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US 2024/0109130 A1Published application
Chip Former Apparatus and Method
OwnerRodrigo Ramirez, James L. Caldwell, JR.inventors
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Abstract
A chip former for directing material cut from a workpiece. The chip former having a body with a top side, a bottom side, a front side, and a back side. The front side consists of a surface forming a wall with a section of the surface having a concave geometry configured to direct material that comes off a workpiece. A method for directing material cut from a workpiece.
Claims20
A chip former for directing material cut from a workpiece, comprising:
- a body having a top side, a bottom side, a front side, and a back side,
- wherein the front side consists of a surface forming a wall with a section of the surface having a concave geometry configured to direct material that comes off a workpiece.
A method for directing material cut from a workpiece, comprising:
- disposing a chip former in proximity to material coming off a workpiece, the chip former having a body with a top side, a bottom side, a front side, and a back side;
- wherein the front side of the body consists of a surface forming a wall with a section of the surface having a concave geometry;
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- accumulating material at the front side of the chip former body as the material comes off the workpiece.
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A method for directing material from a workpiece, comprising:
- disposing a chip former in proximity to a workpiece to receive material coming off the workpiece, the chip former having a body with a top side, a bottom side, a front side, and a back side,
- wherein the front side of the body consists of a surface forming a wall with a section of the surface having a concave geometry configured to direct the material coming off the workpiece.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.