Window covering sizing method and apparatus

US8256333B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Newell Window Furnishings, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Jason Begin · Roswell, US
• Clifford Birch · Monroe, US
• Ryan Bishop · Ocala, US
• Paul Christopher Brown · Elgin, US
• Thomas A. Caputo · Greensboro, US
• Neil L. Casstevens · Colfax, US
• Timothy D. Cluett · Greenville, US
• Patrick E. Foley · Winston-Salem, US
• Mark A. Fox · San Francisco, US
• Kristi Jane Georgi · Dunwoody, US
• Brian Bellamy Johnson · Atlanta, US
• Grant Rorie Phillips · Columbia, US
• William Norris Scott · Decatur, US
• Martin Richard Van Buren · Atlanta, US
• Neil John Varlamoff · Acworth, US
• Larry Todd Windham · Columbia, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 19, 2010
• Grant date: Sep 4, 2012
• Expiry date: Dec 24, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T83/73
• WIPO field: Machine tools
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus for cutting a window covering comprises a lateral support surface and a saw for cutting the window covering positioned at an end of the lateral support surface. An engagement member locates the center of the window covering that is retractably mounted on the lateral support surface. A clamp assembly comprises a clamping jaw that is movable to a first position where the clamping jaw presses the window covering against the lateral support surface. The clamp assembly is movable relative to the first saw and the second saw. A controller for moves the clamp assembly to automatically position a first end of the window covering relative to the first saw and a second end of the window covering relative to the second saw. Methods of cutting a window covering are also provided.