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| 20080196564 | Single transfer insert placement method and apparatus - An apparatus and method is provided for single transfer insert placement. The apparatus receives continuous web material and cuts a discrete section or pad from the web. The pad is then supported on a single transfer surface. The single transfer surface then may spin the supported pad to a desired angle and provide the pad to a receiving surface at a desired interval. | 08-21-2008 |
| 20080210067 | Method for making an absorbent article - A composite web has a first fastening material in a first longitudinally extending zone on a first outer surface, a second fastening material in a second longitudinally extending zone on the first outer surface, and at least a portion of a third fastening material on a longitudinal centerline on a second outer surface. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080216623 | METHOD FOR CONVERTING A TRIMMING MACHINE FOR THE PREFERABLY THREE-SIDED TRIMMING OF A STACK OF SHEETS - The invention provides for the replacement of the cutting plate ( | 09-11-2008 |
| 20080250905 | CROWN MOLDING AND DOOR INSTALLATION TOOLS - A crown molding jig may have a first guide and a second guide. Each of the guides may be sized and configured to receive a crown molding. A saw guide may be disposed between the first and second guides for guiding a saw blade and cutting a compound angle cut in the crown molding. A crown molding holder may have a base member for engaging the crown molding and an extension pole pivotally attached to the base member such that the crown molding holder may be wedged between the crown molding disposed at the ceiling and the floor. A door installation jig may have a U-shaped member sized and configured to receive a door and an inflatable tube for lifting the door to position adjacent a door frame. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20090025519 | Tire Chopping Apparatus and Method - Used tires are chopped up in a punch press which progressively punches out areas of each tire lying flat in the press. The tire fragments are conveyed from the press to a collection container. An elevator mechanism may receive four tires stacked vertically, each used tire therein successively fed into the press by a feed mechanism receiving each tire from the elevator mechanism. An on-site enclosure houses all of the components and a container of collected fragments which is accessed for removal through a door in the enclosure. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090038453 | Food Product Conveyor and Handling Systems - A conveyor system for assembling and stacking sliced food products is provided. The conveyor system includes an assembly area, wherein groups of a predetermined quantity of sliced food products travel from a slicer on a conveyor and are deposited on discrete carrier sheets on a downstream conveyor. The assembly area is configured to delay advancement of the carrier sheets on the downstream conveyor until a group of the predetermined quantity is formed. The slicer is configured to calculate the number of slices in each group and determine whether a group is complete. A stacking area of the conveyor system includes a nose conveyor that extends and retracts to deposit each carrier sheet onto a pair of initial supports. The initial supports reciprocate away from each other in opposing directions to drop the carrier sheet onto a subsequent level, with the initial supports reciprocating each time a carrier sheet is deposited thereon. | 02-12-2009 |
| 20090071302 | Method for Manufacturing a Filling Material - Method for manufacturing a filling material, characterised in that it consists at least in providing cylindrical foam springs ( | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090090227 | Shear Device - A shear device is disclosed. The shear device includes a material guiding mechanism, a shear head including a shear blade disposed proximate the material guiding mechanism, and means for translating a first movement of one of the shear head and the material guiding mechanism into a second movement of the other of the shear head and the material guiding mechanism. A method is also disclosed. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20090260494 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PALLETIZING CONFECTIONED UNITS OF ARTICLES - A method for palletizing confectioned units including the steps of grouping the confectioned units to a layer of confectioned units in a grouping device, providing a material for an intermediate layer comprising a partly elastic foil material, cutting a single sheet from the material for the intermediate layer, moving the layer of confectioned units and the single sheet of the intermediate layer to a transport device, moving the layer of confectioned goods and the single sheet of the intermediate layer into the loading station of the transport device, transporting the layer of confectioned goods and the single sheet of the intermediate layer to an unloading station, and positioning the layer of confectioned goods and the single sheet of the intermediate layer at the unloading station onto a pallet or onto layers of goods which are already positioned on the pallet. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20100031791 | PORTIONING OF FOOD STUFF - An apparatus for portioning meat, comprising a base unit, control means, first drive means mounted to said base unit, casing mounted to said base unit, further comprising: second drive means to cooperate with said first drive means for rotating said casing, and pressing member dividing said casing into at least two chambers, an in-feed chamber and a pressing chamber, said pressing member is mounted to said base unit off-center, with respect to said casing, substantially closer to the pressing chamber such that said pressing member has freedom to move in direction substantially perpendicular to the off-center direction, an ejecting device, mounted to said base unit, portioning plate receiving the meat ejected from said pressing chamber, a position adjustable bottom piece, a cutting means, positioned between the pressing chamber and the portioning plate. | 02-11-2010 |
| 20100095815 | Discharging Workpiece Parts - A machine tool that includes a workpiece support and a punching die. The punching die includes a support surface, for supporting a workpiece to be processed, and a discharging slope. The discharging slope is configured such that a workpiece part, severed from a workpiece supported on the support surface of the punching die, is displaced, in at least one of a rotational, tilting, or linear movement, from a processing position at least partially overlying the discharging slope toward a removal position on the discharging slope. The discharging slope is also configured such that a workpiece part, severed from a workpiece supported on the support surface of the punching die, is directed, in a sliding movement, toward a discharging position located beneath the support surface and adjacent the punching die. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100107835 | Food Product Positioning System and Method - A food handling system having a positioning system and method. The positioning system includes a main conveying surface, an electronic sensor, a controller and a robot. The main conveying surface is configured to move food products. The electronic sensor is configured to capture position data about one or more food products on the main conveying surface within a sensor range of the sensor. The controller is signal-connected to the electronic sensor and the robot. The controller is configured to receive data captured by the sensor and is configured to instruct the robot to move a food product to a destination position. The robot is configured to reposition one or more food products on the conveying surface according to instructions sent by the controller. The robot has a longitudinal and a lateral working range. The food product may include formed meat patties or sliced meat or cheese products. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100107836 | Food Product Vacancy Reduction System - A food handling system having a vacancy reduction system. The vacancy reduction system includes the main conveyor, a food product parking station, a vacancy detector, a robot, and a controller. The vacancy detector is configured to detect a vacant food product position on the main conveyor. The robot has a working range for moving between the parking station and the main conveyor. The controller is signal-connected to the vacancy detector. The controller is configured to receive a signal from the vacancy detector indicating a vacant food product position on the conveyor. The controller is signal-connected to the robot and has control instructions for instructing the robot to move the food product from the food product parking station to the vacant food product position on the main conveyor. