Heating tool
AssigneeZüNd Systemtechnik AG
InventorsDarren COOMBS, Juan GOMEZ SALINAS
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Abstract
A heating tool for preparing a planar material for cutting, the heating tool includes an airflow generator for generating an airflow; a heater for heating the generated airflow; a flow director assembly configured to direct the heated airflow, wherein the flow director assembly is configured to move between a first configuration and a second configuration, wherein in the first configuration, the flow director assembly directs the heated airflow towards a heating target position and, in the second configuration, the flow director assembly directs the heated airflow away from the heating target position; and means for powering motion of the flow director assembly between the first configuration and the second configuration.
Claims13
A heating tool for preparing a planar material for cutting, the heating tool comprising:
- an airflow generator for generating an airflow;
- a heater for heating the generated airflow;
- a flow director assembly configured to direct the heated airflow, wherein the flow director assembly is configured to move between a first configuration and a second configuration, wherein in the first configuration, the flow director assembly directs the heated airflow towards a heating target position and, in the second configuration, the flow director assembly directs the heated airflow away from the heating target position;
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- means for powering motion of the flow director assembly between the first configuration and the second configuration.
A cutting system for a planar material, the system comprising:
- a heating tool comprising:
- an airflow generator for generating an airflow;
- a heater for heating the generated airflow;
- a flow director assembly configured to direct the heated airflow, wherein the flow director assembly is configured to move between a first configuration and a second configuration, wherein in the first configuration, the flow director assembly directs the heated airflow towards a heating target position and, in the second configuration, the flow director assembly directs the heated airflow away from the heating target position;
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- means for powering motion of the flow director assembly between the first configuration and the second configuration;
- a conveyor configured to move a piece of planar material and/or move the heating tool, such that the heating target position follows an intended cutting pattern on the piece of planar material, and the heating tool seals the piece of planar material along the intended cutting pattern;
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- a cutting tool configured to cut the piece of planar material along the intended cutting pattern.
A cutting method for a planar material, the method comprising:
- using a heating tool comprising:
- an airflow generator for generating an airflow;
- a heater for heating the generated airflow;
- a flow director assembly configured to direct the heated airflow, wherein the flow director assembly is configured to move between a first configuration and a second configuration, wherein in the first configuration, the flow director assembly directs the heated airflow towards a heating target position and, in the second configuration, the flow director assembly directs the heated airflow away from the heating target position;
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- means for powering motion of the flow director assembly between the first configuration and the second configuration;
- heating a piece of planar material along an intended cutting pattern;
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- using a cutting tool, cutting the piece of planar material along the intended cutting pattern.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.