Cutting apparatus
AssigneeThe Shoda Company
InventorHiroshi SHODA
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Abstract
To provide a cutting apparatus capable of effectively removing swarf that scatters in a machining space, while reducing cost. A cutting apparatus includes: a machining mechanism on which a tool for machining a workpiece is mounted; a placement base that is disposed to face the machining mechanism in a machining space and that is movable in a first direction with the workpiece placed thereon; an open/close covering member that extends in the first direction thereby to contain therein the placement base and to form at least part of the machining space; and a drive mechanism that is isolated from the machining space and that moves the placement base in the first direction.
Claims15
A cutting apparatus comprising:
- a machining mechanism that machines a workpiece in a machining space;
- a placement base having a planar upper surface that lies opposite to the machining mechanism, the placement base being movable in a horizontal direction with the workpiece placed on the planar upper surface;
- a covering member that extends in the horizontal direction contain therein the placement base and to form at least part of the machining space;
- a drive mechanism that is isolated from the machining space and that moves the placement base in the horizontal direction;
- a screen member that isolates from each other the drive mechanism and the machining space in which the placement base is disposed;
- two first poles each fixed to respective end portions of the screen member to support the end portion;
- at least two second poles disposed at the placement base to change a turning point of the screen member by moving in the horizontal direction integrally with the placement base;
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- wherein the respective send portions of the screen member are fixed to the two first poles and follow movement of the placement base in the horizontal direction to be displaced by the second poles without changing an overall length in the horizontal direction to maintain an isolated state of the drive mechanism from the machining space.
A cutting apparatus comprising:
- a machining mechanism that machines a workpiece in a machining space;
- a placement base having a planar upper surface that lies opposite to the machining mechanism, the placement base being movable in a first direction with the workpiece placed on the planar upper surface;
- a covering member that extends in the first direction to contain therein the placement base and to form at least part of the machining space;
- a drive mechanism that is isolated from the machining space and that moves the placement base in the first direction;
- a screen member that isolates from each other the drive mechanism and the machining space in which the placement base is disposed;
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- a fluid control unit disposed inside the machining space configured to jet or draw a fluid,
- wherein the manipulator is shaped to reach the fluid control unit, and
- wherein the screen member follows movement of the placement base in the first direction to be displaced in the first direction to maintain an isolated state of the drive mechanism from the machining space.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.