| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 083039000 | Plural cutting steps | 82 |
| 20080202300 | Method and Apparatus For Making Rfid Labels - Methods of cutting and applying RFID straps including microchips, by means of rotating vacuum and cutting cylinders to vary the feed rate of the strap web and/or the angular velocity of the cutting cylinder to avoid contact between the cutting blade and the superposed element on the strap web while severing the strap web at the desired cutting position. In one embodiment, the feed rate of the strap web is controlled. In a second embodiment, the strap web is fed at a substantially constant rate while the angular velocity of the cutting cylinder is controlled to avoid damage to the microchips. In a third embodiment, the feed rate of the strap web adjacent the desired cutting position is reduced and then accelerated and returned to normal by a deflecting arm. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20090133551 | METHOD FOR CUTTING PROTECTIVE TAPE OF SEMICONDUCTOR WAFER AND PROTECTIVE TAPE CUTTING DEVICE - A cutter blade is cut-in by being moved towards a deep part of a notch from one open end of the notch while being moved in a forward direction with respect to an outer periphery of a wafer. Immediately before a blade edge reaches the deep part of the notch, cutting movement of the cutter blade is once stopped, reversely moved to a initial piercing position, and thereafter, the cutter blade is moved towards the deep part of the notch from the other open end of the notch while being moved in a reverse direction with respect to the outer periphery of the wafer. | 05-28-2009 |
| 20090211416 | PROCESS FOR OBTAINING RUBBER PELLETS FROM USED TYRES - A process for obtaining rubber pellets from used tyres is described, the process comprises a series of steps which take account of the structure of a tyre, and among which are mainly: collecting used tyres having a tread and lateral faces, in which the tread includes an inner layer and an outer layer; and each lateral face includes a flange at the inner edge thereof; separating the tread from the lateral faces; cutting the tread transversely through the inner layer and the outer layer in order to form a strip from the tread; cutting the strip in order to form pellets therefrom; detaching the flange from the separated lateral faces; and cutting the flange-less lateral faces in order to form pellets therefrom. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20100011924 | CORRUGATING APPARATUS - A device for cutting corrugated cardboard to defined sizes in a corrugating apparatus comprises at least one device for production of an at least single-faced corrugated web which is transported along a transport direction, at least one longitudinal-cutting device for creating cuts parallel to the transport direction in the corrugated web, at least one cross-cutting device for creating cuts perpendicular to the transport direction in the corrugated web and at least one diverter unit for controllably guiding the corrugated web along different, defined paths. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100050838 | SLICING GUIDE DEVICE FOR PREPARING TEXTURE SLICES, TEXTURE SLICES PREPARING DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR PREPARING TEXTURE SLICES - Provided are a cutting guide device for preparing a texture section, which can prepare a texture section manually with a cutting tool such as a pathological knife, in a uniform thickness and in a regular section with neither experience nor skill, a texture section preparing device, and a method for preparing a texture section. The texture section preparing cutting guide device includes a placing base for placing a texture mass directly or indirectly thereon, and a cutting guide cover for preventing the texture mass placed directly or indirectly on the placing base from moving, by holding the texture mass downward. In at least such a portion of the cutting guide cover as to hold the texture mass, there are formed a plurality of slits, into which a knife to be used to cut the texture mass can be inserted. The slits have their intervals set to the thickness of a desired texture section. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100089210 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONVERTING INSULATED PANELS - A method for producing a duct from a planar board having two opposed substantially parallel edges with metal foil facings on opposed major surfaces of the board is disclosed. The method comprises making planar cuts through one of the metal foil facings and at least most of the planar board there below to produce a blank with 3 parallel “V shaped grooves which are parallel to angled edges of the blank. A duct is formed by folding the blank so that the “V” shaped grooves form three of the edges of the duct, and the angled edges form the fourth of the edges. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100101387 | CRYSTAL GROWING SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - A controlled heat extraction system and method thereof is disclosed. In one embodiment, a system includes a housing to form a chamber. The system further includes a seed cooling component adapted to support a bottom of the crucible and to receive a coolant fluid to cool the supported portion of the crucible. The system also includes at least one heating element substantially surrounding the seed cooling component and the crucible to heat the crucible, where the seed cooling component along with the crucible is movable relative to the at least one heating element. Furthermore, the system includes an insulating element substantially surrounding the crucible, the seed cooling component and the at least one heating element. Additionally, the system includes a gradient control device (GCD) movable relative to the insulating element, the at least one heating element, the seed cooling component and the crucible over a range of positions. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100180737 | Method to manufacture a tube sump with integral clips - A method of making a tube sump with integral clips from a single material modifies multiple lumen tubing of any material that allows for two or more lumens. Preferably, the tubing is a plastic polymer with dual lumens. One lumen functions as a suction tube and the other lumen undergoes modification to form tubular clips. The modification removes a pattern of tubing opposite the suction tube to form integral clips that retain the tube sump upon an existing endotracheal tube. The removed sections of lumen may have any length or number. Common methods to remove the lumen sections include mechanical cutting, sawing, laser cutting, thermal cutting, melting, ablating, and shearing. Alternatively, the clips may be formed during the manufacture of the multiple lumen tubular product. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100229704 | METHOD OF FORMING CONVEYOR RAIL SECTIONS - A method of forming sections of a rail to be formed into a portion of a conveyor assembly is provided. The method includes the steps of cutting a rail section for use in a gate assembly from a single sheet of material using at least one of a laser, a water jet, and a plasma cutting device, cutting a gate section for engagement with the rail section from a single sheet of material using the at least one of a laser, a water jet and a plasma cutting device, and providing a rounded top edge to the cut rail section and cut gate section. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100263507 | Apparatus and Method for Shaping Slabs of Material - A slab shaping system includes a slab shaping device. The slab shaping device includes a cutting device and de-burring device, wherein the cutting device and the de-burring device, respectively cut and de-burr a slab. According to an embodiment, the slab shaping system may include a plurality of spaced apart slab support beams that form at least one slot therebetween. According to an embodiment, the cutting device and de-burring device may be axially-aligned. A method for operating a slab shaping system is disclosed. The method includes the steps of positioning a plurality of slab support beams on a table to form at least one slot; positioning a slab over the slab support beams; positioning a cutting device and de-burring device of a slab shaping device in axial-alignment; and cutting and de-burring the cut in the slab along a length of the at least one slot. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100275753 | CENTRIFUGALLY-CAST TUBE AND RELATED METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAKING SAME - An improved centrifugally-cast tube is provided, along with a related method and apparatus of making the tube. The tube includes a plurality of grooves and bosses that are mechanically machined into an interior surface of the tube, such as by a broaching process. The profile of grooves and bosses may be defined by a plurality of intersecting concave and convex radii. The tube is resistant to creep, carburization and metal dusting. The tube also has an enhanced heat transfer rate, and a desirable surface roughness. A method of making the tube is also provided. The method essentially consists of mechanically deforming the interior surface of the tube by passing a series of cutting inserts on support rings having incrementally-differing dimensions over the interior surface. An apparatus is also provided which includes a telescoping shaft upon which is mounted at least one cutting tool that has a plurality of cutting inserts and is adapted to form a plurality of grooves and bosses in the interior surface of the tube. The grooves and bosses may be straight or spiraled. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100319505 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONVEYING A PAPER WEB - In a device and a method for conveying a paper web, there is provided a longitudinal cutter to cut a paper web conveyed in a conveying direction into at least a first partial web and a second partial web. Furthermore, there is provided a support member arranged behind the longitudinal cutter in conveying direction and supporting at least a portion of the first partial web and at least a portion of the second partial web so that movement of the first partial web and the second partial web in a direction transverse to the conveying direction is substantially blocked and that movement of the first partial web and the second partial web in the conveying direction is substantially not hindered. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100319506 | METHOD FOR MAKING CONTOURED DECORATIVE GRASS - Method for producing decorative grass, such as Easter grass, from a sheet or web of material having a decorative pattern thereon. The decorative pattern may be printed material and/or embossed patterns thereon, or a non-linear side edge that provides the decorative grass with a contoured configuration. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20110011227 | 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 ( | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110017031 | Box Cutter and Method - Apparatus and method for cutting boxes. The box cutter has a rectangular work area defined by the upper run of an oblique-roller conveyor belt selectively driven forward or reverse in coordination with the actuation and deactuation of the obliquely rotatable belt rollers. Cutting tools along the sides of the work area cut into the side panels of the boxes as they are translated without rotation in a rectangular path against guide surfaces on the periphery of the work area by the sequential reversing of the conveyor belt direction and the actuation and deactuation of the box-supporting rollers. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110017032 | VARIABLE TRIMMING EQUIPMENT, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS - Trimming apparatus for books and similar materials are detailed. Dynamic variability of the apparatus allows sizes of successive materials to differ in two dimensions—both from spine to face and from head to foot. The result is a processing system with substantially greater utility than presently available, as the system may process respective materials of multiple different sizes without stopping the apparatus to adjust positions of the cutting implements. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110017033 | Cutting Machine for Blinds - In a cutting machine for cutting down venetian blinds a headrail cutter and a bottom rail cutter are provided which move along a horizontal axis. After the headrail and bottom rail are trimmed a slat cutter moves in a vertical axis, up or down to cut the slats. The cutting machine enables one to cut down a venetian blind while the opposite end of the blind remains in the packing box. Preferably, a spacer or collar is provided on the blind prior to packaging so that the headrail, window covering material and bottom rail will be spaced apart from one another a desired amount. That spacing should be the same spacing as the openings in the cutting machine so that when one end of the blind is removed from the package that end of the blind can be readily inserted into the cutting mechanism. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110030521 | Cutting Sequence for Net Trimming a Composite Layup at an Oblique Angle - To generate a bevel in an uncured composite layup, an edge of part cut through the composite layup is performed at about 90° relative to the composite layup and a bevel cut is performed on the edge of part. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110041662 | EDGE PUNCH SYSTEM - The invention relates to a die-cut edge system, method and device capable of creating a continuous and congruent decorative design along the edge of a paper product. Furthermore, the invention relates to a die-cut edge system, method and device, wherein a corner punch and edge punch are aligned and correspond with one another so as to produce a continuous and congruent decorative design along the edge of a paper product. