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...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120022681 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GRINDING A CONTINUOUSLY CASTING PRODUCT The invention relates to a method for grinding a continuous casting product (1), in particular a slab, wherein the continuous casting product (1) in the cross-section has a rectangular contour comprising two long sides (2, 3) disposed opposite of ea... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20110288675 | MACHINE AND METHOD FOR GRINDING SPACER GRID OF NUCLEAR FUEL ASSEMBLY A machine and a method for grinding a spacer grid of a nuclear fuel assembly. The machine includes a spacer grid holding unit, a first rectangular coordinates robot for grinding an outer surface of the spacer grid, a second rectangular coordinates robot for grinding a c... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110190922 | COMPUTER CONTROLLED WORK TOOL APPARATUS AND METHOD A polishing machine is described in which a surface treatment tool is moved across the surface of a workpiece in accordance with a predefined tool-path, in order to carry out the desired treatment process. The tool-path is non-periodic and preferably pseudo-random. Vari... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110074439 | EYEGLASS LENS PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CALIBRATION SENSOR UNIT An eyeglass lens processing apparatus includes lens chuck shafts, processing tools for processing a lens and processing tool rotating shafts to which the processing tools are attached. A calibration sensor unit for calibrating the eyeglass lens processing apparatus incl... | 03/31/2011 |
| 20110015776 | Control system for a mill and method for operating a mill The invention related to a control system for a mill, particularly a roller grinding mill, comprising a mill control device (11), which is designed to control at least one mill characteristic on the basis of an associated target variable, and a fuzzy-control devi... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20110014852 | PICK AND PLACE TOOL GRINDING The present invention relates to a method and system (100) for ensuring a predetermined level of accuracy of a parallel orientation of a tool tip surface (112) with respect to a work piece holder (110) surface (108) of an assembly device. A g... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20100248189 | METHOD OF MAKING A FACING FOR A DENTAL RESTORATION, FACING FOR A DENTAL RESTORATION, AND METHOD OF MAKING A DENTAL RESTORATION A method of making a facing for a dental restoration. The method comprises the step of providing a facing precursor from which the facing is obtainable, and wherein the facing precursor is comprised of an open-celled material. The method provides for efficient manufactu... | 09/30/2010 |
| 20100204814 | PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING CONTROL DATA FOR CONTROLLING A TOOL ON A MACHINE TOOL COMPRISING AT LEAST 5 AXES A process and an apparatus for generating control data for controlling a tool on a machine tool comprising at least 5 axes for the production of a predetermined finished part having a base body and at least one flank section protruding from the base body, finished part ... | 08/12/2010 |
| 20100168894 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DESIGNING A DIE TO YIELD A DESIRED COATING UNIFORMITY In one embodiment, a computer implemented system and method for selecting dimensions of a die is disclosed. The method may include prompting a user to select a coating uniformity required to produce a particular coated product with the die. The user may also be prompted... | 07/01/2010 |
| 20100114354 | METHOD FOR ESTIMATING IMMEASURABLE PROCESS VARIABLES DURING A SERIES OF DISCRETE PROCESS CYCLES A method for estimating a process variable associated with a series of operations of a manufacturing process includes deriving a model that represents a given operation of the manufacturing process. The operation has first, second, and third process variables associated... | 05/06/2010 |
| 20100087947 | ELECTRIC CONTROL DEVICE IN AN ENGRAVING MARCHINE WITH A USB INTERFACE An electric control device in an engraving machine with a USB interface is provided, in which the engraving machine is provided with a platform. A cutting tool positioning mechanism is on the platform. A cutting tool is arranged in the cutting tool positioning mechanism... | 04/08/2010 |
| 20100076588 | POLISHING APPARATUS AND POLISHING METHOD A polishing apparatus is provided for polishing wafers at a high yield rate even if roll-off exists. The polishing apparatus polishes a wafer W by applying a pressure between a polishing member (polishing pad) 201 and the wafer W held by a holding member (top rin... | 03/25/2010 |
| 20090215361 | Method for near-net-shape machining of curved contours A method relating to near-net-shape machining of curved contours such as those occurring, for example, in the fabrication of blades for propulsion engines and the like is described. Accordingly, the shape error in curve grinding is minimized by suitable compensation fun... | 08/27/2009 |
