Cutting machine and incorporated handling devices
AssigneeBreton SPA
InventorRenzo Codemo
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Abstract
A cutting device for a machine tool, suitable for mounting on the spindle support structure of a machine tool for processing and cutting materials, incorporates suckers able to cause the device to adhere to and be fixed to the materials being machined. Further, a cutting head having a protection device with incorporated suckers, a cutting spindle having a protection device with incorporated suckers and a machine for machining the materials, having a cutting spindle incorporating suckers.
Claims24
Protection device in combination with a cutting disc, the cutting disc having a rotational axis, the protection device comprising:
- a protection element that partially overlays and shields the cutting disc, thereby forming an enclosure that at least partially surrounds a portion of the disc;
- and
- sucker means which are incorporated on an outer surface of the protection element, the sucker means comprising openings in the outer surface so as to correspondingly move with movement of the protection element, the openings being oriented to face in a direction away from the cutting disc and outward from the enclosure, the openings in fluid connection with a vacuum circuit to provide suction for the sucker means, and the openings being closed off from an inner area of the enclosure wherein the cutting disc resides.
Machine for processing materials, comprising:
- a working surface,
- a cutting spindle on which a cutting disc with a rotational axis is mounted, and motor means for moving the cutting spindle along the working surface,
- the cutting spindle being rotatable about a further axis, parallel to the working surface, between a first position where the cutting disc is perpendicular to the working surface and a second position where the cutting disc is parallel to the working surface,
- the cutting spindle being provided with a protection device which partially surrounds a periphery of the cutting disc, the protection device comprising:
- a protection element forming an enclosure that partially surrounds the disc's periphery and,
- sucker means positioned on an outer surface of the protection element, the protection element defining a fluid communication pathway between the sucker means and a vacuum circuit, the sucker means being closed off from an inner space of the enclosure wherein the cutting disc resides, the sucker means able to adhere and fix to the protection device materials processed on the working surface with the cutting disc when the cutting spindle is in the second position.
Protection device in combination with a cutting disc, the protection device comprising:
- a protection element that partially overlays and shields the cutting disc;
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- a plurality of suckers which are incorporated on an outer surface of the protection element, the plurality of suckers comprising openings in the outer surface so as to correspondingly move with movement of the protection element, each of the openings being oriented to face in a direction away from the cutting disc so as to adhere and fix materials that have been processed with the cutting disc to the outer surface of the protection element during a suction being provided to the plurality of suckers via the openings, and wherein the openings are closed off from an inner area of the protection element wherein the cutting disc resides.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.