Patent ID: 7975582
Filing Date: 2011-07-12
Classification: B23D,B26D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A strip cutting device comprising: a mounting block, the mounting block including substantially rigid material; a cleaving apparatus, the cleaving apparatus including: a feed channel, the feed channel comprising a cavity residing between the second cutting wheel and the mounting block and being bounded on a first side by the second cutting wheel surface and bounded on an opposite side by the mounting block, and the feed channel being open at a front end and a back end, the front and back ends residing along a feed channel longitudinal axis and at opposite ends of the feed channel, the feed channel longitudinal axis being substantially parallel to the second cutting wheel surface, wherein the mounting block further comprises a planar wall surface, the planar wall surface (i) being substantially parallel with the second cutting wheel surface and (ii) being a portion of the mounting block that bounds the opposite side, and wherein the planar wall surface extends substantially parallel to and beyond the entire second cutting wheel surface to create the feed channel.