Patent ID: 7916614
Filing Date: 2011-03-29
Classification: B26D,B26F,G03D

Abstract:
1. A recording member cutting device for cutting a continuous recording material along a side of a plurality of cutting areas defined in the continuous recording material comprising: an nick cutting mechanism that includes a first cutting unit configured to move in a direction intersecting with a conveying direction of the continuous recording material and configured to form a nick for each cutting area, each nick being located (i) outside the plurality of the cutting areas, (ii) on a downstream side of the corresponding cutting area in the conveying direction and (iii) on a line extending along one side of the corresponding cutting area, the one side being along the conveying direction; and, an area cutting mechanism that includes a second cutting unit configured to move in a direction intersecting with the conveying direction and configured to insert into the nick, the second cutting unit that cuts the continuous recording material along the one side of cutting area, and the second cutting unit cuts, when the nick is formed, the continuous recording material along the one side from a position of the nick.