Patent ID: 7044040

Claim:
A stitch tab scrap stripper and die comprising: a pivot arm having a stripper segment and a biasing segment; a pivot shaft on said pivot arm intermediate said stripper segment and said biasing segment, said pivot shaft pivotably securing said pivot arm to a stitch tab die cutting block, said stitch tab die cutting block being securable to a slotter roller of a box blank slotter; biasing means engaging said biasing segment of said pivot arm and exerting a biasing force on said biasing segment, said biasing force opposing movement of said stripper segment with respect to said stitch tab die cutting block about said pivot shaft; and stitch tab scrap engaging means on said stripper segment and spaced from said pivot shaft, said stripper segment of said pivot arm acting to eject a stitch tab scrab severed from a box blank in response to movement of said biasing segment about said pivot shaft, said stripper segment being moved away from said stitch tab die cutting block during rotation of the slotter roller of the box blank slotter.