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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2006
James D. Gamboa, Anaheim, CA (US);
Christopher J. Erickson, Garden Groove, CA (US);
Branko Sarh, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
James D. Gamboa, Anaheim, CA (US);
Christopher J. Erickson, Garden Groove, CA (US);
Branko Sarh, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A system for removing debris generated by a cutting tool draws the debris into a mixing chamber formed in a workpiece clamp where the debris is combined with a high velocity airflow. A vacuum source draws the debris-air mixture into a cyclonic airflow extraction chamber where the mixture is accelerated before being extracted from the clamp through an exhaust channel. A clamping ring seals the area surrounding the cutting site so that air velocity in the mixing chamber is increased and debris is accelerated into the extraction chamber.