Multiple angle cutting apparatus
First Claim
1. A compound angle disk cutting apparatus comprising:
- (a) a stock feed and orienting mechanism for feeding and orienting a workpiece to be cut with respect to a point of cut;
(b) a cut piece handling mechanism for manipulating said workpiece;
(c) a cutting member capable of vertical motion along a vertical centerline which passes through said point of cut and angular motion with respect to said vertical centerline, the pivot of such motion being along a horizontal centerline which passed through said point of cut, said cutting member also being capable of transverse movement along said horizontal centerline; and
(d) a cutting member positioning mechanism for moving said cutting member vertically along said vertical centerline about a pivot point located along the horizontal centerline which passes through said point of cut and transversely along said horizontal centerline whereby any engagement of said cutting member with said workpiece has a common centerpoint of cut, said point of cut being defined as the point of coincidence for the center of rotation of the workpiece, the pivot point for angular motion of said cutting member with respect to said vertical centerline and the said transverse motion of said cutting member along said horizontal centerline.
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Abstract
A compound angle disk cutting apparatus (11) comprises a stock feed and orienting mechanism (13) for feeding and orienting stock to be cut, a cut piece handling mechanism (15) for manipulating a workpiece cut from the stock, a cutting member (19) and a cutting member positioning mechanism (17). The various components of the apparatus (11) are configured such that any engagement of the cutting member (19) with a workpiece has a common center point of cut (21). The point of cut (21) is defined as the point of coincidence for the center of rotation of the stock workpiece, the center of vertical pivot of the cutting member (19), the center of horizontal pivot of the cutting member (19), the vertical-tiltable travel of the cutting member (19) as well as the transverse-rotatable travel of the cutting member (19).
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5 Claims
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1. A compound angle disk cutting apparatus comprising:
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(a) a stock feed and orienting mechanism for feeding and orienting a workpiece to be cut with respect to a point of cut; (b) a cut piece handling mechanism for manipulating said workpiece; (c) a cutting member capable of vertical motion along a vertical centerline which passes through said point of cut and angular motion with respect to said vertical centerline, the pivot of such motion being along a horizontal centerline which passed through said point of cut, said cutting member also being capable of transverse movement along said horizontal centerline; and (d) a cutting member positioning mechanism for moving said cutting member vertically along said vertical centerline about a pivot point located along the horizontal centerline which passes through said point of cut and transversely along said horizontal centerline whereby any engagement of said cutting member with said workpiece has a common centerpoint of cut, said point of cut being defined as the point of coincidence for the center of rotation of the workpiece, the pivot point for angular motion of said cutting member with respect to said vertical centerline and the said transverse motion of said cutting member along said horizontal centerline. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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