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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2013
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Robert A. Clark, Williamson, NY (US);
William J. Nowak, Webster, NY (US);
William J. Hannaway, Webster, NY (US);
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
An apparatus is disclosed that includes a computer operated cutting and creasing tool configured to move only in an X direction during use, a cutting and creasing platform having an elastically deformable creasing portion configured to support a sheet of media during contact with a creasing tip and a non-deformable cutting portion configured to support the sheet during contact with a cutting blade, and a positioner configured to draw the sheet of media along the cutting and creasing platform during cutting and creasing. Methods of making and using the apparatus also are disclosed.