Shaping apparatus and method
AssigneePrecision Automation, Inc.
InventorJohn Smith, III
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for shaping a solid body of soft material wherein the body is notched on one side, a rough cutter moves inwardly through the other side of the body to enter the closed end of the notch and sever body material without breaking, and a finish cutter than removes relatively little material to produce a finish cut.
Claims15
The method of shaping a solid body of soft material comprising precutting a notch into one side of the body, rough cutting the body along a first line extending inwardly from the other side of and across the body and located to remove substantial material and enter the closed end of the notch, and then finish cutting the body along a second line extending entirely across the body at a location to remove relatively little material.
A device for shaping a solid body of soft material comrpising a holder for holding the body, a notching tool movable relative to said holder toward and away from said body for notching one side of said body, a first cutter movable relative to said holder along a first line extending inwardly from the other side of and entirely across the body at a location entering the closed end of the notch to avoid the breaking off of body material, and a second cutter movable relative to said holder along a second line extending inwardly from the other side of and entirely across the body at a location removing relatively little body material to finish cut the body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.