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US 2023/0150044 A1Published application
Guide dresser, cutter heads and methods of use thereof
AssigneeInternal Machinery Solutions Ltd.
InventorsGary Stroud, Vincent Bergeron
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Abstract
A guide dresser for milling a saw guide is disclosed herein. The guide dresser includes a guide mount assembly for adjustably moving a saw guide between an upper and lower position and first and second cutter assemblies that are slidably mounted on a rail or slide system so as to be adjustable, in operation, between an open position and a closed position. Cutter heads and methods for milling a saw guide are also disclosed.
Claims20
A guide dresser for milling a saw guide, the guide dresser comprising:
- a rail or slide system;
- a first cutter assembly slidably mounted on the rail or slide system, the first cutter assembly having a first rotatable cutter head;
- a second cutter assembly slidably mounted on the rail or slide system, the second cutter assembly having a second rotatable cutter head;
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- a guide mount assembly for receiving and adjustably moving a saw guide between an upper position and a lower position, the upper position being above the first and second rotatable cutter heads and the lower position being between the first and second rotatable cutter heads, wherein the guide dresser is adjustable between an open position and a closed position by slidable movement of the first cutter assembly, the second cutter assembly, or both, wherein both the first cutter assembly and the second cutter assembly are positioned away from the guide mount assembly on the rail system when in the open position, and wherein both the first cutter assembly and the second cutter assembly are positioned proximal to the guide mount assembly on the rail system when in the closed position, such that both the first and second rotatable cutter heads are capable of contacting the saw guide when it is received on the guide mount assembly and is in or is moved to the lower position.
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A method for milling a saw guide, the method comprising:
- (a) providing a saw guide to a guide mount assembly of a guide dresser;
- (b) moving the saw guide to an upper position, the upper position being above a first rotatable cutter head of a first cutter assembly and a second rotatable cutter head of a second cutter assembly;
- (c) moving the first cutter assembly and the second cutter assembly towards each other on a rail or slide system from an open position to a closed position;
- (d) moving the saw guide down to a lower position between the first and second rotatable cutter heads in the closed position, thereby causing the first and second rotatable cutter heads to engage the saw guide from opposing sides;
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- (e) milling or machining the saw guide as it is in or passes to the lower position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.