Patent · US Expired

Tool for cutting elongate strips from carpet

US5740614A · kind A · utility

3Cited by
5References
13Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 25, 1996
Grant dateApr 21, 1998
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 25, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB26B5/005
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A plurality of blade supporting blocks are secured on the face of a base plate, which has a flange along one side thereof adjustably secured by bolts to one leg of a right angular support plate, the other leg of which extends beneath and in spaced parallel relation to the base plate. Adjustably mounted in each of one or more recesses in each block is a cutting blade, the lower cutting end of which extends through one of a plurality of spaced slots in the base plate. In use, the support plate supports the base plate above the carpet that is to be cut, and with a plurality of cutting blades extending beneath the base plate.

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