Cutting – Tool or tool with support – Rotatable type
Reexamination Certificate
1999-03-31
2001-03-06
Rachuba, M. (Department: 3724)
Cutting
Tool or tool with support
Rotatable type
C083S663000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06196105
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a cutting tool set for cutting paper or sheet webs, particularly for cutting off product packings by successive cutting through cross sealed areas of a tubular packing material with enclosed products such as edible ice bodies, comprising a knife with a sharp edge and means for pressing the knife against an anvil for cutting through an intermediate web.
2. Description of Related Art
In so-called flow packing systems, e.g. for packaging of ice lollies, the products are supplied with mutual spacing to an advanced paper or sheet web, which is currently folded about the products to form a tubular wrapping, this being currently closed by a length sealing and by cross sealing in the areas between the products. At the discharge end of the line a cutting of the web is effected through the cross sealed areas for successive separation of individual packings.
Normally, this cutting is effected by means of a knife and a backing anvil mounted on opposed rotary shafts, between which the sheet web is advanced. During the rotation the knife is forced against the anvil, whereby the web is cut. The knife may have a straight or an undulated cutting edge. The knife and/or the the anvil may be supported resiliently in the radial direction.
For achieving a safe cutting operation the knife should be positioned relative to the anvil with regard being had to the type and dimension of the web to be cut. Also, the pressure between the knife and the anvil should be adapted to this positioning and the said web conditions. If the pressure is too weak the knife may not cut the web entirely, e.g. leaving fibres in the cutting line uncut. On the other hand, if the cutting pressure is too high the cutting edge will be pressed flat, whereby the cutting ability is reduced. In order to counteract such a wear the knife and the anvil may be arranged resiliently relative to each other, but still it is difficult to ensure both an efficient cutting and a long lifetime of the knife. It is necessary to adjust the positions of the knife and the anvil very precisely for securing a safe cutting operation.
However, such an adjustment can be very time-consuming and troublesome, and on this background it is the purpose of the present invention to provide a cutting arrangement that will protect the cutting edge against deformtion and is easily adjustable to a desired pressure between the knife and the anvil.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
According to the invention this is achievable by way of the opposite ends of the knife edge is shaped with shoulder portions for abutting corresponding abutment portions on the anvil, these cooperating parts having their interabutting surface sections located such that a full pressing together of the parts will result in only a slight, purely resilient deformation of the knife edge area as forced against the anvil. Advantage is here taken by the fact that the knife edge, within a certain limit, is pressure deformable in a purely resilient manner without this doing any harm to the sharp edge. By means of the indicated shoulder and abutment portions it will be ensured beforehand both that the knife can effectively engage the anvil for the cutting operation and that it cannot, on the other hand, be forced against the anvil so strongly as to undergo a permanent deformation. Due to the fact that this is secured purely locally already by the very shaping of the cooperating parts, there will be no need for any special adjustment of the mounting of the tool parts, and these will be remarkable for high efficiency and long duration.
In practice the possible resilient depressability of the cutting edge will be limited to a range of some 0.05 mm, i.e. a very short movement. For that reason it is also relevant to consider a possible compressability or resiliency of the heavier portions as constituted by the shoulder and abutment parts, inasfar as this should be taken into account in connection with the magnitude of the required actuation pressure if the tool parts are to be held reasonably small sized. Thus, it is possible to provide different sets of tools with uniform knife equipment for use in different pressure ranges, where, then, some part of the pressure deformation of the cutting edge will, to a higher or lower degree, be due to a further displacement after the shoulder and abutment faces having been brought to engage each other. The resiliency or yieldability of these faces can be modified, e.g. by a suitable material choice or by a formation of grooves in the surfaces. Moreover, such grooves will contribute to a more well defined deformation, because the grooves, during the cutting operation, will act as channels through which any possible dirt can be forced away. Likewise, it may be possible to design the shoulder face with different geometries, e.g. triangular or rectangular shapes for achieving this effect.
In mounting the knife or the anvil so as to be supported by a spring system, such that the force with which they are pressed together is established as a spring force, the actual force may be adjusted through a suitable choice of the resiliency of such a spring system.
The anvil may be provided with an unbroken surface, without any jump along the cutting line. In that case the edge deformation is predominantly defined by the level of the shoulder faces relative to that of thee knife edge.
Alternatively, the anvil can be made with a pair of shoulder portions, the positions of which in the cutting line corresponds to the shoulder faces on the knife element. This may be advantageous if, for example, the material choice for the elements of the cutting system is conditioned by other production conditions, such that a safe cutting is not necessarily ascertained by a cutting arrangement with a planar basis.
The knife edge may be designed as a straight edge or a zig-zag shaped or undulated edge, all according to the desired type of the cutting.
In a cutting arrangement according to the invention the knife and the anvil may be pressed together through rotary or translatoric movements or combinations thereof.
In the following the invention is described in more detail with reference to the drawings.
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Hansen Per Henrik
Krener Ole
Flores Sanchez Omar
Nixon & Peabody LLP
Rachuba M.
Safran David S.
Tetra Laval Food Hoyer A/S
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