A printer includes a print head that prints on recording sheet, a platen roller that transports the recording sheet pinched between the print head and the platen roller, a movable blade that cuts the recording sheet, a roller driving module that drives the platen roller, and a cutter driving module that drives the movable blade. The roller driving module and the cutter driving module are both provided at one end along an axial direction of the platen roller.

Cutting heads and machines equipped therewith. The cutting heads include axially-spaced annular-shaped structural members and circumferentially-spaced support segments between the structural members. Each support segment has a leading edge and a trailing edge, a knife support surface defined on an inner surface region adjacent the leading edge of the support segment, and a gate located adjacent the trailing edge of the support segment. A knife assembly is located adjacent the leading edge of each support segment. Each knife assembly includes a holder opposing one of the knife support surfaces of the support segments and adapted to clamp a knife between the holder and knife support surface. The cutting head may further have camming units that secure the support segments between the structural members, camming units that clamp the knives to the knife support surfaces, and/or adjustment pins that deflect the gates of the support segments.

A machine for manufacturing packaging with two sealed cross seams and at least one sealed longitudinal seam consisting of at least one heat sealable packing material sheet includes at least one cross seam sealing device; at least one longitudinal seam sealing device; at least one cross cutting device; and at least one longitudinal cutting device.

A machine for manufacturing packaging with two sealed cross seams and at least one sealed longitudinal seam consisting of at least one heat sealable packing material sheet includes at least one cross seam sealing device; at least one longitudinal seam sealing device; at least one cross cutting device; and at least one longitudinal cutting device.

A cutting machine includes a platform, two supporting elements, a guiding plate, a handle and a blade assembly. The supporting elements are supported on the platform. Each of the supporting elements includes a space. The guiding plate is inserted in the space of the first supporting element and includes a slot. The handle includes a pivoting plate and an axle. The pivoting plate is inserted in the space of the second supporting element, and includes a primary aperture and a secondary aperture. The axle is inserted in the primary aperture of the pivoting plate and an aperture of the second supporting element. The blade assembly includes a blade and two pins. The first pin is inserted in an aperture of the blade and movably inserted in the slot. The second pin is inserted in another aperture of the blade and the secondary aperture of the pivoting plate.

A cutting machine includes a platform, two supporting elements, a guiding plate, a handle and a blade assembly. The supporting elements are supported on the platform. Each of the supporting elements includes a space. The guiding plate is inserted in the space of the first supporting element and includes a slot. The handle includes a pivoting plate and an axle. The pivoting plate is inserted in the space of the second supporting element, and includes a primary aperture and a secondary aperture. The axle is inserted in the primary aperture of the pivoting plate and an aperture of the second supporting element. The blade assembly includes a blade and two pins. The first pin is inserted in an aperture of the blade and movably inserted in the slot. The second pin is inserted in another aperture of the blade and the secondary aperture of the pivoting plate.

There is described an inline cutting system comprising an extruder having an outlet, an outlet line connected with the extruder outlet. The outlet line comprises a side wall surrounding an internal passage. Cutting means is arranged in connection with the outlet line. The extruder is arranged for continuously producing a meat analogue product and the extruded string of meat analogue product is cut into meat pieces by the cutting means. The cutting means is extending through the side wall of the outlet line and extends inside said internal passage. The cutting means comprises at least one cutting edge which is pointed in a substantial axial direction of the outlet line in order to establish a cutting in the longitudinal direction of the string of meat analogue product. The extruder and the outlet line forms a closed enclosure upstream of the cutting means.

There is described an inline cutting system comprising an extruder having an outlet, an outlet line connected with the extruder outlet. The outlet line comprises a side wall surrounding an internal passage. Cutting means is arranged in connection with the outlet line. The extruder is arranged for continuously producing a meat analogue product and the extruded string of meat analogue product is cut into meat pieces by the cutting means. The cutting means is extending through the side wall of the outlet line and extends inside said internal passage. The cutting means comprises at least one cutting edge which is pointed in a substantial axial direction of the outlet line in order to establish a cutting in the longitudinal direction of the string of meat analogue product. The extruder and the outlet line forms a closed enclosure upstream of the cutting means.

This invention refers to an automatic machine for strawberry processing to de-calyx and remove the leaves and cut in pieces; it is used in the agro-alimentary industry, in processing industry and in canning industry; and it could be suitable also for processing of other products similar to strawberry. The machine is composed of a conveyor belt (1) at closed loop design, where one or more operators feed manually in vertical with the leaves and the calyx up in the holes (5) of each fruit-holder element (3) of the conveyor belt which moves continuously to bring the fruits, so placed, to the processing station composed of a frame where a header plate (14) reciprocates in horizontal and vertical, controlled and adjusted by sensors which lead the three processing operations done by the machine: strawberries alignment, de-calyxing and fruit ejection. In particular, the de-calyxing takes place through two cutting units (30) side by side composed of six rotating spindles (31) each one equipped with a rotating cutting head composed of two blades (32), optimized in their conformation and size, and wherein the opened tips penetrate to a adjusted depth, on the strawberry, around the calyx, and then close, during the penetration and the cutting, so to eliminate precisely the calyx with a minimum of straw berry fruit.

The invention relates to the production of superabsorbent polymers on a continuous belt reactor, comprising at least one rotating knife that cuts the formed polymer gel at the end of the continuous belt reactor, wherein the length of the cutting edge is at least 1 cm and the cutting edge is non-parallel to the rotation axis.