An aerosol-generating device (1) includes a heating element (8); a dosing assembly (2) comprising: a cutting mechanism (4) disposed in a cutting region and configured to cut a portion from an aerosol-generating article (20) received by the aerosol-generating device; and a transfer mechanism (6) configured to transfer a cut portion of the aerosol-generating article from the cutting region to the heating element. The cutting mechanism may include a first blade (41) with a first cutting direction and a second blade (42) with a second cutting direction different from the first cutting direction.

An aerosol-generating device (1) includes a heating element (8); a dosing assembly (2) comprising: a cutting mechanism (4) disposed in a cutting region and configured to cut a portion from an aerosol-generating article (20) received by the aerosol-generating device; and a transfer mechanism (6) configured to transfer a cut portion of the aerosol-generating article from the cutting region to the heating element. The cutting mechanism may include a first blade (41) with a first cutting direction and a second blade (42) with a second cutting direction different from the first cutting direction.

A sheet processing system conveys a material sheet in a first direction; calculates an inclination angle of the first registration mark of the material sheet with respect to the first direction; and includes cutting blades configured to cut the material sheet to produce sheet pieces and a cutting direction adjustment mechanism configured to adjust a cutting direction to a direction of the inclination angle. The sheet processing system conveys the sheet piece in a second direction; and includes a guide member configured to extend in the second direction and to guide a cutting end of the sheet piece, a processing place position identification section configured to identify a position on a conveyance path of a processing place of the sheet piece based on the inclination angle, and processing mechanisms configured to perform processing on the processing place whose the position on a conveyance path is identified.

A circular cutting blade includes a circumferential cutting edge defined by a diameter and a vertically-oriented planar surface that includes indicia thereon. The indicia are a plurality of values corresponding to measured diameters of the blade after the blade is re-sharpened.

A circular cutting blade includes a circumferential cutting edge defined by a diameter and a vertically-oriented planar surface that includes indicia thereon. The indicia are a plurality of values corresponding to measured diameters of the blade after the blade is re-sharpened.

A cutting apparatus comprises a cutting unit including a first blade member and a second blade member that cooperates with the first blade member in cutting an object, configured to cut the object by moving the object and at least one of the first and second blade members relative to each other in a cutting direction; and a changing unit configured to change a crossing angle between the first blade member and the second blade member during an operation of cutting the object, wherein the changing unit makes the crossing angle after the start of the cutting smaller than the crossing angle at the start of the cutting.

A bread slicer having a frame includes a loading compartment at the front of the frame and a receiving compartment connected to the loading compartment at the rear side of the frame, an access opening for the bread in the loading compartment, a cutting member to cut slices of the bread as it moves between the compartments, a support surface for the bread extending into the compartments, a movable push rod moveable in the direction of movement of the bread enabling the bread to be seized and moved between the compartments, the push rod being guided by a guide rail extending substantially parallel to the support surface and to the direction of movement. The support surface is inclined at an angle () greater than 10 and less than 25, in particular between 15 and 24, with respect to a horizontal line extending perpendicularly to the front side of the slicer.

There is provided a manufacturing method of a protective-component-provided workpiece. The manufacturing method of a protective-component-provided workpiece includes a step of dissolving a thermoplastic resin whose solubility parameter is equal to or higher than 8.5, in a liquid ultraviolet-curable resin, to prepare a liquid mixed resin, a step of supplying the mixed resin to a support surface of a support table to form a resin layer with a predetermined thickness, a step of irradiating the resin layer with ultraviolet rays and curing the resin layer to form a protective component with a sheet shape, and a step of heating the sheet-shaped protective component before or after one surface of the sheet-shaped protective component and one surface of the workpiece are brought into close contact with each other, and causing the sheet-shaped protective component to come into close contact with the workpiece and integrate with the workpiece.

A sheet cutting device including first and second rotating blades that mesh with each other at inner and outer positions in an axial direction and that cut a sheet, and a restoring unit. When a positional relationship between the inner and outer positions of the first and second rotating blades in the axial direction is reversed, the restoring unit releases the first and second rotating blades from each other and moves at least one of the first and second rotating blades in the axial direction to restore the positional relationship between the inner and outer positions to an original state.

A knife holder for cutting machines, with a cutter head (1) for holding a knife (2) and a positioning device (3), wherein the positioning device (3) can be driven in a drive direction (4) between a standby position and a cutting position, and comprises a spring (5), with which the positioning device (3) is applied against the drive direction (4), wherein the spring (5) generates a reset force having a negative force characteristic curve in the drive direction (4).