Patent ID: 8485746

Claim:
A cutting device for carrying out a cutting operation on a tape-like member, the cutting device comprising: a cutter unit having an inclined cutter blade; and a cutter operation mechanism that causes the cutter unit to carry out a first cutting operation, causing the cutter unit to move in a width direction with respect to the tape-like member from a cutting start position to a predetermined position, and a second cutting operation, causing the cutter unit to advance from the predetermined position to a cutting completion position in a direction approximately perpendicular to a tape surface of the tape-like member; wherein the cutter operation mechanism causes the cutter unit to execute a circulatory movement including a cutting preparation operation that causes the cutter unit to advance toward the tape-like member from a cutting stand-by position to the cutting start position, a cutting operation that causes the cutter unit to move from the cutting start position to a cutting completion position, a withdrawal operation that causes the cutter unit to retreat from the cutting completion position to a withdrawal position, and a return operation that causes the cutter unit to return from the withdrawal position to the cutting stand-by position.