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US 4,494,523 AGranted
Wire saw
AssigneeMotorola, Inc.
InventorRaymond C. Wells
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Abstract
An improved wire saw is disclosed in which a linear wire storage means comprises a vertically moving carriage. The carriage is supported by the wire, thereby improving the efficiency and production rate of the saw.
Claims5
In a wire saw apparatus having a wire supply means, a wire takeup means, a plurality of wire guides defining a continuous path between said supply means and said take-up means and defining a cutting zone, and a reversible motor driving a pulley in said continuous path, the improvement comprising:
- wire storage means in said continuous path comprising carriage means having at least one pair of pulleys having separate axes, wherein said carriage means moves vertically between predetermined limits and is supported only by the wire in said wire storage means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.