Patent ID: 7413360
Filing Date: 2008-08-19
Classification: B26D,B65H,G03G,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A sheet cutting apparatus comprising: a cutting blade which cuts a sheet to be cut, the sheet to be cut including a sheet or a sheet stack; transport means for holding and rotating the sheet to be cut to cause an end portion of the sheet to be cut to be opposed to the cutting blade and transporting the sheet to be cut to a position in which the end portion is cut by the cutting blade; and selecting means for selecting a central position of the sheet to be cut with respect to a direction intersecting with a conveying direction in which the sheet to be cut is conveyed and an arbitrary position of the sheet to be cut along the conveying direction in accordance with a size of the sheet to be cut, wherein the transport means holds a portion of the sheet to be cut in a selected central position and in a selected arbitrary position of the sheet to be cut.