Cutter radius offset system for numerically controlled machines

Claim 1

AN ELECTRONIC SYSTEM OPERATIVE TO RECEIVE A RECORD AND TO CONTROL THE MOTION OF AN OUTPUT DEVICE, COMPRISING: MEANS FOR GENERATING A SERIES OF FIRST SIGNALS IN ACCORDANCE WITH INFORMATION CONTAINED ON THE RECORD, SAID SERIES OF SIGNALS BEING CAPABLE OF COMMANDING THE OUTPUT DEVICE THROUGH A MOTION DEFINING A FIRST PATH; MEANS FOR INTRODUCING OFFSET INFORMATION; MEANS FOR GENERATING AN ANALOG OFFSET SIGNAL FROM THE OFFSET INFORMATION FOR EACH OF SAID SERIES OF SIGNALS; MEANS FOR MODIFYING SAID OFFSET SIGNALS AT A RATE WHICH IS A FUNCTION OF INFORMATION CONTAINED ON THE RECORD FOLLOWING THE TERMINATION OF EACH OF THE FIRST SIGNALS AND PRIOR TO THE INITIATION OF THE NEXT OF SAID FIRST SIGNALS; MEANS FOR COMBINING SAID OFFSET SIGNALS WITH SAID SERIES OF FIRST SIGNALS IN ORDER TO CREATE A SERIES OF SECOND SIGNALS; AND SERVO MEANS, CONNECTED TO RECEIVE SAID SECOND SIGNALS, AND OPERATIVE TO MOVE THE OUTPUT DEVICE THROUGH A SECOND PATH; WHEREBY THE SECOND SIGNAL OCCURRING FOLLOWING THE TERMINATION OF ONE OF THE FIRST SIGNALS AND PRIOR TO THE INITIATION OF THE SUCCEEDING OF SAID FIRST SIGNALS, SOLELY CONSTITUTES AN OFFSET SIGNAL UNDERGOING MODIFICATION.