Patent ID: 7740039

Claim:
A cutting mechanism for a tire cord applicator head comprising: an applicator head having a housing; a cord line feeding passageway extending through the housing to an applicator end, and an applicator assembly at the applicator end for application of the cord line to an annular surface; a reciprocally moving plunger body housed within the applicator head housing; a cutting member having a transverse bore defining a cutting edge, the cutting member operatively mounted within the housing in-line with an intermediate segment of the cord line passageway and the transverse bore aligning with the cord line passageway to receive an intermediate segment of the cord line therethrough; the cutting member being mounted for reciprocal rotational movement between a first position cutting through the intermediate segment of cord line and a second position in a non-cutting relationship with the cord line wherein the cord line extends linearly along the cord line feeding passageway, and through the cutting member transverse bore to the applicator end; and wherein the plunger body is coupled to the cutting member to translate reciprocal movement of the plunger body to a rotational movement of the cutting member.