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(11) | EP 0 189 171 A3 |
(12) | EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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(54) | Device for separating cutting chips and cutting dust |
(57) A separating device includes a storage tank (1) having an inlet (5) through which
used cutting oil containing cutting chips and dust is charged into the tank. A collecting
plate (7) is arranged in the tank. The plate has a first portion (7a) which faces
the inlet and on which cutting chips and dust in the charged oil are accumulated,
and a second portion (7b) extending from the first portion to the outside of the tank.
Plurality of scrapers (13) slide over the first and second portion to the extended
end of the second portion so as to scrape the chips and dust accumulated on the first
portion and then move along a path below the collecting plate from the extended end
of the second portion to the first portion. |