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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:
Sep. 10, 1991
Filed:
Dec. 26, 1990
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jean-Paul Briffod, Lucinges, FR;
Assignee:
Charmilles Technologies S.A., Meyrin, CH;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23H / ; B23D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
219 6912 ; 83346 ;
Abstract
An EDM machine in combination with a wire sectioning device. The wire sectioning device has two rotating members consisting of a rotating member 2 having an anvil 16 and a member 3 rotating in the opposite direction. The rotating member 3 has four cutting blades made of a tough material such as tungsten carbide or tungsten nitride. At least one of the anvil and the tool possesses a low moment of inertia to improve the longevity of the sectioning means.