Gerber Garment Technology, Inc.

Michael I Silverglate

Marvin H Duncan, Jr

A method and apparatus for cleaning a support surface during successive cuts of a sheet material along a common cutting path by a laser. The method includes offsetting the location of the common cutting path with respect to the support surface for subsequent cuts. The offset distance is sufficient to align a portion of the common cutting path with a portion of the ridge of debris formed during a previous cut such that upon tracing the subsequent path with the laser, the previously formed ridge of debris is ablated.

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Marblehead, MA, United States of America

Michael I Silverglate