Stencil-cutting machine
AssigneeEtablissements Tiflex Societe Anonyme
InventorJacques Bousquet
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Abstract
A stencil-cutting machine comprises a support adapted to receive a ferrous-metal plate upon which a plurality of cutting dies can be mounted to pass between a pair of rollers, at least one of which can be rotated, e.g. by a handle. Guide means is provided on the support for enabling the plate to move between the rollers with a stencil cardboard overlying the cutting dies and overlain, in turn, by a yieldable blanket. Magnetic alignment rules are provided on the plate to assist in aligning the dies and, at the end of a row of such dies, magnetic blocking members can be provided to hold them in place.
Claims7
An apparatus for cutting stencils in a sheet, comprising a support, a press formed on said support and comprising a pair of superposed rollers separated by a gap, a plate, composed of ferromagnetic material slidably mounted on a support and shiftable between said rollers, alphanumeric - character cutting dies disposed on said plate and adapted to pierce said sheet upon said sheet being disposed on said dies, said dies lying on said plate and having upwardly turned cutting edges, means for rotatably displacing at least one of said rollers to advance said plate, said dies and said sheet between said rollers, whereby said rollers press said sheet against said dies, said support being provided with a pair of guide rails slidably receiving said plate and engaging opposite longitudinal edges thereof, said plate being provided with a pair of entrainment rails along its opposite longitudinal edges parallel to said guide rails and receivable between said support roller and said pressing roller for advancing said plate between said rollers;
- and at least one magnetic alignment rule overlying said plate and magnetically adherent thereto for lining up of said dies on said plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.