Work Forced Through Tool Aperture Or Between Spaced Cooperating Tools Patents (Class 83/569)
  • Patent number: 8888389
    Abstract: A printer and a cutter apparatus configured to provide a sure full cut without producing an undesirable flake of paper. The cutter apparatus comprises a fixed blade, a first movable blade disposed on one side in a width direction of the paper and configured to move back and forth with respect to the fixed blade, a second movable blade disposed on the other side in the width direction of the paper with a gap provided with respect to the first movable blade and configured to move back and forth with respect to the fixed blade, and an urging member configured to urge each of the first movable blade and the second movable blade in a direction reducing the gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Star Micronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaaki Morishita, Tomoyuki Kondo
  • Publication number: 20140260871
    Abstract: A fish chunking apparatus comprises a base assembly, a handle assembly, a plurality of blades, and a pressing assembly. The base assembly defines a discharge opening. The handle assembly is pivotally mounted to the base, while the blades are disposed across the base and define interstitial spaces. The pressing assembly has a first end connected to the handle assembly and a second end pivotally mounted to the base. A fish received on the blades is chunked into a plurality of sections upon pivotally manipulating the handle assembly such that the pressing assembly forces the fish against the blades until the pressing assembly is received in the interstitial spaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: Richard S. Constantine, Man For Ma
  • Patent number: 8225701
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a tire segmenting device capable of cutting tires into two or more segments, the device including: a cutter for dividing the tire into two or more segments; a positioning device on which the tire is mounted, the positioning device positioning a tire mounted thereon in alignment with the cutter; and a moving device operatively connected to the positioning device; wherein in use, the moving device moves the positioning device between a loading position in which a tire can be loaded and unloaded from the positioning device and a cutting position where the cutter engages the tire and divides the tire into the two or more segments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Inventors: Michael Vainer, Boris Rozenblit
  • Patent number: 7895926
    Abstract: In a process and apparatus for cutting a sheet material, one or more sheets of the material are placed over a die attached to a die board. A cutting pad is placed over the sheet material. Seals are placed around or between the die board and cutting pad to create an enclosure. A vacuum is created in the enclosure or between the die board and cutting pad so as to draw the die board and cutting pad together and compress the sheets of material. The resulting assembly is passed through a roller press to cut the sheets of material. A process or apparatus for mounting dies to a die board or stripping scrap from between dies and a quick release fastener are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Ontario Die International Inc.
    Inventors: James L. May, II, David Arthur Hunwick
  • Patent number: 7401539
    Abstract: A blade material cutting device for producing a blade material used as a punching blade. Included are: a stationary blade part having a pair of front and rear support faces on which a strip plate part and a blade edge part of the blade material are to be overlaid, and which are separated from each other by a gap in a feeding direction of the blade material; a pair of opposed front and rear stationary edges which are disposed in the pair of support faces; a movable blade part which moves into and out of the mutual gap between the pair of support faces; and a pair of front and rear movable edges which are disposed in the movable blade part. When the blade material is overlaid on the support faces and the movable blade part is moved, a disposal portion of the blade material is cut away, and the shapes of the front and rear ends of the blade material are not bent but are maintained in their original shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2008
    Inventor: Suehiro Mizukawa
  • Patent number: 7335009
    Abstract: A detachable roller mold press includes two rollers that can rotate relative to each other. The rollers are securely fastened to a predetermined location, which can drive a press mold or a knife mold plate. The roller mold press of the present invention is detachable so as to save storage space. The detachable roller mold press includes a roller mechanism, a chassis, a bottom cover and two bridges. The roller mechanism includes two rollers that can rotate relative to each other. The front and the rear portions of the chassis include an opening. The opening and the two rollers form a space for allowing a knife mold or a press mold plate to move therein. By rotating the two rollers, one can move the knife mold or the press mold plate to rapidly carve or engrave on a piece of paper or a piece of cloth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Inventor: Chia Shun Lee
  • Patent number: 7305917
    Abstract: A cheese vat for at least preparing curd for soft fresh cheese, comprising at least one cutting frame provided with a cutting wire system, which has a frame which has at least two opposite frame parts between which cutting wire sections extend, which frame parts are provided with openings form receiving a cutting wire, wherein the ends of a cutting wire are each fastened via pull relief means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2007
    Assignee: Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A.