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100139463 | Method and System for Producing Notes of Securities - There is described a method and system for producing notes of securities, in particular banknotes, wherein individual printed sheets or successive printed portions of a continuous web are cut into individual notes on a sheet-fed or web-fed processing system, and wherein these individual notes are subsequently processed by a single-note processing system comprising a plurality of single-note processing stations. Individual notes corresponding to independent production cycles or dependent production cycles are produced on the sheet-fed or web-fed processing system, each production cycle being processed on a separate one of the single-note processing stations. Each production cycle is subdivided into a sequence of distinct production sub-cycles corresponding to successive subsets of individual notes ( | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100139464 | AUTOMATICALLY REMOVING WASTE MATERIAL USING A STRIP DIE WHEN CUTTING A SHEET OF MATERIAL ACCORDING TO A PREDETERMINED PATTERN - A strip die is prepared with cutouts according to a pre-determined pattern, e.g., on a cutting table and positioned on a stripping station that has a removal tool to remove waste material. After a sheet of material is cut on the same or another cutting table, the sheet is positioned in the stripping station over the female strip die. The removal tool moves to programmed positions in the stripping station and removes pieces of waste material. The final stripped cut sheet is the brought to the out-stack. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100139465 | Micro-Cutting Machine for Forming Cuts in Products - Micro-cutting machines for forming cuts in catheters, guidewires, and similar products, are disclosed, including a micro-cutting machine that can directly control the dimensions of the resultant beams being cut into products, and that can capture images of each cut for feedback control and accuracy verification. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100154608 | Method and device for obtaining longitudinal pieces - In the state of the art, a composite prepreg lamination ( | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100154609 | Tools and Methods for Manufacturing Fiber Optic Distribution Cables - Fiber optic distribution cables and methods for manufacturing the same are disclosed. The methods present one or more optical fibers outward of the protective covering for distribution of the same toward the subscriber. Specifically, the methods include presenting a length of distribution optical fiber outward of the protective covering that is longer than the opening at access location. After the opening is made in the protective covering at the access location, the optical fibers for distribution are selected. Then a tool according to the present invention is positioned about the optical fibers selected for distribution and slid within the protective covering of the fiber optic distribution cable until it reaches a cutting location within the fiber optic distribution cable. Consequently, the tool is positioned for cutting the distribution optical fiber at a cutting location within the fiber optic distribution cable at a downstream location. Thereafter, the tool is removed and the cut distribution optical fiber is routed through the opening at the access location so the distribution optical fiber is presented outside the protective covering. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100162863 | Method and apparatus for cutting fabric according to a pattern - Magnets secure a pattern and a fabric on a magnetically-attractive substrate including a top layer of a resilient material that is well-suited to receive a sharp edge to produce a clean cut in the fabric being cut. A kit according to the present invention includes a plurality of magnets, preferably of various sizes and shapes, and at least one magnetically-attractive substrate. The kit can have a plurality of substrates, fasteners for holding the substrates together, a cutting tool and packaging. At least one of the magnets includes a magnetic portion having a bottom surface and a nonmagnetic portion extending laterally from the magnetic portion. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100162864 | OPTICAL FILM TRANSPORT METHOD, AND APPARATUS USING THE SAME - In a process of transporting a strip-shaped optical film F, the optical film F is cut to a predetermined length. Thereafter, the sheet-like optical films F divided by the cutting are intermittently transported while the strip-shaped optical film F is fed by the predetermined length such that a portion to be cut next reaches a cutting action position. Further, a leading one of the sheet-like optical films F in the intermittent transport process is transported to a continuous transport process such that a rear end thereof passes the intermittent transport process in a subsequent intermittent transport operation. Herein, the sheet-like optical film F is transported to the downstream-side continuous transport process following the intermittent transport process to continuously transport the optical film F. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100212465 | Cutting Machine for the Cutting of Blocks of Material - The cutting machine comprises a horizontal knife ( | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100218654 | TREATMENT DEVICE FOR MATERIAL STRANDS AND METHOD FOR TREATING A MATERIAL STRAND - A treatment device for material strands having a separating device for dividing a material strand and a transport system. The treatment device comprises at least one front and one rear transport unit. At least one drive unit is provided for moving at least one transport unit relative to the other transport unit. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100229702 | Automatic Prepared Slide Fabricating Apparatus and Automatic Prepared Slide Fabricating Method - To enable to alleviate a burden on an operator and fabricate automatically an optimum and high quality prepared slide in accordance with a kind of an embedding block, there is provided an automatic prepared slide fabricating apparatus including first carrying means capable of carrying an embedding cassette to a cut position, cutting means for cutting out a section in a sheet-like shape by cutting an embedding block by a predetermined thickness after having been carried to the cut position, elongating means for elongating the section, second carrying means for carrying the cut section to the elongating means, transcribing means for transcribing the elongated section onto a board to fabricate a prepared slide, and controlling means for respectively controlling the respective means and having a condition table previously inputted with a fabricating condition in fabricating the prepared slide, in which the controlling means controls the respective means such that the embedding cassette carried by the first carrying means is checked with the fabricating condition inputted to the condition table, thereafter, fabricated by the condition in accordance with the embedding cassette. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100229703 | METHOD FOR CUTTING STACKS OF SHEET MATERIAL - A method for producing stacks of sheet material transversely and longitudinally cuts rectangular starting stacks using a single cutting machine and short travel paths for the material being cut. The starting stack arranged on a rear table is pushed forward under a cutting blade and is separated into at least two partial stacks which are aligned, rotated 90 degrees and pushed back under the cutting blade to form a plurality of finished partial stacks. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100263506 | PAPER PUSHING DEVICE - According to various embodiments, the present teachings relate to a paper pushing device. The paper pushing device can comprise a shaft configured to be received and anchored in an opening of a retaining board. The paper pushing device can comprise a head connected to the shaft. The paper pushing device can comprise an arm that extends from the head at an angle relative to a longitudinal axis of the shaft. The paper pushing device can be used in various tool and die, stock manipulating operations. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20110011226 | METHOD FOR EXPOSING RESIN-COATED METAL PIPE - A method of exposing a metal pipe that is resin-coated by which part of the resin coating layer can be easily removed to expose the metal pipe. Blade tips are advanced into a resin coating layer in a region of the circumferential surface of a pipe with a predetermined spacing in the longitudinal direction of the pipe, and circumferential notches are introduced into the circumferential surface of the resin coating layer by rotating blades with respect to the pipe. A blade tip is advanced into a resin coating layer between the two circumferential notches and by moving a blade in the longitudinal direction, a longitudinal notch is introduced into the circumferential surface of the resin coating layer. A force is caused to act upon an outer circumferential surface of the resin coating layer between the two circumferential notches in the direction opposite that of the longitudinal notch and the resin coating layer is peeled off, thereby exposing a portion of the metal pipe. