Patent ID: 7314076

Claim:
A device for peeling one or more individual layers of a multilayer shim, the device comprising: a platform comprising; a surface having a recess; means movably mounted in said recess for moving the shim upward such that a portion of the shim is above the surface, said means comprising a first block mounted in said recess having a tapered upper surface; a second block having a tapered lower surface in contact with said tapered surface of said first block, said second block having an upper surface; second means for positioning the shim on said upper surface of said second block; third means to move said second block toward said first block such that said second block is risible; and a blade assembly rotatably mounted to said platform, said blade assembly rotatable in a plane parallel to said surface and over said recess, said blade assembly including a cutting blade mounted on said blade assembly such that said blade is in slidable contact with said surface and movable over said recess when said blade assembly in rotated; such that said shim can be said first means and a portion of the shim requiring removal can be raised above said surface and said blade assembly thereafter can be rotated causing said blade to shear off the portion of the shim above the surface.