    Inventors: Sijmen Sipma, Wieger van der Meulen
  • Patent number: 7231860
    Abstract: A blade material cutting device has a stationary blade part with a pair of front and rear support faces which are separated from each other by a gap. A pair of opposed front and rear stationary edges are disposed in the pair of support faces. A movable blade part which moves between the members of the stationary blade part. The movable blade part includes movable edges which cooperate with the stationary edges for cutting the blade material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2007
    Inventor: Suehiro Mizukawa
  • Patent number: 6971296
    Abstract: A Venetian blind cutting machine is constructed to include a machine base, two blind locating modules mounted on the machine base at different elevations, each of which having a set of through holes for supporting component parts of a Venetian blind to be cut, a blind carriage adapted to carry the Venetian blind to be cut, a carriage for moving the blind carriage to the elevation of one of the blind locating modules for enabling the Venetian blind to be cut to be put in the selected blind locating module for cut, a cutter provided at the other side of the blind locating modules, and a cutter drive adapted to move the cutter across the imaginary axis passing through each of the through holes of the blind locating modules to cut the component parts of the loaded Venetian blind and then to return the cutter after cutting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2005
    Assignees: Industrial Technology Research Institute, Nien Made Enterprise Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Jung-Kuei Lin, Kuei-Lu Liu
  • Patent number: 6959634
    Abstract: The invention concerns a device for die-cutting a stack of sheet-like materials, particularly labels, whereby the stack is pressed into the die-cutter blade by a relative movement of a punching ram and a hollow cylindrical die-cutter blade. For a device such as this, it is proposed that the die-cutter blade 18 is adjustably held in a frame 16, and the frame 16 is accommodated by a receiving apparatus 13 which is mounted in a punch platen 12 and is adjustable relative to it, whereby the frame 16 can be slid in a plane parallel to the punch platen 12, in particular is adjustable in the direction of two major axes that are essentially arranged perpendicular to one another, and can also be tilted out of the plane. Such a device allows for precise orientation of the die-cutter blade relative to the stack to be punched.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2005
    Assignee: Adolf Mohr Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Helmut Gross, Werner Bauer, Gerhard Becker, Gerd Gottschalk, Richard Neubauer, Horst Schneider, Frank Stemmer
  • Patent number: 6755106
    Abstract: The invention concerns a device for die-cutting a stack of sheet-like materials, particularly labels, whereby the stack is pressed into the die-cutter blade by a relative movement of a punching ram and a hollow cylindrical die-cutter blade. For such a device, it is proposed that the stack (8) to be punched be positioned between a limiting element (88) and a moveable slide-in unit 21 is positioned against a stop (89), and the limiting element (88) and the stop (89) are moveable. This type of construction of the die-cutting device ensures an optimal positioning of the stack in area of the pinching ram, independent of varying stack sizes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2004
    Assignee: Adolf Mohr Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Helmut Gross, Werner Bauer, Gerhard Becker, Gerd Gottschalk, Richard Neubauer, Horst Schneider, Horst Stemmer
  • Publication number: 20030084770
    Abstract: The invention concerns a device for die-cutting a stack of sheet-like materials, particularly labels, whereby the stack is pressed into the die-cutter blade by a relative movement of a punching ram and a hollow cylindrical die-cutter blade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2002
    Publication date: May 8, 2003
    Inventors: Helmut Gross, Werner Bauer, Gerhard Becker, Gerd Gottschalk, Richard Neubauer, Horst Schneider, Frank Stemmer
  • Patent number: 6287189
    Abstract: A link cutting apparatus for cutting a twist between two links. The apparatus includes a link aligning device and a trimming device. The link aligning device is movable between a disengaged position and an engaged position where the device will engage a link and align the twist with the cutting device. In one embodiment, the link aligning device includes a link aligning member pivotable between the engaged and disengaged positions. Preferably, the apparatus further includes a second link aligning device that will engage a second link and align a second twist with a cutting device. The trimming device includes at least two cutting edges that will remove at least a portion of the twist from both of the links. In one embodiment, the cutting edges comprise at least two knives and at least one blade sized to fit between the knives. Preferably, the apparatus further includes a second trimming device having at least two cutting edges that will remove at least a portion of a second twist from a second pair of links.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2001
    Assignee: Johnsonville Foods Company
    Inventors: Joseph Moro, William Southworth, Richard Thomas
  • Patent number: 6220136
    Abstract: A material cutting device for cutting material using blade-cut dies includes a base plate adapted to support a blade-cut die thereon and a carriage movably mounted on the base plate. A press roller is rotatably mounted on the carriage, the press roller having a center longitudinal axis and being positioned above the base plate generally parallel therewith. A track device such as a rack is mounted on the base plate, and a track follower devicesuch as a rack-engaging gear is mounted on the carriage which is operative to engage said track device thereby guiding movement of the carriage on the base plate. A drive device is mounted on one of the base plate and the carriage, the drive device operative to move the carriage along the track device. A die cover is operative to cover a blade-cut die supported on said the plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2001
    Assignee: Waitt/Fremont Machine, L.L.C.
