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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2011
Michael Knaupp, Zaisenhausen, DE;
Andreas Meyer, Neibsheim, DE;
Steven J. Craigen, Auburn, WA (US);
Robert J. Mann, Puyallup, WA (US);
Mohamed A. Hashish, Bellevue, WA (US);
Eckhardt R. Ullrich, Kent, WA (US);
Thomas R. Loofbourow, Tacoma, WA (US);
Michael Knaupp, Zaisenhausen, DE;
Andreas Meyer, Neibsheim, DE;
Steven J. Craigen, Auburn, WA (US);
Robert J. Mann, Puyallup, WA (US);
Mohamed A. Hashish, Bellevue, WA (US);
Eckhardt R. Ullrich, Kent, WA (US);
Thomas R. Loofbourow, Tacoma, WA (US);
Flow International Corporation, Kent, WA (US);
Abstract
A catcher tank assembly is provided for a waterjet cutting machine. The catcher tank assembly includes a catcher tank having a plurality of tank sections detachably coupleable together in a side-by-side manner to collectively define a catcher tank having a desired configuration. The catcher tank assembly further includes a workpiece support system detachably coupleable to an interior cavity of the catcher tank. The workpiece support system may include a plurality of workpiece support modules arrangeable in an array to support a workpiece platform of the waterjet cutting machine. The workpiece platform may be formed, for example, by a series of slats supported transversely to parallel rows of the workpiece support modules. Methods and systems which relate to or include the aforementioned catcher tank assembly are also provided.