Patent ID: 6589148
Filing Date: 2003-07-08
Classification: B26D,B31B

Abstract:
A moveable presser rail assembly for supporting blanking material during operation of a blanking tool for making packaging blanks, the moveable presser rail assembly comprising:a. a mount housing having a cavity that defines at least one stop shoulder, and at least one conical shoulder protruding into the cavity and having a tip of the conical shoulder at a point of farthest protrusion of the at least one conical shoulder into the cavity; b. a pivot sleeve secured within the cavity of the mount housing, the pivot sleeve having an upper edge, at least one convex edge, and the pivot sleeve being dimensioned to be secured within the cavity of the mount housing so that when the upper edge of the pivot sleeve contacts the stop shoulder, a contact corner of the at least one convex edge of the pivot sleeve is positioned adjacent to the tip of the at least one conical shoulder of the mount housing; c. a guide strut secured within the pivot sleeve by a spring biasing means for biasing a fastening end of the guide strut to move away from the mount housing; and, d. a presser rail rigidly secured to the fastening end of the guide strut.