Abstract: A food article feed apparatus for a food article slicing machine. The apparatus has conveyor with a drive belt for connecting a drive source to a drive roller, and a conveyor belt. The drive roller is for driving the conveyor. The drive roller has an outer diameter and a recessed diameter where the drive belt is connected around the recessed diameter and the conveyor belt is connected around the outer diameter. The drive belt operates within an area defined by the first conveyor belt.

Abstract: A cutting apparatus, particularly for hides, comprising a worktable, which defines a cutting area, surmounted by at least one movable transverse bridge, at least one cutting head being provided in order to perform cutting operations, at least one cutting head being supported in a cantilever fashion at a first end of an arm that is adapted to be moved, at a second end thereof, along the movable bridge, transversely with respect to guides for the sliding of the movable bridge, which are arranged laterally with respect to the worktable.

Abstract: A punching apparatus for forming a series of slots in a board, comprising: an upper wheel and a lower wheel, wherein the upper wheel is opposed to the lower wheel, and further wherein: the upper wheel comprises a series of punches disposed on a frame of the upper wheel, wherein each punch comprises a shearing portion that extends from the frame, and which is configured in the shape of a slot; and the lower wheel comprises a series of mating dies, wherein each mating die of the series of mating dies comprises a cavity, wherein the shearing portion of a particular punch is gradually disposed within the cavity of a particular mating die of the series of mating dies as the upper wheel and the lower wheel move in relation to each other.

Abstract: An apparatus for trimming a plurality of printed products includes at least one trimming station including a yoke, at least one blade positioned on the yoke and a trimming transport device arranged to transport the plurality of printed products inside the at least one trimming station. A feeding conveyor is arranged to feed the printed products to the trimming station. At least one driver is coupled to and operative to drive the yoke, the feeding conveyor, and the trimming transport device, respectively. A control unit is coupled to the at least driver and operative to control the adjustment of the phase position of the feeding conveyor relative to the yoke.

Abstract: Cutting device for cutting strips from a band of material (8). The cutting device is provided with an elongate upper knife (1) and a lower knife (2) that is movable in longitudinal direction along the elongate upper knife (1), for cutting the material (8) by the movement of the lower knife (2) along the upper knife (1). The elongate upper knife (1) can be swiveled to at least substantially abutting contact with the lower knife (2), wherein the swiveling comprises at least a component transverse to the elongate upper knife (1). The upper knife (1) can be swiveled to against the lower knife (2) by means of an electromotor, in particular a servomotor (5), wherein the upper knife (1) exerts a force on the lower knife (2).

Abstract: A tissue slicing device is comprised of parallel circular blades coaxially connected to a rotary shaft. The blades are separated by gaps. A guide member is supported by a hinge adjacent the blades. An adjustment screw is positioned behind the guide member to control the distance between the guide member and the blades. The device includes a tissue carrier which is comprised of a base member and parallel plates extending from a top side of the base member. The plates are spaced to correspond with the gaps between the blades. Holes in the plates are aligned to define a tissue chamber for receiving a tissue sample. When the tissue carrier is positioned on the guide member and the blades rotated to drive the tissue carrier along the guide member, the tissue chamber is driven into the blades so the tissue sample is simultaneously cut into a plurality of slices.

Abstract: A book trimmer is provided including an edge trimming knife driven by a drive motor and a conveyor downstream of the edge trimming knife driven by a servo motor. The drive motor also drives a section of the conveyor.

Abstract: A thin section preparing apparatus is provided, which prepares a thin section from an embedded block having a biological sample embedded and carries it, including: a cutter that slices the block at a pull angle; an approaching and separating mechanism that relatively moves the block and the cutter along an approaching and separating direction; a carrying mechanism having a carrying body arranged as one end side is near a nose, and a moving unit that moves the body along a transport direction; a sliding mechanism that relatively moves the block and the body along a nose direction; and a control unit that controls a combined velocity vector that combines a transport velocity vector of the body along the transport direction with a travel velocity vector of the body along the nose direction to be nearly equal to a block velocity vector of the embedded block along the approaching and separating direction.

