Patent ID: 6325952
Filing Date: 2001-12-04
Classification: B26D,B26F,B29L,Y10T

Abstract:
A continuous gasket making machine comprising:a. a feed bed adapted to receive a moving web of gasket material; said feed bed having a first opening a second opening and a third opening therethrough; said openings being spaced apart from each other;b. gasket material unrolling means for removing rolled gasket material from a roll, flattening it and feeding it to said feed bed, mounted at one end of said feed bed;c. a cutting roller mounted over said first opening next to said gasket material unrolling means;d. a radially compensated cutter, mounted on the circumference of said cutting roller, designed to cut the outline of a gasket, including the center hole, into said gasket material as said roller rotates;e. a receiving roller mounted under said first opening so that said radially compensated cutter contacts said receiving roller tangentially;f. center scrap removing means for removing and collecting the center hole scrap, mounted adjacent said second opening next to said cutting roller;g. gasket removing means for removing and collecting said gasket, mounted adjacent said third opening next to said center scrap removing means; andh. means for powering said cutting roller, said center scrap removing means and said gasket removing means.