Apparatus and method for cutting mat board
AssigneeArtistic Mat, Inc.
InventorsRobert K. Dowdle, Barton K. Dowdle
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for cutting mat board, and more specifically for cutting apertures including non-linear boundaries in mat board. The preferred embodiment of the apparatus of the present invention includes an automatically controlled rotating cutting tool, preferably with a V-bit for cutting apertures having bevelled boundaries according to a predetermined pattern. The preferred embodiment of the method of the present invention includes stacking first and second mat boards and cutting through said first board into said second, removing said first board into said second, removing said first board, and cutting the same aperture in the same location in said second mat board which has been stacked on a third, uncut mat board.
Claims24
An apparatus for cutting mat board, comprising:
- a flat cutting table for supporting said mat board;
- hold down means for securing the periphery of said mat board to said cutting table;
- at least one rotary cutting tool means for cutting said mat board;
- presser foot means substantially surrounding said at least one cutting tool means for pressing said mat board against said cutting table proximate said at least one rotary cutting tool means, said presser foot means including rotationally fixed window means in the side thereof;
- debris brush means having vacuum means associated therewith, moveable with said cutting tool means and adjacent said window means, for receiving mat debris directed therefrom by an air flow;
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- means for moving said at least one rotary cutting tool means at least in the X, Y and Z directions to engage and disengage said at least one rotary cutting tool means with said mat board to effect a cut therein.
A method of making mats having apertures therethrough, comprising:
- providing a flat cutting table;
- stacking a first mat board on a second mat board in alignment therewith on said cutting table;
- securing the periphery of said first and second mat boards to said cutting table;
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- cutting at least one aperture in said first mat board completely through and extending said cut into but not through said second mat board.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.