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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 1996
Filed:
Jun. 06, 1995
Roy T Bonzo, Corning, NY (US);
H Gordon Shafer, Jr, Rock Stream, NY (US);
Jackson P Trentelman, Painted Post, NY (US);
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to an apparatus for cutting a mass of material which includes an elongate wire, a first drive for moving the cutting wire along its length through a cutting location, a rotating mass holder for holding and rotating a longitudinally-extending mass of material about its longitudinal axis, and a second drive. The second drive advances the mass holder and/or the wire toward one another to orient the longitudinal axis of the mass of material at the cutting location in a position perpendicular to the wire to cut the mass of material. Other aspects of the invention include a method of cutting, the mass holder per se.