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US 6,218,639 B1Granted
Plasma torch cutting system
OwnerJason Bulleinventor
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Abstract
A cutting system including a gantry mounted to a platform, reciprocally movable above a support surface horizontally along a y axis. A carriage is mounted to the gantry for reciprocal movement thereon along an x axis, generally perpendicular to the y axis. A support is carried by the carriage and movable between a lowered position and a raised position. A holder is pivotally coupled to the support and movable between a first position and a second position relative the support. A sensor mechanism detects the holder in the second position and actuates the drive mechanism to move the support until the holder returns to the first position, and an attachment assembly is carried by the holder for removably attaching a cutting device to the holder.
Claims15
A cutting system comprising:
- a carriage reciprocally movable along an x axis;
- a support carried by the carriage and movable between a lowered position and a raised position by a drive mechanism;
- a holder pivotally coupled to the support for movement between a first position and a second position relative to the support;
- a sensor mechanism which detects the holder in the second position and actuates the drive mechanism to move the support until the holder returns to the first position;
- the holder further includes being movable to a third position, and the sensor mechanism being capable of detecting the holder in the third position and actuating the drive mechanism to move the support until the holder returns to the first position;
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- an attachment assembly carried by the holder for removably attaching a cutting device to the holder.
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A cutting system comprising:
- a carriage reciprocally movable along an x axis;
- a support carried by the carriage and movable between a lowered position and a raised position by a drive mechanism;
- a holder pivotally coupled to the support for movement between a first position and a second position relative to the support;
- a sensor mechanism which detects the holder in the second position and actuates the drive mechanism to move the support until the holder returns to the first position;
- and
- an attachment assembly carried by the holder for removably attaching a cutting device to the holder, the attachment assembly includes a substantially horizontal gripping member carried by the holder and an upright gripping member carried by the holder for gripping and retaining a plasma torch with a nozzle of the torch substantially perpendicular to the support with the holder in the first position.
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A cutting system comprising:
- a platform having a generally horizontal support surface;
- a gantry mounted to the platform and reciprocally movable above the support surface horizontally along a y axis;
- a carriage mounted to the gantry for reciprocal movement thereon along an x axis generally perpendicular to the y axis;
- a support carried by the carriage and movable between a lowered position and a raised position by a drive mechanism;
- a holder pivotally coupled to the support and movable between a first position and a second position relative the support;
- a sensor mechanism which detects the holder in the second position and actuates the drive mechanism to move the support until the holder returns to the first position;
- the holder further includes being movable to a third position, and the sensor mechanism being capable of detecting the holder in the third position and actuating the drive mechanism to move the support until the holder returns to the first position;
- and
- an attachment assembly carried by the holder for removably attaching a cutting device to the holder.
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A cutting system comprising:
- a platform having a generally horizontal support surface;
- a gantry mounted to the platform and reciprocally movable above the support surface horizontally along a y axis;
- a carriage mounted to the gantry for reciprocal movement thereon along an x axis generally perpendicular to the y axis;
- a support carried by the carriage and movable between a lowered position and a raised position by a drive mechanism;
- a holder pivotally coupled to the support and movable between a first position and a second position relative the support;
- a sensor mechanism which detects the holder in the second position and actuates the drive mechanism to move the support until the holder returns to the first position;
- an attachment assembly carried by the holder for removably attaching a cutting device to the holder;
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- a control system including a computer having a program that translates a plurality of vectors defining a work to be cut into movement commands, drivers coupled to the computer to receive the movement commands and control gantry movement and carriage movement, and a program for one of importing, altering, and creating designs having the plurality of vectors.
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A cutting system comprising:
- a platform having a generally horizontal support surface;
- a gantry mounted to the platform and reciprocally movable above the support surface horizontally along a y axis;
- a carriage mounted to the gantry for reciprocal movement thereon along an x axis generally perpendicular to the y axis;
- a support carried by the carriage and movable between a lowered position and a raised position by a drive mechanism;
- a holder pivotally coupled to the support and movable between a first position and a second position relative the support;
- a sensor mechanism which detects the holder in the second position and actuates the drive mechanism to move the support until the holder returns to the first position;
- an attachment assembly carried by the holder for removably attaching a cutting device to the holder;
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- a control system including a computer having a program that translates a plurality of vectors defining a work to be cut into movement commands, drivers coupled to the computer to receive the movement commands and control gantry movement and carriage movement, and a program for one of importing, altering, and creating designs having the plurality of vectors.
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A cutting system comprising:
- a platform having a generally horizontal support surface;
- a gantry mounted to the platform and reciprocally movable above the support surface horizontally along a y axis;
- a carriage mounted to the gantry for reciprocal movement thereon along an x axis generally perpendicular to the y axis;
- a support carried by the carriage and movable between a lowered position and a raised position by a drive mechanism;
- a holder pivotally coupled to the support and movable between a first position and a second position relative the support;
- a sensor mechanism which detects the holder in the second position and actuates the drive mechanism to move the support until the holder returns to the first position;
- an attachment assembly carried by the holder for removably attaching a cutting device to the holder;
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- a control system including a computer having a program that translates a plurality of vectors defining a work to be cut into movement commands, drivers coupled to the computer to receive the movement commands and control gantry movement and carriage movement by electric motors mechanically coupled to the gantry and carriage and electrically coupled to the drivers.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.