BANNER TRIMMING MACHINE

摘要

Certain embodiments of the present disclosure describe a cutting device for trimming a banner. The cutting device includes a base assembly and a cutting assembly. The banner is placed over rollers attached to the frame, and two parallel blades pierce the banner at a gap between two of the rollers. A crank drives the rollers and advances the banner through the cutting device. As the banner is advanced, the banner is cut along parallel lines defined by the position of the blades.

主权项

1. A method of cutting a flexible sheet material including a width, a length, a leading edge and a trailing edge, comprising the acts of:
providing a cutting assembly, wherein said cutting assembly includes a rotatable front roller and a rotatable back roller, a support section including an upper surface, and a first blade assembly including a blade pivotably positioned above a gap defined between said front roller and said support section; inserting the leading edge of the flexible sheet material between said support surface and said blade assembly, so that the sheet material is positioned underneath said blade and over the upper surface of said support section; securing the leading edge of the sheet material to said front roller; placing said first blade assembly while said first blade assembly is in a raised position in a desired position along the width of the sheet material; pivoting said first blade assembly into a lowered position so that at least a portion of the blade of said first blade assembly is positioned in said gap between said front roller and said support section, so that said blade pierces the sheet material; and, operating a driving mechanism on the cutting assembly that causes said front roller to rotate, so that the sheet material is fed through the cutting assembly, causing said blade to cut the sheet material.