SHOE PART THICKNESS LEVELING MACHINE Russian patent published in 1998 - IPC

FIELD: shoe industry. SUBSTANCE: machine has pair of conveying rolls, cutter positioned between rolls and provided with mechanism for reciprocating cutter in direction perpendicular to article feeding direction, and mechanism for reciprocating cutter in article feeding direction. First mechanism has frame, connecting rod pivotally connected with frame and crank, which is fixed on vertical shaft, and pair of toothed gears kinematically connected with vertical shaft. Second mechanism has frame mounted in guides and kinematically connected with pair of slides mounted in cutter blade slots, pair of eccentrics positioned for rotation about vertical axis, kinematically connected with frame and interconnected through gear-and-belt transmission. Both cutter moving mechanisms have common drive. Such construction of machine provides continuous feeding of articles to movable cutter with constant sliding cutting effect. EFFECT: increased efficiency, enhanced reliability in operation and improved quality of article cut surface. 3 cl, 2 dwg