US 12,220,782 B2
Cutting apparatus
Zhibo Su, Tokyo (JP); and Kazuki Terada, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to DISCO CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by DISCO CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jan. 5, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/647,065.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-012279 (JP), filed on Jan. 28, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0234156 A1, Jul. 28, 2022
Int. Cl. B23Q 3/157 (2006.01); B24B 27/06 (2006.01); B24B 41/04 (2006.01); B24B 45/00 (2006.01); B24B 49/00 (2012.01); B24B 49/12 (2006.01); B24B 53/12 (2006.01); B24B 55/04 (2006.01); B28D 5/02 (2006.01); B23Q 3/155 (2006.01); B23Q 11/08 (2006.01); B23Q 13/00 (2006.01)
CPC B24B 27/0683 (2013.01) [B24B 41/04 (2013.01); B24B 49/12 (2013.01); B24B 53/12 (2013.01); B24B 55/04 (2013.01); B28D 5/022 (2013.01); B23Q 3/15546 (2013.01); B23Q 3/15713 (2013.01); B23Q 11/08 (2013.01); B23Q 13/00 (2013.01); Y10T 483/115 (2015.01); Y10T 483/134 (2015.01); Y10T 483/174 (2015.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cutting apparatus comprising:
a cutting unit including a spindle as a rotational shaft and a mount flange for mounting a first cutting blade thereon, the mount flange being fixed to a distal end of the spindle;
a plate-shaped support unit for supporting a plurality of further cutting blades, each cutting blade of the plurality of further cutting blades being housed in a respective one of a plurality of blade cases, the plate-shaped support unit including a plurality of blade case supports, each blade case support supporting a respective one blade case of the plurality of blade cases, wherein each blade case of the plurality of blade cases has a respective storage casing for storing a respective one of the plurality of further cutting blades and has a respective openable and closable lid for closing the corresponding storage casing;
a changing mechanism for dismounting the first cutting blade that has been mounted on the mount flange from the mount flange and mounting one of the plurality of further cutting blades that has been supported on the plate-shaped support unit on the mount flange; and
a moving mechanism for moving the changing mechanism between a changing position in which the first cutting blade is able to be mounted on and dismounted from the mount flange, a blade transfer position in which one of the plurality of further cutting blades is able to be transferred to and from the plate-shaped support unit, and a retracted position spaced from the changing position and the blade transfer position.