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110079122 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING WORK - This device includes an upper die unit, a lower die unit disposed opposite to the upper die unit. One of the upper die unit and the lower die unit includes a main punch and the other die unit includes an ejector, a slider disposed so as to be movable in a direction crossing with a vertical direction and a biasing portion which is connected to the slider and biases the slider in a predetermined sliding direction S. A cam structure is disposed between the slider and the ejector, which converts a movement of the ejector in a direction opposite to a work ejecting direction E to a movement of the slider in a direction opposite to a predetermined sliding direction when the upper die unit and the lower die unit are closed, and which converts a movement of the slider in a predetermined sliding direction to a movement of the ejector in a work ejecting direction when the upper die unit and the lower die unit are opened by a predetermined amount from the closed state. The device further comprises a position retaining portion which retains a position of the slider moved in a direction opposite to the predetermined sliding direction for a certain period of time. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110100174 | CUTTING UNIT IN AN ARRANGEMENT FOR CUTTING AND REMOVAL OF WIRES FROM BALES AND A DEVICE COMPRISING SAID CUTTING UNIT - The device is for cutting and removing wires from bales, such as pulp bales, paper bales and the like. The device has at least one cutting unit that has a cutting tool for cutting off a wire that is arranged around a bale, and at least one winding unit that has a winding tool for unwinding the cut wire from the bale. The cutting tool has an outer cutter and an inner cutter which are coaxially arranged and rotatable with respect to each other. Each cutter has a cutting edge which are arranged to be moved towards each other when the cutters are rotated towards each other in a certain direction, in order to cut off objects, preferably bale wires, between them. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110162496 | Method and device for cutting a bone containing material string into slices - A method and device for cutting a bone containing material string into slices including:
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| 20110174126 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A THREE DIMENSIONAL SCULPTURE - A method of manufacturing a three dimensional sculpture. An individual determines an object to be sculpted and then cuts metal sheets in predetermined shapes and sizes and stacks the sheets into layers at predetermined locations based on the object to be sculpted. The layers are then fabricated together to form a three dimensional sculpture. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110197727 | Device and Method for Sawing Electronic Components - The invention relates to a device for separating electronic components, provided with: sawing means and positioning means, wherein between the positioning means and the sawing means at least one transfer position is defined for the purpose of transferring positioned electronic components. The invention further comprises a separating device for electronic components, provided with: sawing means, inspection means, and sorting means, wherein between the inspection means and the sorting means at least one transfer position is defined for the purpose of transferring separated electronic components. Finally, the invention also relates to a method for separating electronic components. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110203431 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SANITARY PRODUCTS - A device for applying at spaced positions (P | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110219923 | Gathering method and apparatus for a keypad fabrication process - A gathering method for a keypad fabrication process, in which a key-top tree is placed into a punching die, the punching die is aligned, a receiving device is disposed under the punching die, an assembly jig is disposed on the receiving device and aligned using an x-y table for gathering a punched-out key-top, a punch disposed above the punching die using another x-y table for allowing the punching die to perform both punching the key-top tree and gathering the punched-out part onto the assembly jig. Each key-top on the key-top tree is punched out and gathered on the assembly jig by repeating the aforementioned steps. Accordingly, the key-tops can be punched out and arranged on the assembly jig with a different pitch from the key-top tree automatically, fast and correctly. A gathering apparatus for a keypad fabrication process is also provided. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110226102 | Cutting Pieces Out of a Mass of Cheese - Disclosed is a method for cutting pieces having a predefined length, i.e. sticks, out of a mass of cheese. In said method, the mass of cheese is shaped into a wide cheese bar ( | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110232439 | Spacer grid for positioning of fuel rods - A method of manufacturing an optimized sheet metal ( | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110247468 | Apparatus and Method for Producing a Thatch Roofing Material for Building Construction - An apparatus and method for producing a thatch roofing material for building construction, the apparatus includes a pair of stanchions, a supporting frame, at least one holding member for holding the container, a first shaft extending substantially perpendicular to each stanchion of the pair of stanchions, and a blade coupled to the first shaft for cutting the container. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110265619 | SINGLE TRANSFER INSERT PLACEMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS - An apparatus and method is provided for single transfer insert placement. The apparatus receives continuous web material and cuts a discrete section or pad from the web. The pad is then supported on a single transfer surface. The single transfer surface then may spin the supported pad to a desired angle and provide the pad to a receiving surface at a desired interval. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110277605 | METHOD TO CREATE 3-DIMENSIONAL IMAGES FROM A PHOTOGRAPH - This is a method to create 3-dimensional images from photographs. These images appear to make it seem like the photograph has come alive in 3-dimensions. This is a Method of combining together images produced within the process and a method of layering in 3-dimensions to create the end product 3-dimensional image which is a 3-dimensional version of the original photograph the artist used to replicate and begin the process. The end product of this method can be displayed as a free standing work of art. The end product of this method can be a matted image and/or a framed image. The end product of this method can be placed hanging from or attached to a wall or other surface, or placed on an stand like an easel or tripod for free standing on a table or floor or other surface. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110290090 | ROBOT SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PROCESSED PRODUCT - To automatically perform an attachment work of a material supply to a target object, a robot system includes a robot provided with a body, a first arm provided for the body and having a plurality of joints, a second arm provided for the body separately from the first arm and having a plurality of joints, and hand units respectively provided for the first arm and the second arm. The robot holds one of a plurality of types of workpiece components using the hand units of the first arm and the second arm at the same time, and the remaining type of the workpiece components is held and carried by the hand unit of the first arm or the second arm. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110296964 | METHOD, DEVICE, AND MEASURING DEVICE FOR CUTTING OPEN FOODSTUFF - The present invention relates to a method for separating food slices from at least one food bar utilizing a rotating knife, wherein the food bar can be transported in the direction of the knife by way of at least one transporting means. The present invention further relates to a device for separating food slices from at least one food bar utilizing a rotating knife, wherein the food bar can be transported in the direction of the knife by way of at least one transporting means, and a knife for cutting open foodstuff. Said device comprises an oscillating sensor and/or a product sensor and the knife comprises a counter weight. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20120042757 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CUTTING OF FOOD PRODUCTS - The invention relates to a method for the simultaneous multiple track cutting of several food products, in which the products are cut by means of a common cutting apparatus, in particular a high performance slicer, which has at least one cutting blade which rotates about a blade axis in a cutting plane and/or revolves about a central axis in a planetary motion manner and to which the products are supplied in multiple tracks, and in which blank cuts are carried out in at least a passive track and/or in which the supply of the respective product is suspended at least at times, while the respective product is sliced in at least one other active track. