Workpiece cutting apparatus
AssigneeNissan Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsKenichi Kawada, Hiroki Matsunae, Toshiyuki Suzuki, Akihiro Shijo
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Abstract
A workpiece cutting apparatus that basically includes a fixed blade, a moving blade and a cleaning component. The fixed blade is configured to fixedly receive a workpiece. The moving blade is moveably mounted relative to the fixed blade, and the moving blade and the fixed blade are arranged relative to each other to shear the workpiece that is fixed relative to the fixed blade. The cleaning component is arranged relative to the moving blade to remove a deposit from the moving blade.
Claims7
A workpiece cutting apparatus comprising:
- a fixed blade configured to fixedly receive a workpiece;
- a moving blade moveably mounted relative to the fixed blade, the moving blade and the fixed blade being arranged relative to each other to shear the workpiece that is fixed relative to the fixed blade;
- and
- a cleaning component arranged relative to the moving blade to remove a deposit from the moving blade, the cleaning component being configured to rub against the moving blade after the workpiece is cut to remove the deposit.
A method for cleaning a cutting blade of a workpiece cutting apparatus comprising:
- moving the cutting blade relative to a fixed blade on which a workpiece is fixed to cut the workpiece;
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- placing the cutting blade and a cleaning component in contact with each other to cause the cleaning component to remove a deposit on the cutting blade while imposing an elastic force on the cutting blade in a direction of the cleaning tool after the workpiece is cut.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.