Rotary cutter device
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsTeruo IMAMAKI, Akira SAGO
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Abstract
A rotary cutter device includes a rotating body, a plurality of rotary blades, a fixed blade, a feeding portion, and a control portion. The rotating body is configured to be rotatable around a central axis. The plurality of rotary blades are provided on the rotating body. The fixed blade is provided facing a trajectory that cutting edges of the plurality of rotary blades describe when the plurality of rotary blades rotate. The feeding portion is configured to feed a sheet-shaped object along a linear feed path that passes close to the fixed blade. The control portion is configured to rotate the plurality of rotary blades around the central axis toward the fixed blade from the opposite side of the feed path from the fixed blade.
Claims6
A rotary cutter device, comprising:
- a rotating body that is configured to be rotatable around a central axis;
- a plurality of rotary blades that are provided on the rotating body in parallel to the central axis, each of the plurality of rotary blades being separated from the central axis and having a cutting edge on an end of the rotary blade that is farthest from the central axis, the cutting edges of the plurality of rotary blades extending in parallel to the central axis and describing a trajectory when the plurality of rotary blades rotate;
- a fixed blade that is provided on an outer side of the trajectory and has a cutting edge on an end of the fixed blade, the cutting edge of the fixed blade facing the trajectory;
- a feeding portion that is configured to feed a sheet-shaped object along a linear feed path that passes close to the fixed blade, the feed path passing from a cutting position through an area that is on the inner side of the trajectory, the cutting position being a position where one of the cutting edges of the plurality of rotary blades faces the cutting edge of the fixed blade, and the feed path then extending from a discharge position into an area that is on the outer side of the trajectory, the discharge position being a position where the feed path and the trajectory intersect and being different from the cutting position;
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- a control portion that is configured to rotate the plurality of rotary blades around the central axis toward the fixed blade from the opposite side of the feed path from the fixed blade.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.