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US 6,333,487 B1Granted
Torch-angle setting device
AssigneeKoike Sanso Kogyo Co., Ltd.
InventorYoichi Maruyama
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AssigneeKoike Sanso Kogyo Co., Ltd.
InventorYoichi Maruyama
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An turning shaft 1 which turns a torch with keeping it on a normal line to the turning shaft is connected with an end of an first rotation shaft 2 which is arranged at a right angle to the turning shaft 1. A second rotation shaft 3 is connected with the first rotation shaft 2. Both the rotation shafts are connected with each other through a first arm 4, and a second arm is connected with with the rotation shaft 3. a first fixed gear 14 is fixed to the first rotation shaft 2, and a second fixed gear 15 is fixed to the second arm 5. a middle gear 16 is arranged between both the fixed gears, and a rotation axis 16c is fixed to the first arm 4. a motor 17 is mounted above the upper bent portion 4a and a gear 17a is engaged with the first fixed gear 14. While rotating the first arm by angle θ in the direction of arrow a, the second arm 5 is rotated by angle 2θ in the direction of arrow b, wherein the angle made between the extension of line of the turning shaft and the extension of line of the second arm 5 is θ.
A torch-angle setting device characterized in that the torch-angle setting device comprises a turning shaft which is arranged perpendicularly to material being cut, a first rotation shaft which is arranged at right angle to the turning shaft and which has an end connected with the turning shaft, a second rotation shaft which is arranged in parallel with the first rotation shaft, a first arm which is connected with the first rotation shaft and with the second rotation shaft, a second arm which has an end connected with the second rotation shaft, a driving means for rotating the first arm on the first rotation shaft and rotating the second arm, by an angle which is twice as much as the angle of rotation of the first arm, on the second rotation shaft in the opposite direction to the direction of rotation of the first arm, along with the rotation of the first rotation shaft, and said second arm is substantially formed as a torch.
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