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Granted Patent B2
US 8,354,617 · App. 12/582,972 · Granted Jan 15, 2013

Coolant temperature control apparatus for a wet saw

Inventor: Jung Kook Lee (Manassas, VA)
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Patent No.
US 8,354,617
App. No.
12/582,972
Granted
Jan 15, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A coolant temperature control apparatus for a wet saw is provided, in which a coolant temperature controller is mounted on the wet saw to heighten the temperature of the coolant to a set temperature, and thus a tile cutting work can be efficiently performed even in cold weather below zero with the work continuity heightened. The coolant temperature control apparatus for a wet saw includes a support member on which a material to be cut is arranged, an electric cutting device cutting the material arranged on the support member, a coolant supply device cooling heat generated during operation of the electric cutting device, and a coolant temperature controller heightening the temperature of coolant stored in the coolant supply device.

Claims (24)

1. A coolant temperature control apparatus for a wet saw, comprising:

a support member on which a material to be cut is arranged;

an electric cutting device for cutting the material arranged on the support member;

a coolant supply device for cooling heat generated during operation of the electric cutting device; and

a coolant temperature controller for heightening the temperature of coolant stored in the coolant supply device,

the coolant temperature controller comprising;

a power supply connector;

a transformer for detecting current applied from the power supply connector;

a heating element for heightening the temperature of the coolant stored in the coolant supply device by using the current applied to the transformer; and

a microprocessor for controlling the temperature of the coolant by controlling the current applied to the heating element,

wherein the coolant temperature controller is detachably mounted on one side of an outer surface of the wet saw.

2. The apparatus of claim l, wherein the heating element is positioned in the coolant stored in the coolant supply device.

3. The apparatus of claim l, wherein the coolant temperature controller further comprises a temperature sensor formeasuring the temperature of the coolant stored in the coolant supply device to obtain a measured temperatureand transferring the measured temperature to the microprocessor.

4. The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the coolant temperature controller further comprises a display part displaying the measured temperature of the coolant transferred to the microprocessor by the temperature sensor.

5. The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the heating element is positioned in the coolant stored in the coolant supply device.

6. The apparatus of claim l, wherein the coolant temperature controller further comprises a triacfor intercepting or supplying the current applied to the heating element if the temperature of the coolant stored in the coolant supply device is high or low; wherein the microprocessor controls the temperature of the heating element using the triac.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the coolant temperature controller heightens the temperature of the coolant stored in the coolant supply device by 1° C. to 15° C.

8. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the coolant temperature controller is temporarily brought to a standstill when the electric cutting device is operated.

9. The apparatus of claim l, wherein the coolant supply device comprises:

a base member on which a coolant accommodating space is formed;

a pump pumping the coolant accommodated in the coolant accommodating space; and

a coolant hose spraying the coolant pumped by the pump on a part where a cutter blade and a material to be cut are in close contact with each other.

10. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the coolant temperature controller further comprises an auxiliary heating element provided in the coolant hose to heat the coolant passing through the coolant hose.

11. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the support member is mounted on a guide rail installed on an upper surface of the base member to be slid along the guide rail.

Continuity (1)
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