Patent ID: 6334379
Filing Date: 2002-01-01
Classification: B23D,B26D,E06B,Y10T

Abstract:
An apparatus for cutting a window blind having a head rail, a bottom rail and a plurality of slats therebetween, said apparatus comprising:(a) a frame including a base and first and second end walls on said base; (b) a mandrel on an interior surface of said first end wall for receiving the head rail of a blind and securing said head rail against said interior surface of said first end wall, said mandrel being removably mounted on said first end wall to facilitate mandrel replacement, whereby different mandrels can be mounted in said frame to accommodate different head rails; (c) a clamp in said frame movable on said base between said second end wall and said mandrel for sliding towards said mandrel to push the bottom rail of a blind towards said mandrel to clamp the entire blind in said frame between said mandrel and said clamp; (d) a carriage slidable on said base for movement between said first and second end walls towards and away from said mandrel; (e) a drive screw extending between said first and second end walls and through said carriage for moving said carriage along said base between said first and second end walls; (f) a knife on said carriage for severing a blind clamped in said body when said carriage is moved towards said first end wall and mandrel by rotation of the drive screw; and (g) a gauge on said carriage for determining the length of material cut from an end of said blind, said gauge including a ruler slidable on said carriage, and a stop carried by said ruler for limiting insertion of a blind into the frame.