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4991471 Three-point-contacting pliers for breaking glass  
A three-point-contacting pliers for breaking glass along a prescored line has two opposing movable jaws. One jaw has a central projection. To provide an easy exact alignment of the three points of...
4988027 Apparatus for cutting glass  
The invention deals with an apparatus and method for cutting laminated glass. The glass is delivered from a rack to a two-part table on which the glass is to be cut. The glass is partially cut and...
4987814 Turret assembly for cutting machine head  
A turret assembly, having peripheral stations for mounting a glass-cutting wheel, and for mounting two different blades for cutting mat and plastic sheet, is attached to a cutting head by a bolt....
4940176 Apparatus for cutting workpieces of glass, ceramics, and like material  
An apparatus for cutting a workpiece of glass, ceramic, or like material on a surface of which an incised cutting line has been formed beforehand has a backing roller made of an acrylic resin on...
4922886 Tile parting device  
A tile 14 to be parted along a pre scored parting line is grasped between a pair of elements 36 which contact one surface of the tile on either side of the line, and a further element 30 which...
4910991 Tube end double end forming method and apparatus  
A continuous supply of tubing is fed intermittently into a work station. Partial cuts are made at periodic intervals by a cutoff head that operates in timed relation with tube clamping device. Tube...
4896649 Device for breaking off tips of ampules  
A method and device for the opening of breakable ampules, especially glass test tubes, includes a scoring tool for scratching the end which can be removed by a break-off device. A clean scratching...
4892020 Workpiece support system for cutting machine  
A wall-mounted support system for a sheet-cutting machine employs a workpiece clamping unit, and a set of rack units to provide endwise support for the workpiece. The clamping unit is comprised of...
4881439 Cutting apparatus for sheet material  
Cutter apparatus is provided for sheet material, such as glass, plastic (e.g., plexiglass) or matte boards, particularly designed for use in picture framing, although also usable wherever such...
4871104 Automatic vertical glass cutting machine  
The invention provides an automatic vertical glass cutting machine, including a cutting-wheel holder carriage which is movable vertically over a predetermined height of a vertical rap under the...
4865241 Method and apparatus for subdividing into pieces a ceramic plate  
The invention provides a method and apparatus for breaking ceramic substrates which are used in the manufacture of hybrid electronic circuits. The substrate to be divided is subjected to a...
4858804 Method and apparatus for separating interconnected stacks  
A method and apparatus for separating interconnected stacks in a pack of multiple stacks. The pack is confined and an impact wheel is pivoted into the pack at the juncture of the interconnected...
4852244 Optical fiber stripping and breaking apparatus  
An apparatus for preparing an optical fiber for connection to another optical fiber is comprised of a clamp for gripping an optical fiber at a first location, a mechanism for transversely severing...
4834275 Apparatus for acting on glass sheets  
A device for breaking off edge strips from a blank, within which model glass sheets of present shape are scratched. The breaking off edge operation takes place with the aid of pressure pins, placed...
4815644 Apparatus for segmenting building boards  
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for segmenting groove molded building boards. In a preferred embodiment, a sheet of groove molded board is conveyed onto a first apparatus...
4805821 Automatic ampule opener  
An ampule opener is provided for automatically opening ampules. The ampule opener is especially suitable for use in a robotic sterility test system and is provided with a pneumatic actuator means...
4804319 Process for compacting iron particles and subsequent breaking apart of the compacted iron band  
An apparatus for the passivating, multistage compaction of hot iron particles supplied in the form of a packed bed from a reduction unit and for the subsequent breaking apart of the compacted iron...
4774930 Anti-scuff boots for tile cutting equipment  
A set of anti-scuff boots for a tile cutter comprises a pair of loops made from a soft, durable material such as leather for demountably mounting on the breaking wings of the tile cutter. The loops...
4770156 Apparatus for cutting substantially flat ceramic pieces  
Apparatus for cutting substantially flat ceramics pieces, having a frame for supporting the piece to be cut, over which a head carrying a cutting line-scoring tool slides. A freely-oscillating fork...
4742945 Method for segmenting building boards and apparatus therefor  
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for segmenting groove molded building boards. In a preferred embodiment, a sheet of groove molded board is conveyed onto a first apparatus...
4726500 Glass scoring machines  
Glass scoring machines for breaking glass along the lines of intricate patterns employing an intermittent feed dog glass advancing mechanism beneath the glass and a spring loaded glass scoring tool...
4720032 Portable rail breaker  
A rail segmenting machine for releasable attachment to the boom structure and hydraulic system of a hydraulic excavator. The present invention includes a frame consisting of rigid spaced apart...
4717058 Cutting tool for cutting divisible strips of contact elements  
A tool for cutting divisible strips of frangible material having pre-break lines disposed at predetermined spacings comprises an elongate channel support within which a slider captively slides. The...
RE32548 Tile parting devices  
The invention concerns a device for parting tiles, particularly ceramic tiles, along a predetermined path. The device includes measuring means having a caliper arrangement to measure the width of...
4702403 Rail breaker  
A shearing apparatus for breaking railroad type rails into small segments with a standard rail section including a base formed from a bottom flange on each side of the head connecting web. The...
