US 12,065,278 B2
Unit, apparatus and method for cutting a chain of article
Gabriele Sablone, San Giovanni Teatino (IT); and Antonio Gallucci, San Giovanni Teatino (IT)
Assigned to Fameccanica.Data S.p.A.
Filed by Fameccanica.Data S.p.A., San Giovanni Teatino (IT)
Filed on Mar. 2, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/177,664.
Claims priority of application No. 102022000004127 (IT), filed on Mar. 4, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0278743 A1, Sep. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. B65B 61/06 (2006.01); B65B 9/087 (2012.01); B65B 51/26 (2006.01); A61F 13/551 (2006.01)
CPC B65B 61/06 (2013.01) [B65B 9/087 (2013.01); B65B 51/26 (2013.01); A61F 13/551 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A transversal cutting unit for obtaining segments of consecutive articles of desired length from a continuous chain of articles, each segment having engravings between one article and another article of the segment, the transversal cutting unit comprising:
a cutting roller carrying at least one cutting element configured to perform both a cutting operation to separate two consecutive articles, and an engraving operation between two consecutive articles without separating the two consecutive articles,
a contrasting roller acting as a cutting surface, wherein a plurality of sections with grooves in the contrasting roller are formed alternating with a plurality of solid sections of the contrasting roller, wherein the contrasting roller is configured for providing segments of consecutive articles of desired length, with engravings between one article and another article of each segment, and
a control device configured to vary a phase between said cutting roller and said contrasting roller.