Patent ID: 7243586

Claim:
Apparatus for the cutting of cushion-like packaging material from a web-like supply of material having at least two layers, said apparatus comprising a base plate ( 1 ) a fixed knife ( 2 ) and at least one movable knife ( 3 ), which are arranged above the base plate ( 1 ), and a drive apparatus ( 4 ) for the movable knife, wherein the base plate ( 1 ) is connected to a shaft ( 6 ) for supplying the packaging material, and the drive apparatus ( 4 ) is drivingly connected to the movable knife ( 3 ), characterized by at least partially elastic counter-holder ( 5 ) having a support surface ( 22 ) for supporting the packaging material during cutting, and by means ( 23 ; 24 ; 26 ) for holding the counter-holder ( 5 ) above the fixed knife ( 2 ), so that the support surface ( 22 ) is flush with a cutting edge ( 17 ) of the fixed knife ( 2 ) and extends at an angle toward the movable knife for deflecting the packaging material emerging from the shaft toward the movable knife, whereby the packaging material is cut along a prescribed cutting line.