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110197729 | PALLET DISMANTLER - A method for dismantling pallets includes hanging a pallet on the upstream end of a cantilevered support having a substantially horizontal top surface with the bottom surfaces of the upper deck boards of the pallet resting on the top surface of the cantilevered support and with the stringer boards and lower deck boards extending downwardly from the top surface, advancing the hanging pallet in a downstream direction along the cantilevered support toward a band saw blade which lies directly on the top surface of the cantilevered support and defines a cutting plane aligned with the top surface of the cantilevered support, thereby automatically aligning the band saw blade with the pallet joints between the upper deck boards and the stringer boards; and advancing the pallet past the band saw blade to separate the upper deck boards from the stringer boards at the pallet joints. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110219924 | Method for Efficient Order Change of a Corrugator Dry End Using Order Look Ahead - The present invention provides a method for facilitating efficient order change in the dry end conversion of a corrugated paperboard web by looking ahead to as many as three orders scheduled to follow the running order and repositioning slit tools and score tools to unused positions in anticipation of the orders to follow. The method is particularly effective to preset the slit and score tools for an order that follows a short order that may have a running time as short as 20 seconds. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20120000332 | FABRICATION OF AN ALTERNATE SCAVENGER GEOMETRY - A method of making a slotted scavenger wherein a rigid sheet is used as a starting material. A slot is formed through the sheet having horizontally angled sidewalls such that an opening of the slot on a first major surface of the sheet is smaller than an opening of the slot in a second major surface of the sheet. Modifications of the method include using a rotating cutting tool for cutting through the sheet to form slots. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120036971 | Blade for providing a cut at food products - The invention relates to a blade for cutting food products, in particular sausages, comprising a cutter having two partial cutters disposed tapered toward each other in a curved surface. The invention further relates to a cutting device for cutting food products, having a blade and having a holder on which the blade is rotatably disposed. The cutting device is designed so that an end piece can be sliced off of a product, the longitudinal axis thereof being oriented substantially perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the blade, by a rotary motion of the blade. The invention further relates to a method for processing a food product. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120167730 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CUTTING A PLURALITY OF FOOD PRODUCTS - An apparatus for simultaneously slicing a plurality of food products into portions including a plurality of product slices respectively is provided. The apparatus includes a cutting blade which rotates about a blade axis in a cutting plane and/or revolves about a center axis in a planetary motion and includes a multi-track product feed. The feed of the product in one track is respectively interrupted if the residual product remainder in the track is no longer sufficient for forming a complete portion and if the residual product remainder in at least one of the other tracks is still sufficient for forming at least one complete portion. The product remainders are sliced into incomplete part portions once the product remainders of all tracks have reached a dimension which is no longer sufficient for forming a complete portion. The incomplete part portions are completed by product slices of subsequent products. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120192691 | MEDIA PUNCH AND METHODS - A media punch includes an outer cutter configured to cut a fractional outer border pattern in a media sheet. The media punch also includes an inner cutter configured to cut a fractional inner pattern in a media sheet. The fractional inner pattern is interior to the fractional outer border pattern within the media sheet. The media punch also includes a selector configured to move between an outer cut position to engage the outer cutter alone, an inner cut position to engage the inner cutter alone, and a combination cut position to engage both the inner cutter and the outer cutter. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120198977 | METHOD FOR MAKING AN OPENING IN A SUBSTRATE - A method for making an opening in a substrate includes creating a cutting path in the substrate for cutting out a polygonal area along predetermined side paths which enclose the opening and are connected to each other via respective corner points. The cutting path is started in an internal region of the polygonal area at a distance from the side paths. The cutting path is continued in a recess in the internal region to a start point on a first one of the side paths, the start point being disposed along the first one of the side paths at a substantial distance from each of the respective corner points so as to divide the first one of the side paths into a long side path portion and a short side path portion. The cutting path is continued, from the start point, along each of the side paths. | 08-09-2012 |
| 20120240740 | CORNER SAW - A cutting apparatus includes a frame with a first and a second conveyor operatively attached thereto. The conveyors are configured to carry a workpiece from a first end a second end of the frame. The first conveyor is disposed at an angle of about 45 degrees to a ground surface supporting the cutting apparatus. The second conveyor is disposed at an angle of about 45 degrees to the ground surface, wherein the second conveyor is positioned perpendicularly to the first conveyor so as to form a V-shaped channel therewith. A first cutting blade is operatively attached to the frame and is positioned generally parallel to the first conveyor and a second cutting blade is operatively attached to the frame and is positioned generally parallel to the second conveyor. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120285303 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING HARD BOOK COVER COMPONENTS - An apparatus, method, and system are provided for cutting panels of stock material for producing hard book casings. The apparatus may include a transport mechanism, a vertical cutter, and/or a horizontal cutter. The vertical cutter may produce a vertical cut of the stock material. The horizontal cutter may produce a horizontal cut of the stock material. The apparatus may produce properly dimensioned panels from the stock material in a single pass. