Assembly and a method for cutting or forming an object
OwnerWilliam Machinventor
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Abstract
A method and an apparatus 10 for cutting an object 64, such as a grinding wheel. Particularly, the object 64 is placed in a horizontal manner and concomitantly rotated with the cutter 14 during the entire cutting operation. The rotation occurs are a relatively high speed and such concomitant rotation and such horizontal placement allows the cutting to occur in a desired manner.
Claims21
1) A grinding wheel assembly for selectively cutting a grinding wheel, said grinding wheel assembly comprising a selectively rotatable cutter;
- a selectively rotatable grinding wheel support assembly;
- and a controller assembly which is communicatively and controllably coupled to said cutter and to said grinding wheel and which is effective to, cause said cutter to selectively cut said grinding wheel only when said cutter and said grinding wheel are simultaneously and selectively rotated.
5) A grinding wheel assembly which is selectively adapted to allow a grinding wheel to be cut, said grinding wheel assembly comprising a support portion which allows a grinding wheel to be supported in a plane which is substantially parallel to the horizon;
- a cutter assembly which is wholly and operatively deployed in a plane which is perpendicular to the horizon;
- and a controller assembly which is operatively coupled to said support portion and which allows said cutter to cut said grinding wheel only when said grinding wheel is supported in said plane which is substantially parallel to the horizon and only when said cutter is deployed in said plane which is perpendicular to the horizon.
9) A grinding wheel assembly comprising a grinding wheel which is supported upon a floor and which is wholly contained within a plane which is parallel to said floor;
- a cutter which has a longitudinal axis of symmetry which is perpendicular to said plane which includes said grinding wheel;
- and a controller assembly which is operatively coupled to said grinding wheel and to said cutter and which selectively and independently rotates said cutter and said grinding wheel, effective to have said cutter selectively cut said grinding wheel.
14) An assembly comprising a first and a second blank wheel, wherein each of said first and said second blanks are to be cut in a respective and certain manner which is defined by respective cutting information;
- a support table which is wholly and operatively contained-in a plane which is substantially parallel to the horizon;
- a selectively rotatable cutter, wherein said cutter is also selectively and axially movable along the length of the support table and wherein said cutter has a longitudinal axis of symmetry which is substantially perpendicular to said plane which wholly contains said blanks;
- and a controller assembly which contains the respective cutting information for each of said blanks and which sequentially moves said cutter along said support table and selectively rotates said cutter according to said respective cutting information, thereby causing said cutter to sequentially cut each of said wheel blanks in a manner which is defined by the cutting information which is respectively and uniquely associated with each of said wheel blanks.
15) A method for cutting a wheel comprising the steps of positioning said wheel substantially parallel to the horizon;
- providing a selectively rotatable cutter;
- and using said selectively rotatable cutter to cut said wheel only when said wheel is in said position which is substantially parallel to the horizon.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.