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Abstract

A cutting apparatus includes a holding table for holding a workpiece, a feeding unit for moving the holding table in a feeding direction, first and second bellows connected to opposite ends of the holding table in the feeding direction, each of the bellows having an upper wall and opposite side walls adapted to be expanded and contracted for covering the feeding unit, a pair of drain channels provided along the sides of both bellows for receiving cutting water used in cutting the workpiece, and a scrap receptacle provided at the downstream end of the first bellows in the feeding direction for receiving scraps generated from the workpiece in cutting the workpiece. The cutting apparatus further includes a pair of fall prevention plates provided along the pair of drain channels for preventing scraps scattered onto the upper wall of the first bellows from falling into the drain channels.

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