Plural Tool Elements Successively Actuated At Same Station Patents (Class 83/471.1)
  • Patent number: 11014261
    Abstract: A saw assembly for cutting a workpiece is disclosed. The saw assembly includes a platform for supporting the saw assembly on a surface. The saw assembly further includes a table assembly having a saw for cutting the workpiece and a table surface for supporting the workpiece during cutting. The table assembly is pivotably coupled to the platform and is adapted to pivot relative to the platform to position the table surface at an inclination relative to the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Inventor: Igor Chepets
  • Patent number: 11016005
    Abstract: The present invention is related to a cutting system. It is further related to a system for obtaining a sample of plant material and method. Such a system can for instance be used for DNA analysis as part of a plant breeding program. According to the invention, the cutting system comprises a cutting device having a hollow cutting element having a cutting edge facing a leaf of a plant to be sampled, a drive unit for rotating said cutting element about a longitudinal axis of said cutting element to cut through the leaf, and a gas flow direction unit for applying a suction force through the hollow cutting element. The cutting system further comprises a control unit for controlling the drive unit and the gas flow direction unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Inventor: Adrianus Johannes Cornelis Bovée
  • Publication number: 20150143968
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cutter for cutting printed substrates, having a supporting plane adapted to receive a printed substrate comprising a plurality of images separated by a plurality of edges perpendicular to each other in a feeding direction (F), and a plurality of cutting units suitable for cutting the printed substrate along said edges in a longitudinal direction (L), parallel to the feed direction (F), and in a transverse (T), perpendicular to the feeding direction (F). Each cutting unit has a pair of parallel blades, spaced apart at a distance corresponding to the width of the edges, a backing plane arranged underneath the supporting plane of the cutter and suitable to provide a backing surface to the blades during cutting, and a connecting arm which extends from a frame of the cutting unit on which the blades are mounted to the backing plane in a direction opposite to the cutting direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2013
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Applicant: FOTOBA INTERNATIONAL S.R.L.
    Inventor: Pietro Alberto
  • Patent number: 8833217
    Abstract: Methods and systems to drive rotary presses are described. In one described example, a rotary press system includes a first rotary press and a second rotary press adjacent to the first rotary press. The first and the second rotary presses are to receive a strip of material. A drive member is operatively coupled to the first and the second rotary presses and a motor coupled to the drive member rotates the drive member to cause the first and second rotary presses to process the strip material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: The Bradbury Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Gregory S. Smith
  • Patent number: 8695465
    Abstract: Stabilization of a circular saw blade is provided, through use of a blade stabilizer mounted adjacent a workpiece in a fixed relationship to the workpiece and having a stabilizer contact element adapted to bear against the circular saw blade and exert a force against the saw blade in a direction substantially perpendicular to a cutting plane of the saw blade at a point on at least one of the blade faces on the working side of the blade, proximate an axis of motion passing through an axis of rotation of the saw blade and the workpiece in the cutting plane, as the circular saw blade and/or the workpiece move relative to one another along the axis of motion. The axis of motion may be linear or curved. Some embodiments include additional blade stabilizers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Advanced Machine & Engineering Co.
    Inventor: Willy Goellner
  • Patent number: 8122807
    Abstract: Table saws are disclosed. The table saws may include a circular blade, an elevation mechanism configured to raise and lower the blade relative to the work surface; and a spring to provide a force biasing the blade up or down relative to the work surface. The spring may be a gas spring connected between a trunnion and an elevation plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: SD3, LLC
    Inventors: Stephen F. Gass, J. David Fulmer, David A. Fanning
  • Patent number: 7954533
    Abstract: A sheet cutting table 13, after sticking an adhesive sheet S to a semiconductor wafer W, for cutting the area outside the semiconductor wafer W as an unnecessary adhesive sheet S1 with a cutting device 15. The table 13 includes an inner table 52 which supports the semiconductor wafer W, and an outer table 51 corresponding to the unnecessary adhesive sheet S1 outside the semiconductor wafer W. The upper surface of the outer table 51 is provided with a non-adherable treatment surface 51A, and an adherable member formed with a ring member 53 or a plate member 63 for sticking the adhesive sheet S thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: Lintec Corporation
    Inventors: Hideaki Nonaka, Kenji Kobayashi, Yoshiaki Sugishita
  • Patent number: 7926397
    Abstract: The subject invention provides a portable saw table assembly for cutting a material longitudinally, laterally, and at various angles thereto. The assembly includes a first and a second table rail being parallel and spaced from each other and each extending between a proximal end and a distal end. A saw rail is moveably supported by the first and the second table rails for moving longitudinally along the table rails between the proximal and the distal ends and a mounting plate is moveably supported by the saw rails to allow movement of the mounting plate laterally along the saw rail between the first table rail and the second table rail. A saw plate is rotateably supported by the mounting plate for carrying a saw to cut the material. A guide bar is disposed diagonally relative to the first and the second table rails and engages the saw plate to guide the saw plate diagonally in response to simultaneous movement of the saw rail longitudinally and the mounting plate laterally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: Tapco International Corporation
