Strap edger assembly

A strap edge assembly designed to edge, parallel and/or reduce longitudinal edges of an elongated strap structure to a desired uniform width, said assembly comprising:

• a base assembly including a main base upright and a support platform secured to an end of said base upright and disposed in engagement with a supporting surface,
• two support shafts secured to said main base upright and extending transversely outward therefrom in spaced, parallel relation to one another,
• an inboard knife holder and an outboard knife holder both movably mounted on said support shafts and said outboard knife holder selectively and fixedly adjustable along the length thereof into and out of operative engagement with a corresponding longitudinal edge of the strap being edged in accordance with the desired uniform width thereof,
• each knife holder including a knife structure mounted thereon and movable therewith relative to the strap being edged,
• biasing means interconnected between said inboard knife holder and said main base upright and disposed and structured for normally biasing of said inboard knife holder away from said main base upright,
• adjustment means mounted on at least one of said support shafts adjacent said inboard knife holder and engageable therewith for selectively moving said inboard knife holder and said knife thereon a predetermined distance along said support shafts between a full open position and a plurality of cutting positions relative to said main base upright and said outboard knife holder,
• said plurality of cutting positions being defined by selective movement of said inboard knife holder towards said main base upright and said outboard knife holder and against a biasing force exerted by said biasing means so as to position a cutting edge of said knife structure on said inboard knife holder in operative and cutting engagement with the corresponding longitudinal edge of the strap, and
• whereby placement and removal of the strap from between said knife structures is facilitated by movement of said inboard knife holder to said full open position removing the cutting edge of said knife structure on said inboard knife holder from said cutting engagement with the corresponding longitudinal edge of the strap.