Patent ID: 6755105
Filing Date: 2004-06-29
Classification: B26D,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
An apparatus for cutting segments from a strip of multi-layered elastomeric material containing reinforcing cords without cutting said reinforcing cords, the cords being substantially parallel and more or less oriented in a same direction of a cut path, the apparatus comprising:(a) a cutting element for cutting the strip to form cut ends, the cutting element having a cutting edge positioned to cut along a line tangent to said one or more reinforcing cords; said cutting edge being inclined at a skive angle &agr; and at an angle &bgr; relative to the width of the strip (b) an anvil having a first surface oriented at an angle &thgr;1 less than the skive angle &agr; and a second surface oriented at an angle &thgr;2 greater than or equal to the skive angle &agr;; (c) and wherein the cutting edge of the cutting element is set at a gap distance (d) above the anvil, where the anvil is oriented at the angle &thgr;2, wherein (d) is slightly less than or equal to the thickness of the reinforcing cords.