Cutter, method of making the same and apparatus for shaping and cutting tape end

A cutter for cutting a member, said cutter comprising:

• a stationary cutting blade having at least two stationary cutting edges separated from each other by a non-cutting portion and generally symmetrical to each other in shape, an imaginary transverse line extending from a center of a first one of said at least two stationary cutting edges to a center of a second one of said at least two stationary cutting edges;
• a movable cutting blade having at least two movable cutting edges which move along a locus including a position opposed to said stationary cutting edges, said at least two movable cutting edges being separated from each other by a non-cutting portion and generally symmetrical to each other in shape;
• and
• a pair of connecting means for connecting said stationary cutting blade with said movable cutting blade, said pair of connecting means having flexible means for flexibly supporting said movable cutting blade relative to said stationary cutting blade;
• wherein a closed loop is formed by said stationary and movable cutting blades and said pair of connecting means,
• and wherein each of said stationary and movable cutting edges has first and second straight cutting portions connected by a curved cutting portion, the first straight cutting portions of said stationary and movable cutting edges extend at an small angle close to being parallel to said imaginary transverse line, and the second straight cutting portions of the stationary and movable cutting edges extend at a small angle close to being perpendicular to said imaginary transverse line.