Abstract: A cutting device is provided with a lower blade, an upper blade and a collar. Inkjet paper, in which an ink-receiving layer is formed on paper, is wound around an outer periphery face of the lower blade, and a blade tip is formed at one axial direction end of the lower blade. The upper blade rotates with a blade tip thereof opposing the blade tip of the lower blade in the axial direction, and the upper blade cuts the inkjet paper from the paper side thereof. The collar supports the inkjet paper, which is wound around the collar at a position that is separated from the lower blade in the axial direction. A portion of the collar, including shoulder curve portions at the two axial direction ends thereof, is constituted with PTFE.

Abstract: A device for the manufacture of an absorbent product including a rotatable slitting tool having an extent in a radial direction and an extent in an axial direction perpendicular to the radial direction. The slitting tool includes a cutting part including a plurality of cutting edges having a first radius and intermediate parts situated between the cutting edges at a smaller distance from the axial center line of the slitting tool than the cutting edges. The device includes a force-absorbing means arranged to absorb forces from an abutment roller at least when the intermediate parts in the slitting tool pass the abutment roller.

Abstract: A disk-shaped rotary blade of a slitter blade assembly has a cutting edge and a first beveled surface facing a drum-shaped rotary blade of the slitter blade assembly and progressively spaced from the drum-shaped rotary blade toward the cutting edge. The disk-shaped rotary blade also has a second beveled surface facing a workpiece to be cut off and progressively spaced from the cutting edge away from the workpiece.

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

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for manufacturing elements of relatively small size, especially such as planchettes, comprising the following steps: a wound sheet is unwound, then optionally, this sheet is printed at least partly on at least one side and then the sheet is cut deeply “right through” along a succession of at least two cutting patterns that intersect so as to constitute a resulting pattern that will form a detached element constituting the element of relatively small size, this cutting operation taking place by means of a succession of synchronized cutting cylinders carrying one of the cutting patterns respectively, anvil cylinders being interposed between these cutting cylinders, the sheet passing between all these cylinders and the detached elements that form said elements of relatively small size are recovered. It also relates in particular to the method of cutting out said elements, to the corresponding devices, to said elements and to the sheet containing them.

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

Abstract: The invention provides an apparatus for preparing a fluid for a medical procedure by mixing of at least one medicament in the form of powder with water, the medicament is held in a vessel which defines a bottom, a side wall, and a top opening which is closed by an membrane for sealing the inside of the vessel. The apparatus includes an opener for opening the membrane of the vessel.

Abstract: A knife holder is provided which can be readily disassembled and maintained while remaining in a knife bank. Fasteners keep the cylinder housing and blade housing securely connected and are aligned parallel to the longitudinal axis of the knife holder for easy access while in the knife bank. The fasteners can be removed using a manual driver without the necessity of removing the knife holder bank from the web equipment.

Abstract: A cutting apparatus for cutting a material, such as leather, having a drum, a plurality of rollers, a cutter and a pair of belts. The drum includes a drum surfaces and rotates about an axis. The cutter has a cutting edge that is in contact with the drum surface and is oriented generally perpendicular to the axis. The rollers are arranged generally parallel to the axis and support the belts for rotation thereon. Each of the belts is disposed on an opposite side of the cutting edge and is positioned such that a portion of each belt extends about a corresponding portion of the drum surface forward of the cutting edge. The portion of the belts and the portion of the drum surface are positioned to frictionally co-engage the material and drive the material into contact with the cutting edge.

Abstract: A machine for continuously making gaskets and similar flat products. Sheet gasket material is fed from a roll and through tooling that successively: cuts the outline, separates the center scrap, then separates the gaskets from the remaining sheet stock waste. The cutting tool rotates. The center scrap and the gaskets may be removed by rotating tooling or by vacuum and air pressure, respectively. Design and fabrication of such a machine, especially the cutting roller, is made possible by state of the art CAD software.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for producing a card product including a sheet with at least one cut-out and a card which is disposed in the cut-out of the sheet, wherein the sheet and the card are held together by at least one adhesive strip which is coated on one side with contact adhesive.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of slitting photographic print material comprising providing at least one rotary anvil shearing device and at least one rotary knife shearing device wherein said at least one rotary knife has a rake angle of between about 50 and 70 degrees, and passing photographic material between said anvil and said knife to cut said material.

