CA2490780A1 - Piston blind cutter - Google Patents
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- CA2490780A1 CA2490780A1 CA 2490780 CA2490780A CA2490780A1 CA 2490780 A1 CA2490780 A1 CA 2490780A1 CA 2490780 CA2490780 CA 2490780 CA 2490780 A CA2490780 A CA 2490780A CA 2490780 A1 CA2490780 A1 CA 2490780A1
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B23—MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- B23D—PLANING; SLOTTING; SHEARING; BROACHING; SAWING; FILING; SCRAPING; LIKE OPERATIONS FOR WORKING METAL BY REMOVING MATERIAL, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- B23D23/00—Machines or devices for shearing or cutting profiled stock
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- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E06—DOORS, WINDOWS, SHUTTERS, OR ROLLER BLINDS IN GENERAL; LADDERS
- E06B—FIXED OR MOVABLE CLOSURES FOR OPENINGS IN BUILDINGS, VEHICLES, FENCES OR LIKE ENCLOSURES IN GENERAL, e.g. DOORS, WINDOWS, BLINDS, GATES
- E06B9/00—Screening or protective devices for wall or similar openings, with or without operating or securing mechanisms; Closures of similar construction
- E06B9/24—Screens or other constructions affording protection against light, especially against sunshine; Similar screens for privacy or appearance; Slat blinds
- E06B9/26—Lamellar or like blinds, e.g. venetian blinds
- E06B9/266—Devices or accessories for making or mounting lamellar blinds or parts thereof
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B23—MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- B23D—PLANING; SLOTTING; SHEARING; BROACHING; SAWING; FILING; SCRAPING; LIKE OPERATIONS FOR WORKING METAL BY REMOVING MATERIAL, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- B23D15/00—Shearing machines or shearing devices cutting by blades which move parallel to themselves
- B23D15/12—Shearing machines or shearing devices cutting by blades which move parallel to themselves characterised by drives or gearings therefor
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Abstract
An apparatus for cutting elements of a window covering, such elements including at least a head rail, the apparatus comprising a holding plate having an opening for holding the head rail in a selected position; a cutting die disposed adjacent to the holding plate and having an opening for receiving the head rail extending therethrough; and a driving means operable to pivot the cutting die relative to the holding plate so as to cut the head rail.
Claims (24)
1. An apparatus for cutting elements of a window covering, such elements including at least a head rail, the apparatus comprising:
(a) a holding plate having an opening for holding the head rail in a selected position;
(b) a cutting die disposed adjacent to the holding plate and having an opening for receiving the head rail extending therethrough; and (c) a driving means operable to pivot the cutting die relative to the holding plate so as to cut the head rail.
(a) a holding plate having an opening for holding the head rail in a selected position;
(b) a cutting die disposed adjacent to the holding plate and having an opening for receiving the head rail extending therethrough; and (c) a driving means operable to pivot the cutting die relative to the holding plate so as to cut the head rail.
2. An apparatus as claimed in claim 1, in which the window covering also includes covering elements, wherein the apparatus further comprises:
(a) at least one opening disposed in the holding plate for receiving therethough the covering elements; and (b) a cutting arm disposed adjacent to an inwardly facing surface of the holding plate, which cutting arm is slidable along the surface and is operable to cut the covering elements.
(a) at least one opening disposed in the holding plate for receiving therethough the covering elements; and (b) a cutting arm disposed adjacent to an inwardly facing surface of the holding plate, which cutting arm is slidable along the surface and is operable to cut the covering elements.
3. An apparatus as claimed in claim 2, in which the window covering elements alternatively also include a bottom rail, and in which the apparatus alternatively further comprises:
(a) a holding plate having an opening for holding the bottom rail in a selected position;
(b) a cutting die disposed adjacent to the holding plate and having an opening for receiving the bottom rail extending therethrough;
wherein the driving means is operable to pivot the cutting die relative to the holding plate so as to cut the bottom rail.
(a) a holding plate having an opening for holding the bottom rail in a selected position;
(b) a cutting die disposed adjacent to the holding plate and having an opening for receiving the bottom rail extending therethrough;
wherein the driving means is operable to pivot the cutting die relative to the holding plate so as to cut the bottom rail.
4. An apparatus as claimed in claim 3, wherein the holding plate and the one or more cutting dies, and the cutting arm, are operable to size their respective window covering elements in a common plane.
