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Slitting apparatus

US4142455A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 5, 1977
Grant dateMar 6, 1979
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 5, 1997

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T83/7826
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Apparatus is disclosed for slitting a web of material such as paperboard utilizing at least two rotatable turrets disposed one above the other. Each turret has a pair of shafts adapted to have blades selectively positionable thereon by way of a master shifter which adjusts the blades for the next production run on one of the shafts which is in an inoperative position while the other shaft on each turret is in an operative position. PAC BACKGROUND Slitting apparatus particularly of the type known as an automatic slitter-scorer which includes either a computer or a mini-processor have been proposed heretofore. See U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,651,723; 3,961,547; 3,646,418; 3,831,502, 3,587,374; 4,010,677; 4,033,217. In the apparatus disclosed in said patents, blades are moved along a shaft to a predetermined position and then secured to the shaft for rotation therewith. There is a need for a slitting apparatus such as a paper-board slitter-scorer which facilitates automatic adjustment of blades disposed in an inoperative position while other blades are in an operative position with respect to the moving web. There is a need for such apparatus which is structurally interrelated in a manner so tha…

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