Edge-to-edge of sheet or web (e.g., traveling cutter)

A device for eliminating filamentary winders from the surface of a rotating working roller of the type commonly utilized in the textile industry. A runner carrying a cutting means is provided which moves traversely over the surface of the working roller and parallel to its axis. The runner may be driven...     

A mat cutting apparatus is described for cutting sheet material. A cutting board is provided on which a pair of longitudinal guide bars are mounted with a predetermined spacing between them. The spacing is selected to snugly receive a cutting block. The cutting block is formed of a guide block on which...     

A mat bevel cutting method and apparatus having a pivotal mounted cutting guide rail in conjunction with sidewalls which serve to hold the matting material in place and squared during the cutting operation. The apparatus also includes built-in auxiliary measuring and alignment tools to facilitate accurate...     

This invention relates to a cutting device for coated plates comprising frame means, First stationary cover plate means on said frame means, Second movable cover plate means on said frame means, Heatable knife means adapted to be displaced along one edge of said first stationary cover plate means between...     

Apparatus for cutting sheet material unwound from a roll supported adjacent a cutter, the cutter comprising a stationary cutting member and a distinct movable cutting member adapted to cut material placed between the cutting members. The stationary cutting member is mounted on a support which can be...     

A cutter for mat frames which includes a cutter head, including a pair of blade carrying cutter blocks, slidable along a cutter bar and having a plurality of adjustable stops for accurately positioning and cutting of a mat board without over or under cutting. The assembly also includes means to limit...     

Ply stock is delivered to a bias-cutter by a feed mechanism which moves the stock to be bias cut in measured increments of length. The present apparatus provides a smooth continuous surface of a feed pan supporting the full width of the ply stock to a forward edge which is adjustable angularly to the...     

A carriage carrying a cutting tool is guided along a predetermined path of travel, and motive power is provided by a linear induction motor having an armature mounted on the carriage and a plurality of short inductor windings discontinuously spaced along the path of travel. Means actuated by the carriage...     

An improved bag-making and sealing device having a pair of spaced, upstanding, bag-locating and holding pins is provided which includes a low-cost, integral, synthetic resin pin-mounting assembly in the sealer base for biased, back-and-forth shifting movement of one of the pins in order to tightly hold...     

A blade is carried in a housing which is adapted to slide along a guide rail with the blade depending from the housing and making sliding contact over at least a portion of the length of the blade with a blade guide which runs parallel to the guide rail. A portion of the blade protrudes below the blade...     

A film severing method and apparatus is provided in which a film having first and second edges is engaged by film holding devices and the film is severed in a transverse path between such holding devices while the film is held on either side thereby, such severing including: Cutting the film at the first...     

The mat cutting apparatus includes a cutter for making a bevel cut and an adjustable edge guide having a vertical straight edge surface with which a vertical flat surface on the cutter is slidably engaged as the cutter is pushed along the edge guide to make a straight, beveled cut parallel to one edge...     

A device for cutting sheet material includes a pair of generally flat elongated members hingedly connected together for holding sheet material to be cut and a cutting block supported for sliding movement on an upper such holding member and having an upper portion extending across the upper holding member...     

Bias cutting of rubberized fabric material having high strength material embedded therein, wherein a carriage is reciprocated on a support frame, which frame may be adjusted angularly to determine the bias angle of cut. A cutter support is mounted on the carriage for movement therewith. Such cutter support...     

An improved material cutting apparatus of laying and cutting material. The improved apparatus is of simple construction, requires only one workman to operate the apparatus, and minimizes wastage of material. The apparatus is also readily adaptable to existing carriage structures utilized for laying material...     

The head compensates for variations in flatness of a table upon which a glass sheet is placed for scoring, and also compensates for bending of the rails or support structure which carry the head as it traverses the table. A jump wheel is provided on a first arm pivotally mounted in the head, which head...     

