CARD BRACE FORMING APPARATUS

摘要

An apparatus for perforating or cutting and scoring paper cards, such as greeting and place cards. The apparatus includes hinged first and second arms held open by a spring. A die and a platen are attached to the arms and include a long blade, two spaced apart short blades, a scoring bar and spacer bars. An edge of a card is placed between the die and the platen against the spacer bars and when the arms are brought together, the card is cut and scored so that a brace is formed from one of the card panels. The brace is separable and may extend from one panel to another to provide support for the card when the card is displayed. The apparatus may be hand held and hand operated or the die and platen may be attached to powered stamping equipment.