Global Patent Index - EP 1305148 B1

EP 1305148 B1 20060208 - CONTINUOUS PLATFORM CUTTING APPARATUS AND METHOD

Title (en)

CONTINUOUS PLATFORM CUTTING APPARATUS AND METHOD

Title (de)

VORRICHTUNG UND VERFAHREN ZUM KONTINUIERLICHEN PLATTFORMSCHNEIDEN

Title (fr)

APPAREIL DE DECOUPE A PLATE-FORME CONTINUE ET PROCEDE

Publication

EP 1305148 B1 20060208 (EN)

Application

EP 00950798 A 20000728

Priority

US 0020505 W 20000728

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO0209915A1] An apparatus and method for shaping a slab of compressible or cellular polymer material (80), such as polyurethane foam, cuts portions of the material from one surface of the slab. A moving patterned platform (32), preferably an endless belt or a series of interconnected panels, is interposed in a predetermined gap formed between a compression roller (56) and a drive roller (18) and defines at least one recess (36) or at least one projection (320) or a combination of recesses and projections. When the slab is compressed between the compression roller and the platform, a portion of the material fills the recess or recesses in the moving platform. At least a portion of the compressed material within the recess(es) is then cut from the surface of the slab by a blade (76) just as the slab emerges from between the compression roller and the platform, leaving a profile-cut surface with cut-out portion(s) corresponding in pattern and shape to the recess(es) provided in the moving patterned platform. Alternatively, a portion of the material is forced away from the blade (76) by the projection or projections (320) so that a portion of compressed material is not cut by the blade (76).

IPC 8 full level

B26D 3/28 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

B26D 3/281 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 0209915 A1 20020207; AT E317315 T1 20060215; AU 6384700 A 20020213; CA 2386015 A1 20020207; CA 2386015 C 20060926; DE 60025923 D1 20060420; DE 60025923 T2 20060914; EP 1305148 A1 20030502; EP 1305148 B1 20060208; ES 2257308 T3 20060801; MX PA02003265 A 20020918

DOCDB simple family (application)

US 0020505 W 20000728; AT 00950798 T 20000728; AU 6384700 A 20000728; CA 2386015 A 20000728; DE 60025923 T 20000728; EP 00950798 A 20000728; ES 00950798 T 20000728; MX PA02003265 A 20000728