IP Library Granted Patent US 12691512
Granted Patent B2
US 12691512 · App. 17/605,603 · Granted Jul 28, 2026

Portable automated panel cutter

Inventors: Peter Murmann Hartvigsen (Svendborg, DK); Kristian Dalgaard (Odense C, DK); Knud Engbjerg (Odense C, DK)
Assignee: Kobots ApS
B23D47/02B23D45/024B23D45/027B23D59/007Y10S83/94Y10T83/7693
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12691512
App. No.
17/605,603
Granted
Jul 28, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a portable automated panel cutter comprising a plurality of frame profile are releasably connected to form a support frame defining an inner support area. A carriage releasably mounted to the frame comprising a tool holder carriage movable in a second direction (Y) relative to the inner support area. The carriage is movable in a first direction (X) relative to the inner support area. A tool holder releasably mounted to the tool holder carriage. A power cutter releasably mounted to the tool holder, the power cutter is movable in a third direction (Z) relative to the inner support area and in an angle (φ) around the third direction (Z). Finally, the panel cutter comprises a controller configured for receiving input data and based hereon control the position (X, Y, Z) and orientation (φ) of the power cutter.

Claims (27)

1 . A portable automated panel cutter comprising:

a plurality of frame profiles releasably connected to form a support frame defining an inner support area, wherein at least a first frame profile of the plurality of frame profiles comprises a first carriage transmission part,

a carriage comprising a second carriage motor, a tool holder carriage movably mounted to a first tool holder transmission part and a second carriage transmission part,

wherein the second carriage motor facilitates control of movement of the tool holder carriage in a second direction Y relative to the inner support area by control of the first tool holder transmission part, and

wherein the carriage is releasably mounted to the first frame profile via a releasable connection between the second carriage transmission part and the first carriage transmission part,

a first carriage motor facilitating control of movement of the carriage in a first direction X relative to the inner support area by control of the first carriage transmission part,

a tool holder comprising at least a part of a second tool drive, the tool holder being releasably mounted to the tool holder carriage,

a power cutter releasably mounted to the tool holder at least partly via the part of the second tool drive, the power cutter comprising a circular saw blade,

a first tool displacer facilitating control of movement of the power cutter in a third direction Z relative to the inner support area by control of at least one first tool drive,

a second tool displacer facilitating control of movement of the power cutter in an angle φ around the third direction Z by control of the second tool drive,

a controller configured for receiving input data and based hereon configured for controlling the first and second carriage motors and the first and second tool displacers and thereby a position (X, Y, Z) and orientation q of the power cutter relative to the inner support area,

a board support, and

at least two of the plurality of frame profiles include a board support fixation, wherein the board support is releasably mounted on the board support fixation.

2 . The portable automated panel cutter according to claim 1 ,

wherein the portable automated panel cutter is an upright panel cutter positioned in an angle θ from a vertical position, and

wherein the angle θ is below 90 degrees measured from a vertical plane.

3 . The portable automated panel cutter according to claim 1 , wherein the inner support area is at least partly covered by the board support.

4 . The portable automated panel cutter according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of frame profiles comprises a third frame profile and a fourth frame profile, and wherein the third and fourth frame profiles are identical and define opposite sides in the second direction Y of the support frame.

5 . The portable automated panel cutter according to claim 1 , wherein at least two opposite frame profiles of the plurality of frame profiles comprise the board support fixation, supporting the board support that is at least partly covering the inner support area.

6 . The portable automated panel cutter according to claim 1 , wherein the tool holder carriage comprises carriage fastening points to which tool holder fastening points can engage thereby connecting the tool holder to the tool holder carriage.

7 . The portable automated panel cutter according to claim 1 , wherein the portable automated panel cutter is collapsible.

8 . The portable automated panel cutter according to claim 1 , wherein the board support rests on one or more board support fixations.

9 . The portable automated panel cutter according to claim 1 , wherein the board support is a sacrificial board.

10 . The portable automated panel cutter according to claim 1 , wherein the board support is a sacrificial slat.

11 . The portable automated panel cutter according to claim 1 , wherein a board guide is fixed to the portable automated panel cutter.

12 . The portable automated panel cutter according to claim 1 , wherein two board guides are fixed to the portable automated panel cutter in a mutually perpendicular orientation.

13 . The portable automated panel cutter according to claim 1 , wherein the support frame of the portable automated panel cutter is inclined in an angle θ between 45 and 85 degrees from a vertical direction when the portable automated panel cutter assembled.