Rotary tool including a cutting blade and cutting apparatus comprising the same
AssigneeDisco Corporation
InventorKeizo Sekiya
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Abstract
A cutting apparatus comprising a rotary shaft which is detachably fitted with a rotary tool including a cutting blade. The rotary tool itself or a storage case storing the rotary tool has an indicator which may be a bar code and shows the characteristic properties of the cutting blade. A reading means such as a bar code reader for reading the above indicator showing the characteristic properties of the cutting blade is installed on the cutting apparatus.
Claims13
A cutting apparatus comprising a rotary shaft which is detachably fitted with a rotary tool including a cutting blade, wherein
- the rotary tool includes a hub integrated with the cutting blade and an indicator, provided on said hub, showing characteristic properties of the cutting blade, a reading means for reading the indicator is provided,
- the cutting blade is shaped like a thin annular plate extending from the hub, and
- the characteristic properties include a thickness of the cutting blade, and a projecting length in a radial direction of the cutting blade from a periphery of the hub.
A cutting apparatus comprising
- a rotary shaft which is detachably fitted with a rotary tool including a cutting blade, and
- a storage case, wherein
- the storage case has an indicator showing characteristic properties of the cutting blade and a reading means for reading the indicator is provided,
- the rotary tool is composed of only a cutting blade shaped in a form of a thin annular plate, and
- the characteristic properties include a thickness of the cutting blade, an outer diameter of the cutting blades and an inner diameter of the cutting blade.
A cutting apparatus comprising
- a rotary shaft which is detachably fitted with a rotary tool including a cutting blade, and
- a storage case, wherein
- the storage case has an indicator showing characteristic properties of the cutting blade and a reading means for reading the indicator is provided,
- the rotary tool includes a hub integrated with the cutting blade on a surface of the hub,
- the cutting blade is shaped in a form of a thin annular plate extending from the hub, and
- the characteristic properties include a thickness of the cutting blade and a projecting length in a radial direction of the cutting blade from a periphery of the hub.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.