Cam operated cutter for roll-fed pen plotters
First Claim
1. In a pen plotter having a pen carriage moving laterally along a support beam over a plotting media, cutting apparatus for cutting the plotting media comprising:
- a) a first member carried by the pen carriage for lateral movement in combination therewith;
b) a second member carried by said first member for movement perpendicular to movement of said first member between a first position adjacent the plotting media and a second position removed from the plotting media;
c) a cutting blade carried by said second member for movement therewith such that when said second member is in said first position said cutting blade has a cutting edge thereof positioned to cut the plotting media and when said second member is in said second position said cutting edge does not contact the plotting media;
d) a first abutting surface disposed adjacent one end of lateral movement of the pen carriage;
e) a second abutting surface disposed adjacent an opposite end of lateral movement of the pen carriage; and
,f) camming means carried by the pen carriage and connected to said second member for moving said second member to said first position when a first end of said camming means is pushed against said first abutting surface by the pen carriage and for moving said second member to said second position when a second end of said camming means is pushed against said second abutting surface by the pen carriage.
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Abstract
In a pen plotter having a pen carriage moving laterally along a support beam over a plotting media, cutting apparatus for cutting the plotting media includes a first member carried by the pen carriage for lateral movement in combination therewith, a second member carried by the first member for movement perpendicular to movement of the first member between a first position adjacent the plotting media and a second position removed from the plotting media, a cutting blade carried by the second member for movement therewith such that when the second member is in the first position the cutting blade has a cutting edge thereof positioned to cut the plotting media and when the second member is in the second position the cutting edge does not contact the plotting media, a first abutting surface disposed adjacent one end of lateral movement of the pen carriage, a second abutting surface disposed adjacent an opposite end of lateral movement of the pen carriage, and a camming apparatus carried by the pen carriage and connected to the second member for moving the second member to the first position when a first end of the camming means is pushed against the first abutting surface by the pen carriage and for moving the second member to the second position when a second end of the camming means is pushed against the second abutting surface by the pen carriage.
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11 Claims
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1. In a pen plotter having a pen carriage moving laterally along a support beam over a plotting media, cutting apparatus for cutting the plotting media comprising:
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a) a first member carried by the pen carriage for lateral movement in combination therewith; b) a second member carried by said first member for movement perpendicular to movement of said first member between a first position adjacent the plotting media and a second position removed from the plotting media; c) a cutting blade carried by said second member for movement therewith such that when said second member is in said first position said cutting blade has a cutting edge thereof positioned to cut the plotting media and when said second member is in said second position said cutting edge does not contact the plotting media; d) a first abutting surface disposed adjacent one end of lateral movement of the pen carriage; e) a second abutting surface disposed adjacent an opposite end of lateral movement of the pen carriage; and
,f) camming means carried by the pen carriage and connected to said second member for moving said second member to said first position when a first end of said camming means is pushed against said first abutting surface by the pen carriage and for moving said second member to said second position when a second end of said camming means is pushed against said second abutting surface by the pen carriage. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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