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Method of cutting slats for a venetian blind

  • US 5,103,702 A
  • Filed: 12/21/1988
  • Issued: 04/14/1992
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/21/1988
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of cutting venetian blind slats to a desired length, comprising:

  • stacking a plurality of slats, each of the slats having a convexly curved transverse surface and of a length exceeding the desired length, on top of one another to form a stack of slats on a support;

    providing a curved support surface on said support matching the curved transverse surface of the slats;

    aligning the ends of the slats in the stack;

    clamping the stack onto the support, and confining the stack laterally, over the desired length but leaving free ends of the slats beyond the desired length unconfined;

    shearing-off each free end of each of the slats of the stack in one stroke in a direction perpendicular to the support in seriatim with a tool having a cutting edge which contacts outer longitudinal margins of the slats before central portions thereof and which allows the sheared free ends to freely fall away.

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