Abstract: Apparatus (30) for finishing a blow molding (24) is disclosed as including a rotary head (42) on which a first knife holder (44) is provided for mounting a knife (46) for radial movement with respect to the rotational axis (A). A second knife holder is mounted in a diametrically opposite relationship to the first knife holder and actuated so as to maintain a balanced relationship during rotation of the rotary head. An actuating mechanism (48) actuates the knife holder (44) to move the knife (46) radially inward with respect to the rotational axis (A) during rotation of the head (42) to cut the blow molding received thereby and thereby provide finishing that removes excess material. The actuating mechanism (42) is preferably constructed as a cam actuator (50) including a cam follower (56) and a cam (58) that operate after a first portion (52) of the rotary head (42) is stopped from continued axial movement as a second portion (54) of the rotary head continues to be moved axially during the rotation.

Abstract: Rotary die cylinders for cutting blanks from thin sheets or webs of material. The die cylinders have coacting cutting blades, some of which are carried by die segments mounted on the die cylinders in axially and/or circumferentially adjusted positions.

Abstract: A rotary die-cutting apparatus having cylindrical rollers mounted for rotation on spaced parallel axles. Die plates are mounted on the rollers in tight surface-to-surface contact with the outside surfaces thereof. Each roller has a body with a generally cylindrical outside surface and two longitudinal channels formed therein. The die plates are formed as thin flexible sheets of metal having their ends welded to one of the bars for mounting the sheets on the outside surface of the rollers. A wedge-shaped bar is slideably mounted in the other channel. After the ends of the die plate are welded to the weld bar in butting relation, the die plate is mounted on the roller with the wedge bar removed from its associated channel. After the plate is mounted on the roller, the wedge bar is slid into the channel and gradually forced against the die plate to bring it into surface-to-surface contact with the roller.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for retaining knife blades for cutting, perforation or other treatment of a running web, preferably a paper web, whereby the web (4) runs between a rotatable knife retaining cylinder (3) and a rotatable counter pressure cylinder (5) and whereby the knife blade (2) and a retaining ruler (7) for retaining the blade (2) are provided in a slot (6) in the knife retaining cylinder (3).

Abstract: A method and apparatus for mounting a die, particularly a rigid cutting die, on a die cylinder includes having a bubble along a seal on the die to bridge any gaps between the die and the die cylinder when the die is initially positioned on the die cylinder. This bubble seal enables a vacuum to be applied between the initially positioned die and the die cylinder to pull the die down against and into conformity with the surface of the die cylinder, at the same time flattening the bubble seal. A key at a trailing edge of the die locates in an axial keyway in the die cylinder to circumferentially position the die; a bolt is then inserted at a leading edge of the die to establish axial location. During operation the die is held in position by the vacuum. Beam sensors and light reflectors may be incorporated to sense when a wrong die is present and shut down the apparatus.

Abstract: A strip of tape is cut into precise lengths of cut tape. The cut lengths of tape are transferred by a drum to a pair of drums rotating side by side. One of the rotating drums carries a die and the other a punch movable into and out of the die. The cut lengths of tape are held on the periphery of the die drum with two groups of vacuum pressure holes respectively provided inside and outside the perimeter of the die for selective release of a punched label and surrounding waste material.

Abstract: A rotary slicing machine including a cylindrical-shaped cutter assembly having at least one knife element and mounted for rotation about a horizontal axis is provided with an elongate feed chute within which the individual products to be sliced are supported in a linear array and consecutively fed under gravity into the path of the rotating knife element. The feed chute is provided with an elongate slot for permitting the manual positioning of the products within the chute.

Abstract: An apparatus for scoring or cutting has a generally stationary frame, a lower cradle in the frame, and a plurality of lower rollers rotatable in the cradle about respective roller axes and all tangent to an imaginary lower cylinder centered on a lower axis. A lower arbor centered on the lower axis has one end projecting into and supported by a lower journal in the frame and an opposite unsupported end. A lower tube is fitted snugly on the lower arbor and has an outer surface lying on the lower cylinder and resting on the lower rollers. Similarly, an upper pressure plate in the frame carries a plurality of upper rollers rotatable in the pressure plate about respective axes and all tangent to an imaginary upper cylinder centered on an upper axis. An upper arbor centered on the upper axis has one end projecting into and supported by an upper journal in the frame and an opposite unsupported end.

Abstract: Device for cutting band-shaped or strand-shaped material, having a cutting device in the form of a cutter roller, in which outwardly-pointing cutting edges which are arranged at a uniform distance from one another connect two circular disc-shaped or annular bodies to one another, which bodies hold the cutting edges, and the material to be cut via these cutting edges forms a lap superimposed in several coil layers, the radial innermost position of which lap is cut by the pressure which acts in intensified manner as a result of a loading body. The cutter blades, the cutting edges of which cut the material, are arranged for reducing the bending stress in such a way that they are at a setting angle alpha of 5.degree. to 25.degree. to the radial direction of the device, with the cutting edges pointing in the direction of movement of the cutter roller.

