MARKING APPARATUS, CUTTER AND MARKING METHOD

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a marking apparatus for a cutter, which is slightly influenced by the viscosity of a marking material. SOLUTION: The marking apparatus previously marks a treatment position to be treated after cutting of a material 10 to be cut before cutting. The marking apparatus is equipped with a support 2 having a supporting surface on which the uncut material 10 to be cut is placed at the upper side of the support, a punching means 29 for opening a hole through the material 10 to be cut placed on the supporting surface, a punching means moving means for moving the punching means 29 to the treatment position on the support 2, a coloring means 30 for coloring the inside of the punched hole, a coloring means moving means for moving the coloring means 30 to the treatment position on the support 2 and a control means 9 for controlling a process in which the punching means moving means moves the punching means 29 to the treatment position, the punching means 29 opens a hole at the treatment position, the coloring means moving means moves the coloring means 30 to the treatment position and the coloring means 30 colors the inside of the hole opened at the treatment position. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI