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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 03, 1998
Larry J. Weinstein, Littleton, CO (US);
Robert J. Allwein, Littleton, CO (US);
John A. Fry, Conifer, CO (US);
Vern C. Plotts, Littleton, CO (US);
Jo M. Teague, Littleton, CO (US);
William H. Olbert, Littleton, CO (US);
Johns Manville International, Inc., Denver, CO (US);
Abstract
A portable batt cutter custom cuts standard width, continuous, extended length fibrous insulation blankets at a construction site to form batts with specific dimensions corresponding to the dimensions of the structural framework cavities to be insulated. The portable batt cutter includes storage for retaining a fibrous insulation blanket; a feed mechanism for feeding the fibrous insulation blanket from the storage to a transverse cutter; and the transverse cutter which makes a transverse cut across the width of the fibrous insulation blanket to determine the length of the batt. The portable batt cutter may also include a cutter for making a longitudinal cut in the fibrous insulation blanket to form a batt having a width less than the width of the fibrous insulation blanket and a measuring device to measure the length of the batt prior to forming the transverse cut in the fibrous insulation blanket. The portable batt cutter has a size and weight enabling the cutter to be readily moved from construction site to construction site.