# US 10,245,803 B2 · Apparatus, system and method for cutting and creasing media > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,245,803 B2 - Document ID: US10245803B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 13/800,555 - Filed: 2013-03-13 - Published: 2014-09-18 - Granted: 2019-04-02 - Earliest claimed: 2013-03-13 - Assignees: Xerox Corporation - Applicants: Xerox Corporation - Inventors: Robert A. Clark; William J. Nowak; William J. Hannaway - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10245803B2 ## CPC - B31F 7/00: Processes not otherwise provided for - B26D 5/06: by electrical means - B26D 5/086: {Electric, magnetic, piezoelectric, electro-magnetic means} - B26D 5/32: with the record carrier formed by the work itself - B26D 7/20: Cutting beds {(B26D7/018 takes precedence; supporting beds for severing by means of a fluid jet B26F3/008)} - B26D 7/27: Means for performing other operations combined with cutting (B26D9/00 takes precedence) - B31F 1/08: Creasing (corrugating B31F1/20; zig-zag folding B65H45/20 {; combined with folding B31F1/0012, B31F1/0022; grooving by cutting B26D3/06, B26D3/08; by milling grooves B23C3/30; of plastics material B29C53/06}) - B31F: MECHANICAL WORKING OR DEFORMATION OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER (making layered products not composed wholly of paper or cardboard B32B) - B26D: CUTTING; DETAILS COMMON TO MACHINES FOR PERFORATING, PUNCHING, CUTTING-OUT, STAMPING-OUT OR SEVERING (for growing crops or plants A01D, A01G; for fodder or straw A01F; for bulk butter A01J; for dough A21C; slaughtering A22B; for tobacco, cigars or cigarettes A24; marking-out, perforating or making buttonholes A41H25/00; manufacturing footwear A43D; brushmaking A46D; surgery A61B; disintegrating, mincing or shredding in general B02C; cutting wire, making pins or nails B21F, B21G; of the kind used formetal B23; cutting by abrasive fluid jets B24C5/02; hand-held cutting tools B26B; perforating, cutting-out, stamping-out or punching, or severing by means other than cutting B26F; for wood B27; for stone B28D; working of plastics or substances in a plastic state B29; making boxes, cartons, envelopes or bags, of paper or similarly worked materials, e.g. metal foil, B31B; article or web delivery apparatus incorporating cutting or line-perforating devices B65H35/00; for leather or upholstery B68, C14B; for glass C03B; making matches C06F; for peat C10F; for sugar C13B45/00; for textile materials D06H; civil engineering, building, mining, see Section E; for light guides G02B6/25; cutting processed photographic material G03D15/04) ## Abstract An apparatus is disclosed that includes a computer operated cutting and creasing tool configured to move only in an X direction during use, a cutting and creasing platform having an elastically deformable creasing portion configured to support a sheet of media during contact with a creasing tip and a non-deformable cutting portion configured to support the sheet during contact with a cutting blade, and a positioner configured to draw the sheet of media along the cutting and creasing platform during cutting and creasing. Methods of making and using the apparatus also are disclosed. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An apparatus comprising: a cutting and creasing tool configured to move in an X direction but not in a Y direction during use, the cutting and creasing tool including a cut-crease head comprising a non-rotatable cutting blade with a cutting edge and a terminal end, the cutting blade being moveable between an engaged position in which the terminal end is below a sheet of media and a non-engaged position in which the terminal end is above the sheet of media, and a non-rotatable creasing tip spaced from the cutting blade, the cut-crease head being configured to support only one cutting blade and only one creasing tip during use, a cutting and creasing platform having a generally planar upper surface configured to support the sheet of media during cutting and creasing, the platform including an elastically deformable creasing portion disposed beneath the creasing tip, and a non-deformable cutting portion disposed adjacent to the creasing portion and beneath the cutting blade, the cutting portion having an elongated channel formed therein to receive the cutting blade when the cutting blade is in the engaged position, a positioner configured to draw the sheet of media along the cutting and creasing platform in a Y-direction while shifting the sheet back and forth along the Y-direction in response to at least one of a cutting order and a creasing order, and a computerized processor configured to operate the cutting and creasing tool and the positioner. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, further including an automatic media feeder configured to automatically feed sheets of media onto and off of the cutting and creasing platform. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the cutting blade and creasing tip are operated using solenoids. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the creasing portion has a Shore A hardness in the range of 40-90. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the creasing portion is upstream from the cutting portion. