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EP 0297324 B1 19901003 - KNIFE FOR BLANKING IN SHEET

Title (en)

KNIFE FOR BLANKING IN SHEET

Publication

EP 0297324 B1 19901003 (EN)

Application

EP 88109208 A 19880609

Priority

JP 14559087 A 19870610

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP0297324A1] A knife (C) for blanking in thin sheet material, the knife (C) having a back portion (8') that is bevelled, said back portion (8') having a fluted or wave-shaped configuration such that the flutes extend the full width (t) of the knife (C).

IPC 1-7

B26F 1/44

IPC 8 full level

B26F 1/44 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

B26F 1/44 (2013.01); B26F 1/40 (2013.01); B26F 2001/4463 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

DE GB SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 0297324 A1 19890104; EP 0297324 B1 19901003; DE 3860739 D1 19901108; JP H0558878 B2 19930827; JP S63312099 A 19881220

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 88109208 A 19880609; DE 3860739 T 19880609; JP 14559087 A 19870610