In hitherto existing cutting machines with an oscillating knife and a so-called material presser foot mounted on a carrier bar which extends in the longitudinal direction of the knife and is displaceable in this direction at the housing, a clamping device is normally mounted to hold the material presser foot at a certain level once it has been raised.

The Oscillating knife cutting machine was to create a cutting machine with an oscillating knife comprising a grinding device which need not be displaced manually, and being of a simpler design than the known cutting machine with an oscillating knife comprising a grinding device which is displaceable

The Oscillating knife cutting machine relates to a cutting machine with an oscillating knife comprising a motor mounted in a housing for driving a lengthwise oscillating knife with a cutting edge, further comprising a displaceable grinding device, means mounted at the housing for guiding said grinding device in the longitudinal direction of the knife, said grinding device having at least one grinding element which can be brought into contact with a side surface of the cutting edge of the knife, said grinding element being made to circulate by a drive means coupled to the motor,

A Oscillating knife cutting machine comprising a motor mounted in a housing for driving a lengthwise oscillating knife extending in a substantially vertical direction, further comprising a material presser foot mounted on a carrier bar extending in the longitudinal direction of the oscillating knife and displaceably guided in this direction at the housing, and also comprising an actuating member mounted on the housing for releasing a support means for the carrier bar, characterized in that the actuating member is also coupled with a lifting device for lifting the carrier bar in a stepwise manner.