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US 2014/0174268 A1Published application
Cutting apparatus
AssigneeKemet Electronics Italia S.R.L.
InventorMassimiliano Sale
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Abstract
In a cutting apparatus, a continuous element with a row of electrochemical cells for lithium batteries is supplied along a supply path on which there are sequentially arranged, a cutting device and two dragging devices, each having a shuttle element that has an operating unit associated with the continuous element.
Claims12
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A cutting apparatus comprising
- (a) a supply path along which a continuous element advances in an advancing direction;
- (b) a cutting device arranged in said supply path, said cutting device being configured to perform a reciprocating movement with an outward stroke and a return stroke in a direction parallel to said advancing direction, said cutting device being configured for cutting the element during at least one active portion of the outward stroke and for not cutting the element during the return stroke;
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- (c) two driving devices sequentially arranged in said supply path, after said cutting device, each of said driving devices being configured to perform a reciprocating movement with an outward stroke and return stroke in a direction parallel to said advancing direction, each of said driving devices being configured to drive the element during at least one active portion of the outward stroke, and not to drive the element during the return stroke, said two driving devices being coordinated together such that, while one of them performs the outward stroke to drive the element, the other performs the return stroke, and vice versa, to advance the element with continuous movement along said supply path.
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