Apparatus for moving logs (2) within cutting-off machines. The apparatus includes a platform (1) with one or more longitudinal channels (10) inside which the logs to be cut are disposed, and a pusher device (3) acting in correspondence of the platform (1) and intended for acting on the back of the logs (2) to push them, along respective guide channels (10), toward a cutting device (4) disposed downstream. The apparatus includes a clamping device (5) disposed intermediate between the pusher device (3) and the cutting device (4) and intended for engaging the logs (2) which are pushed along the channels (10) of platform (1) by the pusher device (3) and driving them along up to the cutting device (4).

The grinding unit includes a slide provided with a movement towards and away from the disc-shaped cutting blade. On the slide, at least a first grinding wheel and a second grinding wheel are arranged so as to act on a first flank and on a second flank of a cutting edge of the disc-shaped cutting blade. The first grinding wheel and the second grinding wheel are respectively carried by a first arm and by a second arm that are mounted so as to rotate around a respective rotation axis with respect to the slide (115) in order to move towards and away from the disc-shaped cutting blade. The first arm and the second arm are associated with angular locking members adapted to lock the first arm and the second arm in a respective operative angular position with respect to the slide.

Space in a conduit having at least one cable therein which is surrounded by a duct is recovered by longitudinally cutting the duct and removing the duct from around the cable. The duct may be pulled out of the conduit and past a blade to affect the cutting, or a blade may be pulled through the conduit to cut the duct while still in the conduit.

A cutting device includes a guide extending in a vertical direction, a cutting mechanism that includes a cutting blade and that moves in the vertical direction along the guide, a drive device that moves the cutting mechanism in a horizontal direction by moving the guide in the horizontal direction, a pressing device that presses the cutting mechanism from above, and a reception base on which a cutting object is placed and that receives the cutting blade during the cutting movement. During cutting of the cutting object, the cutting mechanism pressed by the pressing device is moved downward along the guide and cuts the cutting object placed on the reception base with the cutting blade.

A high-speed food article slicing machine with a slicing station, a moveable frame supporting a food article feed mechanism frame, a food article gate, and a safety guard system for detecting an intrusion into the machine. Food articles are loaded onto a lift tray and raised to a staging position where food articles are in contact with a food article gate. The lift tray is located in line with the food article feed paths such that lateral shifting of food articles into the feed paths is not needed. Food article grippers, individually driven along feed paths by an overhead conveyor, move food articles over the food article gate towards the slicing station. The food article gate functions to assist in removal of food article end portions. The slicing machines utilizes a horizontally radiating laser intrusion detector to shut down systems when an unwanted intrusion is sensed.

A food processing machine includes a driving mechanism, a connecting unit connected with the driving mechanism, a linkage connected with the connecting unit, and a cutter unit connected with the linkage. The connecting unit includes a driving lever and a driven handle. The linkage includes a disk, a primary rotation shaft, and a plurality of secondary rotation shafts. The cutter unit includes a plurality of connecting members and a plurality of cutters. Each of the cutters is provided with a first hooked portion and a second hooked portion. The first hooked portion of each of the cutters is to hooked onto the second hooked portion of an adjacent cutter, such that the cutters are drawn mutually by each other, to provide a larger cutting force to cut the elongated food strip when the cutters are retracted inward.

A food article slicing machine includes a food article loading apparatus with a lift tray assembly for moving food articles from a staging position to an elevated position at a beginning of a food article feed path, a food article feed apparatus disposed over the food article loading apparatus having an upper conveyor assembly with an independently driven endless conveyor belt used in cooperation with a food article gripper for moving the food articles along the food article feed path, a food article stop gate that forms part of the food article feed path and opens to drop food article end portions, and a slicing station at an end of the food article feed path with a knife for slicing the food articles.

A multichannel paper feeding system in connection to a vertical storage is disclosed. The multichannel paper feeding system includes a main loop transport device, an internal loop transport device, a plurality of take-out devices, and a plurality of take-out conveyor belts, all of which are disposed between the vertical storage and a cutting machine. The main loop transport device transports a paper roll placed on a main loop rack from the vertical storage to the internal loop transport device, where a main push rod then pushes the paper roll onto an internal loop rack, and the internal loop transport device transports the internal loop rack next to a take-out conveyor belt. The take-out device moves the paper roll from the internal loop rack to the corresponding take-out conveyor belt so that the paper roll can be transported further downstream to a post-processing station for cutting or packaging. Through the internal loop transport device, not only can more take-out conveyor belts be added and may the post-processing production be increased, the transport quality of the paper rolls is also enhanced.

A method of forming an oral product includes gripping a rod of oral product material with a gripping device, indexing the rod forward to have a leading end of the rod abut a stop at a first location, cutting a leading portion of the rod to create an oral product, moving the stop to a second location to allow the oral product to fall, moving the stop back to the first location, and repeating the process. A machine for forming an oral product can include a cutting device adapted to cut through a rod of plastic material, a stop spaced from the cutting device, the stop being adapted to be moved from a first location to a second location, a gripping device adapted to hold and index a rod towards the stop, and a load cell positioned to receive oral products cut from a rod by the cutting device.

A rod slicer includes a receiving vessel, a cover vessel, and a rod mount. The rod mount may releasably couple with the cover vessel. At least one blade is mounted to or within the cover vessel. The rod mount has openings for one or more rods. The rod mount can be rotated, causing any rods in the openings to pass across from the rod mount into the cover vessel. In the cover vessel, a slicing edge of the blade, thus cutting a segment of a desired length from the rod. A pump may be connected to an opening in the vessel to vacuum the cut segments into the vessel. In some configurations, the blade is adjustable to change the length of the segments.