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120285304 | Carpet Tile Curved Channeling Process - A method of producing a decorative carpet tile may include providing a carpet tile in accordance with the prior art techniques and then treating at least two carpet tiles in one of various manners to provide separations internal to side edges of the carpet tile. Specifically, two tiles can be treated simultaneously, in register and/or without moving the second tile after treating the first tile. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20130019727 | METHOD FOR MAKING METALLIC CASING - A method for making a metallic casing includes providing an apparatus comprising a first mold and a second mold, placing a preform into a rectangular depression of first mold, moving the first mold to the second mold so that each sharp edge is substantially coplanar with a corresponding cutting edge, moving the first mold to the second mold so that the cutting edges are beyond the corresponding sharp edges of the first mold to complete a partial cut procedure, and moving the first mold to the second mold so that the secondary-cutting edge moves beyond the corresponding sharp edge and completely cuts the excess off the side wall. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130032016 | RECIPROCATING SAW BLADE - A saw blade for use with a reciprocating saw includes a first section having an attachment portion configured to engage the reciprocating saw. The saw blade also includes a second section having a body coupled to the first section, a cutting portion formed on the body, and an attachment portion configured to engage the reciprocating saw. The first and second sections are usable together with the reciprocating saw as a single saw blade. The second section is separable from the first section such that the second section is usable with the reciprocating saw independently of the first section. | 02-07-2013 |
| 20130112054 | DOUBLE-ACTING PIPE CUTTING BAND SAW APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR USING THE SAME - A double-acting pipe cutting band saw apparatus and method for using the same are capable of cutting a relatively large workpiece with a relatively small size band saw, furthermore, it improves the cutting efficiency and life of the band saw. Since the pipe to be cut is put on a rotary table which is mounted a slide table, it can be continuously rotated and moved with respect to the band saw assembly during the cutting operation. Hence, the pipe to be cut can be completely cut by a band saw whose operable cutting length of the band saw does not have to be larger than the diameter of the pipe, which reduces cutting time while improving cutting efficiency. On top of that, the service life of the band saw is extended since the cutting operation is not just performed by the rotation of the band saw. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130133490 | METHOD FOR CLASSIFYING THE QUALITY OF FOOD SLICES OF A STICK OF FOOD - The present invention relates to a method for producing food portions by means of a slicing device, in particular a slicer, wherein said food portions comprise at least one food slice and are cut from a stick of food using the slicing device, wherein the stick of food is irradiated, preferably by means of x-rays, before the particular food portion is sliced and the data measured in the process are used to control the slicing device and/or a device arranged downstream of the slicing device. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130174702 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MINIMIZING A TOTAL NUMBER OF CUTS TO SEPARATE MEDIA INSTANCES IMAGED ONTO A MEDIA SHEET - A system and method utilizes strategies, priority rules, specifications, and comparisons to calculate the fewest number of cuts to separate individual instances from an imaged media sheet. Embodiments of the systems and methods may produce an optimal or more efficient arrangement of the media instances on an imaged media to minimize a total number of cuts to separate the instances, and thus reduce an overall cost. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130247730 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ELIMINATING EXTERNAL PIERCING IN NC CUTTING OF NESTED PARTS - This invention pertains to machinery and methods for cutting a workpiece utilizing a cutting tool into at least two parts having prescribed shapes from a metal plate comprising the steps of: identifying each of the parts by one or more contour lines; cutting a workpiece along one of the identifying contour lines into one of the parts; creating at least one path diversion, wherein the diversion has an associated bounded region or opportunity; cutting the workpiece along a contour line associated with the opportunity; resuming the cutting of the part along the identifying contour line with minimal damage to the part being cut; finishing the cutting of the part and then moving the cutting tool to the opportunity and thence to an associated adjacent identifying contour line and then repeating the process until all parts have been manufactured. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130276603 | PUNCH OF PUNCHING PRESS, NIBBLER ASSEMBLY, AND METHOD OF FORMING ELONGATED HOLE IN SHEET MATERIAL - A punch includes first and second blade sections juxtaposed relative to each other in a direction parallel or substantially parallel to a feed direction of a sheet material. The first blade section protrudes downwardly from the second blade section with a step intervening therebetween and includes lower end edges on downstream and upstream sides of the feed direction, which define respective punching edges. The first blade section includes a lower end edge following the feed direction, which defines a first notching and punching edge. The notching and punching edge includes a portion intermediate of the feed direction representing a projecting shape. The second blade section includes a lower end edge on the upstream side, which defines a punching edge and also includes a lower end edge following the feed direction, which defines a notching and punching edge. The notching and punching edge is inclined gradually upwardly towards the upstream side. | 10-24-2013 |
