Patent ID: 7100484

Claim:
Apparatus for automatically trimming and cutting images on support sheets, which comprises two cutting devices arranged upstream and downstream, respectively, a conveying device suitable for conveying to the second cutting device the sheet portions cut by the first cutting device, wherein the conveying device comprises one or more conveyor belts tight between a pair of rollers, at least one being mechanically connected to a motor, a plurality of sensors suitable for detecting the presence of a sheet portion on the conveyor belts, as well as one or more conveying rollers suitable for taking a sheet portion placed on the conveyor belts and conveying it to the second cutting device, wherein the first and/or second cutting devices comprise a cutting mechanism, which is pivotable for rotation around a vertical axis, and wherein the first cutting device comprises one or more further conveying rollers for conveying a sheet to be cut to the cutting mechanism, which is pivoted for rotating according to control signals obtained by means of at least one pair of further sensors suitable for locating one or more marks printed on the sheet to be cut, so as to arrange the cutting mechanism parallel to the cut lines.