Downdraft exhaust cutting and shuttle table mechanism

Details Downdraft exhaust cutting and shuttle table mechanism Downdraft exhaust cutting and shuttle table mechanism

2011-07-26

2011-07-26

Kastler, Scott (Department: 1733)

Metallurgical apparatus

Means for cutting solid metal with heat, e.g., blowpipes

With waste entrapping fluid

C266S048000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07985369

ABSTRACT:
A downdraft exhaust cutting and shuttle table mechanism includes a cutting area and a loading area, which includes first and second elongated, horizontally disposed cutting tables which are shuttled into and out of a cutting area which includes a material cutting assembly positioned therein, the shuttle table mechanism including horizontal and vertical table movement devices which are operative to move the first and second cutting tables forwards and backwards between the cutting area and a loading area generally adjacent thereto and a vertical table movement device operative to move the first and second cutting tables upwards and downwards, the vertical and horizontal table movement devices cooperating to move each of the first and second cutting tables from a loading position generally horizontally forwards into the cutting area for cutting of material mounted thereon then generally horizontally backwards into the loading area to a position generally underneath the other of the cutting tables which has been lifted into the elevated loading position, thereby cycling the first and second cutting tables to alternate use of each.

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