Blade clearance groove for cutting plotter
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorsRobert A. Clark, William J. Nowak
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Abstract
Disclosed is a cutting plotter with a feed roller that draws a sheet of media in a Y-direction while shifting the sheet back and forth along the Y-direction in response to a cutting order. The cutting plotter includes a cutting device that reciprocates in an X-direction and cooperates with the feed roller to cut the sheet in a desired shape in response to the cutting order. A base plate is disposed below the cutting device in the X-direction. The base plate has a channel formed in it. The channel is sized and configured to receive a portion of a blade of the cutting device when the blade engages the sheet and the blade traverses laterally along the channel.
Claims20
A cutting plotter, comprising:
- a feed roller that draws a sheet of media in a Y-direction while shifting said sheet back and forth along said Y-direction in response to a cutting order;
- a cutting device that reciprocates in an X-direction and cooperates with said feed roller to cut said sheet in a desired shape in response to said cutting order;
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- a base plate disposed below said cutting device in said X-direction, said base plate having at least one channel formed therein, each channel being sized and configured to receive a portion of a blade of said cutting device when said blade engages said sheet,
- said blade being movable laterally along a portion of said channel.
A material cutting assembly, comprising:
- a cutting head, comprising:
- a solenoid and spring mounted in said cutting head;
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- a cutting tool detachably fixed to said solenoid and having a sharp point disposed on a tip thereof, said cutting tool being movable between an engaged position when said solenoid is energized to extend said cutting tool and a non-engaged position when said solenoid is de-energized and said spring retracts said cutting tool;
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- an elongated base plate disposed below said cutting tool, said base plate having at least one channel formed therein, each channel being sized and configured to receive said point of said cutting tool when said cutting tool is in said engaged position,
- said cutting tool being movable laterally along a portion of said channel.
The material cutting assembly according to claim 9, further comprising a feed roller that draws a sheet of media into a cutting plotter while shifting said sheet back and forth in response to a cutting order, said feed roller cooperating with said carriage to cut said sheet in a desired shape in response to said cutting order.
A device for incising a sheet of media, comprising:
- a chassis;
- a motor;
- a carriage operably secured to said chassis and driven by said motor for reciprocal movement relative to said chassis;
- a cutting device operably secured to said carriage, said cutting device including a mechanical incising structure movable between an engaged position wherein said incising structure operably engages said sheet of media and a non-engaged position wherein said incising structure does not engage said sheet of media;
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- an elongated base plate disposed below said carriage, said base plate having at least one channel formed therein, each channel being sized and configured to receive a portion of a blade of said mechanical incising structure when said mechanical incising structure is in said engaged position,
- said blade being movable laterally along a portion of said channel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.