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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:
Mar. 06, 2001
Filed:
May. 24, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Paul D. Aubin, Bolton, CT (US);
Wolfgang M. Strobel, Tolland, CT (US);
Assignee:
Gerber Scientific Products, Inc., Manchester, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23Q 1/100 ; B23C 1/100 ; B27G 1/900 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23Q 1/100 ; B23C 1/100 ; B27G 1/900 ;
Abstract
In an apparatus for extracting chips from slots cut into a substrate, a cutter having a cutting implement is mounted thereon and is adapted to cut slots into the substrate. At least one injector is positioned proximate to the cutting implement, and includes a nozzle having a nozzle tip directed at the slots such that during operation a current of gas is directed into the slots to loosen any substrate chips therefrom which were generated during the cutting operation. A vacuum apparatus is positioned proximate to the cutting apparatus for capturing and removing the substrate chips loosened by the injector.