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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 15, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Masaaki Sakaguchi, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Kazumasa Harada, Minamiashigara, JP;
Shuji Nakata, Minamiashigara, JP;
Masayoshi Sekino, Minamiashigara, JP;
Assignee:
Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd., Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B31B 1/14 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B31B 1/14 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for machining a web-shaped workpiece includes a workpiece supply for supplying workpiece rolls each of an elongate thin metal sheet, a processing machine for machining the elongate thin metal sheet into caps, a workpiece feeder for feeding the elongate thin metal sheet to the processing machine, and a product feeder for automatically separating the caps from scrap and feeding the caps to a product collecting mechanism. The apparatus is capable of efficiently and quickly producing various products from the elongate thin metal sheet.