Patent ID: 7913602

Claim:
An apparatus for cutting a ribbon of rubber-coated fabric, comprising: a punching device; and a cutting device; wherein the punching device comprises: an incision tool suitable for incising a notch in the ribbon between two adjacent reinforcing cords of the ribbon along a cutting direction substantially parallel to the reinforcing cords; an abutting counter-blade; wherein the incision tool and the abutting counter-blade are movable towards the ribbon, to a position of cooperation of said incision tool with said abutting counter-blade for obtaining said notch, and away from the ribbon, to a position of non-interference of the counter-blade with the cutting device; and respective control devices for moving the incision tool and the abutting counter-blade toward and away from the ribbon; wherein the cutting device comprises: at least one cutting blade movable along the cutting direction for cutting the ribbon along the cutting direction substantially parallel to the reinforcing cords when the counter-blade is in the position of non-interference with the cutting device; and a control device for moving the at least one cutting blade toward and away from the ribbon; wherein the ribbon includes a plurality of the reinforcing cords, and wherein the plurality of reinforcing cords are substantially parallel to one another.