Patent ID: 6949059
Filing Date: 2005-09-27
Classification: B26D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A device for stripping a waste material from an article cut from one of a blank and a web, comprising: first and second separating cylinders, said cylinders defining a space therebetween which receives said cut article, wherein at least one protrusion extends from a surface of said second cylinder to couple the waste material to said second cylinder, and wherein said second cylinder has at least one substantially continuous groove formed therein; means for guiding said article into said space defined between said first and second cylinders; a stripping plate having an upper surface and a leading edge positioned in close proximity to said second cylinder, said stripping plate extending substantially the length of said second cylinder; and at least one stripping finger extending from said leading edge of said stripping plate, wherein at least a portion of said stripping finger extends within said at least one continuous groove formed in said second cylinder, said stripping finger being positioned in said space between said second cylinder and waste material as said second cylinder rotates toward said stripping finger so that the waste material is removed from said at least one protrusions and stripped from said second cylinder onto said upper surface of said plate, and wherein said leading edge of said stripping plate is in close proximity to said surface of said second cylinder and includes at least one recess positioned adjacent to said at least one finger for accommodating said at least one protrusion.