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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 1989
Filed:
May. 20, 1987
William C Isaacson, North Hollywood, CA (US);
Herbert A Farmery, Anaheim, CA (US);
Keen Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for slitting elongated flexible tape longitudinally into a plurality of strips of preselected width, the apparatus including a base forming a generally horizontal tape support surface and a pair of upstanding side supports, one of which functions as a side edge guide for one side edge of the tape. A shaft is mounted transversely between the side supports, and functions to support an adjustable side edge guide for abutting and guiding the other side edge of the tape, and a cutter adjustably located to slit the tape to the preselected width and having a cutting blade and a hold-down surface adjacent the blade for slidably clamping the tape during slitting to prevent lateral tape movement.