The invention comprises an adjustable device for cutting recesses in cardboard, in sheet metal and other sheet materials. The device comprises a movable angular member carrying a cutting means, which movable member can be caused to assume two positions. The movable member is guided by an adjustable lockable...     

A cutting knife assembly for severing a strip of material after it has been wound on a core and the winding operation is to be continued on a new core.

In, or for use in, a vehicle inner tube splicing machine, a tube end cutting assembly comprising a cutting knife supporting carriage which is mounted on a pair of spaced parallel guide shafts and is reciprocated by hydraulically powered means. The knife supporting carriage also has mounted thereon scrap...     

A sheet cutting apparatus is illustrated as including a free standing cutting blade movable across the sheet material. A base member has a longitudinal channel therein through which the knife extends into a complimentary channel carried by a pressure bar so that the sheet material is confined between...     

A mill for guiding the cutting of a chain saw includes a pair of rail members, each rail member comprising a length of C-channel, with a lip joined to the distal edge of one leg of the channel and extending parallel to the web of the channel. At least one hole is disposed in the web of each channel length,...     

In a home bag sealer with an elongated box and lid where the box supports a roll of bag material and a heater is provided along the lid opening operative on lid closing to seal a selected size of bag, the device being provided with structure to cut the sealed bag, the invention provides an improved cutter...     

The present invention relates to an apparatus for making cuts along the circumferential surface of a can. The apparatus includes a frame and a plurality of rollers rotatably coupled to the frame for receiving and movably supporting the circumferential surface of the can. A cutter is provided for cutting...     

An apparatus for cutting sheet glass which can not only cut a glass sheet into several smaller sheets of different sizes by a single operation but also can form cutting lines on several glass sheets by superposing them one over the other in sequence without dismounting the preceding sheets from the cutting...     

A cutting assembly of the type useable for severing a sheet into desired lengths. The assembly includes an elongate track having a slot extending through an upper wall thereof for slidably receiving and retaining a cutter slide therein. The track has upper surface segments that are roughened; preferably...     

A circular saw, the saw blade of which is adapted to be moved horizontally across a table at a horizontally movable carriage or slide and to be lifted into a position above the material to be sawed comprises a horizontal cantilever beam one end of which is guided by a vertical guide means at a single...     

The present invention discloses a new and useful clamping arrangement for use in an upstanding drapery manufacturing device including frame means; a vertically adjustable trolley means; reference means defining a horizontal reference plane adjacent the lower end of the frame means and carriage means...     

A cutter for cutting thin boards, including a base provided with a plurality of guide grooves on one side in such a manner that they are arranged so as to form progressively larger angles with the under surface of the base. A cutting blade is mounted in each of these guide grooves in such a manner that...     

A hinged article, preferably in the form of a track (10) for slidably retaining a cutter slide (12) therein, includes first and second sections (18 and 20) joined together at a hinged region (22 and 24); said first and second sections having channel segments (28 and 30) communicating with each other...     

A slitting machine for separating the overlapped portion of a web of continuously laminated articles is provided by the present invention wherein a cutting means having two oppositely-facing cutting blades is mounted to a carriage and selectively reciprocated back and forth across the web as controlled...     

A sheet material cutting apparatus that is adjustable to cut pieces of insulation for duct work transition pieces or the like. First and second elongated support members are provided each having a cutting tool mounted thereon and movable along the length thereof. The support members are mounted at their...     

In a spreading machine for laying fabric or other sheet material on a cutting table, a cutter box assembly is provided for cutting off the sheet material at the end of each layer spread. The cutter box assembly includes a housing mounted on the spreading machine carriage, a cutter frame movably mounted...     

A panel grooving apparatus has a table for supporting a panel at a working level. A rail extends along a side of the table and a working assembly is mobile on that rail. The working assembly is selectively immobilized in various grooving positions by stops movable and selectively arrestable along the...     

In the film cutter of this invention, a cutter carriage is guided by a guide rod of a circular cross section allowing it to make both a translational motion along the guide rod and a tilting motion about the guide rod, whereby a rotary blade mounted on the cutter carriage is assured of a close contact...     

