Die-cutting apparatus

Claim 1

A die-cutting apparatus comprising: (a) a feeder for continuously feeding out sheet materials or the like; (b) a die cutter including a die cylinder having die-cutting blades arranged on its outer circumference in a predetermined shape and an anvil cylinder positioned to cooperate with said die cylinder, the sheet material from said feeder being cut into a product and waste by the die cutting blades on said die cylinder during passage of the sheet between the die and anvil cylinders; and (c) a waste stripping unit including an upper roller having on its outer circumference a male die which corresponds to the waste of said sheet material, and a lower roller having on its outer circumference a female die which cooperates with the male die of said upper roller to exclusively separate said waste, while leaving said product, from said sheet material by squeezing the sheet material from said die cutter between said upper roller and said lower roller, said waste stripping unit further including differential means for adjusting the rotational phases of said upper roller and said lower roller with respect to the drive side of said waste separator, and the mutual rotational phase of said rollers.