    Inventors: David Benes, Kelly Benes, David C. Mueller
  • Patent number: 5768963
    Abstract: In the punching of a stack (7) of sheet-like articles, especially labels made from paper or paperboard, with a punching knife (4), a punching ram (3) which can be moved to the punching knife (4) and a counter-pressure plunger (5) which is guided through the punching knife (4), the punching knife (4) and the counter-pressure plunger (5) are arranged on the carriage (10) which can be moved towards and away from the punching ram (3). As a result, a receiving apparatus (26) which can be moved laterally towards and away from the punching area can remove the ready-punched stack (21) and at the same time a new stack (7) of precut sheets can be presented to the punching ram (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 23, 1998
    Assignee: Blumer Maschinenbau AG
    Inventor: Michel G. Bruehwiler
  • Patent number: 5216873
    Abstract: The cutting mechanism has a stationary anvil and a movable knife that is swung across the path of travel of the taut, moving wrapper to deflect the wrapper into engagement with the anvil and accomplish severance. A tapered nose on the anvil fits into a slot along the length of the knife as the two components come together whereby the wrapper is stuffed by the nose of the anvil into the slot in a distorted condition, conforming to the shape of the nose and bending over a sharp edge along the slot. As the wrapper becomes gripped within the slot and bent over the cutting edge, it is severed cleanly from the roll and the severed length of the wrapper is delivered to the bale for completion of the wrapping cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 8, 1993
    Assignee: Hay & Forage Industries
    Inventors: Howard J. Ratzlaff, Ferol S. Fell
  • Patent number: 5087236
    Abstract: After being formed an engaged die by engaging a male die of an upside die to a female die of a downside die through a space, being carried the engaged die on a carrier to a stamping part and being fastened the male die to an upside die mount after being lowered this mount, the mount is raised and the male die is pull out from the female die. After being returned the carrier to the former place, being brought the sliding plate close to the upper surface of the downside die, being supplied the stacked paper sheets having cutting slits and connecting portions along a guide plate of the sliding plate, being moved the carrier with pressing to the sheet positioning position and being positioned the downside die to just under part of the upside die, the supplementary supporting block is contacted with the lower side of the downside die. In this condition, the supplementary supporting block is lowered with pressing the shaped section with the male die by lowering the upside die mount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1989
    Date of Patent: February 11, 1992
    Inventor: Hideo Morimoto
  • Patent number: 4850256
    Abstract: A method for making one or more resilient retainer members, such as rubber bands or the like including providing an oppositely disposed set of upper and lower platen members each having a plurality of cutting elements extending outwardly with the cutting elements being spaced apart to provide a predetermined width for the rubber band, folding the rubber band, and placing the folded rubber band between the platen members so as to cut the rubber band material into a plurality of individual rubber band elements which are of an endless, one-piece construction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1987
    Date of Patent: July 25, 1989
    Inventor: William G. Radi
  • Patent number: 4843930
    Abstract: The apparatus comprises axially aligned punches 1 and 2 which are operated to cooperate with dies 3 and 4 to trim the flanged ends of a tubular article. The dies are formed in two halves which are opened to allow an article to be positioned at the work station and are then closed around the ends of the article. The punches, dies, and an article delivering mechanism are driven in timed relation from a motor 5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 1988
    Date of Patent: July 4, 1989
    Assignee: MB Group plc
    Inventor: Mark T. Ashbolt
  • Patent number: 4355556
