Apparatus, System and Method for Cutting and Creasing Media
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorsRobert A. Clark, William J. Nowak, William J. Hannaway
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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.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- a cutting and creasing tool configured to move only in an X direction during use, the cutting and creasing tool including a cutting blade, and a creasing tip spaced from the cutting blade,
- a cutting and creasing platform having an elastically deformable creasing portion configured to support a sheet of media during contact with the creasing tip, and a non-deformable cutting portion configured to support the sheet during contact with the cutting blade, the cutting portion having an elongated channel formed therein to receive the cutting blade during cutting,
- 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.
A system comprising:
- a cutting and creasing tool configured to move only in an X direction during use, the cutting and creasing tool including a cutting blade, and a creasing tip spaced from the cutting blade,
- a cutting and creasing platform having an elastically deformable creasing portion configured to support a sheet of media during contact with the creasing tip, and a non-deformable cutting portion configured to support the sheet during contact with the cutting blade, the cutting portion having an elongated channel formed therein to receive the cutting blade during cutting,
- 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 computerized processor configured to operate the cutting and creasing tool 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.
A method of making a media converter, comprising:
- forming a cutting and creasing tool configured to move only in an X direction during use, the cutting and creasing tool including a cutting blade, and a creasing tip spaced from the cutting blade,
- forming a cutting and creasing platform having an elastically deformable creasing portion configured to support a sheet of media during contact with the creasing tip, and a non-deformable cutting portion configured to support the sheet during contact with the cutting blade, the cutting portion having an elongated channel formed therein to receive the cutting blade during cutting,
- 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.
The method of claim 19, wherein the positioner and the automatic second feeder both use a first roller nip to move the sheet of media in the Y direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.