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US 6,192,778 B1Granted
Cutting apparatus for separating packages from a line
OwnerThies Eggersinventor
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Abstract
A cutting apparatus for separating packages from a line of interconnected packages. The technical problem is to simplify the cutting apparatus and shorten the set-up times and the work cycles. This problem is achieved with a lower knife (4) capable of being moved in between the packages in the vertical direction from below and with an upper roll (12) capable of being moved, together with a discharge gripper (11) for the separated packages, parallel to the conveying section while being pressed against the lower knife.
Claims8
A cutting apparatus for separating packages from a line of interconnected packages, comprising:
- conveyor means for moving the line of interconnected packages;
- a lower knife movable in a vertical direction to said conveyor means in between packages in the line of interconnecting packages for forming a series of separated packages;
- a slide;
- a drive belt;
- a squeeze roll seated on said slide movable by said drive belt, said squeeze roll being parallel and movable in a direction opposite to a conveying direction of said conveyor means and over said lower knife, while being pressed against said lower knife;
- and,
- a discharge gripper for the series of separated packages, said discharge gripper being seated on said slide and being movable with said squeeze roll.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.