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Cutting March list of published pending patents 03/07

20070068351 - Depaneling system having fixture pallets positioned in an over-under configuration: Depaneling systems are disclosed for liberating circuit boards from panels. A depaneling system of the invention includes a first fixture pallet adapted to support a first panel of circuit boards for cutting and a second fixture pallet adapted to support a second panel of circuit boards for cutting. The first... Agent: Duft Bornsen & Fishman, LLP

20070068352 - Punch with self-contained punch recess adjustment indexing: A punch canister includes a punch head with an axial shaft that has a screw thread which is adapted to be connected during use to the screw threads of a punch element that is slideably associated within a stripper bushing. A punch recess adjustment member is rotatably and slideably associated... Agent: James V. Harmon US Bank Plaza

20070068353 - Machine for severing a web: A machine for severing a web, comprising a movable surface positioned such that the web may exert gravitational force against the movable surface, the movable surface providing frictional force against the web such that movement of the surface causes movement of the web, and a severing mechanism to sever the... Agent: Thomas C. Lagaly Sealed Air Corporation

20070068354 - Core reduction method and apparatus: Apparatus and processes for producing paper roll products with spaced core sections. A core substrate is arranged on a mandrel, and then divided into a plurality of core sections. The core sections are then separated from each other on the mandrel to form gaps between the core sections. Paper web... Agent: Attention Of Joshua N. Randall Merchant & Gould P.C.

20070068355 - Fiber chopper and method of chopping: A method and apparatus for chopping long unwound items like fiber, fiber strands, yarn, etc. The chopper has a backup roll, a blade roll and a biasing system for forcing the backup roll and the blade roll together at a desired force during set up and operation. The biasing system... Agent: Johns Manville Intellectual Property (r21d)

20070068356 - Portable hose cutoff saw with biasing pins: The present invention is directed to a portable hose cutoff saw having an improved stable base structure comprising a front plate and a back plate, a top plate extending transversely between the front and back plates interconnecting said front and back plates, and at least one connecting member extending transversely... Agent: Sheridan Ross PC

20070068357 - Interchangeable blade sheet cutter: An interchangeable blade guillotine sheet cutter includes a main board for supporting the sheet material and an interchangeable cutting means. The main board has a raised base with at least one edge for supporting the sheet to be cut. Releasable retaining means hold the interchangeable cutting means to the main... Agent: Knechtel, Demeur & Samlan

20070068358 - Food slicing device: A device for slicing the tip from an elongated food product having an elongated housing with a longitudinally extending channel open at one end and closed at its second end. The channel is dimensioned to receive the food product through the first open end of the housing. A plunger assembly... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Groh, Sprinkle & Citkowski, P.c

20070062349 - Adjustable slicer: A food slicer for slicing a food product is provided. The slicer may have an adjustable surface and a stationary surface with a blade interposed therebetween. The food product may be sliced with a specific thickness via the blade by traversing the food product from the adjustable surface to the... Agent: Stetina Brunda Garred & Brucker

20070062350 - Methods and systems for optimizing punch instructions in a material forming press system: Methods and systems are disclosed to optimize punching instructions. An example method disclosed herein obtains a tool bed layout, the tool bed including a description of a plurality of tool punch parts, each tool punch part further including tool definition information; obtains a component layout, the component including a description... Agent: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC

20070062351 - Punch unit, sheet post-processing apparatus having the same, and method of punching sheets: A hole punch unit has a punching section, a longitudinal registering mechanism, and a transverse registering mechanism. The registering mechanisms incline the punching section in accordance with a skew of a sheet. The punching section thus corrected in position punches the sheet. The punching section is corrected in position, at... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070062352 - Sheet processing apparatus and sheet processing method: A sheet processing apparatus comprises a first conveyer roller pair and a second conveyer roller pair arranged sequentially from the upstream side to the downstream side along a sheet conveyance route of a sheet of paper along with a punching unit disposed between the first and second conveyer roller pairs.... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070062353 - Drive mechanism and slicing apparatus for food slicing machine: A food slicing machine using a linear servo motor to reciprocate a carriage holding food products through a path that includes a slicing blade. The slicing apparatus is a modular apparatus that can be mounted to and removed from slicing machines as a unit without the need for disassembly of... Agent: Kremblas, Foster, Phillips & Pollick

