Patent ID: 7168354
Filing Date: 2007-01-30
Classification: B26D,B26F,B29C,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A trim press article handling apparatus for guiding a web having articles formed therein between coacting cutting dies, comprising: a treadle including a web guide plate and a pair of guide strips configured to guide the web along the plate and between adjacent articles to align the articles relative to the coacting cutting dies, the first guide strip provided on a first guide member and spaced from the plate at most 3.5 times a thickness of the web and the second guide strip provided on a second guide member and spaced from the plate at least 3.5 times the thickness of the web; and an article detector having an optical emitter and an optical detector, the emitter is carried by one of the first guide member and the second guide member, and the detector is carried by another of the first guide member and the second guide member,the article detector carried by the treadle and configured to detect position of the articles relative to the coacting cutting dies by receiving a light signal from the emitter when an article is conveyed through a path of the light signal to trigger detection of the article.