Hand tool for cutting blind strips and the like
OwnerJerry C. Newmaninventor
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Abstract
Manually operated tool, primarily a hand tool, for cutting strip elements, more especially, blind strips of Venetian blinds. The tool has cooperating blades. Associated with one of the blades is a feed guide particularly configurated to be adapted to the shape of the strip to be cut for accurate delivery to the blades. Associated with the blades also is a measuring gauge for accurately measuring the amount to be cut off. The blades are especially configurated to be adapted to cut strip material having transverse curvature and further to make a curved cut providing a finished end to the strip being cut.
Claims11
A tool for cutting blind strips and the like including relatively reciprocatable members, each one of which carries a cutting blade, and means for guiding a strip to be cut to a cutting position, said blade having contoured portions along their length whereby to provide a cut having a corresponding contour at the cut edge of the strip, and guide means to guide said strip accurately to said contoured portions.
A tool for cutting blind strips and the like including relatively reciprocatable members, each of one which carries a cutting blade, and a means for guiding a strip to be cut to a cutting position, said blades being mutually contoured whereby to provide a cut having a corresponding contour at the cut edge of the strip, the said blades being additionally contoured whereby to provide a contour at the cut edge of the strip having beveled corners, the cutting blades having mutually engageable cutting surfaces positioned at the extremities of the cutting blades.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.