20070062354 - Work piece support structure: A work piece support structure for waterjet cutting apparatus comprising a cutting table having a plurality of space to part slats, the table being supported in a cantilever fashion by a bar adapted to be positioned at the top of the front of the water tank of the waterjet cutting... Agent: Stites & Harbison PLLC

20070062355 - Longitudinal cutting machine with combined upper blade and lower blade positioning: A longitudinal cutting machine having an upper blade held and displaceable on a first longitudinal guide, and a lower blade that is associated with the upper blade, the lower blade being held on and displaceable along a second longitudinal guide. A displacement device is associated with one of the lower... Agent: Robert W. Becker & Associates

20070062356 - Dual inline slitter: An apparatus for slitting a web moving along a path comprises a mounting block adapted to be fixed at a location adjacent to the web path. A guard assembly includes a guard plate secured to rod members projecting from the mounting block. A blade guide is mounted on and shiftable... Agent: Gauthier & Connors, LLP

20070062357 - Paper cutting device: A paper trimmer is described having removable stationary cutting blades and cutting members. The removable stationary cutting blades and cutting members have shapes along their respective edges where the respective edges interact to cut the paper. These shapes take the form of corresponding patterns that are not in the form... Agent: Curtis D. Kinghorn Sirius Strategic, LLC

20070062358 - Invertible punch tool: A punch tool for the punching of a shape through a sheet of material. The punch tool includes a punch and a die portion disposed within a housing having a slot for receiving a sheet of material. A lower ramp is disposed within the housing and, when rotated, raises the... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20070062359 - Sheet processing apparatus and sheet processing method: A sheet processing apparatus comprises a first conveyer roller pair arranged at the upstream side of a sheet conveyance route and a second conveyer roller pair arranged at the downstream side of the sheet conveyance route so as to convey a sheet of paper from the upstream side to the... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070062360 - Power cutter for hardened steel workpiece: A power cutter for cutting a hardened steel workpiece has upper and lower press plates shiftable vertically relative to each other, a lower blade on the lower plate adapted to support the workpiece and having a lower cutting edge upwardly engaging the workpiece, and an upper blade on the upper... Agent: The Firm Of Karl F Ross

20070062361 - Chainsaw tensioner: A chainsaw tensioner that includes set of bevel gears. The input gear is connected to a knob to be operated to the user. Torque from the input knob is transferred to an output bevel gear that is connected to a threaded rod. A plate travels about the threaded rod and... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070062362 - Disc saw blade: The invention relates to a disc saw blade (2) with a saw chain (12) mounted around the circumference of a circular disk (4), which saw chain (12) is provided with driving links (6), connecting links (8) and cutting links (10). By means of the driving links (6), the chain is... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070056415 - Automatic pattern making apparatus: An automatic paper cutting apparatus includes an X-Y cutter, a cutter controller, and a pattern booklet. The pattern booklet includes a plurality of pattern identifiers and a memory device with cutting instructions for each of the identified patterns. The booklet removably mounts to the cutter controller so that an operator... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070056416 - Cutting devices: A cutting including a saw blade protruding from an upper surface of the table can include a splitter positioned on the front side with respect to a cutting direction of the saw blade and in alignment with the saw blade. A guard device is provided for covering the saw blade.... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070056417 - Device for cutting sanitary containers, in particular sacks, bags, and/or pouches for stomas: A device for cutting sanitary containers, in particular sacks, bags, and/or pouches for stomas, includes a structure (2) provided with a housing portion (3). The housing portion (2) has a cutting plate (4, 10) whereon is set down a container to be cut. The cut is accomplished by cutting elements... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070056418 - Power tool having cabinet: A power tool provided by the present invention includes a tool body for holding and processing a workpiece, and a cabinet standing on a floor. The cabinet has a platform connected to the tool body, a bottom plate, a peripheral wall defining an accommodation space and having a top part... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20070056419 - Apparatus for working pliable material: Apparatus for working pliable material comprises a body, at least two rotatable shafts coupled to the body, an embossing assembly detachably coupled to an end of at least one of the shafts, and a cutting assembly and/or a creasing assembly being alternatively coupled to the end of the shaft in... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20070056421 - Punch blade: This invention provides a punch blade formed with a burr inwardly projecting from an outer peripheral edge of a blade tip portion, wherein a film made of a coating liquid is formed inside a tip portion of the punch blade, a portion of the coating liquid forms a coating accumulation... Agent: Michael S. Leonard Everest Intellectual Property Law Group

