An apparatus for severing a workpiece having a cutting mechanism operable to cut the workpiece substantially along a selected course; drive mechanism operable to drive the cutting mechanism to cut the workpiece; a transport assembly operable to guide the workpiece in movement relative to a predetermined severing position and with respect to the cutting mechanism; and a frame mounting the cutting mechanism and transport assembly in predetermined relation to each other and relative to the severing position so that the drive mechanism is operable to drive the cutting mechanism to cut the workpiece in the severing position.

An apparatus for balancing a wheel includes a tool that is mechanically coupled to an arm. The tool includes a leading edge, a trailing edge, and a face surface that forms an arc between the leading and trailing edges. The apparatus includes an arm control module that actuates the arm to position the leading edge of the tool a predetermined distance from an edge of a deck to receive a wheel weight. The apparatus includes a cutting apparatus for separating the wheel weight from a supply feed of wheel weight material. The apparatus includes a sensor that detects presence or absence of the wheel weight on the tool.

An apparatus for preparing food is provided, and includes a food chamber sized to receive at least one food item, a cutting structure configured to cut the at least one food item when pressed into contact therewith, an impeller for impelling the at least one food item into contact with the cutting structure, a liquid chamber for storing a liquid, a heating system for heating the liquid, and a liquid introduction system in communication with the liquid chamber, the liquid introduction system being operable to introduce at least one of a liquid mist and a liquid spray in the food chamber.

Disclosed is a full-automatic method for manufacturing plant-fiber molding products and margin trimming and molding machines. The invention achieves functions: wet semi-finished product forming, hot press mold solidifying, and automatic margin trimming. The full-automatic method is as below: pulps are continuously made into wet semi-finished products by means of a suck-filter forming device, which is alternatively fed into hot-press molds of the left hot-press mold solidifying device and the right hot-press mold solidifying device after being heated to a certain temperature in hot-press molds for hot-press drying and solidifying. The dried and solidified products fall into the left positioning collecting tray and the right positioning collecting tray respectively from the left hot-press top mold and the right hot-press top mold, and are positioned therein. The full-automatic plant-fiber molding, mold solidifying and margin trimming machine includes a forming and solidifying device, a transfer device and a margin trimming device.

An apparatus for delivering a discrete cord having a fluid flow, a deployed cord supply, a transfer member having a first surface having one or more apertures, and a cutting apparatus having a cutting implement enabled to sever the deployed cord supply to form a discrete cord. The transfer houses a carrier that is aligned with the aperture and enabled to cross the aperture path. The fluid flow directs the deployed cord supply towards the transfer member first surface. The transfer member first surface abuts the cutting apparatus.

A power tool, for example, a portable circular saw, includes a fan, a motor configured to rotate the fan, an output part or shaft driven by the motor, a motor housing that houses the motor, a grip housing connected to the motor housing, a trigger associated with the grip housing, and a brake member configured to brake a rotation of the motor, the brake member being mounted inside the grip housing. The brake member may be a resistive element of a rheostatic braking system. The housing and fan are configured such that cooling air is directed to cool the brake member.

A machine used to convey and cut thin walled wax extrusions. The machine is adjustable and capable of short rapid cuts while maintaining square and consistent finish on the surface of the wax as the knife passes through. The machine may be particularly useful for any wax extrusion requiring a smooth and square cut while remaining capable of running multiple strands in one process to increase production capabilities of a single machine.

It is a system for processing produce comprising a plurality of freestanding pucks for carrying items of produce, each puck comprising a base and a spike extending from the base, the spike configured to pierce an item of produce and hold the item in a substantially fixed position relative to the base.

For use upon machinery in a wood shop or any industrial facility where it is desired to operate upon an object's unmarked centerline, such as with a powered saw table, drill press or any other apparatus required for the task: The sine and cosine of a triangle—are used to assure that as a certain component is moved a given distance, a guide fence is moved transversely just a fraction of that distance—preferably one-half—away from or toward the task performing instrument—a saw blade, drill bit or other operable tool. Thus, if the distance moved by the component equals the width of the piece to be worked upon, where the trigonometric sine is such that the guide fence is moved half that distance, given certain further adjustment, the task performing instrument is caused to operate precisely upon the piece's centerline, represented by one-half its width.

An apparatus for cutting potato slices, the apparatus comprising an annular-shaped cutting head and a central impeller coaxially mounted for rotation within the cutting head for delivering potatoes radially outwardly toward the cutting head, a plurality of knives serially mounted annularly around the cutting head, and a plurality of orientation elements serially and annularly mounted within the impeller to define a plurality of cutting zones located around the impeller, each cutting zone being between adjacent orientation elements, wherein radially inner parts of adjacent orientation elements are separated in circumferential direction to define between adjacent orientation elements a throat for passage therethrough of a potato in a radially outward direction into the respective cutting zone toward the cutting head, wherein the throat has a width of from 70 to 140 mm.