5. An apparatus as claimed in claim 3, wherein the apparatus is adjustable to define the distance of travel of the cutting arm during operation thereof.
6. An apparatus as claimed in claim 3, wherein the apparatus is operable to retain the one or more closure elements such that a portion of such one or more closure elements protrudes in a common plane from the at least one opening therefor.
7. An apparatus as claimed in claim 3, wherein the apparatus defines a modular structure that permits the selection from a plurality of holding plates and corresponding cutting dies, each defining an opening having a profile corresponding to the profile of window covering elements of particular window coverings, of a subset of such holding plates and corresponding cutting dies, and further permits the arrangement of such subset of holding plates and corresponding cutting dies along a length of such modular structure.
8. An apparatus as claimed in claim 3, wherein the driving means is coupled with an elongate member, the elongate member being coupled with a stroke selection means, the stroke selection means being operable to permit selective determination of the stroke of the elongate member, such stroke determining the reciprocal engagement of the one or more cutting dies and the cutting arm, and thereby the respective sizing of the window covering elements.
9. An apparatus as claimed in claim 8, wherein the elongate member consists of a threaded rod driven by the driving means along a predetermined path, and the stroke selection means consists of a lug coupled with each of the one or more cutting dies, and a plurality of nuts positioned along a length of the rod so as to determine an area of engagement of each lug and the cutting arm along the predetermined path by the rod.
10. An apparatus as claimed in claim 9, wherein the stroke selection means is operable to reciprocally engage the one or more cutting dies and the cutting arm to cut the respective window covering elements in sequence.
11. An apparatus as claimed in claim 9, wherein the stroke selection means is operable to reciprocally engage the one or more cutting dies and the cutting arm to cut the respective window covering elements simultaneously.
12. A multi-purpose window covering sizing apparatus for cutting a window covering that includes a plurality of window covering components (including a head rail and optionally a bottom rail) and closure elements suspended from the head rail, the sizing apparatus comprising:
(a) At least one holding plate defining at least one window covering component opening and at least one closure element opening for receiving the respective window covering components(s) and the closure elements therethrough and holding them in position for sizing;
(b) one or more cutting dies, each of such cutting dies being disposed adjacent to a corresponding window covering component opening, each of the one or more cutting dies defining a die opening corresponding to the corresponding window covering component opening, said die opening receiving therethrough the corresponding window covering component, wherein the one or more cutting dies are mounted to the apparatus for pivotal movement with respect to the at least one holding plate; and (c) a cutting arm moveable relative to said holding plate, said cutting arm being operable to cut the closure elements extending through the at least one closure element opening;
wherein the one or more cutting dies and the cutting arm are coupled to a driving means operable to reciprocally engage the one or more cutting plates to pivot, and the cutting arm to slide with respect to the holding plate, thereby sizing the respective window covering components and closure elements.
(a) At least one holding plate defining at least one window covering component opening and at least one closure element opening for receiving the respective window covering components(s) and the closure elements therethrough and holding them in position for sizing;
(b) one or more cutting dies, each of such cutting dies being disposed adjacent to a corresponding window covering component opening, each of the one or more cutting dies defining a die opening corresponding to the corresponding window covering component opening, said die opening receiving therethrough the corresponding window covering component, wherein the one or more cutting dies are mounted to the apparatus for pivotal movement with respect to the at least one holding plate; and (c) a cutting arm moveable relative to said holding plate, said cutting arm being operable to cut the closure elements extending through the at least one closure element opening;
wherein the one or more cutting dies and the cutting arm are coupled to a driving means operable to reciprocally engage the one or more cutting plates to pivot, and the cutting arm to slide with respect to the holding plate, thereby sizing the respective window covering components and closure elements.
13. The sizing apparatus claimed in claim 12, wherein the apparatus comprises a base that is operable to receive in fixed engagement thereto one or more holding plates and corresponding cutting dies from a plurality of different holding plates and cutting dies corresponding to a plurality of different window covering component sand covering element sizes and profiles, thereby defining a modular structure for accommodating a plurality of different holding plate /
cutting die arrangements for sizing different window coverings having window covering components and covering elements of different sizes and profiles.
cutting die arrangements for sizing different window coverings having window covering components and covering elements of different sizes and profiles.
