Mobile point device for sensing a high-pressure waterjet coming out of a nozzle of a cutting machine
AssigneeHydroprocess
InventorPhilippe Dereims
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Abstract
A device incorporated into a waterjet cutting machine provided with at least one receiving tank and a movable nozzle, the device being capable of sensing a high-pressure waterjet coming out of the nozzle and including a movable receptacle arranged inside the receiving tank in line with the nozzle, the lower portion of the receptacle being connected to a flexible pipe connected to the bottom of the receiving tank, and—a drive for supporting and moving at least part of the receptacle including the pipe assembly, the drive including a driving member rigidly connected to the nozzle, and a driven member attached to the receptacle, the driving member and the driven member not being mechanically connected.
Claims10
A device integrated into a waterjet cutting machine provided with at least one receiving tank and a nozzle movable above said receiving tank, said device being capable of catching a high-pressure water jet coming from said nozzle, the device comprising:
- a receptacle/pipe assembly, comprising a receptacle arranged inside the receiving tank in line with said nozzle, and a flexible pipe assembly, a lower portion of the receptacle being connected to the flexible pipe assembly connected to a bottom of the receiving tank, the receptacle/pipe assembly being mobile and detachable from the receiving tank,
- a drive for supporting and moving at least part of the receptacle/pipe assembly including a driving member arranged outside the receiving tank and connected to the nozzle, and
- a driven member arranged inside the receiving tank and fixed to the receptacle, the drive being such that there is no mechanical connection between the driving member and the driven member, at least either the driving member or driven member including a magnet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.