Mold cleaning apparatus
OwnerMern S. Kembleinventor
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Abstract
Mold cleaning apparatus including a cutter assembly for removing undesired material from a mold, a boom pivotally supporting the cutter assembly and the cutter assembly including a shaft member, a number of radially projecting cutter members fixedly secured to the shaft for rotation therewith, the cutter members having a cutter blade mounted at the outer extremity thereof and resilient connecting links interposed between the cutter blades and the shaft. The boom may be mounted for both axial rotation and rotation about an axis oriented generally perpendicularly with respect to the boom and telescoping movement. The boom may be mounted on a vehicle.
Claims21
A mold cleaning apparatus comprising:
- cutter assembly means for removing undesired material from said mold;
- boom means pivotally supporting said cutter assembly;
- said cutter assembly means including a shaft member, a plurality of generally radially projecting cutter members fixedly secured to said shaft, said cutter members having a cutter blade mounted at the outer extremity thereof;
- each of said cutter members having a resilient connecting link interposed between said cutter blade and said shaft;
- power means for effecting axial rotation of said shaft;
- mounting means securing said cutter members to said shaft;
- said resilient connecting links having one end portion secured to a said cutter blade and another end portion secured to said mounting means;
- said mounting means having a series of mounting members secured to said shaft member at axially spaced positions;
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- each said mounting member connecting a plurality of said cutter members to said shaft.
A cutter head assembly mounted on boom means comprising:
- a shaft member, said shaft member installed perpendicular to the boom member,
- power means for effecting axial rotation of said shaft,
- a plurality of generally radially projecting cutter members fixedly secured to said shaft,
- said cutter members having a cutter blade mounted at the outer extremity thereof, mounting means securing said cutter members to said shaft, and
- each of said cutter members having a resilient connecting link interposed between said cutter blade and said shaft, said resilient connecting links having one end portion secured to said cutter blade and the other end portion secured to said mounting means.
The cutter head assembly of clain 16 including the radially innermost portion of said connecting links having recesses receiving a portion of said connecting link-engaging portions, and second fastener means securing said connecting links to said mounting member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.