Patent ID: 7849776

Claim:
An apparatus for cutting a container having a top, a bottom, and two pairs of vertical opposed sides, the apparatus comprising: a conveyor having a horizontal surface, configured for moving the container in a single direction of movement; a first cutting assembly positioned along the conveyor, configured for cutting the first pair of vertical opposed sides of the container, wherein the first cutting assembly comprises a first powered rotary cutting blade and a second powered rotary cutting blade that are moveable in a first cutting direction generally transverse to the direction of the conveyor and are each powered for rotation on a generally vertical axis to be configured for cutting the first pair of vertical opposed sides of the container, wherein at least one of the first and second cutting blades is moveable along a horizontal axis generally parallel to the conveyor direction to adjust the assembly to a length of the container; and a second cutting assembly positioned along the conveyor, wherein the second cutting assembly comprises a third powered rotary cutting blade and a fourth powered rotary cutting blade that are each powered for rotation on a generally vertical axis of rotation to be configured for cutting the second pair of vertical opposed sides of the container, wherein the conveyor is configured to move the container through the first cutting assembly to cut the first pair of vertical opposed sides and the second cutting assembly to cut the second pair of vertical opposed sides in the single direction of movement.