Abstract: A slitting assembly (10) is disclosed in the preferred form of a rotary cutter including a shaft (50) upon which relatively thin, large diameter annular blades (56) are slid. Relatively large diameter hubs (60) are provided having inner surfaces for receipt on the shaft (50) and having axial ends which flushly abut with the axial faces of the blades (56) for holding the blades (56) in axially spaced relations on the shaft (50). An axial bore (54) is provided through the shaft (50) for circulating a coolant in fluid communication therewith by rotary unions (74, 78). Thus, the blades (56) are cooled below ambient temperature by conduction through hubs (60) and shaft (50) for imparting continuous longitudinal cuts in a band (12) of fat-free brownie products having an internal temperature higher than ambient. The outer periphery of the blades (56) rotate against a back-up roll (22) rotatable about a parallel axis below the band (12).

Abstract: Knives (28, 30, 122) are held in tangential, resilient (106, 108) or fixed (132, 136) contact with a surface of an air bar (12-20) or air table (142); so that a web (26) moving on a cushion of air (46) over the air bar or table is cleanly slit into webs (32, 34, 36) of smaller width.

Abstract: A low cost, modular, top adjustable slitter/perforator accessory for a machine that feeds paper to an output station is disclosed. The slitter/perforator is positioned just prior to the output station and when actuated places desired combinations of slits and/or perforations in paper passing through it. The accessory allows infinite location adjustments of slits and/or perforations along the width of paper by an operator while the machine continues to transport the paper. The slitter/perforator is automatically shut off when paper is directed to the machine's finisher.

Abstract: A crush-slitting anvil structure including a frame, a backup roll rotatably mounted on the frame, an axle mounted on the frame in substantially parallel relationship to the backup roll, a roller anvil mounted on the axle and in engagement with the backup roll, and a rotatable knife mounted on the frame in contiguous relationship to the roller anvil. In one embodiment the axle is directly mounted on the frame, and in another embodiment the axle is mounted on a housing which is mounted on the frame.

Abstract: A power operated tool positioner for moving a tool parallel to a tool-positioning axis has a first tool-contacting member movable parallel to the tool-positioning axis for exerting a first pushing force against the tool, and a second tool-contacting member movable transverse to the tool-positioning axis for simultaneously exerting a second pushing force against the tool perpendicular to the first pushing force to resist any tendency of the first pushing force to tilt the tool obliquely relative to the tool-positioning axis. A third tool-contacting member is preferably provided for exerting a third pushing force to push the tool in the opposite direction from the first tool-contacting member, likewise while the second tool-contacting member is simultaneously pushing against the tool. The second tool-contacting member preferably exerts its pushing force prior to the commencement of the first or third pushing force.

Abstract: A stackable compact knife cutting assembly employing an elongated pneumatic piston/piston rod assembly wherein the elongated piston member is provided with an elongated preformed elastomeric piston ring member disposed in a groove portion thereof and wherein a cutting assembly includes a housing member and arm portions having a slot for receiving a shaft of the rotating knife member and a bearing surface for guiding and contacting bearing surfaces of the knife member to maintain the perpendicular plane thereof to the rotating axis of the cutting knife member.

Abstract: A chopper has a rotatable cutting tool provided with a plurality of cutting teeth, a stopping body having a surface which faces the cutting teeth and guides the chopping product. The surface extends substantially in an axial direction of the cutting teeth and is arranged at a distance from the cutting teeth. The cutting teeth during a cutting process are in operative connection with the chopping product. A rotatably supported pressing roller which is arranged in a distance-free manner relative to the cutting tool and forms a gap between the pressing roller and the cutting tool, while the stopping body having a working side which extends in the gap between the pressing roller and the cutting tool.

Abstract: A device for cutting through, cutting into, perforating through or perforating into sheet material, such as papers, metal foils or plastic films, more particularly a label material disposed on a backing material which is not to be impaired, by means of a cutting disk which is to be detachably and coaxially clamped between a dolly disk and a pressure disk and the outside diameter of which is somewhat greater than the outside diameter of the dolly disk and of the pressure disk. The cutting disk is of such small thickness that the cutting work or perforating work can be carried out with its peripheral surface.

