Wadding cutter

Claim 1

A CUTTER DEVICE FOR USE IN CUTTING A SHEET OF WADDING MATERIAL COMPRISING: (A) A BASE MEMBER HAVING A LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDED OPENING, (B) A GUIDE UNIT HAVING A LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDED OPENING, (C) MEANS FOR CONNECTING ONE END OF SAID GUIDE UNIT TO ONE END OF SAID BASE MEMBER FOR MOVEMENT FROM A FIRST SUPERPOSED POSITION IN PARALLEL AND ADJACENT RELATION TO SAID BASE MEMBER TO A SECOND POSITION EXTENDED UPWARDLY FROM SAID ONE END OF THE BASE MEMBER, (D) A CUTTING MEANS INCLUDING AN ELONGATED FLEXIBLE MEMBER AND AN ACTUATOR OPERABLY CONNECTED THEREWITH FOR LONGITUDINAL MOVEMENT RELATIVE TO SAID FLEXIBLE MEMBER, (E) ONE END OF SAID FLEXIBLE MEMBER SECURED TO THE TOP SURFACE OF SAID GUIDE UNIT AT THE ONE END OF SAID GUIDE UNIT, AND THE OTHER END OF SAID FLEXIBLE MEMBER SECURED ADJACENT THE BOTTOM SURFACE OF SAID BASE MEMBER AT THE END THEREOF REMOTE FROM SAID ONE END OF THE BASE MEMBER SO THAT THE PORTION OF SAID FLEXIBLE MEMBER BETWEEN THE CONNECTED ENDS THEREOF IS EXTENDIBLE IN SAID OPENINGS WHEN THE GUIDE UNIT IS IN SAID FIRST POSITION THEREFOR, AND (F) SAID ACTUATOR MOVABLE HORIZONTALLY AND AGAINST THE TOP SURFACE OF SAID GUIDE UNIT WHEN THE GUIDE UNIT IS IN SAID FIRST POSITION THEREFOR TO PROGRESSIVELY DISPLACE SAID PORTION OF THE FLEXIBLE MEMBER UPWARDLY FROM A POSITION WITHIN THE OPENING OF SAID BASE MEMBER TO A POSITION ABOVE SAID GUIDE UNTI WHEREBY TO CUT SHEET MATERIAL DISPOSED BETWEEN SAID BASE MEMBER AND THE GUIDE UNIT WHEN THE GUIDE UNIT IS IN SAID FIRST POSITION.