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120042758 | PORTION FORMING ON MULTITRACK SLICING - The invention relates to a method for the simultaneous multitrack slicing of a plurality of food products, in particular food products of different types, into respective portions including at least one product slice, wherein the products are sliced using a common slicing apparatus, in particular a high-performance slicer, which has at least one cutting blade which rotates in a cutting plane about a blade axis and/or revolves about a central axis in a planetary motion and in that the products are individually supplied to the cutting blade such that each portion satisfies a condition predefined for the respective track which in particular relates to the weight of the portion, the weight and/or the thickness of the product slices forming the portion and/or the number of the product slices forming the portion. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120073416 | APPARATUS, METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CREATING, HANDLING, COLLECTING AND INDEXING SEED AND SEED PORTIONS FROM PLANT SEED - An apparatuses, methods and systems for creating, handling and collecting seed portions are highly beneficial. The apparatus includes a carrier having one or more carrying positions adapted to carry a seed. The carrying positions having a seed orienter adapted to orient the seed relative to the carrying position in the carrier for creating seed portions therefrom. The method includes taking a carrier having one or more carrying positions, orienting a seed relative to the carrying position in the carrier, ablating the seed with a seed ablation device, and communicating seed portions through a manifold into a compartment layer. The system includes a seed manifold adapted to dock thereon a seed carrier having pre-positioned and pre-oriented seed therein. Seed and seed portions removed from the seed in the carrier are communicated into a collector and compartment layer respectively using the seed manifold. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120085210 | Flatbed Die-Cutting Press For Cutting Shapes In Sheets Of Foldable Paper Or Board Material - A flatbed die-cutting press ( | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120090438 | PLUNGER/CAVITY COOPERATION WITHOUT CREATION OF SUCTION FORCE DURING WITHDRAWAL - A cavity for receiving insertion of a plunger is designed so that the plunger may be withdrawn without permitting creation of a suction force sufficient to remove from the cavity a workpiece that the plunger carried into the cavity. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120103152 | DEVICE FOR HANDLING FOOD - Device for handling food, the device comprising a frame; a pressure unit; and a food handling unit, wherein the food handling unit is fixed to the frame, while the pressure unit is movably mounted on the frame, characterized in that pressure unit is movable along the frame in an upward direction towards the food handling unit. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120111162 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING MONOAXIAL OR MULTIAXIAL SCRIMS - Device and method for producing scrims of fiber bands. The device includes a dispensing arrangement structured and arranged for dispensing fiber bands, a severing device structured and arranged for cutting the fiber bands to a cut length and comprising a knife with a cutting edge displaceable in a direction of an extension of the cutting edge, a conveyor device structured and arranged for conveying at least one layer of fiber bands to a bonding device, and a transport device structured and arranged to deposit the cut length fiber bands onto the conveyor device. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120111163 | Variable Folding System Comprising Linear Drives, Especially For Printing Machines - A method for producing individual material sections, particularly sheets of paper, according to a certain format, from a web-type, for example imprinted object (object web), more particularly a web of paper or material, using a cutting means for cutting off the individual material sections from the object web and then removing said sections from the cutting means, wherein during the course of actuation of the cutting means at least one carrier is engaged with the object web, wherein following the cutting process, the carrier is displaced, together with the object web gripped by said carrier, by means of a controllable linear drive, over a displacement stroke, which is adjusted and/or varied in a controlled manner by the linear drive according to a section format that is predefined for the material section. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120160068 | FRUIT SLICING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USE - An apparatus for cutting fruit. The apparatus includes a frame, at least first and second cutting stations, at least one receptacle in which the fruit is received that includes a plurality of extensions protruding outwardly from an outer circumference thereof, and a conveyor that conveys the receptacle from the first cutting station to the second cutting station. The frame includes a kicker. In use, the object is cut along its vertical axis at the first station, the receptacle is then rotated about its vertical axis as a result of one of the extensions contacting the kicker, and the object is cut at the second station. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120174719 | LONG ARM HOLE PUNCH SYSTEM - The invention pertains to a novel hole punch system including a punch assembly removably coupled to a frame member. In one embodiment, the frame member has an elongated slide track defining a slot along which the punch assembly may be movably positioned. The punch assembly may include a punch mechanism for punching a hole in a material and a chad dispenser mechanism for efficiently storing and discharging accumulated chads. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120198975 | Laser Indicator System - A weight correction system for a slicing apparatus includes a weigh scale that weighs a draft of slices output from a slicer, a laser device arranged above the drafts of slices from the slicer, and a control that assigns a weight to each draft of slices, compares the weight to a pre-selected acceptable weight and determines a correction indicator representative of the number of slices to be added to or subtracted from each draft. The control commands the laser device to project the correction indicator onto a top slice of the draft. The laser device can project the correction indicator onto the draft as the draft is moving on a conveyor, or the laser device projects the correction indicator onto the drafts when the drafts are stationary, such as when the drafts are stationary in a packaging station. | 08-09-2012 |
| 20120210837 | Method and Apparatus for Trimming and Transporting Printed Products in a Trimmer - A book trimmer is provided. The book trimmer includes an infeed device supplying a plurality of books to be trimmed, an edge trimming knife for trimming the books which is movable back and forth in a book travel direction and a conveyor downstream of the edge trimming knife, the conveyor including a reciprocating section movable back and forth in the book travel direction, the conveyor positively controlling the books as the books are received from the infeed device. A method for trimming a book is also provided. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120247290 | DEVICE FOR SPLITTING FOAM BODIES - A thin layer is cut from a foam material body using a band-knife. A take-off device that lifts and removes the layer from the cutting site, comprises a belt conveyor with an electrostatically chargeable conveyor element. The layer is lifted and removed from the cutting site by electrostatic attraction to the conveyor element. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120297944 | MACHINE FOR CUTTING WEB ROLLS - The cutting machine includes at least one log feed channel; a cutting station along the feed channel, with at least one cutting blade for dividing each, log into individual rolls plus front and rear trims; a log feed device along the feed channel, including at least one rear member for pushing the logs to be cut, movable along the feed channel to push each log through the cutting station. The feed device also includes at least one front member for engaging with the log to be cut, arranged and controlled so as to engage frontally with each log, or series of rolls obtained after the log has been cut, for at least a part of its travel along the feed channel. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120325064 | THE SHEET BLANKING METHOD THAT USED CUTTING MACHINE - Disclosed is a method of punching a sheet using a register. Front and lateral marks (Q, R) of a sheet (S) are sensed, error values are calculated by a CPU ( | 12-27-2012 |
| 20130014623 | METHOD FOR REMOVING METAL PIECES FROM GYPSUM BOARD WASTESAANM Hiranaka; ShingoAACI Shunan-shiAACO JPAAGP Hiranaka; Shingo Shunan-shi JPAANM Taga; GenjiAACI Shunan-shiAACO JPAAGP Taga; Genji Shunan-shi JP - A method for removing metal pieces contained in gypsum board wastes from the gypsum board wastes by means of a drum magnetic separator, wherein
