HORIZONTAL PAPER CUTTER FOR ROUNDING CORNERS

摘要

An apparatus (10) for cutting a corner of a stack (66) of sheet material, such as paper or plastic cards, to have a non-square shape. Broadly, the apparatus (10) includes a tray (12) for receiving the stack (66) such that the corner of the stack (66) projects through a gap (22) in the tray (12) into a cutting path, a blade assembly (14) which is slidable along the cutting path to cut the corner of the stack (66), a drive assembly (16) for driving the blade assembly (14) along the cutting path, a clamping assembly (74) for exerting a clamping force on the stack (66), and one or more spacer blocks (70, 72) that fit closely within the tray (12) and do not project into the cutting path, including a spacer block (70) which is interposed between the clamping assembly (74) and the stack (66).