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Debris removal system for cutting tools

US8002503B2 · kind B2 · utility

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13References

31Claims

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Assignee

The Boeing Company · US

Inventors

James Darryl Gamboa · Anaheim, US
Christopher J. Erickson · Garden Grove, US
Branko Sarh · Hamburg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 28, 2006
Grant date	Aug 23, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 29, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T409/304088
WIPO fieldMachine tools
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A system for removing debris generated by a cutting tool draws the debris into a mixing chamber formed in a workpiece clamp where the debris is combined with a high velocity airflow. A vacuum source draws the debris-air mixture into a cyclonic airflow extraction chamber where the mixture is accelerated before being extracted from the clamp through an exhaust channel. A clamping ring seals the area surrounding the cutting site so that air velocity in the mixing chamber is increased and debris is accelerated into the extraction chamber.

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