Cutter device and printing apparatus
US8459887B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 5, 2009 |
| Grant date | Jun 11, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 21, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T83/8822
- WIPO fieldMachine tools
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A cutter device includes a cutter configured to cut a material to be cut; a carriage having a cutter and moving in a widthwise direction with respect to a feeding direction of the material to be cut; and a guide unit configured to guide the carriage in the widthwise direction and, assuming that the movement of the carriage when the cutter cuts the material to be cut is an outward route, a homeward route of the cutter of the carriage is different from the outward route of the cutter, and is shifted from the outward route toward one material to be cut which moves first in the direction away from the other material to be cut in the feeding direction immediately after the cutting from between the materials to be cut divided into two parts.
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