Score knife positioner
AssigneeCatbridge Machinery LLC
InventorsMichael T. Pappas, Michael F. Yermal
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Abstract
A score knife positioner includes a carriage bracket having a locating tab for receiving a score knife assembly. Linear bearings are attached to the carriage bracket and are configured to engage with a pair of guide rails. The linear bearings are offset from one another and located so that score knife positioners on either side of a particular score knife positioner can be nested together. The carriage bracket has a width less than a width of the score knife assembly and allows adjacent score knife assemblies to be positioned so that there is less than one-half inch between score knifes. Score knife positioners can be moved to a desired location and locked into place via a carriage brake attached to the carriage bracket.
Claims19
A method for positioning a score knife carriage assembly comprising:
- directly engaging, by a forked member of a pick and place mechanism, a score knife holder removably attached to a score knife carriage of a first score knife carriage assembly, the score knife holder for holding a score knife, the first score knife carriage assembly slidably engaged via a linear bearing to a first guide rail, the forked member having at least two prongs for engaging the score knife holder and inserted between opposing walls of the score knife holder on a side of the score knife holder adjacent to the score knife carriage;
- slidably moving the first score knife carriage assembly, substantially perpendicular to a plane of the score knife carriage, along the first guide rail to a first predetermined location using the forked member of the pick and place mechanism;
- locking the first score knife carriage assembly at the first predetermined location to a brake plate;
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- disengaging the forked member of the pick and place mechanism from the score knife holder of the first score knife carriage assembly.
A method for positioning a score knife carriage assembly comprising:
- directly engaging, by a forked member of a pick and place mechanism, a score knife holder removably attached to a score knife carriage of a first score knife carriage assembly, the score knife holder for holding a score knife, the forked member having at least two prongs for engaging the score knife holder and inserted between opposing walls of the score knife holder on a side of the score knife holder adjacent to the score knife carriage;
- slidably moving the first score knife carriage assembly, substantially perpendicular to a plane of the score knife carriage, along a first guide rail to a first predetermined location using the forked member of the pick and place mechanism;
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- locking the first score knife carriage assembly at the first predetermined location to a brake plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.