Bandsaw blade angle adjustment assembly
OwnerDale Pettsinventor
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Abstract
Embodiments of the innovation relate to a blade angle adjustment assembly, comprising a blade angle adjustment mechanism; a tooth load indicator; and a blade angle controller disposed in electrical communication with the blade angle adjustment mechanism and with the tooth load indicator. The blade angle controller is configured to receive a tooth load indication signal from the tooth load indicator and, the tooth load indication signal, provide a drive signal to the blade angle adjustment mechanism to adjust an angular positon of a bandsaw blade within a cut plane of a workpiece.
Claims22
A blade angle adjustment assembly, comprising:
- a blade angle adjustment mechanism;
- a sensor coupled to the blade angle adjustment mechanism;
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- a blade angle controller disposed in electrical communication with the blade angle adjustment mechanism and with the sensor, the blade angle controller comprising a processor and memory and the blade angle controller configured to:
- receive a sensor signal from the sensor,
- compare a sensor signal value of the sensor signal to a trigger value, and
- based upon the sensor signal, provide a drive signal to the blade angle adjustment mechanism to generate a rocking motion of a bandsaw blade relative to a workpiece to vary a cut path within a cut plane of the workpiece.
A bandsaw machine, comprising:
- a frame;
- a first saw blade guide arm carried by the frame;
- a second saw blade guide arm carried by the frame, the second saw blade guide arm spaced from the first saw blade guide arm;
- a bandsaw blade carried by the first saw blade guide arm and the second saw blade guide arm;
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- a blade angle adjustment assembly, comprising:
- a blade angle adjustment mechanism coupled to the frame;
- a sensor coupled to the blade angle adjustment mechanism;
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- a blade angle controller disposed in electrical communication with the blade angle adjustment mechanism and with the pressure sensor, the blade angle controller comprising a processor and memory and the blade angle controller configured to:
- receive sensor signal from the pressure sensor,
- compare a sensor signal value of the sensor signal to a trigger value, and
- based upon the sensor signal, provide a drive signal to the blade angle adjustment mechanism to generate a rocking motion of a bandsaw blade relative to a workpiece to vary a cut path within a cut plane of the workpiece.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.