Abstract: The invention refers to the devices for dividing a continuous web of wrapping material into successive single sections of a same length. These devices comprise a rotary cutting roller (1) with one or more angularly equispaced peripheral radial blades (7), the cutting edge of which is parallel to the axis of shaft (6) for driving in rotation the said cutting roller (1), and a rotary counter-roller (19) having one or more peripheral anvils (18) that cooperate each with a blade (7) on the cutting roller (1). According to the invention, the blade or blades (7) are each secured to a projecting blade-carrying member (8) which by elastic deformation is elastically yieldable in the radial direction toward the axis of shaft (6) for driving in rotation the cutting roller (1).

Abstract: In order to further develop a disc cutter machine, in particular for cutting sugar beet, which is provided with a machine frame, a disc cutter having passages for the cut material, and blade receivers arranged in the region of the passages, in such manner that with the same disc cutter diameter a higher cutting output can be achieved, the blade receivers (18) are mounted on the flat upper surface (16) of the disc cutter (12) and the disc cutter is formed in the region of the blade receivers of radially extending and uniformly spaced inclined ribs (14).

Abstract: A tool in the form of a honeycomb cutter/chip breaker assembly for conveniently and efficiently machining a workpiece of honeycombed material or the like. The assembly includes a honeycomb cutter member having a cutting knife and a shaft. The cutting knife is disc-shaped with a sharp peripheral edge and is formed integrally with the outboard end of the shaft for concurrent rotation therewith. The inboard end of the shaft is adapted to be received by rotational motion imparting mechanisms. The assembly also includes a chip breaker/chaf remover device having a central bore mountable over the shaft with its outboard face in contact with the inboard face of the cutting knife for rotation therewith during operation and use. The radially outward edges of the chip breaker/chaf remover device are formed as sharp breaker edges for breaking the material cut by the cutting knife.

Abstract: The subject invention involves equipment for precision size reduction of a product, such as cutting string beans lengthwise into strips. More particularly, the invention is directed to improvement in the structure of a circular knife including a novel method of making its peripheral cutting edges by reducing the number of operations required to produce the knife. Previously, as presently known, the peripheral cutting edges of circular knives involves the expense of individually cutting material out of a peripheral area as compared to the unique method of the subject invention which simultaneously shears and forms offset portions and radial portions, and wherein the outer knife ends of these portions are simultaneously sharpened by a common bevel which causes the edges of the sharpened ends of the offset portions to be inset with reference to the sharpened ends of the radial portions. These two significant factors in the manufacture of circular knives constitute a meritorious advance in the art.

Abstract: A knife holder mounted upon the periphery of the knife roller in an apparatus for cutting lengths of webs such as paper is disclosed. The knife holder in the system disclosed is formed of an elastomeric material. The knife blades are held in place principally by friction in slots cut in the holder and seat themselves in the elastomer during set-up and cutting. Rapid and simple changes of knife blades without torquing or rolling in are achieved by fixing the elastomeric knife holder between readily located clamping members affixed to the surface of the knife roller, and alternative clamping members are provided for retrofit installations.

Abstract: An apparatus for severing work pieces, especially paper or foils, has a drum with a cylindrical bore and carrying at least one knife on its circumference. The drum is arranged in a torsionally rigid yet rocking manner on a shaft, which has a cylindrical middle part and adjoining thereto on each end a frustrum-shaped shaft part and then a cylindrical shaft part with elastic compensating members.

Abstract: A pair of rotary dies with lands having coacting cutting edges which cut blanks of material from a web passing between the rotating dies. To provide a clean cut and improved squareness of the cut ends, a side face of the land adjacent the cutting edge has a positive rake. To insure that the cutting edges can be brought into coacting relationship to produce a clean cut, they are located and arranged on the dies so that they can be varied and adjusted axially and in rotary phase relationship to each other. A die stand for positioning, adjusting and driving the rotary dies, and a method for making negative electrode cylinders for producing the rotary dies by hardening, grinding and electric discharge machining blank cylinders of tool steel, are also disclosed.

Abstract: A quick change cutting cylinder for letter envelope and hygiene machines is rovided wherein the cylinder is rotatably received on both its sides with conical cylinder journals on the end faces thereof coaxially in respective bearing units which run with pretensioned precision anti-friction bearings with great radial and axial stiffness without play, and which are locked on a common parallel guide by means of fast-acting clamping devices.

Abstract: The cutting comprises a drive disc, over whose periphery detachable secured rods 12, preferably having a square cross-section, are distributed at equal spacings and are aligned parallel to the drum axis. Between each pair of adjacent rods a blade box 42 is inserted which bears all replaceable wearing parts 56, 74, 80, these being directed into the drum interior. In operation each blade box rests againt the rods, owing to plane surface contact when these rods have a polygonal or, preferably, square cross-section.

