Patent ID: 7744597
Filing Date: 2010-06-29
Classification: A61B,A61F,A61L,A61P

Abstract:
1. A substrate cutting device comprising, a cutter comprising a blade section, wherein the blade section includes at least one row of teeth and wherein each tooth includes a primary cutting angle and a secondary cutting angle; a clamping mechanism for holding a substrate having a lengthwise grain; a slide mechanism that is coupled to the cutter; wherein the clamping mechanism is disposed relative to the slide mechanism so that the slide mechanism slides substantially parallel to a lengthwise grain of a clamped substrate and the blade section contacts the substrate during operation of the cutting device; a pneumatically operated first actuation unit that moves the slide mechanism during operation of the cutting device; a pneumatically operated second actuation unit that positions the clamping mechanism; at least one fiber channel; and a controller, where the controller controls the first actuation unit and the second actuation unit.