Wire extractor
AssigneeMonsanto Company
InventorBernhard T. Junker
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Abstract
An apparatus is disclosed for use in combination with a slitter. The apparatus comprises a body member having teeth and grooves, permitting it to mesh with grooved slitting cutters, means for mounting the body member onto a slitter housing and means for aligning the body member so that a slit product can be readily extracted from the slitting cutters. The apparatus also prevents damage to the slitter in the event the slit product inadvertently breaks during slitting.
Claims7
A wire extractor for use in combination with a slitter having a stationary housing, a pair of arbors mounted in said housing and grooved cutters positioned on said arbors, comprising:
- a body member having teeth and grooves wherein said teeth are adapted to mesh with said grooved cutters;
- a holder for receiving and positioning said body member on said housing;
- an annular support ring for supporting said holder on said arbor so that the teeth of said body member mesh with the grooves of said cutter whereby axial movement of said body member is prevented;
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- means for aligning said body member so that the angular position of the teeth of said body member with respect to the grooved cutters is such that slit wire is readily extracted.
A wire extractor for use in combination with a slitter having a stationary housing, a pair of arbors mounted in said housing and grooved cutters positioned on said arbors, comprising:
- a pair of body members each having teeth and grooves at a contacting portion wherein said teeth are adapted to mesh with said grooved cutters and a pin adjacent the non-meshing end portion;
- means for mounting said body members onto said housing;
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- spring means disposed between said pins for urging said body members into meshing engagement with said cutters.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.