B - Operations – Transporting – 26 – B
Patent
B - Operations, Transporting
26
B
B26B 29/06 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2174576
A cutting jig or cutting guide for foam tube and like products comprises a channel member with opposed uprights sidewalls to accommodate therebetween a tube to be cut, pairs of aligned grooves being provided in the sidewalls to serve as guides for a cutting blade. Fillet portions are provided between the sidewalls and the base to provide a profile having at least four facets to support the tube. Preferably, the profile comprises a section of an octagon. At least one insert may be provided, having similar inner and outer profiles to that of the sidewalls and base, and dimensioned to nest therein. The insert may also be dimensioned so as to elevate the tube to a height relative to the cutting grooves as compared with a larger tube in the base unit. The cutting jig sidewalls may further comprise at least one pair of identical notches, one in each of the sidewalls, the insert being dimensioned relative to the notch to maintain a corresponding depth of cut for a smaller pipe. A pair of inserts may be provided, a larger one of the inserts to fit the base unit and a smaller of the inserts to fit into the larger insert in nesting protrusion the larger insert and base unit having one or more pairs of acooperating protrusion and recess to locate the larger insert relative to the base unit longitudinally, and the smaller insert and larger insert having at least one pair of a cooperating protrusion and recess to locate the smaller insert longitudinally relative to the larger insert, each pair of a protrusion and a recess being arranged so as to limit insertion of the corresponding insert to one direction only.
Adams Patent & Trademark Agency
Hess Heinrich Johannes
LandOfFree
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