The invention concerns a perforating device comprising a cutting tool ( 10 ), means for rotating ( 11 ) the cutting tool ( 10 ) and means for translating ( 12, 14 ) the cutting tool ( 10 ), the ratio between the rotational speed and the translational speed being variable during rotation of the cutting tool ( 10 ). It comprises a gear train ( 16, 17; 18, 19 ) for synchronizing the rotating means ( 11 ) with the translating means ( 12, 14 ). The speed ratio between a driving pinion ( 16; 18 ) of the gear train, rotationally linked to the means ( 11 ) for rotating the cutting tool ( 10 ) and a transmission pinion ( 17; 19 ) of the translating means is reversed at least once during one rotation of the cutting tool ( 10 ). The invention is useful for fragmenting the resulting shavings.
1. A perforation device, comprising:
a cutting tool,
a threaded spindle mounted on the cutting tool,
means for driving said cutting tool and said threaded spindle in joint rotation around an axis,
means for driving said cutting tool and said threaded spindle in joint translation along the axis, including a tapped pinion mounted on the threaded spindle and locked in translation with respect to the axis such that the relative motion of the tapped pinion to the threaded spindle moves the spindle and the cutting tool in translation along the axis, and
a gear train including a driving pinion and a transmission pinion adapted to synchronize said means for driving in rotation with said means for driving in translation,
wherein a speed ratio between the driving pinion of said gear train connected in rotation to said means for driving in rotation and the transmission pinion of the means for driving in translation is inverted at least once during one rotation of said cutting tool, and
wherein ratio between a speed of rotation and a speed of translation is variable during the rotation of the cutting tool.
2. The perforation device according to claim 1 , wherein the speed of rotation of said cutting tool is variable for not more than one rotation of the cutting tool.
3. The perforation device according to one of claim 1 or 2 , wherein the speed of translation of said cutting tool is variable for not more than one rotation of said cutting tool.
4. The perforation device according to claim 3 , wherein the speed of translation of said cutting tool is zero at least once during one rotation of said cutting tool.
5. The perforation device according to claim 1 , further comprising an input pinion to transmit movement of rotation from the driving means to the gear train,
wherein a speed ratio between the input pinion and the tapped pinion is inverted at least once during one rotation of said input pinion.
6. The perforation device according to claim 1 , wherein the driving pinion and the transmission pinion have an identical diameter, an axis of rotation of the driving pinion is off-set from a center of the driving pinion, an axis of rotation of the transmission pinion is off-set from a center of the transmission pinion, and a distance (D) between said axis of rotation of the driving pinion and the axis of rotation of the transmission pinion being constant during rotation of said pinions.
7. The perforation device according to claim 1 , wherein the driving pinion and the transmission pinion have an identical diameter, the driving pinion includes a predetermined number of teeth distributed at a regular pitch, and the transmission pinion includes the same predetermined number of teeth distributed at an irregular pitch.
8. A perforation device, comprising:
a cutting tool,
a threaded spindle mounted on the cutting tool,
a motor to drive said cutting tool and said threaded spindle in joint rotation around an axis,
a tapped pinion to drive said cutting tool and said threaded spindle in joint translation along the axis, and the tapped pinion is mounted on the threaded spindle and locked in translation with respect to the axis such that relative motion of the tapped pinion to the threaded spindle moves the spindle and the cutting tool in translation along the axis, and
a gear train including a driving pinion and a transmission pinion adapted to synchronize said rotation of the cutting tool with said translation of the cutting tool,
wherein a speed ratio between the driving pinion of said gear train connected in rotation to said motor and the transmission pinion connected to said tapped pinion is inverted at least once during one rotation of said cutting tool, and
wherein a ratio between a speed of rotation and a speed of translation is variable during the rotation of the cutting tool.
9. The perforation device according to claim 8 , wherein the speed of rotation of said cutting tool is variable for not more than one rotation of the cutting tool.
10. The perforation device according to claim 8 , wherein the speed of translation of said cutting tool is variable for not more than one rotation of said cutting tool.
11. The perforation device according to claim 10 , wherein the speed of translation of said cutting tool is zero at least once during one rotation of said cutting tool.
12. The perforation device according to claim 8 , further comprising an input pinion to transmit movement of rotation from the motor to the gear train,
wherein a speed ratio between the input pinion and the tapped pinion is inverted at least once during one rotation of said input pinion.
13. The perforation device according to claim 8 , wherein the driving pinion and the transmission pinion have an identical diameter, an axis of rotation of the driving pinion is off-set from a center of the driving pinion, an axis of rotation of the transmission pinion is off-set from a center of the transmission pinion, and a distance (D) between said axis of rotation of the driving pinion and the axis of rotation of the transmission pinion being constant during rotation of said pinions.
14. The perforation device according to claim 8 , wherein the driving pinion and the transmission pinion have an identical diameter, the driving pinion includes a predetermined number of teeth distributed at a regular pitch, and the transmission pinion includes the same predetermined number of teeth distributed at an irregular pitch.