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US 4,050,362 AGranted
Process and apparatus for blanking cardboard and the like
OwnerFriedrich Schroterinventor
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A process and apparatus for cutting, creasing and/or embossing sheets of cardboard, paper of similar material is disclosed. The apparatus includes a tool plate or die having steps therein in the form of parting steps and ribs and/or grooves to form creases. A resilient elastic member is employed to press the cardboard web down against the various steps in the tool plate. The size and configuration of the steps and the tool plate causes severing or cutting of the cardboard or creasing or embossing. Apparatus for use with rotational as well as planar or reciprocating blanking machines and a variety of different tool plate constructions are disclosed. The process includes resilient urging of the sheet against the die piece with the elastic member causing deformation of the sheet to conform to the tool plate.
A process for cutting a sheet of low tensile strength material such as paper or cardboard including the steps of, contacting a first side of said sheet with a cutting die formed with a cutting zone having a die step with a die surface extending away from one side of said die step at a first height and a die surface extending away from an opposite side of said die step at a height differential from the first named die surface, contacting an opposite side of said sheet with a resiliently displaceable elastic member positioned in juxtaposed relation to said cutting zone, and pressing said sheet by said elastic member against a higher of the die surfaces by relative displacement of said cutting zone and said elastic member toward each other, wherein the improvement of said process is comprised of the steps of:
In blanking die apparatus for use in a machine for cutting a sheet of relatively low tensile strength material, such as paper or cardboard, by the combined action of two surfaces working on said sheet when disposed therebetween, said blanking die apparatus including a die member adapted for mounting to said machine and having a first surface formed with at least one rigid step therein, said rigid step being formed to provide a discontinuity and said die member up to both sides of said discontinuity being formed to evenly support said sheet, and a member adapted for mounting to said machine and having a second surface thereon provided by a resiliently displaceable elastic material, said resiliently displaceable elastic material having a thickness and a resiliency sufficient to urge said sheet down against said die member proximate said discontinuity, the improvement comprising:
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