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Method and apparatus for cutting a compressible material having an uncompressed thickness greater than a radius of a wheel cutter

US6681669B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 7, 1999
Grant dateJan 27, 2004
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Expiry dateJun 7, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T83/343
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A wheel cutter for cutting a compressible material having a relaxed thickness greater than a radius of the wheel cutter is disclosed, wherein a compressor guide locally compresses the batting to a thickness less than a radius of the wheel cutter. In one configuration, the compressor guide includes a compressor wheel eccentrically mounted with respect to the wheel cutter.

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