Patent ID: 8640343
Filing Date: 2014-02-04
Classification: B26B,B26D

Abstract:
1. A cutting apparatus for cutting a flexible sheet material, the apparatus comprising: a cutter body; a rotatable first cutter blade operatively mounted to the cutter body so as to be rotatable about a cutter blade axis; and a second cutter blade operatively associated with the first cutter blade and mounted relative to the first cutter blade so as to define a cutting region between the first cutter blade and the second cutter blade, wherein in the cutting region a cutting operation of sheet material is in use effected as a result of cooperation between the first cutter blade and the second cutter blade, wherein the second cutter blade is operatively mounted to the cutter body via a pivot region which pivot region is axially offset from the cutting region in a direction along the cutter blade axis, such that cutting or shearing forces generated during a cutting operation cause the second cutter blade to be urged towards the first cutter blade, in turn, causing the second cutter blade to pivot at the pivot region.