    Inventors: J. Richard Logan, Clyde G. Allen, Michael C. Clark
  • Patent number: 7926398
    Abstract: An optical system mounted on a cutter that has a base and a housing supporting a blade. In one embodiment, the optical system may project first and second indicator lines on the base. The optical system may also include a mechanism selectively operable to adjust the first and second lines to indicate the width of the blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventors: Jaime E. Garcia, Joseph L. Jenkins, Jr., Jeffrey D. Weston
  • Patent number: 7757593
    Abstract: A miter saw having a laterally tiltable cutting portion and a fence unit that supports a workpiece without mechanical interference with the cutting portion regardless of its laterally tilting posture. A left fence unit and a right fence unit are provided on a base portion. The left fence includes a fixed left fence, a first left subordinate fence pivotally movably connected to the fixed left fence, and a second left subordinate fence pivotally movably connected to the fixed left fence. The first left subordinate fence is moved to a first position outside of a first titling region of the cutting portion, and to a second position outside of the first tilting region and a second tilting region in which a tilting angle of the cutting portion is greater than that in the first tilting region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kouji Takase, Hiromi Ozawa, Hiroyuki Saitou
  • Patent number: 7707920
    Abstract: Improved table saws and table saws designed to implement safety systems that detect contact between a person and a dangerous portion of the saw are disclosed. The table saws may include an elevation mechanism, a tilt mechanism, and an adjustment system configured to adjust the parallelism between a tilt axis and a blade. The elevation mechanism may include a vertical slide that includes two shafts, and the adjustment system may include a mechanism to adjust the parallelism of the two shafts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: SD3, LLC
    Inventors: Stephen F. Gass, J. David Fulmer, David A. Fanning
  • Patent number: 7703365
    Abstract: A lumber trimmer is disclosed wherein only one pair of parallel spaced-apart trim saws is mounted at one or both ends of a shaft. Each pair of trim saws is laterally movable along the shaft parallel to the longitudinal axis of lumber in the lumber trimmer. Each saw of the pair of trim saws is operably coupled with an actuator such that each saw is selectively vertically movable to trim the lumber. The pair of trim saws may be mounted to a carriage. A second actuator is operably coupled with the pair of trim saws for selectively laterally translating the pair of trim saws along the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: USNR/Kockums Cancar Company
    Inventors: Geoff Wight, Ken Kantymir, Deane Henderson
  • Publication number: 20100077897
    Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing seeds for polycrystalline silicon manufacture by cutting a silicon rod in an axial direction into at least one plate-like member, and cutting at least one of the silicon plate-like member lengthwise into seeds that are square in cross section, that includes a table which mounts the silicon rod or at least one of the plate-like member, a pair of end-face supporting members which support the silicon rod or at least one of the plate-like member by pressing both end faces thereof in the axial direction, and a cutting blade which cuts the silicon rod or at least one of the plate-like member in the axial direction, in addition the end-face supporting members includes comb-like grooves that allow the cutting blade to pass through.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Applicants: Mitsubishi Polycrystalline Silicon America Corporation, Mitsubishi Materials Corporation
    Inventors: Larry Gurley, Ken Rowell, Satoshi Imamura, Yukio Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20100050848
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for adjusting a scoring blade for a board partitioning system for large-format board including the following steps: a. sawing a groove in the board using a saw blade, detecting the sawed groove using a detection device, storing the data; b. displacing the board a feed distance using a feeding device; c. scoring a groove parallel to the sawed groove but at a distance there from, detecting the scored groove using the same detection device as in step a); d. comparing the position of the scored groove and the position of the sawed groove relative to a common reference fixed to the detection device; e. if required: correcting the position of the scoring blade and/or the saw blade orthogonally to the board plane such that the center axes of the scored groove and the sawed groove are approximately equal relative to the common reference fixed to the detection device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2009
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Applicant: Holzma Plattenaufteiltechnik GmgH
    Inventor: Uwe Elhaus
  • Publication number: 20090241747
    Abstract: A method for cutting a ribbon of rubber-coated fabric includes dragging a free end of the ribbon past a working position of a punching device, forming a notch between two adjacent reinforcing cords of the ribbon using the punching device, moving a counter-blade of the punching device away from the working position, inserting at least one cutting blade through the notch, and performing first and second cuts of the ribbon. An associated apparatus includes a punching device and a cutting device. The punching device includes an incision tool, an abutting counter-blade, and control devices for moving the incision tool and the abutting counter-blade toward and away from the ribbon. The cutting device includes at least one cutting blade and a control device for moving the at least one cutting blade toward and away from the ribbon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2008
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Applicant: Pirelli Pneumatici S.p.A.
