EP0295910A1 - Integrated cutting blade assembly - Google Patents
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- EP0295910A1 EP0295910A1 EP19880305499 EP88305499A EP0295910A1 EP 0295910 A1 EP0295910 A1 EP 0295910A1 EP 19880305499 EP19880305499 EP 19880305499 EP 88305499 A EP88305499 A EP 88305499A EP 0295910 A1 EP0295910 A1 EP 0295910A1
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B26—HAND CUTTING TOOLS; CUTTING; SEVERING
- B26F—PERFORATING; PUNCHING; CUTTING-OUT; STAMPING-OUT; SEVERING BY MEANS OTHER THAN CUTTING
- B26F1/00—Perforating; Punching; Cutting-out; Stamping-out; Apparatus therefor
- B26F1/38—Cutting-out; Stamping-out
- B26F1/44—Cutters therefor; Dies therefor
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B26—HAND CUTTING TOOLS; CUTTING; SEVERING
- B26F—PERFORATING; PUNCHING; CUTTING-OUT; STAMPING-OUT; SEVERING BY MEANS OTHER THAN CUTTING
- B26F1/00—Perforating; Punching; Cutting-out; Stamping-out; Apparatus therefor
- B26F1/38—Cutting-out; Stamping-out
- B26F1/40—Cutting-out; Stamping-out using a press, e.g. of the ram type
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B26—HAND CUTTING TOOLS; CUTTING; SEVERING
- B26F—PERFORATING; PUNCHING; CUTTING-OUT; STAMPING-OUT; SEVERING BY MEANS OTHER THAN CUTTING
- B26F1/00—Perforating; Punching; Cutting-out; Stamping-out; Apparatus therefor
- B26F1/38—Cutting-out; Stamping-out
- B26F1/44—Cutters therefor; Dies therefor
- B26F2001/4463—Methods and devices for rule setting, fixation, preparing cutting dies
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B26—HAND CUTTING TOOLS; CUTTING; SEVERING
- B26F—PERFORATING; PUNCHING; CUTTING-OUT; STAMPING-OUT; SEVERING BY MEANS OTHER THAN CUTTING
- B26F1/00—Perforating; Punching; Cutting-out; Stamping-out; Apparatus therefor
- B26F1/38—Cutting-out; Stamping-out
- B26F1/44—Cutters therefor; Dies therefor
- B26F2001/4472—Cutting edge section features
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B26—HAND CUTTING TOOLS; CUTTING; SEVERING
- B26F—PERFORATING; PUNCHING; CUTTING-OUT; STAMPING-OUT; SEVERING BY MEANS OTHER THAN CUTTING
- B26F1/00—Perforating; Punching; Cutting-out; Stamping-out; Apparatus therefor
- B26F1/38—Cutting-out; Stamping-out
- B26F1/44—Cutters therefor; Dies therefor
- B26F2001/4481—Cutters therefor; Dies therefor having special lateral or edge outlines or special surface shapes, e.g. apertures
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- This invention relates to an integrated cutting blade assembly used for cutting sheet members.
- sheet members including surface cover members, members forming surfaces of articles of furniture, thin sheets of wood sheets of rubber, sheets of paper, etc., and they find wide ranges of applications.
- the integrated cutting blade assembly of the present invention is especially advantageously utilized for cutting surface cover members covering the surface of seat, etc. installed in automobiles.
- Surface cover members such as trim covers or moquettes used as covers for seats of automobiles are mass-produced by cutting a plurality of such surface cover members of standard dimensions at the same time by a set of cutting blades sized to conform to the desired shapes of the surface cover members.
- a plurality of cutting blades 1A, 1B and 1C as shown in Fig. 11a are prepared, each of which is formed by bending a steel plate into the desired shape and welded endwise as shown at W in Fig. 11a.
- Such cutting blades are juxtaposed on a table 5 of a press as shown in Fig.
- cutting blades 2A to 2E of various shapes required for cutting various parts of the surface of a seat are arranged as shown in Fig. 12a and, after being partly embedded and fixed in a plywood board 6 as shown in Fig. 12b, the assembly is placed on a table 5 of a press.
