Abstract: The invention relates to a processing device for covers (20), wherein processing stations are embodied as individual processing stations (47) provided with, respectively, one tool for one cover. Several of said stations work in parallel for the simultaneous processing of several covers. If need be, stations can also be used wherein several tools form groups which are functionally separate from each other. As a result, the processing precision and production speed of the objects can be increased.

Abstract: A sheet stack cutter cuts sheet stacks by means of a moving cutter edge and a stationary cutter edge disposed upward and downward along a predetermined cutting-plane line. The sheet stack cutter includes a sheet loading table for supporting the sheet stack, a press device for pressing and holding the sheet stack on the sheet loading table, a moving cutter edge disposed in up and down cutting directions for cutting the sheet stack on the sheet loading table along the cutting-plane line, a stationary cutter edge disposed to the side of the sheet loading table for pressing the moving cutter edge to cut the sheet stack, and an apparatus frame furnished with the press device and the moving cutter edge. A drive device moves the moving cutter edge in up and down cutting directions.

Abstract: The present inventions provides a device for ultrasonic machining, comprising: a sonotrode for machining material; and an armature for connecting the device to a machine tool in a releasably magnetic manner.

Abstract: A studio tool for working stock includes an upper housing, a lower housing, a viewfinder, a viewfinder cover, an alignment tool, and a pressure column. The upper housing and the lower housing are slidably connected so as to at least partially contain the alignment tool and pressure column. A main spring and lower springs may be used to bias the column blade.

Abstract: A manually operated food dicer having a frame structure which is supported above a support surface, the frame structure having a top surface that includes at least a first slicing blade and at least one carriage guide configuration. A food item carriage displaceably deployed on the frame structure by way of the carriage guide configuration, the food item carriage including an upper receptacle for receiving food items and a lower dicing blade platform. As the food item carriage traverses the length of the frame structure in a cutting direction, the upper receptacle passes over the slicing blade resulting in a slide of the food item being deposited on the lower dicing blade platform, after which the carriage guide configuration brings a top surface of the lower dicing blade platform into contact with a bottom dicing surface of the frame structure further cutting the food item slice into diced food cubes.

Abstract: A device for parting a strip (6) of binding material that has been fitted around an article (5), such as a roll of sheet material or bundle of sections and the like, comprising a housing (1) provided with a support (12) for supporting the device with respect to the article (5), two blades (7, 8) connected to the housing (1), at least one blade (8) of which can be moved with respect to the housing (1), drive means (37) for moving the blades with respect to one another between an open position and a closed position for cutting through and/or snipping through the strip (6) when the housing (1) is bearing on the article, and a clamp (16) for holding the parted strip. The clamp (16) and one of the blades can be brought into interaction with one another to clamp the strip (6) between them.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a cutter frame including a plurality of cutters for cutting one or more kinds of rectangular unit pieces having a relatively small size from a rectangular base material at a predetermined inclination, the cutters being mounted or formed in the cutter frame such that the cutters correspond to the rectangular unit pieces, two of the rectangular unit pieces being arranged mainly in the inclination direction such that the rectangular unit pieces are in contact with each other at one side of each rectangular unit piece, wherein, on the assumption that imaginary vertex coordinates of a leftmost end are (Ax, Ay), and imaginary vertex coordinates of a rightmost end are (Bx, By), when the rectangular unit pieces coincide with each other at a left or right side of each rectangular unit piece, vertex coordinates (B?x, B?y) of the rightmost end are greater than the imaginary vertex coordinates (Bx, By) of the rightmost end based on the imaginary vertex coordinates (Ax, Ay) of the leftmost end in an ar

Abstract: An improved hole punch, wherein a gap is formed between a base plate located at a lower portion and a main body, which is provided with a pivot shaft pivotal configured with a pressure plate. A through hole is defined in the main body beneath the pressure plate, and a press key is located above the through hole. A punching pin mounted with a spring is disposed beneath the press key. An adjusting plate is symmetrically pivoted on two sides of the gap, and an adjusting bar penetrates the rear end of the main body. Accordingly, rotatably adjusting the two adjusting plates to the corner angle of paper enables perforating the paper corner placed within the gap, moreover, the front end position of the adjusting bar can be adjusted to enable the paper edge to be retained thereat and enable punching holes at a consistent distance from the paper edge.

