Patent ID: 8851059
Filing Date: 2014-10-07
Classification: B28D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A self-cleaning wiresaw apparatus comprising: at least one cutting wire looped under tension within wire guide grooves on at least two rotatable wire guide rollers, the cutting wire being movable with the synchronous rotation of rollers; a cutting region adapted to receive a substrate and to urge the substrate against the cutting wire to cut the substrate therewith; at least one slurry dispenser adapted to dispense a cutting slurry from a supply thereof onto the moving cutting wire to aid in cutting the substrate; and at least one cleaning fluid dispenser adapted to dispense an aqueous cleaning fluid at a pressure in the range of about 10 to about 160 pounds-per-square inch (psi) onto at least one movable or rotatable portion of the apparatus to clean the portion of the apparatus before, during or after cutting a substrate therewith, wherein the apparatus further comprising a retractable gate positionable to deflect the spray of aqueous cleaning fluid from at least one cleaning fluid dispenser or positionable to protect the opening of the cleaning fluid dispenser from most slurry splashing, and retractable so as to allow the at least one cleaning fluid dispenser to directly dispense the aqueous cleaning fluid onto at least one movable or rotatable portion of the apparatus.