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Band cutting apparatus

  • US 5,086,682 A
  • Filed: 04/05/1990
  • Issued: 02/11/1992
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/05/1990
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A band cutting apparatus for cutting banding material to form separate bands of predetermined height for placing around container necks, the apparatus comprising:

  • guide means for guiding banding material in a flattened condition along a predetermined guide path from an inlet towards a cutting station;

    pinch means for pinching opposite sides of the flattened banding material together in a region to be cut at said cutting station;

    a single cutter blade mounted at said cutting station adjacent said pinch means for movement in a cutting path across the pinched and flattened banding material at the cutting station to cut a band of predetermined length from the material; and

    transport means for transporting said blade and said pinch means together back and forth across said cutting path.

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