adjustable stop to accommodate rolls of different widths and a retainer to hold the wallpaper on a cutting surface adjacent to a slot in the cutting surface which accommodates a knife edge to allow the wallpaper to be severed from the roll with a straight edge application_number US 5442493 A description the present invention comprises a device 10 for cutting wallpaper shown in fig1 in broken lines as wallpaper roll 11 which device 10 can be fastened to a supporting surface 12 also shown in broken lines in fig1 8 and 9 such as a table a stand supported on saw horses or the like the wallpaper cutter 10 includes a pair of clamp means 13 for attaching the device to the support 12 a support 14 for holding the roll of wallpaper 11 an adjustable stop 15 for positioning wallpaper rolls of different widths on the support 14 a cutting table 16 which also acts in conjunction with the clamp 13 for retaining the device 10 to the support 12 and a pivotable retainer means 17 which is movable between an open position shown in fig8 in which the wallpaper 11 can be passed over the cutting table 16 and a closed position shown in fig1 and 9 in which said retainer 17 engages the top surface of the wallpaper 11 on the cutting table 16 and retains the wallpaper 11 in position to be cut the wallpaper cutting device 10 also includes a main longitudinal depending leg or body block 23 which depends.