- an integrated cutting blade assembly for cutting sheet members comprising a plurality of main blade sections, and a plurality of common blade sections, the main blade sections being integrally welded to adjacent ones of the common blade sections to form a plurality of cutting blades.
- a first embodiment of the integrated cutting blade assembly of the present invention shown in Figs. 1a and 1b corresponds to the prior art example shown in Fig. 11a.
- the integrated cutting blade assembly shown in Figs. 1a and 1b is intended to cut three sheet members having a shape substantially the same as that of sheet members cut by the three cutting blades 1A, 1B and 1C shown in Fig. 11a.
- This integrated cutting blade assembly of the present invention comprises a plurality of outer main blade sections 3A and a plurality of inner common blade sections 3B and 3C. Such an assembly is formed by the steps of bending a web of steel into a form having three semicircular sections in each half as shown in Fig.
- a second embodiment shown in Figs. 2a and 2b corresponds to the prior art example shown in Fig. 12a.
- the integrated cutting blade assembly shown in Figs. 2a and 2b is intended to cut a plurality of sheet members having shapes substantially the same as those of sheet members cut by the cutting blades 2A to 2E shown in Fig. 12a.
- common blade sections 4C, 4D, 4E and 4G are disposed inside of main blade sections 4A, 4B and 4F, and the former are welded to the latter at welds W as shown in Fig. 2b.
- the integral formation of such a plurality of cutting blades provides a sufficient mechanical strength from the structural aspect, so that the plywood board 6 shown in Fig. 12b is unnecessary.
- pipes 7A and 7B may be welded to the back side of the integrated cutting blade assembly to increase the mechanical strength as shown in Fig. 3, and another pipe 7C may also be welded in a relation orthogonal with respect to the pipes 7A and 7B as also shown in Fig. 3, so that the integrated cutting blade assembly can be carried by the bend.
- Other blade sections, for example, blade sections 4I and 4J may be additionally provided.
- a plurality of magnets 8A and 8B are preferably fixed to the integrated cutting blade assembly so that the integrated cutting blade assembly can be fixedly mounted on the table 5 of the press utilizing the magnetic force of these magnets.
- the integrated cutting blade assembly may be mounted on the upper plate of the press.
- the sheet-member engaging end of the cutting blade is to be finished to have a sharp edge.
- the sharp edge may be tapered toward one side as shown in Fig. 9 or may be located intermediate the thickness of the cutting blade as shown in Fig. 10a.
- the relation between the distance a from the sharp edge to one of the side faces of the cutting blade and the distance b from the sharp edge to the other side face of the cutting blade is preferably selected to be a> b.
- the useful service life of the cutting edge engaged by the press table of steel can be extended beyond that of the cutting edge shown in Fig. 9.
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- This invention relates to an integrated cutting blade assembly used for cutting sheet members. There are various sheet members including surface cover members, members forming surfaces of articles of furniture, thin sheets of wood sheets of rubber, sheets of paper, etc., and they find wide ranges of applications. The integrated cutting blade assembly of the present invention is especially advantageously utilized for cutting surface cover members covering the surface of seat, etc. installed in automobiles.
- Surface cover members such as trim covers or moquettes used as covers for seats of automobiles are mass-produced by cutting a plurality of such surface cover members of standard dimensions at the same time by a set of cutting blades sized to conform to the desired shapes of the surface cover members. For example, according to a prior art practice, a plurality of cutting blades 1A, 1B and 1C as shown in Fig. 11a are prepared, each of which is formed by bending a steel plate into the desired shape and welded endwise as shown at W in Fig. 11a. Such cutting blades are juxtaposed on a table 5 of a press as shown in Fig. 11b, and, after placing a web of surface cover providing material on the cutting blades 1A to 1C, an upper plate (not shown) of the press is forced downward to cut the web into the desired surface cover members at the same time. According to another prior art practice, cutting
blades 2A to 2E of various shapes required for cutting various parts of the surface of a seat are arranged as shown in Fig. 12a and, after being partly embedded and fixed in a plywood board 6 as shown in Fig. 12b, the assembly is placed on a table 5 of a press. - However, because of the fact that the cutting blades used in such a prior art cutting process require the presence of gaps t between them, the portions of the surface cover providing material corresponding to the gaps t are inevitably wasted. Especially, in the prior art practice shown in Figs. 11a and 11b, the cutting blades 1A to 1C must be accurately positioned on the table 5 of the press in each cutting process, resulting in consumption of a correspondingly long period of time for positioning. Although the cutting blades need not be positioned in each cutting process in the case of the prior art practice shown in Figs. 12a and 12b, embedding of the cutting blades in the plywood board 6 increases the total weight of the cutting blade assembly, resulting in consumption of a correspondingly long period of time for accurately setting the cutting blade assembly on the table 5 of the press.