Abstract: A media cutter mechanism for a plotter in which the media is supported by a rotating support having one or more continuous recesses therein positioned to be at least partially covered by the media, the media being stationary with respect to the rotating support. One or more cutters are positioned external of the support and are movable a preselected distance into the recesses. Movers are provided for moving the cutters into the recesses to cut the media covering the recesses. In a particular embodiment, a plurality of individual cutters are employed and a plurality of commonly driven individual cams interact with the cutters for individually moving the individual cutters into the recesses. A controller is provided for controlling the individual cams to cut the media into preselected widths. In addition, a driver is provided for commonly driving the individual cutters.

Abstract: Apparatus for manipulating streams of discrete sheets or webs of coherent sheets has a frame for a carriage which supports several tools for depression, alignment, orientation, stoppage, severing, flexing and/or other manipulation of sheets. At least some of the tools are adjustable in or counter to the direction of advancement of sheets and/or transversely of the direction of advancement of sheets in order to change the setup for the manipulation of different sheets or for a different manipulation of sheets. The operation of the parts which serve to adjust the tools can be automated, and such parts comprise a locating device which is movable longitudinally or transversely of the path for the sheets or web and can be coupled to two or more discrete distancing elements which are affixed to or form part of holders for the tools.

Abstract: A device which trims off the perforated margin strips of printer paper and cuts the paper transversely to separate it into individual pages. The paper which discharges from the printer is drawn around a tension bar and is applied to a toothed belt driven by feed wheels. Cutter wheels act against a grooved roller to cut along the tear lines of the margin strips. A photocell based counting system counts the perforations which pass the photocell to indicate each time the paper is advanced to position one of the transverse fold lines at a cutting station. Then, the paper is stopped and a cutter wire is pulled through the fold line to separate the leading page from the rest of the paper sheet. Each time a new sheet of paper is loaded, a special control circuit assures that the initial advance of the sheet stops with the leading edge of the paper at the cutting station.

Abstract: In a device for cutting strip material as used in automatic wrapping machines, including transverse and longitudinal cutters by use of which the continuous strip is divided up into individual wrappers, the two cutters operate in conjunction with a reaction element serving additionally to support, retain and convey the strip in such a way that the material remains in a correct feed and cut position at least during its passage through the device. To advantage, a single reaction element can be utilized with the two cutters, and in the event that these are conventional, the first with a straight transverse blade and the second with a circumferential blade, the reaction surface is provided by a cylindrical roller.

Abstract: The lower cutter of an apparatus for longitudinally slitting a continuous web is rotatably mounted about a support shaft extending perpendicular to a direction of formation of the web to be slit. The shaft is fixedly mounted on a machine frame, and the lower cutter is mounted on the shaft for movement to a desired setting position along the shaft.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for reducing the thickness of an edge (2) of a board web (3) or board sheets, comprising a cutting blade (1); and structure for supporting, positioning and rotating the cutting blade and for guiding the edge (2) to be thinned with respect to the cutting blade (1). To provide a mechanically simple device construction of good adjustability, the cutting blade (1) is disclike; and the edge guide comprises a lower roll (4) and structure (5) for tightening the edge to be thinned against the lower roll.

Abstract: A cutting mechanism for slitting superimposed layers of paper webs, with the cutting roller provided as the lower knife or blade shaft, is replaceable in a few minutes by means of a fast assembly device. For this purpose a rapid assembly coupling is associated with each of the journal-free ends of the cutting roller, of which one simultaneously serves as a drive coupling for drive connection with an operating drive. Each coupling has a coupling member, formed by a cone pulley which is mounted in rotary and axially displaceable manner with respect to a base and a fixed coupling member located on the cutting roller, which is constructed as a complementary inner core. For transferring the cutting roller between its fitted position and a removal position, roll or sliding rails are provided, which slightly raise the cutting roller on engaging couplings and therefore make it contact-free.

