| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 083409000 | With work-constraining means on work conveyer (i.e., "work-carrier") | 18 |
| 20080257123 | BACON SLICING APPARATUS - A system and method for using a self standing slicing apparatus to slice sheets of bacon in half. The slicing apparatus can have two conveyor belts for receiving sheets of bacon to be cut in half, a motor for driving the conveyor belts and moving the sheets of bacon through a cutting mechanism thereby cutting the sheets of bacon into two pieces. A safety enclosure can enclose the cutting mechanism. Markings can be used to indicate where the sheets of bacon should be placed on the conveyor belts to ensure that the product is cut into two approximately even pieces. A control panel can be used to start and stop the conveyor belts as well as adjusting the speed of the motor for driving the conveyor belts. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20100031794 | PANEL SAW MACHINE - A panel saw machine ( | 02-11-2010 |
| 20100095820 | DEVICE FOR PICKING UP, DISPLACING AND PLACING BANDS OR STRIPS OF FLEXIBLE MATERIAL - The invention relates to a device for picking up, displacing and placing a strip or band of flexible material, particularly unvulcanised rubber, more particularly unvulcanised rubber provided with reinforcement cords, comprising: a frame, a conveyor belt which runs over at least a first and a second roller, and a retaining unit provided with retaining means for retaining the strip or band onto the conveyor belt, wherein the frame is provided with the first roller, the retaining unit is displaceably mounted on the frame and provided with the second roller, and the device is furthermore provided with tensioning means for keeping the conveyor belt tensioned during the displacement of the retaining unit. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100192743 | COOKED BACON SLICER - A system and method for slicing a food product in accordance with exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure may include two or more sets of conveyor belts for receiving a product to be cut or separated in half, a motor for driving the conveyor belts and moving the product through a pneumatically adjustable cutting mechanism thereby separating the product into two pieces. The product may rest on a product carrier, which may be placed across both conveyor belts. The pneumatically controlled cutting mechanism may be aligned with a space between the belts and above a cutting roller or other cutting surface having a top height approximately equal to the belts. The cutting roller or other cutting surface may provide an opposing surface enabling the cutting mechanism to use pressure to separate the product. The pneumatically controlled cutting mechanism may apply sufficient pressure to separate the product without separating the product carrier. One or more markings may be used to indicate where the product should be placed on the conveyor belts to assist in ensuring that the product is cut into two horizontally even pieces. One or more air jets may facilitate the cleaning and performance of a cutting mechanism. A control panel may be used to start and stop the conveyor belts as well as adjusting the speed of the motor for driving the conveyor belts. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20110030522 | FOOD SLICING DEVICE - A food slicing device is disclosed for slicing potatoes, apples, cucumbers and the like. The device comprise holding means for holding the food to be sliced and conveyance means for conveying the food to be sliced in a conveyance direction along the device and for simultaneously rotating the means for holding the food substantially about an axis comprising the conveyance direction. The device further comprises a cutter positioned substantially within the conveyance direction and is arranged to cut the food at one side of the axis of rotation as the food is conveyed along the conveyance direction and rotates about an axis comprising the conveyance direction, to produce a substantially helical food shape. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110265624 | High Speed Slicing Machine - A high speed food article slicing machine with a slicing station, a moveable frame supporting a food article feed mechanism frame, a food article gate, and a safety guard system for detecting an intrusion into the machine. Food articles are loaded onto a lift tray and raised to a staging position where food articles are in contact with a food article gate. The lift tray is located inline with the food article feed paths such that lateral shifting of food articles into the feed paths is not needed. Food article grippers, individually driven along feed paths by an overhead conveyor, move food articles over the food article gate towards the slicing station. The food article gate functions to assist in removal of food article end portions. The slicing machines utilizes a horizontally radiating laser intrusion detector to shut down systems when an unwanted intrusion is sensed. