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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2000
Filed:
Aug. 15, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
John Lawrence Herman, Huber Heights, OH (US);
Assignee:
Heidelberg Druckmaschinen AG, Heidelberg, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B26D / ; B26D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
83 35 ; 83 39 ; 834041 ; 83934 ; 83956 ;
Abstract
The present invention is related to a trimming station for sheet like articles comprising a first conveyor assembly (2) conveying sheet material (3) in a first orientation (4) having a first trimming section (16) with vibrating trimming elements (19, 20). Further, a sheet material reorienting section (23) is provided for the sheet material (3). Reoriented sheet material articles (3) are conveyed in a second orientation (25) to a second conveyor assembly (24) having a second trimming section (33) with trimming elements (34, 35).