    Abstract: An apparatus for removing the wire-reinforced inside rim cores of automobile tires and the like so as to permit shredding for fuel or other use of the remaining carcass, such apparatus principally featuring axially aligned reciprocative action tubular cutters, associated tire positioning and centering mechanism including conjointly actuated centering arms, an annular tire support platform that yieldably supports the tire at a level initially above the lower cutter, and a centering cone member that precisely centers the tire as the upper cutter approaches cutting engagement with the tire, and further featuring an upper cutter assembly that carries a stripper that presses the severed or partially severed cores through the interior of the lower cutters and in the process thereof completes the severance of tire wall material over the edge of the lower cutter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 1980
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1982
    Assignee: KACA Corporation
    Inventor: Carl M. Ulsky
  • Patent number: 4354406
    Abstract: A method and device for forming openings in a gelatinous substance in a Petri dish in which the Petri dish (6) is lifted towards punch tools (19) until the tools have penetrated the gelatinous substance and are on or near the base of the dish. The dish is then moved with a low amplitude motion perpendicular to the penetration direction, i.e. horizontally to loosen a pellet of the gelatinous substance within each punch tool from the base (6a) of the dish, and finally the dish is lowered to withdraw the punch tools (19) from the dish while suction applied to a compartment (4) communicating with the interior of each tool extracts the punched pellet and clears the tool for a subsequent penetration in the same or a different dish (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 1981
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1982
    Assignee: L'Oreal
    Inventors: Alain Brun, Louis Marcotte, Bela Szarazi
  • Patent number: 4328729
    Abstract: A plane die-cutting machine, having a plane and fixed punch as well as a counter-punch with arch-shaped profile and apparatus to roll the counter-punch without any reciprocal sliding with respect to the punch, in order to die-cut each sheet of material under work in succession by the displacement of the theoretical line of contact of the counter-punch on the punch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 1980
    Date of Patent: May 11, 1982
    Inventor: Angelo Bartesaghi
  • Patent number: 4085545
    Abstract: An apparatus for forming gemmas to be treated to control the blight of sugar cane stumps consists of a hollow rotatable shaft and a rotatable thimble extending from one end of the shaft. An axially movable punch member is mounted in alignment with the thimble so that a piece of material such as sugar cane culm can be placed between the punch and thimble and have the gemma or bud portion punched out by axial movement of the punch member. The punched out portions are expelled and collected at the opposite end of the hollow shaft. The entire apparatus is mounted on a metal frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 1976
    Date of Patent: April 25, 1978
    Assignee: Cooperativa Central dos Produtores de Acucar E Alcool do Estado de Sao Paulo
    Inventor: Wilson Marcelo Da Silva
  • Patent number: 4058039
    Abstract: A method and machine adapted to removed baked waffles from a succession of waffle irons on a feed conveyor, trim the waffles so removed into a regular peripheral configuration, and transfer those waffles in succession onto a transfer conveyor. The feed conveyor is adapted to convey a series of successive waffle irons, with baked waffles thereon, from an oven to a transfer location. A vacuum head of novel structure is provided at the transfer location to move cyclically in a machine direction of the feed conveyor between an upstream and a downstream location, the vacuum head being raised and lowered during that limited motion path to pick up waffles by vacuum from successive waffle irons without stopping the conveyor. The vacuum head is also movable in the cross machine direction of the feed conveyor between the feed conveyor and a transfer conveyor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 1976
    Date of Patent: November 15, 1977
    Assignee: Lockwood Manufacturing Company
    Inventor: Richard R. Schmid