Button cover cutting press apparatus

Cutter press apparatus for cutting material, comprising, in combination:

• base means;
• post means secured to the base means and extending upwardly therefrom;
• block means secured to the post means remote from the base means;
• rod means secured to the block means, including a rod having a bottom end;
• head means movable on the rod of the rod means from an upper position to a lower cutting position;
• cutter means secured to and movable with the head means and including a cutter blade disposed adjacent to the bottom end of the rod when the head is in the upper position;
• and
• handle means pivotally secured to the post means between the base means and the block means and to the head means for moving the head means and the cutter means from the upper position to the lower cutting position for cutting material disposed on the base means and for moving the head means and the cutter means from the lower cutting position to the upper position whereby any cut material retained by the cutter means is ejected by the bottom of the rod as the cutter moves upwardly to the upper position in which the cutter blade is disposed adjacent to the bottom of the rod.