Patent ID: 7841263

Claim:
Apparatus for cutting tubes comprising: a counter-holder arranged to receive a tube, said counter-holder having an ejector sleeve mounted thereon, wherein said ejector sleeve is movable along the counter-holder, a cutting tool that is movable to a cutting position during a cutting process, a slide carrying the cutting tool and carrying an ejector, said ejector having a coupling element that can travel in a direction toward the counter-holder and engage a seating of said ejector sleeve, and a programmable control to control the movement of said slide, said cutting tool and said ejector sleeve, wherein the movement of said slide is controlled between an initial position and an ejector position, such that for cutting the tube, the cut-off lengths of tubular sleeves are freely settable by moving said slide to position said cutting tool, and for ejecting the cut-off lengths of tubular sleeves, the slide is positioned in the ejector position and said coupling element is actuated to engage said seating of said ejector sleeve to couple said ejector sleeve to said slide to strip off the tubular sleeves from the counter-holder when moving the slide from the ejector position to the initial position.