Cutting – With means to convey work relative to tool station – Cut made parallel to direction of and during work movement
Patent
1994-06-27
1996-07-30
Peterson, Kenneth E.
Cutting
With means to convey work relative to tool station
Cut made parallel to direction of and during work movement
83167, 83343, 83423, B26D 140, B26D 718
Patent
active
055401279
ABSTRACT:
A process for cutting a moving strip to form a series of plates, such as battery plates, includes the initial step of transporting the strip past a rotary divider including a cutter having radial blades configured to cut the strip into the plates. The cutter further has a set of blades for cutting individual pieces from the strip, which pieces are not part of the plates. As the cutter blades cut the strip to form the plates and pieces, a vacuum system applies suction to draw the pieces cut from the strip inwardly into the cutter through holes in the cutter, and then out of the cutter. The holes are each located adjacent each one of the corresponding blades and are shaped and positioned to permit the cut-away piece to pass through. In a preferred embodiment, the vacuum system includes a pair of vacuum manifolds that apply suction at opposite ends of the cylindrical cutter. An apparatus for carrying out the foregoing process accordingly includes a rotary divider as described above provided with a vacuum system. Battery plates made according to the foregoing process are improved in that the two lower corners have a rounded shape lacking a sharp edge which tends to tear an adjacent separator. Such a plate may be inserted bottom end first into a separator envelope to form a plate element for use in a lead-acid battery.
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Binder Richard R. W.
Cantillon Daniel J.
Schneider Jeffrey J.
Globe-Union Inc.
Peterson Kenneth E.
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