Patent ID: 7089669
Filing Date: 2006-08-15
Classification: B23D,B26B

Abstract:
1. A hand-held cutter for cutting sheet material, said cutter comprising: (a) a body having a front end, a back end, an upper body portion, a lower body portion, and two sides, wherein said upper and lower body portions are joined toward said back end and spaced apart toward said front end to form a forward-opening infeed region between said upper and lower body portions for receiving sheet material to be cut; (b) an upper cutting wheel supported on said upper body portion within an upper cutting wheel recess on one side of said upper body portion and a lower cutting wheel supported on said lower body portion within a lower cutting wheel recess on the side opposite the side having the upper cutting wheel recess, both of said cutting wheels having sharpened, beveled cutting edges, wherein said cutting wheels are rotatable about parallel axes, and wherein said cutting wheels are arranged on said body such that said cutting edges oppose and overlap one another in offset relationship forming a nip point in said infeed region between said upper and lower body portions for cutting engagement with sheet material passed between said cutting wheels in order to cut said sheet material along a line of cut; and (c) means for adjustably providing and maintaining a lateral gap between said cutting edges.