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the cutting portion of the cutting and creasing platform has a plurality of elongated channels formed therein. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the cutting portion comprises metal. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the cutting portion includes a removable segment comprising a plurality of walls defining the channel portion. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the creasing portion of the cutting and creasing platform comprises a thermoplastic or thermoset material. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a sensor configured to read data on the sheet of media comprising instructions for at least one of cutting and creasing. ### Claim 11 A system comprising: a cutting and creasing tool configured to move in an X direction but not in a Y direction during use, the cutting and creasing tool including a cut-crease head comprising a non-rotatable cutting blade with a cutting edge and a terminal end, the cutting blade being moveable between an engaged position in which the terminal end is below a sheet of media and a non-engaged position in which the terminal end is above the sheet of media, and a non-rotatable creasing tip spaced from the cutting blade, a cutting and creasing platform having a generally planar upper surface configured to support the sheet of media during cutting and creasing, the platform including an elastically deformable creasing portion disposed beneath the creasing tip, and a non-deformable cutting portion disposed adjacent to the creasing portion and beneath the cutting blade, the cutting portion having an elongated channel formed therein to receive the cutting blade when the cutting blade is in the engaged position, a positioner configured to draw the sheet of media along the cutting and creasing platform in a Y-direction while shifting the sheet back and forth along the Y-direction in response to at least one of a cutting order and a creasing order, a sensor configured to read data on the sheet of media comprising instructions for at least one of cutting and creasing, a computerized processor configured to operate the cutting and creasing tool, the sensor and the positioner, a first feeder disposed adjacent to or connected to the cutting and creasing platform, the first feeder being configured to automatically transport individual sheets of media from an in-feed receptacle toward the cutting and creasing platform using a first feed device, and a second feeder disposed adjacent to or connected to the cutting and creasing platform, the second feeder being configured to automatically transport individual sheets of media from the cutting and creasing platform to an out-feed receptacle after at least one of cutting and creasing. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The system of claim 11, wherein the creasing portion is upstream from the cutting portion. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The system of claim 11, wherein the cutting portion includes a removable segment comprising a plurality of walls defining the channel portion. ### Claim 14 A method of making a media converter, comprising: forming a cutting and creasing tool configured to move in an X direction but not in a Y direction during use, the cutting and creasing tool including a cut-crease head comprising a non-rotatable cutting blade with a cutting edge and a terminal end, the cutting blade being moveable between an engaged position in which the terminal end is below a sheet of media and a non-engaged position in which the terminal end is above the sheet of media, a non-rotatable creasing tip spaced from the cutting blade, and a sensor configured to read data on a sheet of media comprising instructions for at least one of cutting and creasing, forming a cutting and creasing platform having a generally planar upper surface configured to support the sheet of media during cutting and creasing, the platform including an elastically deformable creasing portion disposed beneath the creasing tip, and a non-deformable cutting portion disposed adjacent to the creasing portion and beneath the cutting blade, the cutting portion having an elongated channel formed therein to receive the cutting blade when the cutting blade is in the engaged position, mounting the cutting and creasing tool above the cutting and creasing platform, forming a positioner configured to draw the sheet of media along the cutting and creasing platform in a Y-direction while shifting the sheet back and forth along the Y-direction in response to at least one of a cutting order and a creasing order, and forming a computerized processor to operate the cutting and creasing tool and the positioner. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, further comprising: forming an automatic first feeder that includes a first feed device to place the sheet of media on the cutting and creasing platform, and forming an automatic second feeder that includes a second feed device to automatically remove the sheet of media from the cutting and creasing platform after cutting and creasing using a second feeder. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, wherein the positioner and the automatic second feeder both use a first roller nip to move the sheet of media in the Y direction.