A mat cutting device has a planar base for supporting a mat to be cut, the base having a pair of supports, each at opposite sides thereof with a guide rod mounted therebetween and having a longitudinal axis parallel to the base. An elongated cutting head having a blade at one end thereof is mounted at...     

A guide clamp is disclosed which includes a clamping jaw at one end of a guide bar. An opposing shifting jaw is slidably carried on the guide bar to permit a workpiece to be embraced by the jaws. A pull rod associated with and parallel to the guide bar is connected to a lever on the clamp jaw. The shifting...     

An automatic mat cutting apparatus for simultaneously cutting a rectangular opening in a rectangular mat is disclosed. The mat cutting apparatus includes four mat cutters which are cooperatively mounted and moved to cut the rectangular opening. A control device controls the movement of the mat cutters....     

A core slabber for removing paper from the cores of fiberboard rolls where the cores are to be reused comprising a horizontal core support, a clamp plate on the core support, a camshaft internally of the core support to move a pin outwardly radially from said core support to move said clamp outwardly...     

In a manually operable cutter which can be set on a table, which cutter includes a thin-walled base presenting a rectangular supporting surface and a lateral cutting edge along one side of the surface, devices defining two holding jaws located in the region of the cutting edge, and projecting above the...     

A machine for manually cutting glass, plastic and mat employs a head having a unique breaker assembly by which the break-out of scored plastic sheet is readily effected, and in which the pillar post for the cutting element is supported to provide a blade repositioning feature. The head also includes...     

Trimming apparatus for cutting the side walls of containers to predetermined, dimensional requirements so that such containers will be properly sized for subsequent usage. The apparatus is comprised of support means for holding an uncut container and an adjustable cutter assembly adapted to move along...     

A apparatus and method for applying a stabilizer ply to a tire building drum and more particularly a apparatus and method for cutting and applying the stabilizer ply material and specifically apparatus for cutting the stabilizer ply material between cords disposed therein and correcting for variations...     

An apparatus and method for applying a stabilizer ply to a tire building drum and more particularly an apparatus and method for cutting and applying the stabilizer ply material and specifically an apparatus for cutting the stabilizer ply material between cords disposed therein and correcting for variations...     

An improved cutter for carpet tiles is provided which can be used to quickly and accurately cut individual tile sections for completing a carpet installation between previously laid field tile and adjacent baseboards or walls. The preferred cutter includes a base plate together with a depending stop...     

A stiff board has raised strips with upstanding straight edges at right angles to one another, providing abutment edges against which adjacent edges of the mat are engaged. An adjustable cutter guide bar having a stop adjacent one end is positioned by means of upstanding pins on the board adjacent the...     

A sheet member is transported over a knife anvil by a feed conveyor movable from a first position adjacent the knife anvil to a second position overlapping the knife anvil. The feed conveyor has a moving belt which is driven in a forward direction for transporting the sheet member over the anvil and...     

Apparatus for severing bags from a two-ply web of thermoplastic material. The apparatus includes web guide rollers defining a nip, and a plurality of peripheral grooves in the guide rollers in which upper and lower air directing tubes are positioned to guide a web as it passes downstream of the feed...     

The present invention relates to an apparatus for splicing a belt which includes a base to which the belt end is mounted, a holding device which is slidably mounted to move in a direction oblique to the longitudinal direction of elongation of the belt and cutting member means mounted on the holding device....     

A system for the precision cutting of picture mats includes a flat base on which an elongate mounting arm is provided. A mat guide bar is adjustably and detachably mounted to the mat guide bar and includes a first mat engaging edge surface and opposed edge surface. A mat cutter device is also mounted...     

A cutting and dispensing device (10) having a cutting blade (60) movable along a straight path, a feed means (20) at the entry side of the path of movement and an anvil surface (74) engageable with a pressure wheel (80) at the exit side of the path which, together with the feed means, grip the sheet...     

