Divider fin assembly for die-cut blanks

A fin assembly mounted in a die cutting machine to guide and align at least two blanks cut from a sheet in the machine as the blanks are fed through the machine, wherein the fin assembly comprises:

• at least one fin having length and height dimensions and a narrow thickness wherein said at least one fin has at least one opening therethrough that functions to vent air as blanks fall past said at least one fin,
• a generally rectangularly shaped opening is formed through said at least one fin adjacent but spaced from a T-shaped cut-out, and a small opening extends between said T-shared opening and said rectangularly shaped opening, and
• a set screw extends through said small opening for tightening against a mounting bar to secure said at least one fin in position on said mounting bar,
• said mounting bar has a front surface and a back surface, and
• a plurality of openings extend through said mounting bar from said front surface to said back surface,
• attaching means each comprises a mounting bracket having a substantially rectangularly shaped top wall with a front flange depending from a front edge thereof and a back flange depending from a back edge thereof, said back flange having a lip on an inner bottom edge thereof in opposed facing relation to the front flange, and said front flange having a plurality of countersunk openings therethrough, and
• fasteners extended through the openings in the ends of said mounting bar and into the openings in said mounting bracket front flange to secure the mounting bracket to the mounting bar, said mounting bracket being adapted to be secured to a frame member of a die cutting machine;
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• attaching means is associated with at least one of said openings at each end of said mounting bar to secure said mounting bar to a frame member of a die cutting machine;
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• means mounting said at least one fin in the die cutting machine in a position so that the length dimension of said at least one fin is in substantial alignment with a respective cut separating two blanks die cut in the machine, so that the blanks fall on opposite sides of said at least one fin as they are fed through the machine, whereby said at least one fin keeps the blanks separate and aligns them as they are fed through the machine.