Methods for using electronic cutting and/or drawing systems
AssigneeAmerican Crafts, L.C.
InventorNicolas Stephans Fourie
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Abstract
A heat pen may be used with an electronic cutting and/or drawing system to enable the electronic cutting and/or drawing system to use heat to define text and/or designs on a substrate. The heat pen may be coupled with a cradle of an electronic cutting and/or drawing system directly or by assembling an adapter with the heat pen. Power may be supplied to the heat pen by electrically coupling the heat pen to an external power supply, such as a power and/or communications port of the electronic cutting and/or drawing system. Electronic heated design systems and methods for modifying substrates using heat are also disclosed.
Claims20
A method for laminating foil onto a sheet of media, comprising:
- assembling a heat pen to a cradle carried by the carriage of the electronic cutting and/or drawing system;
- heating a tip of a heating element of the heat pen;
- and
- operating the carriage of the electronic cutting and/or drawing system, including:
- bringing the tip of the heating element into contact with a reactive foil;
- and
- moving the cradle and the heat pen over the sheet of reactive foil to transfer reactive foil from the sheet of reactive foil to a sheet of media on an opposite side of the sheet of reactive foil in a desired manner;
- removing the reactive foil from the sheet of media;
- and
- removing the sheet of media from the support mat.
A method for using heat to define a design on a sheet of media, comprising:
- selecting an adapter from a set of adapters useful with a plurality of different electronic cutting and/or drawing systems, the adapter adapting a heat pen for use with a cradle carried by a carriage of the electronic cutting and/or drawing system;
- assembling the adapter with the heat pen;
- assembling the heat pen with the cradle;
- heating a tip of a heating element of the heat pen;
- and
- operating the carriage of the electronic cutting and/or drawing system.
A method for using heat to define a design on a sheet of media, comprising:
- selecting an adapter from a set of adapters useful with a plurality of different electronic cutting and/or drawing systems, the adapter adapting a heat pen for use with a cradle carried by a carriage of the electronic output device;
- assembling the adapter with the heat pen;
- and
- assembling the adapter and the heat pen with the cradle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.