Patent ID: 6058818
Filing Date: 2000-05-09
Classification: B26D,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A rotary knife apparatus for a web of filled pouches, comprising: first and second parallel rotary shafts, each of said first and second rotary shafts having a drive end and a knife hub support end, said first and second rotary shafts each being supported at two spaced locations along said respective shafts proximate said drive end to thereby cantilever said respective knife hub support ends; andfirst and second knife hubs detachably mounted on said respective knife hub support ends of said rotary shafts, each of said knife hubs having a respective plurality of knife blades radially extending therefrom in respective planes parallel to respective axes of rotation of said first and second rotary shafts for cooperating in shear to cut said filled pouches from said web,said first and second knife hubs being mountable on and removable from said respective knife hub support ends of said first and second rotary shafts to accommodate changeovers to different pitch knife diameters.