20070056420 - Single-hole puncher with ease of alignment: The present invention relates to a single-hole puncher with ease of alignment comprising a base and a punching unit; the punching unit is disposed on the base; a hole is disposed on the base in a position corresponding to the punching unit; a L-shaped right-angle receptacle with two vertical flanges... Agent: Mr. Eric Chan

20070056422 - Pin-hole puncher: A pin-hole puncher has a base, a cutting die and a handle. The base has a chassis and an upper plate. A slot is defined between the chassis and the upper plate to receive with the paper. The cutting die is mounted on the chassis and has at least one... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20070056423 - Heat-effect reduceable finishing unit and image forming system using the same: A perforator configured to perforate a sheet includes a first frame and a blade. The first frame includes a first main face having a first hole, and is provided under a transport path of the sheet. The blade is moved into the first hole to perforate the sheet transported in... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070056424 - Radius end mill: In the radius end mill, main gash faces has an angle of inclination with respect to an axis that is smaller than a twist angle of chip discharge flutes. The main gash faces are formed on inner circumferential sides of distal end portions of wall surfaces that face in a... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20070056425 - Link and chain for rock cutting: A link for a trenching apparatus, and an endless chain comprised of repeating sets of links constructed in accordance with the present invention, for efficient and precise trenching operations. The links are pentagonally-shaped in cross section and/or when viewed from the ends, with a top surface that includes a surface... Agent: Mark R. Wisner C/o Wisner & Associates

20070056426 - Disk-like tool: A disc-shaped tool 10 includes a plurality of virtual regions formed such that it is surrounded by two radius lines extending from a rotation center of a disc-shaped base metal 11 and two concentric circles on the base metal disposed around the rotation center. A central angle formed by the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070056427 - Midcut reciprocating blade: An improvement to the reciprocating saw blade's tip comprising of a arched/radial tip with either teeth or an abrasive grip coating on its cutting edge, allowing the penetration of most materials at a mid-surface point independent of the edges of the surface, utilizing the forward and backstroke of the reciprocating... Agent: William E. Males

20070051217 - Apparatus for slicing food products: An apparatus for slicing food products includes a product supply device that supplies a product to a cutting plane and a support table, onto which the product slices fall. The support table is provided with a controllable motor drive that displaces the support table relative to the falling product slices... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Groh, Sprinkle & Citkowski, P.c

20070051218 - Tension-controlled web processing machine and method: A web processing assembly including first, second and third fixed spaced apart pairs of nip rollers moving the web respectively at a first, second and third speeds, the first and third speeds being constant and similar, the second speed being variable with a mean speed similar to the first and... Agent: Ogilvy Renault

20070051219 - Perforating apparatus, sheet processing apparatus, and image forming apparatus: A perforating apparatus comprising a structure in which replacement can be easily conducted corresponding to the perforation conditions such as the punch holes and number of holes, and in which condition settings and position determination can be automatically recognized during replacement; the perforating apparatus comprises: an orientation correction device that... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070051220 - Positioning method and device for columnar structure: The method and the device for positioning a columnar structure which can promote properties of the resulting columnar structure (ceramic honeycomb structure), such as thermal shock resistance, isostatic strength, thermal stress, mechanical stress, and the like, and can exhibit improved productivity due to excellent drying performance of the coated areas... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20070051221 - Manually operated portable die cutting machine: A manually operated portable die cutting machine having a rotatable handle arm for generating a pressure necessary to cut a sheet material that is carried by a die cutting assembly and positioned between a movable upper press plate and a stationary lower press plate. A pull-out drawer is slidable outwardly... Agent: Morland C Fischer

20070051222 - One-piece cutting die structure with integrated packing: A one-piece cutting die structure includes integrated packing. The blades of said cutting die integrates with a polyurethane form. The reverse side of said cutting die integrates with a flat packing layer upon which the pattern, title, product number, source of goods, and/or barcode of the cutting die can be... Agent: Nikolai & Mersereau, P.a.

