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US 10,413,971 B1Granted
Safe mode cross slide system
OwnerJeffery A. Smithinventor
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Abstract
A safe mode cross slide system having a cross slide with a back plate, a front plate and a saddle. The back plate can have a pair of end caps, a pair of linear guides, a first ball screw, a first gear box, a first servo motor, a first drive, and a first manual feed knob and the front plate can have a pair of end caps, a pair of linear guides, a second ball screw, a second gear box, a second servo motor, a second drive, and a second manual feed knob. The system can have a power supply, a communications hub with a processor and data storage.
Claims20
A safe mode automated cross slide system for cutting a target piece in safe mode comprising:
- a. a cross slide comprising:
- (i) a back plate assembly comprising:
- (a) a back plate;
- (b) a back plate support member;
- (c) a pair of back plate end caps disposed on opposite ends of the back plate support member;
- (d) a pair of back plate linear guides mounted longitudinally to the back plate support member;
- (e) a first ball screw;
- (f) a first gear box mounted to at least one of the pair of back plate end caps;
- (g) a first servo motor connected between a first gear box and a first drive;
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- (ii) a front plate assembly mounted to the back plate assembly comprising:
- (a) a front plate;
- (b) a tool holder mounted to the front plate, the tool holder configured to securely hold a tool insert;
- (c) a pair of front plate end caps mounted to the front plate;
- (d) a pair of front plate linear guides mounted longitudinally to the front plate and traverse to the back plate support member;
- (e) a second ball screw;
- (f) a second gear box mounted to at least one of the pair of the front plate end caps;
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- (g) a second servo motor connected between the second gear box and a second drive configured to operate independently of the first servo motor;
- (iii) a saddle mounted between the back plate and the front plate;
- b. a power supply electrically connected to both the first drive and the second drive;
- c. a communications hub in communication with the first drive, the second drive, or both the first drive and the second drive, and a communications hub processor, wherein the communications hub processor is at least one of a remote communications hub processor in bidirectional communication with a network or a local communications hub processor;
- d. a proximity switch mounted to the back plate support member, configured to trigger the communication hub processor and proceed through a cycle of feed until a programmed path is completed;
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- e. a mount for supporting the cross slide on the target piece or in the target piece.
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A safe mode cross slide system for cutting a target piece comprising:
- a. a cross slide comprising:
- (i) a back plate comprising:
- (a) a back plate support member;
- (b) a pair of back plate end caps mounted on opposite ends of the back plate support member;
- (c) a pair of back plate linear guides mounted longitudinally to the back plate support member;
- (d) a first ball screw mounted in parallel with the pair of back plate linear guides and projecting through the pair of back plate end caps;
- (e) a first gear box mounted to at least one of the pair of back plate end caps, and operatively engaged with the first ball screw;
- (f) a first servo motor connected between the first gear box and a first drive;
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- (g) a first manual feed knob connected to an end of the first ball screw that is opposite the first gear box;
- (ii) a front plate mounted to the back plate comprising:
- (a) a front plate support member;
- (b) a pair of front plate end caps mounted to the front plate support member;
- (c) a pair of front plate linear guides mounted longitudinally to the front plate support member and traverse to the back plate support member;
- (d) a second ball screw mounted in parallel with the pair of front plate linear guides, and projecting through the pair of front plate end caps;
- (e) a second gear box operatively connected to the second ball screw, and mounted to at least one of the pair of the front plate end caps;
- (f) a second servo motor connected between the second gear box and a second drive;
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- (g) a second manual feed knob protruding from the second gear box and operatively connected to the second ball screw;
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- (iii) a saddle mounted between the back plate and the front plate comprising:
- (a) a saddle support member;
- (b) a plurality of back plate linear bearings mounted to the saddle support member, and configured to engage the back plate support member;
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- (c) a plurality of front plate linear bearings mounted to the saddle support member on a side opposite the plurality of back plate linear bearings, and configured to engage the front plate support member;
- b. a power supply electrically connected to both the first drive and the second drive;
- c. a communications hub in communication with the first drive, the second drive, or both the first drive and the second drive, a communications hub processor, wherein the communications hub processor is at least one of a remote communications hub processor in bidirectional communication with a network or a local communications hub processor, wherein the local communications hub processor uses manual switches to communicates bidirectionally with the first and second servo motors with a computer readable media and preset X distances of travel for the saddle;
- preset Y distance of travel for the saddle;
- and instructions in the computer readable media to instruct the communications hub processor to control the first drive and the second drive independently in safe mode, causing the cross slide to only incrementally advance the saddle for the preset distances of travel;
- d. a proximity switch mounted to the back plate support member, configured to trigger the communication hub processor and proceed through a cycle of feed until a programmed path is completed;
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- e. a mount for supporting the cross slide on the target piece or in the target piece.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.