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US 10,220,535 B2Granted
Systems and methods of separating tubing sleeves from a tubing holder
OwnerMark A. Schmier, II, David J. Delanyinventors
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Abstract
A method includes selecting a cutting wheel assembly of a plurality of cutting wheel assemblies of a cutting system. Each cutting wheel assembly includes a different number of cutting blades. The method includes using a feed system to feed tubing toward the cutting system. The method also includes using the cutting system to cut the tubing concurrently at a plurality of locations to separate one or more subsections of tubing. The plurality of locations corresponds to a particular number of cutting blades of the selected cutting wheel assembly.
Claims13
A method comprising:
- selecting a cutting wheel assembly of a plurality of cutting wheel assemblies of a cutting system, wherein each cutting wheel assembly includes a different number of cutting blades;
- using a feed system to feed tubing toward the cutting system, the tubing including a plurality of sections of tubing coupled at intervals along a first spine of a tubing holder, each of the plurality of sections of tubing extending away from the first spine in a direction transverse to a feed direction of the feed system;
- and
- using the cutting system to cut the tubing, wherein the cutting system cuts the tubing concurrently at a plurality of locations to separate one or more subsections of tubing, the plurality of locations corresponding to a particular number of cutting blades of the selected cutting wheel assembly.
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A method comprising:
- using a feed system of a tubing cutter device to advance tubing by a distance toward a selected cutting wheel assembly of a plurality of cutting wheel assemblies of a cutting system of the tubing cutter device, the tubing including a plurality of sections of tubing coupled at intervals along a first spine of a tubing holder, each of the plurality of sections of tubing extending away from the first spine in a direction transverse to a feed direction of the feed system;
- and
- using the cutting system of the tubing cutter device to cut the tubing, wherein the cutting system cuts the tubing concurrently at a plurality of locations to separate one or more subsections of tubing, the plurality of locations corresponding to a particular number of cutting blades of the selected cutting wheel assembly of the plurality of cutting wheel assemblies.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.