A DEVICE FOR CUTTING REINFORCED ELASTOMERIC PLIES

摘要

A cutting device for slitting a textile material, particularly a textile reinforced elastomeric ply lying on a curved surface (11). The device comprises a guide means (14) and a carriage (13) mounted thereon at a fixed height from the curved surface (11). A serrated rotary knife (12) is mounted on the carriage together with a plough means (15) which lifts the ply (12) off the curved surface (11) permitting the knife to cut the textile material without contacting the surface, and also for raising one of the cut edges off the curved surface.