Pill cutters and methods of cutting pills. The pill cutters may optionally include a spinnable blade and may be configured to cause the blade to spin to cut a pill. The pill cutters may be adapted to adjust the position of the pill before cutting the pill.

A system that converts sheet material into packaging templates includes a converting assembly that performs conversion functions, such as cutting, creasing, and scoring, on the sheet material as the sheet material moves through the converting machine in a first direction. The converting assembly may be mounted on a frame such that the converting assembly is elevated above a support surface. One or more longhead converting tools performs conversion functions on the sheet material in a first direction and a crosshead converting tool performs conversion functions on the sheet material in a second direction in order to create packaging templates.

The present invention discloses a method for cutting raw or tripe leather with an optimized geometry, which increases the yield of the original raw or tripe leather (A) piece for all the production chain, concomitantly reducing the quantity of solid residues, since the cutting is carried out prior to the tanning stage. Said method is made possible by the use of a cutting table (C) which comprises a top (10) in trapezoid shape, with a plurality of metallic strips (20) juxtaposed in parallel, longitudinally at the lateral ends of the referred top (10). The claimed method has sustainable characteristics and reduces the environmental impact that is inherent to the leather industry, since it enables the use of the generated coproducts, of collagenic constitution, in the food or pharmaceutical industry, reducing the discard of residues in the environment.

A device for carrying out cutting operations on at least one open format edge of a printed product, includes: a transport unit configured to transfer the printed product along a guide path from a first cutting location to a second cutting location and from the second cutting location to a third cutting location for an edge-related cutting operation, the transport unit having at least one gripper configured to grip the printed product by its spine to convey the printed product from one cutting location to the next in a suspended manner, and at at least one cutting location, at least one cutting tool configured to perform the edge-related cutting operation comprising a first edge-related cutting operation and optionally at least one second subsequent edge-related cutting operation.

A food slicer assembly includes a housing defining a first opening and a second opening perpendicularly arranged. A slicing blade received at the second opening enters the first opening of the housing. A coupling releasably couples a food product or a food product packaging to the housing. The first opening receives a food product therethrough, the second opening receives the slicing blade therethrough, and the slicing blade slices the food product arranged in the first opening such that the food product is divided into multiple portions using the food slicer assembly. The slicing blade may pass into the first opening from a first end, and upon reaching the second end, the slicing blade seals the food slicer assembly at the first opening. The assembly may be a cheese slicer assembly for slicing a block of cheese so that a slice of cheese can be removed from the first opening.

A mechanism is described herein to drive slitter and cutter waste in a direction that allows for a more advantageous use of the waste collection bin's volume. The waste drive mechanism allows for at least one armature that drives the waste in a desired direction. The armature is made from a material that is flexible, with a curved shape to allow a pre-loaded force against a contact surface of the waste collection bin. The pre-loaded flexible armature against a contact surface of the collection bin provides sufficient force to drive the waste it in a desired direction, allowing for a more consistent use of the waste collection bin spatial volume.

Devices and methods are provided for cutting or forming tapered surfaces on the end portions of tube or pipe lengths prior to forming joints in adjoining lengths. A device body includes multiple guide surfaces, each having distinct size and shape to engage with an open end of a one of a multiple of tube of predetermined diameters. In intended use, a powered cutting device is rotated about the end of stationary tube or pipe.

The manual food processor includes a first shelf configured to receive a blade cartridge. The first shelf includes a first slider configured to selectively retain the blade cartridge at the first shelf. The manual food processor also includes a pair of guide rails extending from the first shelf and a second shelf slidable along the pair of guide rails. The second shelf is configured to receive a pusher block cartridge and includes a second slider configured to selectively retain the pusher block cartridge at the second shelf. The manual food processor also includes a handle mechanism operable to cause the second shelf to slide along the guide rails between an open position and a closed position. The first shelf is spaced apart from the second shelf in the open position, and the pusher block cartridge interfaces with the blade cartridge in the closed position.

A rotary cutting module for a paper cutting device has a roller and a paper-cutting blade. The roller extends along a rotating axis. A blade mount and multiple dynamic balancing recess sets are formed on an outer circumferential surface of the roller. The dynamic balancing recess sets are disposed apart from each other along the rotating axis. Each one of the dynamic balancing recess sets has multiple balancing recesses annularly disposed apart from each other. A depth of one of the balancing recesses of one of the dynamic balancing recess sets is different from a depth of one of the balancing recesses of another one of the dynamic balancing recess sets. Center of mass of each axial segment of the rotary cutting module can be adjusted individually to mitigate couple unbalance, thereby mitigating dynamic unbalance.

A cutting device and a method for cutting paper are provided. The cutting device includes a cutting blade and a counter-member. The cutting device is further provided with a first guide and a second guide extending in or parallel to the driving direction for linearly guiding a holder that holds the cutting blade. Each of the guides includes a guide body. The guide bodies of the first guide and the second guide, when released, are arranged to be rotatable relative to the frame about a first adjustment axis and a second adjustment axis, respectively. Each guide body includes an eccentric section that moves eccentrically about the respective adjustment axis and that is arranged to convert the rotational movement of the guides about the respective adjustment axes into a linear movement of the holder in the adjustment direction.