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| 20130019724 | Method to fabricate a base plate for piezo actuation - In certain embodiments, a method of fabricating a base plate for piezoelectric actuation, comprises providing a plate having a major surface; striking a first removable portion of the plate in a first direction substantially normal to the major surface to shear the first removable portion relative to the plate by a shear distance that is less than the plate thickness; striking the first removable portion in a second direction substantially opposite the first direction to reduce the shear distance by a reduction in shear that is less than the plate thickness; and leaving the first removable portion in place rather than removing the first removable portion. In other embodiments, the removable portion may be created by lancing one or more portions spanning at least one opening through a base plate adjacent a first side of at least one opening and adjacent a second side of the at least one opening. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130036882 | SYSTEM DEVICE AND METHOD OF USING A PROPORTIONAL CUTTING DEVICE TO CUT EQUAL SIZE SLICES OF PIZZA - A system and method of utilizing a food cutting guide that has a base having a circular first and circular second planar surface. The guide has a plurality of grooves formed in at least one of the planar surfaces and at least one centering guide formed on the at least one of the planar surfaces to facilitate cutting equal size slices and/or sections of food. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130036883 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING A MATERIAL WEB - A method and an apparatus for processing a web of a flexible material, in particular paper, moved along a direction of motion of the material, in which individual sections are produced from the material web by a first double-carriage linear motor and a second double-carriage linear motor, which are arranged parallel to the direction of motion of the material and each have a first carriage and a second carriage in the direction of motion of the material. Each of the carriages has a driving element. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130047806 | Plastic Bottle Log Trimmer and Method - A rotary trimmer for trimming flash and the blow dome from a plastic bottle forming a portion of a plastic blow molded log discharged from a blow mold includes flash punching, a neck support plate, and a guillotine blade. The neck support plate is movable by a plate drive to move adjacent the neck of the plastic log to support the neck during cutting of the blow dome and cooperates with a log holder to essentially support the entire outer periphery of the neck. The guillotine blade is movable by a blade drive to pass through the plastic log and sever the blow dome from the neck of the log. | 02-28-2013 |
| 20130074666 | WORKPIECE CUTTING APPARATUS - A workpiece cutting apparatus that basically includes a fixed blade, a moving blade and a cleaning component. The fixed blade is configured to fixedly receive a workpiece. The moving blade is moveably mounted relative to the fixed blade, and the moving blade and the fixed blade are arranged relative to each other to shear the workpiece that is fixed relative to the fixed blade. The cleaning component is arranged relative to the moving blade to remove a deposit from the moving blade. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130104709 | SELF-CLEANING DEVICE FOR PROCESSING FOOD PRODUCTS | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130160621 | CAULKING GUN WITH TIP CUTTER MECHANISM - A caulking gun may have a tip cutter mechanism that is supported to the body of the caulking gun and that has a blade with a cutting edge. When the dispensing tip of a caulk tube is properly positioned with respect to the body, the blade may be moved with respect to the body to contact the dispensing tip with the cutting edge and cut the dispensing tip of the caulk tube to adjust the amount of caulk material that is dispensed. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130160622 | LAMINATED BODY MANUFACTURING APPARATUS, AND LAMINATED BODY MANUFACTURING METHOD - A laminated body manufacturing apparatus for manufacturing an annular laminated body in which each layer is defined by a plurality of segments is provided with a feeding unit that sequentially feeds a plurality of parts to be processed on a band-like sheet material to a predetermined processing position; a processing unit that separates the segment from each part to be processed by a shearing processing in the processing position; and a laminating unit that receives the segment that is separated and lowered onto the plurality of segments that are lowered and defining one layer in advance and that rotates the received segment by a predetermined angle in a circumferential direction of the segment, each time when the shearing processing is performed, so as to place the sequentially lowered segment in a position to define the laminated body. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130167696 | LAMINATED WORK PRODUCTION APPARATUS AND PRODUCTION METHOD - A laminated work production apparatus for producing a laminated work by punching a plate-like metal material into a plate-like work of a predetermined shape and stacking a plurality of the plate-like works includes a mold for punching the metal material, a stacking jig moving mechanism for moving a stacking jig to a stacking position where the plate-like works are stacked, a retention mechanism for retaining the punched plate-like works at a retaining position different from the stacking position until a preset number is reached, and a knockout mechanism for knocking out a plurality of plate-like works in a punching direction and stacking the plate-like works on the stacking jig arranged at the stacking position when the preset number of plate-like works are retained in the retention mechanism. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130205960 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A SLICING DEVICE WITH MULTI-LANE DRIVES - The present invention relates to a method for slicing at least one food bar by means of a slicing device, in which method at least one food bar in in each case one lane is transported by means of in each case one transport means in the direction of a cutting blade which is driven in rotation and which, in a cutting plane at the front end of the food bar, severs food slices from the food bar, which food slices are combined into portions and transported away, wherein in order to generate the portion or transport the portion away, the cutting blade performs unproductive cuts during which the cutting blade is moved but no food slices are severed from the food bar. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130213200 | METHOD FOR CUTTING FIBERGLASS INSULATION - Fibrous mineral products, like fiberglass insulation blankets, are cut into lanes or segments using at least one oil-jet cutter that uses high velocity oil to cut a kerf in the blanket. The used or spent oil that is dispersed by the fibers is collected in a separate oil reclamation system that keeps the oil distinct from washwater. The collected oil is filtered, recycled and re-pressurized for additional cutting. Oil is advantageous over water for preserving recovery properties, producing comfortable hand, and reducing the use of de-dusting agents in the process. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130213201 | Food Product Conveyor and Handling Systems - A conveyor system for assembling and stacking sliced food products is provided. The conveyor system includes an assembly area, wherein groups of a predetermined quantity of sliced food products travel from a slicer on a conveyor and are deposited on discrete carrier sheets on a downstream conveyor. The assembly area is configured to delay advancement of the carrier sheets on the downstream conveyor until a group of the predetermined quantity is formed. The slicer is configured to calculate the number of slices in each group and determine whether a group is complete. A stacking area of the conveyor system includes a nose conveyor that extends and retracts to deposit each carrier sheet onto a pair of initial supports. The initial supports reciprocate away from each other in opposing directions to drop the carrier sheet onto a subsequent level, with the initial supports reciprocating each time a carrier sheet is deposited thereon. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130220090 | WAFER EDGE TRIM BLADE WITH SLOTS - A wafer edge trim blade includes a round blade body and at least one slot formed inward from an outside edge of the round blade body. The at least one slot is configured to remove debris generated during wafer edge trimming using the wafer edge trim blade. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130298738 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING WET WIPES - This method for producing wet wipes includes the following steps: a step for vertically folding non-woven cloth sheets; a step for impregnating the sheets with a chemical; a step for stacking the sheets; a step for cutting the sheets at predetermined lengths; a step for pulling the cut sheets away from a transporting conveyer provided with a suction mechanism by means of a pusher, and stacking the cut sheets; a step for pressing a bundle comprising the sheets; and a step for packaging the bundle. The pusher is disposed between the transporting conveyers. The blades of the pusher have a plurality of tooth sections. The pusher drops the sheets suctioned to the transporting conveyer downwards by means of moving vertically downwards. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130319194 | Moving Workpiece Parts on Machine Tools - Machine tools for processing plate-like workpieces by punching include a punching tool including a punch and a punching die, a drive unit for moving the punch and the punching die relative to each other along a stroke axis for cutting a workpiece part free from a plate-like workpiece, a hold-down device that is movable along the stroke axis and that includes a stripper that contacts an upper surface of the plate-like workpiece while the plate-like workpiece is punched through by the punch, a detection device for detecting a reference position of the hold-down device along the stroke axis, wherein the stripper contacts the upper surface of the workpiece at the reference position, and a numerical control unit for positioning the stripper at a particular distance from the reference position such that a workpiece part that has been cut off can be moved away from a processing region. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130340584 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A CUTTER AND PAPER HANDLING PLANT - In a method for cutting a paper web during movement of the same for generating a plurality of individual sheets for processing by a paper handling plant, the paper web is driven at a high web speed. The cutter is driven to cut the moving paper web into the individual sheets. The paper web can be stopped between successive cuts in a controlled manner. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20140033883 | SEPARATOR CONVEYING DEVICE AND SEPARATOR CONVEYING METHOD - A separator conveying device ( | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140047963 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSFER CUTTING STRIP-SHAPED RUBBER MEMBER - At the time of transfer of a strip-shaped rubber member ( | 02-20-2014 |
| 20140090528 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSPORTING A FIBER CONTOUR CUT OUT FROM A PLANAR WOVEN FABRIC IN THE COURSE OF PRODUCING FIBER-REINFORCED PLASTIC MOLDED PARTS - A method and a device for transporting a fiber contour cut out from a planar woven fabric for producing a preform by a vacuum gripper. The method comprises the following method steps: a) a fiber contour is cut out from the woven fabric on a cutting table, b) a vacuum gripper moves over the fiber contour and brings a surface of the transport plate in contact with the cut-out fiber contour and a holding plate in contact with the planar woven fabric, c) the fiber contour is fastened to the transport plate by a vacuum device and through-holes in the transport plate and is lifted from the cutting table, while the holding plate fastens the woven fabric to the cutting table, d) after the transport plate is lifted, the vacuum gripper and/or the holding plate is/are lifted from the cutting table and the fiber contour is transported by the vacuum gripper. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140102273 | APPARATUS HAVING SCRAP-GUIDING REGIONS POSITIONED ON CUTTING ASSEMBLY - An apparatus, comprising a cutting assembly being configured to cut an object, and scrap-guiding regions being positioned on opposite sides of the cutting assembly. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140102274 | LINE FOR PROCESSING A CONTINUOUS WEB MATERIAL AND RELATED METHOD - The line comprises a feed path (P) of the web material (N) and, along the feed path, a transverse cutter ( | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140109738 | Watermelon Slicer - A slicer device for slicing and removing a fleshy part of a watermelon surrounded by a rind. The slicer devices comprises a cutter piece having an outer surface and an inner surface; and a series of cutters of a thickness attached to the inner surface of the cutter piece spaced apart, connected to each other and arranged to form a pattern with openings, the openings defined by the cutter sand the inner surface of the cutter piece for receiving and slicing the fleshy part of the watermelon from the rind. | 04-24-2014 |
| 20140123823 | SLICING APPARATUS AND SLICING METHOD - A slicing apparatus and method suitable for reliably slicing elongated food products along a longitudinal axis thereof. The apparatus includes a slicing wheel mounted for rotation about a roughly horizontal axis, a first delivery structure adapted to deliver food product to the slicing wheel, and a moving delivery device adapted to press the food product against the first delivery structure and propel the food product in a delivery direction along a length of the first delivery structure to the slicing wheel. The slicing wheel produces a slice cut in the food product parallel to the delivery direction in which the food product is delivered to the slicing wheel. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140137714 | SENSING AND CONTROL TECHNIQUES FOR AUTOMATED HAIR CUTTING SYSTEM - Disclosed herein are various embodiments of an automated hair cutting system. The system comprises a hair cutting device; at least one sensor, said sensor providing signals utilized by said automated hair cutting system to compute a position of said hair cutting device relative to a user's head and face; and a control system for actuating a cutter head attached to said hair cutting device, said cutter head configured for collecting hair therein during operation of said hair cutting device and thereafter cutting the collected hair according to the user's selected hair length and hair style. The control system may execute a safety sequence for initiating the hair cutting device comprising multiple pre-defined safety verifications before beginning operation of the hair cutting device. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140196585 | METHOD OF EJECTING ABSORBENT ARTICLES - A method of ejecting absorbent articles which comprises: a step of providing a joint portion where a trailing end of a continuous web is joined to a starting end of a next continuous web, a step of controlling a timing of supplying the continuous web so as to locate the joint portion at a central portion of the absorbent articles in a machine direction, based on a length of the continuous web from the joint portion up to a cutting location and a dimension of the absorbent articles in the machine direction of the continuous web; and a step of disengaging only absorbent articles having the joint portion and ejecting the absorbent articles in the course of the manufacturing line. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140196586 | Device and Method for Cutting Insulation - An insulation cutter for a liner application machine in an assembly line and method of operation that cuts an insulative thermal blanket by stopping the liner application machine momentarily to allow for a rotary cutter to traverse the width of the belt (and the width of the thermal insulation blanket) and potentially return back to its original position. The machine is then restarted and allowed to continue to feed. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140202295 | Apparatus and process for in-mold labeling - A process for use in an in-mold labeling application utilizes a rolled label sheet having a multiplicity of pre-printed non-adhesive labels and a pre-printed registration mark associated with each of the labels, the process detecting each of the registration marks to alignment the label sheet in a predetermined longitudinal position before labels are cut therefrom, conveying the rolled label sheet forward or backward, cutting one or more labels from the label sheet, forming a controlled loop in the label sheet, detecting each of the registration marks for aligning the label sheet in a position of registration, providing a hold down vacuum for maintaining the label sheet in a position of registration during conveyance to a predetermined label removal position, and releasing the hold down vacuum to permit removal, by an external pick and place device, of one or more of the previously-cut labels. | 07-24-2014 |
| 20140216223 | Methods for Producing Workpieces from a Plate-Shaped Material - Methods for producing workpieces from a plate-shaped material by a severing process on a machine tool having a workpiece support comprising first and second support surfaces that can be arranged relative to each other to define a cutting gap positioned below a processing area of the machine. Cuts for waste parts and/or parts of a skeleton are made in the plate-shaped material in order to produce the at least one workpiece, such that at least one last severing cut for the one or more workpieces for completely separating the one or more workpieces from the plate-shaped material remains. The waste parts and/or parts of a skeleton are removed through the cutting gap, and then the one or more workpieces are cut free from the plate-shaped material as a last severing cut in such a way that a movement of a cut workpiece over the cutting gap again is omitted. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140311307 | Avocado Cutting and Splitting Device - An Avocado Cutting and Splitting Device. The device uses a single cutting blade to cut through both the seed and meat of incoming avocados. To increase uptime, the device allows the cutting blade to be sharpened while in operating condition (without removing the blade from the machine). There are a series of guides, elements and other apparatus that will place the incoming avocados in a consistent orientation relative to the cutting blade before they are cut. Belt agitation fingers have further been added to cause the feed belt to vibrate during operation, in order to assist in positioning the avocados properly prior to their being cut. To improve throughput and reduce the need for human involvement, the device includes a set of custom-shaped ramps designed to guide and transport the cut avocado halves to the moving exit conveyor so that the halves land face-down on the exit conveyor. | 10-23-2014 |