Abstract: The invention relates to a separating device for cutting off individual containers (12) from a frame network made of a plastic material, particularly of polypropylene, having at least one punching device at least partially separating the containers (12) from a waste frame. Because the punching device can be moved by means of a ball screw drive (46) that can be driven by a drive unit, particularly in the form of an electric motor (48), along a punching axis (44) from a starting position to a punching position and back again, the separation can be done at high speed, determined by the screw shaft that can be driven by means of the electric motor.

Abstract: A tube cutting device and method thereof are disclosed, which are adapted for performing a remote tube cutting operation upon a tube. The tube cutting device is comprised of: a holding unit; a cutting unit; and a control unit, connected to the holding unit and the cutting unit in a remote manner; wherein, the control unit is capable of directing the holding unit to hold and move a tube to a specific position and thereafter directing the cutting unit to perform a cutting operation upon the tube. With the aforesaid tube cutting device, an operator operating the tube cutting device can perform an cutting operation upon the tube remotely without having to contact directly with the tube, and thus the operator is prevented from having to stay in a working environment containing hazardous materials, such as radioactive pollutants, gas/liquid with strong acid or alkali, etc., so that the safety of the tube cutting operation can be enhanced.

Abstract: A torch guide device for cutting target material is presented, the torch guide device including a torch cradle assembly coupled to a rail assembly. The torch cradle assembly is configured for holding a torch to align a torch tip of the torch to the target material. The torch cradle assembly is movable along the rail assembly for cutting the target material along a cutting path. The connector member couples the torch cradle assembly to the rail assembly. The connector member comprises a pivot for pivoting the torch cradle assembly relative to the rail assembly. The torch cradle assembly, in a first position, pivots about the pivot to engage at least a portion of the rail assembly to establish an orientation of the torch tip relative to the target material.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods of accessing a packaged medicament include placing a blister-type package containing the medicament onto a receiving area of a holder with a blister portion of the package extending into an opening in the holder. The blister-type package is held in place while a severing device is moved relative to the opening to separate at least a part of the blister portion from the blister-type package in order to access the medicament.

Abstract: A guillotine shears for sheet metal is provided with two knife carriers movable relative to one another along a working stroke. The knife carriers are connected with one another through at least two leaf spring arrangements. The elastic deformation region of the leaf spring arrangements determines the maximum range of the relative movement.

Abstract: A cutting device 15 that, after a sheet S is stuck on a wafer W on a sticking table 13, cuts the sheet S along the outer edge of the wafer. The cutting device 15 comprises a robot body 62 disposed beside the sticking table 13 and a cutter blade 63 supported by a tool holding chuck 69 positioned at the front end of the robot body 62. The cutter blade 63 is detachably attached to the tool holding chuck 69 so as to be replaceable and is arranged so as to cut the sheet S in a state that the posture thereof is adjusted along a preset movement track.

Abstract: A device for processing workpieces uses ultrasound, with an resonant system comprising an ultrasound generator, an ultrasound sonotrode, and an anvil, wherein a workpiece is processed between the anvil and the ultrasound sonotrode. The ultrasound generator comprises a regulation means which has a regulation member connected upstream of the ultrasound generator to receive a feedback signal from the resonant system and to generate a regulation variable which is supplied to the ultrasound generator. A connecting point is provided between the regulation member and the ultrasound generator, at which the regulation variable of the regulation member is linked to a process variable from the processing procedure.

