Punch and scoring system
AssigneeAmerican Crafts, L.C.
InventorTavnir John Carey
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Abstract
A device for punching and scoring a medium includes a punch tool and a grooved score guide. The punch tool has a cutter configured to cut an edge of a sheet of the medium. The positioning edge is disposed on the device and configured to guide an edge of the medium and position the medium with respect to the punch tool. The grooved score guide is formed in the device and configured to match a scoring tool to create a score line in the medium. The arrangement between the punch tool and positioning edge is configured to cut a notch in the edge of the medium at a notch point. The grooved score line is disposed in relationship to the punch tool to create the score line in the medium from the notch point across the medium.
Claims20
A device for punching and scoring a sheet of a medium to define an envelope from the sheet of the medium, the device comprising:
- a base for supporting the sheet of the medium, the base including a support surface;
- a positioning edge capable of guiding an edge of the sheet of the medium and of positioning the edge of the sheet of the medium, the positioning edge located at a fixed position along an edge of the support surface of the base and protruding upward relative to the support surface of the base;
- a punch tool positioned at an intermediate location along the positioning edge, the punch tool including a cutter capable of cutting a notch at a notch point in the edge of the sheet of the medium when the edge of the sheet of the medium is located against the positioning edge;
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- a grooved score guide comprising an elongated channel extending linearly in the support surface of the base, the elongated channel extending from a location of the base against which a center of the cutter is to be positioned, in a fixed linear direction diagonal to the positioning edge, across at least a portion of the support surface of the base, the grooved score guide capable of defining a score line in the sheet of the medium at a location that extends from the notch point in the edge of the sheet of the medium to another edge of the sheet of the medium;
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- a scoring tool complementary to the grooved score guide and capable of movement along the grooved score guide to create a score line in the sheet of the medium.
An apparatus for punching and scoring paper to create an envelope, the apparatus comprising:
- a main body including a base with a support surface;
- a punch tool on the main body above the support surface, at an intermediate location along an edge of the base, the punch tool including a first cutting tool and a second cutting tool with a single actuation point, the first cutting tool capable of cutting a “V” cut at a notch point in an edge of the paper, the second cutting tool capable of cutting a corner radius on an outside corner of an envelope cutout defined from the paper;
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- a grooved score guide comprising an elongated channel formed in the support surface of the base of the main body, the grooved score guide extending diagonally in a fixed direction across at least a portion of the support surface of the base from a location beneath the first cutting tool of the punch tool to a location adjacent to another edge of the support surface of the base for creating a score line in the paper from the notch point in the edge of the paper, across the paper, to another edge of the paper.
A device for punching and scoring paper to create an envelope, the device comprising:
- a main body including a base with a support surface;
- a positioning edge defined by the main body and protruding upward from a fixed location on the base, the positioning edge capable of guiding an edge of the paper and of positioning the paper;
- a punch tool on the main body over an intermediate location of the positioning edge, the punch tool including a first cutting tool and a second cutting tool with a single actuation point, the first cutting tool capable of cutting a “V” cut at a notch point on the edge of the paper, the second cutting tool capable of cutting a corner radius on an outside corner of an envelope cutout defined from the paper, the first cutting tool being positioned over the support surface of the base on a first side of the positioning edge and the second cutting tool being accessible from an opposite, second side of the positioning edge;
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- a grooved score guide comprising an elongated channel in the support surface of the base of the main body, the elongated channel extending linearly from a location beneath the first cutting tool of the punch tool, in a fixed, linear direction diagonal to the positioning edge, across at least a portion of the support surface to a location adjacent to another edge of the base, the grooved score guide capable of defining a score line in the paper from the notch point on the edge of the paper, diagonally across the paper to another edge of the paper.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.