Patent · US Expired

Method of laser cutting paper cards for use in paper sculpture

US5760369A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 20, 1996
Grant dateJun 2, 1998
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Expiry dateSep 20, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S428/913
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Paper cards for use in three-dimensional paper sculpture, wherein the cards have perforated images thereon produced by a laser beam directed by a computer-controlled movable mirror to the back surface of the cards in a predetermined pattern. Indicia for assembly of individual image elements are burned in the back of the cards during the cutting process.

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