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US 6,681,669 B1Granted
Method and apparatus for cutting a compressible material having an uncompressed thickness greater than a radius of a wheel cutter
AssigneeGerber Technology, Inc.
InventorChristopher C. Bogan
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Abstract
A wheel cutter for cutting a compressible material having a relaxed thickness greater than a radius of the wheel cutter is disclosed, wherein a compressor guide locally compresses the batting to a thickness less than a radius of the wheel cutter. In one configuration, the compressor guide includes a compressor wheel eccentrically mounted with respect to the wheel cutter.
Claims5
In combination, a compressible material and a cutting assembly for severing the compressible material disposed on a support surface, said cutting assembly comprising:
- (a) a wheel cutter translatable in cutting engagement with the support surface along a first direction and a transverse second direction, the wheel cutter having a diameter less than an initial thickness of the compressible material;
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- (b) a compressor guide adjacent the wheel cutter and translatable with the wheel cutter, the compressor guide having a leading face spaced from the support surface by at least the initial thickness, and a compressing face adjacent the wheel cutter and having a nadir spaced from the support surface by less than the wheel cutter diameter wherein the nadir defines the compressed thickness.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.