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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2011
Piotr S. Trzaskos, Saratoga, CA (US);
John P. Ternus, Redwood City, CA (US);
Carlo Catalano, San Jose, CA (US);
Piotr S. Trzaskos, Saratoga, CA (US);
John P. Ternus, Redwood City, CA (US);
Carlo Catalano, San Jose, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A free form cutting machine is disclosed. The free form cutting machine includes a table, a spindle; and a cutting arrangement attached to the spindle. The cutting arrangement having at least a cutting tool used to cutting selected portions from a workpiece on the table. The free form cutting machine causes the cutting tool to apply a continuous shaping force to the surface of the workpiece until a first surface shape of the workpiece conforms with a predefined finished spline surface shape.