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US 6,106,203 AGranted
Electrode tip dresser with vacuum
AssigneeSemtorq, Inc.
InventorsNicholas A. Asmis, Charles R. Balog, Joseph P. Seme, Jr.
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Abstract
An electrode tip dresser includes a cutting tool to dress an electrode; the cutting tool having a cutter blade assembly with an opening through which passes material that is removed from an electrode; and a vacuum orifice disposed to catch the material near the tool opening.
Claims14
An electrode tip dresser comprising:
- a tool to dress an electrode and a body to which said tool is disposed;
- said tool comprising a dress blade assembly with an opening through which passes material that is removed from an electrode;
- said body having an extension thereof that supports said tool, with a portion of said extension being proximate said opening and at least one passageway that extends through said portion of said extension, said passageway having an orifice at a first end of said passageway near said opening;
- and a vacuum device disposed to catch said material near said opening.
1 more element
A drive head for use in a electrode tip dresser comprising:
- a body having a cutter tool mounted thereon;
- said body having one or more internal passageways having a first end and a second end, with said first end being located proximate said cutting tool and said second end being connected to a vacuum line.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.