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US 12,005,524 B2Granted
Cutting machinery laser system
AssigneeGerber Technology, Inc.
InventorsNikolai Mikkelsen, Steen Mikkelsen
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Abstract
A cutting apparatus comprising a cutting table and a first cutting material belt movably supported about the cutting table about a first roller and a second roller. A second cutting material belt is removably supported above the first cutting material belt about the first roller and a third roller, wherein the second roller is intermediate the first roller and the second roller.
Claims20
A fabric cutting apparatus comprising:
- a cutting table;
- a first cutting material belt movably supported about the cutting table between a first roller and a second roller attached to the cutting table;
- a second cutting material belt removably supported above the first cutting material belt between the first roller and a third roller attached to the cutting table, wherein the second roller is intermediate and coplanar with the first roller and the third roller;
- wherein the second cutting material belt includes a metal material having a plurality of apertures extending there-through;
- a blade cutter having a blade configured to cut first fabric;
- a laser assembly including a first portion having a laser tube operatively secured to a horizontal rail and a second portion operatively secured to the first portion, the second portion including a laser beam bender assembly for directing a laser beam from the laser assembly to the second cutting material belt to cut second fabric;
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- a vacuum system for drawing air through the plurality of apertures to hold the fabric to the second cutting material belt and remove fumes generated during laser cutting of the second fabric, and
- wherein the second cutting material belt is formed as a continuous loop and includes at least one zipper connector to undo the loop for selectively removing the second cutting material belt from the first material cutting belt to allow for the blade to cut the first fabric on the first cutting material belt.
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A fabric cutting apparatus comprising:
- a cutting table assembly having a blade cutter assembly and a laser cutter assembly;
- a first cutting material belt movably supported about the cutting table between a first roller and a second roller attached to the cutting table, the first cutting material belt being configured to hold fabric for cutting by the blade cutter assembly;
- a second cutting material belt removably supported above the first cutting material belt between the first roller and a third roller attached to the cutting table, the second cutting material belt being configured to hold fabric for cutting by the laser assembly, wherein the second cutting material belt includes a zipper with a first half on a leading edge and a second half on a trailing edge so that the first and second halves can be joined to form a continuous loop and separated for removing the second material cutting belt from above the first cutting material belt, wherein the second cutting material belt defines a plurality of apertures extending there-through configured to have vacuum applied to the apertures for retaining fabric to the second cutting material belt, wherein the second roller is intermediate and coplanar with the first roller and the third roller.
A fabric cutting apparatus comprising:
- a cutting table assembly having a blade cutter assembly and a laser cutter assembly;
- a first cutting material belt movably supported about the cutting table between a first roller and a second roller attached to the cutting table, the first cutting material belt being configured to hold fabric for cutting by the blade cutter assembly;
- a second cutting material belt removably supported above the first cutting material belt between the first roller and a third roller attached to the cutting table, the second cutting material belt being configured to hold fabric for cutting by the laser assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.