US2908201A - Method and means for the perforation of paper and the like - Google Patents
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- US2908201A US2908201A US563783A US56378356A US2908201A US 2908201 A US2908201 A US 2908201A US 563783 A US563783 A US 563783A US 56378356 A US56378356 A US 56378356A US 2908201 A US2908201 A US 2908201A
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B26—HAND CUTTING TOOLS; CUTTING; SEVERING
- B26F—PERFORATING; PUNCHING; CUTTING-OUT; STAMPING-OUT; SEVERING BY MEANS OTHER THAN CUTTING
- B26F1/00—Perforating; Punching; Cutting-out; Stamping-out; Apparatus therefor
- B26F1/16—Perforating by tool or tools of the drill type
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B26—HAND CUTTING TOOLS; CUTTING; SEVERING
- B26F—PERFORATING; PUNCHING; CUTTING-OUT; STAMPING-OUT; SEVERING BY MEANS OTHER THAN CUTTING
- B26F1/00—Perforating; Punching; Cutting-out; Stamping-out; Apparatus therefor
- B26F1/02—Perforating by punching, e.g. with relatively-reciprocating punch and bed
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B26—HAND CUTTING TOOLS; CUTTING; SEVERING
- B26F—PERFORATING; PUNCHING; CUTTING-OUT; STAMPING-OUT; SEVERING BY MEANS OTHER THAN CUTTING
- B26F1/00—Perforating; Punching; Cutting-out; Stamping-out; Apparatus therefor
- B26F1/02—Perforating by punching, e.g. with relatively-reciprocating punch and bed
- B26F1/06—Perforating by punching, e.g. with relatively-reciprocating punch and bed with punching tools moving with the work
- B26F1/10—Roller type punches
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- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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- Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
- Y10T409/00—Gear cutting, milling, or planing
- Y10T409/30—Milling
- Y10T409/303752—Process
- Y10T409/303808—Process including infeeding
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- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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- Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
- Y10T409/00—Gear cutting, milling, or planing
- Y10T409/30—Milling
- Y10T409/304088—Milling with means to remove chip
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- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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- Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
- Y10T409/00—Gear cutting, milling, or planing
- Y10T409/30—Milling
- Y10T409/304536—Milling including means to infeed work to cutter
- Y10T409/305208—Means to mill indeterminate length work
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- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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- Y10T83/00—Cutting
- Y10T83/081—With randomly actuated stopping means
- Y10T83/083—With means to permit subsequent hand operation
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- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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- Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
- Y10T83/00—Cutting
- Y10T83/465—Cutting motion of tool has component in direction of moving work
- Y10T83/4699—Combined with other type cutter
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- the present invention has for its object to overcome the above-mentioned drawbacks.
- the invention is substantially distinguished by the fact that the paper is brought ,into contact with ,a patrix, the relief-like portions of which have end surfaces corresponding to the shape of the perforation holes, whereupon.the' portions ofthe paper bearing on said end surfaces are .worked offlby means of one or more chip removing tools, while .the
- the patrix preferably takes the foriniof a rotating roll, the paper. web being entrained round. the roll in a position bearing on its relief-like portions and being worked upon by means of one or more stationary arranged rotating'tools preferably consisting of cutters orrotating knives-with the cutting ,edgesjdisp'osedobliquely to the axis of rotation.
- The, working'oif of the paper material may also be effected by a scrapingor grinding action, for instance by means of a grinding roll.
- any tool may be used by' means of which paper mater'ial may be removed in the form of chips or-th'e like.
- the patrix roll and the tool' should preferably rotate in opposite directions, so that the paper and the cutting edges acting upon the same move in the same direction, "the tool then rotating at a speed which is a multiplicity of the speed of thepatrix roll.
- the relief-like portionssupportf ingthe paper are preferably shaped in the'forrn' of' studs or pins arranged on the cylindrical surface of the rolland having end surfaces corresponding.to the shape of' the 4 2,908,201 Patented Oct. l3, 1959 paper web, saidstudsbr pins havingend surfaces corresponding to the shape of the perforation holes; I "The studs have a height above the cylindrical surface-of theroll which is only slightly, for instance 1.1 mm.
- the studs have a conical, outwardly tapering formif"
- the paper will then rest in part on the ends of said studs or pins and in part on portions of thelcylindrical surface of thepatrix rolllocated between the studs.
- the roll rotates in-the direction indicated by the arrow 7 and entrains the paper web 2 during its rotation.
- the paper web first meets w ith 'a cylindrical cutter 8 with screw-shaped cutting edges or knives 9, Fig. 4, intended to work upon the'portions of the paper web bearing on'said studs6.
