Score Knife Positioner

An apparatus comprising:

• a plurality of carriage assemblies, each carriage assembly comprising:
• a carriage bracket;
• a linear bearing attached to the carriage bracket;
• a score knife in a score knife holder attached to the carriage bracket;
• and
• a plurality of guide rails, each of the plurality of carriage assemblies slidably connected to at least a respective one of the plurality of guide rails, the linear bearing of each of the plurality of carriage assemblies staggered with respect to linear bearings of adjacent carriage assemblies to nest with the adjacent carriage assemblies so that adjacent score knives are less than one-half inch from each other when a pair of adjacent carriage assemblies are nested together.

An apparatus comprising:

• a first carriage assembly comprising:
• a carriage bracket having a plurality of linear bearings;
• a score knife holder;
• and
• a score knife in the score knife holder;
• a second carriage assembly comprising:
• a carriage bracket having a plurality of linear bearings;
• a score knife holder;
• and
• a score knife in the score knife holder;
• a third carriage assembly comprising:
• a carriage bracket having a plurality of linear bearings;
• a score knife holder;
• and
• a score knife in the score knife holder;
• a first plurality of guide rails, the first carriage assembly slidably connected to the first plurality of guide rails via the plurality of linear bearings of the first carriage assembly;
• and
• a second plurality of guide rails parallel to the first plurality of guide rails, the second carriage assembly slidably connected to the second plurality of guide rails via the plurality of linear bearings of the second carriage assembly,
• a third plurality of guiderails parallel to the first plurality of guide rails, the third carriage assembly slidably connected to the third plurality of guide rails via the plurality of linear bearings of the third carriage assembly;
• wherein the plurality of linear bearings of the first carriage assembly, the plurality of linear bearings of the second carriage assembly, and the plurality of linear bearings of the third carriage assembly are each staggered with respect to linear bearings of adjacent carriage assemblies to allow the first carriage assembly to nest with the second carriage assembly and the second carriage assembly to nest with the third carriage assembly, a score knife of the first carriage assembly being less than one-half inch from the score knife of the second carriage assembly when the first carriage assembly is nested with the second carriage assembly, and the score knife of the second carriage assembly being less than one-half inch from the score knife of the third carriage assembly when the second carriage assembly is nested with the third carriage assembly.