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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Disco Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B28D 1/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B28D 1/02 ;
Abstract
A cutting machine of a type having bellows means disposed at least on one side of a chuck table to be reciprocated. A protective sheet covering the upper surface of the bellows means is disposed. One end of the protective sheet is reciprocated in accordance with the reciprocation of the chuck table, while the other end of the protective sheet is connected to winding means. When the chuck table is moved forward or backward, the protective sheet is gradually wound up by the winding means. When the chuck table is moved backward or forward, the protective sheet is gradually wound off from the winding means.