Device for cutting paper

Claim 1

A DEVICE FOR CUTTING PAPER AND THE LIKE, COMPRISING: (A) AN ELONGATED BASE MEMBER HAVING A BLADE RECEIVING SLOT EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY OF THE UPPER SURFACE THEREOF FOR RECIPROCAL PASSAGE OF A CUTTING BLADE THEREIN; (B) AN ELONGATED PAPER CLAMP EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY THE LENGTH OF SAID BASE MEMBER ABOVE AND PARALLEL WITH SAID UPPER SURFACE THEREOF AND ADJACENT TO ONE SIDE OF SAID SLOT; (C) A PAIR OF POSTS RIGIDLY SECURED TO OPPOSITE ENDS OF SAID BASE MEMBER AND EXTENDING UPWARDLY THEREFROM AND IN WHICH THE OPPOSITE ENDS OF SAID CLAMP ARE VERTICALLY RECIPROCAL FOR MOVEMENT TOWARD AND AWAY FROM SAID BASE MEMBER FOR CLAMPING AND RELEASING PAPER BETWEEN SAID CLAMP AND SAID BASE MEMBER; (D) A HORIZONTALLY ELONGATED CLAMP ACTUATOR SPACED ABOVE AND PARALLEL TO SAID CLAMP; (E) SAID ACTUATOR BEING SUPPORTED ON SAID POSTS FOR HORIZONTALLY RECIPROCAL MOVEMENT LONGITUDINALLY OF SAID CLAMP; (F) MEANS CONNECTING SIAD CLAMP AND SAID ACTUATOR AT A PLURALITY OF HORIZONTALLY SPACED POINTS INTERMEDIATE SAID POSTS FOR UNIFORM VERTICAL MOVEMENT OF SAID CLAMP TOWARD SAID BASE MEMBER TO A PAPER CLAMPING POSITION UPON HORIZONTAL MOVEMENT OF SAID ACTUATOR IN ONE DIRECTION AND FOR UNIFORM VERTICAL MOVEMENT OF SAID CLAMP AWAY FROM SAID BASE MEMBER UPON HORIZONTAL MOVEMENT OF SAID ACTUATOR IN THE OTHER DIRECTION; (G) A BLADE CARRIAGE HAVING A BLADE THEREON EXTENDING INTO SAID SLOT AND ADJACENT TO SAID CLAMP FOR CUTTING PAPER WHEN SAID CLAMP IS IN SAID PAPER CLAMPING POSITION; (H) MEANS SECURED BETWEEN SAID POSTS FOR SUPPORTING SAID BLADE CARRIER FOR HORIZONTALLY RECIPROCAL MOVEMENT SUBSTANTIALLY FROM POST TO POST AT EITHER END OF SAID BASE MEMBER.

Claim 2

A DEVICE FOR CUTTING PAPER AND THE LIKE, COMPRISING: (A) AN ELONGATED BASE MEMBER HAVING A BLADE RECEIVING SLOT EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY OF THE UPPER SURFACE THEREOF FOR RECIPROCAL PASSAGE OF A CUTTING BLADE THEREIN; (B) AN ELONGATED PAPER CLAMP EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY THE LENGTH OF SAID BASE MEMBER ABOVE AND PARALLEL WITH SAID UPPER SURFACE THEREOF AND ADJACENT TO ONE SIDE OF SAID SLOT; (C) A PAIR OF POSTS RIGIDLY SECURED TO OPPOSITE ENDS OF SAID BASE MEMBER AND EXTENDING UPWARDLY THEREFROM AND IN WHICH THE OPPOSITE ENDS OF SAID CLAMP ARE VERTICALLY RECIPROCAL FOR MOVEMENT TOWARD AND AWAY FROM SAID BASE MEMBER FOR CLAMPING AND RELEASING PAPER BETWEEN SAID CLAMP AND SAID BASE MEMBER; (D) A HORIZONTALLY ELONGATED CLAMP ACTUATOR SPACED ABOVE AND PARALLEL TO SAID CLAMP; (E) SAID ACTUATOR BEING SUPPORTED ON SAID POSTS FOR HORIZONTALLY RECIPROCAL MOVEMENT LONGITUDINALLY OF SAID CLAMP; (F) MEANS CONNECTING SIAD CLAMP AND SAID ACTUATOR AT A PLURALITY OF HORIZONTALLY SPACED POINTS INTERMEDIATE SAID POSTS FOR UNIFORM VERTICAL MOVEMENT OF SAID CLAMP TOWARD SAID BASE MEMBER TO A PAPER CLAMPING POSITION UPON HORIZONTAL MOVEMENT OF SAID ACTUATOR IN ONE DIRECTION AND FOR UNIFORM VERTICAL MOVEMENT OF SAID CLAMP AWAY FROM SAID BASE MEMBER UPON HORIZONTAL MOVEMENT OF SAID ACTUATOR IN THE OTHER DIRECTION; (G) A BLADE CARRIAGE HAVING A BLADE THEREON EXTENDING INTO SAID SLOT AND ADJACENT TO SAID CLAMP FOR CUTTING PAPER WHEN SAID CLAMP IS IN SAID PAPER CLAMPING POSITION; (H) MEANS SECURED BETWEEN SAID POSTS FOR SUPPORTING SAID BLADE CARRIER FOR HORIZONTALLY RECIPROCAL MOVEMENT SUBSTANTIALLY FROM POST TO POST AT EITHER END OF SAID BASE MEMBER.