table. The pair of cutting units are designed to be moved toward the table and away from the table by a pair of moving units, respectively.

Abstract: A holddown bar assembly for a textile-centering and cutting machine through which a web is advanced in a direction has a lower bar underneath the goods and extending transversely of the direction a full width of the web and an upper support bar above the goods, extending the full width of the web, and provided with a vertical guide. A row extending the full width of the web of finger plates are vertically displaceable relative to each other on the guide directly above the lower bar so that the web can be pinched between the row of finger plates and the lower bar. A biasing unit is engaged between the upper support bar and the finger plates for urging the finger plates downward against the web.

Abstract: Material feed and placement mechanisms for a steel cutting machine result in a power saving and accurate clamping device. A workpiece is moved into cutting position and clamped in place by the feed mechanism. After being cut by the cutting machine, the cut piece is slowly laid down by the placement mechanism. Not only can noise and vibration be eliminated, but also the safety of workers is improved, and machine life is extended.

Abstract: A workpiece being processed on a machine tool is moved by control devices to the tool head or work station of the machine mechanically or automatically. A stop defines an area around the work station from which the holding devices must be kept to prevent damage. As soon as a holding device reaches the limit of the danger zone around the tool head, it is switched into a setting releasing the workpiece and moves into a position away from the work station. The machine has a switching element connected to each holding device to be so movable, and the switching element has a switching slide which is acted on by an applied force and is supported in a first position until it abuts the stop when one slide position connects the energy source to the drive of the holding device to move it away from the stop. In another slide position, the connection to the energy source is broken and the holding device returns to the workpiece holding position.

Abstract: An apparatus for cutting an elongated body of elastomeric material includes a tensioned wire which is oscillated in a generally up and down motion while traversing through the elastomeric material. The wire acts as a cutting blade and prepares the cut surface of the elastomeric material to improve splices. The wire is suspended between a pair of pivotally mounted arms so that the wire oscillates as the arms are rocked by an eccentric mounted to a rotating shaft. The cutter wire passes through the body of elastomeric material at an angle relative to the plane in which the body of elastomeric material lies. The body of elastomeric material is secured in place by clamp segments which conform themselves to the cross-sectional shape of the body. The cutter wire is traversed through the elastomeric material on a cutter frame which is moved by a ball screw driven by a variable speed electric motor.

Abstract: A vacuum valve includes a valve body with a cylindrical sidewall having a vacuum inlet coupled to a vacuum source and a vacuum outlet. A piston is disposed within the valve body for movement between an open position and a closed position and provides a vacuum port that extends between the vacuum inlet and the vacuum outlet when the piston is in the open position. The valve also includes means for cooperating with a vacuum source to remove material from the vacuum valve as the piston moves between the open and closed positions. The vacuum port of the piston includes a reduced diameter portion that provides a passageway for vacuum and debris. A sharp edge, preferably an annular knife edge, circumferentially surrounds the piston adjacent, and extending into, the reduced diameter portion. The annular knife edge is oriented to provide a cutting stroke during movement of the piston from the open position to the closed position.

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: An automated workpiece rotation is accomplished by clamping the workpiece, to the lower turret of a turret punch press in the press carriage grippers and rotating the turret 180.degree. to reorient an oversized workpiece in order to enable completion of a punching program on the workpiece. The turret is positively located in each rotated position, and the degree of tilt of the rotated sheet in the press carriage grippers is determined by edge detectors.

Abstract: The apparatus for holding a log or long roll (L) of web material during the cutting thereof along a plane perpendicular to the log axis, includes: a plurality of clamping elements distributed in a circle around the log (L). The clamping elements can be moved so as to clamp the log during the cut and also to be released so as to allow the log to axially move between cuts. At least one actuator causes the movement of the clamping elements, and connectors which connect the clamping elements to one another to provide a simultaneous movement thereof by said actuator. Each clamping element pivots around an axis so as to cause clamping of the log. The connectors control the pivoting of said clamping elements.

