Blind cut down apparatus
AssigneeShade-O-Matic Limited
InventorNorbert Marocco
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Abstract
An apparatus for trimming the width of blinds of the type having a headrail, and a bottom rail and blind slats, and having a support body with a headrail opening, and a bottom rail opening, and a blind slat opening the blind components being insertable into their openings from one side of the support body, a die located adjacent to the support body, a headrail cutting recess in the die, guides on the support body for the die, enabling the die to move relative to the headrail opening between two positions and a bottom rail and blind slat cutter operable to cut the bottom rail and the blind slats. A modified apparatus can be used to trim the width of a vertical blind having a headrail and control rods. Also disclosed is a method of trimming the width of blind, having a head rail, a bottom rail and blind slats.
Claims7
A method of trimming the width of Venetian blinds having a head rail, a plurality of blind slats and a bottom rail, each of said head rail, said plurality of blind slats and said bottom rail having first and second opposed ends, the method comprising the steps of:
- placing said first end of said head rail through a corresponding head rail opening in a support body and into a position proximate a first cutter;
- rotating a crank to cause rotation of a cam, said cam rotation urging said first cutter to move relative to said head rail opening, whereby said first cutter cuts said first end of said head rail;
- plating said first end of said plurality of blind slats through a corresponding opening in said support body while placing said head rail through said head rail opening;
- cutting said first end of said plurality of blind slats with a second cutter, wherein said first and second cutters are connected by a lost-motion linkage so that said cutting of said plurality of blind slats and said cutting of said head rail begin at different times.
A method of trimming the width of venetian blinds having at least a head rail, a plurality of slats and a bottom rail, each of said head rail, slats and bottom rail having first and second opposed ends, said method comprising the steps of:
- placing a first end of said head rail through a corresponding opening in a support body and into a position proximate a first cutter;
- placing a first end of at least said slats through a slat opening in said support body proximate a second cutter, said first and second cutters being connected to each other by a lost-motion mechanism;
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- moving a selected one of said first and second cutters such that said lost-motion mechanism causes the other of said first and second cutters to begin movement after said selected one of said cutters begins its movement.
A method of trimming the width of venetian blinds having at least a head rail, a plurality of slats and a bottom rail, each of said head rail, slats and bottom rail having first and second opposed ends, said method comprising the steps of:
- placing a first end of said head rail through a corresponding opening in a support body and into a position proximate a first cutter;
- placing a first end of at least said bottom rail through a bottom rail opening in said support body proximate a second cutter, said first and second cutters being connected to each other by a lost-motion mechanism;
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- moving a selected one of said first and second cutters such that said lost-motion mechanism causes the other of said first and second cutters to begin movement after said selected one of said cutters begins its movement.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.