US 12,109,719 B2
Re-sealer for a multi-ply cutter
Brett Poulin, Tolland, CT (US); and Hong Pan, Glastonbury, CT (US)
Assigned to GERBER TECHNOLOGY LLC, Tolland, CT (US)
Filed by GERBER TECHNOLOGY LLC, Tolland, CT (US)
Filed on Jun. 7, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/341,186.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/036,132, filed on Jun. 8, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0379785 A1, Dec. 9, 2021
Int. Cl. B26D 7/01 (2006.01); A41H 43/02 (2006.01); B26F 1/38 (2006.01)
CPC B26D 7/018 (2013.01) [A41H 43/0292 (2013.01); B26F 1/3813 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A multi-ply cutter comprising:
a cutter table;
a cutter beam;
a cutter frame; and
a re-sealer including:
a fixed re-sealer end attached to an overlay film;
a movable re-sealer end longitudinally displaced along the cutter table from the fixed re-sealer end, the movable re-sealer end including a first swing arm on a first side of the cutter table and a second swing arm on a second side of the cutter table;
a mandrel attached between the swing arms of the movable re-sealer end and attached to the overlay film;
at least one actuator attached to at least one of the swing arms providing rotation of the at least one of the swing arms in a first direction about an axis of the at least one actuator thereby raising the mandrel above the cutter table; and
a down stop limiting rotation of at least one of the swing arms in a second direction thereby establishing a minimum height of the mandrel above the cutter table;
wherein the movable re-sealer end is adapted to cover a workpiece on the cutter table with the overlay film.