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US 4,546,546 AGranted
Apparatus for cutting out flat goods or structures applied to a base fabric
AssigneePerfekta Maschinenbau Ferdinand Kleger AG
InventorsFerdinand Kleger, Hans Zeller
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Abstract
A cutter frame or base of substantially C-shaped configuration is rotatable about a substantially vertical axis and carries an oscillating cutter element. The cutting edge of the cutter element can be guided between the base fabric and the appliqued flat goods along a seam or the like by means of rotating handgrips.
Claims12
A cutting apparatus for cutting-out flat goods or shapes appliqued to a base fabric, comprising:
- a housing movably supported in a spaced relationship from a predetermined cutting plane;
- a substantially vertically extending shaft rotatably mounted in said housing and having a lower end;
- a shear mounted at said lower end of said shaft;
- said shear comprising:
- fixed knife means possessing a knife edge defining said predetermined cutting plane and sloping slightly downwardly from said cutting plane;
- movable cutter means resiliently supported in sliding contact at said fixed knife means and possessing a cutting edge;
- said shaft being rotatable in order to align said knife edge of said fixed knife means to a predetermind cut to be made;
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- said movable cutter means executing cutting strokes in cooperative relation with said fixed knife means.
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