Abstract: An apparatus that slices an embedded block having a biological sample embedded therein to prepare a thin section, includes: a cutter that slices the embedded block; a moving mechanism that relatively moves the block and the cutter along an approaching and separating direction in which they approach and separate from each other; a height adjusting mechanism that relatively moves them along a vertical direction; a sliding mechanism that relatively moves them along a sliding direction nearly orthogonal to the approaching and separating direction; and a control unit that controls them to begin to move at initial positions set in advance, the block to be brought into contact at the same point of a nose of the cutter, and the cutter to be slid in the same direction as a ratio between a velocity in the approaching and separating direction and a velocity in the sliding direction is kept the same.

Abstract: A dissection device for organisms includes a table bearing an organism and at least one blade lifted or lowered to approach the table. The blade includes a connecting portion, a cutting portion having a curved edge, and a neck portion connecting the connecting portion and the cutting portion. When the blade is lowered to contact the table, the cutting portion is rotated with respect to the neck portion to have rolling contact with the table from a first point to a second point of the edge.

Abstract: The transporting roller, which serves for transporting a web of material which is wound up onto a winding shaft, is provided with a cutting device, which comprises a cutter and a cutter holder. The transporting roller has a groove, in which the cutter is guided. A catching device permits the introduction of the cutter into the groove. The groove is inclined with respect to an axially parallel generatrix, so that the web of material is cut off at an oblique angle.

Abstract: A high-throughput, high-end-product-recovery, lineal log bucking device featuring continuous stem travel during the cutting process by using a simple and efficient machinery design for economy of equipment and monies. The apparatus includes: (1) a saw for cutting stem into logs; and (2) apparatus for accelerating the carrier up to the speed of the stem conveyor(s), maintaining the speed during the cut, decelerating the carrier, and then returning the carrier to its starting point.

Abstract: A feed mechanism sheet material sequentially on demand to a take-up mechanism of processing machinery. The feed mechanism has a feed table with a gate. Sheets may be stacked against the gate, which allows only the lowermost sheet to pass therebeneath. Rollers within the surface of the rotatably driven to advance the lowermost sheet beneath the gate to the take-up mechanism. A restraining device prevents freewheeling over run of the rollers. The sheets may be longer in length than the circumference of a tool-carrying roll set used to process the sheet. The difference is accommodated by transferring sheet feed through the nip between the tool set and a separate servo-controlled drive upstream of the nip.

Abstract: A conveyor device for miter-box saws which is arranged for movement horizontally perpendicular in relation to the direction of conveyance in order to be able to avoid any possible swivelling of the miter-box saw. The horizontal travel of the conveyor device takes place in part and in a swivelling direction due to the swivelling motion of the saw itself.

Abstract: An apparatus for precisely cutting lengths of strip material includes a supply of strip material, a feed mechanism for conveying the strip material from the supply and a reciprocating cutter mounted downstream of the feed mechanism. An adjustable stop is movably mounted adjacent the cutter for engaging an end of the strip material and setting a precise length of the strip material being cut. An adjustment mechanism is coupled to the stop for moving the stop relative to the cutter along a longitudinal axis of the length of the strip material being cut.

Abstract: An electrical rolled web dispenser includes a housing with a roll carrier disposed therein to rotationally support a roll of web material. An electrical feed mechanism is disposed in the housing to dispense measured sheets of the towel material. The feed mechanism is activated by a sensor that senses a changed parameter within or external to the housing resulting from a user grasping and pulling on a tail of the web material extending from a dispensing slot in the housing.

Abstract: An electromechanical roll towel dispenser includes a housing with a roll carrier disposed therein to rotationally support a roll of towel material. An electro-mechanical feed mechanism is disposed in the housing to dispense measured sheets of the towel material. The feed mechanism operates in a first mechanical operational mode wherein the towel sheets are dispensed by a user grasping and pulling on a tail of the towel material extending from the housing, and a second electrical operational mode wherein a measured length of a next sheet is automatically and electrically fed out of the housing to define the tail for the next user.

