Patent ID: 8651920
Filing Date: 2014-02-18
Classification: B24C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An abrasive waterjet assembly of a waterjet system configured to discharge a high-pressure abrasive waterjet in a discharge direction, the abrasive waterjet assembly comprising: a cutting head body having a mixing tube bore and a coupler receiving portion, the coupler receiving portion defining a cavity open in the discharge direction; and a mixing tube having an upstream portion disposed within the mixing tube bore and a coupler extending radially beyond an outer diameter of at least a portion of the upstream portion, the coupler disposed in the coupler receiving portion of the cutting head body and magnetically engaging the cutting head body, the mixing tube and the coupler detachable as a unit from the cutting head body in the discharge direction, and wherein the cutting head body includes a cutting head body coupler that magnetically couples to the coupler of the mixing tube, and at least one of the cutting head body coupler and the coupler of the mixing tube is a magnet.