Patent ID: 9238566
Filing Date: 2016-01-19
CPC Classification: B26D,B65H,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A sheet cutting device comprising: a moving unit movable in a sheet width direction perpendicular to a sheet feed direction in which a sheet of recording media is fed along a sheet feed path; a cutter holder accommodating a cutter and connected to the moving unit, the cutter holder rotatable in a thickness direction of the sheet relative to the moving unit; a guide member disposed along the sheet width direction to guide the moving unit in the sheet width direction; and a drawing member mounted on the moving unit to draw the moving unit toward a downstream side in a cutting direction in which the cutter holder moves to cut the sheet, wherein the moving unit is connected to the cutter holder at a position downstream in the cutting direction from an accommodated position of the cutter in the cutter holder, wherein the guide member includes an upper rail and a lower rail, and the cutter holder includes a positioning member configured and disposed to move on the upper rail during cutting of the sheet and on the lower rail after cutting of the sheet, wherein the position at which the moving unit is connected to the cutter holder is lower than the accommodated position of the cutter in a height direction of the cutter holder.