Rotary cutter mechanism

A rotary cutter mechanism comprising:

• a shaft;
• a rotary blade which is rotatably provided around a center of the shaft and which extends from a first cutting edge portion toward the shaft center, the first cutting edge portion having a width, extending in an axial line direction of the shaft center, at an edge portion on a first direction side, the first direction being a direction away from the shaft center;
• a counter blade which is provided to face a locus drawn by the first cutting edge portion of the rotating rotary blade and which includes a second cutting edge portion, the second cutting edge portion having a width in the axial line direction, and the counter blade being configured to cut an object to be cut between the first cutting edge portion of the rotating rotary blade and the second cutting edge portion of the counter blade;
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• a plurality of spaced apart protruding sheet members separated by gaps arranged along the axial direction of the shaft each having a first face and a second face, the first face of a leading edge of the protruding sheet member on the first direction side being closely attached to a surface of the rotary blade facing a rotation direction of the rotary blade, the rotary blade having an exposed surface in the gaps between the protruding sheet members;
• the second face facing the rotation direction, the protruding sheet members being provided on the edge portion of the rotary blade closer to the shaft center than a leading edge of the first cutting edge portion on the first direction side and which protrudes from the rotary blade toward the rotation direction side, the rotation direction side being a side on which the rotary blade faces the object to be cut in a case where the object to be cut is cut between the first cutting edge portion and the second cutting edge portion, the leading edge of the first cutting edge portion extending further from the shaft center in the first direction than the leading edge of the protruding sheet members whereby the protruding sheet members push the object to be cut in the rotation direction side and bend the object to be cut obliquely to the rotation direction side before cutting the object to be cut by the first cutting edge portion and the second cutting edge portion wherein the leading edges of the protruding sheet members are separated from the second cutting edge portion of the counter blade, and the leading edge of the first cutting edge portion on the first direction side and the leading edge of the protruding sheet member defining a clearance in radial direction of the rotary blade, and the leading edge of the protruding sheet members are parallel with the leading edge of the first cutting edge portion.