Patent ID: 6640680
Filing Date: 2003-11-04
Classification: D06C,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of sculpting carpet by cutting carpet pile, wherein the cutting of said carpet pile is to begin at a point on said carpet pile and commence from the beginning point in a first direction, said method comprising:providing a positioning carriage for positioning a carrier platform at desired locations in response to a control signal; providing a carpet trimmer, attached to said carrier platform, wherein said carpet trimmer has a clipper head, wherein said clipper head is moved by said carrier platform onto said carpet pile so that said clipper head can be moved in a desired direction in response to the control signal; and providing a computer, and using said computer to control the carrier platform to: position the clipper head to begin the cutting of said carpet pile at a point on said carpet pile, where the cutting is to commence from the beginning point in a first direction, said positioning causing the deflection or compression of said carpet pile; firstly moving said positioned clipper head at the beginning point a distance away from said beginning point in a second direction in a plane generally parallel to said carpet and different from said first direction, said distance and the orientation of said second distance being selected to return said carpet pile to its original non-deflected, non-compressed state; and then secondly moving said clipper head in the first direction.