Abstract: A machine includes a table (2) on which a sheet bundle (3) is placed, a cutting blade (4) cutting four sides of the sheet bundle, a blade receiving plate (5) arranged on the table, a positioning block (6) arranged on the table in parallel to the blade receiving plate for slide movement in directions toward and away from the blade receiving plate, an operation data storage section (15) storing data of a order of cutting of sides of the sheet bundle, data of a distance between a cutting line of the positioning block and the sheet bundle for each cutting operation accordance with the order of cutting, and data of both a direction and an angle of rotation of the sheet bundle for each cutting operation, and an indication section (16) indicating the order of cutting.

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.

Abstract: A nibbling tool (11) adapted to incrementally remove material from an edge of sheet material (96), the nibbling tool (11) comprising a punch (71) caused in use to reciprocate within a die (81) by drive means (14), the punch (71) comprising a generally elongate cylindrical member having a first diameter and having a waisted portion (74) disposed towards the work end, the waisted portion (74) defining a second, reduced diameter, the punch (71) having an abrupt change between the second, reduced diameter and the first diameter to define a substantially radial contact surface (78) having a peripheral edge (79), the die (81) comprising an elongate guide for guiding reciprocation of the punch (71) and having a slot (87) proximate a work end of the die (81) adapted to expose the punch (71), the slot (87) adapted in use to receive said edge of the sheet material (96) and positioned along the die (81) so that at one point of the stoke of the reciprocation of the punch (71) the waisted portion (74) of the punch (71) is

Abstract: An ice re-surfacing machine induces ultrasonic frequency vibrations onto the ice shaving blade. The vibrating blade can be pulled across the ice with less pressure and provides an improved finished surface.

Abstract: A method of forming a base for a paper punch is disclosed as including the steps of (a) forming two generally U-shaped plates of a first metal or metal alloy, and (b) fixedly engaging the generally U-shaped plates with a core part of a second metal or metal alloy, in which the plates are in direct contact with the core part. A base for a paper punch is disclosed as including two generally U-shaped plates of a first metal or metal alloy, and a core part of a second metal or metal alloy which is fixedly engaged with the U-shaped plates, and the plates are in direct contact with the core part.

Abstract: A sheet stack cutter cuts sheet stacks by means of a moving cutter edge and a stationary cutter edge disposed upward and downward along a predetermined cutting-plane line. The sheet stack cutter includes a sheet loading table for supporting the sheet stack, a press device for pressing and holding the sheet stack on the sheet loading table, a moving cutter edge disposed in up and down cutting directions for cutting the sheet stack on the sheet loading table along the cutting-plane line, a stationary cutter edge disposed to the side of the sheet loading table for pressing the moving cutter edge to cut the sheet stack, and an apparatus frame furnished with the press device and the moving cutter edge. A drive device moves the moving cutter edge in up and down cutting directions.

Abstract: The invention relates to an office accessory (1) for processing sheet material (4), having a bed (2) for receiving the sheet material (4), having at least one stop (3a) for positionally accurate positioning of the sheet material (4), and having a punching apparatus (6), the bed (2) and punching apparatus (6) comprising complementary engagement elements (5) for reproducible positioning of the punching apparatus (6) in different punching positions in the region of the stop (3a), which is characterized in that the office accessory (1) comprises at least one cutting device (8) for trimming the sheet material (4).

Abstract: A device for cutting a ribbon made of paper, plastics or similar material, comprising a blade connected to actuation means which are adapted to give the blade a motion toward the ribbon, the blade comprising a component parallel to the surface of the ribbon.

Abstract: Cutting device, arranged for cutting straight cuts along a cutting line (AB) in a planar, extended blank, said cutting device having fixing members for fixing the cutting device to the blank before a cut, cutting members, having a straight ruler and a cutting head for making the cut, and displacement members, being arranged for enabling displacement of the cutting device across the blank between two successive cuts. The displacement members allow transverse displacement as well as rotation of the cutting device in a plane being parallel to the plane of the blank.

Abstract: A cutting unit for an impact cutting device having at least one first and one second matrix element for retaining a workpiece to be processed, wherein at least one of the matrix elements is moveably supported relatively to the other matrix element or the other matrix elements and at least one of the matrix elements comprises a variable cross-section for retaining the workpiece. Further, a matrix element having a variable retaining cross-section for a workpiece is provided.

