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Apparatus for simultaneously cutting a plurality of picture frame mats

US4590834A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 28, 1984
Grant dateMay 27, 1986
Priority date
Expiry dateSep 28, 2004

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T83/8831
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method and apparatus for simultaneously cutting a plurality of picture frame mats with picture display windows in a single operative procedure by initially arranging the mats in a reverse and inverted order and cutting them with an apparatus mounting a plurality of cutters, one for each mat, at an angle to the planes of the mats and thereafter separating and rearranging the mats to frame the picture in their desired picture frame array.

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