Abstract: Apparatus for dispensing paper toweling includes a rotatable toweling support roller and a cutter blade pivotally mounted on the outer peripheral portion of the roller. The blade is movable between a first position in which the cutting edge of the blade is positioned closely adjacent to the outer peripheral portion and a second position in which the blade is disposed at an angle relative to the outer peripheral portion with the cutting edge of the blade spaced from the toweling support roller. The cutter blade when in the second position projects in a direction generally opposed to the direction of rotation of the toweling support roller so that pulling force exerted on the toweling by a user will bear against the cutting edge of the cutter blade to sever the toweling.

Abstract: Improvements are provided in an apparatus and a method for shredding blocks of cheese. The apparatus includes an elongated cheese chamber having an open side face for the admission of a block of cheese, which is urged into the elongated cheese chamber by a loading piston, a longitudinally-extending side plate and a floor surface for slidingly-engaging a block of cheese. An extruding piston is provided to force the cheese downstream within the elongated cheese chamber. The improvement includes an extrusion grid plate which is fixed at the downstream end of the elongated cheese chamber having a plurality of elongated, parallel, horizontal and vertical, knife-edges constituting a plurality of rectangular openings. A rotatable shredder assembly including an overlapped disc is sited immediately downstream of, and is in longitudinal abutment with, the extrusion grid plate, to prevent undesired escape of the extruded cheese.

Abstract: Apparatus for dispensing paper toweling includes a rotatable toweling support roller and a cutter blade pivotally mounted on the outer peripheral portion of the roller. The blade is movable between a first position in which the cutting edge of the blade is positioned closely adjacent to the outer peripheral portion and a second position in which the blade is disposed at an angle relative to the outer peripheral portion with the cutting edge of the blade spaced from the toweling support roller. The cutter blade when in the second position projects in a direction generally opposed to the direction of rotation of the toweling support roller so that pulling force exerted on the toweling by a user will bear against the cutting edge of the cutter blade to sever the toweling.

Abstract: The present invention generally relates to severing a running material web in a folding apparatus of a web-fed rotary printing press. In one exemplary embodiment, a severing element is moved in the traveling direction of the web with a speed which is substantially equal to the speed of the running web and is simultaneously moved across the width of the web in a substantially lateral direction. The severing element can be a sled with a blade, a laser source, a high-pressure fluid jet or a heated wire. The severing element is received and guided by a guiding rail coupled to a pair of endless parallel transport chains.

Abstract: The machine cuts a roll or log (L) of web material into a plurality of small rolls (R). It includes a unit (17) rotating about an axis (A--A) parallel to the axis of the log (L) to be cut. The unit carries a cutting blade (19) rotating about an axis (B--B) parallel to the axis (A--A) of the unit (17). A driving device (61, 63) moves the cutting tool (19) into a reciprocating forward and backward motion parallel to the axis of the log (L) to be cut. At least at the time when the blade cuts the log, the blade moves parallel to the moving log at a translation speed substantially equal to the feeding speed of the log (L), so as to allow the cutting of small rolls (R) without stopping the log (L).

Abstract: A cushioning conversion machine, which converts stock material into cut sections of dunnage, includes a cutting/aligning assembly. The cutting/aligning assembly comprises a moving blade unit which is mounted on the frame in such a manner that it travels between a rest position and a cutting position whereat it cuts a dunnage strip (which is emerging from a dunnage outlet opening) into a cut section. The cutting/aligning assembly also includes an automatic alignment device which automatically aligns the cut section with the dunnage outlet opening when the blade unit is moved from the cutting position to the rest position. The automatic alignment device is unattached to the moving blade member but travels therewith during jam-free operation of the cushioning conversion machine.

Abstract: A slitting machine including a first slitting stage for producing a plurality of interrupted cut slits in an advancing sheet having a leading edge and a trailing edge includes a drive pulley, a driven pulley, and a belt engaging the drive pulley and the driven pulley to provide a power path and a return path between the drive pulley and the driven pulley. The slitting machine also includes a mechanism translating rotation of the driven pulley to drive an upper slitting assembly and notched blades of a lower slitting assembly in synchronization with the advancing of the sheet by a sheet feeder.

