A device, system and method for making custom printed products. In one embodiment of the method, an image is received from a user device along with a size of for the printed product. Pixel edge detection is performed on the image to generate a plurality of polygons corresponding to all shapes in the image. Polygons below a size threshold are removed. An offset is applied to each polygon. The polygons are combined. A smoothing algorithm is applied to the combined polygon. A set of curves that define the smoothed polygon is determined. A cut path is dynamically generating for the printed product in real-time in dependence on the set of curves and the received size so that the cut path has a shape dependent on the set of curves and a size dependent on the received size. The image is printed on a substrate material for the image product in dependence on the received size and the offset so that the printed image has a printed size equal to the received size less the offset. The substrate is cut in dependence on the cut path.

A cutting machine head and a cutting machine are provided in the present invention. The cutting machine head includes a fixing plate, a cutter holder, a cutting component, a machine head lifting mechanism and a machine head rotating mechanism. The cutter holder is mounted on the fixing plate. The machine head lifting mechanism is connected to the cutter holder, and is used to drive the cutter holder to move up and down on the fixing plate. The cutting component includes at least two cutter head assemblies mounted on the cutter holder. The machine head rotating mechanism is connected to the cutter head assemblies for driving the cutter head assemblies to rotate. The rotating angle of each cutter head assembly of the cutting machine head can be controlled. The machine head rotating mechanism controls the cutter head assembly to rotate when the machine head is cutting, and the resulting cutting line has no flaws, which can ensure the integrity of the cutting pattern.

A tape wrap dispenser comprising an outer enclosure having a first side with a first aperture, a center section with a tape exit slot, and a second side with a second aperture. Also included are a first release/cut button which is attached to the first side, a second release/cut button which is attached to the second side, and a neck lanyard having a safety quick release routed through both the first aperture and the second aperture. There is a central hub inside the outer enclosure and a tape wrap roll mounted on the central hub and which extends through the tape exit slot. A mechanical linkage connected to the first and second release/cut buttons moves a cutter that cuts the tape at the tape exit slot. The outer enclosure should have a flat surface to prevent rolling.

A dispenser for dispensing sheet product is provided. The dispenser includes a housing with an outlet through which sheet product is dispensed. A knife drum is rotatable with respect to the housing. A knife is movable between a retracted position within the knife drum and an extended position where the knife protrudes outside of the knife drum to cut the sheet product. A cam follower surface is fixed with respect to the housing. A cam follower is attached to the knife and operable to engage the cam follower surface and travel therealong to transition the knife between the retracted position and the extended position. A spring assembly biases the knife drum during rotation toward a predetermined position. The spring assembly comprises a first spring and a second spring. The spring assembly is attached at a single mount position that is fixed with respect to the housing.

Systems for processing material, taping stations to apply tape to one or more rolls of material, and methods of processing material are disclosed. A system for processing material includes a winding station and a taping station. The winding station includes a winder to wrap material around a mandrel to produce one or more rolls of material. The taping station is arranged downstream of the winding station to receive the one or more rolls of material therefrom and apply tape to the one or more rolls of material.

A perforation device includes a shaft, a perforation motor, a first perforation unit, a second perforation unit, a first cam, a second cam, a control unit and a perforation switching mechanism. The perforation switching mechanism reciprocates the shaft in an axial direction to selectively arrange the shaft in a first position in which the first cam is opposite the first perforation unit and the second perforation unit and in a second position in which the second cam is opposite the first perforation unit. The perforation switching mechanism includes a rack gear that is attached to the shaft, a perforation switching motor and a pinion gear that is fixed to the rotating shaft of the perforation switching motor and engages with the rack gear. The control unit can selectively perform first perforation processing and second perforation processing by arranging the shaft in the first position and in the second position.

For the defects that manual adhesive tape pasting is low in efficiency and high in cost, and it is difficult to automatically paste adhesive tapes at specified positions of inner and outer surfaces of an item according to a certain length through a handheld box sealer and an adhesive tape seal pasting mechanism, a cantilever type plane automatic adhesive tape pasting device is invented. A liftable two-stage telescopic cantilever adhesive tape pasting head structure, a roller type automatic adhesive tape feeding structure, an adjustable fixed-length cutting structure and a roller type pasting structure are adopted for the device to achieve the automatic adhesive tape pasting on inner and outer side planes of an item. After the item needing adhesive tape pasting is positioned, the pasting process is completely automatically conducted without manual participation, the labor intensity is reduced, the labor efficiency is improved.

An apparatus for applying elastics to a running web including a crank and arm, the arm arranged to reciprocate from side to side during use and having a laydown carriage carried on the arm, the laydown carriage including at least one eyelet arranged to support an elastic strand, the assembly further including a shoe guide.

A roll-dispensed stock container is provided. The roll-dispensed stock container has a recessed cutting track and can be assembled by computer aided manufacturing processes.

A tape applicator head is described. The tape applicator head includes an applicator roller for applying a strip of tape to a workpiece positioned on a flatbed of an apparatus such as a flatbed digital cutter. A support of the tape applicator head supports a tape roll. A plurality of guides are each configured for guiding a different tape width. The tape applicator head includes a guide mount configured for removably mounting a selected one of the plurality of guides. The mounted guide is positioned to guide tape from the tape roll to the applicator roller.