Apparatus for cutting sheet material such as cloth as the material lies on a supporting surface having opposite sides comprising an elongated track adapted to extend across the supporting surface between the sides, the track having an operative surface over which the sheet material lies during cutting...     

A continuous strip which is laminated onto plates arranged at a distance from one another and which is composed of a dry resist laminate is introduced into a separating device 1 extending over the width of a strip 20. A drive cylinder 2 is arranged by means of pillars 3 above a carriage 31. The drive...     

An improved cutting apparatus for all household plastic wrap film comprises a sliding saddle mounted in a guiding track slot on the top of a cardboard dispenser box. Since the sliding saddle is mounted with a safety razor, the wrap film can be cut into a desired piece by the safety razor when the film...     

A means and method for applying a stabilizer ply to a tire building drum and more particularly a means and method for cutting and applying the stabilizer ply material and specifically means for cutting the stabilizer ply material between cords disposed therein and correcting for variations of the cord...     

Method and apparatus for cutting off selected length panels from an indefinte length strip of fabric with minimum waste, the fabric being comprised as superposed longitudinal and transverse elongate elements, wherein the transverse elements may deviate from strict perpendicularity to the length direction...     

A means and method for applying a stabilizer ply to a tire building drum and more particularly a means and method for cutting and applying the stabilizer ply material and specifically means for cutting the stabilizer ply material between cords disposed therein and correcting for variations of the cord...     

A means and method for applying a stabilizer ply to a tire building drum and more particularly a means and method for cutting and applying the stabilizer ply material and specifically means for cutting the stabilizer ply material between cords disposed therein and correcting for variations of the cord...     

A core slabbing machine for the removal of paper wound on a mill roll core, to thereby permit reuse of the core. The machine includes a horizontal core-receiving mandrel and a carraige which moves horizontally back and forth above, and aligned with, the mandrel. The carriage carries a freely rotatable...     

A mat cutting machine utilizes a trolley which runs smoothly and accurately along a shaft mounted upon the clamping bar assembly. Means is provided for precisely adjusting the relationship between the bevel cutting blade and the edge of the clamping bar, and the blades are held by magazines which permit...     

Mechanism for controlling the rate of travel of a saw as the saw operates and travels upon a radial arm. A housing contains fluid and an axially movable piston and piston rod. A wheel is operably joined to the piston rod and is connected to the piston rod so that the piston rod moves axially as the wheel...     

A mat cutting machine utilizes a trolley which runs smoothly and accurately along a shaft mounted upon the clamping bar assembly. Means is provided for precisely adjusting the relationship between the bevel cutting blade and the edge of the clamping bar, and the blades are held by magazines which permit...     

Cutter apparatus is provided for sheet material, such as glass, plastic (e.g., plexiglass) or matte boards, particularly designed for use in picture framing, although also usable wherever such sheets need simple and reliable cutting apparatus. The cutter has means for holding a sheet of material in a...     

A film cutter which includes a supporting frame structure with a translucent supply side platform mounted thereon and adapted to be illuminated by an underlying light source and including a film cutter mounted on the frame structure.

A plastic film cutter comprising a supporting board with its two sides provided with a plurality of clamping plates, a sliding furrow is formed upon the top of the supporting board for supporting the lower sliding seat of the slidable cutting means, and a slidable cutting means with its lower sliding...     

A carpenter's tool expedites the cutting of lengthy boards into shorter segments of uniform length with a hand held power saw or the like. The angled tool has a linear board guide member that is abutted against a side of the board and a saw guide member which extends across the board and defines a surface...     

A cutting apparatus for sheet-like materials comprises a traveling mechanism having a traveling support member movable above a sheet-like material, a cutting device hanged from the traveling support member of the traveling mechanism and movable in directions perpendicular to traveling directions of the...     

