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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2013
Composite Technology and Applications Limited, Derby, GB;
Anthony Dale Johnson, Conowingo, MD (US);
Ralph Douglas Cope, Elkton, MD (US);
John Anthony Kukon, Franklinville, NY (US);
Michael James Case, Newark, DE (US);
James Tingle, East Cowes, GB;
Composite Technology & Applications Limited, Derby, GB;
Abstract
There is disclosed a cutting mechanismfor severing elongate fiber reinforcement materialin composite material lay-up equipment, the cutting mechanismcomprising a cutting elementand a counteracting elementwhich cooperate to sever fiber reinforcement materialextending through the nip between them, the cutting elementbeing mounted on an elongate armwhich is pivotable about a pivot axis A spaced from the nip, to displace the cutting elementrelatively to the counteracting elementto perform a cutting stroke, the mechanismfurther comprising guide meansarranged to guide the fiber reinforcement materialthrough the nip in a feed direction transverse to the pivot axis A, and an actuation devicefor driving the elongate armin a cutting stroke, the actuation deviceacting on the elongate armat a position away from the cutting element. There is also provided composite material lay-up equipmentcomprising the cutting mechanism