Patent ID: 8037794
Filing Date: 2011-10-18
Classification: B26D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A cutting machine for cutting elongated products into articles of a predetermined length, comprising (a) a feed path along which said elongated products are advanced toward a cutting head; (2) at least one pusher constrained to a flexible member for pushing said elongated products along said feed path towards said cutting head; and (3) a cutting head comprising at least one cutting tool rotating about an axis of rotation and moving cyclically, wherein said at least one cutting tool comprises at least two disc blades which are rotatable about a common rotation axle and are spaced apart by said length, wherein a first blade of said at least two disc blades is supported by a first plate and a second blade of said at least two disc blades rotatable about said common rotation axle with the first blade is supported by a second plate, distance between said first plate and said second plate being adjustable to adjust distance between said at least two disc blades; and a rotating element supported by a rotating shaft and on which said common rotation axle of said at least two disc blades is supported, the at least two disc blades moving along a substantially circular orbit about an axis of the rotating shaft, wherein said first plate and said second plate form part of said rotating element, and wherein the first plate is supported by said rotating shaft and the second plate is torsionally constrained to the first plate to rotate integral therewith and with said rotating shaft.