Cutting – By fluid blast and/or suction
Reexamination Certificate
2001-08-27
2008-12-16
Prone, Jason (Department: 3724)
Cutting
By fluid blast and/or suction
C451S091000, C451S092000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07464630
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for generating and manipulating a high-pressure fluid jet includes an end effector assembly coupled to a manipulator that imparts motion to the end effector. The end effector assembly includes a cutting head coupled to a source of high-pressure fluid and to a source of abrasive. A motion assembly is coupled to the cutting head via a clamp positioned around the cutting head. A nozzle body assembly is removably coupled to the cutting head assembly, which may be separated from the cutting head assembly to allow access to the orifice, without removing the cutting head assembly from the clamp. The clamp has a quick release mechanism and an alignment member. The motion assembly includes two motors coupled together to form a gimbal wrist, each motor having a horizontal axis of rotation. The two axes of rotation are perpendicular to each other, but are not necessarily aligned with the manipulator's axes of motion.
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Bader C. David
Burnham Charles D.
Hashish Mohamed A.
Knaupp Michael
Mann Robert J.
Flow International Corporation
Prone Jason
Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC
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