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Brugue et al.
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MEDIA CUTTING APPARATUS
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References Cited
[75] Inventors: Joaquim Brugue, Sant Cugat del Valles, Spain; Richard Meyer, Alfred,
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Asslgheei gerwflett-Packard Company, P2110 Alto,
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9/1991 Labrecque ........................... .. 83/614 X
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Notice:
This patent issued on a continued prosecution application ?led under 37 CFR
Primary Examiner_Eugenia Jones
1.53(d), and is subject to the tWenty year patent term provisions of 35 U.S.C.
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A cutting apparatus in a strong plastic housing having tWo
ABSTRACT
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rotatable slitter blades. The cutting apparatus is mounted on a guide rail for movement by hand across a tightly held sheet
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mounted back-to-back at an angle, and the shafts to Which
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Int. Cl? ............................... .. B26D 1/18; B26D 1/24 US. Cl. ............................... .. 83/485; 83/105; 83/501;
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Field Of Search .............................. .. 83/56, 105, 162,
of media such as paper, vellum or ?lm. The slitter blades are
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83/614; 30/265; 30/287; 30/292; 30/294
the blades are mounted the Positioned in the housing so that their longitudinal axes are hot Parallel to each Othet- This
offset minimizes the region Of contact between the 1W0 blades
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