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US 2005/0087181 A1Published application
Method and apparatus of cutting crystalline material
OwnerSteven Wille, Olexy Radkevich +1inventors
InventorsSteven Wille, Olexy Radkevich, Robert Zwolinski
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Abstract
According to the present invention, a new saw is cutting crystal is provided. This saw uses a driven string wetted with a dissolving fluid so cut crystal material. The present invention avoids the problems of localized heating causing chemical changes in the crystal that occur in other techniques.
Claims12
A saw comprising:
- a) two or more drives;
- b) a fluid retaining string in mechanical contact with the drives;
- c) a dissolving fluid;
- and
- d) a delivery source for wetting the string with the dissolving fluid;
- e) wherein the string is rotated by the drives as the string is wetted by the dissolving fluid.
3 more elements
An apparatus comprising:
- a) two or more drives;
- b) a fluid retaining string in mechanical contact with the drives;
- c) a dissolving fluid;
- and
- d) a delivery source for wetting the string with the dissolving fluid;
- e) a crystal,
- f) wherein the string cuts the crystal as the string is rotated by the drives and wetted by the dissolving fluid.
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A method of cutting a crystal comprising:
- a) rotating a string;
- b) wetting a string with a dissolving fluid;
- c) cutting the crystal with the string.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.