Abstract: The pivoting shaft of a handle member has an axial center position in a support platform that is substantially fixed, and the position with respect to the handle member is to be displaceable. Furthermore, as for a support shaft, the position in the handle member is fixed, and the axial center of the pivoting shaft is positioned near a perpendicular bisector of a segment connecting both ends of a support shaft-guiding hole.

Abstract: A driving mechanism having a driving unit in which a drive source is connected to a feed screw shaft and a feed nut is in screw engagement with the feed screw shaft and connected to an active element through a sliding body, wherein the active element is moved by being driven by the driving unit. An inner ring of a bail bearing for supporting the feed screw shaft is fixed to the outer periphery of a free end portion of the feed screw shaft, and an outer ring elastic body which supports an outer ring of the ball bearing slidably in the axial direction of the feed screw shaft and which absorbs vibration of the feed screw shaft is disposed at the inner periphery of a tubular portion for containing the ball, bearing at a terminal support portion.

Abstract: A stud punch head for a power tool includes a head housing and a first arm movably coupled to the head housing. The first arm supports a punch. The stud punch head also includes a second arm movably coupled to the head housing and relative to the first arm. The second arm supports a die opposite the punch. The stud punch head also includes a drive mechanism positioned at least partially within the head housing and operatively coupled to a motor of the power tool. The drive mechanism is operable to move the first arm and the second arm toward and away from each other.

Abstract: A cutting system that includes a rotary blade cartridge that can be interchangeably used with a variety of cutting tools is disclosed. The cartridge houses a rotary blade assembly that is maintained in a secure and safe retracted state and that can be activated when the cartridge is inserted into a cutting tool. Activating a plunger of any of the cutting tools causes a piston of the rotary blade assembly to move the blade to an operative cutting position protruding from an aperture provided in the cartridge housing. Deactivating the plunger causes the blade to be return to its retracted and inoperative position within the housing. Cutting tools of the invention include rail cutters such as a primary workstation and a compact workstation, circle cutters, elliptical cutters, and freeform cutters. Each cutting tool is capable of receiving a rotary blade cartridge. Cartridges are freely interchangeable between the cutting tools.

Abstract: A sheet cutting apparatus including: a cutting blade for cutting a sheet to be cut, which includes a sheet or a sheet stack; and a transport devices capable of holding and rotating the sheet to be cut to cause an end portion of the sheet to be cut to be opposed to the cutting blade and transporting the sheet to be cut to a position where the end portion is cut by the cutting blade.

Abstract: A punch assisting apparatus usable in combination with one of a plurality of punches includes an apparatus base and a handle pivotably attached to the apparatus base, the apparatus base being provided with a punch holder integrated therein which allows the plurality of punches having different sizes to be independently positioned and fixed in accordance with their respective sizes. The punch holder is configured so as to provide both a use position and a nonuse position by changing its posture; whereby, when a punch is mounted to the punch assisting apparatus to replace the one previously mounted, the punch can always be positioned at a given position regardless of the type of punch. Since the punch assisting apparatus is provided with a punch holder combined in one piece, the punch assisting apparatus and punch holder can always be handled together, which makes managing them easier.

Abstract: In a force cutting type paper cutter, a movable blade includes a pair of right and left edges having a V shape. These right and left edges are intersected and brought into pressure contact with a linear cutting edge of a fixed blade. The movable blade also includes a pair of right and left elastic pieces formed by a lateral slit and a division slit provided in the movable blade. These elastic pieces are held in an inclined state to the side of the fixed blade and such that the edges overlap with each other. During a cutting stroke, the elastic pieces are held a state in which the edges of the movable blade always make point contact with the edge of the fixed blade and uneven abutment is prevented.