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20130118329 | System for Destruction of Media Discs - A system for the destruction of media discs includes a box-shaped carrier, dimensioned to receive at least one stack of media discs, with two opposing end walls in each of which is defined at least one slot such that each slot aligns with a corresponding slot in the opposite end wall forming at least one lane where the stack of media discs is disposed within the carrier aligned with the lane. The system also includes a saw table configured to receive the carrier and one least one rotating saw blade mounted above the saw table and aligned with the lane of said carrier. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130133493 | HANDLING MECHANISM AND PUNCHING MACHINE USING THE SAME - A handling mechanism for handling workpieces includes a first sliding assembly, a second sliding assembly, a driving assembly, a loading assembly and a clamping assembly. The driving assembly is connected to the first sliding assembly and the second sliding assembly. The loading assembly is slidably clamped between the first sliding assembly and the second sliding assembly. The clamping assembly is fixed to the loading assembly for clamping and placing workpieces one by one. The first sliding assembly and the second sliding assembly are driven by the driving assembly to slide along a same direction or in two opposing directions, to enable the loading assembly to slide with the first sliding assembly or to slide along a direction perpendicular to the sliding direction of the first sliding assembly. A punching machine using the handling mechanism is also disclosed, in which workpieces are placed by clamping assembly on lower mold for punching. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20140208908 | Food-Product Slicers Having Food-Product Cradles - A food product slicer that includes a blade set and a food-product cradle for supporting a food-product in spaced relation to the blade set. In some embodiments, the cradle is configured to inhibit a user from contacting blades in the blade set in order to prevent injury. In some embodiments, the cradle is incorporated monolithically with a food-product pusher. Food-product cradles of the present disclosure can be enhanced with product-stabilizers that assist in keeping a food-product from moving within the cradles. Food-product cradles of the present disclosure can also be enhanced with side members to created housed cradles. The cradles may be made of fingers spaced from one another to allow the cradles to extend into and/or through the blade set. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140208909 | Food-Product Slicers Having Cammed Slicing-Cleaving Actions - A food-product slicer that includes a camming arrangement that induces a slicing action as between food-product being cut and a blade set effecting the cutting. In some embodiments, the camming arrangement includes a camming region formed on a food-product pusher, wherein interaction of the food-product with the camming region during a cutting operation induces a slicing action into the food-product. In some embodiments, the camming arrangement includes one or more camming structures, such as slots, and corresponding cam followers to impart slicing action motion into a product pusher, which in turn induces the slicing motion into food product engaged therewith, and/or into a blade set to creating the slicing action. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140331839 | PRECISION RAPID DADO TOOL - A precision rapid dado tool utilizes a sled and a carrier in order to efficiently create dado joins of varying sizes with a table saw and regular blade. The sled is designed to slide on top of the saw. The carrier rests inside the sled and can slide left and right in the sled in order to allow the workpiece mounted therein to move left and right relative to the sled and the saw blade. A measuring gauge is used to set the width of the dado slot that will be cut into the workpiece. The tool streamlines the cutting of left and right cuts and then the carrier can slide left and right in the sled to remove the center material, and the slot on one workpiece is formed. After repeating on the second piece, the two slots can be joined and the dado is complete. | 11-13-2014 |
| 20150328699 | Circular saw machine for sawing workpieces of various lengths - A circular saw machine contains a first clamping device, a second clamping device, a first holding plate, a second holding plate, a feeding means, and a sawing device. The first clamping device includes a first clamp mount, a movable clamp block, and a first upper clamp block, the first clamp mount has a first fixing arm, a first holder, a placing portion and a first fixed clamp block. The second clamping device includes a second clamp mount, a second movable clamp block, and a second upper clamp block, the first clamp mount has a second clamp arm, a second holder, and a second fixed clamp block. The first holding plate and the second holding plate are secured on a top end of the second clamp arm. The feeding means is disposed on the first clamping device. The sawing device includes a saw disc. | 11-19-2015 |
