Cutter for printed substrates
AssigneeFotoba International S.R.L.
InventorPietro Alberto
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Abstract
A cutter for printed substrates includes a supporting plane adapted to receive a substrate on which images separated by mutually perpendicular edges are printed, and a plurality of cutting units suitable for cutting the printed substrate along the edges. Each cutting unit has a pair of parallel blades spaced apart at a distance corresponding to a width of the edges, a backing plane arranged underneath the supporting plane of the cutter, and a connecting arm which extends from a frame of the cutting unit to the backing plane. The connecting arm is parallel to the blades and is arranged between them and a through opening is formed in a portion of the backing plane under the connecting arm.
Claims9
A cutter for cutting printed substrates, said cutter comprising a supporting plane suitable to receive along a feeding direction (F) a printed substrate comprising a plurality of images separated by a plurality of edges that are perpendicular to each other, and a plurality of cutting units suitable to cut said printed substrate along said edges in a longitudinal direction, parallel to said feeding direction (F), and in a transverse direction (T), perpendicular to said feeding direction (F), characterized in that each cutting unit comprises a pair of blades parallel to each other and mutually spaced at a distance corresponding to a width of the edges, a backing plane, arranged underneath the supporting plane of the cutter and suitable to provide a backing surface to said blades during a cutting operation, and a connecting arm extending from a frame of the cutting unit, on which the blades are mounted, to said backing plane in a direction opposite to the cutting direction, and in that said connecting arm is parallel to the blades and lies on a plane (P) parallel to the planes (A, B) on which the blades lie, and a through opening is formed in a portion of the backing plane arranged under the connecting arm.
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