Bed cooler and chip flusher for a machine tool
AssigneeHardinge Brothers, Inc.
InventorsDaniel P. Soroka, Terrence M. Sheehan, Gary L. Comstock, Glenn E. Greenall
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Abstract
A chip flushing apparatus for connection to a machine tool for flushing chips of debris from cutting operations performed by the machine tool. The flushing apparatus includes a header bar having outlet means for dispensing fluid to a chip receiving area of the machine tool for transporting the chips to a recovery box. A fluid flow deflector is positioned near the outlets of the header to deflect the fluid streams into a laminar flow across the fluid receiving area. A removable tank is mounted below the receiving area to receive the flushing fluid. The tank is wheeled for convenient transport.
Claims12
A chip flushing device for use with a machine tool, comprising:
- a) fluid supply means for delivering a flushing fluid to a chip receiving area of the machine tool;
- b) said fluid supply means including at least one fluid outlet means adjacent the receiving area for dispensing a stream of fluid to the receiving area;
- and,
- c) fluid deflection means mounted adjacent said fluid outlet means for converting said stream to a laminar flow of fluid.
A machine tool having means for holding a workpiece and means for shaping a workpiece during a workpiece shaping operation wherein chips are removed from the workpiece during the shaping operation, the machine tool having means for flushing the chips from the machine tool bed means, comprising:
- a) said bed means located below said holding means and said shaping means forming a receiving area for the chips removed from the workpiece, said receiving area being inclined;
- b) flushing means for removing the chips from the bed means;
- c) said chip flushing means having a header, said header being mounted to said bed means;
- d) said header having outlet means for dispensing flushing fluid in a laminar flow onto said bed means;
- e) said header having a longitudinal axis and extends horizontally along said longitudinal axis and said outlet means is aligned along said longitudinal axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.