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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2015
Thermwood Corporation, Dale, IN (US);
Michael P. Hardesty, Dale, IN (US);
Thermwood Corporation, Dale, IN (US);
Abstract
An assembly for the removal of particulate residue generated by a CNC machine including a first means mounted on a gantry thereof for directing a stream of air downwardly toward a worktable thereof and at a degree toward a tool holder thereof effective to form an air current across a forwardly disposed opening of such gantry and entrain particulate residue, a second means mounted on such gantry rearwardly of such first means for directing a stream of air downwardly toward such worktable and to a degree toward such tool holder effective to form an air curtain across a rearwardly disposed opening of such gantry and entrain particulate residue and means mounted on such gantry for exhausting air entrained with such particulate residue from within such gantry between such air curtain.