DIE CUTTING APPARATUS AND METHOD

摘要

A die cutting system that includes a press (101) and a substantially planar die (60) with a plate and at least one cutting edge protruding from a surfac e of the plate. The press is manually operated and may be hand-held or support ed upon a flat surface, such as a tabletop. A first member (201) of the press receives the substantially planar die, while a second member (301) of the press provides support for a sheet of material from which the die will cut a pattern upon biasing the die against the sheet of material. Manually operate d presses and die cutting methods that employ teachings of the invention are also disclosed.