A quick-change cutting assembly includes a base having a support surface for supporting a cutting blade, a clamping arm having a clamping surface, a spring interposed between the base and the clamping arm, and a pivot defining a pivot axis between the spring and the clamping surface that couples the clamping arm to the base. The spring biases the clamping surface toward the support surface and a cutting blade therebetween. The clamping arm is pivotable between a closed position where the clamping surface is parallel to the support surface and an open position removed from the closed position where the clamping surface is spaced further from the support surface. The cutting assembly further includes a locking pin transverse the direction of biasing action of the spring that connects the clamping arm to the base to prevent the clamping arm from pivoting relative to the base when in the closed position.

Disclosed is a cutter module to be used with a printing apparatus. The cutter module comprises a blade driving mechanism; and a rotary cutting blade driven by the blade driving mechanism. The blade driving mechanism comprises: a clutch mechanism selectively to enable the blade driving mechanism to drive the rotary cutting blade in a forward cutting direction or a backward direction. Also disclosed is a printing system comprising the cutter module and a method to be used with the cutter module.

A material cutting device includes a rotatably mounted tool holder configured to carry a cutting tool and a drive for rotating the tool holder. The drive includes an electric motor with a rotor and a stator. The axis of rotation of the rotor of the electric motor and the axis of rotation of the tool holder are arranged coaxially. The stator encloses the rotor over an angle of less than 360 degrees.

A blade removal device removes a blade of a slicer. The removal device has: a base positioned with a contact side on one side of the blade; fasteners supported in the base, rotatable from an attachment position for attaching the blade removal device to the blade into a holding position for holding the blade; and a rotary handle supported on the base and rotatable relative to the base from a closed position into an open position to release an interlock between the blade and the drive. The interlock opens when the rotary handle is in the open position and is closed when the rotary handle is in the closed position. The fasteners in the attachment position engage in cutouts of the rotary handle in the closed position. The cutouts and the fasteners are out of engagement when the rotary handle is in the open position.

A trimming apparatus includes a trimmer head assembly and trimmer head frame portion. The trimmer head assembly including a first wheel, a second wheel, a drive motor coupled to the first wheel, the trimmer head assembly first and second wheels in frictional contact with each other and their rotation axis defining a non-zero camber angle. A trimming apparatus may include a plurality of trimmer head assemblies arranged in a grid, and include movable grid flap assemblies. A trimming apparatus may include a plurality of trimmer head assemblies formed and distributed as a drum module, or a plurality of drum modules. A trimming apparatus may include a single trimmer head assembly with a handle for manual operation.

A cutter arrangement for media processing equipment, including a cutter module to be arranged on a shaft via a dedicated one of a number of transmission devices, at least one of the cutter module and the transmission devices comprising a registration feature to guide a user to arrange the cutter module on the dedicated one of the number of transmission devices.

A cutting blade replacement apparatus includes a nut attaching-detaching unit including a nut holding part that holds a nut and a drive part that rotates the nut holding part. When the nut is screwed to a male screw formed at an end part of a boss part of a cutting unit, one of the nut attaching-detaching unit or the cutting unit moves in a Y-axis direction in synchronization with the speed of movement in the Y-axis direction due to the screwing of the nut, and the other of the nut attaching-detaching unit and the cutting unit escapes in the Y-axis direction when a pressing force equal to or larger than a predetermined value acts on the nut attaching-detaching unit or the cutting unit.

A cutting apparatus includes a chuck table for holding a workpiece thereon, and a cutting unit for cutting the workpiece held on the chuck table. The cutting unit includes a spindle, a mount base fixed to a distal end of the spindle and having an annular coupling face extending around an axis of the spindle and external threads on a distal end portion of the mount base, a ring-shaped ring mount coupled to the coupling face of the mount base and having an annular support surface supporting a surface of an annular base of a hub blade, a coupling mechanism coupling the ring mount to the coupling face of the mount base, and a nut threaded over the external threads of the mount base.

A shaft cutting tool incorporating a scissor assembly having a first arm, a second arm, and a hinge interconnecting the arms' proximal ends; a shaft mount attached to the first arm's distal end; and a cutting wheel assembly operatively mounted within a hollow bore formed at the second arm's distal end; wherein the cutting wheel assembly includes a drive axle and rotary bearing; and wherein the drive axle extends oppositely from the cutting wheel for engagement with a portable electric drill.

A slicing machine cuts slices of cutting material. The slicing machine has: a machine housing holding a motor and circular blade driven by the motor; a product feed, which feeds the cutting material to the circular blade; a stop plate; and a slidably arranged carriage, which feeds the cutting material to the blade. The blade is mounted directly on a bearing shaft arranged in the drive motor for the circular blade. The drive motor includes at a stator and rotor, which is detachable from the stator. The stator is in the machine housing. The machine housing has an insertion opening where, in the assembled state, the stator is arranged and through which the rotor is at least partially inserted into the stator. The slicing machine has an attachment device comprising at least one fastener that is configured to fasten the rotor and the stator to the machine housing.