Abstract: An arrangement for cutting stacked sheets of material resting on a bench. A hydraulically actuated holdfast beam descends onto the material to be cut, and the cutter travels perpendicular to the surface of the bench adjacent to the holdfast beam. A sensor operates during the cutting in conjunction with a circuit that controls the holdfast beam, and emits a signal to reduce the beam's holdfast force. The sensor is mounted below the holdfast beam and outside its effective surface that comes into contact with the material being cut. The distance between the sensor and the effective surface of the holdfast beam equals the distance between a lower edge of the holdfast beam and an upper edge of the stacked material that is being cut.

Abstract: An arrangement for optimizing the unproductive motions of a holdfast-beam in a machine that cuts sheets of material that are stacked on a bench. A hydraulic beam descends onto the stack of sheets to hold them fast before they are cut, and rises again after the sheets have been cut. A definite distance between the holdfast-beam and the material that has been cut is determined while the beam rises off the sheets of material. The rise of the holdfast-beam is terminated when a definite distance is determined.

Abstract: A slitting equipment, piercing various patterns of ventilation slits in thin material, comprising a frame, a main cylinder, auxiliary cylinders, and a plate with knives. Upon an electric impulse from a bag-making machine, to which the present slitting equipment is attached, the auxiliary pneumatic cylinders press and stretch the thin material when the main pneumatic cylinder activates a plate, to which is attached a multitude of cutting knives, up and down the vertical plane. The sharp knives pierce and cut the stretched, thin film in the designed pattern. When the knives have disengaged from the material, the auxiliary cylinders release the film, and the latter is free to move horizontally, while restricted vertically by the top and bottom supports of the machine. As a result of this procedure, ventilation openings have been created simultaneously with the sealing and shaping processes carried on by the bag-making machine, without producing any waste material.

Abstract: A method for optimizing the cutting of sheets of material that are stacked on a bench in a cutting machine. Before cutting the sheets, a beam descends to hold the sheets fast while guillotine blade descends and cuts the sheets. After the sheets have been cut, the blade and beam are lifted, with the lower edge of the beam following the sharp edge of the blade. A definite distance between the blade and the top of the stack is determined while the blade rises after cutting the sheets. The rise of the blade is terminated at the upper end of that distance, which is determined by a pick-up mounted stationary on the holdfast beam. This pick-up detects the position of the rising blade in relation to the holdfast beam.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for perforating a plastic film fleader section connecting together a plurality of plastic film bags and forming a pack of saddle bags. The saddle bags are carried on a block with the header on the block and the bags draped thereover. The block is in sliding engagement with a track and is selectively moved in position in the apparatus. A pair of pivotally connected arms are selectively pivotally moved in contact with the plastic film bags pulling the bags generally away from the header and causing the header to become taut. A pair of perforation blades are forced toward the carrying block and through the header simultaneously creating two perforation lines, one line on each side of the header.

Abstract: A power shear machine for processing metal in sheet or plate form. The machine comprises a table base, and a cross-beam both secured between two side members in order to form a part of the machine frame; a shear made of a bottom blade cooperating with a vertically sliding top blade; a vertically sliding hold-down in front of the top blade; and a device for controlling the vertical sliding displacements of the top blade and hold-down. The power shear includes the hold-down which is made of two separate parts, each supporting one of two mating tools on facing sides thereof, and a device for temporarily locking together the parts.

Abstract: A hydraulically actuated tire cutter includes a first conveyor belt which loads a tire into a tire cutting position between a fixed plate, a moving plate and a plurality of adjustable bars. Twelve corresponding pairs of gripping jaws project from the fixed and moving plate. The gripping jaws have a saw tooth edge. Each pair of gripping jaws of the fixed and moving plate are in registration with one another to compress the tire until one of the tire's beads essentially touches the other. Twelve blades attached to a blade plate are hydraulically actuated to pass through a passage in the moving plate and the fixed plate to radially cut the tire. After the tire has been cut, a second conveyor belt removes the pieces of tire from the bottom portion of the tire cutter.

Abstract: An apparatus for simultaneously miter angle cutting to length the end of a wood truss web includes an upright frame having a workpiece guide path, horizontally extending through the frame. A pair of superposed angled saw blades are moved vertically by a pressure cylinder across the workpiece path which severs the workpiece to form a truss web to length while simultaneously miter angle cutting its ends on predetermined angles.