    Inventors: Pietro Dale, Stefano Bellini
  • Patent number: 7555976
    Abstract: The subject invention provides a portable saw table assembly for cutting a material longitudinally, laterally, and at various angles thereto. The assembly includes a first and a second table rail being parallel and spaced from each other and each extending between a proximal end and a distal end. A saw rail is moveably supported by the first and the second table rails for moving longitudinally along the table rails between the proximal and the distal ends and a mounting plate is moveably supported by the saw rails to allow movement of the mounting plate laterally along the saw rail between the first table rail and the second table rail. A saw plate is rotateably supported by the mounting plate for carrying a saw to cut the material. A guide bar is disposed diagonally relative to the first and the second table rails and engages the saw plate to guide the saw plate diagonally in response to simultaneous movement of the saw rail longitudinally and the mounting plate laterally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2009
    Assignee: Tapco International Corporation
    Inventors: J. Richard Logan, Clyde G. Allen, Michael C. Clark
  • Patent number: 7493686
    Abstract: A method of thermally joining plastic eavestrough allows plastic eavestrough systems to be considered in more applications including traditional aluminum eavestrough systems where long lengths of continuous eavestroughs are desired. The method allows end to end joining of plastic eavestrough with a thermal joint therebetween or an angled connection with a thermal joint therebetween. This allows plastic eavestrough systems to be customized on site for improved performance and appearance. Thermally joined plastic eavestrough sections either aligned in an end to end or angled connection are possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2009
    Assignee: GSW Building Products Inc
    Inventor: John Barford
  • Patent number: 6766721
    Abstract: A bale processor for cutting or dicing a bale or slab of unvulcanized rubber produces small cubes or blocks of a predetermined size and uniform shape for continuous feeding at a predetermined rate into a mixing machine or blender. A bale or slab of feedstock rubber is advanced incrementally along a slider platform and a segment is sliced from the leading end of the bale. After separation, the segment falls onto a receiving panel from which it is transferred by a vacuum pick-up head to a vacuum hold-down table. Multiple slices are then formed through the segment along the X-axis by circular cutting blades of an X-axis cutter head, thereby forming elongated segment strips. Next, multiple slices are formed through the segment strips in the Y-direction by a Y-axis cutter head which includes circular cutter blades that are extendable and retractable along the Y-axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2004
    Inventor: Amitkumar N. Dharia
  • Patent number: 6711978
    Abstract: A cutting head for rolls (12) of kitchen towel or toilet paper, positioned on a cutting machine (11) on which at least two rolls (12) are conveyed step by step by a pusher conveyor, the cutting head (17) being connected to a motorized cutting disc (20), the cutting head (17) cutting the rolls (12) crosswise, the rolls (12) being set on a surface of a conveyor (14), where the rolls (12) are guided through grooves (13), wherein the cutting head (17) is connected to a rotary arm (26) affixed to sleeve (24) which is affixed to a supporting structure (21), the cutting head (17) further comprising a rotary shaft (47) for at least one cutting disc (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2004
    Inventor: Giovanni Gambini
  • Publication number: 20040025661
    Abstract: An apparatus is proposed which makes it possible to produce contact windows only for one conductor track or a plurality of individual conductor tracks in the flat cable. The other conductor tracks should not be influenced or impaired. A flat cable is transported in a guide channel through the apparatus. For each conductor track of a flat cable, a cutting disk is present above and a pressure element below. As soon as insulation is to be stripped from an area, the actuating element is actuated and the pressure element is raised. As a result, the flat cable is pressed with the insulated conductor track against the cutting disk and the insulation layer above the conductor track is removed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2003
    Publication date: February 12, 2004
    Inventor: Leo Buhler
  • Publication number: 20030205119
    Abstract: A work cutting apparatus comprises a bed. The bed has an upper surface provided with a column including a rail slidably mounted with a slider. The slider has a front surface mounted with a supporting portion supporting two end portions of a rotating shaft. The rotating shaft is mounted with a plurality of cutting blade blocks. Each of the cutting blade blocks includes a plurality of cutting blades and a thicker cutting blade at each end of the cutting blade block. A table provided with a recess having a V-shaped section is disposed on the bed right beneath the cutting blade blocks. A plurality of works are disposed in the recess, each fixed by a fixing member. The cutting blades lowered while rotating, thereby cutting the works. During this operation, coolant is discharged from a plurality of supplying ports of a coolant supplying portion as well as from a supplying port of a coolant supplying path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2003
