Sheet cutting device and sheet cutting method

Abstract

A sheet cutting device cuts an elongated sheet material into a discrete sheet material of a predetermined length, while continuing to convey the elongated sheet material from upstream to downstream, and includes: an upstream conveying mechanism which conveys a sheet material on an upstream side of a cutting position of the sheet material; a downstream conveying mechanism which conveys the sheet material on a downstream side of the cutting position; and a cutting mechanism arranged between the upstream and downstream conveying mechanisms to cut the sheet material, wherein the cutting mechanism includes a cutter moved to follow and cut the conveyed sheet material, and a feed speed of the sheet material set in the downstream conveying mechanism is faster than that set in the upstream conveying mechanism.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.