Patent ID: 7008494
Filing Date: 2006-03-07
Classification: B26D,B29D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. Method of supporting material overlying a cutting slot of a False Drum, characterized by: providing a cylindrical drum having a perforated cylindrical outer surface upon which the material is laid and cut to a required length, the cutting slot being a radially inwardly-extending discontinuity in the outer surface of the drum extending generally axially from end-to-end of the cylindrical outer surface, the slot extending through the cylindrical outer surface and being sized and shaped to permit a cutting tool to pass through a portion of the material overlying the slot, the slot being circumferentially narrowest at a middle of the cylindrical drum, and is circumferentially wider towards opposite ends of the drum; providing a door panel having substantially the same size and shape as the slot; opening the slot when cutting the material; and closing the slot when not cutting the material so that an outer surface of the door panel is contiguous with the outer surface of the drum.