20070044603 - Automated de-strapper: An apparatus for destrapping a load L constrained by multiple straps S, comprising a manipulating arm 1 carrying a working head 2 including photoelectric means 3, 17, 18 for locating one of the multiple straps S, irrespective of its orientation relative to the load, means 9,10 for engaging the strap... Agent: Powell Goldstein LLP

20070044605 - Gage plate alignment mechanism and method for a food slicer: A food slicer is provided having a support member including a base portion and an upstanding portion integrally formed with the base portion. The upstanding portion includes a rotating cutting blade secured thereto for slicing food product and at least one motor positioned within the upstanding portion for rotating the... Agent: Mark W. Croll Illinois Tool Works Inc.

20070044604 - Hair clipper with blade assembly release: A hair clipper includes a housing and a blade assembly coupled to the housing. The blade assembly is coupled to the housing at a cutting end and is movable between an operating position and an open position. The clipper also includes a release assembly including a release mechanism. The release... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich, LLP

20070044606 - System and method for cutting liquid crystal display substrate: A cutting system and method for a liquid crystal display (LCD) substrate in which a first cutting unit cuts the LCD substrate in one direction into a plurality of sub-substrates each including at least one panel, a carrier unit separates the sub-substrates from each other and simultaneously carries the separated... Agent: Macpherson Kwok Chen & Heid LLP

20070044607 - Fiber chopper with improved idler roll: A method and apparatus for chopping long unwound items like fiber, fiber strands, yarn, etc. having an idler roll for pressing the item(s) against a backup roll for pulling the item(s) into the chopper, the idler roll being an assembly allowing the idler roll to pivot around a pin inside... Agent: Robert D. Touslee Johns Manville

20070044608 - Process for separating a product web into discrete products: A process for separating a product web into discrete products is disclosed. The process can include transporting the product web in a machine direction, creating a line of weakness in the product web, and separating the product web into discrete product elements at the line of weakness.... Agent: Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc.

20070044609 - Motor driven wood working tool with vacuum feature: A motor driven power tool is provided having an internal dust collection system. A single electric motor drives the working member such as a saw or sander and simultaneously drives an air pump which acts as a collector vacuum for debris created when the power tool is in use. A... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070044610 - Kerf spacer for wood cutting saw: Described is a device that is to used in conjunction with a chainsaw to keep the chainsaw kerf from closing, thereby greatly reducing the chance of having the chainsaw bar being pinched and bound. Also included is a limiting feature that keeps the chainsaw kerf spacer from being inserted too... Agent: Mark Finstad

20070044611 - Food slicer: A food slicer is provided having a support member including a base portion and an upstanding portion integrally formed with the base portion. The upstanding portion includes a rotating cutting blade secured thereto for slicing food product and at least one motor positioned within the upstanding portion for rotating the... Agent: Mark W. Croll Illinois Tool Works Inc.

20070044612 - Gage plate adjustment mechanism for a food slicer: A food slicer is provided having a support member including a base portion and an upstanding portion integrally formed with the base portion. The upstanding portion includes a rotating cutting blade secured thereto for slicing food product and at least one motor positioned within the upstanding portion for rotating the... Agent: Illinois Tool Works Inc.

20070044613 - Rotary cutting device: The present invention is an improved rotary cutting device for continuously cutting a web of material, such as paper, cardboard, plastic sheet, steel sheet, aluminum foil, etc. In particular, the present invention relates to a rotary cutter assembly for continuously cutting a web of material to predetermined lengths with cut... Agent: Gilbreth Roebuck Bynum Derrington Schmidt Walker & Tran, LLP

20070044614 - Sawing machine: A sawing machine includes a worktable having a working surface, a mounting frame holding a rotary saw blade of the sawing machine and driving the rotary saw blade to rotate, an adjusting device operable to bias the mounting frame so as to change an angle between the saw blade and... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20070044615 - Table saw: A table saw includes a worktable, a base supporting the worktable, a rotary saw blade extending through a cutting slot of the worktable, a saw blade holder pivotally disposed inside the base and mounting with the rotary saw blade, and an indicator having a scale member mounted to the table... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20070044616 - Device for three-sided cropping of products: A device for the three-sided cropping of products, includes a lifting configuration constructed for operating in a stroke movement determining a machine cycle of the device. At least knives for head cropping, foot cropping and front edge cropping of the products are to be mounted on the lifting configuration. A... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20070044617 - Web material cutting device: A cutter assembly is provided having a rail and a blade housing. The rail includes support surface side, a mounting side and a first side. An aperture in the first side provides access to a central cavity. The blade housing includes a blade having first and second ends. The first... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20070044618 - Hole punch element: A hole punch device that reduces the force required to create a hole in papers or other sheet media. A punch element of the hole punch device includes a locally sloped or indented floor to create a bend in the sheet media as it is punched to create an enlarged,... Agent: Fulwider Patton