Abstract: A device for cutting successive sheets from a traveling web includes a pair of thin-walled knife-carrying cutting cylinders concentrically mounted over fixed supporting shafts. To prevent ringing of the shafts at high cutting frequencies, due to resonant frequency interference, each support shaft is formed by a body having an inperforate cylindrical wall. The cylindrical wall of the support shaft is closed at both ends to form an uninterrupted cylindrical cavity extending from end to end of the cylindrical wall. Furthermore, and to prevent poor cuts due to changes in the alignment of the cutting knives, the amplitude of vibrations occurring at the time of each cut is reduced. The cavity of the support shaft is filled with a flowable vibration damping material which is not firmly affixed to the cavity walls and thus forms no significant part of the mass of the support shaft.

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: An improved apparatus is disclosed for cutting a tow of continuous filamentary material into staple fiber of mixed cut length, with some lengths being below 3/4 inch and some lengths above 3/4 inch. The improved cutter comprises asymmetric means for supporting at least the blades which cut the shortest filaments. It is preferred that the blade disposition within a quadrant of the cutting be similar to the blade disposition in the opposed quadrant. The apparatus facilitates cutting without blockage and/or blade breakage.

Abstract: A cutting wheel for cutting continuous filamentary tow comprises first and second axially spaced carrier plates which are rotatable about a common axis. An annular row of cutter blades extends between the carrier plates, each blade having a radially outwardly facing cutting edge for cutting the tow. At least four connecting plates have opposite ends affixed to respective carrier plates to prevent mutual separation of the carrier plates in the axial and radial directions. Each connecting plate is aligned with an associated one of the blades and is positioned radially inwardly relative thereto and has a thickness substantially the same as that of the associated blade. The connecting blades as a group provide a substantial portion of the resistance against mutual separation of the carrier plates in the axial and radial directions. The blades as a group transmit a substantial portion of the torque between the carrier plates.

Abstract: A circular saw retaining arrangement where a circular saw blade is retained on a driven arbor shaft including an arbor plate located a selected distance from the end of the arbor and where the shaft of the arbor between the arbor plate and the end of the arbor shaft is threaded to receive an arbor nut, an improved means of securing the saw blade to the arbor including a collar of selected peripheral configuration to receive wrench means wherein the collar has a central aperture to receive the arbor shaft wherein one surface of the collar is roughened and adapted to be urged against the saw blade with the arbor nut threaded on the arbor shaft and tightened against the side of the collar opposite the side bearing the roughened surface.

Abstract: A cover for a cutter reel used in a staple cutting apparatus of known type is formed by a plurality of circular segment elements joined together by fasteners to form an annular cover member encircling a cutter reel member. The annular cover member of the invention is thereby adapted for use with cutter reels having a wide variety of blade configurations.

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: A rotary plate-shape material cutting apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a pair of hollow knife cylinders, each provided with a knife on the circumferential surface and adapted to rotate in mutually opposite directions, shafts piercing the hollow portion of the knife cylinders and having both ends thereof supported by frames, bearings positioned at both ends of the knife cylinders and interposed between the shafts and knife cylinders and at least one roll provided at each of the knife cylinders, rotatably supported therein and having its rotary surface kept in contact with the external circumference of the shafts.

Abstract: Mechanism for cutting a traveling printed web comprises a base adapted for mounting on a cylinder and a cutting die adapted to be mounted on the base. The cutting die cooperates with the anvil on an anvil cylinder for cutting the web. An elastomeric sheet is interposed between the base and the die and is yieldable within its elastic limits to displace the cutting edge toward the base as the cutting edge engages the anvil during the cutting operation.

Abstract: A cutting roll for producing shaped inner and outer cuts on moving webs or iscrete blanks of paper or the like and, more particularly, for the production of blanks for envelopes on envelope machines, includes a base or parent member carrying a web-like blade whose development corresponds to the contours of the format to be cut. The blade is composed of one or more weld beads disposed one above another and one beside another horizontally on the base member.

Abstract: A continuous cutter ring or hoop having relatively thick, large-angle chisel teeth to bend and break attenuated glass fibers in a glass fiber chopping assembly is disclosed. The continuous cutter is an annular ring or hoop of steel or other hard material which is formed having an outer circumference provided with integral, regularly spaced, raised cutting teeth. The continuous cutter is secured on a suitable cutter wheel which cooperates with a second wheel having an elastomer cot around its circumference with the glass fibers to be severed passing between the continuous cutter and the elastomer cot. The cutter teeth are generally chisel-shaped and sever the glass fiber strand without cutting or destroying the elastomer cot. The integrally formed cutter teeth will not separate from the cutter ring and are not subject to being misaligned.