| 20130283986 | Vehicle Glazing Panel Cut Out - A glazing panel cut out system for use with a cutting wire in cutting out a vehicle glazing panel cut out procedure has a dispenser unit for dispensing cutting wire and a winder unit for winding the wire, both being mounted to the glazing panel during use. The winder unit has one or more winder spools for winding the cutting wire dispensed from the dispenser. The cutting wire is paid out from the dispenser whilst mounted to the glazing panel during the cut out procedure. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20140033886 | Document Production System and Method With Automated Die Exchange - A media cutting system is disclosed comprising a die cutter including a cutting surface and a plurality of dies stored proximate the cutting surface, a die exchange system including a die storage system configured to support the plurality of dies and a die transport system, and a computer system comprising a controller configured to operate the die transport system and the die cutter. A die exchange system and methods of making and using the die exchange system also are disclosed. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140083267 | Method and Apparatus for Making a Fiber Reinforced Article - A method and apparatus for producing an article. The method includes providing a fiber material, splitting the fiber material with a splitting roller having a set of grooves that extend continuously around a circumference of the splitting roller, and cutting the fiber material to a desired length. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140150614 | RECESSED REVEAL WALL PANEL SYSTEM - An eco-friendly wall panel system may comprise a plurality of panels, horizontal joints and panel clips which are all fabricated from the same sheet of material. For example, the panels may initially be fabricated from the phenolic sheets. After the maximum quantity of panels has been fabricated from any one sheet, the remaining portion of the phenolic sheet may be used to fabricate the horizontal runners and the panel clips which may be smaller than the panels. As such, as much of the phenolic sheet is being used to fabricate the system. Hence, the process and the product are both eco-friendly. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140238209 | PRE-CUT INFEED SYSTEM - Embodiments provide a pre-cut infeed system for a machine center, such as an edger. A pre-cut infeed system may include an infeed, one or more saws arranged along the infeed, and a scanner optimizer system. The scanner optimizer system may scan a workpiece and determine whether greater value can be obtained from the workpiece by cutting the workpiece transversely into two or more pieces upstream of the machine center. If so, the workpiece may be cut transversely by the saw(s) positioned along the infeed, and the cut pieces may be fed sequentially into the machine center. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140260849 | TOOL AND METHOD FOR SCARFING A ROTOR BLADE SEGMENT - Tools and methods are provided for scarfing rotor blade segments. A rotor blade segment includes a pressure side and a suction side. A tool includes a first guide configured for mounting on one of the pressure side or the suction side, the first guide including a first curved rail and a second curved rail spaced from the first curved rail. The tool further includes a second guide movably coupled to the first guide at a scarf angle, the second guide including a guide rail extending between and movable along the first curved rail and the second curved rail. The tool further includes a cutting device movably coupled to the second guide, the cutting device movable along the guide rail and operable to remove material from the one of the pressure side or the suction side. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140290454 | CONNECTING ROD AND DOUBLE RECLINING MECHANISM - A method of manufacturing a connecting rod is provided. The method includes the steps of (1) forming, on a long rod material, a rotation transmitting portion having a non-circular cross section; (2) cutting the rod material to provide the rotation transmitting portion at each of both ends; and (3) forming, by cutting work, a small diameter column portion and a tapered portion at a first end of the cut rod material from a tip-end side. The small-diameter column portion has a diameter smaller than a diameter of the rotation transmitting portion. The tapered portion is provided continuously from the small-diameter column portion and gradually increases in diameter. The rotation transmitting portion is provided continuously from the tapered portion. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140298968 | DISK-SHAPED WORKPIECE DIVIDING METHOD - A dividing method for a disk-shaped workpiece having a plurality of first division lines and a plurality of second division lines intersecting the first division lines. The workpiece is cut along the first and second division lines by using a cutting blade in a down cut manner as supplying a cutting fluid to the cutting blade, wherein the workpiece is fully cut in a thickness direction thereof to obtain a plurality of chips. The dividing method includes a first cutting step of cutting the workpiece along the first division lines and a second cutting step of cutting the workpiece along the second division lines. In at least the second cutting step, the outer circumference of the workpiece at the cut end of each second division line is not cut to form an uncut region, thereby suppressing the formation of waste chips. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20140318335 | STEEL-STRUCTURE DEMOLITION METHOD - A steel-structure demolition method for demolishing a steel structure by causing the steel structure to collapse, the steel-structure demolition method includes: demolishing the steel structure in such a fashion that the steel structure is cut along a cutting line extending in a direction perpendicular to a depth direction thereof when having collapsed. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140360325 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A BLANK FROM A FIBER LAYUP - A method is described for producing a blank ( | 12-11-2014 |
| 20140373693 | Cutting Blade with Regenerating Edge Segments - An abrasive article includes a blade body having an axis of rotation, and a peripheral edge comprising a plurality of blade segments with perimeter edges. Adjacent ones of the blade segments may be separated from each other by a slot that extends into the blade body at least partially in a radial direction with respect to the axis. At least one blade segment may include a plurality of apertures extending axially therethrough, comprising a perimeter edge aperture that intersects the perimeter edge, and at least two interior apertures are radially offset from and do not intersect the perimeter edge. An abrasive portion may include a bond material and abrasive particles, the abrasive portion overlies at least portions of the blade segments. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20140373694 | JACKET-STRIPPING TOOL KITS, METHODS OF REMOVING ONE OR MORE EXTERNAL JACKET LAYERS, AND BLADES - One aspect of the invention provides a jacket-stripping tool including: a reference stop adapted and configured to contact an end of corrugated stainless steel tubing; and one or more cutting blades arranged substantially perpendicular to a central axis of the tool and adapted and configured to create one or more cuts through one or more external jacket layers of the corrugated stainless steel tubing. At least one of the one or more cutting blades is positioned relative to the reference stop such that the at least one of the one or more cutting blades is a multiple of a distance between adjacent corrugation valleys of the corrugated stainless steel tubing. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20150053055 | TOOL BIT APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR CUTTING AN OBJECT - A system, a method and a cutting apparatus may use a bit to cut an object. The apparatus may have a bit connected to a cutting block on a cutting apparatus. The cutting apparatus may rotate about the object while the bit may advance into the object to cut the object. The cutting apparatus may have another bit located opposite to the bit to bevel an edge of the object. The cutting system may reduce point loads and/or provide an equalized load. The cutting system may reduce tool pressures when cutting a pipe and may provide extended tool and/or bit life. | 02-26-2015 |
