Patent ID: 6190297
Filing Date: 2001-02-20
Classification: B26D,B31B,B31F,B65H

Abstract:
An apparatus for cutting and creasing sheet material, said sheet material being driven in a longitudinal direction and having longitudinal edges, said apparatus comprising:a sheet support for supporting said sheet material driven in said longitudinal direction relative to said sheet support, said sheet support having a sheet support surface and a recess formed therein and extending in a lateral direction transverse to said longitudinal direction;a tool carriage disposed aboved said sheet support;a tool supported by said tool carriage, said tool being movable in said lateral direction over said sheet material and said recess in said sheet support; anda bristle insert fitting into said recess, said bristle insert having a base with a plurality of bristles protruding from said base, each of said plurality of bristles having a bottom bristle portion and a tip bristle portion, said tip bristle portions forming a bristle surface, said bristle surface being substantially flush with said sheet support surface for supporting said sheet material during cutting operations with a cutting tool and separate creasing operations with a creasing tool.