Device for cleaning the working area of chip removal machines
OwnerGunter Langinventor
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Abstract
A propeller with pivoting blades is provided as a cleaning tool (1) for the work area of metal cutting machines, where the angle of adjustment for the pivoting blades is such that an air jet is generated supporting the propeller blades (15) in folding open. The propeller blade (15) is arranged in a tool changer stacker instead of a common tool or on a tool spindle and serves to automatically clean the work area by a blowing process.
Claims17
Device (1) for cleaning a work area of a metal cutting machine, the metal cutting machine having a tool spindle which is rotatable about an axis of revolution (2), the cleaning device (1) comprising:
- a base (3) with at least one connecting means (4) that permits mounting the base (3) on the tool spindle,
- at least two propeller blades (15), each blade pivotally mounted by a hinge element for pivotal movement between an off position and an operating position about a pivot axis which is different from the axis of revolution (2).
An apparatus for cleaning a work area of a tool machine, the tool machine having a tool spindle which is rotatable about an axis of revolution, the cleaning apparatus comprising:
- a base portion having at least one connecting element for mounting the base portion on the tool spindle, and
- a plurality of propeller blades, each propeller blade being pivotally connected to the base portion by a respective hinge element for pivotal movement between an off position and an operating position about a pivot axis which is different from the axis of revolution of the spindle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.