Patent ID: 7533596

Claim:
A trimmer comprising: a common support frame; and first and second cutting stations each with a cutting unit, each said cutting unit including a cutting strip and a knife for an oblique swing cut against a respective said cutting strip, said each cutting unit including a unit frame connecting said respective cutting strip to a respective said knife, said knife and said cutting strip of each respective cutting station being arranged on a respective said unit frame to perform the oblique swing cut, each of said first and second cutting stations including a table fastened to a respective said unit frame; each of said first and second cutting stations including a pressing element movably mounted on a respective said unit frame, said table and said pressing element of each cutting station being arranged to press a block between said table and said pressing element, each said unit frame absorbing all pressing forces between respective said pressing elements and respective said tables, each said table and pressing element being movable with a respective said cutting unit on said support frame, wherein one of said cutting stations is a front cutting station and the cutting table of the front cutting station corresponds to a largest format and one of said pressing elements has a rigid front part near the knife and with a slightly obliquely positioned elastic rear part.