4698088 Glass plate fabrication machine under automatic control  
A glass plate fabrication machine under automatic control comprises a work table moving linearly along the direction of feeding glass plates, a block moving linearly in the direction in...
4693232 Tile-cutting machine  
A tile-cutting machine consists of a main base on which the tile is placed, a guide rail mounted on the base, a handle on the guide rail so that it can move freely along the guide rail and has a...
4688707 Method and apparatus for cleaving optical fiber  
An optical fiber cleaving tool is disclosed wherein a housing insertably receives an optical fiber extending from a fiber optic ferrule. A cleaving module is contained in a housing for scoring the...
4662710 Method and apparatus for breaking an optical fiber  
A method of breaking an optical fiber comprises the steps of surrounding the fiber with elastomeric material in the region of the desired break location and then compressing the elastomeric...
4647300 Methods of making cutting implements and resulting products  
The invention comprises a method of forming cutting blades from solid vitreous material by first placing a mass of molten material into a mold having at least one indentation to cause a ridge to...
4646954 Railroad rail fragmenting apparatus and method for fragmenting rails  
An apparatus for and a method of fragmenting or subdividing bars or railroad rails are disclosed in which a plurality of rails are lifted by a front-end loader and placed on their sides on a chain...
4630764 Fiber optic cable cleaving tool  
A device for cleaving fiber optic cable includes a grooved drum about which a cable is reeved mounted on a base which includes clamps for the cable ends. A cleaving break is provided beneath a...
H000180 Assembling articles in a tube  
A column of flat articles such as chip carrier lids (10) are assembled in a tube (35). A base (18) supports a typical row of such lids (10), each with a back surface (14) on the base (18) and a...
4619387 Fiber optic cleaving tool  
A fiber optic cleaving tool includes, as one half of a clamping member, an elongated cleaver base pad which has one end fixed to an anvil which is mounted adjacent a cutter blade. The base pad...
4611735 Device for splitting at least one optical fibre  
For splitting an optical fibre the same is disposed on a flexible support. Two clamping devices bear onto the fibre and the flexible support, and a tool initiates the splitting of the fibre. The...
4607775 Device for cutting glass fibers  
An improved device for cutting glass fibers, which device has an anvil with a seating surface, a pair of clamps for grasping the fibers and holding them on the seating surface with the desired...
4595132 Device for fracturing glass along a scoreline  
A device for fracturing glass along a scoreline is disclosed which is particularly useful for forming glass pieces of irregular shapes, such as those utilized in stained glass artworks. The device...
4588119 Process and apparatus for obtaining inspection samples from wound coils  
A method and apparatus are provided for automatically cutting and retrieving for inspection a sample length of coiled material from an inner tab region of a wound coil using a machine having a...
4580708 Machine and method for rendering irradiated nuclear fuel pins into short lengths  
Irradiated nuclear fuel pins (30) comprising metal-sheathed refractory pellets are rendered into short lengths by notching at a pair of notching wheels (14) and providing a deflector block (18)...
4570838 Ampoule opener  
An ampoule opener which comprises an elongated flat body having a ceramic ampoule-neck scorer affixed in the body in a longitudinal dimension thereof, e.g. along a longitudinal edge or upon a...
4565310 Method and apparatus for cutting light waveguides  
A method and apparatus for cutting light waveguides by clamping the waveguides into clamping devices, stressing the clamped waveguides and then notching the stressed waveguides to initiate the...
4558622 Apparatus for cutting laminated glass  
A method and apparatus for cutting laminated glass, particularly large sheets. Laminated glass panes utilize two layers of glass having a thin layer of plastic material sandwiched adhesively...
4552291 Apparatus for breaking railroad rails  
A process and apparatus for breaking railroad rails into small pieces of predetermined length includes a trailer having an infeed conveyor mounted on the bed thereof. A rail breaker device is...
4549679 Method for slitting amorphous metal  
A strip of amorphous metal is separated into first and second strips by scribing a line in a surface of the strip, thus defining first and second parts of said strip located on opposite sides of...
4549678 Method and apparatus for separating a cut tube end  
A method and apparatus for separating a cut end (5) from a tubular element (T), such as a cast iron pipe. The element (T) is horizontal and placed on means (1) for supporting and driving it in...
4545515 Sheet cutting machine  
A machine for manually cutting glass, plastic and mat employs a head having a unique breaker assembly by which the break-out of scored plastic sheet is readily effected, and in which the pillar...
4538588 Method for forming glazed tile  
A method forming a glazed tile with the edges of the glaze in the planes of the side walls of the tile including breaking protruding glaze with a compressible sheet of material.
4522323 Rail lifting and breaking machine  
A railroad track rail lifting and breaking machine having a mobile frame to be drawn along the bed of a railroad track, runners directing downward thrust onto the ties, guides for directing the...
4516712 Cutting devices for tiles  
A tile cutter for separating into parts a ceramic tile or the like after scoring a break line, comprised of a pair of blocks hinged by stop hinges and having proximate edge faces cut away to...
4506817 Device for opening ampoules  
A device for opening ampoules comprises a hollow cylindrical body, the peripheral wall of which has slits forming two halves which can flex relatively apart or together at an open end of said body...