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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 1988
Filed:
Apr. 16, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
John M Check, Chelsea, MI (US);
Myron Johnson, Freeland, MI (US);
George Barbulescu, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
Raycon Textron Inc., Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23H / ; B23H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
219 / ; 219 / ;
Abstract
A wire guide directs a wire electrode from a refeed mechanism in an electrical discharge machine EDM to a workpiece. The wire guide has ceramic inserts defining a precision guide slot for the electrode and wherein one of the inserts is carried by a deflectable member spring biased to damp the electrode so as to maintain concentricity of holes formed by the electrode and thereby closely control the hole diameter.