Patent ID: 6926653

Claim:
A device for separating and stripping waste material from a blank during a manufacturing process, said device comprising: a first and a second rotatable cylinder, said cylinders positioned so that the surfaces of the cylinders are horizontal and aligned so that waste material may pass therebetween when said cylinders rotate; a pin and sleeve assembly coupled to the second cylinder, the pin and sleeve assembly including a pin extending through the surface of the second cylinder and adapted to couple waste material to the second cylinder, the pin and sleeve assembly further including a sleeve that is selectively slidable between a retracted position in which the pin is exposed and an extended position in which the pin is concealed; and a tube positioned within an interior portion of the second cylinder and having at least one aperture formed therein, the aperture directed generally radially outwardly so that when the second cylinder rotates the pin and sleeve assembly past the aperture, fluid flowing through the aperture will force the sleeve of the pin and sleeve assembly to slide from the retracted position to the extended position and thereby remove any waste material coupled to the pin.