- It is an object of the present invention to provide an integrated cutting blade assembly which obviates the prior art defects described above.
- In accordance with the present invention, there is provided an integrated cutting blade assembly for cutting sheet members, comprising a plurality of main blade sections, and a plurality of common blade sections, the main blade sections being integrally welded to adjacent ones of the common blade sections to form a plurality of cutting blades.
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- Fig. 1a is a plan view showing state of a first embodiment of the present invention before welding.
- Fig. 1b is a plan view showing the state of the first embodiment after welding.
- Fig. 2a is a plan view showing the state of a second embodiment of the present invention before welding.
- Fig. 2b is a plan view showing the state of the second embodiment after welding.
- Fig. 3 is a plan view showing pipes fixed to the integrated cutting blade assembly shown in Fig. 2b.
- Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken along the line IV-IV in Fig. 3.
- Fig. 5 is an enlarged plan view of part of the second embodiment to show a weld when the angle between adjacent blade sections is 90°.
- Figs. 6 and 7 are enlarged sectional views of part of the first embodiment to show welds when the angle between adjacent blade sections is smaller than 90°.
- Fig. 8 is an enlarged sectional view to show how a stress is produced in the first embodiment when the welds differ from those shown in Figs. 6 and 7 although the angle between the adjacent blade sections is smaller than 90°.
- Figs. 9 and 10a are enlarged sectional views to show different shapes of the edge of the main blade section in the first embodiment.
- Fig. 10b is an enlarged sectional view taken along the line Xb-Xb in Fig. 6.
- Fig. 11a is a plan view showing prior art cutting blades juxtaposed on a table of a press.
- Fig. 11b is a sectional view taken along the line XIb-XIb in Fig. 11a.
- Fig. 12a is a plan view of prior art cutting blades partly embedded in a plywood board.
- Fig. 12b is a sectional view taken along the line XIIb-XIIb in Fig. 12a.
- A first embodiment of the integrated cutting blade assembly of the present invention shown in Figs. 1a and 1b corresponds to the prior art example shown in Fig. 11a. The integrated cutting blade assembly shown in Figs. 1a and 1b is intended to cut three sheet members having a shape substantially the same as that of sheet members cut by the three cutting blades 1A, 1B and 1C shown in Fig. 11a. This integrated cutting blade assembly of the present invention comprises a plurality of outer
main blade sections 3A and a plurality of innercommon blade sections main blade sections 3A, preparing innercommon blade sections common blade sections main blade sections 3A respectively as shown at welds W in Fig. 1b. - When the angle α between the adjacent
main blade sections 3A on both sides of the constriction is smaller than 90° as shown in Fig. 6 or 7, thesesections 3A are formed by bending a web of steel, and thecommon blade section common blade section main blade sections 3A are formed by bending a web of steel to make an obtuse angle as shown in Fig. 8, and the othermain blade section 3A is welded to thecommon blade section main blade section 3A will be stripped off at the welds W. Also, deformation will occur on this part. On the other hand, no stripping at the welds W occur when the arrangement shown in Figs. 1a, 1b, 6 and 7 is employed. When the angle α is α = 90°, it is preferable to employ an arrangement as shown in Fig. 5. - A second embodiment shown in Figs. 2a and 2b corresponds to the prior art example shown in Fig. 12a. The integrated cutting blade assembly shown in Figs. 2a and 2b is intended to cut a plurality of sheet members having shapes substantially the same as those of sheet members cut by the
cutting blades 2A to 2E shown in Fig. 12a. It will be apparent from Fig. 2a thatcommon blade sections main blade sections pipes pipe 7C may also be welded in a relation orthogonal with respect to thepipes blade sections 4I and 4J may be additionally provided. - As shown in Figs. 3 and 4, a plurality of
magnets - It is needless to mention that the sheet-member engaging end of the cutting blade is to be finished to have a sharp edge. The sharp edge may be tapered toward one side as shown in Fig. 9 or may be located intermediate the thickness of the cutting blade as shown in Fig. 10a.