Abstract: To trim a plurality of printed products, which may have different thicknesses, first and second cutting assemblies are provided, each cutting assembly having a cutting knife (98, 59) and a cutting counter element (115, 65). The printed products are held in receivers formed of a fixed jaw and a movable jaw, resiliently clamping the printed products between the jaws, the knives being moved across the printed products and against the counter elements. The printed prroducts are supplied to the first cutting assembly by a pair of toothed or ribbed belt (20) from a storage cassette (1). The length dimension to be cut is determined by a stop rail (39) and the width dimension is determined by the spacing of two lateral knives of the second cutting assembly. A transfer apparatus transfers the printed products from the first to the second cutting assembly, from which they can then be removed. The knives are moved in a guide way formed by guide rails on which sliders operate.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a shearing machine in which the upper shearing blade can be easily adjusted and positioned. The upper blade is held on a pivotal plate member which is pivotally held on a ram by means of a hinge means to be rotated to adjust of the position of the upper blades. In addition, a hold down member is provided for holding a work-sheet. The hold down member is arranged to be urged by a toggle joint to hold the work-sheet at a reduced speed with an increased force after coming into contact with the work-sheet. A scrap removal member is also included in the shearing machine such that scraps can be easily removed without mingling them with the finished sheets. The scrap removal member removes scrap without idle time between feeding the work-sheets to be sheared. The shearing machine is so arranged that scraps are taken away directly to a scrap box as soon as the work-sheet has been completely sheared into its finished product.

Abstract: A wood processor is disclosed for cutting a log into a series of shorter lengths and subsequently splitting the shorter lengths into individual pieces of firewood or the like. The processor includes a carriage for receiving the log. Clamps engage the log from both sides to secure it in the carriage which advances the log into contact with a plurality of parallel rotating saws. After the carriage is retracted a pusher rod moves the cut log pieces along an axis onto a plurality of cradle members, one cradle supporting each log section. The cradle members are tilted to dump the log sections alternately onto opposite sides of the axis of log movement. The logs dumped from the cradles are fed to a plurality of individual hydraulically operated log splitters.

Abstract: The pressure beam is adapted to be used in sawing machines for cutting workpieces such as panels or packs of panels (P), of the type comprising a workpiece support table (L) having a straight longitudinal slot defining a cutting line and a sawing tool (Z) movable along the cutting line. The pressure beam is arranged above the workpiece support table (L), extends along the whole length of the cutting line and consists of two pressure elemments (R, R') arranged at both sides of the cutting line, parallelly thereto. Each pressure element (R, R') can be raised and lowered independently of the other and laterally moved by slides to vary the distance of the pressure elements (R, R') with respect to the cutting line located between them.

Abstract: A continuous strip which is laminated onto plates arranged at a distance from one another and which is composed of a dry resist laminate is introduced into a separating device 1 extending over the width of a strip 20. A drive cylinder 2 is arranged by means of pillars 3 above a carriage 31. The drive cylinder 2 guides the mounting 11, in which a cross-cutting device 10 is fastened, transversely over the strip 20. The cross-cutting device 10 comprises two knife-holders with knives parallel to one another, which are movable apart from one another and together and which, during the transverse movement, sever the strip 20 in a double cut along the trailing edge 29 and the leading edge 30 of two adjacent plates 4 and 5.

Abstract: A guillotine type cutting machine wherein the length of cuts to be made in stacks of sheets determines the force with which a hold-down device bears upon a stack in the course of the cutting operation to prevent stray movements of the sheets. The force varies as a function of the length of the contemplated cuts and is regulated in such a way that the pressure of the hold-down device per unit area of a larger or smaller stack containing identical numbers and types of sheets is the same.

Abstract: An improved machine for disassembling all or a portion of wood pallets formed of paralleled stringers with deck boards nailed to the top and bottom edges of the stringers, the machine having a horizontal support arm onto which a stringer of a wood pallet is positioned, the deck boards of the pallet extending to either side of the support arm, a cylinder-piston supported above the support arm and having a piston rod extending therefrom for engaging a stringer positioned on the support arm and to clamp the stringer in position on the support arm, a carrier arm supported parallel to and spaced from the support arm, a hub slidable on the carrier arm, opposed cutter wheels rotatably supported to the hub, the periphery of the cover wheels being adjacent the opposed sides of the support arm, an a reciprocable cylinder-piston for moving the hub and therefore the cutter wheels to cut the nails holding the pallet deck boards to the stringer positioned on the support arm.

