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US 2023/0418255 A1Published application
Electronic Cutting Machine
AssigneeCricut, Inc.
InventorsJeremy Crystal, Jeffery V. Gubler, Clark L. Roper, James T. Davis, II, Jim Colby, Daniel Torgerson, Alan Romig, Steven Bandis, Matthew Waibel, Robert Woldberg, Don Olsen, Matthew L. Tuttle
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Abstract
An electronic cutting machine includes at least one housing to which a drive roller is coupled for moving a sheet to be cut in a first direction and a cutter assembly coupled to the housing and moveable in a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction.
Claims9
A crafting apparatus configured to perform work on a workpiece, the crafting apparatus comprising:
- a body defining an interior compartment that houses one or more assemblies that include a carriage configured to hold a blade,
- wherein the body of the crafting apparatus comprises at least one storage compartment formed by a door of the crafting apparatus.
An apparatus for working a workpiece, the apparatus comprising:
- a first motor;
- a first pinion coupled to the first motor, wherein the first motor is configured to drive rotation of the first pinion;
- a first rack engaged with the first pinion, wherein the rotation of the first pinion is configured to drive linear translation of the first rack;
- and
- a housing body assembly configured to hold a first working tool,
- wherein the first rack is coupled to the housing body assembly such that the linear translation is configured to urge the first working tool along a first axis in a first direction against the workpiece.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.