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US 4,991,637 AGranted
Trimmer apparatus and method
OwnerTimothy J. Butlerinventor
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Abstract
A trimmer apparatus and method for utilizing the same is presented which includes a cutting assembly formed from a quadrangular frame which is pivotally joined to a stand and a laminated object is moved therealong on a support in a lineal path whereby the edge of the laminate is trimmed to the contour of the substrate. The quandrangular cutting assembly frame allows the cutting blade to move in an arcuate path for trimming rounded ends of table tops or the like.
Claims25
Trimmer apparatus comprising:
- a stand, means to trim an object, said trim means being vertically, pivotally affixed to said stand, said trim means comprising a pendulum member, a motor, and a blade attached to said motor, said motor attached to said pendulum member, said trim means being arcuately movable laterally along said stand.
Trimmer apparatus comprising:
- a stand, means to trim an object, said trim means comprising:
- a frame, said frame vertically, pivotally attached to said stand, a motor, a blade attached to said motor, a roller guide, said roller guide attached to said blade, said roller guide for contacting said object as said blade trims the same.
Trimmer apparatus comprising:
- a stand, means to trim an object vertically, pivotally connected to said stand, said trim means having:
- (a) a pivotal quadrangle frame,
- (b) an electric motor, and
- (c) a cutting blade, said blade joined to said motor, said motor attached to said frame, and
- (d) a roller guide, said roller guide for contacting said object during trimming, said roller guide attached to said blade,
- and object support, said support attached to said stand proximate said trim means, a resilient member, said resilient member affixed to said trim means whereby an object can be placed on said support and trimmed by said cutting blade as said object moves along said support while said quadrangle frame pivots from a rest position as said resilient member urges said quadrangle frame to return to its rest position.
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The method of trimming an object comprising the steps of:
- (a) directing the object to be trimmed along a lineal path to a means for trimming the object,
- (b) intersecting the object with the trim means, and
- (c) moving the trim means in a vertical, arcuate path to trim the object and,
- (d) continuously moving the object along the lineal path while continuously trimming the object as said trim means moves in said vertical, arcuate path.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.