| 20150053056 | Cutting board systems and methods - A cutting board includes a cutting portion for cutting material thereon. The cutting board also includes one or more extensions extending from the cutting portion. At least one of the one or more extensions is operable to identify a type of food to be used with the cutting board. Systems and methods are also provided. | 02-26-2015 |
| 20150059543 | Method For Cutting Hair - The present invention is directed to a method for cutting hair that incorporates the shape of the head to determine the angles at which the hair will be cut for a given hair style. The angle at which the hair is cut depends on the shape of the head where the cut is made as well as the angle at which the hair falls at the cut. The shape of the head changes according to location, and therefore the angle at which the hair is cut changes accordingly. Other factors also taken into consideration by the present invention include the natural fall of the hair, the density of the hair, and the guide lengths and the perimeter lines of the haircut style. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150082955 | Method for cascading and molding LED filament support based on support flitch - The invention relates to a method for cascading and molding an LED filament support based on a support flitch. A plurality of supports may be separated apart from the support flitch as a whole body, thus reducing welded amount and increasing efficiency. The support flitch comprises a group of supports arranged in parallel and numbered as a first support, a second support, a third support, and so on, till an n-th support one after another. According to three different cutting ways, an inner extension section, an outer extension section, an inner connection side, and a middle connection side at the upper side of the support, as well as the inner extension section, the outer extension section, the inner connection side, and the middle connection side at the lower side of the support are cut out respectively, one group or two groups of the cascaded LED filament supports may be obtained. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150128777 | ROOFING SHINGLE SYSTEM AND SHINGLES FOR USE THEREIN - A roofing shingle is disclosed comprising a headlap portion with a non-straight longitudinal edge and a buttlap portion with a plurality of tabs with a non-straight longitudinal edge and spaced apart by openings, wherein the non-straight longitudinal edges do not shadow each other laterally across the shingle. A roofing system is disclosed wherein at least a portion of the headlap portion of such shingle from a subsequently installed course overlaps at least a portion of the headlap portion of a shingle from a previously installed course. The maximum headlap overlap dimension is beneath the subsequently installed shingle laterally proximate the openings in the buttlap portion of the subsequently installed shingle. A method for making the shingle is disclosed comprising cutting a sheet of roofing material longitudinally along non-straight lines wherein at least a portion of each formed shingle has a width of about twelve inches. | 05-14-2015 |
| 20150300925 | THIN-SECTION PREPARATION METHOD AND THIN-SECTION PREPARATION DEVICE - A thin-section preparation method includes: a first rough cutting step performing rough cutting of the embedded block in one end region of a first cutting blade, in a one-blade set state where entire of the first cutting blade is held by a holder; a first main cutting step performing main cutting of the embedded block in another end region of the first cutting blade in the one-blade set state; a second rough cutting step of performing rough cutting of the embedded block in the other end region of the first cutting blade, in a two-blade set state where the other end region of the first cutting blade and one end region of a second cutting blade are held by the holder; and a second main cutting step of performing main cutting of the embedded block in the one end region of the second cutting blade in the two-blade set state. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150308119 | ROOFING SHINGLE SYSTEM AND SHINGLES FOR USE THEREIN - A roofing shingle is disclosed comprising a headlap portion with a non-straight longitudinal edge defining headlap peaks and headlap valleys and a buttlap portion with a plurality of tabs extending from the headlap portion spaced apart by openings and a non-straight longitudinal edge defining buttlap peaks and buttlap valleys, wherein the non-straight longitudinal edges do not shadow each other laterally across the shingle. Also disclosed is a roofing system comprising a plurality of courses of the shingle, wherein at least a portion of the headlap portion of the shingle from a subsequently installed course of shingles overlaps at least a portion of the headlap portion of a shingle from a previously installed course of shingles defining a headlap overlap region. The maximum headlap overlap dimension is beneath the headlap portion of a subsequently installed shingle laterally proximate the openings in the buttlap portion of the subsequently installed shingle. A method for making the shingle is disclosed comprising cutting a sheet of roofing material longitudinally along non-straight lines wherein at least a portion of each formed shingle has a width of about twelve inches. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150321274 | SAWING MACHINE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A SAWING MACHINE - A method for controlling a sawing machine is provided. For a first cut in a workpiece, a working feed rate that is specific to the workpiece geometry, the workpiece material and the sawing tool is defined in advance. During the first cut, an instantaneous value of a physical variable is determined at a frequency converter, that is related to the torque transmitted by the sawing tool drive to the sawing tool, and this value is transmitted as an instantaneous torque value to a machine controller. The instantaneous torque value is continuously evaluated, a maximum torque value of the first cut is determined and a maximum value for the torque value is defined based thereon. For subsequent cuts in the same workpiece, the working feed rate is regulated, using the instantaneous torque value as a regulating variable, such that the instantaneous torque value is kept constant, close to the maximum valve. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20150367393 | Shear Beveling with Serrations - A method of manufacturing a part having a beveled edge with a serration formed in the beveled edge. The method includes positioning a part between a first die piece and a second die piece; and moving the first die piece relative to the second die piece. The movement results in both shearing a portion of the part to create the beveled edge, and serrating the beveled edge to create the serration. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20160131864 | FIBER OPTIC STRIP AND CUT TOOL - A fiber optic stripping and cutting apparatus comprising a tool housing and a stripping tool slidingly secured to the tool housing, the stripping tool having a pair of opposing stripping blades pivotable with respect to each other, each stripping blade having at least two teeth, the teeth on one stripping blade aligned with teeth on the opposite stripping blade. The fiber optic stripping and cutting apparatus includes a cutting tool removably secured to the tool housing, the cutting tool having a pair of opposing flat blades, each flat blade including a sharp edge. The stripping and cutting tools are each independently slideable from a retracted position within the housing to an extended position at least partially extending from the tool housing. The stripping tool and cutting tool may be removable from the tool housing. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20190143395 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING WASHERS | 05-16-2019 |
| 20190143550 | MACHINE TOOL, IN PARTICULAR SAWING MACHINE, AND SYSTEM FOR AN OPTIMIZED OPERATION OF A MACHINE TOOL | 05-16-2019 |
| 083040000 | Blanking and cutting | 3 |
| 20090320660 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING AT LEAST ONE WINDOW OPENING IN AN ELONGATE PAPER SUBSTRATE, AND APPARATUS - The invention concerns a method of and an apparatus for producing at least one window opening ( | 12-31-2009 |
| 20130000455 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEGMENTED STATOR CORES - A method of manufacturing a stator core is disclosed. The method includes advancing a blank at each of a plurality of press cycles to form a segment at each of the press cycles and shaping the segments. Shaping the segments further includes activating a tooth punch, activating a mounting-ear punch, and activating an joint punch. The method also includes separating the segments from the blank. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20140013908 | CUTTING APPARATUS, CUTTING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A cutting apparatus includes a blade relatively movable with respect to a media to cut the media along a cutting line. The blade is so constructed to pre-cut the media along the cutting line to leave non-cutting portions and to cut the non-cutting portions after pre-cutting the media. | 01-16-2014 |
| 083042000 | Repetitive transverse severing from leading edge of work | 14 |
| 20090133552 | FOOD PRODUCT SLICER AND ASSOCIATED GAUGE PLATE ADJUSTMENT SYSTEM - A food product slicer includes a base and a knife mounted for rotation relative to the base. A carriage assembly is mounted to the base for reciprocal movement back and forth past a cutting edge of the knife. An adjustable gauge plate ( | 05-28-2009 |
| 20100043611 | METHOD OF OPTIMIZING PROCESSING OF SUCCESSIVE WORKPIECES THROUGH CUTTING MACHINES - A method of optimizing processing of successive workpieces through cutting machines, includes the steps of determining and optimizing a first cut pattern for a preceding workpiece infeeding into an active cutting device, determining and optimizing a second cut pattern for a succeeding workpiece succeeding the preceding workpiece infeeding into the cutting device, synchronizing the preceding workpiece with the active cutting device such that the active cutting device is pre-positioned to achieve an optimized first cut pattern of the preceding workpiece prior to the preceding workpiece engaging the active cutting device, processing through the cutting device the preceding workpiece according to the first cut pattern; adjusting an infeed gap between the preceding workpiece and the succeeding workpiece so that the active cutting device has sufficient time to pre-position to achieve the optimized second cut pattern of the succeeding workpiece prior to the active cutting device engaging the succeeding workpiece. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20110079123 | Apparatus and Method for Severing and Loading Bag Fasteners - A clip-separating machine is provided with a guide frame, a clipper, and a displacement structure. The guide frame is configured to support a strip of clips. The clipper has a pair of opposed cutting edges. One of the edges is supported for movement toward and away from another of the edges. The displacement structure is configured to move the one cutting edge toward the other cutting edge so as to cause co-action of the cutting edges to sever a terminal clip from a strip of clips. A method is also provided. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20150040735 | METHOD AND MACHINE FOR CUTTING PAPER LOGS - Machine for cutting paper logs, including a support for supporting one or more logs ( | 02-12-2015 |
| 20150053057 | APPARATUS FOR SLICING FOOD PRODUCTS AND METHOD OF PROVIDING INTERMEDIATE SHEETS - An apparatus for slicing food products, in particular a high-performance slicer, comprises a product feed by means of which products can be supplied to a cutting plane in a plurality of tracks running in parallel next to one another in which at least one cutting blade is moved, in particular in a rotating and/or circulating manner, and an interleaver which has a conveying device for each track by means of which a front end region of an interleaved sheet material web can be conveyed through the cutting plane in each track to provide the front end region in the respective track as an interleaved sheet between cut-off product layers, in particular between individual slices and/or between portions formed by a plurality of slices, wherein the interleaver is operable individually per track and each conveying device is configured such that it carries out the conveying process of the respective front end region of the respective interleaved sheet material web through the cutting plane individually per track in dependence on an angular position of the cutting blade on its orbit. | 02-26-2015 |
| 20150122095 | SLICING DEVICE COMPRISING A PRODUCT GRIPPER - The invention relates to a slicing device ( | 05-07-2015 |
| 20150374399 | Apparatus for Controlled Thinning of Biological Tissue and Method of Use Thereof - The disclosed invention includes an apparatus for cutting biological tissue in a substantially uniform manner and method for using the same. | 12-31-2015 |
| 20160008995 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CUTTING A FROZEN FOOD STRAND INTO SLICES | 01-14-2016 |
