Claims
- 1. Apparatus for accurately cutting a multi-view print from a sheet of print material having an image portion and index marks outside of said image portion, comprising:a lower body portion; a four-sided rectangular cutter blade residing in the lower body portion, said cutter blade having a cutting outline corresponding to the image portion of a sheet of print material to be cut; an upper body portion rigidly positioned with respect to and spaced a distance only from said lower body portion, great enough to receive said sheet of print material said upper body portion having a first opening therethrough in alignment with and corresponding to the outline of said cutter blade; and a device connected to said cutter blade for extending said cutter blade into said first opening in said upper body portion; a second opening defined by said upper body portion outside of said first opening and in alignment with index marks outside the image area of said sheet of print material to be cut; and a guide plate of lenticular material positioned in said second opening for viewing of said index marks on said sheet of print material to accurate orientation of said sheet of print material relative to said first opening prior to cutting with said cutter blade.
- 2. The apparatus of claim 1 including means in said upper body portion for allowing manipulation of said sheet of print material to accurately orientate it.
- 3. The apparatus of claim 1 including means for adjusting the alignment of said guide plate.
- 4. The apparatus of claim 1 including a hinge for hinging said upper body portion to said lower body portion.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
The present application is related to U.S. application Ser. No. 08/857,110, filed May 15, 1997, by Peter A. Frosig, et al., and entitled, “System For Aligning Lenticular Images Using Line Sets With Different Line Colors;” and U.S. application Ser. No. 08/828,637, filed Mar. 31, 1997, by Roger R. A. Morton, and entitled, “Apparatus and Method For Aligning and Printing Integral Images.”
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Foreign Referenced Citations (1)
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Date |
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3334114 A1 |
Apr 1985 |
DE |