| 20160158958 | DEVICE FOR CUTTING UP TIMBER PARTS - A device for cutting up timber parts. The device comprises a cross conveyor and a longitudinal conveyor which are arranged one behind the other in a direction of conveyance of the timber parts. The device further comprises at least one cross-cut sawing station which is provided upstream of the longitudinal conveyor and comprises a plurality of cross-cut saws. The cross conveyor is provided with conveyor elements upstream of the cross-cut sawing station, the conveyor elements being movable in a first direction. Each of the conveyor elements forms together with a respective one of the plurality of cross-cut saws a common structural unit. The common structural units are individually movable in a second direction transversely to the first direction. The conveyor elements are provided with fixing elements for securing the timber parts on the conveyor elements, and are movable forwards in the first direction and backwards opposite the first direction. | 06-09-2016 |
| 083409100 | Plural means to constrain plural work pieces | 2 |
| 20090049968 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR DIVIDING MEDICINAL TABLETS AND FOR PACKAGING AND DISTRIBUTING TABLET PORTIONS - Apparatus for dividing medicinal tablets is disclosed. Apparatus according to the invention may include a plurality of tablet dividing members, a tablet retention mechanism adapted to hold one or more medicinal tablets, and a controller that causes the tablet retention mechanism to move relative to the tablet dividing members to divide the medicinal tablets into respective pluralities of tablet portions. Apparatus according to the invention may include a tablet retention mechanism adapted to hold a medicinal tablet and a controller that causes the tablet retention mechanism to move relative to the tablet dividing members to divide the medicinal tablet into at least three tablet portions. A method for packaging medications according to the invention may include dividing each of a plurality of medicinal tablets into a respective plurality of tablet portions, separating the tablet portions to form a first plurality of tablet portions and a second plurality of tablet portions, and packaging the pluralities of tablet portions as separate packages. A first plurality of the tablet portions may have a first shape while a second plurality of the tablet portions has a second shape that is different from the first shape. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20130167700 | DEVICE FOR SLICING OF FOOD PRODUCTS - An apparatus for slicing food products, in particular sausage, meat or cheese, includes a product support for at least one product, a cutting blade which is disposed after the product support and to which the product can be supplied along a conveying direction, and at least one product holder movable along the conveying direction and cooperating with the product at least at times during the slicing procedure, wherein the product support has a loading zone which is disposed between a starting position and an end position of the product holder and in which the product support can be loaded with the product and wherein the product holder is movable from the end position back into the start position while bypassing the loading zone. | 07-04-2013 |
| 083410000 | With means to guide work-carrier in nonrectilinear path | 2 |
| 083410700 | About axis fixed relative to tool station | 2 |
| 083410800 | Infeed | 2 |
| 083410900 | About vertical axis | 1 |
| 083411100 | Cut normal to axis | 1 |
| 20100050841 | MEAT CUTTING APPARATUS - Disclosed is a meat cutting apparatus. The apparatus comprises a continually-cutting blade and a periodically-cutting blade. The cutting directions of the two blades are substantially orthogonal. And the two blades are driven by the same force generating source. | 03-04-2010 |
| 083411300 | Cut normal to axis | 1 |
| 083411500 | Multiple cutters | 1 |
| 083411600 | Coaxial rotary cutters | 1 |
| 20110083539 | Flush cut tool - A flush cut tool is configured with a support unit operative to hold an armored cable in a desired position. The flush cut tool is further configured with a cutting unit including a hand crank, a blade assembly fixed to the hand crank and a friction assembly. The hand crank is configured to rotate relative to the friction assembly about a pivot axis until the blade assembly is brought in contact with the jacket of the cable. Thereafter, the hand crank, blade assembly and friction unit continue t rotate together about the axis of the cable so that the blade assembly is operative to produce a ring cut. | 04-14-2011 |
| 083412000 | With means to orient or position work carrier relative to tool station | 1 |
| 20090188362 | Food Article Transfer Mechanism for a Food Article Slicing Machine - An automated sequenced food article tray loading method and apparatus for a slicing machine where food articles can be loaded sequentially into designated and separated lanes of a lift tray and automatically sequentially assume a preload condition. Food article separation is maintained on the lift tray after the food articles are loaded. A food article sweep mechanism receives the food articles on the lift tray in their separated positions and transfers the food articles into the food article feed mechanism while maintaining the separated positions. The food article sweep mechanism is a substantially open structure without enclosing walls. | 07-30-2009 |