20070044619 - Melon wedger: A melon wedger is provided having a base upon which is removably attached a blade assembly having a plurality of blades arranged in a variety of orientations. A movable press mechanism including a removable contoured press element corresponding in size and shape to the orientation and disposition of the blades... Agent: Gregory J. Battersby, Esq. Grimes & Battersby, LLP

20070044622 - Product table lock for a food slicer: A food slicer is provided having a support member including a base portion and an upstanding portion integrally formed with the base portion. The upstanding portion includes a rotating cutting blade secured thereto for slicing food product and at least one motor positioned within the upstanding portion for rotating the... Agent: Mark W. Croll Illinois Tool Works Inc.

20070044620 - Rotary cutting and clamping device for a processing machine: A rotary cutting device for a processing machine has a rotary cutter holder provided with an angle-adjusting device and a height-adjusting device. The angle-adjusting device is able to adjust the position of the rotary cutter of the rotary cutter base at any angle, and the height-adjusting device able to adjust... Agent: J.c. Patents Suite 250

20070044621 - Top mounted operator interface for a food slicer: A food slicer is provided having a support member including a base portion and an upstanding portion integrally formed with the base portion. The upstanding portion includes a rotating cutting blade secured thereto for slicing food product and at least one motor positioned within the upstanding portion for rotating the... Agent: Mark W. Croll Illinois Tool Works Inc.

20070044623 - Low friction hole punch element: A hole punch device that reduces the force required to create a hole in papers or other sheet media. A punch element of the hole punch device includes a locally sloped or indented floor to create a bend in the sheet media as it is punched to create an enlarged,... Agent: Fulwider Patton

20070044624 - Hole punch element: A hole punch device that reduces the force required to create a hole in papers or other sheet media. A punch element of the hole punch device includes a locally sloped or indented floor to create an angle in the sheet media as it is punched to create an enlarged,... Agent: Fulwider Patton

20070044625 - Product table for a food slicer with hollow peripheral reinforcements: A food slicer is provided having a support member including a base portion and an upstanding portion integrally formed with the base portion. The upstanding portion includes a rotating cutting blade secured thereto for slicing food product and at least one motor positioned within the upstanding portion for rotating the... Agent: Mark W. Croll Illinois Tool Works Inc.

20070044626 - Overmolded food product table support arm for a food slicer: A food slicer is provided having a support member including a base portion and an upstanding portion integrally formed with the base portion. The upstanding portion includes a rotating cutting blade secured thereto for slicing food product and at least one motor positioned within the upstanding portion for rotating the... Agent: Mark W. Croll Illinois Tool Works Inc.

20070044628 - Rear pivot pusher for a food slicer with clearance position: A food slicer is provided having a support member including a base portion and an upstanding portion integrally formed with the base portion. The upstanding portion includes a rotating cutting blade secured thereto for slicing food product and at least one motor positioned within the upstanding portion for rotating the... Agent: Mark W. Croll Illinois Tool Works Inc.

20070044627 - Speed and stroke control method and apparatus for a product table of a food slicer: A food slicer is provided having a support member including a base portion and an upstanding portion integrally formed with the base portion. The upstanding portion includes a rotating cutting blade secured thereto for slicing food product and a first motor positioned within the upstanding portion for rotating the cutting... Agent: Mark W. Croll Illinois Tool Works Inc.

20070044629 - Tension-adjusting device for a chain in chain saw: A tension-adjusting device for a chain in a chain saw comprises an adjusting assembly, a fixing base, a brake disk, a position piece and a fixing piece, wherein the adjusting assembly, the brake disk, the position piece and the fixing piece are locked together on the fixing base by a... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC