Abstract: A blade unit for cutting sheet material including a base member assembly mounting a circular blade and a cover member for detachable engagement with the base member assembly. The base member assembly includes a supporting wall having a circular upper edge and a guard flange extending around the circular upper edge and protecting a portion of an outer edge of the blade from contact. The base member assembly is further provided with a straight bottom edge and a portion of the blade extends below the bottom edge to define an exposed cutting edge for the blade. An elongated guide structure tab extends from the bottom edge parallel to and adjacent the exposed portion of the blade for guiding the blade unit along a slot in a guide template.

Abstract: A cutter for self-adhesive labels has a top part and a bottom part and a feeding gap between the top part and the bottom part. The cutter includes further a cutting mechanism having a blade and coupled to one of the top part and the bottom part. Further, the cutter has a transport and guiding device for the labels, wherein the transport and guiding device includes a transport roll located opposite the cutting mechanism. The feeding gap receives an adhesive paper or label sheet and the transport roll pulls the adhesive paper or label sheet through the feeding gap. The adhesive paper or label sheet passes between the cutting mechanism and the transport roll, and the blade cuts the adhesive paper or label sheet against a curved surface of the transport roll.

Abstract: A cutting machine which dispenses and cuts sheet material includes a carriage on rails for movement parallel to the horizontal rolls carried on a vertical carrousel. The carriage supports a cutting table top and a drive roller at one side for driving the roll of floor covering material on the carrousel in forward direction for feeding the sheet to the table top and in reverse direction for re-winding. A measuring wheel and electric eye for detecting the presence of the material are located on the table top. A sensor is provided to detect if the measuring wheel is de-activated during use. A control unit includes a printer and is arranged to cause measurement and feeding of a measured length of the material which is fed to a re-roller on the carriage.

Abstract: Apparatus which can be employed for light, everyday hand-cutting of existing rolled material such as gift wrapping paper. The apparatus includes a frame whereon the roll of material can be positioned for rotary movement. The frame may be of fixed length to accommodate standard roll lengths or the frame may be made to be expandable if desired. A slot is provided to allow the material to be pulled therethrough. A cutter blade is disposed on the frame and is adapted to slide along a path parallel with the slot to perform a clean, even cut on the material.

Abstract: A work table having longitudinal and transverse cutter guide rails and a removable cutter. The cutter cooperates with linear knives on a longitudinal edge and on a lateral edge of the work table for making longitudinal and transverse cuts to form blanks from sheet stock. A roller knife on the cutter cooperates with linear knives on transverse and lateral edges of the work table to cut coil stock. The longitudinal cutter guide rail is provided with cam clamps that flex the beam to securely clamp sheet stock between the upper beam and the table top when longitudinal cuts are made. Grid lines and template instructions may be provided to assist workers in measuring and laying out blanks of sheet stock. Sheet stock may be supplied from a coil that is retained in a coil holder either on the work table or adjacent to the work table on a separate stand.

Abstract: A cutting apparatus providing a flat material with a curved edge is disclosed. The cutting apparatus includes a main body, a center member and an arm. The center member is mounted to the main body. The arm engages with the center member and has a cutting part thereon. The cutting part cuts the flat material to have the curved edge by rotating the arm about the center member.

Abstract: It is to provide a paper cutter which can tear an uncut portion of paper easily and prevent from reeling out the paper from the device even when the uncut portion of the partial cut paper is pulled straightly.

Abstract: A cutting machine for cutting a belt-shaped sheet into a given shape includes a sheet feeder, a Y-axis shaft, a carriage, a sub-shaft, two connecting frames, and an elevating device. The sheet feeder moves the belt-shaped sheet in the X-axis direction. The Y-axis shaft is disposed in the Y-axis direction above the cutting sheet. The carriage mounts a cutter on a leading end thereof and is slidably disposed on the Y-axis shaft. The sub-shaft is disposed parallel to the Y-axis shaft and penetrates the carriage on the leading end side of the carriage. The connecting frames connects and fixes the Y-axis shaft and the sub-shaft to each other. The elevating device moves up and down the sub-shaft to move the cutter up and down in the Z-axis direction with respect to the cutting sheet.

Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for punching plastics, in particular for producing plug-in punchings for smart cards, whereby the stamping punch cooperates with a die-plate and the plastic to be punched is disposed between the stamping punch and the die-plate. In order to avoid disadvantages with respect to the quality of the punched edges, the cutting edge of the stamping punch is formed according to the invention so as to have a punching angle smaller than 90°.

Abstract: A blade unit for cutting sheet material including a base member assembly mounting a circular blade and a cover member for detachable engagement with the base member assembly. The base member assembly includes a supporting wall having a circular upper edge and a guard flange extending around the circular upper edge and protecting a portion of an outer edge of the blade from contact. The base member assembly is further provided with a straight bottom edge and a portion of the blade extends below the bottom edge to define an exposed cutting edge for the blade. An elongated guide structure tab extends from the bottom edge parallel to and adjacent the exposed portion of the blade for guiding the blade unit along a slot in a guide template.

Abstract: A blade is used to cut through a film between the panes of laminated glass in the area of a gap produced in the laminated glass the blade is provided on a holding device and can move along the gap. The holding device includes swiveling carrier on which there is a holding part for the blade with a vertical adjustment capacity. The blade is first placed next to the gap on the top of the top pane of the laminated glass. The vertical alignment of the blade is ascertained with a rule for determining the thickness of the laminated glass. Then the holding device is adjusted by a motor such that the blade falls into the gap. When a sufficient immersion depth of the blade into the gap is ascertained via the rule, the film is cut.

Abstract: A cutting tool is provided, comprising a guide member with a channel, attached to a support arm. A body piece is also provided, and has an attached handle and cutting assembly. The body piece may be positioned at any point along the support arm, its cutting assembly thus being positionable to select a cut line such that a workpiece may be severed or scored at virtually any width desired. A method of cutting a sheet material is also provided, which employs the aforementioned cutting tool.

Abstract: A device is provided for cutting lengths of film from a roll of film such as thin plastic film. A roll retainer for the roll of film is provided, typically a box structure having a hinged lid. An inner platform is provided on which a first portion of film from the roll rests, plus a first film retainer for retaining the first film portion on the inner platform. A movable cutter member is for cutting off the length of the film from the roll. An outer platform is provided with a second film retainer for retaining a cut film portion on the outer platform, with the cutter member being positioned between the inner and outer platforms.

Abstract: A removable storage compartment assembly for a material cutter comprising a compartment placement region and a removable storage compartment. The storage compartment includes a compartment lower portion removably engaged to the compartment placement region and a compartment upper portion removably and mateably engaged to the compartment lower portion. A biasing member is operatively connected to the compartment lower portion. When the compartment lower portion is disengaged from the compartment placement region, the biasing member biases the compartment lower portion away from the compartment placement region.

Abstract: A material trimmer comprising a base having a support surface and a cutting region having a channel. A plate is movably attached to the base and includes oppositely facing upper and lower surfaces, an elongated slot therethrough, an elevated portion proximate each side of the slot, and a distal second end with the elevated portion leading to an arcuate surface. A carrier includes a top flange having a pair of oppositely extending sides and a foot extending from the top flange. The foot is slidably received within the slot, and a portion of the pair of oppositely extending sides are arcuate in shape and slidably received within the arcuate surface of the elevated portion. A blade is attached to the carrier, a portion of which extends below the lower surface of the plate within the channel when the plate is disposed over the cutting region.

Abstract: A cutting table for cutting pieces of fabric. The table has a fabric supporting surface mounted on a frame. A cutter is manually movable along a linear cutting path that is substantially perpendicular to an edge guide. First and second light emitting devices emit respective first and second lights in a direction substantially parallel to the linear cutting path. A manually powered drive supports the first and second light emitting devices in a spaced apart relationship, and the drive is manually operable to move the light emitting devices through equal displacements in opposite directions substantially perpendicular to the linear cutting path. The light emitting devices are used to quickly align the fabric, so that it can be cut to a desired width.

Abstract: Apparatus for cutting a sheet of material along a preselected line. The apparatus includes a table having an upper surface sized and shaped for receiving the sheet of material. In addition, the apparatus includes a wire positionable adjacent the upper surface of the table and generally vertically below the preselected line on the sheet of material when the sheet of material is received by the upper surface of the table. Further, the apparatus includes an elongate guide positionable above the sheet of material when the sheet is received by the upper surface of the table for holding the sheet of material in position with respect to the wire and the upper surface of the table. The apparatus also includes a device engageable with the wire for pulling the wire upward through the sheet of material to cut the sheet of material along the preselected line.

Abstract: An apparatus for the proper shaped cutting of alternate components of sheet material fittings for subsequent joining as ductwork. The apparatus comprises a main support platform defined by a rectangular peripheral frame of side beams and end beams and a cutter head movably arranged over the platform to cut sheet material on the platform. A first shuttle table for receipt of a first piece of sheet material is supported on the platform. A second shuttle table for receipt of a second piece of sheet material is also supported alternately, on the platform. A roller bearing set is arranged on the platform to permit one of the shuttle tables to be moved onto the platform as the other of the tables is moved from the platform, to permit alternate pieces of sheet material to be cut by the cutter head over the platform in sequence with one another.

Abstract: A device and method for simultaneously cutting and scoring pieces of insulation consisting of thick fiber on a foil backing, for joining pieces of insulation. A dolly is provided for carrying a fifty-pound roll of insulation so that insulation can be pulled from the roll and over an attached cutting surface. Two parallel rotary knives move together across the insulation on the cutting surface. One knife cuts through both the fiber and foil. The other knife simultaneously makes a parallel cut 1.5 inches from the first, through the fiber but not the foil, so that the fiber between the two cuts can be removed from the foil. The foil from which the fiber has been removed, can then be overlapped onto the foil of another piece of insulation to join the two pieces.

Abstract: A method for repairing a flatwire conductor is disclosed. The method includes aligning a cutting tool along the flatwire conductor at a first cut zone, cutting the flatwire along a transverse axis of the flatwire within the first cut zone, removing the cutting tool from the flatwire, aligning the cutting tool along the flatwire at a second cut zone, cutting the flatwire within the second cut zone, and removing the cutting tool and flatwire attached thereto to allow for replacement of the flatwire.

Abstract: A master processing apparatus for use with a pair of removable feed rolls includes a frame, a master processing assembly, and a cutter assembly. The processing assembly performs a master processing operation wherein adhesive bonding is caused between a master and stock materials of the feed rolls. The cutter assembly is removably mounted to the frame on the discharge side of processing assembly. The cutter assembly has a blade movable to perform a severing operation wherein the blade cuts through the stock materials discharged from the processing assembly in a direction generally transverse to the feeding direction to sever a final product including the processed master and stock materials from a remainder of the supply of stock materials. The cutter assembly is removable from the frame for placement on a support surface to perform other cutting operations including a trimming operation wherein the blade is moved in the feeding direction.

Abstract: The present invention automatically returns a movable cutter to its home position if the recording paper jams during cutting to cut and remove the jammed part of the recording paper. The shifting of a movable cutter away from its home position by the revolution of a drive motor causes the movable cutter to cut recording paper and, after cutting the recording paper, the return of the movable cutter to its home position causes a swinging board to be released from restraint by a locking member to enable the swinging board to swing again and the rotation of a drive gear previously transmitted to a spiral shaft to be transmitted to a recording paper feed roller.

Abstract: Manually operable apparatus for cutting gel or other sheet material comprises a cutting table and a longitudinally reciprocable traveling bridge mounting a transversely translatable cutter carriage supporting a cutter assembly for manually selective movement to any position on the cutting table. The cutter assembly is employed for making longitudinal as well as transverse cuts of the sheet material. An associated method is also disclosed.

Abstract: In a singulation saw for sawing either substrates or wafers there is provided a pair of counter-rotating saw blades mounted for independent movement in a vertical direction for alternately engaging with a first substrate to be singulated. A transport system comprising a pair of substrate carriers reciprocates the first substrate under the pair of saw blades while alternate ones of the saw blades are engaged to cut the substrate. While the first substrate is being cut, the second or other substrate carrier sequentially unloads a cut substrate, loads a new uncut substrate and then moves the uncut substrate to a vision system for determining the position of the substrate relative to the second carrier and then positions the second carrier and its substrate in a standby position ready to be cut by the pair of saw blades that are cutting the first substrate.

Abstract: A cushioning conversion machine for converting sheet-like stock material into a relatively low density cushioning dunnage product. The machine has at least one conversion assembly for forming the stock material into a three-dimensional shape. The machine includes a feed mechanism for drawing the stock material over a shaping member in the conversion assembly. Any one of a plurality of manually operated severing mechanisms can be mounted in the second unit for cutting the cushioning dunnage product into cut sections. One severing unit has a circular cutting disc which is driven by a rack and pinion faster than rolling contact along a reaction member. Another severing mechanism has a fixed blade with an inclined cutting edge that moves across the path of the converted material. A third mechanism has straight edged blade that moves on vertical tracks downward through the path of the emerging converted material to sever the material against a fixed reaction member.

Abstract: A roll paper cutter, for cutting roll paper which is fed out from a roll of paper so that it can be separated from an outer circumference of the roll of paper, comprises: a rail extending in the longitudinal direction of the rail perpendicular to the roll paper feeding direction; a stationary knife fixed at and supported by a carriage moving along the rail in the longitudinal direction of the rail; and a rotary knife pivotally supported by the carriage and rotated coming into contact with the stationary knife when the carriage is moved. When the carriage is moved in the longitudinal direction of the rail, a cutting edge intersection formed by the rotary knife, which is rotated by the movement of the carriage, and also formed by the stationary knife crosses and cuts the roll paper in the width direction.

Abstract: A sheet material cutting device includes a base having two brackets, two arms pivotally secured to the brackets, a track secured between the arms and rotated in concert with the arms relative to the brackets, a seat slidably engaged on the track and movable along the track, and a cutter blade secured to the seat. The cutter blade may be forced toward the base in order to forcefully and effectively cut the sheet materials. A board detachably secured to the base, and a plate selectively secured to the board for increasing the surface for supporting the sheet materials.

Abstract: The cutting machine includes a sheet-driving unit, a detection sensor, and a cutter. The machine operates the sheet-driving unit and the cutter based on given input data to cut the sheet. The cutting machine calculates a length of sheet necessary to perform a cutting operation based on the input data, feeds out the sheet by the sheet-driving unit, and then performs a given cutting operation based on the input data without fully returning the sheet fed out by the driving unit after the cutting machine detects whether the sheet of the necessary length as calculated above is placed with using the detection sensor.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a film cutter assembly in which a blade housing slides bilaterally along a pair of rails. The blade housing houses a blade. An elongated rail base is coupled or integral with a pair of rails. The rails are formed of a material which provides an attractive or adhesion property to attract the film to the rail and maintain the film in flat position before and after cutting. A double-side adhesive tape can be applied to a surface of the elongated rail base which is adapted for attaching the elongated rail base to a carton of film.

Abstract: A cutter cassette includes a cutter case for holding a cutting blade slidably in a case holder. The cutter cassette further includes a holding mechanism for holding the cutter case in a completely inserted state and an extending mechanism for protruding the cutter case from the case holder. The cutting blade is held in the holding mechanism when not used, and is promptly ejected by the extending mechanism when used. A cutting device mounted on a rail and a portable hand-operated cutter are also provided. Preferably, the cutting device includes a driving mechanism for shifting the cutting blade in the cutter cassette into an operative state in synchronization with the operation of pushing the cutter cassette.

Abstract: A separating device for a print engine separates a piece of print media from a supply of print media after printing of an image by a printhead of the print engine on said piece of print media. The separating device includes a cutter wheel which acts on the print media to part the piece from the remainder of the supply of print media. The cutter wheel is carried on a carrier. The carrier, in turn traverses a worm gear to be displaced relative to the printhead. An arm of a resiliently flexible material mounts the cutter wheel to the carrier. The arm is configured to facilitate resiliently bending out of the path of the print media of the separating means if the print media is forced prior to completion of a separating operation to inhibit damage being caused to the separating means.

Abstract: A manual paper cutter comprises a rule, a guide rail disposed on the rule, and a cutting device mounted on the guide rail. The cutting device comprises a housing, a guide seat, and a blade mount. The housing is provided in the interior with a receiving space, a retaining pillar, and a receiving slot. The guide seat is provided with a through slot and a guide slot which is provided with a locating slot corresponding in location to the retaining pillar. The blade mount is disposed in the receiving slot and is provided with a blade opposite in location to the through slot of the guide seat. The retaining pillar is provided with a spring fitted thereover. As the housing is pressed, the blade is actuated to jut out of the through slot of the guide seat.

Abstract: A sheet material cutting device includes a base having two brackets, two arms pivotally secured to the brackets, a track secured between the arms and rotated in concert with the arms relative to the brackets, a seat slidably engaged on the track and movable along the track, and a cutter blade secured to the seat. The cutter blade may be forced toward the base in order to forcefully and effectively cut the sheet materials. A board detachably secured to the base, and a plate selectively secured to the board for increasing the surface for supporting the sheet materials.

Abstract: A shingle cutter that is portable and can be temporarily attached to and used on the roof with the roofing nails used on the job. The power for cutting results from the housing of the cutting wheel being manually drawn back towards the operator. The shingle cutter has a structural base and two vertical end walls that support a rectangular rack, which holds the cutting block. In one version the rack drives a pinion, which in turn drives the cutting wheel. In a second version, the cutting wheel is free to rotate as it is pulled through the shingle. The cutting block is constrained by rollers in contact with the top and bottom of the rectangular guide bar so that the cutting wheel moves to perform a shearing function with an abutting shear ledge mounted on the structural base.

Abstract: An automatic cutting and stacking device for arcuately shaped blanks is disclosed. The device contains a feeding table followed by a cutting unit and a stacking device. The cutting unit is movable in relation to the feeding table to thus allow a cutting perpendicular to the contour of the shaped film. The stacking unit comprises a slide plate and a movable base plate upon which the cut blanks are stacked. The height of the base plate can be adjusted/lowered in relation to the accumulating thickness of the stacking height of the cut blanks.

Abstract: A color thermosensitive recording sheet extends two-dimensionally in main and sub scan directions perpendicular to each other. In a thermal printer for use with the recording sheet, two cutters remove front and rear margins from the recording sheet by cutting the recording sheet along lines extending in the main scan direction. Two slitters remove first and second side margins from the recording sheet by slitting the recording sheet along lines extending in the sub scan direction. A slitter shifter shifts the slitters in the main scan direction between a slitting position and home position. The slitters are set at the side margins when in the slitting position, and away from the recording sheet when in the home position. An externally operable mode selector selectively sets a marginless mode and margin mode. A controller causes the slitter shifter to shift the slitters to the slitting position when the marginless mode is set, and actuates the cutters and slitters.

Abstract: The invention relates to a printer device for printing on a paper tape and for cutting the tape into printed tickets. The device comprises a frame having a cover hinged on the frame, a printer, cutter means, and guide means for guiding the tape between the printer and the cutter means. According to the invention, the guide means are formed by two walls substantially parallel to the axis of a paper drive roller, one wall being carried by the cover and the other wall being carried by the frame, in such a manner as to impose an S-bend on the portion of the tape that extends between the printer and the cutter means.

Abstract: There is provided a half-cutting device which makes it possible to attain the energy saving, downsizing of the construction of a tape printing apparatus using the device, and reliable cutting with a beautiful cut, and the tape printing apparatus incorporating the device. A half-cutting mechanism carries out half-cutting on a tape material introduced between the same and a tape-receiving member in a direction of the tape material. A half cutter of the half-cutting mechanism has a cutter blade formed by an angular blade, and performs a cutting operation on the tape material by moving in a direction of the width of the tape material. A cutter moving mechanism causes the half cutter to cyclically move through a cutting wait position, a cutting start position, a cutting completed position, a withdrawn position, and then to the cutting wait position.

Abstract: A fiberboard duct fabrication apparatus for cutting fiberboard duct material has a working surface for supporting the fiberboard duct material. A first, second, third and fourth pulley are located at corners of the working surface. A sliding bar is laterally movable relative to the working surface with the sliding bars angular orientation fixed by a constraining cable. The constraining cable is constrained by the first, second, third and fourth pulley located at corners of the working surface.

Abstract: An apparatus for cutting sheet metal pieces from a sheet metal coil comprises a coil support adapted to support the sheet metal coil such that same may rotate about the coil axis to unroll an end portion of the sheet metal coil and a sheet support adapted to support the end portion for cutting. A cutting head is mounted above the end portion and is operative to cut through the end portion. A cutting head drive is operative to move the cutting head back and forth along a first path parallel to the coil axis and a sheet metal drive is operative to move the end portion forward and rearward along a second path perpendicular to the coil axis. A computer is operative to control and coordinate the sheet metal drive and the cutting head drive such that the pieces are cut from the end portion.

Abstract: Method and a device for slitting a material web traveling in the run direction in which at least one knife unit with a cutting edge, and arranged on a carrier that is movable transversely to the run direction in a machine frame, is positioned. A measurement device measures the position. The position measurement is improved in that the measurement device has two measurement transducers. A first measurement transducer is arranged on the carrier and measures the distance from the cutting edge to a reference point that is fixed with respect to the carrier. A second measurement transducer measures the distance between a reference point that is fixed with respect to the carrier and a zero point that is fixed in the machine frame. The absolute position of the cutting edge is established by combining the two distances.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a film cutter assembly in which a blade housing slides along a pair of rails. The blade housing is formed of an upper portion for housing the blade. Either end of the upper portion has a rounded inclined shape from a bottom edge to form a sled shaped runner. The sled shaped runner extends beyond the blade such that the user is prevented from touching the blade. A lower portion of the blade housing slidables bilaterally in a cavity formed below the rails. A clearance is formed between the blade and the rails to allow the blade housing to easily slide over a film to be cut even if the film bunched or doubled over. The upper portion of the blade housing has a concave shape for allowing a user's fingers to easily grip the blade housing. Preferably, the rails are formed of a material which provides an attractive charge to attract the film to the rail and help hold the film flat before and after cutting. For example, the rails can be formed of flexible vinyl or acetal.

Abstract: A cutting mechanism having a movable carriage and two cutters. Each cutter has an anvil that opposes a blade, and one of these is a roller that rolls against the other for progressively biasing material against the blades, producing cuts through the material. The rollers are rotatably mounted to the carriage, which is mounted to a lead screw that controls the position of the carriage. As the carriage moves across the material, the rollers roll, and the material is cut. The space between the anvil and the blade of at least one of the cutters can be varied to disengage that cutter so that the rolling of the roller will not cut the material. The engagement and disengagement of the cutter is dependent on the position of the carriage.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for severing twine from a bale supported by one or more grapple arms and bucket of a tractor is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a slide bar mounted to at least one grapple arm, the tines, or the bucket. The slide bar has a first end and a second end, and a blade riding on the slide bar, the blade oriented on the slide bar so that the blade contacts portion of the twine as the blade moves along the slide bar. A motor coupled to the blade for controllably moves the blade along the slide bar. The motor can be a reversible dc motor controllable by a switch, or a hydraulic motor. The twine about the bale can be cut without the need for the farmer to leave the driver's compartment of the tractor.

Abstract: A cutting machine for cutting a belt-shaped sheet into a given shape includes a sheet feeder, a Y-axis shaft, a carriage, a sub-shaft, two connecting frames, and an elevating device. The sheet feeder moves the belt-shaped sheet in the X-axis direction. The Y-axis shaft is disposed in the Y-axis direction above the cutting sheet. The carriage mounts a cutter on a leading end thereof and is slidably disposed on the Y-axis shaft. The sub-shaft is disposed parallel to the Y-axis shaft and penetrates the carriage on the leading end side of the carriage. The connecting frames connects and fixes the Y-axis shaft and the sub-shaft to each other. The elevating device moves up and down the sub-shaft to move the cutter up and down in the Z-axis direction with respect to the cutting sheet.

Abstract: A machine for cutting panels, featuring pressure clamping devices for clamping the panels; the machine being characterized in that the carriage houses a supporting and fast-fit connecting element for supporting a cutting tool presenting a circular saw and a fast-fit connector for connection to the element.

Abstract: A sheet cutter for cutting a sheet by shearing. The sheet cutter has a fixed blade, a movable blade which is movable along the fixed blade, and a receiving element which receives a sheet piece which is cut off from the sheet. The receiving element is structured so as to be movable together with the movable blade as the movable blade moves. The receiving element may be structured such that it is translationally movable in a direction substantially perpendicular to the moving direction of the movable blade.

Abstract: A paper cutter assembly for a printer/plotter is mounted on the printhead carriage for movement therewith to avoid separate mounting and guide structure. A cutter wheel is mounted in a housing for cam induced movement between a raised inactive position and a lower active position by engagement of a cam element carrier mounted for movement in the cutter housing with structure on the printer chassis. The printer platen has a stationary cutter bar which extends in a channel in the platen transversely of the path of paper movement and has a cutter wheel receiving well at one end of the channel into which the cutter wheel drops without contacting the platen or cutter bar at commencement of a cutting operation. Camming surfaces on the platen engage the side of a cutter drive wheel to move the cutter wheel into engagement with the cutter bar and then to raise the cutter wheel to the proper amount of operational overlap of the cutting edges as the cutter assembly moves across the paper path.

Abstract: An article wrapping table assembly for facilitating the article wrapping process. The article wrapping table assembly includes a table that has a substantially planar upper surface, a plurality of table legs, a pair of extension portions and a cutting assembly. The extension portions are positioned adjacent to the upper surface of the table. Each extension portion has a cutout portion. The cutout portions are aligned with each other and designed to rotatably hold a roll of wrapping material. The cutting assembly is slidably engaged in a slot that runs across the upper surface of the table. The cutting assembly is used for cutting a selected amount of wrapping material that has been unrolled onto the upper surface of the table.

Abstract: The relative positions of cutter blade 42, platen 28, pressing member 44, and bending guide 46 are adjusted to obtain the acute angle &THgr; between side face 42a of cutter blade 42 facing to the delivery direction and recording medium 29 in the range from 25° to 65°.