Cutting apparatus, cutting method, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10016905-B2
Application number	US-201314024640-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 12, 2013
Priority date	Mar 16, 2011
Publication date	Jul 10, 2018
Grant date	Jul 10, 2018

Abstract

A cutting apparatus includes a blade relatively movable with respect to a media to cut the media along a cutting line. The blade is so constructed to pre-cut the media along the cutting line to leave non-cutting portions and to cut the non-cutting portions after pre-cutting the media.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for controlling a cutting plotter, comprising:
moving a blade in a first direction parallel to a surface of a medium and moving the medium forward and backward in a second direction crossing the first direction and parallel to the surface of the medium to relatively move the blade along a cutting line having a pair of farthest points in the second direction on the medium to pre-cut the medium along the cutting line to leave non-cutting portions having a first non-cutting portion positioned closest to a first farthest point of the pair of farthest points;
relatively moving the blade and the medium to position the blade at the first non-cutting portion;
cutting the first non-cutting portion; and
moving the blade in the first direction and moving the medium only forward or only backward in the second direction from the first farthest point to a second farthest point of the pair of farthest points to position the blade at each of the non-cutting portions so that all of the non-cutting portions are cut off after cutting the first non-cutting portion.

2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
setting the non-cutting portions on the cutting line of the medium;
generating a non-cutting portion processing path so as to cut the non-cutting portions based on a length of each of the non-cutting portions; and
generating a processing path of the cutting line using the non-cutting portion precessing path.

3. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
setting a width of each of the non-cutting portions smaller than a width of the blade; and
generating a path used to cut the non-cutting portions based on the width of each of the non-cutting portions.

4. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
moving the blade toward the medium in a third direction perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction after the blade is positioned at each of the non-cutting portions without relatively moving the blade and the medium in the first direction and the second direction to cut an entirety of each of the non-cutting portions after pre-cutting the medium so that all of the non-cutting portions are cut off.

5. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
moving the blade toward the medium in a third direction perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction after the blade is positioned at each of the non-cutting portions with relatively moving the blade and the medium in the first direction and the second direction to cut an entirety of each of the non-cutting portions after pre-cutting the medium so that all of the non-cutting portions are cut off.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a length of each of the non-cutting portions is smaller than a maximum cutting length of a cutting portion made by inserting the blade into the medium by an maximum allowable insertion amount.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the non-cutting portions are cut by vertically moving the blade a plurality of times with respect to the non-cutting portions and by moving the blade along the cutting line every time the blade vertically moves.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a rotating holder rotates the blade every time the blade vertically moves with respect to the non-cutting portions.

9. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the blade cuts the non-cutting portions in order from one side of the medium in a moving direction of the medium.

Assignees

• Mimaki Eng Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kobayashi Hisayuki

Classifications

• B26D3/14

  Forming notches in marginal portion of work by cutting (by punching B26F1/12) · CPC title

• B26F1/3813

  wherein the tool head is moved in a plane parallel to the work in a coordinate system fixed with respect to the work · CPC title

• B26D5/00

  Arrangements for operating and controlling machines or devices for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting · CPC title

• Y10T83/6572

  With additional mans to engage work and orient it relative to tool station · CPC title

• B26D3/08

  Making a superficial cut in the surface of the work without removal of material, e.g. scoring, incising · CPC title