Abstract: The present invention provides a linear motor mounted press machine that allows both a punch and a die to be driven to enable various types of machining, the linear motor mounted press machine having a simple configuration and enabling accurate machining. The present invention is applied to a press machine that performs a press working on a workpiece W by means of a punch 61 and a die 62. A punch linear motor 1 is installed in an upper frame 41b of a press frame 41 to drivingly elevate and lower the punch 61. A die linear motor 1A is installed in a lower frame 41c of the press frame 41 to drivingly elevate and lower the die 62.

Abstract: The present invention generally provides a blind trimming apparatus including a frame supporting a cutting tool, the cutting tool including a cutting edge, a blade holder supported on the frame for movement with respect to the cutting tool along a cutting path, and a blade insert including a cutting edge and being connectable to the blade holder for movement with the blade holder with respect to the cutting tool to trim blinds between the cutting edge of the cutting tool and the cutting edge of the blade insert. One of the blade holder and the blade insert defines a locating recess and the other of the blade holder and the blade insert includes a locating protrusion, which is engageable in the locating recess to align the blade insert with respect to the blade holder.

Abstract: A food slicer 10 of the present invention contains a hollow body 12 having an inner wall 13 defining an interior 17 and an outer wall 15 for containment of a food product therein. A plurality of blades 32 extends across the interior 17 of the body thereby cutting a food product biased against the blades 32 into a plurality of portions.

Abstract: An apparatus for cutting plastic profiles includes a knife which is guided transversally to the profile, the knife including a cutting section and a holding section, the cutting section defining a guide portion, a transition portion, and a blade portion defining a tip. The guide portion defines opposite external surfaces which are generally flat and parallel, and it has a thickness greater than a thickness of the holding section. The transition portion defines opposite external surfaces which curve from the blade portion to tangentially merge with the opposite external surfaces of the guide portion.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for sizing window coverings slidably extendable from a bay into an aisle of a retail outlet. The method includes the steps of locating the center of the window covering relative to a cutting station utilizing a half scale for removing a portion of the window covering from each of its ends.

Abstract: A first rigid body has a horizontal surface on which a composite is to be placed and a non-horizontal surface on which the composite is not to be placed, with the horizontal surface and the non-horizontal surface forming a continuous horizontal linear edge. The continuous horizontal linear edge has a first portion, which is an edge of the non-horizontal surface, and a second portion, which is an edge of the horizontal surface, and the composite has a first region provided with a first member and a second region provided without the first member. While the composite is placed so that the first portion corresponds to the first region or the first region and a part of the second region and that the second portion corresponds to the remaining second region, the composite is separated by moving down a second rigid body from above the substrate.

Abstract: An optical fiber cutting device provided with a speed reducing part which transmits drive force by reducing the drive speed of the external drive force, a drive force transmission part which transmits the drive force from the speed reduction part to the cutting blade holder, a cutting blade holder, a cutting blade which is held by the cutting blade holder and moves to the cutting position along with said cutting blade holder, and an optical fiber supporter which supports the optical fiber so as to be perpendicular to said cutting blade at the cutting position.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for reducing or eliminating sliver formation during aluminum sheet trimming operations. By controlling parameters such as trimming angle and cutting blade clearance, aluminum sheet can be trimmed while substantially eliminating the formation of slivers which damage the surface finish of the part. Cutting angle and clearance are preferably selected such that a wide range of cutting blade sharpnesses produce satisfactory cuts. The method and apparatus are particularly useful for trimming aluminum autobody sheet.

Abstract: Apparatus and processes for producing paper roll products with spaced core sections. A core substrate is arranged on a mandrel, and then divided into a plurality of core sections. The core sections are then separated from each other on the mandrel to form gaps between the core sections. Paper web material can then be wound onto the separated core sections to form a log of rolls. The log is then cut into final paper roll products.

Abstract: A cutting machine for napped cloth prevents fray and dropout of fabric during cutting, and inhibits shortening of the life of a cutter. An interconnected body formed by a plurality of metallic body plates interconnected by a long light shielding ribbon with adhesive, formed by applying a sealing agent and an adhesive on a surface opposite a napped surface of a napped cloth having a single napped surface, is conveyed by a conveying means. The interconnected body is conveyed so that a void area between adjacent metallic body plates is positioned at a predetermined cutting position between lower and upper receiving surfaces. The light shielding ribbon with adhesive is sandwiched and fastened from both sides by a fastener part, and then this light shielding ribbon with adhesive is cut by advancing a cutter through a cutting part from the napped surface side.