| 20140352507 | CLAMPING DEVICE FOR A COILED METAL WEB CUTTER - A cutter for cutting an end section of a coiled web. The cutter includes roller elements for rotating the coiled web and a carriage assembly that is moveable in a first direction relative to a frame. The carriage assembly includes a saw element for cutting the end section to form a strip, wherein the saw element is moveable in a second direction transverse to the first direction. The carriage assembly also includes a contact wall and a spaced apart rotatable peeler element for separating the outer wrap of the web. In addition, the carriage assembly includes first and second actuators for moving the peeler element to a first position wherein the end section and strip are both clamped between the peeler element and the contact wall. Further, the second actuator rotates the peeler element to a second position wherein the end section is not clamped while the strip remains clamped. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140360324 | BAND SAW MACHINE AND CONTROL METHOD OF BAND SAW MACHINE - A feed vise is configured to position a work material on a pass line. A band saw blade has zero twisting, and is configured to cut the work material into a length smaller than a diameter of a driving wheel. A product discharge vise has product discharge vise jaws. The product discharge vise jaws clamp the work material, and the band saw blade is configured to be lowered and cut the work material. After the cutting is completed, the product discharge vise is configured to discharge a product, which is obtained by cutting the work material, below the pass line, while the product discharge vise clamps the product. | 12-11-2014 |
| 20150027284 | STRIPPING DEVICE AND STRIPPING METHOD FOR USE WITH A FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATE - A stripping device is provided which comprises: a wire cutter comprising a moving part and a cutting part connected to the moving part in such a manner that the moving part is able to drive the cutting part linearly; and an attracting wheel comprising a body part adapted to be movably mounted on the flexible substrate so that the body part is able to roll on the flexible substrate and an adsorption part connected to the body part to generate adsorption force to securely attach a part of the flexible substrate as the result of movement of the cutting part. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150040734 | Stem-cutting Apparatus and Related Methods - A powered stem-cutting apparatus includes a top plate having a hole positioned therein. An actuation device is positioned proximate to the top plate, wherein the actuation device is activated by an activation device to move an actuator. A blade is connected to the actuator, wherein the blade is movable along a cutting path, wherein the cutting path intersects an axis of the hole. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20150068375 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRECISION CUTTING OF WORKPIECES IN A PRESS - A method for precision cutting of workpieces using a press which includes a press frame, in the press opening of which press frame a press ram, that works against a press table, is movably driven, wherein at least one of the press tools is formed as a cutting tool that includes a cutting punch, a downholder, a cutting die and a counter support. The cutting tool operates as a precision cutting tool. A lower tool part of the cutting tool includes a controlled retaining module that retains the counter support in a certain press ram position to enable ejecting the scrap. | 03-12-2015 |
| 20150075340 | METHOD OF PRODUCING IRON CORE - An iron-core producing method is provided that blanks iron cores from an iron strip by guiding the iron strip sequentially through an iron core-producing apparatus having a plurality of workstations. The method includes guiding, by a guide, the iron strip to a first workstation having a punch that intrudes into caulking portion-forming holes, and simultaneously forming, by the first workstation, first plural sets of caulking portions at a predetermined pitch in the iron strip. The method also includes guiding the iron strip from the first workstation to a second workstation within the iron-core producing apparatus, and forming, by the second workstation, a first iron core from the iron strip by blanking, such that tooth portions of the first iron core are disposed at lower sides of respective yoke portions. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150101468 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR NON-ROTARY HOLEMAKING BY MEANS OF CONTROLLED FRACTURING - A method and apparatus for producing a hole in any material by means of controlled fracturing using non-rotary machining includes the steps of fixturing a workpiece to the table of a non-rotary holemaking machine tool ( | 04-16-2015 |
| 20150114192 | PNEUMATIC BIOMASS CORING MACHINE - A core sampling system for removing sample cores of material from biomass bales, which includes a base member, a supporting member extending from and moveable relative to the base member, and a rotatable corer extending from the supporting member. The rotatable corer includes a first elongated tube at least partially surrounding a second elongated tube and a distal tip extending from a distal end of the second elongated tube. The system also includes a transport tube in communication with an inner area of the second elongated tube. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150122094 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CUTTING RUBBER BALE - A horizontally positioned cylindrical fixed barrel is provided with barrel side supply ports for a rubber bale, the barrel side supply ports being disposed on a pair of barrel walls of the cylindrical fixed barrel, and an ejection port for a rubber cut piece disposed on a lower part of the barrel, and an in-barrel rotary member which rotates while being in internal contact with the cylindrical fixed barrel is provided with an inner supply ports which receive the rubber bale when they oppose the barrel side supply port as the in-barrel rotary member makes a half turn. A rotary blade for cutting the rubber bale which is fed is disposed on the rim of the inner supply port and the receiving blade which opposes the rotary blade is disposed on the rim of the barrel side supply port, and rubber bale supplying mechanisms for supplying the rubber bale to be cut to the barrel side supply port by holding the rubber bale from the upper and lower sides of the rubber bale are disposed on the outside of the barrel side supply port of the cylindrical fixed barrel. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20150135916 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR HANDLING NARROW ROLLS - The invention relates to a method and an arrangement for handling narrow rolls in a warehouse. The warehouse comprises at least one rack row, at least one isle and at least one carriage arranged to move the narrow rolls into a rack and from a rack and carry them along the isle. A distance is arranged between the narrow rolls and the distance is maintained between the narrow rolls when the narrow rolls are in the racks in the warehouse. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150135917 | SECTIONING VOLUME SAMPLES - A microtome includes a blade located at an end of a trough that defines a cavity for holding a liquid; a sample block in which the at least one sample is suspended, the sample block is moveable relative to the blade such that when the sample block is passed across the blade a section is cut from the sample block; a plate that includes a support frame that defines an opening, and a transparent film extending across the opening, the transparent film being transparent to electrons, a grasper being configured to receive and retain the plate, wherein the grasper is moveable relative to the blade; and a pusher section that lacks the sample pusher section. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150321241 | BLANKING DIE AND METHOD OF BLANKING SHEET METAL THEREWITH - An example of a blanking die includes a blanking apparatus configured to form a series of at least two metallic blanks from sheet metal, and an ejection apparatus configured to eject a first one of the series of the metallic blanks out of the blanking die in a predetermined direction and a second one of the series of the metallic blanks out of the blanking die in said predetermined direction. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20150321370 | DEVICE FOR RETAINING MULTILAYER SYNTHETIC MATERIALS ON CUTTING TABLES AND THE LIKE - A device for retaining multilayer synthetic materials on cutting tables, comprising a supporting element adapted to be placed laterally to a multilayer to be processed, on a cutting table, and adapted to support a plate-like element whose dimensions are such as to protrude with respect to the supporting element and surmount the edge of the multilayer, the plate-like element passing from an inactive configuration to an active configuration in which the plate-like element is pressed with its edge against the edge of the multilayer. