Patent ID: 6931974
Filing Date: 2005-08-23
Classification: B26B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A cutting apparatus for cutting a sheet material, comprising: a platform for sustaining thereon said sheet material; a rail structure secured onto said platform; a sliding member disposed on and movable along said rail structure; a cutting member movably engaging with and carried by said sliding member to pass through and cut said sheet material sustained on said platform; and an adjusting member urging said cutting member to move relative to said sliding member so as to contact with said sheet material in response to a first external force status and returning said cutting member to move relative to said sliding member so as to release said cut sheet material in response to a second external force status, said adjusting member comprising: a knob for receiving an external force in either said first external force status or said second external force status; and an elastic member interfacing between said knob and said sliding member for returning said knob to an initial position when there is no external force exerted.