Patent · US Expired

Wire saw

US5377659A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 21, 1993
Grant dateJan 3, 1995
Priority date
Expiry dateSep 21, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T83/9292
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The wire saw including a rope, abrasive beads spaced longitudinally apart on the rope by elastic spacers and elastic sleeves, one for each bead, sandwiched between the respective beads and the rope. The sleeves are conveniently made of rubber which is vulconized to the rope and to the beads.

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