Blind cut down apparatus

Abstract

An apparatus for trimming the width of blinds of the type having a headrail, and a bottom rail and blind slats, and having a support body with a headrail opening, and a bottom rail opening, and a blind slat opening the blind components being insertable into their openings from one side of the support body, a die located adjacent to the support body, a headrail cutting recess in the die, guides on the support body for the die, enabling the die to move relative to the headrail opening between two positions and a bottom rail and blind slat cutter operable to cut the bottom rail and the blind slats. A modified apparatus can be used to trim the width of a vertical blind having a headrail and control rods. Also disclosed is a method of trimming the width of blind, having a head rail, a bottom rail and blind slats.

Description

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This is a Divisional Application of U.S. application Ser. No. 10 / 865,838 which is a Divisional Application of U.S. application Ser. No. 09 / 935,489 which is a Continuation-in-Part of application Ser. No. 09 / 414,767, filed Oct. 7, 1999, title: Two Handle Cut Down Apparatus, Inventor: Norbert Marocco, which was a Continuation-in-Part of application Ser. No. 09 / 132,748 filed Aug. 12, 1998, title: Improved End Trimming Apparatus for Blinds, Inventor: Norbert Marocco, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,196,099 B1, U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09 / 132,750, title: Method of End Trimming of Blinds, Inventor: Norbert Marocco, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,178,857 B1 both of which were Continuations-in-Part of application Ser. No. 08 / 627,015 filed Apr. 3, 1996, title End Trimming Apparatus for Venetian Blinds, Inventor Norbert Marocco, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,806,394, which was in turn a Continuation-in-Part of application Ser. No. 08 / 526,329 filed Sep. 11, 1995, title End...

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Benefits of technology

[0023] With a view to providing a more adaptable blind slat cutter machine, suitable for cutting a variety of different blinds, the invention provides an apparatus for trimming the width of blinds of the type having a plurality of components including a headrail, and a bottom rail, and a plurality of blind slats, each having a predetermined arcuate profile, and comprising support body means, said body means defining a headrail opening, and a bottom rail opening, and means defining blind slat opening means being aligned along a horizontal axis, respective said blind components being insertable into respective said openings; headrail die plate means located alongside said support body a headrail cutting recess in said die plate means for cutting s

Problems solved by technology

This procedure is however relatively expensive.

However given the limitation of the design, this is simply not possible.

There are however certain problems with this procedure.

End trimming operations could not be carried out by simple hand tools.

Even in this system however, there were possibilities for mistakes, and the operator required considerable skill.

The cutting operation was also time consuming.

The cutting of these blind slats presents a somewhat different problem, in that, because they are thicker, it is necessary for the blind slat cutting blade means to travel through a longer cutting path.

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