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Cutting apparatus employing a magnet

US8978530B2 · kind B2 · utility

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27Claims

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Assignee

Key Technology, Inc. · US

Inventors

Robert E. Jones · McKinney, US
Robert B. Thompson · Thousand Oaks, US

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 25, 2011
Grant date	Mar 17, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 13, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T83/9459
WIPO fieldMachine tools
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A cutting apparatus is disclosed and which includes a cutter knife which is reciprocally moveable along a path of travel, a track member mounted adjacent to the cutter knife, and which mechanically cooperates with the cutter knife so as to define, at least in part, a first non-cutting position, and the second, cutting position for the cutter knife, and a magnet mounted on the track member and which releasably magnetically restrains the cutter knife when the cutter knife is in either of the first non-cutting position, or the second, cutting position.

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