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US 9,751,151 B2Granted
Plasma cutter tracing system
OwnerJames B. Blevinsinventor
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Abstract
A plasma cutter tracing system includes a positioning apparatus and a tracing apparatus. The positioning apparatus is configured to permit the tracing apparatus to traverse along an X-axis, a Y-axis, and a Z-axis and the tracing apparatus is configured to hold a plasma cutter and position the plasma cutter in a plane substantially parallel to a plane defined by a working surface which receives a workpiece to be replicated thereon.
Claims18
A tracing system, comprising:
- a positioning apparatus including a frame, a first working surface, and a second working surface, wherein the frame includes a plurality of spaced apart support rails having a movable carriage movably disposed thereon, wherein the movable carriage includes a plurality of spaced apart elongated members extending over the first working surface and a plurality of spaced apart cross-members, each of the cross-members coupled to at least, one of the elongated members and movably disposed on at least one of the support rails, and wherein the first working surface is vertically aligned and vertically spaced from the second working surface;
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- a tracing apparatus configured to position a working tool in such a manner that the working tool operates in a plane substantially parallel to a plane defined by the first working surface, wherein the tracing apparatus is configured to cooperate with the positioning apparatus to permit the tracing apparatus to traverse along at least throe axes.
A tracing system, comprising:
- a positioning apparatus including a movable carriage, a first working surface, and a second working surface, wherein the movable carriage includes a plurality of spaced apart elongated members extending over the first working surface and a plurality of spaced apart cross-members, each of the cross-members coupled to at least one of the elongated members, and wherein the first working surface is vertically aligned and vertically spaced from the second working surface;
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- a tracing apparatus configured to cooperate with the positioning apparatus, wherein the positioning apparatus is configured to permit the tracing apparatus to traverse along an X-axis, a Y-axis, and a Z-axis, wherein the tracing apparatus includes a first frame having a stylus assembly and a holding fixture configured to support a working tool, wherein the first frame of the tracing apparatus includes a plurality of spaced apart guide members, each of the guide members movably disposed on at least one of the elongated members of the movable carriage, and wherein the tracing apparatus is configured to cause a substantially simultaneous movement of the stylus assembly and the working tool along the X-axis, the Y-axis, and the Z-axis.
A tracing system, comprising:
- a positioning apparatus including a first frame, a first working surface, and a second working surface disposed substantially parallel to the first working surface, wherein the first frame includes a plurality of spaced apart stationary support rails having a movable carriage movably disposed thereon, wherein the movable carriage includes a plurality of spaced apart elongated members extending over the first working surface and a plurality of spaced apart cross-members, each of the cross-members coupled to at least one of the elongated members and movably disposed on at least one of the stationary support rails, and wherein the first working surface is vertically aligned and vertically spaced from the second working surface;
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- a tracing apparatus disposed on the positioning apparatus, the tracing apparatus including a second frame having a holding fixture configured to support a working tool, wherein the second frame of the tracing apparatus includes a plurality of spaced apart guide members, each of the guide members movably disposed on at least one of the elongated members of the movable carriage, and wherein the tracing apparatus is configured to cooperate with the movable carriage of the positioning apparatus to permit the tracing apparatus to traverse along at least one of an X-axis, a Y-axis, and a Z-axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.