Abstract: A punching device for punching a hole in a sheet of material, comprising a metal body having an upper part and a lower part each having a front end and a rear end and an aperture between the two ends. The apertures have substantially identical shape and size and being horizontally aligned with each other. The upper and lower body parts are interconnected at their rear ends and vertically spaced apart to form a horizontal planar gap therebetween into which a said sheet may be inserted for punching. The punching device includes a punching die having a cross-section of a substantially identical shape and size as the apertures and supported within the upper aperture for downward movement across the gap into the lower aperture thereby punching a hole in a said sheet. A spacer is located in the gap for limiting undesirable downward movement of the upper body part relative to the lower body part during a punching action.

Abstract: The invention pertains to a cutting device, particularly for the cutting of predetermined breaking points in plastic membranes, foils or the like, with an air-permeable supporting surface for the plastic membrane or the like and with an aspirating device, with which the plastic membrane or the like is applied onto the supporting surface. The supporting surface is formed by a sintered metal plate.

Abstract: A cutter module for use in a Venetian blind cutting machine is disclosed to include a base, two sliding blocks and at least one cutter. The base has two parallel sliding grooves and two parallel sliding faces. The sliding blocks are slidably coupled to the sliding grooves of the base. The cutter is fastened to the sliding blocks and has two sliding faces respectively supported on the sliding faces of the base to keep the cutter in position.

Abstract: A trimmer for trimming of a book has a support for supporting the book, a trim blade for trimming an edge of the book, and a reciprocating actuator for moving the trim blade toward the book to trim the edge of the book. The trim blade has a trim blade edge having a first section and a second section, the second section being angled with respect to the first section.

Abstract: A paper punch includes a base having a protrusion on a top thereof and three passages are defined vertically through the protrusion. Each of the passages has a punch head assembly received therein. A gap is defined between the protrusion and the top of the base. A handle has a groove defined therethrough and an index member is movably engaged with the groove so that the index member can be moved to a position above the chosen punch head assembly which is moved downward to punch papers in the gap by pivoting the handle.

Abstract: A cutting apparatus for use with a platen die station is employed for cutting relatively thin planar material layers, such as thin material layers used in the construction of fuel cells. The cutting apparatus includes a die having a substantially planar first surface and a substantially planar second surface. A cutting surface and at least one bearer surface respectively protrude from the first surface of the die. A height of the bearer surface is substantially equal to a height of the cutting surface, such that the bearer surface prevents damage to the cutting surface when the cutting surface and bearer surface are moved to contact an anvil surface of the platen die station. One or more layers of a compliant material, such as polyethylene or polypropylene, may be situated in contact with the second surface of the die to add compliance to the cutting apparatus.

Abstract: A feed device (1) for a microtome, in particular for a cryostat microtome, for setting the cut thickness of the specimen (2) to be sectioned, is described. In order to set the cut thickness, either the cutting knife or the specimen holder (3) is mounted on a slide (8) in a slide guide (4) and is connected non-positively to a drive motor (5). The drive motor (5) is connected either to an eccentric cam (6) or to a helical cam (7), and the nonpositive connection between the motor (5) and the slide is accomplished via the eccentric cam (6) or the helical cam (7).

Abstract: A Venetian blind cutting machine comprises a machine base. At least two molds are disposed at the machine base in different height levels. Each of the molds has at least one receiving hole for receiving raw material therein. At least one cutter slidably is disposed at one side of the molds. The traveling distance of the cutter can cross the receiving holes of the molds. A cutter driving assembly is disposed at the machine base for driving the cutter traveling, and a work table is disposed at one side of the machine base, which has seats thereon corresponding to the molds respectively for putting the raw materials thereon.