| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 083052000 | Effecting diverse or sequential cuts in same cutting step | 24 |
| 20090000439 | Paper Cutting Apparatus - A paper cutting apparatus is disclosed as including a cylindrical cutting roller with a number of closed-loop cutting ridges on its outer cylindrical surface and a support roller, in which the cutting roller is rotatable relative to the support roller to move a piece of paper or cardboard material relative to and between the cutting roller and support roller to cut out part of the piece of paper or cardboard material. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090000440 | ADJUSTABLE TRIMMING ASSEMBLY - A method of trimming printed media comprises selecting printed media to be positioned on a conveyor based on predetermined delivery sequence data, positioning the printed media on the conveyor, receiving size data representative of at least one dimension of the printed media to be trimmed, and electronically controlling a trimmer based on the received size data to adjust a location at which the printed media is to be trimmed. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090019978 | Window covering cutting device - A window covering cutting device is disclosed that has a support table, a slot, and a blade. The support table has a support surface on which at least a portion of a window covering can be placed. The clamp has a slot and is positioned near the support surface so there is a plane that passes through the slot. The clamp is moveable from a first open position to at least one clamping position. The blade is positioned for movement from a first position to a second position so that a portion of the blade will be within the slot of the clamp when the blade is in the second position and the clamp is in one of its clamping positions. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20100139466 | Saw device and method for sawing a workpiece - In order to improve a saw device with a feed axis for a workpiece to be sawed, with a first saw unit to saw the workpiece in a first sawing plane extending transversely to the feed axis and with a second saw unit to saw the workpiece in a second sawing plane extending transversely to the feed axis, with a central device region arranged between the sawing planes, with a front device region arranged in front of the first sawing plane, viewed in a feed direction, and with a rear device region arranged behind the second sawing plane, viewed in the feed direction, in such a way that as high a cutting efficiency as possible can be achieved, it is proposed that the saw device comprises at least two transport mechanisms arranged in different device regions to transport different workpiece portions along the feed axis. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100175523 | LOW-EFFORT PAPER PUNCH - A punch comprises a handle and arms on a hinge that change their mechanical advantage against punching heads as the arms pass through the middle part of their travel. Each punching head has a pin near the hinge that passes through slots in the arms radial to the hinge, and through vertical slots tangent to the hinge in punching head towers. A Class-2 type lever arrangement results with the hinge acting as the fulcrum. The mechanical advantage of the handle and arms reaches a maximum when the punching head pins shuttle closest to the hinge. The cutting faces of the punching heads are finished with a saddle contour and set at an angle, with one extending a bit further down into a paper slot than the other. The result is a substantial reduction in effort required of the user. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20110094358 | PUNCH FOR PUNCHING SHEET METAL, SHEET METAL PUNCHING APPARATUS HAVING THE PUNCH, AND METHOD THEREFOR - A sheet metal punching apparatus | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110146466 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CUTTING AND PUNCHING PRODUCTS - An apparatus for the simultaneous three-sided trimming of products includes first and second cutting stations and a third processing station in which perforating or shaping punching operations can be carried out on the product at the same time as edge trimming in the preceding stations. A method for the final processing of bound or stitched products made from paper sheets is also provided. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110174127 | METHOD FOR PRESS PUNCHING A HOLE IN SHEET METAL AND PRESS DIE - A punch unit for a press die for punching a hole in sheet metal includes: a piercing punch provided with a sharp projection; a plunger for pressing the piercing punch; a cylinder for supporting the piercing punch and the plunger slidably in a punching direction; and a coil spring for retracting the piercing punch and the plunger. Also disclosed are a press die for punching a hole in sheet metal and a punching method using the punch unit. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110283852 | SHEET METAL PUNCHING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - A sheet metal punching apparatus | 11-24-2011 |
