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EP 0155665 B1 19900725 - VACUUM DIE CUTTING APPARATUS FOR FOAM BACKED MATERIALS

Title (en)

VACUUM DIE CUTTING APPARATUS FOR FOAM BACKED MATERIALS

Publication

EP 0155665 B1 19900725 (EN)

Application

EP 85103113 A 19850318

Priority

US 59096184 A 19840319
US 65774784 A 19841004
US 69015985 A 19850110

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP0155665A2] A stationary steel rule cutting die for cutting a fixed pattern in each of a plurality of stacked compressible material layers (34) according to the shape of the rule die (22), including a vacuum system (42) for vertically reducing the stack height of the compressible material layers (34) without lateral distortion prior to cutting and retaining the compress condition during the progressive or incremental cutting operations.

IPC 1-7

B26F 1/38

IPC 8 full level

B26F 1/40 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

B26F 1/40 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

DE FR GB IT SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 0155665 A2 19850925; EP 0155665 A3 19860806; EP 0155665 B1 19900725; CA 1232533 A 19880209; DE 3578791 D1 19900830

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 85103113 A 19850318; CA 476778 A 19850318; DE 3578791 T 19850318