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Apparatus and method for slitting thin webs

US5794500A · kind A · utility

16Cited by
25References
23Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateDec 31, 1996
Grant dateAug 18, 1998
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Expiry dateDec 31, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T83/8776
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Knives (28, 30, 122) are held in tangential, resilient (106, 108) or fixed (132, 136) contact with a surface of an air bar (12-20) or air table (142); so that a web (26) moving on a cushion of air (46) over the air bar or table is cleanly slit into webs (32, 34, 36) of smaller width.

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