Abstract: A shear for cutting profile and/or flat and/or solid-section steel has at least one vertical frame plate having a front face and a back face and formed with a throughgoing workpiece window, at least one fixed blade carried on the plate at the window, a working slide displaceable on the back face of the frame plate and carrying a movable blade passing past the fixed blade on movement of the slide on the frame plate, a generally flat holddown plate carrying a holddown element, and a pivot supporting the holddown plate on the frame plate for movement parallel to the frame plate and about a horizontal axis generally perpendicular to the frame plate between a raised position and a lowered position, and for movement also about a vertical axis between a use position lying against the front face of the frame plate and a service position extending transversely therefrom. Clamps secure the holddown plate in the use position against the frame plate with limited pivoting about the horizontal axis only.

Abstract: A hacksaw apparatus, for use in association with a work piece and a source of pressurized hydraulic fluid, wherein the hacksaw apparatus comprises a frame, adaptable to receive and support the work piece, hydraulic cylinders mounted to the frame, and connectable to the source of pressurized hydraulic fluid, a hacksaw support structure attached to the hydraulic cylinders, whereby operation of the hydraulic cylinders may move the hacksaw support structure relative to the frame, at least one hacksaw slidably mounted to the hacksaw support structure, hacksaw operators operable to move the hacksaw against the work piece and to maintain pressure between the hacksaw and the work piece during a hacksaw cutting stroke.

Abstract: A cutter for cutting, in stages, irradiated bundles of nuclear fuel rods, pecially from pressurized-water or boiling-water reactors. The cutter includes a feed channel associated with transverse and longitudinal feed devices for the rod bundle. A cutter housing is arranged at the mouth of the channel. A cutter carriage can be moved at right angles to the feed channel and is provided with a cutter blade; a fixed counter-blade cooperates with this cutter blade; a rod bundle clamping mechanism is located ahead of the cutting plane and is provided with two alternately actuatable clamping jaws. The cutter carriages, the cutting blade, the counter-blade, and the two clamping jaws can be removed and replaced. The transporting, clamping, and cutting devices are respectively provided with their own drive unit.

Abstract: A punch and ram assembly for a punch press which clamps a workpiece prior to punching with the same mechanism used to strip the workpiece from the punch as the punch is retracted. The elements of the clamping and stripping mechanism are carried and actuated by the ram and its motion. The invention allows for adjusting the clamping and stripping force.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for clamping a bar to be sheared, shearing the bar, and transmitting the shearing forces is disclosed. An infeed clamping assembly and moving shear blade assembly are retained within a housing formed from a plurality of retainer plates which are disposed between and connected to a pair of bolsters with keys inserted and interfitted into aligned key cavities in the retainer plates and bolsters. An infeed clamp assembly is provided with an infeed clamp adapted to be pivoted on a support block as the support block and clamp are moved against a bar to accommodate variation in bar cross section along the length of the bar. A rectangular cage having an interior guideway is provided to receive the portion of the bar to be sheared off. A backing clamp is carried by, and slidably movable within, the cage. The backing clamp is wedged against one side of the bar portion to be sheared off until the other side of the bar is engaged by a part of the cage.

Abstract: A sawing machine for the straight or oblique cutting or sawing of profiled sections has two columns maintained parallel by two bridging members and along which slide followers adjustable by nut and screw, and a tool holder which can pass between the followers into the profiled section, and there being one or more jacks for vertically clamping the workpiece. An automatic centering and clamping mechanism clamps the workpiece laterally.

Abstract: A cutting machine for subdividing material lengths comprises a roller table establishing a transport path along which the material is directed to a cutting zone. A cutting head assembly has a cutting blade for cutting material located at the cutting zone. A front vise assembly is fixed adjacent to the cutting zone with first and second jaws arranged in opposed mutually spaced relationship on opposite sides of the transport path. A first jaw operating mechanism is provided for adjusting the spacing of the first and second jaws between an open position permitting movement therebetween of the material and a closed position clamping the material therebetween. A rear vise assembly is mounted on a carriage underlying the roller table. The carriage is movable in opposite directions parallel to the transport path. The rear vise assembly has third and fourth jaws also arranged in opposed mutually spaced relationship on opposite sides of the transport path.

