US 12,226,927 B2
Cutting machine having a reduced form factor
Jeremy Burton Crystal, Springville, UT (US); Sterling Kingdon, Cedar Hills, UT (US); Kay Beauwen Freckleton, Draper, UT (US); and Adam Worsham, Bountiful, UT (US)
Assigned to Cricut, Inc, South Jordan, UT (US)
Appl. No. 17/757,085
Filed by Cricut, Inc., South Jordan, UT (US)
PCT Filed Dec. 11, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/064546
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 9, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/119449, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 17, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/947,470, filed on Dec. 12, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0001597 A1, Jan. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. B26D 5/06 (2006.01); B26D 1/60 (2006.01); B26D 5/08 (2006.01); B26F 1/38 (2006.01)
CPC B26D 5/06 (2013.01) [B26D 1/60 (2013.01); B26D 5/083 (2013.01); B26F 1/3813 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cutting machine comprising:
a working surface;
a passive carriage disposed above the working surface, the passive carriage comprising a first portion and a second portion;
a drive mechanism separated from the passive carriage and configured to move a first portion of the carriage in a first direction relative to the working surface;
a drive belt configured to move the passive carriage in a second direction relative to the working surface, the second direction transverse to the first direction; and
a side portion offset from the passive carriage in the second direction, wherein the drive belt is disposed within the side portion,
wherein the drive mechanism comprises:
a rack-and-pinion mechanism coupled to the passive carriage;
a shaft engaging the rack-and-pinion mechanism; and
a motor disposed behind the passive carriage and outside of the side portion, the motor configured to rotate the shaft via the drive belt and one or more gears.