Abstract: The machine cuts a roll or log (L) of web material into a plurality of small rolls (R). It includes a unit (17) rotating about an axis (A--A) parallel to the axis of the log (L) to be cut. The unit carries a cutting blade (19) rotating about an axis (B--B) parallel to the axis (A--A) of the unit (17). A driving device (61, 63) moves the cutting tool (19) into a reciprocating forward and backward motion parallel to the axis of the log (L) to be cut. At least at the time when the blade cuts the log, the blade moves parallel to the moving log at a translation speed substantially equal to the feeding speed of the log (L), so as to allow the cutting of small rolls (R) without stopping the log (L).

Abstract: The machine cuts a roll or log (L) of web material into a plurality of small rolls (R). It includes a unit (17) rotating about an axis (A--A) parallel to the axis of the log (L) to be cut. The unit carries a cutting blade (19) rotating about an axis (B--B) parallel to the axis (A--A) of the unit (17). A driving device (61, 63) moves the cutting tool (19) into a reciprocating forward and backward motion parallel to the axis of the log (L) to be cut. At least at the time when the blade cuts the log, the blade moves parallel to the moving log at a translation speed substantially equal to the feeding speed of the log (L), so as to allow the cutting of small rolls (R) without stopping the log (L).

Abstract: A conveying system for an automatic food slicing machine is disclosed. The conveying system has a floating upper conveyor positioned above a lower conveyor. The conveyors cooperatively feed the food item to be sliced an incremental length into the slicing knives during the feed cycle and retain the remainder of the food item during the cut-off cycle. An indexing mechanism, adjustable to provide different feed length increments and timed to the rotational cycle of the cut-off knife, drives the conveyors. The indexing mechanism only drives the conveyors during the feed cycle and the conveyors remain static during the cut-off cycle. The food item to be sliced is captively held between the upper and lower conveyors during both the feed cycle and the cut-off cycle. Small diameter rollers at the exit end of the conveyors are utilized and are positioned in close proximity to the travel path of the cut-off knife providing retentive capability throughout the feed length range.

Abstract: An autotaper for use in dispensing, cutting and locating tape.

Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus and method for automatically counting and permanently disposing of tickets and similar markers, such as those dispensed at arcades. The apparatus employs motor driven wheels to draw tickets through it in very rapid fashion, a sensor and counter to tally the number of tickets, and a blade to permanently destroy the tickets. The present invention lends itself to many security and accounting protections presently unavailable using conventional manual systems.

Abstract: An apparatus for orienting a check which has attached to it a corroborating paper strip in a manner such that the check and the paper strip are aligned relative to a cutting station to permit the check and the attached strip to be automatically presented to the cutting knife in a precise location such that the knife can automatically cut the check at the location of the intersection of the check edge and the edge of the corroborating paper strip and thereafter separate the two and cause the detached check to be sent to one processing station while the detached corroborating paper strip is sent to a waste paper station.

Abstract: Apparatus (10) for repeatedly cutting extruded rubber and plastic material (M) at preselected locations along a length thereof including, a frame (11), a drive shaft (35) mounted on the frame, a drive member (25) effecting a selected speed of rotation of the drive shaft, feed rolls (110) intermittently driven by the drive shaft for controllably advancing the extruded material, and a cutting element (B) reciprocally driven by the drive shaft for repeatedly cutting the extruded material advanced by the feed rolls at the preselected locations.

Abstract: A stock feed and cutter system for forging machines and the like in which stationary grippers and linearly movable grippers alternately grip rod or wire stock. The movable grippers reciprocate toward and away from the stationary grippers and operate to feed the stock without slippage a precise distance into a cutter. A stock gage is therefore not required and an optimum cutter structure can be provided even for very short workpieces. After each feed operation, the cutter shears a workpiece from the end of the stock, which is subsequently formed to a desired shape. A running adjustment is provided for the reciprocating grippers so that the machine operator can adjust the length of the workpiece produced while the machine is running. A short blank detector independently measures the length of stock being fed and is connected to cause rejection of such short blank. The grippers operate without slippage and, in cooperation with the cutter, produce very uniform workpieces.

Abstract: A cutting arrangement for the cutting to shape of a web-shaped material, such as paper webs (2) in printing presses. The arrangement consists of a cutting element (8) and a backing element (3) over which the paper web runs, in conjunction with which one edge of the cutting element (8) is brought intermittently into contact with the paper web for the purpose of cutting through the paper web in its longitudinal sense. The cutting element (8) is so arranged as to change its position intermittently in relation to the paper web (2) between a first, advanced position in which the cutting element (8) uses its edge to cut through the paper web as it passes over the backing element and a second, withdrawn position in relation to the paper web in which the cutting element is not in contact with the paper web. The intermittent movements of the arm between the first and the second position are controlled by a control unit (12) depending on the advance of the paper web (2).