- the cutter 8 rotates in the direction shown by the arrow '10 at a peripheral speed which is many times greater than that of the patrix roll 4, the peripheral portions of the cutter and the roll running in the same direction.
- the distance between the cuttingedges of the cutter and .the peripheral surfaces llof the studs is chosen so. that the knivespenetrat'e into the paper for approximately ninetenths of the thickness of the'paper. :An arrangement for accurate adjustment'of the cutter relatively to the peripheral surface of thestudswill be described in the following with reference to Fig. 5.
- the end surface 11 of the studs 6 facing thecutter is located in a cylindrical'surface coaxial with the'axis' of the patn'x roll.
- the endsurface 11 is providedwitha dished cavity limited-by anfannular edge portion 13 ofsaid surface.
- the cutting 'edges 9 first means with the paper web, this takes placeat the left side of the stud 6 (Fig. 2), said cutting edge then cutting down i into the paper and reaching its greatest penetrationdepth when passing the, planef through ithe 1 of, the cutter.
- the cutting edges peneperforation holes, said end surfaces beingloca'ted in cylindrical surfaces coaxial with the roll.
- FIG.'l isa view-inelevation of the futual arrangement 'of the parts comprised in the perforating machine.
- Figs. 2 and 3* show various steps in the'prodli ction of the holes 1 on a larger scale.
- Fig. 4 showsj'a chip cutting tool in-theform' of a cutter.
- Fig. 5 is' aii section through the patrix 'roll'and the cutter.
- the cavity 12 hasqfor i-ts object'to reduce the actual cutting work, so that notthewhole of the paper portion locatedon the stud butonly the portion of the paper bearing on the annular surface .13 need be c ut oil.v v
- a further cutter 15' in a position displaced angularly forwards relatively to the H thejcorresponding portion of the paperTihave been moved forward to the cutter through the rotation of the patriX roll 4.
- the cutting edges 16 run in the direction shown by the arrow 17, that is to say, in a direction toward the fibre residuesremaining at the hole edge, said residues being thus cut off-together ith e p eviou ly for d his 41 e g s e thus cleaned completely from adhering fibres.
- the hole edges will be cut of o iq e y so as t v m s m ha eakened edge portions 17 1, outside the end surface 11, as will seenv from-F g- 3- .To st th hole edges an to give.
- the paper is pressed with the aid of a matrix 101118, which is provided with a atingr f a resilient mate el Y n-it's eylihd ee s r rfa ,-1 .,inwardlv tow s t e cyl ndri surfaces of he roll T e elope su f eeslfl th t d aresllightly conical and dimensioned so as to have at the bot om a width eor spend n t t fin shed p f 1 ration ho1es.
- the roll 18 has the same diameter as that of the roll 4, and is vpreferabl-y connected to the latter through ,a toothed gearing indicated diagrammatically by achain-dotted line 20..
- Folding perforations I may be efiected in ,a -similar manner by the arrangement of a row of pins on the cylindrical. surface .of the patrix roll, said row of pins paralleling the ;axis' of rotationand' said -.pins having the same :height above the. cylindrical-surface ;5 asthat of the studsa 6.
- a method of'perforating paper andthelilte- which comprises bringing the paper into contaetwith apatrin, the relief-like portions of which have rend surfacesj correehd id pet x moving tQ ih I1 the Sh m? working ,off the portions of the paper hearing on sur a s y' e'n o fi s h p emov ng QtOQ meme shallactually become perpendicular to tithe finished r paper zweb t-wo fixed knives '21 are provided, Fig. 1',
- said-knives being arranged at a'mutual distance equalling the width of the finished paperweb.
- These knives project into slots 22;23, Fig. 5, in the surface 5 of -the roll-4 and thus cut the original paper web clean along '.oPPbsite .direction. '7
- V Bearings 25 for the-shaft'26 er the patrix'roll are arranged ⁇ -in a frame 24,
- The'sha'ft 29 of the cutter is mounted in a similar manner in -bearings'28, 'which tareflin turn mo unted' in eccentric apertures 'inf rings 27,, I
- a device for perforating paper and the like comprising, in combination, a rotatable patrix roll rotatable in a predetermined direction, means for feeding the paper over the circumference of said rotating patn'x roll, said roll being provided with paper-supporting stud means having end surfaces corresponding to the shape of the perforation holes, a first rotating chip-removing tool rotatable in a direction opposite to that of the patrix roll, and a second rotating chip-removing tool rotatable in the same direction as that of the patrix roll, said tools being positioned to work off the portions of the paper disposed on the end surfaces of said stud means.