- In the case shown in Fig. 10a, the relation between the distance a from the sharp edge to one of the side faces of the cutting blade and the distance b from the sharp edge to the other side face of the cutting blade is preferably selected to be a> b. Numerically expressing, the values of a and b are preferably selected to be a = 2.7 mm and b = 0.5 mm. By so selecting the values of a and b, the useful service life of the cutting edge engaged by the press table of steel can be extended beyond that of the cutting edge shown in Fig. 9. In the case of the arrangement shown in Fig. 5, the relation between a and b of the cutting edge of the
blade section 4E is preferably a = b. When the cutting edge shown in Fig. 10a is employed, and the joint between the blade sections has an arrangement as shown in Fig. 6, it is preferable to suitably remove the lower portion of thecommon blade section 3B until the resultant cutting edge makes intimate contact with the edges of the bentmain blade sections 3A. - The present invention described above provides the following advantages:
- a) Elimination of the gaps t between the cutting blades improves the rate of utilization of sheet materials to be cut.
- b) Saving of the labor required for juxtaposition of separate cutting blades on a table of a press minimizes the period of time required for preparation for cutting sheet members.
- c) When compared with the prior art cutting blade assembly shown in Fig. 12b, the plywood board is unnecessary, and the weight of the cutting blade assembly is lighter thereby decreasing the period of time required for preparation for the cutting operation.
- d) The use of common blade sections connecting adjacent main blade sections can decrease the total weight of the cutting blade assembly.
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JP15145587A JPS63318296A (en) | 1987-06-19 | 1987-06-19 | Integral cutting edge mold |
JP151455/87 | 1987-06-19 |
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EP0295910A1 true EP0295910A1 (en) | 1988-12-21 |
EP0295910B1 EP0295910B1 (en) | 1990-10-03 |
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WO1999039884A1 (en) * | 1998-02-06 | 1999-08-12 | Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. | Cutting apparatus and cutting method |
WO2002070385A1 (en) * | 2001-03-05 | 2002-09-12 | Pramic Limited | Cutting tool and method for manufacturing a notepad having an irregularly shaped region |
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AT289529B (en) * | 1967-05-24 | 1971-04-26 | Roeder & Spengler Ohg | Rotary die |
DE2055315A1 (en) * | 1970-01-24 | 1971-08-05 | The Dentend Engineering Co Ltd , Birmingham (Großbritannien) | Die for a rotary die cutting machine |
US3786732A (en) * | 1972-02-16 | 1974-01-22 | Westvaco Corp | Cutting and scoring die |
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AT289529B (en) * | 1967-05-24 | 1971-04-26 | Roeder & Spengler Ohg | Rotary die |
DE2055315A1 (en) * | 1970-01-24 | 1971-08-05 | The Dentend Engineering Co Ltd , Birmingham (Großbritannien) | Die for a rotary die cutting machine |
US3786732A (en) * | 1972-02-16 | 1974-01-22 | Westvaco Corp | Cutting and scoring die |
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WO1999039884A1 (en) * | 1998-02-06 | 1999-08-12 | Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. | Cutting apparatus and cutting method |
WO2002070385A1 (en) * | 2001-03-05 | 2002-09-12 | Pramic Limited | Cutting tool and method for manufacturing a notepad having an irregularly shaped region |
GB2377404A (en) * | 2001-03-05 | 2003-01-15 | Pramic Ltd | Cutting tool |
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DE3860734D1 (en) | 1990-11-08 |
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