| 20160101535 | Dual Thickness Food Slicer - Various embodiments of a food slicer having a removable dual edged blade and blade insert holes that enable two distinctive slice thickness of a food item are provided. In one embodiment, a food slicer is provided, the food slicer comprising: a main body comprising a rear end portion, a front end portion, and a platform extending between the rear end portion and the front end portion; wherein the main body further comprises a first sidewall extending between the rear end portion and the front end portion and a second sidewall extending between the rear end portion and the front end portion; the first side wall including a first blade insert hole and the second sidewall including a second blade insert hole; and a blade comprising a locating lug disposed at a proximal end; wherein the blade extends through the first blade insert hole from a first side of the food slicer to provide a first cutting height and through the second blade insert hole from a second side of the food slicer to provide a second cutting height. | 04-14-2016 |
| 20160101537 | Food Slicer Hand Guard - Various embodiments of a food slicer hand guard/pusher having means to hold the food vertically or horizontally, protect the user's fingers and wrists and cover a sharp blade of any slicer are provided. | 04-14-2016 |
| 083043000 | Alternately forming products of less than total width of work | 1 |
| 20090126542 | SHEET CUTTING DEVICE AND CUTTING METHOD - A cutting device | 05-21-2009 |
| 083044000 | With longitudinal severing | 2 |
| 20090165614 | METHOD AND A DEVICE FOR TRANSFERRING A TAIL - A device for transferring a tail of a cellulose based fibrous web from a first unit to a second unit, the device includes: a separating member adapted to form a space between a first face of the tail and the first unit; a tail pick up pulley to be inserted in the space between the first face of the tail and the first unit, the tail pick up pulley moving the tail into a cutting position; a cutting device for cutting the tail at the cutting position, and a tail conveyor device for catching the tail cut at the cutting position and for forwarding the cut tail to the second unit. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20170232630 | MACHINES AND METHODS FOR CUTTING PRODUCTS TO PRODUCE REDUCED-SIZE PRODUCTS THEREFROM | 08-17-2017 |
| 083048000 | Nonrectilinear cutting | 1 |
| 20140360326 | CUP CUTTER AND METHOD - A cutting head for a food product cutting system includes a generally cylindrical rotatable body, having a radius and configured to rotate about an axis, and a plurality of spatially separated, generally parallel elongate cutting blades, arranged in a circular array centered on the axis and defining a perimeter of the body. Each blade has a long dimension and an outwardly-oriented cutting edge. The generally cylindrical rotatable body is connectable to a driving mechanism configured to rotate the cutting head about the axis, and is positionable adjacent to a food product delivery mechanism, whereby food product that contacts the cutting edges of the array of blades in a direction generally perpendicular to the axis is cut by the blades into slices having a repeatable curvature. | 12-11-2014 |
| 083049000 | Plural cutting steps effect progressive cut | 3 |
| 20100000384 | Method for cutting large-size wafer and apparatus for the same - The present invention discloses a method for cutting a large-size wafer and an apparatus for the same. The method of the present invention decreases the frequency of wafer transmission to reduce wafer damages, wherein a wafer is always carried by an identical working susceptor, and the working susceptor is moved to the related devices performing corresponding works, or wherein a wafer is always carried by an identical working susceptor, and the related devices are moved to the working susceptor to perform corresponding works. | 01-07-2010 |
| 20100095817 | Fluid distributor apparatus and punching method - A fluid distributor apparatus includes a body having distribution ports ( | 04-22-2010 |
| 20130000456 | NIBBLER ASSEMBLY FOR PUNCH PRESS AND METHOD OF FORMING ELONGATED HOLE IN SHEET MATERIAL - A nibbler assembly includes a punch and a die. The die includes a through opening formed therein, which opening has an oblong configuration as viewed along a vertical direction. The die includes an upper surface including a recess extending from an upper peripheral portion of the through opening at an upstream side of a feed direction towards the upstream of the feed direction. The recess is dented downwardly relative to other portions of the upper surface. The punch includes a blade substantially matching in shape with the through opening. The blade includes an upstream end portion in the feed direction provided with opposite corners each having an arcuate shape as viewed along the vertical direction. The punch and the die are operable to punch successive holes that at least partially overlap along the feed direction so as to form an elongated hole in a sheet material. | 01-03-2013 |
| 083050000 | Repetitive blanking | 2 |
| 20080276774 | Sheet metal section - A method of cutting a strip of sheet metal, including feeding out a continuous strip of sheet metal in a feeding direction, cutting the strip into a plurality of lengths, including making a wave shaped cut between each length and an adjacent length, wherein each of a forward edge and a following edge of each length include a plurality of waves, and selecting at least one of a radius of each of the plurality of waves and a spacing between adjacent ones of the plurality of waves based on a cutting angle, wherein the cutting angle is oblique with respect to the feeding direction. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20100186563 | Adjustable apparatus for measuring strand materials of indefinite length with cutting guide to facilitate and enable the cutting of numerous identical-length pieces of strand material. Also called "The Short Cut" - My invention relates broadly to devices for knitting, crocheting and other crafting used to advantage for making numerous forms of fringe and other adornment requiring the use of multiple, identical-length strand materials and has as one of its objectives to provide a simply constructed, reusable, adjustable device. A further objective of this invention is to provide a measuring and cutting device of the character set forth, that is simple in construction, inexpensive to manufacture, and is extremely efficient and versatile in use and service. It has been common practice to use a piece of cardboard for one of its uses, making fringe, however, only one size of fringe or other strand material can be manufactured by that method, making it necessary to have a separate apparatus for each length of strand material desired. It is to overcome this problem that I have primarily created this adjustable apparatus which consists in the construction and combination of parts, which will be more fully hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims. | 07-29-2010 |