A cutting device for severing sheet material comprises a pneumatic cylinder defining a cylinder chamber having opposite first and second ends; a piston longitudinally slidably received in the cylinder chamber for executing working strokes between the first and second ends; a cutting blade situated at...     

A flat elongated body member has indicia markings on its top surface and a slot is provided in such top surface in which a cutter member is slidably guided. The cutter member has a rearward portion biased to an upwardly angled position by a spring. Such rearward portion supports a cutter blade on one...     

A movement and rotational movement of the movable blade of the paper-cutter of this invention is constructed with a mechanically engaging mechanism such as a screw mechanism or a pinion/rack mechanism, so that there are no technical problems found with the conventional type of the paper-cutters such...     

A paper cutter for achieving high speed cutting having a simplified structure since movement of a blade can be controlled by a linear motor. A low level of noise can also be realized since typical mechanical elements for transferring power are eliminated. The movable blade forms less than a fifty degree...     

A servicer is described for supplying two cut-to-length strips of sidewall simultaneously to a tire building drum without handling by the tire builder, thereby eliminating any stretching of the sidewalls or distortion of the shape of the sidewalls which can happen when the sidewalls are physically handled...     

A dispenser for plastic wrap material including a housing for storing a spirally wound supply roll of plastic wrap and a mechanism for cutting a quantity of plastic wrap from the supply roll with the dispenser including a discharge slot for the plastic wrap material, a powered rotary cutter mounted on...     

A tape cutter for cutting postage imprinted tape is disclosed. The tape cutter includes a cutting wheel which is moved by a motor from one side of the tape across the tape to the other side of the tape to cut it. The motor moves the cutting wheel across the tape in a given direction regardless of the...     

The graphic tape slicer comprises a frame having a feed guide at the rear end for receiving the graphic tape from a roll. A cutting blade is mounted in the center of the frame on a traveling blade holder that engages a threaded rod. Rollers through which the tape is extracted are mounted on the front...     

Box cutting machine having driven knives that cut a line along a selected level on two intersecting side walls of a box.

A film cutter includes a slide holder having four rollers rotatably mounted in the holder and rotatably moving on a track, a central cutting blade formed in a central portion under the holder, and a slide base secured with the cutting blade and positioned under the slide holder slidably engageable in...     

A cutting apparatus for wrap film is made of a housing for supporting a roll of paper or plastic film and an apron for supporting the leading edge portion of the film. A cutting assembly is mounted over the apron and is slidingly mounted along the housing to cut the leading edge. The cutting assembly...     

A cutting apparatus for cutting tubular banding material in a banding machine includes as guide assembly for guiding tubular banding material in a flattened condition along a guide path from an inlet end to a cutting station, and a single cutting blade mounted for movement in a transverse cutting path...     

A device for handling and performing operations upon media, the media having been previously wound about a retaining device such as a cylinder. The rolled media, such as paper, plastic film, and fabric, is removably secured to support members on the device in a manner that allows media to be unrolled...     

A film sticking method is disclosed in which the tip of the cutting portion of a sharp-pointed cutting member is caused to pierce a continuous film. The member is moved rightward and leftward across the direction of the feed of the film so that the film is cut off to a prescribed length. The cut-off...     

Measuring stops for a mat cutting machine are constructed to permit installation without removal of either the shaft on which they are carried or of any element used to mount the shaft on the clamping bar. The stop locking mechanism comprises a pivotable block, which is forced into clamping relationships...     

There is disclosed a cutting apparatus which is an improvement over co-owned U.S. Pat. No. 4,693,151 including a mechanism for accelerating the cutting mechanism prior to transverse severing of a traveling web; wherein an elongate knife and a cooperating rotatable knife are mounted on separate mounting...     

A thin film adhering apparatus and method in which a thin film whose length corresponds to that of a substrate is adhered to the substrate by applying pressure using a pressure adhering roller. The apparatus includes a substrate conveyance mechanism for conveying the substrate to a thin film adhering...     

