Patent ID: 6772661
Filing Date: 2004-08-10
Classification: B26D,B26F,Y10T

Abstract:
The combination of an apparatus for cutting a graphics area at the perimeter thereof and a ready-to-cut sheet of material having a plurality of registration marks at and/or around the graphics area, comprising:a flatbed plotter having an upper surface for receiving the ready-to-cut sheet of material thereon; sensing means operatively connected to the flatbed plotter for moving along the upper surface thereof and for sensing locations of the registration marks; and cutting means for receiving the locations of the registration marks from the sensing means and for precisely cutting around the graphics area to remove the graphics area from the ready-to-cut sheet of material based upon the locations of the registration marks sensed by the sensing means such that the cutting means overcomes non-uniform distortions of the sheet of material prior to cutting, the cutting means operatively connected to the sensing means and movable about the upper surface of the flatbed plotter.