- a device for perforating paper and the like comprising, in combination, a rotatable patrix roll rotatable in a predetermined direction, means for feeding the paper over the circumference of said rotating patrix roll, said roll being provided with paper-supporting stud means having end surfaces corresponding to the shape of the perforation holes, a first rotating chip-removing tool rotatable in a direction opposite to and at a peripheral speed many times greater than that of the patrix roll, and a second rotating chip-removing tool rotatable in the same direction with and at a peripheral speed many times greater than that of the patrix roll, said tools being positioned to work off the portions of the paper disposed on the end surfaces of said stud means.
- a device for perforating paper and the like com prising, in combination, a rotatable patrix roll rotatable in a predetermined direction, means for feeding the paper over the circumference of said rotating patrix roll, said roll being provided with paper-supporting stud means having end surfaces corresponding to the shape of the perforation holes, a first rotating chip-removing tool rotatable in a direction opposite to that of the patrix roll, and a second rotating chip-removing tool rotatable in the same direction as that of the patrix roll, said tools being positioned to work 01f the portions of the paper disposed on the end surfaces of said stud means, said end surfaces being disposed in cylindrical surfaces coaxial with the patrix roll.
- a device for perforating paper and the like comprising, in combination, a rotatable patrix roll rotatable in a predetermined direction, means for feeding the paper over the circumference of said rotating patrix roll, said roll being provided with paper-supporting stud means having end surfaces corresponding to the shape of the perforation holes, a first rotating chip-removing tool rotatable in a direction opposite to that of the-patrix roll, and a second rotating chip-removing tool rotatable in the same direction as that of the patrix roll, said tools being positioned to work off the portions of the paper disposed on the end surfaces of said stud means, said end surfaces being disposed in cylindrical surfaces coaxial with the patrix roll and being annular.
- a 'device'for perforating paper and the like comprising, in combination, a rotatable patrix roll rotatable in a predetermined direction, means for feeding the paper over the circumference of said rotating patrix roll, said roll being provided with paper-supporting stud means having end surfaces corresponding to the shape of the perforation holes, a first rotating chip-removing tool rotatable in a direction opposite to that of the patrix roll, and a second rotating chip-removing tool rotatable in the same direction as that of the patrix roll, said tools being positioned to work off the portions of the paper disposed on the end surfaces of said stud means, said stud means having outwardly-tapering cross-section.
- a device for perforating paper and the like comprising, in combination, a rotatable patIiX r011 rota a l in a predetermined direction, means for feeding the paper over the circumference of said rotating patrix roll, said roll being provided with paper-supporting stud means having end surfaces corresponding to the shape of the perforation holes, a firstrotating chip-removing tool rotatable in a direction opposite to that of the patrix roll, and a second rotating chip-removing tool rotatable in the same direction as that of the patrix roll, said tools being positioned to work off the portions of the paper disposed on the end surfaces of said stud means, each tool being positioned relatively to the patriX roll in such manner that the cutting edges of the chip-removing tools penetrate into the paper to a depth corresponding approximately to the thickness of the paper but short of touching'the end surfaces of said stud means.
- a device for perforating paper and the like comprising, in combination, a rotatable patrix roll rotatable in a predetermined direction, means for feeding the paper over the circumference of said rotating patriX roll, said roll being provided with paper-supporting stud I means having end surfaces corresponding to the shape of the perforation holes, a first rotating chip-removing tool rotatable in a direction opposite to that of the patriX roll, and a second rotating chip-removing 'tool rotatable in the same direction as that of the patrix roll, said tools being positioned to work off the portions of the paper disposed on the end surfaces of said stud means, each of said rotating tools and the patrix roll being provided with roller races coaxial with the tools and the patrix roll, said roller races being adapted to be set against each other by radial adjustment of the tools and the patrix roll relatively to each other.
- a device for perforating paper and the like comprising, in combination, a rotatable patrix roll rotatable in a predetermined direction, means for feeding the paper over the circumference of said rotating patrix roll, said roll being provided with paper-supporting stud means having end surfaces corresponding to the shape of the perforation holes, a first rotating chip-removing tool rotatable in a direction opposite to .that of the patrix roll, and a second rotating chip-removing tool rotatable in the same direction as that of the patrix roll, said tools being positioned to work off the portions of the paper disposed on the end surfaces of said stud means, each of said rotating tools and the patrix roll being provided with roller races coaxial With the tools and the patriX roll, said roller races being adapted to be set against each other by radial adjustment of the tools and the patrix roll relatively to each other, one of said roller races consisting of the race of an antifriction bearing disposed on one of each of said tools and said patrix roll.
