Patent ID: 8857301
Filing Date: 2014-10-14
Classification: B26D,B26F,B65H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A cutting plotter, comprising: a feed roller that draws a sheet of media in a Y-direction while shifting said sheet back and forth along said Y-direction in response to a series of cutting orders; a cutting device that reciprocates in an X-direction in response to said series of cutting orders, said cutting device having a sharp point that can be raised and lowered and cooperates with said feed roller to cut said sheet in a desired shape while said sheet is fed in response to said series of cutting orders, said sharp point of said cutting device being moveable between an engaged position below said sheet and a non-engaged position above said sheet, enabling cuts of said desired shape in said sheet corresponding to said series of cutting orders; and a base plate disposed below said cutting device in said X-direction, said base plate disposed below said cutting device being removable and having a plurality of channels, each channel of said plurality of channels having a length greater than or equal to a cross-process direction of travel of said cutting device, each of said at least one channel being sized and configured to receive a portion of said sharp point of said cutting device when said sharp point engages said sheet in response to said series of cutting orders, said channel providing clearance so there is no contact between said sharp point and said base plate while cuts are made to said sheet in response to said series of cutting orders, wherein at least one channel of said plurality of channels having a channel geometry that is different from the channel geometry of others of said plurality of channels said sharp point being movable laterally along a portion of said at least one channel.