Abstract: A reciprocating cutting apparatus for cutting living plant material. The cutting apparatus includes a frame. A reciprocating cutting assembly is mounted at one end of the frame for cutting the materials. The frame includes structure for synchronizing the feeding of the materials with the cutting assembly. The living plant material is fed into the cutting assembly in the upward stroke and held still on the downward or cutting stroke. The cutting assembly can be adjusted for cutting the desired strip width of living plant material. The cutting apparatus further includes structure mounted on the frame which applies pressure to the living plant material just prior to the living plant material being cut.

Abstract: A method of cutting off a masking film of a silicon wafer comprising the steps of rotating the silicon wafer, feeding a heat wire continuously to the outer periphery of the silicon wafer and cutting off the outer periphery of the masking film along the outer perphery of the silicon wafer.

Abstract: A bell crank type strip feeding apparatus is disclosed in which one arm of the bell crank is coupled to an actuator and the other arm has a feed pawl thereon for feeding the strip. The actuator is a crank pin which is moved along a circular path about a fixed center. The intermediate pivot of the bell crank is mounted for movement along an arcuate path in response to the circular motion of the crank pin. The intermediate pivotal axis of the bell crank is yieldingly supported so that it can move laterally of the arcuate axis path when the feed pawl engages a fixed stop. A shearing mechanism is also disclosed for shearing the strip material at the conclusion of the feeding stroke.

Abstract: An apparatus for dispensing paper towels of predetermined length includes a case, a supply roll of a continuous paper web, a mechanism for advancing the paper web outside the case, a mechanism for at least partially cutting the paper web protruding from the case, and a motor for driving both mechanisms, the motor shaft being rotated in a first direction until a paper web of predetermined length is advanced outside the case and then reversed so that the paper advancement is stopped and the paper web is cut. A first unidirectional coupler is arranged between the motor and the advancing mechanism and a second unidirectional coupler is arranged between the motor and the cutting mechanism to selectively actuate either of the advancing or cutting mechanisms according to the rotational direction of the motor shaft. The length of the dispensed towel is an integral multiple of an elementary length and the number of elementary lengths by which the paper web is advanced before being cut is switch selectable.

Abstract: An apparatus for dispensing paper towels of predetermined length includes a housing, a supply roll of a continuous paper web, means for advancing the paper web outside the case, means for at least partially cutting the paper web protruding from the case, and a motor for driving both such means. The motor is an electric d.c. motor which is rotated in a first direction until a paper web of predetermined length is advanced outside the case. The rotation is then reversed so that the paper advancement is stopped and the paper web is out. A first unidirectional coupling means is arranged between the motor and the advancing means and a second unidirectional coupling means is arranged between the motor and the cutting means to selectively actuate either of the advancing or cutting means according to the rotational direction of the motor.

Abstract: Apparatus for dispensing flat jumper cable assemblies in strip form from reel comprises slot-like guide having parallel first and second surfaces which receive strip therebetween; channels in first surface receive terminals crimped on cable to prevent lateral shifting so various widths of cable can be dispensed. Elongate apertures in second surface provide access for pawls which bear on terminals to urge cable forward as pawl carrier is advanced horizontally by handle; control is then transferred to a blade carrier which is moved vertically to draw twin blades across cable to sever intermediate portion of cable and isolate individual assembly from strip.

Abstract: An automated and manually-operative carcass-splitting apparatus is disclosed. Enhanced alignment of a centerline of a carcass with a circular blade of a saw assembly is provided. The carcass is suspended by hooks on a continuously moving conveyor system. Indexing permits selective engagement between a station's frame and the moving conveyor. The station simultaneously moves horizontally while it descends in concert with the horizontal movement of the carcass. A hydraulically-driven suspension mechanism pivotably suspends a fluid-powered saw with freedom for several directions of manually-controlled movements during carcass cutting.

