A sheet postprocessing apparatus includes an inlet guide, a perforation device, and a collection tank. The inlet guide includes an upper guide and a lower guide. The perforation device is located downstream of the inlet guide in a sheet transport direction. The collection tank is located on a lower side of the perforation device. The lower guide is supported so as to pivot in an up-down direction, about an end portion in a sheet width direction. The collection tank is removably supported, by sliding in the sheet width direction. The lower guide includes a lever located on the other end portion in the sheet width direction, and configured to disengage the lower guide from the upper guide. The collection tank includes a restriction device opposed to the lever and configured to restrict pivotal movement of the lower guide, when the collection tank is attached to the perforation device.

An optical fiber cutter that cleaves a part of an optical fiber, the optical fiber cutter comprising: an openable and closable clamp configured to hold the optical fiber, and a movable blade portion configured to scratch the optical fiber held by the clamp. The optical fiber cutter further comprises a scrape collection mechanism configured to collect scraps of the cleaved optical fiber. The scrape collection mechanism includes a case configured to accommodate the scraps, and a lid portion configured to open and close with respect to the case in conjunction with an opening and closing operation of the clamp.

A food cutting device includes a housing and a cutting mechanism, wherein a feeding port is arranged at one side of the housing, and a discharging port is arranged at the other side of the housing; the cutting mechanism includes a cutting portion and a push-pull portion for controlling reciprocating movement of the cutting portion; the cutting portion includes a sliding component, a first cutter and a plurality of second cutters; the sliding component is slidably connected with the housing; both the first cutter and the second cutters are located on the side of the sliding component close to the feeding port, and are detachably connected with the sliding component; and the first cutter is parallel to a sliding direction of the sliding component, and is not parallel to the second cutters. The food cutting device can meet various cutting requirements of people and is efficient.

A mandoline cutting apparatus includes a frame, a carriage assembly having a slicing blade, the carriage assembly being slidably moveable relative to the frame to slice a food item with the slicing blade, a food chute pivotally connected to the frame and moveable between a closed position and an open position, and a locking mechanism for locking the food chute in a closed position.

A food slicing system having a main frame includes a blade reciprocating assembly, which further includes a support frame, a rotating cutting blade mounted to the support frame, a motor mounted on the support frame, and a support shaft operatively coupled to the main frame at opposite ends thereof. The support shaft is coupled to an upper portion of the support frame and is configured to support the support frame and permit pivotal movement of the support frame. A drive shaft is operatively coupled to the main frame and is rotationally driven by an actuator. A plurality of linkage elements are configured to operatively couple the drive shaft to a lower portion of the support frame, where the linkage elements reciprocally move the blade reciprocating assembly between a slicing position and a clearance position, and where the support frame pivots about the support shaft during the reciprocal movement.

A drive assembly for a food product slicing apparatus is provided which slices food products into slices. The drive assembly is mounted on a frame of the food product slicing apparatus and includes lower and upper conveyor assemblies coupled to the frame which move food products relative to the frame. The upper conveyor assembly is configured to move upward and downward relative to an upper plane defined by the lower conveyor assembly, and is further configured to pivot relative to the lower conveyor assembly to firmly grip the food products as they pass therebetween.

A blind cutting machine includes a cutting blade; a base disposed on a first side of the cutting blade; and a guide disposed on a second side of the cutting blade. The first side is opposite the second side. The guide is adjacent to the cutting blade. The guide is configured to direct cutoff material to a waste collection area. An assembly includes a first member that is rotatable. A second member is configured to limit an amount of rotation of the first member. An actuator is configured to move the second member to a location wherein the second member does not limit the amount of rotation of the first member. The first member is configured to prevent a hand of an operator from coming into contact with the cutting blade.

Size-reduction machines for producing reduced-size products, and product discharge units of size-reduction machines.

A product pallet for storing a workpiece part present as a machining product of a separating machining process of a plate-shaped workpiece, and a scrap skeleton present as a further machining product of the separating workpiece machining process is provided. The product pallet includes support elements formed on a machining product side for common storage of the workpiece part and the scrap skeleton in a direction of gravity. The product pallet is capable of being transferred into a first functional state and to a second functional state. In the first functional state, the workpiece part and the scrap skeleton are capable of being commonly stored in the direction of gravity by the support elements. In the second functional state, the product pallet forms a flat support surface on an upper side thereof, which is configured for storing only the workpiece part in the direction of gravity.