An apparatus device for ripping woven textile goods has a table having an upper surface, near and far longitudinal edges, and a transversely elongated slot extending between the edges and having transversely spaced near and far slot ends, the goods normally lying on the table extending across the slot....     

A cutter assembly for cutting sheets of relatively thin material is disclosed. The cutter assembly comprises a base member, a pair of support posts securely attached to the base member, and an elongated guide rail having a first end and a second end supported by the support posts in laterally spaced...     

A push-pull DIY cutter for sheet material, such as mat and foam board, utilizes a blade-mounting handle that is pivotable from a null position in both of two opposite directions, so as to alternatively bring into operative position a blade element spaced to either side of the null position center line....     

A support assembly includes a base having end edges along which extend toothed racks for engagement of a clamping bar having meshing detents on its end portions, the clamping bar providing a guide track for a DIY mat cutter. The base is invertible to present English system and metric system distance-measuring...     

An assembly utilizes a wedge-shaped supplemental base to convert a manual bevel cutter for making straight cuts in sheet materials.

A paper cutter for cutting a pile of paper on a bed with a cutting blade carried on a slider while holding the paper pile with a paper holding plate and moving the slider along a rail supported in parallel with the bed. The paper holding plate is made to move separately from the rail and is moved vertically...     

A sheet material cutter which cuts a sheet material by the cooperation of a circular rotary cutting blade moving while rotating and a long sheet-shaped fixed cutting blade, and provides a sheet material cutter, having a simple construction. The device permits satisfactory cutting of a strip-shaped sheet...     

An artwork mat marking and cutting apparatus for use in cutting mat and similar material for picture framing and the like is disclosed. The apparatus includes a combined marking and bevel cutting device and a dual scale conversion ruler for ease of measurement in laying out mat borders. The conversion...     

An object of this invention is to improve the sharpness of cutting and to prolong the longevity of the blade by increasing the cutting speed with a rotation of the round blade cutter that is more than the normal rotation of 1:1. The base 34 is linked with the drawing head 8 by means of the detachable...     

A cutting board assembly for cutting and/or trimming paper sheets, the assembly including a cutting board, a rail assembly pivotally mounted on said cutting board for movement between operative and inoperative positions, a carriage assembly mounted on the rail assembly for movement across the cutting...     

A portable and adjustable cutting guide especially designed to minimize chipping of the cut edges on cuts made cross-grain on doors, panels or the like when utilizing a circular saw, a jig saw or a router. The device includes a thin, rigid, preferably plastic, rectangular plate having one long, perfectly...     

A device for trimming wallpaper, including champs for fastening the device to a flat surface, a rod for holding a roll of wallpaper, an adjustable stop to accommodate rolls of different widths, and a retainer to hold the wallpaper on a cutting surface adjacent to a slot in the cutting surface which accommodates...     

A portable saw table comprising a saw track pivotally supported on a saw table. A protractor is mounted on the saw track and an indicator-indexer plate is mounted on the saw table. A hand operated locking mechanism is provided. The saw table includes laterally extensible side members and longitudinally...     

An apparatus for cutting labels or other material in a program-controlled plotter comprising a blade affixed in a shaft which, in turn, is rotably held in a shell which can be mounted in a plotter. Advantageously, the blade is mounted so that the cutting point is not on axis with the center line, but...     

A film cutting apparatus includes a guide having a clip for attachment to a film material container and a cutting device designed to travel along said guide to sever the film material in predetermined lengths. The cutting device includes two pairs of guide wheels designed to travel in a channel in the...     

A device for dispensing a bandage material has a container for accommodating a supply of bandage material, a mechanism for advancing the bandage material from the container so as to expose a desired portion of the bandage material outside of the container, a mechanism for cutting the exposed piece of...     

A rigid, box-like frame structure has a vertically movable subframe assembly mounted thereon. Attached to the subframe are a number of horizontally movable tined sleeves with connected sharpened tines. As the subframe assembly moves downwardly, the attached tines penetrate the refuse bags on a conveyor...