Electronic cutting apparatus and methods for cutting

US8646366B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Provo Craft and Novelty, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Robert Emmett Workman · Morgan, US
• William Craig Youse · Provo, US
• Jason B. Brinkerhoff · Lindon, US
• Jonathan Aaron Johnson · Orem, US
• James R. Gunter · Provo, US
• Rodney Stock · Palo Alto, US
• Phil Beffrey · Petaluma, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 1, 2011
• Grant date: Feb 11, 2014
• Expiry date: Oct 7, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T83/546
• WIPO field: Machine tools
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An electronic sheet cutting machine includes a housing to which a drive roller is coupled for moving a sheet to be cut in a first direction and a cutter assembly coupled to the housing and moveable in a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction. A user interface is incorporated into the housing for allowing a user to select via the user interface at least one shape to be cut by the cutter assembly wherein controlled movement of the drive roller and the cutter assembly causes a shape to be cut in the sheet.