Rotary tool ejection technology
AssigneeWeidenmiller Company
InventorsRich Paul Budek, Stephen J. Kras
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Abstract
A rotary tool ejection technology utilizing air to eject contents from the dies of a rotary cylinder. The dies include orifices positioned therein. The orifices are assembled with porous material. The orifices are capable of receiving air from an internal chamber and delivering it to the outer surface of a rotary cylinder. Air is supplied to the internal chamber by an internal shaft. The internal shaft contains a channel in fluid communication with outlets extending radially outward from the channel to locations on the outer surface of the shaft. The shaft is optionally assembled with a manifold having a conduit. The conduit is positioned for intermittent alignment with the orifices in the rotary cylinder as the rotary cylinder rotates relative to the manifold.
Claims13
A rotary tool comprising:
- a rotary cylinder;
- the rotary cylinder having an outer surface and defining an internal chamber;
- a plurality of dies on the outer surface of the rotary cylinder;
- orifices defined through the rotary cylinder from the outer surface of the rotary cylinder to the internal chamber;
- the orifices in fluid communication with the internal chamber;
- each orifice assembled with a porous material;
- a shaft extending through the internal chamber;
- the shaft having a channel seated therein;
- outlets in the shaft extending generally radially outward from the channel to locations on the outer surface of the shaft;
- a manifold;
- the manifold comprising an ejection body and a bore;
- the bore adapted for concentric arrangement with the shaft;
- the manifold displaced off of the shaft by a bearing, creating an air passage between the manifold and the shaft;
- the ejection body comprising a conduit;
- the conduit positioned for intermittent alignment with the orifices in the rotary cylinder as the rotary cylinder rotates relative to the manifold.
A rotary tool comprising:
- a rotary cylinder;
- the rotary cylinder having an outer surface and defining an internal chamber;
- a plurality of dies on the outer surface of the rotary cylinder;
- orifices defined through the rotary cylinder from the outer surface of the rotary cylinder to the internal chamber;
- the orifices in fluid communication with the internal chamber;
- each orifice assembled with a porous material;
- a shaft extending through the internal chamber;
- the shaft having a channel seated therein;
- outlets in the shaft extending generally radially outward from the channel to locations on the outer surface of the shaft;
- a manifold;
- the manifold comprising an ejection body and a bore;
- the bore adapted for concentric arrangement with the shaft;
- the manifold displaced off of the shaft by a bearing, creating an air passage between the manifold and the shaft;
- the ejection body comprising a conduit in fluid communication with the air passage;
- the conduit positioned for intermittent alignment with the orifices in the rotary cylinder as the rotary cylinder rotates relative to the manifold;
- the manifold assembled with an ejection bar;
- the ejection bar comprising supplemental conduits;
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- the supplemental conduit positioned for intermittent alignment with orifices.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.