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US 8,783,149 B2Granted
Coil cutting tool and method
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsSyed Wajahat Ali, John Matthew Sassatelli, Andrew John Tomko
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Abstract
A tool and a method are disclosed for cutting coils in a dynamoelectric machine. In an embodiment, the tool includes a blade having a cutting edge on a distal end thereof. The blade is operably connected on a proximal end thereof to a double acting hydraulic cylinder. The tool further includes at least one guide arm coupled to and extending longitudinally in a distal direction from the double acting hydraulic cylinder, wherein the at least one guide arm is disposed alongside the blade and extends parallel to a path of the blade.
Claims9
A tool comprising:
- a blade having a cutting edge on a distal end thereof;
- a double acting hydraulic cylinder operably connected to a proximal end of the blade;
- and
- a pair of guide arms connected to and extending longitudinally in a distal direction from the double acting hydraulic cylinder,
- wherein each guide arm in the pair of guide arms is disposed alongside the blade and extends parallel to a path of the blade, each guide arm in the pair of guide arms being disposed on opposite sides of the blade, and
- wherein each guide arm in the pair of guide arms includes a track dimensioned to accommodate an edge of the blade, the track being disposed on a surface of the guide arm facing the blade, such that the blade slides longitudinally in the tracks in each of the pair of guide arms, and
- wherein a first guide arm in the pair of guide arms has a first hole through a distal end thereof, and a second guide arm in the pair of guide arms has a second hole through a distal end thereof;
- and
- a pin member positioned within the first hole and the second hole such that the pin member is removably connected to both the first guide arm and the second guide arm.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.