Guide bar for narrow belt saw
AssigneeWF Meyers Company Inc.
InventorAndrew Hillenburg
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Abstract
A cutting belt comprises a guide bar system that includes a guide bar. The guide bar has a first end section, a second end section, and a central section between the first end section and the second end section. A first upper fluid channel is defined through the guide bar. The first upper fluid channel has an entrance opening in the first end section of the guide bar and extends to the central section of the guide bar where it is in fluid communication with a bottom channel. The second upper fluid channel has an entrance opening in the second end section of the guide bar and extends to the central section of the guide bar where it is in fluid communication with the bottom channel.
Claims20
A guide bar system comprising:
- a guide bar having a height extending from a bottom edge to a top edge of the guide bar, a width extending from a first side to a second side of the guide bar, and a length extending from a first end section to a second end section of the guide bar and having a central section between said first end section and said second end section;
- a bottom channel defined in said guide bar, wherein said bottom channel is adjacent to the bottom edge of said guide bar and extends along at least a portion of the length of the guide bar;
- a first upper fluid channel defined in the first side of said guide bar, wherein a fluid entrance to said first upper fluid channel is located in said first end section of said guide bar, and wherein said first upper fluid channel extends to said central section of said guide bar;
- a second upper fluid channel defined in the first or second side of said guide bar, wherein a fluid entrance to said second upper fluid channel is located in said second end section of said guide bar, and wherein said second upper fluid channel extends to said central section of said guide bar;
- a first upper fluid channel cap positioned over the first upper fluid channel and closing said first upper fluid channel to the first side of the guide bar along a length thereof;
- wherein the first upper fluid channel cap has at least a portion positioned laterally inward of the first side of the guide bar;
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- wherein said first upper fluid channel and said second upper fluid channel are in fluid communication with said bottom channel.
A guide bar system comprising:
- a guide bar having a height extending from a bottom edge to a top edge of the guide bar, a width extending from a first side to a second side of the guide bar, and a length extending from a first end section to a second end section of the guide bar and having a central section between said first end section and said second end section;
- a bottom channel defined in said guide bar, wherein said bottom channel is adjacent to the bottom edge of said guide bar and extends along at least a portion of the length of the guide bar;
- a first upper fluid channel defined in the first side of said guide bar, wherein a fluid entrance to said first upper fluid channel is located in said first end section of said guide bar, and wherein said first upper fluid channel extends to said central section of said guide bar;
- a second upper fluid channel defined in the first or second side of said guide bar, wherein a fluid entrance to said second upper fluid channel is located in said second end section of said guide bar, and wherein said second upper fluid channel extends to said central section of said guide bar;
- a first lower fluid channel defined in said guide bar, positioned in said first end section of said guide bar and wherein said first lower fluid channel is in fluid communication with said bottom channel;
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- a second lower fluid channel defined in said guide bar, positioned in said second end section of said guide bar, and wherein said second lower fluid channel is in fluid communication with said bottom channel.
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