Patent ID: 6761100
Filing Date: 2004-07-13
Classification: B26D,Y10T

Abstract:
In a guillotine type stud cutting machine having a frame with spaced parallel side rails and a guillotine blade slidably mounted between said rails for movement in the lengthwise direction of said side rails, the improvement comprising fixedly spaced, parallel stationary die plates secured transversely between said side rails, said stationary die plates having stud-receiving openings in them, and, immediately inboard of said stationary die plates, spaced, parallel shear plates, spaced closely to receive between them the said blade, said shear plates being slidably mounted for movement transversely of said side rails, parallel to said pairs of stationary die plates, said shear plates having a plurality of pairs of openings, aligned transversely of the space between the shear plates, defined by wall margins, with sharp edges substantially perpendicular to a broad inner surface of said shear plates, said openings corresponding in shape and size to sheet metal studs of various widths, said studs having a bottom web, side walls and, at an outer edge of said side walls, inboardly extending flanges, and means for moving said shear plates transversely of said side rails toward and away from one another.