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(11) EP 0 574 049 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
26.01.1994 Bulletin 1994/04

(43) Date of publication A2:
15.12.1993 Bulletin 1993/50

(21) Application number: 93201274.3

(22) Date of filing: 04.05.1993
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)5: B67B 7/52
(84) Designated Contracting States:
BE DE FR GB NL

(30) Priority: 05.05.1992 NL 9200803

(71) Applicant: Nabers, Berend Jan
NL-7771 EM Hardenberg (NL)

(72) Inventor:
  • Nabers, Berend Jan
    NL-7771 EM Hardenberg (NL)

(74) Representative: Schumann, Bernard Herman Johan 
Arnold & Siedsma, Advocaten en Octrooigemachtigden, Sweelinckplein 1
2517 GK Den Haag
2517 GK Den Haag (NL)


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    (54) Device for cutting oil filters


    (57) Cutting device (1) for cutting in peripheral direction through the jacket (25) of a cylindrical holder, comprising three blades (3) connected to a base element (2) and rotatable in the same cutting plane for cutting at three locations through the cylindrical jacket to be arranged rotatably relative to these blades, positioning means (8-10) for carrying the blades from a free position into an active position wherein the blades cut through the jacket, control means (17) for rotating the jacket and the blades relative to each other such that the jacket is cut through completely, wherein the base element is provided with blade guides (4) for displacing the blades therealong, and the positioning means comprise a system of mutually coupled connecting arms connected to these blades.






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