- a device for perforating paper and the like comprising, in combination, a rotatable patrix roll rotatable in a predetermined direction, means for feeding the paper over the circumference of said rotating patrix roll, said roll being provided with paper-supporting stud means having end surfaces corresponding to the shape of the perforation holes, a first rotating chip-removing tool rotatable in a direction opposite to that of the patrix roll, said tools being disposed in succession along the surface of the patrix roll and cooperating to work off the portions of the paper located on the end surfaces of said stud means, both tools being disposed to leave a small play between the end surfaces of the stud means and the cutting edges of the tools.
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- Perforating, Stamping-Out Or Severing By Means Other Than Cutting (AREA)
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| SE2908201X | 1955-02-07 |
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| US (1) | US2908201A (de) |
| CH (1) | CH340700A (de) |
| DE (1) | DE1045782B (de) |
| FR (1) | FR1159137A (de) |
| GB (1) | GB796300A (de) |
Cited By (6)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US2996959A (en) * | 1956-10-11 | 1961-08-22 | Hellberg Gustav Sigvald | Means for perforating paper and the like |
| US3010260A (en) * | 1957-01-26 | 1961-11-28 | Berkley Machine Co | Apparatus for forming openings in blanks or paper web from which envelopes are formed |
| US3030866A (en) * | 1959-04-06 | 1962-04-24 | Strausak & Cie Maschinenfabrik | Milling method |
| US4669644A (en) * | 1985-01-24 | 1987-06-02 | Svecia Antiqua Sa | Production of paper with decorative, non-rectilinear edges |
| US4711797A (en) * | 1984-11-05 | 1987-12-08 | Tetra Pak International Ab | Material for packing containers |
| US20080028902A1 (en) * | 2006-08-03 | 2008-02-07 | Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. | Dual roll, variable sheet-length, perforation system |
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| DE1107061B (de) * | 1959-08-31 | 1961-05-18 | Produktions Service Ab | Verwendung eines verschleissmindernden Mittels bei der Perforation einer Papierbahn und Anlage zur Durchfuehrung dieses Verfahrens |
| DE1284125B (de) * | 1962-09-25 | 1968-11-28 | Siemens Ag | Vorrichtung zum Lochen von bandfoermigen Aufzeichnungstraegern |
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| US1937499A (en) * | 1930-08-08 | 1933-12-05 | Gen Cable Corp | Punching machine |
| US2218674A (en) * | 1938-09-16 | 1940-10-22 | Pneumatic Scale Corp | Apparatus for perforating sheet material |
| US2635493A (en) * | 1948-08-28 | 1953-04-21 | Richard M Schumacher | Metalworking |
| US2667822A (en) * | 1951-09-06 | 1954-02-02 | Bemiss Jason Company | Wallboard tape |
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| US140933A (en) * | 1873-07-15 | Improvement in machines for cutting rubber sheets into strips | ||
| US1937499A (en) * | 1930-08-08 | 1933-12-05 | Gen Cable Corp | Punching machine |
| US2218674A (en) * | 1938-09-16 | 1940-10-22 | Pneumatic Scale Corp | Apparatus for perforating sheet material |
| US2635493A (en) * | 1948-08-28 | 1953-04-21 | Richard M Schumacher | Metalworking |
| US2667822A (en) * | 1951-09-06 | 1954-02-02 | Bemiss Jason Company | Wallboard tape |
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| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US2996959A (en) * | 1956-10-11 | 1961-08-22 | Hellberg Gustav Sigvald | Means for perforating paper and the like |
| US3010260A (en) * | 1957-01-26 | 1961-11-28 | Berkley Machine Co | Apparatus for forming openings in blanks or paper web from which envelopes are formed |
| US3030866A (en) * | 1959-04-06 | 1962-04-24 | Strausak & Cie Maschinenfabrik | Milling method |
| US4711797A (en) * | 1984-11-05 | 1987-12-08 | Tetra Pak International Ab | Material for packing containers |
| US4669644A (en) * | 1985-01-24 | 1987-06-02 | Svecia Antiqua Sa | Production of paper with decorative, non-rectilinear edges |
| US20080028902A1 (en) * | 2006-08-03 | 2008-02-07 | Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. | Dual roll, variable sheet-length, perforation system |
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| GB796300A (en) | 1958-06-11 |
| FR1159137A (fr) | 1958-06-23 |
| DE1045782B (de) | 1958-12-04 |
| CH340700A (de) | 1959-08-31 |
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