Patent ID: 7171881
Filing Date: 2007-02-06
Classification: B65H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for cutting and transporting sheet materials comprising: I) a vacuum conveyor for transporting sheet materials comprising an endless perforated belt, wherein said perforated belt extends over a first vacuum plate situated at a first angle relative to horizontal having first longitudinal openings, and wherein said perforated belt extends over a second vacuum plate situated at a second angle relative to horizontal which is not equal to said first angle having second longitudinal openings; and II) a rotary die cutter, said rotary die cutter being adapted to cut a continuous web so as to form cut workpieces, wherein said vacuum conveyor and rotary die cutter are arranged such that an emerging portion of a cut workpiece becomes held by the action of a vacuum, drawn through said perforated belt and said first vacuum plate, before said cut workpiece is fully separated from said continuous web.