Patent ID: 6142087
Filing Date: 2000-11-07
Classification: D05B

Abstract:
A cutting device for creating a slit opening for a buttonhole in a workpiece, comprising:first and second tool parts, which are movable apart from each other in an open position and adjacent to each other in a working position,the cutting device being operable alternatively in either a slit-cutting mode or a block-cutting mode, wherein:the second tool part has an elongated slit and the first tool part has a knife that, in the slit-cutting mode, is movable into the slit to create the slit opening, andin the block-cutting mode, a block is received in said elongated slit in said second tool part, the block having a working surface and the first tool part having a cutting edge that is movable to the working surface to create the slit opening,the block having the form of a strip and having a thickness corresponding to the width of said elongated slit and a length that corresponds at most to a lengthwise extension of the slit,an upper surface of the block having said thickness and said length, forms the working surface,the block is receivable in the slit with the working surface in alignment with an upper edge of the second tool part, andthe block has a support surface on a lower side thereof opposite to the working surface.