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US 10,315,262 B2Granted
Wire electrode storage device for wire electrical discharge machine
AssigneeFanuc Corporation
InventorHiromitsu Kadokura
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Abstract
A wire electrode storage device for a wire electrical discharge machine is provided with a used wire electrode storage box configured to recover a used wire electrode and a dielectric fluid suction unit into which a fluid is poured to produce a negative pressure based on a Venturi effect so that a dielectric fluid accumulated in the storage box can be drawn in through an outlet of the storage box.
Claims14
A wire electrode storage device for a wire electrical discharge machine, the wire electrode storage device comprising:
- a used wire electrode storage box configured to recover a used wire electrode, wherein the used wire electrode storage box has an outlet through which a dielectric fluid accumulated therein is discharged to an outside;
- a dielectric fluid tank configured to store the dielectric fluid;
- a pump attached to the dielectric fluid tank;
- and
- a dielectric fluid suction unit, wherein
- when a flow of the dielectric fluid is drawn from the dielectric fluid tank by the pump into the dielectric fluid suction unit, the dielectric fluid suction unit is configured to produce a negative pressure based on a Venturi effect to cause the dielectric fluid in the used wire electrode storage box to be drawn under the produced negative pressure into the dielectric fluid suction unit through the outlet of the used wire electrode storage box.
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A wire electrical discharge machine, comprising:
- a used wire electrode storage box configured to recover a used wire electrode, wherein the used wire electrode storage box has an outlet through which a dielectric fluid accumulated therein is discharged to an outside;
- a dielectric fluid tank configured to store the dielectric fluid;
- a pump attached to the dielectric fluid tank;
- and
- a dielectric fluid suction unit,
- wherein
- when a flow of the dielectric fluid is drawn from the dielectric fluid tank by the pump into the dielectric fluid suction unit, the dielectric fluid suction unit is configured to produce a negative pressure based on a Venturi effect to cause the dielectric fluid in the used wire electrode storage box to be drawn under the produced negative pressure into the dielectric fluid suction unit through the outlet of the used wire electrode storage box.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.