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US 3,976,045 AGranted
Stone cutting machine
OwnerB. Frank Coggins, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
A stone cutting machine is disclosed comprising a frame, a sliding beam movably supported on the frame, and one or more flexible wires having a plurality of cutting or honing segments projecting from the periphery thereof carried tautly by the beam. Motor means are provided for rotating and axially reciprocating the wire and for moving the sliding beam supporting the wire on the frame.
Claims1
A stone cutting machine comprising a frame;
- a sliding beam movably supported on said frame;
- at least one flexible wire carried tautly by said sliding beam;
- motor means mounted on said sliding beam for rotating said taut flexible wire;
- second motor means for reciprocally moving said sliding beam on said frame;
- third motor means for axially reciprocating said taut flexible wire while said motor means rotates said wire and said second motor means reciprocally moves said sliding beam on said frame;
- a honing wire and a buffing wire carried tautly by said sliding beam;
- motor means for rotating said honing and buffing wires;
- and index means for interchanging the positions of said flexible wire, said honing wire and said buffing wire.
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