Window covering cutting machine
AssigneeLumino, Inc.
InventorMichael Kollman
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Abstract
A window covering cutting machine sized and configured to trim window covering work pieces is disclosed. The cutting machine includes a base, a work surface connected to the base, at least one cutting mechanism adjacent the work surface, one or more controllers connected to the one or more cutting mechanisms and at least one data entry device connected to the controller. The controller includes a program. The program is configured to determine an amount to be cut from a window covering work piece based on allowance input received from one or more of the data entry devices. The one or more controllers are configured to prompt a user to provide the allowance input to the program. The allowance input identifies an allowance value used by the program to determine the amount to be cut.
Claims20
A window covering cutting machine sized and configured to trim window covering work pieces comprising:
- a base;
- a work surface connected to the base;
- at least one cutting mechanism adjacent the work surface;
- at least one controller connected to the at least one cutting mechanism, the at least one controller having a program;
- at least one data entry device connected to the at least one controller;
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- the program determining an amount to be cut from a window covering work piece based on allowance input received from the at least one data entry device and information about the window covering work piece received from the data entry device, the at least one controller configured to prompt a user to provide the allowance input to the program, the allowance input identifying an allowance value used by the program to determine the amount to be cut, the program determining the amount to be cut from the window covering work piece by combining the allowance value identified by the allowance input with a preliminary amount to be cut, the preliminary amount to be cut being determined by the program based upon the information about the window covering work piece received from the at least one data entry device.
A window covering cutting machine sized and configured to trim window covering work pieces comprising:
- a base;
- a work surface connected to the base;
- at least one cutting mechanism adjacent the work surface;
- at least one controller connected to the at least one cutting mechanism, the at least one controller having a program;
- at least one data entry device connected to the at least one controller;
- and
- the controller running the program to determine an amount to be cut from a window covering work piece based on allowance input received from the at least one data entry device and information about the window covering work piece received from the data entry device, the at least one controller prompting a user to provide the allowance input, the allowance input identifying an allowance value used by the program to determine the amount to be cut;
- wherein the information about the window covering work piece identifies one of (i) a dimension of a window over which the window covering work piece is to be mounted, (ii) a desired dimension of the work piece to be cut and (iii) a dimension of a door over which the window covering work piece is to be mounted;
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- the information about the window covering work piece also identifying a dimension of the work piece to be cut and whether the work piece will have an inside mount or an outside mount.
A window covering cutting machine sized and configured to trim window covering work pieces comprising:
- a base;
- a work surface connected to the base;
- at least one cutting mechanism adjacent the work surface;
- at least one controller connected to the at least one cutting mechanism, the at least one controller having a program;
- at least one data entry device connected to the at least one controller;
- at least one locator adjacent the work surface that is moveable relative to the at least one cutting mechanism;
- the program is run by the at least one controller to determine an amount to be cut based on allowance input received from the at least one data entry device and information about a window covering work piece received from the at least one data entry device, the information about the window covering work piece identifying one of a dimension of a window or door over which the window covering work piece is to be mounted and a desired dimension of the work piece to be cut;
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- the information about the window covering work piece also identifying a dimension of the work piece to be cut and whether the work piece will have an inside mount or an outside mount;
- and
- the at least one controller prompting a user to provide the allowance input to the program, the allowance input identifying an allowance value used by the program to determine the amount to be cut;
- and
- wherein the at least one controller transmits a data entry error message upon a determination that the allowance value is not within an acceptable allowance value range.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.