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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2007
Applicants:
Joseph Charles Lutz, Savage, MN (US);
Yongling Yu, Singapore, SG;
Vigneswararao Subramaniam, Johor Baru, MY;
Hwaliang NG, Singapore, SG;
George P. Thomas, Singapore, SG;
Inventors:
Joseph Charles Lutz, Savage, MN (US);
YongLing Yu, Singapore, SG;
VigneswaraRao Subramaniam, Johor Baru, MY;
HwaLiang Ng, Singapore, SG;
George P. Thomas, Singapore, SG;
Assignee:
Seagate Technology LLC, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 19/00 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus and associated method for collecting debris from a tool, wherein programming instructions are stored in memory and executed by a machine tool controller, and wherein the controller is responsive to an intermittent debris collect signal in altering an operative path of the tool in order to engage the tool with a debris collecting device.