| 20120000333 | ROTARY CUTTING MACHINE - A rotary cutting device includes a body having a cutter blade with a cutting edge and a pressure roller mounted relative to the cutter blade. The cutter blade is configured to rotate about a rotational axis. The pressure roller is rotationally fixed. The cutter blade and the pressure roller are positioned relative to each other such that pressure is applied to a material fed therebetween. As the cutter blade rotates relative to the pressure roller, the pressure applied to the material being fed therebetween allows for a width of material to cut by a cutting edge of rotating cutter blade. An embossing roller may be used in place of the cutter blade to emboss material. The device also includes guide for guiding material into the machine, pressure adjustment for pressure applied to the material, and rotational speed control. A method for using the rotary cutting device is also disclosed. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120152071 | METHOD FOR CUTTING STRUCTURAL MEMBERS, SUCH AS LEGS, BEAMS, I-BEAMS OR THE LIKE FOR SUPPORTING STRUCTURES MADE OF STEEL, CONCRETE, STEEL AND CONCRETE, STONE-LIKE MATERIALS OR THE LIKE - A method for cutting tubular members, particularly legs, for supporting structures using at least one travelling wire having suitable cutting parts is described. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20130133491 | CUTTING DEVICE AND CUTTING METHOD OF A LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL - A cutting device and a cutting method of a liquid crystal panel are provided. The liquid crystal panel includes a first substrate and a second substrate assembled together. The cutting device of the liquid crystal panel includes a first cutting portion for cutting the first substrate and a second cutting portion for cutting the second substrate. The second cutting portion includes a support portion. The support portion is used to support the first substrate when the first cutting portion cuts the first substrate and the second cutting portion does not cut the second substrate yet. The present invention assures the cutting quality, improves the cutting efficiency and reduces the cutting cost. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130133492 | Method and device for trimming heavy plates - With known trimming shears having a pair of scrap-cutting blades on the discharge side, the moving upper scrap-cutting blade must be moved as closely as possible past the trimmed plate edge in order to push the cutoff edge still hanging on the plate downward against the lower fixed scrap-cutting blade, which requires precise adjustment of the upper scrap-cutting blade. To that end, according to the invention, the distance between the upper scrap-cutting blade ( | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130276604 | METHODS AND EQUIPMENT FOR CUTTING FOOD PRODUCTS - Knife assemblies and methods therefor that are adapted to be used with a cutting apparatus capable of producing a variety of shaped food products having large amplitudes, for example, sliced, shredded, and strip-cut food products. The knife assembly is adapted for cutting food product includes a knife having a corrugated shape to produce a large-amplitude food product slice having a periodic shape and at least one julienne tab metallurgically joined to the knife adapted to cut the food product slice into strips. | 10-24-2013 |
| 20140083268 | FOOD PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SEQUENTIALLY SCANNING FOOD PRODUCTS - There is disclosed relates to a food processing apparatus with a scanner with a scanning unit for determining properties of a food product, in particular a food bar, with at least two substantially parallel separately drivable conveyor tracks for supplying the food products to the scanner, and with a control unit for controlling the drive of the conveyor tracks. According to the disclosure, the control unit is adapted to separately control the drive of the conveyor tracks to convey at least one food product of a first conveyor track and at least one food product of a further conveyor track sequentially through a scanning area of the scanner. The disclosure further relates to a method for scanning food products. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140182429 | CUTTING DEVICE AND METHOD OF PRODUCTION OF CLEANING MEMBER USING CUTTING DEVICE - The invention relates to a cutting device which cuts a web member, which includes fiber bundles which extend continuously in a machine direction MD and which is intermittently conveyed in said machine direction, in a crossing direction CD which crosses the machine direction. The cutting device has a plurality of disk shaped rotary blades which rotate about rotary shafts which extend along the machine direction while moving in said cross direction so as to thereby cut said web member when the web member is at a stop. The plurality of rotary blades are arranged so as to be substantially aligned in the crossing direction and includes a rotary blade which rotates in one direction and a rotary blade which rotates in the opposite direction. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140260850 | WAVY SHAPED POTATO STICKS - A grate for use in forming potato stick products having a wavy cross-sectional shape is provided. The grate includes a plurality of alternating convex segments and concave segments extending in a repeating pattern along a length of the grate. A plurality of spaced apart teeth extends from the plurality of convex segments and the plurality of concave segments. A distance between the spaced apart teeth defines a width of the potato stick products. