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Trimmer apparatus and method

US4991637A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 3, 1989
Grant dateFeb 12, 1991
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 3, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T409/301848
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A trimmer apparatus and method for utilizing the same is presented which includes a cutting assembly formed from a quadrangular frame which is pivotally joined to a stand and a laminated object is moved therealong on a support in a lineal path whereby the edge of the laminate is trimmed to the contour of the substrate. The quandrangular cutting assembly frame allows the cutting blade to move in an arcuate path for trimming rounded ends of table tops or the like.

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