Canted and vertical blade assembly
AssigneeMarvel Manufacturing Company, Inc.
InventorJames K. Jourdan
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Abstract
The present invention provides for a vertical band saw frame assembly comprising a support column having a top and a bottom, the support column having a lower band wheel attached thereto. The band saw frame further provides for a tilt plate having a plurality of apertures attached to the top of the support column and a mounting plate. The tilt plate provides a mounting platform for the upper band wheel, blade tensioning assembly, blade guide, and blade break sensor. In a preferred embodiment, the tilt plate is attachable to the mounting plate in two positions, a first position in vertical alignment with the lower band wheel and a second position in which the upper band wheel further from the support column and at an angle to the first position to create a canted cutting blade angle.
Claims16
A band saw frame assembly comprising:
- a support column having a top and a bottom;
- a lower band saw wheel attached to the bottom of the support column;
- a mounting plate attached to the top of the support column;
- a tilt plate;
- an upper band wheel attached to the tilt plate;
- a first means for attaching the tilt plate to the mounting plate in a first position in which the upper band wheel is in vertical alignment with the lower band wheel;
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- a second means for attaching the tilt plate to the mounting plate in a second position in which the tilt plate is both further from the support column than the first position and at an angle to the support column.
A band saw frame assembly comprising:
- a support column having a top and a bottom;
- a lower band wheel attached to the bottom of the support column;
- a mounting plate having a plurality of apertures attached to the top of the support column;
- a tilt plate;
- an upper band wheel attached to the tilt plate;
- a first plurality of apertures in the tilt plate complementary to those in the mounting plate positioned to place the upper band wheel in vertical alignment with the lower band wheel;
- plate positioned to move the upper band wheel further from the support column, the second plurality of apertures also being oriented at an angle in relation to the first plurality of apertures;
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- a plurality of fasteners, the fasteners being used to fasten the tilt plate to the mounting plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.