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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 26, 1997
Waitt/Fremont Machine, L.L.C., Fremont, NE (US);
Abstract
A material cutting device for cutting material using blade-cut dies includes a base plate adapted to support a blade-cut die thereon and a carriage movably mounted on the base plate. A press roller is rotatably mounted on the carriage, the press roller having a center longitudinal axis and being positioned above the base plate generally parallel therewith. A track device such as a rack is mounted on the base plate, and a track follower devicesuch as a rack-engaging gear is mounted on the carriage which is operative to engage said track device thereby guiding movement of the carriage on the base plate. A drive device is mounted on one of the base plate and the carriage, the drive device operative to move the carriage along the track device. A die cover is operative to cover a blade-cut die supported on said the plate. The press roller, the carriage and the drive device cooperate such that the drive device propels the carriage along the track device, the press roller engaging the die cover above a blade-cut die thereby forcing the die cover into contact with a blade-cut die supported on the base plate whereby material to be cut sandwiched between the die cover and a blade-cut die is cut in a shape designated by the blade-cut die.