Patent · US Expired

Method of cutting slats for a venetian blind

US5103702A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 21, 1988
Grant dateApr 14, 1992
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Expiry dateDec 21, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T83/9454
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Venetian blind slats are stacked and clamped onto a support, and confined laterally, while leaving ends beyond the desired length to which they are to be cut, un-confined. Then in one stroke in a direction perpendicular to the support, the ends of the stack are sheared-off by a punching tool having a cutting edge which contacts longitudinal margins prior to the center of the slats.

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