Patent ID: 6575070
Filing Date: 2003-06-10
Classification: B26D,Y10T

Abstract:
Apparatus for cutting a sheet of material along a preselected line, the apparatus comprising:a table having an upper surface sized and shaped for receiving the sheet of material; a wire positionable adjacent the upper surface of the table and generally vertically below the preselected line on the sheet of material when the sheet of material is received by the upper surface of the table; an elongate guide positionable above the sheet of material and in engagement with the sheet when the sheet is received by the upper surface of the table for holding the sheet of material with respect to the wire and the upper surface of the table; and a device at least partially positioned above the sheet of material when the sheet is received by the upper surface of the table and engageable with the wire for pulling the wire upward through the sheet of material to cut the sheet of material along the preselected line, wherein the device includes a shuttle adapted to pull the wire upward through the sheet of material to cut the sheet of material and the shuttle includes a guide roller, and wherein the guide has a track sized and shaped for receiving the guide roller to direct the shuttle along the guide and above the preselected line on the sheet of material.