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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7244083 | Cutting head assembly A cutting head assembly for use in cutting plate glass has a simplified drive train, all positioned about the vertical rotational centerline. The drive train includes a hollow bore drive motor having a drive adaptor directly engaged with a spline shaft that extends ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 6997860 | Single drive centrifugal separator This apparatus is a centrifugal separator comprising a centrifuge bowl; a hollow spindle connected to the bowl; a scraper located within the interior of the bowl; a shaft connected to a scraper, the shaft extending through the hollow spindle; a single drive member d... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6869341 | Single-sided finishing apparatus A single-sided finishing apparatus is provided having a plurality of finishing stations with rotating transfer stations positioned therebetween. A hold down system presents the edge of the workpiece to the finishing head. The rotating transfer station includes a cla... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6722959 | Combination 2-plane CNC positioning grinder with CNC positioning drill A glass plate tooling apparatus has independently driven loading and unloading tools which presents raw workpieces to, and removes finished workpieces from a centrally located machining station. The machining station holds the workpiece in a fixed orientation on fir... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6508692 | CNC machine tools This device is a computer numerically controlled (CNC) machine tool such as an edge grinding apparatus. More specifically, the device is a CNC apparatus for processing blanks such as a glass sheet. The device uses a sensor to program the path of the grind... | 01/21/2003 |
| 6445971 | Machine for tooling small parts This machine tool such as CNC edge grinding apparatus is an apparatus for machining small glass parts such as a side view mirror. For small parts, grind time can exceed by a considerable amount the load/unload time. This machine greatly increases the outp... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6325697 | CNC machine tools This device is a computer numerically controlled (CNC) machine tool such as an edge grinding apparatus. More specifically, the device is a CNC apparatus for processing blanks such as a glass sheet. The device uses a sensor to program the path of the grind... | 12/04/2001 |
| 5984624 | Article loader/unloader The high speed rack loader/unloader system uses a two arm loading machine to allow flat pieces of material to be loaded on a horizontal conveyor from a vertical rack or to a vertical rack from a horizontal conveyor. The two arms are mounted on a single in... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5956253 | Camera controlled CNC apparatus for processing blanks This device is a computer numerically controlled (CNC) machine tool such as an edge grinding apparatus. More specifically, the device is a video controlled CNC apparatus for processing blanks such as a glass sheet. The device uses a video camera and monit... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5916082 | Centrifugal separator with invertable bladder This separator is a centrifugal device for separating solids from contaminated effluent such as oil or water base coolants and other liquids which are used in a variety of grinding and machining applications in the glass, ceramic and metal-forming industr... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5887325 | Transfer method and apparatus This device includes a machine tool for cutting and breaking out parts such as a glass template, a positioning shuttle for moving the glass from the cutting station to the different grinders, and multiple grinders for grinding the edgework of the glass. T... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5512031 | Method of centrifugal separation with load sensing circuit for optimizing cleaning cycle frequency A method for enhancing the efficiency of a centrifugal separator which automatically adjusts in accordance with operator input for varying amounts of solids in contaminated fluid being passed through the separator. A load sensing circuit monitors the load... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5454777 | Centrifugal separator apparatus with load sensing circuit for optimizing clearing cycle frequency An apparatus and method for enhancing the efficiency of the centrifugal separator automatically adjusts in accordance with operator input for varying amounts of solids in contaminated fluid being passed through the separator. A load sensing circuit monito... | 10/03/1995 |
