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Steel rule die and method

US5140872A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 25, 1988
Grant dateAug 25, 1992
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Expiry dateMay 25, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T83/0414
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A steel rule die set and method for cutting and scoring sheet material in which the male cutting and scoring die has a steel rule with knife and scoring edges secured firmly in a metal face plate having retaining laser cut openings and a complementary female counter plate having a metal plate with laser cut score lines in juxtaposition to the steel rule score edges.

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