A sheet cutting apparatus includes a cutting unit configured to cut a sheet, a blowing unit configured to send air toward the cutting unit, a container unit configured to contain scraps generated when the sheet is cut, a scrap path configured to allow the scraps travelling toward the container unit from the cutting unit to pass through, wherein the scrap path is formed of a member provided with openings for allowing the air sent by the blowing unit to pass through.

A printing apparatus includes: a printing unit configured to perform printing on a sheet; a driving unit configured to apply a rotational force to a roll member that is rotatably held; and a pressing unit having a roller configured to apply a pressing force to an outer peripheral surface of a roll sheet wound around the roll member, wherein the pressing unit changes the pressing force during a sequence in which the driving unit applies a rotational force to the roll member and a sheet that has passed through the printing unit is wound.

A plate configured to contact a web includes a first region having a first characteristic and a second region having a second characteristic different than the first characteristic. The plate has a substantially arcuate wall with an inner surface and an outer surface. A plurality of vacuum holes extends between the inner and outer surfaces and are configured to be in fluid communication with a vacuum source. A vacuum region is adapted to contact the first region of the web and a reduced-vacuum region is adapted to receive the second region of the web. The plurality of vacuum holes are configured such that, when attached to the vacuum source, a vacuum pressure at the vacuum region is greater than a pressure at the reduced-vacuum region so that the first region of the web is held against the plate with a greater force than the second region.

An automatic apparel machine used in the manufacture of air suspension springs has two movable tables that move independently from each other on the rail system and where the raw material is placed. A movable winding mandrel moves up-down and forward-backward on the movable table by a servo motor. Automatic cutting bench grippers are positioned on the automatic rubber cutting bench perpendicular to the axis of the movable tables in the section where the movable winding mandrel is located so as to adjust the lengths of the cut raw material. An automatic rubber cutting bench cuts the raw material in the direction of the length and angles required for the finished product saved in the system.

A loading device includes a placement portion and a friction member. A single paper sheet discharged from a discharge unit is placed on the placement portion. The friction member is disposed downstream of a downstream end portion of the placement portion in a discharge direction, and includes a contact surface that can come into contact with a back surface, of the single paper sheet, facing the placement portion. The contact surface extends at least in the discharge direction, at a position lower than the height position of the downstream end portion in a height direction.

The invention relates to a method for cutting substrates with printed images in an automatic cutting device provided with means for correcting alignment errors based on the detection of longitudinal and transverse cutting marks. The longitudinal cutting marks (LM) are provided with a discontinuity (N) arranged upstream of each transverse cutting mark (TM) with respect to a feeding direction (F) of a substrate (S) and spaced therefrom by a predefined known measure (d). The automatic cutting device has a first optical unit configured to detect the transverse cutting marks (TM) and a second optical unit configured to detect the discontinuities (N) in the longitudinal cutting mark (LM). Since the velocity of the substrate is known, the control system activates the first optical unit when the transverse cutting mark (TM) actually passed underneath it.

The present disclosure is a conveyor device which feeds a thin workpiece from an unwinding roll and conveys the thin workpiece on a conveyance path. The conveyor device includes first movable holding members, fixed holding members, a cutting device, second movable holding members, a first position sensor, and a first correction mechanism.

A plurality of marks (11) equidistantly provided on both side edge parts (1a) of a long medium (1), a plurality of first indicator holes (12) equidistantly given on at least one of the side edge parts (1a), and a plurality of second indicator holes (13) given on at least one of the side edge parts (1a) on a straight line different from a row of the first indicator holes (12) at spacings shorter than spacings of the first indicator holes (12) are provided, and the second indicator holes (13) are each provided to a side of a trailing-end mark (11b), and each gradually comes closer to a leading-end mark (11a) as the long medium (1) runs toward a trailing end.

A cutting device includes a fixed blade and a movable blade that slides with respect to the fixed blade during cutting, the movable blade having a first end that engages with the fixed blade at cutting start and a second end that engages with the fixed blade at cutting end, an urging member connected to the movable blade to urge the movable blade towards the fixed blade and a rotation of the movable blade in a first rotational direction, and a support for the movable blade having a shaft that rotates as the movable blade moves, the shaft having a center portion and first and second ends rotatably connected to the movable blade, wherein points of connection of the first and second ends are at locations that urge a rotation of the movable blade in a second rotational direction opposite the first rotational direction.

The present invention provides a guide device for guiding print medium onto a take-up roll in a printing system. The guide device comprises a first guide member presenting a substantially planar surface for limiting or preventing lateral deviation of a printed medium output from the printing system as the medium moves along a transport path towards a take-up roll for winding or taking up a length of the medium. The first guide member is stationary in use. A position of the first guide member is adjustable in a direction transverse to the transport path for setting the position to limit or prevent lateral deviation of the medium along the transport path. The guide device further comprises a second guide member presenting a support surface configured and arranged to support the medium thereon as the medium travels along the transport path towards the take-up roll. The first guide member and the second guide member are preferably integrally formed as a guide unit. Further, the invention provides a printing system which incorporates such a guide device.