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US 6,604,444 B1Granted
Low maintenance cutting rubber
AssigneeHeidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
InventorsJames Richard Belanger, Kevin Lauren Cote
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Abstract
The present invention is related to an apparatus for cutting webs of material (1) and includes a cutting cylinder (8) having at least one knife assembly (12, 13) assigned to its circumference (9). A supporting element (23) is assigned to said cutting cylinder (8) forming a cutting region (3) there between and a transport belt (20) having cut rubber portions (20.1, 20.2, 20.3) integrated therein is assigned to said supporting element (23).
Claims13
Apparatus for cutting a web of material comprising:
- a knife cylinder having a circumference, the knife cylinder having at least one knife assembly located on the circumference;
- a supporting element located adjacent to the knife cylinder, a cutting region being formed between the supporting element and the knife cylinder;
- a transport belt having integrated cut rubber portions, the transport belt supported by the supporting element;
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- a cam for contacting cut signatures emerging from the cutting region, the cam being pivotably mounted to the knife cylinder.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.