US 12,109,720 B2
Head of a cutting device and cutting device equipped with said head
Pierre Crouzy, Toulouse (FR); and Pierre Nicoloso, Toulouse (FR)
Assigned to Airbus Operations SAS, Toulouse (FR)
Filed by Airbus Operations SAS, Toulouse (FR)
Filed on Jul. 1, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/856,304.
Claims priority of application No. 2107397 (FR), filed on Jul. 8, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0012072 A1, Jan. 12, 2023
Int. Cl. B26D 7/18 (2006.01)
CPC B26D 7/1863 (2013.01) 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cutting device comprising
a head, said head comprising:
a base configured to be fixed to a machine tool;
a cylindrical suction nozzle integral with the base;
a connector integral with the head and configured to receive a suction pipe;
said suction nozzle being perforated by at least one oblong hole parallel to an axis of said suction nozzle,
a mount to which said head is fixed;
a drive system in which a cutting tool is fixed, said drive system being configured to drive said cutting tool in rotation about an axis and in translation parallel to said axis; and
at least one infrared sensor fixed in a hole that is formed in a wall of said head and opens onto a cutting zone inside said head, said infrared sensor being connected to a detection module for detecting an outbreak of fire.