US 11,813,765 B1
Cutting system with registration transfer system
Richard C. Stark, Saukville, WI (US)
Assigned to Infinite-Motion Control, Inc., Cedarburg, WI (US)
Filed by Infinite-Motion Control, Inc., Cedarburg, WI (US)
Filed on Feb. 1, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/164,337.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/969,403, filed on Feb. 3, 2020.
Int. Cl. B26D 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC B26D 5/005 (2013.01) [B26D 5/007 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cutting system for cutting sheets of material, the cutting system comprising:
a cutting station, including:
a cutting table;
a cutting station inlet end at an upstream end of the cutting table that receives an uncut sheet of material into the cutting station for support on the cutting table during a cutting procedure, the uncut sheet of material having a first side with indicia and a second, opposite side;
a cutter for cutting the uncut sheet of material on the cutting table during the cutting process to provide a cut sheet of material;
a cutting station outlet end at a downstream end of the cutting table that delivers the cut sheet of material cut out of the cutting station; and
a feed station, including:
a feed station inlet end that receives a stack of uncut sheets of material from which the uncut sheet of material is removed for delivery to the cutting station;
a feed station outlet end that delivers the uncut sheet of material to the cutting station in a feed direction;
a registration transfer system, including:
a detector assembly that moves with respect to the uncut sheet of material and detects indicia on the first side of the uncut sheet of material;
a marker assembly that moves in coordination with the detector assembly and is arranged to apply a mark to the second side of the uncut sheet of material at a location that corresponds to the indicia on the first side of the uncut sheet of material, wherein the uncut sheet of material defines a board and the first side of the board defines a bottom side of the board and the second side of the board defines a top side of the board.