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20150107426 | KNIFE ASSEMBLY WITH TAB BLADE - Knife assemblies and methods therefor that are adapted to be used with a cutting apparatus capable of producing a variety of shaped food products having large amplitudes, for example, sliced, shredded, and strip-cut food products. The knife assembly includes a primary blade having a corrugated shape to produce a large-amplitude food product slice having a periodic shape, and at least one tab blade assembled with or formed from the primary blade to cut a food product slice into strips. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150360333 | METHOD OF FABRICATING A TUBE FOR AN EVAPORATOR - A method of fabricating a folded evaporator tube includes providing a tube with a plurality of webs extending between interior surfaces of the tube. The webs are oriented at an angle between forty-five degrees (45°) and sixty degrees (60°) of angle relative to a bottom wall of the tube. A cutting-device that includes a knife and a guide that cooperate to cut the tube to a desired length is also provided. The knife has a point that is forced in a direction parallel to a wall of the tube. The guide defines an opening that conforms to the tube to maintain the shape of the tube during cutting by the knife. The knife further defines a bottom and top edges that extend away from the point and cooperates with the opening to shear the bottom and top walls of the tube along with internal webs inside the tube. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20160046030 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CUTTING HOLLOW, THIN-WALLED OBJECTS - A method for cutting or trimming a hollow object having one or more relatively thin walls, the method including an oscillation step that reduces wall deformation at the site of the initial cut to produce a relatively straight leading edge on the object, in combination with a further cutting step that does not include oscillation of a cutting blade. A second oscillation step can be performed after the non-oscillation step that leads to the separation of the object into two pieces and also produces a relatively straight trailing edge. A device for performing the cutting methods is disclosed. | 02-18-2016 |
| 20160089803 | SMALL FOOD CUTTING DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD - A small food cutting device comprising: a lid, the lid comprising: an inner ceiling; a lid wall enclosing the inner ceiling; a base, configured to mate with the lid, the base comprising: an inner floor; a base wall enclosing the inner floor; and wherein the base is configured to hold a plurality of small foods, with the lid laying on top of the plurality of small foods and forming a gap between the lid and the base, the gap generally aligned to the mid-height of the small foods. A small food cutting system comprising: a base, the base comprising: an inner floor; a base wall enclosing the inner floor; a plurality of small foods located generally on the inner floor and contained within the base wall; a lid placed on top of the plurality of small foods, the lid comprising: an inner ceiling; a lid wall enclosing the inner ceiling; a gap formed between the lid and the base, the gap generally aligned to the mid-height of the small foods; and a knife, configured to slice the small foods generally in half through the gap. A method of cutting small foods with small food cutting device, the method comprising: placing a plurality of small foods on the inner floor of the base of the small food cutting device; placing a lid on top of the plurality of small foods located in the base; leaving a small gap G between the lid and the base, and generally aligned with the mid-height of the small foods; holding the lid by a handle; cutting the small foods generally in half with a knife through the small gap G; removing the lid; and using the cut small foods. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160100589 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SLICING LARGE CAKES AND OTHER BAKED GOODS - A configurable cutting device for large cakes and other baked items that provides varied shapes and dimensions of cut pieces using a single cutting motion. The handles are ergonomically designed, decorative and provide control of the blades, and the ability to apply increased downward pressure for increased cutting force without direct contact with the blades. The device can be folded down and/or disassembled for easy cleaning and storage. | 04-14-2016 |
| 20160107325 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CUTTING FOOD PIECES INTO A TWISTED SHAPE - A cutting device for cutting twisted-shape food pieces is disclosed. The cutting device includes at least one tube, the tube having an open inlet end and an open outlet end, wherein the tube defines a longitudinal passage extending from the inlet end to the outlet end. At least three cutting blades are coupled to the tube downstream of the inlet end of the tube. Each cutting blade includes a blade edge facing the inlet end, and each blade edge extends from an upstream edge end to a downstream edge end across a portion of the bore. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160250768 | FOOD SLICING APPARATUS | 09-01-2016 |
