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US 5,101,703 AGranted
Box cutting method and apparatus thereof
AssigneesKao Corporation, Seibu Electric & Machinery Co., Ltd.
InventorsNobuhiro Tanaka, Eiji Hirata, Manabu Kobuki, Yasuro Katayama
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Abstract
A box cutting method is characterized in that after moving a cutter for cutting a box to a predetermined position which is determined in accordance with the size of the box, the box is cut by moving the cutter along a cutting line formed on the box.
Claims5
A box cutting method comprising the steps of:
- a) forming a cutting unit consisting of a plurality of boxes;
- b) clamping said plurality of boxes by a box clamping device;
- c) positioning a cutter for cutting said plurality of boxes at a predetermined location beneath an upper edge portion of and in accordance with outer dimensions of said plurality of boxes;
- d) moving said cutter along a predetermined cutting line on said plurality of boxes, said predetermined cutting line being defined by the positioning of said cutter with respect to said plurality of boxes;
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- e) stopping said plurality of boxes subsequent to said step of clamping said plurality of boxes, wherein the step of moving said cutter is performed against a plurality of boxes which are in a stopped state.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.