Slitter mounting bracket
AssigneeAppleton Papers Inc.
InventorsRoy O. Noffke, Thomas G. Engel
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Abstract
A slitter apparatus for cutting a continuous web is disclosed comprising a slitter blade and a slitter mounting bracket. The bracket comprises a threaded depth-post assembly, a spring unit for maintaining the desired tension at the cutting surface, and a dove-tail spring-loaded base.
Claims7
An apparatus for slitting a continuous web of material which comprises in combination a slitter blade and a slitter mounting bracket, said bracket comprising a bracket housing having a threaded depth-post assembly for enabling precise, effect depth control of said slitter blade, a base mount for supporting said bracket housing and a means for maintaining the proper tension between said slitter blade and a cutting surface, said means comprising a spring tension unit including a blade spring having a forward end and a rear end, a spring mounting band, and a tension regulating means, said slitter blade being mounted to said blade spring at said forward end thereof, said spring mounting band being attached to said bracket housing at a rear portion thereof with said rear end of said blade spring being positioned between said housing and said spring mounting band, with said tension regulating means interacting with said blade spring at the site of location of said spring mounting band where said band is affixed to said housing to regulate said blade tension.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.