Apparatus for cutting elongated material into shorter lengths.

摘要

An outsider- in tow cutter including a cutter reel (18) comprising an inner circular plate (38) connected to a control drive shaft (16) for rotation therewith, an outer ring (40) axially spaced from the inner plate, a plurality of circumferentially spaced generally radially extending cutter blades (44) mounted between said inner plate (38) and outer ring (40), with their cutting edges (45) outermost. The inner surface (48) of said outer ring has a diameter (D1) which is only slighlty less than the diameter (D2) of the cylindrical surface along which said cutting edges (45) move and the outer ring (40) is attached to the inner plate by a plurality of support posts (46), each carrying one of said cutter blades (44), the support posts being secured to the inner plate (38) and abutting and being secured to the inner surface (48) of the outer ring (40).