Machine for piercing sheets of material in a variety of patterns using an adjustable apparatus

A machine for piercing sheets of material comprising:

• an adjustable apparatus that can be moved by hand;
• the adjustable apparatus acts as a stop to the moveable cutting die containing the punch pattern thereby varying the amount of the punch pattern cut into a sheet of material being punched;
• the moveable cutting die is designed with a cutting surface so that said adjustable apparatus can limit the amount of said sheet of said material cut by said cutting surface;
• the adjustable apparatus can be moved to apposition so that said designed pattern of said punch is cut fully out of said sheet of said material by the movement of said moveable cutting die;
• a frame which holds said adjustable apparatus and said moveable punch cutting die with said moveable cutting die held in the top of said frame and a hole corresponding to said moveable cutting die in the base of said frame wherein said frame aligns said moveable cutting die to said hole allowing for said moveable cutting die to be moved through said hole;
• a slot in said frame with said slot extending partially through said frame to accept and restrain said sheet of said material prior to said sheet of said material being punched;
• and a means to activate said moveable cutting die moving said cutting die to where it contacts said sheet of said material in said slot cutting said sheet of said material.

An adjustable apparatus that can be added to existing decorative punches comprising:

• said adjustable apparatus acts as a stop to the moveable cutting die containing the punch pattern thereby limiting the amount of said punch pattern cut into the sheet of material being punched;
• said moveable cutting die is designed with a curved cutting surface so that said adjustable apparatus can limit the amount of paper cut by that curved surface;
• said adjustable apparatus can be moved to a position so that said designed pattern of said punch is cut fully out of said sheet of material;
• and said adjustable apparatus can be permanently installed on existing decorative punches.