14. The sizing apparatus claimed in claim 12, wherein the base includes a mounting plate, wherein the one or more cutting dies define a lower portion thereof, and wherein the one or more cutting dies are pivotally mounted to the mounting plate at the lower portion thereof so as to define a pivot point of each such one or more cutting dies.
15. The sizing apparatus claimed in claim 12, wherein the apparatus further comprises a selective actuating means coupled to the driving means, wherein the selective actuating means is operable to permit the reciprocal engagement of the one or more cutting dies and of the cutting arm to be selectively determined.
16. The sizing apparatus claimed in claim 15, wherein the driving means includes an elongate member that is moveable by the driving means to travel a defined distance in a direction of the sizing of the window covering, and wherein the elongate member is coupled with one or more actuating elements disposed along the length thereof, and wherein the one or more cutting dies and the cutting arm are also coupled to the elongate member such that the actuating elements are operable to selectively and reciprocally engage each of the one or more cutting plates and the cutting arm based on the position of such actuating elements along the length of the elongate member.
17. The sizing apparatus claimed in claim 16, wherein the actuating elements include a lug mounted on the elongate member for engagement of the one or more cutting dies to pivot with respect to the pivot point thereof, and one or more nuts coupled to the elongate member such that movement of the elongate member in the direction of the sizing of the window covering actuates the lug to engage the one or more cutting dies.
18. The sizing apparatus claimed in claim 17, wherein the actuating elements also include a support arm coupled to the cutting arm, which support arm is also coupled to the elongate member, and wherein a further one or more nuts coupled to the elongate member at a particular location along the length thereof determines the movement of the cutting arm when the elongate member moves in the direction of the sizing of the window covering.
19. The sizing apparatus claimed in claim 17, wherein the apparatus also comprises a measuring apparatus mounted to the base on the side thereof adjacent to the one or more cutting dies, which measuring apparatus is operable to permit the portion of the window covering to be cut off during sizing to be measured.
20. The sizing apparatus claimed in claim 19, wherein the measuring apparatus includes a moveable sizing plate, wherein the moveable sizing plate is moveable in the direction of the holding plate so that the moveable sizing plate in a common plane abuts against the respective portions of the window covering that are to be sized.
21. The sizing apparatus claimed in claim 20, wherein the one or more cutting dies define a recessed portion adjacent to the opening thereof, wherein the moveable sizing plate is disposed to register within such recessed portion, thereby permitting respective portions of the window covering to be sized in a common plane having a respective length that is substantially equal to the distance between an inward surface of one or more cutting dies and the surface of the recessed portion.
22. A method of sizing window coverings, the window coverings including at least a head rail and a plurality of covering elements, comprising the steps of:
(a) Inserting the head rail and the covering elements through respective openings disposed in a holding plate;
(b) Inserting the head rail through a corresponding opening of a cutting die disposed adjacent to the holding plate; and (c) Engaging a driving means that is operable to reciprocally engage the cutting die to pivotally size the head rail, and a cutting arm to slide along the length of the holding plate so as to cut the covering elements protruding from its respective opening.
(a) Inserting the head rail and the covering elements through respective openings disposed in a holding plate;
(b) Inserting the head rail through a corresponding opening of a cutting die disposed adjacent to the holding plate; and (c) Engaging a driving means that is operable to reciprocally engage the cutting die to pivotally size the head rail, and a cutting arm to slide along the length of the holding plate so as to cut the covering elements protruding from its respective opening.
23. A method as claimed in claim 22, comprising the further step of:
(a) Measuring a portion of the head rail and the covering elements to be sized, by operation of a measuring apparatus mounted for movement with respect to the holding plate, by moving the measuring apparatus so as to define in a common plane the portion of the head rail and the covering elements to be sized.
(a) Measuring a portion of the head rail and the covering elements to be sized, by operation of a measuring apparatus mounted for movement with respect to the holding plate, by moving the measuring apparatus so as to define in a common plane the portion of the head rail and the covering elements to be sized.
24. Apparatus for cutting elements of a window covering with cutting means driven by a piston.
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| CA2490780A CA2490780C (en) | 2004-12-20 | 2004-12-20 | Piston blind cutter |
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| CA2490780A CA2490780C (en) | 2004-12-20 | 2004-12-20 | Piston blind cutter |
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| CA2490780A1 true CA2490780A1 (en) | 2006-06-20 |
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