Patent ID: 8196500

Claim:
A cutting block adapted to be mounted to a blank cutting machine having two opposed heads, comprising a body having a first side adapted to be mounted to a lateral side face of a first rotatable cutting head of the blank cutting machine, a compression spring housed within a recess in the body and a blade extending transversely across a top face of the body opposable with a second head of the blank cutting machine, the blade being so mounted to the compression spring as to be resiliently retractable into the body; wherein the body is provided with a slot, within which the blade is constrained to move, the slot being oriented at an angle greater than zero degrees from a normal to said first side of the body; the blade is so mounted to the compression spring as to be freely pivotably displaceable within the slot; whereby, when the body is mounted to the lateral side face of the first rotatable cutting head of the blank cutting machine, the blade extends transversely to the direction of rotation of the first rotatable cutting head and an angle between the blade and a normal to said direction of rotation is greater than zero degrees; and wherein the recess extends from the top face of the body into the body, and said body further comprises a removable cap closing an end of said recess.