# US 6,723,948 B2 · Device for processing printed packaging or similar substrates > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 6,723,948 B2 - Document ID: US6723948B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 10/240,714 - Filed: 2002-10-04 - Published: 2003-07-24 - Granted: 2004-04-20 - Earliest claimed: 2000-04-08 - Assignees: Schober GmbH - Inventors: Ebe Hesterman - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US6723948B2 ## CPC - B26D 7/265: {Journals, bearings or supports for positioning rollers or cylinders relatively to each other} - B26D 5/20: with interrelated action between the cutting member and work feed - B26D 5/22: having the cutting member and work feed mechanically connected - B26D 7/015: {for sheet material or piles of sheets (B26D7/018 and B26D7/02 take precedence)} - B26D 7/18: Means for removing cut-out material or waste - B26D 7/1836: {by pulling out} - B26D 7/1854: {by air under pressure} - B26D 7/1863: {by suction} - B26D 7/2628: {Means for adjusting the position of the cutting member} - B26D 7/32: for conveying or stacking cut product (means for removing cut-out material or waste B26D7/18) - B26F 1/384: {using rotating drums} - B65H 5/12: Revolving grippers, e.g. mounted on arms, frames or cylinders - B26D 2007/2692: {the rollers or cylinders being mounted skewed} - B26D 2007/322: {the cut products being sheets, e.g. sheets of paper} - B31B 50/042: {using rolls, belts or chains} - B31B 50/20: Cutting sheets or blanks - Y10T 83/2185: Suction gripper - Y10T 83/483: With cooperating rotary cutter or backup - 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) - B26F: PERFORATING; PUNCHING; CUTTING-OUT; STAMPING-OUT; SEVERING BY MEANS OTHER THAN CUTTING (marking-out, perforating or making buttonholes A41H25/00; shoemaking A43D; surgery A61B; punching metal B21D; drilling metal B23B; cutting of metal by applying heat locally, e.g. flame cutting, B23K; cutting by abrasive fluid jets B24C5/02; details common to machines for severing B26D; drilling wood B27C; drilling 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; of glass C03B; of leather C14B; of textile materials D06H; for light guides G02B6/25; of tickets G07B) - B65H: HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES - B31B: MAKING CONTAINERS OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER (making wound articles, e.g. wound tubes, B31C; combined making and filling B65B) - Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION ## Abstract A device for enhancing and processing printed cardboard, cardboard packaging, paperboard, paper or similar substrates (2), especially designed for a rotational stamping process, wherein the substrate (2) can be introduced in between two rotating processing cylinders (4, 5) in an advance direction (A) and is processed as it passes there through by tool parts (7, 8) acting in a working gap (6). The inventive device (1; 1′; 1″; 1′″) is provided with a processing cylinder (4) having at least one gripper (9) for register-controlled conveyance of the substrate (2). ## Claims ### Claim 1 A device for producing a finished part and a waste portion residue by finishing, processing, cutting, and punching printed cardboard, cardboard packagings, corrugated board, paper and similar substrates using a rotary punching process, the device comprising: a first rotating processing roller; a second rotating processing roller, said second processing roller cooperating with said first processing roller to define a working gap between said first processing roller and said second processing roller; tool parts disposed on at least one of said first processing roller and said second processing roller to process the substrates when those substrates are inserted in a feed direction into said working gap; at least one gripper disposed on at least one of said first processing roller and said second processing roller, said at least one gripper effecting a register-controlled transport of the substrates; and means for splitting off and separating the finished part from the waste portion. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein said gripper holds the waste portion after processing and removes it from said working gap. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein said splitting-off and separating means comprise means for holding the waste portion and for removing the waste portion from said working gap using at least one of suctioning and pressurized air. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein said splitting-off and separating means comprise a discharge device for accepting the finished part and a disposal device for accepting the waste portion, said discharge device and said disposal device positioned downstream of said first and said second processing roller. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The device of claim 4, wherein said splitting-off and separating means comprise at least one of a vacuum suction device and a pressurized air system disposed proximate an end of said discharge device facing said first and said second processing roller to assist in separating the finished part from the waste portion. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, further comprising a laser processing unit disposed proximate said first and said second processing roller. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein said splitting-off and separating means comprise a module member having selectively applicable discharge devices to facilitate a three-fold discharge option without having to displace components. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The device of claim 7, wherein said module member comprises means for discharging the substrate without processing, means for discharging a pre-punched intermediate product, means for discharging the waste portion separated from the punched-out finished part, and means for discharging the finished part. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein said splitting-off and separating means comprise a delivery roller disposed downstream of said first and said second processing roller to receive the substrate. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The device of claim 9, wherein said splitting-off and separating means comprise a discharge conveyer band having an adjustable conveying angle, said conveyer band receiving the substrate from said delivery roller. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, further comprising a feed device disposed directly upstream of said first and said second processing rollers at a reception side thereof to supply the substrates in a registered manner. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein said splitting-off and separating means comprise a downstream discharge device to receive at least one of a punched-out substrate and an initially punched intermediate product and a downstream disposal device to receive the waste portion. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The device of claim 12, wherein said disposal device comprises at least one of a vacuum suctioning unit disposed proximate to an end of said discharge device facing said first and said second processing rollers and an air blowing system, said at least one of said vacuum suctioning unit and said air blowing system for supporting separation of the substrate from the waste portion. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The device of claim 12, wherein said discharge device comprises a table whose upper side receives and transports the finished parts, wherein a receiving end of said table defines, together with a lower one of said first and said second processing roller, a passage gap for downward passage of the waste part to said disposal device. ### Claim 15 (depends on 12) The device of claim 12, further comprising a delivering roller disposed for accepting the substrate from a lower one of said first and said second processing roller as an intermediate product, wherein said discharge device comprises a discharge conveyer band having an adjustable conveying direction and cooperating with said delivery roller. ### Claim 16 (depends on 9) The device of claim 9, wherein said delivering roller comprises grippers to transfer the substrate, processed over an entire length thereof, to said delivery roller. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein said tool parts are structured and disposed to generate a rolling, stamped-line path on the substrate. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The device of claim 17, wherein said first and to said second processing rollers have ratio of diameter to width which is less than or equal to 1:1. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The device of claim 18, wherein said ratio is less than one of 1:1.2 and 1:1.4.