Cutting machine for window coverings
AssigneeNien Made Enterprise Co., Ltd.
InventorWen-Yeu Lee
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Abstract
A cutting machine for cutting components of window coverings has a machine base, a first cutting unit, a first restricting unit, a second cutting unit, and a second restricting unit. The first cutting unit and the second cutting unit are provided on the machine base. The first cutting unit is designed to cut a horizontal top rail, a horizontal bottom rail and horizontal slats of a venetian blind, and a vertical top rail of a vertical blind; the second cutting unit is designed to cut vertical slats of the vertical blind. The first and the second restricting units are designed to hold the components to be cut at specified positions by the first and the second cutting units.
Claims20
A cutting machine for cutting components of window coverings, wherein the components of the window coverings include a horizontal top rail, a horizontal bottom rail and horizontal slats of a venetian blind, and a vertical top rail and vertical slats of a vertical blind, the cutting machine comprising:
- a machine base for the components, which is a substantially elongated member, which has a long axis and a short axis, wherein the machine base has a first side and a second side parallel to the short axis, and has a third side and a fourth side parallel to the long axis;
- a first cutting unit, which is provided on the machine base and adjacent to the first side, including a base, a slat holding device, a cutter device, and a driving device;
- the base having a first bore and a first positioning bore to receive the horizontal slats and the horizontal top rail respectively;
- the slat holding device having a pressing block and a pushing member, wherein the pressing block is movably received in the first bore of the base and has a bore to receive the horizontal bottom rail;
- the pushing member moves the pressing block toward the first positioning bore;
- the cutter device, which is movably provided on the base, having a first cutter and a second cutter which are adjacent to the first bore and the first positioning bore respectively, and the first cutter is used to cut off the horizontal slats and the horizontal bottom rail, the second cutter is used to cut off the horizontal top rail;
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- the driving device having a connecting member and an operating member, wherein the connecting member is connected to the cutter device, and the operating member is connected to the connecting member to move the cutter device;
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- a second cutting unit, which is movably mounted on the machine base, comprising a frame, a cutter, and a controller;
- the frame, which is movably provided on the machine base for a movement along the long axis of the machine base;
- the cutter, which is movably provided in the frame, wherein a second bore is formed between the cutter and the frame to receive the vertical slats;
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- the controller, which is connected to the cutter to move the cutter;
- wherein the frame has a movable base and two rails;
- the movable base is movably mounted on the machine base, and the rails are connected to the movable base;
- the rails are vertical to the movable base and are parallel to the short axis of the machine base;
- the cutter is provided between the rails with opposite sides engaging the rails;
- and the controller moves the cutter to move in the rail to cut the vertical slats.
A cutting device for cutting window coverings, comprising:
- a machine base, which is a substantially elongated member;
- a frame, which one end of a window covering to be cut is passed through, the frame being positioned on the machine base;
- a cutting unit, positioned corresponding to the frame, having at least one cutter device;
- a driving device, connected to the cutting unit, the driving device being controlled to move the cutting unit with respect to the frame and to cut the window covering with the at least one cutter device;
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- a positioning device, positioned on the machine base and adjacent to the frame, the positioning device comprising:
- a stop device, which is movably positioned on the machine base, the stop device being moved by the driving device from a first position to a second position, wherein, the first position is closer to the frame than the second position, and when the stop device is at the first position, the one end of the window covering passed through the frame abuts against the stop device;
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- a transmitting device, connected to the stop device and the driving device, the transmitting device being driven by the driving device;
- wherein, the driving device drives the cutting unit and the transmitting device simultaneously such that when the at least one cutter device of the cutting unit is driven to cut the window covering by the driving device, the transmitting device moves the stop device from the first position to the second position so as to separate the stop device from the one end of the window covering.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.