    Publication date: November 6, 2003
    Applicant: SUMITOMO SPECIAL METALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sadahiko Kondo, Toshiaki Sasaki, Masanori Chikuba, Toshifumi Hiyoke, Sajio Ozaki
  • Publication number: 20030167890
    Abstract: An impacting body is mounted rotatably to a spindle provided on a principal plane of a rotor. The impacting body is mounted so that a predetermined fitting gap is provided between the impacting body and the spindle and a part of periphery of the impacting body can be positioned beyond a periphery of the rotor. The rotor is rotated at a high speed to allow the impacting body to impact on an object to be processed at least at its critical impact velocity. This enables only the top layer of the object to be processed at the part on which the impacting body has impacted to be broken instantaneously. When the rotor is moved while being rotated, the object to be processed can be cut. According to this cutting device, an object formed of a single member such as glass, ceramics, resin, metal, or the like, or a composite member thereof can be cut continuously with one kind of cutting tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2003
    Publication date: September 11, 2003
    Applicant: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yutaka Matsuda
  • Patent number: 6561069
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cutting device for products, in particular for cutting up foodstuffs. A blade driven by a drive shaft so as to rotate is provided which orbits a further drive shaft in a planetary path-like manner on a rotor driven by the further drive shaft. For a compact arrangement it is provided that the one drive shaft is designed as a hollow shaft and that the other drive shaft is guided therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2003
    Assignee: CFS GmbH Kempten
    Inventors: Dieter Krauss, Alexander Joedecke, Roland Glänzer, Roland Kurtz, Ralf Peter Müller, Michael Allgayer
  • Publication number: 20030033919
    Abstract: A machine for cutting the Venetian blind comprises a base on which a movable seat is mounted. The movable seat is provided with at least two fixed tools for locating the Venetian blind. The movable seat is driven by a tool driving device to displace, so as to locate a predetermined tool at the working position. A cutter driving device drives a cutter to advance to execute the operation of cutting the Venetian blind.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2001
    Publication date: February 20, 2003
    Applicant: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Jung-Kuei Lin, Ya-Wei Hsu, Kuei-Lu Liu
  • Patent number: 6487949
    Abstract: A bale processor for cutting or dicing a bale or slab of unvulcanized rubber produces small cubes or blocks of a predetermined size and uniform shape for continuous feeding at a predetermined rate into a mixing machine or blender. A bale or slab of feedstock rubber is advanced incrementally along a slider platform and a segment is sliced from the leading end of the bale. After separation, the segment falls onto a receiving panel from which it is transferred by a vacuum pick-up head to a vacuum hold-down table. Multiple slices are then formed through the segment along the X-axis by circular cutting blades of an X-axis cutter head, thereby forming elongated segment strips. Next, multiple slices are formed through the segment strips in the Y-direction by a Y-axis cutter head which includes circular cutter blades that are extendable and retractable along the Y-axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2002
    Inventor: Amitkumar N. Dharia
  • Patent number: 6405623
    Abstract: A device for removing paper from a damaged paper roll. The device comprising a rotatable platform to support and rotate the paper roll about a central axis. Additionally, the device comprises a circular saw blade attached to a movable arm attached to a track adjacent to the paper roll. The arm is advanceable toward to the central axis of the paper roll such that as the roll is rotated, the saw blade will cut into the roll to thereby remove paper therefrom. The operation of the device can be automated by a controller and sensors such that a single operator can use the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2002
    Assignee: L&P Converters, Inc.
    Inventor: Andre A. Lavallee
  • Patent number: 6393955
    Abstract: A system is provided for cutting and finishing muntins. The system comprises a device for cutting muntins, a device for pinning muntins, and at least one device for punching muntins. The device for cutting muntins comprises a pair of cutting blades that are independently rotatable, translatable and positionable, and indexable, and further comprises means for precisely measuring muntins fed into the apparatus. The device for pinning muntins comprises means for stabilizing a muntin during punching; a guide, which is preferably magnetic; a pin or a blade, which is preferably made of metal; means for punching the pin or blade into a muntin; and means for precisely measuring the location at which a pin or blade is to be punched into a muntin. The at least one device for punching muntins comprises means for stabilizing a muntin strip; means for cutting the muntin strip; and means for translating the means for cutting. Power for the at least one punching apparatus is preferably pneumatic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2002
    Inventors: John McKeegan, Jr., Rodney E. Bracy