Abstract: A hold-down construction for a shear used for shearing workpieces from an elongated metal member including an elongated beam having first and second ends and a central portion therebetween, a hold-down assembly mounted on the central portion, a pivotal connection between the first end of the beam and the post of a shear, and a detachable connection between the second end of the beam and another post of the shear, to thereby permit the hold-down to be swung toward and away from a knife assembly mounted on the shear, and a connection between the hold-down assembly and the knife assembly for reinforcing the hold-down assembly against movement away from the elongated metal member during shearing thereof.

Abstract: This shear for cutting relatively heavy, thick and large-sized metal sheets and plates, which comprises a movable blade and fixed blade, has the ends of the movable blade carrier pivotally mounted to the movable members of a pair of lateral spaced actuators, one being pivoted through crank means, so that the movable blade carrier can be actuated for cutting the metal by bearing against one or the other of its ends.

Abstract: A transverse shear for severing successive sections of heavy metal plate from a length thereof comprises, in addition to the stationary lower blade, a holddown clamp upstream of the blade for pressing the length of plate thereagainst, a movable upper blade which tends to displace the plate to the side toward which the cut progresses, and lateral support elements along the longitudinal edge of the plate at this side, at least one pair of tongs which grip the downstream plate section to be severed along this edge and hold it in position against the tendency of the cut to form a wedge-shaped gap converging toward the aforementioned side. Preferably two such pairs of tongs are provided, both spaced from the cutting location and in spaced relationship to each other.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for preparing an inside diagonal corner insert to a laminated plastic countertop surface. The diagonal corner insert transects the inside corner of the countertop and permits the countertop to accommodate a rotatable shelf apparatus thereunder. Dimensionally corresponding female and male templates are provided so that a cutting tool guided by the templates will produce a corresponding male insert for the void created in the countertop with the female template. The countertop and template are advantageously secured in an easily accessible position by a jig apparatus which utilizes pneumatic pistons for securing both the workpiece and the templates.

Abstract: A plate hold-down device for use during the abrasive cutting of plates which includes an expansible and retractable member adapted to be filled with a liquid and placed onto the plate.

Abstract: A device for feeding a workpiece to the saw component of a sawing machine and for clamping the workpiece during the cutting thereof by the saw component, has first and second clamping jaws supported on a table of the sawing machine and cooperating with one another for immobilizing the workpiece; and a feed roller supported at the machine table in the zone of the clamping jaws for feeding the workpiece into the operational range of the saw component. The device further has an arrangement connected to the first clamping jaw for displacing the same towards and away from the second clamping jaw in a direction inclined with respect to the surface of the machine table.

Abstract: A punch press in which pressure fluid which is introduced into a chamber is used to press a stripper against a workpiece and also to retract a piston which carries a punch. The pressure of the pressure fluid in the chamber is maintained at a substantially constant but selectively adjustable magnitude.

Abstract: A device is attachable to an outwardly extensible, rotatable arm of a manned submergible chamber and is formed with a horizontally pivoted gate to engage and hold a cable upon rotation of the arm. The device is provided with a track-mounted blade to sever the cable; the blade being actuated from within the manned chamber. In another embodiment, the device is capable of gripping the cable before severing, severing the cable and then permitting the severed cable to be lifted to the surface while continuing to grip the cable. The device is particularly useful for removing entangled cables from an underwater work area, such as an offshore drilling station.

Abstract: A device for holding lumber to be cut including a conveyor system with an abutment plate and clamping arm to clamp the lumber against the plate. A saw is movable in a plane transverse to that of the conveyor to engage and cut the lumber at a side thereof opposite that engaged by the clamping arm.

Abstract: A material cutting machine includes a pair of cylindrical rollers through which a web of sheet material is passed, one roller being driven while the other is allowed to track with the sheet material so that it accurately measures the length of the material passing through the rollers. Means are included for stopping the drive roller after a prescribed length of material has been measured by the measuring roller. After such stopping, a cut-off apparatus is made to reciprocate across the web to cut off a predetermined length of material.