Patent ID: 6474208
Filing Date: 2002-11-05
Classification: B26D,Y10T

Abstract:
A device for cutting material sheets lengthwise, comprising(a) a knife holder including (1) a support body; (2) an adjustment element movably guided in said support body and having a first bore; and (3) a cutter head having a second bore being in an end-to-end alignment with said first bore; said cutter head being a component separate from said adjustment element; (b) means for mounting said support body on a cutter bar; (c) a circular cutting knife rotatably mounted on said cutter head and defining a cutting knife plane; and (d) a connecting plug assembly including (1) a guide pin positioned in the end-to-end aligned first and second bores for connecting said adjustment element with said cutter head; said first and second bores defining a plug-in direction for said guide pin; said plug-in direction lying in said cutting knife plane; and (2) a locking component having a tightened state and a released state; in said tightened state the locking component engaging said guide pin and clamping said adjustment element and said cutter head to one another through said guide pin; in said released state of said locking component said cutter head being removable from said adjustment element; (3) a first surface forming part of said adjustment element; and (4) a second surface forming part of said cutter head; said first and second surfaces facing one another; in said tightened state said locking component clamping said first and second surfaces to one another.