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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2000
Steen Mikkelsen, Delavan, WI (US);
Geo Andersen, Aabyhoej, DK;
Mikkelsen Graphic Engineering, Lake Geneva, WI (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for cutting a graphics area from a sheet of material which includes such graphics area. The method involves applying a plurality of registration marks on the sheet at and about the graphics area in predetermined positions at the time the graphics are applied thereto, sensing the locations of the registration marks on the sheet of material at the time of cutting, and cutting the graphics area from the ready-to-cut sheet along a path determined in response to the sensed locations positions of the registration marks with respect to the graphics area at that time, whereby precise cutting occurs despite two-dimensional distortion of the sheet prior to cutting.