Patents Assigned to Esco Group, Inc.
  • Take-up and payoff system for vertical profiling cutting saw (VPX)
    Patent number: 10882126
    Abstract: A profiling saw with band knife loop take-up and payoff compensation includes an endless circulating band knife which is guided around a plurality of band knife pulleys so the take-up and payoff adjustment is provided of the loop circulation path shape. The take-up and payoff system operates to move a pulley in the vertical plane for allowing the band knife to maintain its cutting orientation during movement and providing for more rapid and precision cuts into a workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Esco Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard A. Hungerford, Jr., John Slott