Abstract: Tire cutting apparatus comprises first and second tire locating members, a tire cutter on one of the tire locating members and a tire drive. The tire locating members are relatively moveable between a loading position, in which the members are separated to allow location of a tire therebetween and a cutting position, in which the first tire locating member engages an inner surface of a tire and the second tire locating member engages an outer surface of a tire. With the tire locating members in the cutting position the cutter cuts through a portion of the tire between the members and the tire drive effects relative movement of the cutter and the tire to produce a circumferential cut in the tire and thus cut the tire into two separate parts. The cut is preferably located around the tread of the tire such that the two separate halves may be stacked, one inside the other.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a blade construction (10) for use in longitudinally cutting (in slicing) material webs, such as various paper and cardboard webs, films and recorder tapes, etc., with said cutter a material web being longitudinally parted into partial webs, the cutter consisting of a blade construction (10) comprising one or several blade pairs (11,12). On the edge (13) of a first blade (11), and similarly on the edge (15) of a second blade (12), has by grinding been produced a micro-rounding, and on the apex of the first blade (11) has been produced a bead (14). The radius (r) applied in micro-rounding is advantageously within 0.5-.mu.m, and the dimension of the bead is advantageously within 0.1-1 mm.

Abstract: A ribbon cutting apparatus which solves the problems of lateral shifting, stretching and shrinking of a printed web of material by providing a plurality of blade carrying blocks each of which may be independently positioned with respect to a travelling web. Each blade carrying block supports between 2 and 9 circular blades. Each of the blades in turn is connected to a small pneumatic cylinder which presses the blades against a platen roller so as to crush cut the web of material passing through. An electric eye detects the location of a registration line that is located substantially near the center of the web. The blade carrying blocks are normally located symmetrically on opposite sides of the registration line. If the web is out of registration the take-off roll is driven horizontally to compensate for the mis-positioning. Each of the blade carrying blocks is independently positionable by a manual adjustment mechanism, such as a wheel connected through a gearing mechanism to each blade carrying blocks.

Abstract: A machine for cutting animal tissue into pieces, comprises(a) a frame,(b) slicer means including slicers carried by the frame to rotate for slicing the tissue into elongated strands fed along parallel paths of widths determined by spacing of the slicers,(c) rotary cutter means including cutters carried by the frame to rotate and intercept the strands fed along said paths, and for cutting the strands crosswise thereof and at intervals predetermined by rotary spacing of said cutters, thereby to form said pieces having predetermined sizes.

Abstract: A slim knife unit includes a guide member having an L-shaped body which supports an elongated fluid actuator comprising a piston connected by piston rods to a base member having a sliding track connection to a removable knife holder. The knife holder has spaced walls defining a slot which receives a circular knife supported by a bearing mounted on a spacer bushing clamped between the walls by a center support screw. The guide member has a linear track which cooperates with the rods to guide the knife holder, and a releasable latch secures the knife holder to the base member. The guide member also has a linear track which guides a clamp member movable by a screw for securing the knife unit to a support bar.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for high-speed and accurate cutting of cards from sheets, printed with an array of card layouts, moving along a unidirectional path. The apparatus includes rollers for initial accurate sheet feeding, a plurality of pairs of rotation members having common tangent points which serve to simultaneously advance a sheet in indexing motions and slit it along its leading edge, and a transverse cutting bar which cuts rows of cards across the slits. Each pair of rotation members includes a unidirectional driving anvil roller and an idling slitter disk. Continuous driving mechanism operates the apparatus. The apparatus for initial sheet feeding includes rollers feed sheets seriatim from a first leading-edge position to a second leading-edge position, hold them there until engaged by subsequent sheet-handling members, release them upon such engagement, and hold the next sheet in ready position while the released sheet is drawn past.

Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for slitting of continuous webs into ribbons. The apparatus is composed of a series of cutters, preferably of the crush-cutter type that are slidably mounted on a support such as rail or series of rails. The cutters are each provided with a mounting bracket. The mounting bracket on each cutter is adapted to receive two individual adjustment devices. The adjustment devices are provided to individually and rigidly connect each adjacent cutter. In the preferred system, the individual adjustment devices are threaded studs with a center adjustment nut that is turned to bring the cutters closer or provide greater distance between them. Adjustment of any single stud leads to movement of the whole series of cutters as the individual devices between the other cutters will maintain their distance between adjacent cutters, and the cutters will slide upon the mounting rails.