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20150343515 | CONVEYING DEVICE OF ROLLED BARS EXITING FROM A CUTTING SHEAR, CUTTING MACHINE AND CUTTING PROCESS THEREOF - A conveying device ( | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150360383 | METHOD OF MAKING A MECHANICAL FASTENER AND APPARATUS INCLUDING A ROLLER WITH PROTRUSIONS - A method of making a mechanical fastener. The method includes providing a slit web having mechanical fastening elements and spreading the slit web in the cross-machine direction by directing the slit web over at least a first roller having first multiple protrusions around its peripheral surface. The slit web includes a plurality of interrupted slits that are interrupted by intact bridging regions of the web that divide the interrupted slits into a series of spaced slit portions aligned in the machine direction. The first multiple protrusions are positioned such that adjacent protrusions push through consecutive slit portions of a first of the interrupted slits to form a spread mechanical fastening web. An apparatus including the first roller and at least a subsequent roller is also disclosed. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20160016237 | HAND-HELD MITER SAW - A hand-held miter saw having an electrically powered circular saw blade for cutting a rod and including a table and a guideway, a bearing having an axis extending parallel with the table and being a tube with an axle pivotally mounted therein, a first lever connected to the tube and a second lever connected to the axle, a cutting head supporting a spindle of the saw blade, an arm which is formed on the cutting head and a bar for supporting the table so that the table can turn about a pivot axis and the guideway forms an angle with the axis of rotation of the saw blade. The miter saw has a light and inexpensive structure and is easily transportable wherein it can be easily and rapidly operated when supported only by one or two of the hands of an operator. | 01-21-2016 |
| 20160030706 | APPARATUS FOR MAKING A CATHETER - The present invention concerns a catheter for medical purposes, such as for insertion into a body opening for draining fluids, wherein the catheter comprises a flexible tube having a distal end region wherein the tube is provided with at least one draining opening, characterised in that the peripheral edge on the outside of the tube is provided with a curvature for creating a smooth transition between the exterior surface of the tube and the substantially radially oriented cut constituting the opening side and wherein said curvature is a rounded edge with a curvature radius between 0.2-0.6 mm. The invention further concerns a method of making such catheter and an apparatus for performing this method. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160039119 | Systems and Methods of Feeding Hook Fastening Elements - Systems and methods for introducing hook fastening elements into a mold traveling along a mold assembly line are disclosed. The system can be configured to cut hook fastening tape into strips having a predetermined length based on information received from the mold assembly line, and to drop the cut strips directly into the mold at the appropriate intervals as the mold travels along the mold assembly line. Also disclosed is a system for facilitating the continuous feeding of hook fastening tape through the system. | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160052040 | Moving Workpiece Parts on Machine Tools - Machine tools for processing plate-like workpieces by punching include a punching tool including a punch and a punching die, a drive unit for moving the punch and the punching die relative to each other along a stroke axis for cutting a workpiece part free from a plate-like workpiece, a hold-down device that is movable along the stroke axis and that includes a stripper that contacts an upper surface of the plate-like workpiece while the plate-like workpiece is punched through by the punch, a detection device for detecting a reference position of the hold-down device along the stroke axis, wherein the stripper contacts the upper surface of the workpiece at the reference position, and a numerical control unit for positioning the stripper at a particular distance from the reference position such that a workpiece part that has been cut off can be moved away from a processing region. | 02-25-2016 |
| 20160059431 | METHOD FOR CUTTING FOOD PRODUCTS INTO PORTIONS - A new method for dividing a food product log into separate portions prior to cooking of the portions uses a machine that cuts portions from an end of the product log, a controller that controls the operation of the cutting machine, and a sensing arrangement that generates a signal dependent on a cross-sectional dimension of the product at the end. The controller determines the thickness of the next portion to be cut from the end by the cutting machine using the signal from the sensing arrangement and the value of a cook-out parameter related to the proportion of the end of the product that is formed by at least one constituent of the product. The thickness is calculated with a view to the portion achieving a predetermined target weight after it has been cooked. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160067876 | Raising Apparatus - The invention concerns a raising apparatus for lifting sheets of material in tools, in particular punching and stripping tools, with a first spring element which possesses a first spring rate, and a second spring element which possesses a second spring rate. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160075045 | A CUTTING APPARATUS FOR CUTTING FOOD OBJECTS - An apparatus for cutting food objects conveyed from an inlet conveyor to an adjacent outlet conveyor. A moving mechanism is operably connected to the outlet conveyor to provide movement of the inlet end of the outlet conveyor from an adjacent position. The inlet end of the outlet conveyor is moved from a position adjacent to the outlet end of the inlet conveyor to an open position and back to an adjacent position. A cutting device cuts the food objects into portions and trim. A control unit controls the moving mechanism to move the inlet end of the outlet conveyor to an open position when separating trim portions to fall as desired and subsequently instructs the inlet end the outlet conveyor to move back to the adjacent position before the next cutting to provide a support for the remaining parts of the food object. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160075046 | EGG DECAPPING APPARATUS, AND ASSOCIATED METHOD - An egg decapping apparatus is provided. Such an apparatus includes a reference plate defining a plurality of reference openings therethrough. Each reference opening is adapted to receive an avian egg therein from a lower side of the reference plate and to stop further upward movement of the avian egg within the reference opening when an upper egg section to be cut extends from the reference opening above the reference plate. A cutter member is positioned above the reference plate. The cutter member is moveable across the reference plate and the reference openings from a precut position to a post cut position for creating an opening in the upper egg section. A cleaning member is moveable with the cutter member across the reference plate. The cleaning member is actuatable at the post cut position so as to remove debris from the upper egg section accumulated on the cutter member. Associated methods are also provided. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160106265 | Spatula Knife Utensil - The disclosed technology comprises a single utensil used for cutting and serving food that has a common handle attached to a knife section and a separate spatula section. Levers and springs are used to separate these sections so that the utensil serves as tongs. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160123847 | MICROMANIPULATOR FOR A CRYOMICROTOME - A microtome system has a cryomicrotome with a sectioning device in which is provided a preparation holder and a knife edge that are guided past one another inside a working space during a sectioning operation, in order to produce thin sections of a preparation retained in the preparation holder. A micromanipulator is operable outside the working space. With the micromanipulator, a tool for retention of a specimen support is positioned proximate the knife edge during a sectioning operation in order to receive the sections that are produced, preferably for substantially stationary retention of the specimen support. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160151815 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CUTTING TO LENGTH LONG ROLLED PRODUCTS COMING FROM DIFFERENT STRANDS OF A ROLLING MILL | 06-02-2016 |
| 20160199995 | Meat Processing Apparatus and Methods | 07-14-2016 |
| 20160204583 | TOOL AND METHOD FOR EXTRACTING WIRES FROM A CABLE | 07-14-2016 |
| 20160250769 | INSTALLATION AND METHOD FOR DETECTING AND CUTTING FLAT WEB MATERIAL | 09-01-2016 |
