Patent ID: 6640684
Filing Date: 2003-11-04
Classification: B65B,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A device for cutting blister packs, having a selected crosswise dimension or length, from a blister band driven in a forward direction to a shearing station of a blister packing machine having shearing means for crosswise severing blister packs on the blister band, the device comprising:cutting means situated before said shearing means, said cutting means operated along side edges of said blister band for cutting side strips extending beyond said crosswise dimension or length of said blister packs; cut out means situated after the cutting means and before said shearing means for cutting shaped pieces of said blister band in alignment with a cutting line of said cutting means, to define corner zones of said blister packs; said cutting means being movable crosswise with said cut out means for adjustment of the crosswise dimension or length of said blister packs when the size of the blister packs is changed, the distance between said cut out and said shearing means being adjustable for adjustment of a lengthwise dimension or a width of said blister packs when the size of the blister packs is changed and for making the shearing means act in a region of said corner zones defined by said cut out means.