Abstract: The microtome has a specimen slide moved periodically by a drive shaft, and a blade bracket comprising a blade slide and a blade holder. A threaded spindle serves to advance the blade bracket and thus the blade. The blade is retracted from the specimen after each cutting process, independently of the advance of the blade slide. For this purpose, the blade holder is merely tilted slightly by being raised around an axis, which forms an acute angle with the cutting edge of the blade. The blade holder is raised by a lever arrangement, coupled through a shaft and a pivot bearing with the drive shaft of the specimen slide.

Abstract: The apparatus for supplying chewing gum along a path to the driven feeder of a packaging machine includes a magazine, a scoring device, a pushing device for advancing chewing gum slabs from the magazine to the scoring device and a transfer device for advancing the scored gum slabs from the scoring device to the driven feeder. The pushing device and feeder are driven in relation to one another; however the scoring device and transfer device are driven at a constant speed which is independent of the operating rate of the pushing device and feeder. As a result, the chewing gum slabs are delivered to the feeder at the same speed under all operating conditions and will not become caught, deformed or piled-up in the apparatus due to changes in the operating rate of the feeder.

Abstract: A machine for cutting an elongated layup of sheet material has a conveyor table for supporting the material and advancing it while it is being cut. A carriage assembly moves a cutting tool in cutting engagement with the material on the conveyor table in response to signals from a programmable controller. The conveyor table and carriage assembly are connected in one system so that the programmed movements of the cutter are relative to the movement of the conveyor thereby enabling the material to be cut in accordance with a predetermined program while simultaneously advanced by the conveyor table. Another cutting machine which has a rotary drum conveyor for supporting and advancing sheet material has a movable tool carriage coupled to the drum conveyor for movement relative to the conveyor by a ring gear and pinion.

Abstract: A foil-section feeder in a laminating system includes a slicing assembly which clamps a web at a pair of spaced locations and subsequently cuts the web along a transverse line between the two clamps. A transport device in the form of gripper tongs is inserted into a gap in the slicing assembly to grip a leading end of the web and to draw the web from a roll past the slicing assembly to a predetermined position at a stacking or laminating station.

Abstract: Apparatus for cutting patterns from successive contiguous segments of an elongated layup of sheet material has a zoned vacuum table which includes an endless bristle mat conveyor, for shifting a layup along the table to position a segment of the layup in the cutting zone of the table and for holding the layup segment in the cutting zone, and a carriage assembly, which moves a cutting mechanism relative to the table and in cutting engagement with the segment to cut patterns from the segment in response to signals from a programmable controller. A rotary encoder mounted on the carriage assembly has a pinion which engages a rack carried by the conveyor to detect movement of the carriage assembly relative to the conveyor when the carriage assembly returns to its starting position after completing its cutting cycle.

Abstract: An apparatus for the intermittent feeding of web-type or strip-type material by means of feed roll into an operating chamber of a press. The feed rolls are driven by a main press drive through a mechanical connection and a feed gear mechanism. A scrap cutter is provided which can be driven in correspondence with the operating cycle of the press. The mechanical connection can be selectively severed or interrupted with an auxiliary drive mechanism being provided which is adapted to be connected to the apparatus. The scrap cutter may be driven by a separate drive mechanism in correspondence with the cycle of the feed gear mechanism.

Abstract: Apparatus for cutting through a pile of sheets with a revolving blade is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a relatively slowly rotatable disk-knife having a circular cutting edge and reciprocable between a cutting position and a rest position. A conveying system is provided for holding and supplying the pile of sheets to the disk-knife and carries, on a sliding carriage, a counter-knife for the disk-knife and a pair of confronting clamping members for releasably clamping the pile of sheets during the cutting operation. A common drive is provided which is synchronously interconnected with the conveying and cutting elements of the apparatus.

Abstract: A high speed automatic cold cut feeding, slicing and weighing system which is completely electrical in operation and control to provide cleanliness in operation, high speed, simplified control of all functions of the machine, and extreme accuracy in weight during high speed operation. In the system the rate of feed of the meat feeder is synchronized with the speed of rotation of the slicing blade shaft thereby automatically adjusting the speed of the slicing knife to maintain constant scaling rate.