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Apparatus for cutting elongate pieces

US5195415A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 24, 1992
Grant dateMar 23, 1993
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Expiry dateJan 24, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T83/9447
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A power-driven chopper for cutting up elongate material. The chopper includes a pair of feed rolls, each of which is motor-driven, delivering material to an anvil. A knife on a knife pivot arm is moved in an arc pass the knife to cut material. A motor actuates the knife pivot arm, and the motors for the feed rolls and the knife pivot arm are actuated in timed relation.

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