Cutting blade supplying apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10843304-B2
Application number	US-201816122232-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 5, 2018
Priority date	Sep 7, 2017
Publication date	Nov 24, 2020
Grant date	Nov 24, 2020

Abstract

A cutting blade supplying apparatus includes a cutting blade stocker that stocks a plurality of cutting blades, a carrying unit that carries out the cutting blade from the cutting blade stocker and carries the cutting blade to a cutting apparatus, a transferring unit that transfers the cutting blade carried by the carrying unit to a blade replacing unit of the cutting apparatus, and a control unit. The control unit selects the cutting blade needed by the cutting apparatus and causes the cutting blade to be carried by the carrying unit to the cutting apparatus.

First claim

The status of the claims is as follows:

1. A cutting blade supplying apparatus for supplying a cutting apparatus with a replacement cutting blade,
the cutting apparatus including
a holding unit configured to hold a workpiece,
a cutting unit to which a cutting blade for cutting the workpiece held by the holding unit is rotatably mounted,
a feeding unit configured to feed the holding unit relative to the cutting unit for processing of the workpiece, and
a blade replacing unit configured to automatically mount the cutting blade to the cutting unit and detach the cutting blade from the cutting unit,
the cutting blade supplying apparatus comprising:
a cutting blade stocker that stocks a plurality of replacement cutting blades;
a carrying out section that retrieves one of the replacement cutting blades from the cutting blade stocker;
a belt conveyor that receives the retrieved replacement cutting blade released by the carrying-out section and carries the received replacement cutting blade to the cutting apparatus;
a transferring unit that removes the carried replacement cutting blade from the belt conveyer and transfers the removed replacement cutting blade to the blade replacing unit; and
a control unit,
wherein the control unit selects the replacement cutting blade needed by the cutting apparatus and causes the replacement cutting blade to be retrieved by the carrying-out section and carried to the cutting apparatus by the belt conveyor.

2. The cutting blade supplying apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the transferring unit includes
a carrying-out machine that removes the replacement cutting blade from the belt conveyor, and
a blade rack that receives the replacement cutting blade removed by the carrying-out machine and carries the cutting blade to the blade replacing unit.

3. The cutting blade supplying apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a display unit,
wherein the control unit records a number of replacement cutting blades retrieved from the cutting blade stocker on the basis of a kind of the replacement cutting blades, and causes a number of replacement cutting blades capable of being further stocked in the cutting blade stocker to be displayed on the display unit on the basis of the kind of replacement cutting blades.

4. The cutting blade supplying apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the cutting blade stocker includes a plurality of rods on which the plurality of replacement cutting blades are stacked.

Assignees

• Disco Corp

Inventors

• Sekiya Kazuma

Classifications

• H10P72/0428 Primary

  Apparatus for mechanical treatment or grinding or cutting · CPC title

• B23Q3/15713

  a transfer device taking a single tool from a storage device and inserting it in a spindle (B23Q3/15793 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B23Q3/15773 Primary

  a transfer device taking the tool from a storage device and passing it on to other transfer devices, which insert it in a spindle · CPC title

• B28D5/0064

  Devices for the automatic drive or the program control of the machines · CPC title

• B23Q3/15526

  Storage devices; Drive mechanisms therefor · CPC title