# US 4,397,095 A · Registration and transfer locking unit for a steel rule die and accommodating counter plate

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- Number: US 4,397,095 A
- Document ID: US4397095A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 06/252,627
- Filed: 1981-04-09
- Granted: 1983-08-09
- Earliest claimed: 1981-04-09
- Assignees: Atlas Steel Rule Die, Inc.
- Inventors: Herman A. Graboyes
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US4397095A

## CPC

- B26D 7/2614: {Means for mounting the cutting member}
- B26D 9/00: Cutting apparatus combined with punching or perforating apparatus or with dissimilar cutting apparatus
- B26D 2007/2607: {for mounting die cutters}
- Y10T 83/8853: Including details of guide for tool or tool support
- B26D: CUTTING; DETAILS COMMON TO MACHINES FOR PERFORATING, PUNCHING, CUTTING-OUT, STAMPING-OUT OR SEVERING (for growing crops or plants A01D, A01G; for fodder or straw A01F; for bulk butter A01J; for dough A21C; slaughtering A22B; for tobacco, cigars or cigarettes A24; marking-out, perforating or making buttonholes A41H25/00; manufacturing footwear A43D; brushmaking A46D; surgery A61B; disintegrating, mincing or shredding in general B02C; cutting wire, making pins or nails B21F, B21G; of the kind used formetal B23; cutting by abrasive fluid jets B24C5/02; hand-held cutting tools B26B; perforating, cutting-out, stamping-out or punching, or severing by means other than cutting B26F; for wood B27; for stone B28D; working of plastics or substances in a plastic state B29; making boxes, cartons, envelopes or bags, of paper or similarly worked materials, e.g. metal foil, B31B; article or web delivery apparatus incorporating cutting or line-perforating devices B65H35/00; for leather or upholstery B68, C14B; for glass C03B; making matches C06F; for peat C10F; for sugar C13B45/00; for textile materials D06H; civil engineering, building, mining, see Section E; for light guides G02B6/25; cutting processed photographic material G03D15/04)
- Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION

## Abstract

A die and accommodating counter assembly for scoring and cutting sheet material in which cooperating bushing and pin registration and transfer locking units are utilized to maintain the alignment of the die and the counterplate when being placed within a press.

## Claims

### Claim 1

In a combination die and an accommodating counterplate assembly for scoring and cutting sheet material located therebetween, means for securing said die over said counterplate in an opposed face-to-face manner and in a precise aligned relationship for transfer to a press where said scoring and cutting of sheet material can occur, the improvement wherein said die and counterplate securing means includes a bushing having a longitudinal bore and a guide pin adapted to fit snuggly into said bushing longitudinal bore, an opening formed in one of said die and counterplate, said bushing fitted into said opening and secured to said one of the die and counterplate, said bushing including an end portion extending beyond the opposing face of said one of the die and counterplate, said bushing end portion having a transverse bore therethrough intersecting its longitudinal bore, said guide pin secured to the other of said die and counterplate, said guide pin protruding from the opposing face of said other of the die and counterplate and having a side wall with a groove therein said guide pin fitting into said bushing longitudinal bore when said die and counterplate are in their aligned relationship with said guide pin groove registering with said bushing transverse bore, a removable lock pin means fitable into said registering guide pin groove and bushing transverse bore for securing said guide pin within said bushing, said guide pin groove having a width exceeding the transverse dimension of said lock pin means to permit limited relative longitudinal movement of the guide pin within the bushing to allow aligned movement of the die relative to the counterplate.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The die and counterplate assembly of claim 1 wherein said guide pin groove extends annularly about the guide pin sidewall.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The die and counterplate assembly of claim 2 wherein said die and counterplate securing means includes at least three sets of said bushing and interfitting guide pin.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The die and counterplate assembly of claim 1 wherein said end portion includes a flange overlying said bushing opposing face of said one of the die and counterplate.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The die and counterplate assembly of claim 4 wherein said guide pin includes a base end face and an annular rib extending from said end face, the opposed face of said other of the die and counterplate including an annular groove, said guide pin rib fitting into said annular groove.