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Wire type slicing machine and method

US5944007A · kind A · utility

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34Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateOct 28, 1997
Grant dateAug 31, 1999
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Expiry dateOct 28, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T83/8878
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Two grooved rolls 11 and 12 among three grooved rolls 11.about.13 engaged by a saw wire 14 are arranged one above the other and the saw wire 14 is made to travel vertically between the grooved rolls 11 and 12. A workpiece 9 is moved horizontally and pushed against the vertically traveling wire 14. It is preferred that the grooved roll 13 be disposed at a height approximately the same as that of the lower grooved roll 12.

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