Patent ID: 6112413
Filing Date: 2000-09-05
Classification: B26D,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A device for severing, from a conventional elongate roof shingle a shorter ridge shingle, said device comprising:a) a work carrier comprising:a base; anda shingle support upstanding from said base, said shingle support having opposite sides and a top adapted to receive a portion of a conventional shingle, said shingle support at said sides being narrower than a ridge shingle to be severed; andfirst and second spaced carrier blades flanking said opposite sides of said shingle support, said carrier blades each having a cutting length edge; andb) a cutter secured to said work carrier for relative movement between an open position and a closed position, said cutter comprising:a base; andfirst and second spaced cutter blades mounted on said cutter base, said cutter blades in said closed position (1) flanking said carrier blades and (2) opposing the face of said work carrier base, said cutter blades each having a cutting length edge, said cutter blade cutting length edges being aligned with respective ones of said work carrier blade cutting length edges with said cutter and work carrier adjacent said closed position, such that relative movement of said cutter and work carrier toward said closed position enables said respective cutter blades and work carrier blades to shear a ridge shingle from a conventional elongate shingle.