Self-guiding cutting device
Assignee3M Innovative Properties Company
InventorsMartin Sekanina, Lukas Marsoun, Rudolf Melezinek, Petr Ludvik
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Abstract
Self-guiding cutting tool (100) for cutting an adhesive film (20) applied to the roof panel (30) of a car, wherein the roof panel is connected to a side panel (31) of the car by a joint area (32) containing a welding ditch channel, said cutting tool (100) comprising a cutting device (6), at least one guiding means (2) guiding the cutting device (6) over the welding ditch channel of the joint area (32), and at least one transporting means (3) allowing the cutting device (6) to be moved over the welding ditch channel of the joint area (32). Also provided is a method of applying adhesive films to the roof panels of a car using the cutting tool.
Claims20
Self-guiding cutting tool for cutting an adhesive film applied to the roof panel of a car, wherein the roof panel is connected to a side panel of the car by a joint area containing a welding ditch channel, said cutting tool comprising a cutting device, at least one guiding structure guiding the cutting device along the side panel and over the welding ditch channel of the joint area, and at least one transporting structure disposed over the roof panel and allowing the cutting device to be moved over the welding ditch channel of the joint area, wherein the joint area is not even, and the guiding structure is mechanical.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.