Appeal No. 2005-0874
Application No. 10/320,073
APPENDIX
22. A method for regulating heat generated by a rotary
spindle assembly comprising inputting a temperature signal
generated by a temperature sensor and controlling a fluid
source as a function of said temperature signal, wherein
said rotary spindle assembly comprises:
a rotary drive motor;
a rotary spindle coupled to said rotary drive
motor, said rotary spindle defining a lower spindle area and
an upper spindle area; and
a heat regulating element arranged about said
rotary spindle and comprising a regulating element frame
defining a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet and a fluid
conduit extending from said fluid inlet to said fluid
outlet, wherein
said fluid source is coupled to said fluid
conduit,
said fluid conduit defines a substantially
cylindrical heat regulation void,
said temperature sensor is coupled to said rotary
spindle assembly,
said heat regulation void defines an inside
diameter selected to accommodate an outside diameter of said
rotary spindle and a circumferential gas flow path between
said rotary spindle and said fluid conduit,
said heat regulating element defines an open
framework arranged about said rotary spindle such that upper
and lower ends of said heat regulating element are open to
said substantially cylindrical heat regulation void from
said lower spindle area to said upper spindle area; and
dimensions of said cylindrical heat regulation
void defined by said heat regulating element are established
so as to permit flow of exhaust gases from said lower
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