Blind cut down machine

A blind cut-down apparatus for cutting and sawing a blind having at least a head rail component and a plurality of blind slats suspended from the head rail, and comprising:

• (a) a blind holding plate having at least a head rail opening, and an opening for receiving the plurality of blind slats, and holding the plurality of blind slats in position for cutting;
• (f) a slat cutting saw moveable relative to said holding plate, said slat cutting saw for cutting the plurality of blind slats extending through said holding plate;
• (g) a cutting die holder plate adjacent to said cutting saw, said cutting die holder plate carrying a cutting die for receiving the head rail, and being moveable relative to said holding plate for cutting the head rail, and
• (h) movement means for moving said cutting saw and said cutting die holder plate relative to said holding plate whereby the plurality of blind slats and said head rail are cut in line along a holding plate surface.

A blind cut-down apparatus for sawing a blind while the blind is held stationary, the blind having at least a head rail component, and a plurality of blind slat components suspended from the head rail and comprising:

• (a) a stationary blind holding plate;
• (b) an opening through said blind holding plate for receiving the respective plurality of blind components therethrough, the plurality of blind components passing through said opening and extending about normal to said blind holding plate and defining cut-down trim portions of the plurality of blind slat components extending through said blind holding plate, and holding the plurality of blind slat components in position stationary for cutting;
• (c) clamp means for clamping said blind components in position in said blind holding plate and keeping the plurality of blind slat components stationary therein;
• (d) a cutting saw moveable relative to said stationary blind holding plate, and being moveable relative to the plurality of blind slat components for cutting said cut-down trim portions of the plurality of blind slat components extending through and clamped in said blind holding plate, and movement means for moving said cutting saw, while said blind holding plate and the plurality of blind components remain stationary further comprising a head rail support member moveable relative to said holding plate wherein said head rail support member comprises a support plate, and head rail opening means in said support plate oriented to receive said head rail there through;
• the blind cut down apparatus further comprising a plurality of slide channels moveably mounting said head rail support member on said holding plate, said head rail support member being moveable between an operative position, in which said head rail opening means registers with said opening means in said blind holding plate, and an inoperative position in which said head rail support means does not register with said opening means;
• further comprising a head rail cutting die holder, and a head rail cutting die held thereby, and further comprising movement means for moving said cutting saw and said head rail cutting die holder relative to said holding plate, wherein said blind slates and said head rail are cut in a common plane along a holding plate surface.