Abstract: Die-cutting roll assemblies are provided which utilize a shaftless die roll. In certain embodiments, stability in the press is provided by an assist adaptor which has flanged bearings that cooperatively support the die roll laterally and transversely. In other embodiments, the roll is supported in a frame that has removable centers, which permit the use of rolls of various lengths in the assembly.

Abstract: Apparatus for slitting the edges of a wet web as it leaves the forming machine to allow a web of a desired width includes a rotatable perforated tube over which the web is passed, a perforated tube holder adjustably encapsulating each opposite end of the tube and circumscribed by a hardened sleeve and a wire cloth, and a slitting device including a rotatable circular knife positionable relative to the sleeve for the running of the web therebetween.

Abstract: A slitter apparatus for cutting a continuous web is disclosed comprising a slitter blade and a slitter mounting bracket. The bracket comprises a threaded depth-post assembly, a spring unit for maintaining the desired tension at the cutting surface, and a dove-tail spring-loaded base.

Abstract: Apparatus for cutting paper sheets wherein a first knife, which is freely rotatable on a shaft, is movable sideways toward and away from a driven counterknife. The shaft is reciprocable in a carrier which is connected with one end of a reciprocable and turnable piston rod. The piston rod extends into a cylinder and is reciprocable by a spring and a membrane-like piston. The orientation of the first knife with respect to the counterknife can be changed by turning the piston rod with reference to the cylinder so that the piston rod can assume and is held in any one of several angular positions. To this end, the piston rod is rigidly connected with a radially extending projection which is disposed between two rollers mounted in the cylinder for movement at right angles to their axes. One of the rollers is biased against one side of the projection by a helical spring, and the other roller is movable at right angles to its axis by an adjusting screw which meshes with the cylinder.

Abstract: A device for cutting longitudinal strips from reels of material in sheet form comprising a frame carrying a rotatable shaft to which is secured a disc having an annular peripheral surface which in transverse section has a rouned profile against which bears two cylindrical bearing surfaces formed on a rotatable member carried by an arm pivotably connected to the frame. The cylindrical bearing surfaces are separated from one another and disposed in different planes for contacting the rounded profile of the peripheral surfaces at spaced locations on the rounded profile. The bearing surfaces can be formed on spaced roller bearings whose inner cages are secured in axially spaced rotation on the supporting spindle. The bearing surfaces can also be formed on a ring having a groove therein.

Abstract: A device for slitting billets rolled to produce a multiple stranded bar, in which a guide member and support rollers direct the multiple stranded bar, emerging from a stand, against a rotary knife having a circular blade bevelled peripherally to provide shoulders over which individual strands will ride, thus splitting the bar in advance of the knife. Passages behind the knife channel the individual strands.

Abstract: This invention relates to compact slitting mechanism units structured so to enable a plurality of such units to be positioned in abutting, close, parallel relation, for narrow width cutting, slitting or other operations, said units including pressure chambers and knife holding and aligning mechanisms with structural features enabling knife elements and actuator cylinder mechanisms of the units to be mounted in essentially unitary axially aligned relation, and having novel means for mounting and actuating the knives and for enabling removal and replacement of any knife of any unit without disassembly of parts, in a safe convenient and simple manner, the pressure chamber-knife-holding mechanism assemblies being structured of equal widths, to facilitate side-by-side positioning of plural assemblies thereof, enabling narrow width contacting operations to be performed on surfaces to be slitted or otherwise multiply so contacted thereby.

Abstract: A metal roll is provided with a series of sharp circular fins extending around its periphery, in the form of separate circular fins separated by shallow angular grooves. The grooved roll, in cooperation with a ribbed roll, pulls citrus peel through a shaving knife which separates the albedo from the flavedo before the latter passes between a bite formed between the grooved roll and a cooperating roller. A stationary wiper formed of ultra high molecular weight polyethylene engages the peripheral fins to scrape off flavedo and peel oil liquor which adheres to them.