Apparatus for loading a band saw blade

Patent · Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1990

OSTI ID:867305

Reeves, Steven R ^[1]

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1. 49 Williams Ave., West Valley, NY 14171

A band saw blade is loaded between pairs of guide wheels upon tensioning the blade by guiding the blade between pairs of spaced guide plates which define converging slots that converge toward the guide wheels. The approach is particularly useful in loading blades on underwater band saw machines used to cut radioactive materials.

• Research Organization: Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC11-76PN00014
• Assignee: Reeves, Steven R. (49 Williams Ave., West Valley, NY 14171)
• Patent Number(s): US 4909115
• OSTI ID: 867305
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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