Abstract: A cutting rule including teeth having a beveled chisel-like tip with a straight-edged top, symmetrical angular side edges and shallow notches between adjacent teeth. In alternate embodiments the side edges may be beveled and the rear side of the tip may be beveled. Also, an improved slot configuration is provided which facilitates bending to form a curved rule.

Abstract: Clamp capable of mechanical clamping and optionally useful for providing especially high electrical conductivity having a pair of juxtaposed clamping jaws for gripping an object. One important use of the clamp is to grip an article through which high current is required to flow as, for example, in electric welding. At least one of the jaw blocks is of deep case-hardened cold rolled steel, and when used for high electrical conductivity, is copper coated. The face of this block is provided with concentric teeth which bite into the article. The outer faces of the teeth are perpendicular to the surface of the article being gripped. This inhibits skidding of the clamp and also provides good electrical contact where needed, even in the presence of rust or corrosion. The circular shape of teeth permits rotation or oscillation of the clamp during the clamping operation, which facilitates cleaning of the engaged surfaces and enhances electrical conductivity.

Abstract: A rotary die is disclosed to include a roller having a transversely extending channel with bores formed therein, a die sheet wrapped around the roller and having a pair of its edges extending into the channel, the die sheet having shoulders formed on its edges, and locking means disposed within the channel and cooperating with the shoulders on the die sheet to cause tightening of the die sheet around the surface of the roller in response to the tightening of the locking means through the use of bolts securing the locking means to the tapped bores formed in the transverse channel.

Abstract: An improved severing means facilitating the formation and handling of individual pads of sod for implementation with automated sod harvesting apparatus which comprises a rotary mounted set of spaced transversely extending blades cooperating with a longitudinally mounted blade means disposed between at least two of the transversely extending blades. This unique configuration provides means to form a plurality of individual pads of sod which upon each complete revolution of the severing means automatically orients contiguous sets of pads in a cross-wise manner to facilitate further handling of the pads.

Abstract: An apparatus for sealing and cutting a hose-like wrapper having serially arranged filled pockets and transverse zones therebetween includes oppositely rotating, cooperating clamping shoes between which the wrapper passes for pressing together and transversely sealing opposite wrapper walls in the transverse zones by providing a seam therein. A knife is secured to one of the clamping shoes and a backup support is secured to the other of the clamping shoes. The knife has a first cutting edge cooperating with the backup support for transversely separating wrapper packages from one another by providing a severing cut in each transverse zone. The knife further has at least one second cutting edge adjacent the first cutting edge for providing a cut in each transverse zone adjacent the severing cut to facilitate a manual tearing-open of the seams.

Abstract: There is disclosed a method of and apparatus for developing on tape and applying a pre-selected die design, etc., defined by spaced drilled holes, to a die board automatically by a tape controlled apparatus, and to automatically produce properly dimensioned cutting rule for the design. A computer is programmed to produce information which is transferred to a tape, or the like, fed to a numerical control machine to energize selected mechanisms to physically apply a pre-selected design formed by spaced drilled holes, routing, etc., to a die board for reception of spaced tangs or legs of cutting rule, or the like, or other workings. The information from the computer also is utilized, by means of an intermediate tape or the like, to energize a numerically controlled cutting rule machine to automatically produce cutting rule segments of the proper number and length for mounting in the drilled design on the cutting board.

Abstract: A cutting implement having a plate with a curved, sharpened edge which is rotated to traverse the location of a work piece. The plate is shaped so that the rate of advance of the sharpened edge through the location decreases as the angle of rotation increases, thereby compensating for the gradual reduction in the mechanical advantage, and producing a nearly constant power requirement.

Abstract: A sheet material is advanced to a first location where cutting tools cut into it but not through it along the outline of the desired blank. Thereupon the sheet material and the cutting tools are jointly advanced to a second location where the cutting tools cut completely through the sheet material along the outline, and subsequently the thus-severed blank and the surrounding sheet material scrap are removed separately from the second location.

Abstract: A method of sawing a wooden workpiece makes simultaneous use of a chip cung operation with chip cutting saw teeth provided along the leading edge of a saw blade and a cutting operation with knife edges provided on the same leading edge of the saw blade. Between each pair of adjacent chip cutting saw teeth on the leading edge of the saw blade a knife edge, also provided on the leading edge of the saw blade, is fed into the workpiece together with the saw teeth in a plane located within the kerf made by the saw teeth and in such a position relative to the saw teeth that this knife edge cuts into the workpiece or at least into the chip, which still adheres to the workpiece and is being formed by the one saw tooth, and cuts this chip into two portions, which when liberated from the workpiece under the action of the saw tooth are distributed on opposite sides of the saw blade into the clearances between the side surfaces of the saw blade and the wall of the kerf.