Patent ID: 6997364
Filing Date: 2006-02-14
Classification: B26D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A lower frame assembly for a carton die cutting machine, comprising: a lower blanking tool having an outer frame and an inner grid for supporting a sheet of die paper material during a blanking operation; a pull-out frame disposed beneath said lower blanking tool; and a locator bracket mounting on one of said lower blanking tool or pull-out frame for positioning said lower blanking tool at a desired location with respect to said pull-out frame, said bracket including a spring member releasably engageable with the other of said lower blanking tool or pull-out frame for interconnecting said lower blanking tool and pull-out frame; wherein: the outer frame of said lower blanking tool includes a longitudinally extending side rail; said pull-out frame includes a cross rail extending crosswise with respect to said side rail; said locator bracket is mounted on said side rail with said spring member projecting therefrom generally in a first direction; the cross rail includes a spring-receiving groove formed therein for receiving said spring member and a top surface extending substantially parallel to said sheet of die paper material having the spring-receiving groove formed therein, the spring-receiving groove including a beveled surface; said spring member including an angled surface engagement with the beveled surface; and said locator bracket further includes a datum member projecting therefrom in a second direction, generally parallel to the first direction, the datum member engageable with one of said side rail or cross rail for positioning said lower blanking tool in said pull-out frame and for aligning the spring member with the spring receiving groove.