| 20090157217 | Method and device for measuring the geometry of a cutting edge to be chamfered The machining of drills (1) includes an operation for chamfering the cutting edges (8) performed in two steps. In the first step the rotating grindstone (15) is directed to various locations of the cutting edge (8) and the point of contact is... | 06/18/2009 |
| 20090138115 | INTELLIGENT OPTIMIZATION METHOD AND SYSTEM THEREFOR A method and system of optimizing a complex manufacturing process performed by an apparatus on a subject to achieve at least one processing objective. The system includes a graphical user interface, a process module, and an optimization module. The process module includ... | 05/28/2009 |
| 20090125142 | NUMERICALLY CONTROLLED GRINDING MACHINE AND PROCESS FOR CONTROLLING SAME The invention relates to a grinding machine in which the axis control command for the axis drive unit allocated to the axis is not calculated offline, and therefore beforehand outside of the grinding machine, as is common with the present state of technology, but rather... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090112355 | Device and Method for Dressing Cutting Tools Disclosed are a computer numerically controlled machine and methods for forming, grinding, or dressing cutting tools in a computer numerically controlled machine. In some embodiments, the computer numerically controlled machine is provided with a cutting tool and an abr... | 04/30/2009 |
| 20090055009 | Method for Determining Machining Plane of Planar Material, Machining Method and Device for Determining Machining Plane and Flat Surface Machining Device Provided is a surface machining method for performing machining such as cutting, grinding, electrical discharging or the like to obtain a planar material of a uniform thickness. This method includes the steps of mounting a planar material on a surface plate, setting the... | 02/26/2009 |
| 20080275660 | ENHANCED FLEXIBLE PROCESS OPTIMIZER The invention describes a flexible process optimizer for recording and analyzing various parameters to improve the efficiency of a production process. The flexible process optimizer acquires and conditions signals from a variety of transducers mounted on a production ma... | 11/06/2008 |
| 20080248723 | Polishing condition control apparatus and polishing condition control method of CMP apparatus To eliminate the unevenness of the film thickness of the wafers, and increase the polishing efficiency, reduce the running cost and enhance the production yield. A CMP apparatus 1 includes a film thickness measuring means 6 that measures the film thickness... | 10/09/2008 |
| 20080242196 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING CHEMICAL MECHANICAL POLISHING BY TAKING ZONE SPECIFIC SUBSTRATE DATA INTO ACCOUNT A system for chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) is disclosed which includes a polishing apparatus for polishing a surface of a substrate and a sensor for determining zone-specific substrate data respectively related to at least two zones of the substrate. A controller ... | 10/02/2008 |
| 20080206993 | Using Spectra to Determine Polishing Endpoints Methods of determining a polishing endpoint are described using spectra obtained during a polishing sequence. In particular, techniques for using only desired spectra, faster searching methods and more robust rate determination methods are described.... | 08/28/2008 |
| 20080177407 | PROGRAM WRITING METHOD OF NUMERICAL CONTROLLER, NUMERICAL CONTROLLER AND CUTTING MACHINE CONTROLLED THEREBY It is one object of the present invention to provide a program writing method of numerical controller, a numerical controller and a cutting machine controlled thereby achieving to write a plurality of programs relating to one axis to perform a high efficiency in the sma... | 07/24/2008 |
| 20080132148 | Precision abrasive machining of work piece surfaces The spacing between an abrasive type surface polishing tool and the surface of the work piece that is being polished is controlled dynamically so that variations in the area of the abrasive pad in contact with the surface of the work piece compensated, thereby eliminati... | 06/05/2008 |
| 20070213861 | Layout setting device for processing eyeglass lens, eyeglass lens processing apparatus, eyeglass frame measuring device and cup attaching device, each having the same A layout setting device that sets layout of a target lens shape used as a processing shape with respect to an eyeglass lens when the lens is processed to fit the lens to an eyeglass frame, the layout setting device includes: means for inputting data on the target lens s... | 09/13/2007 |
| 20070203611 | Method of determining compatibility of tool and worksheet in a sheet fabrication machine and system therefor To determine whether a tool may be used successfully to fabricate a worksheet in a sheet fabrication machine, data relating to all tools that may be used for the machine as provided by the manufacturers of those tools are stored in a tool database. Dimensional data and ... | 08/30/2007 |
| 20070179660 | Double side wafer grinder and methods for assessing workpiece nanotopology A double side grinder comprises a pair of grinding wheels and a pair of hydrostatic pads operable to hold a flat workpiece (e.g., semiconductor wafer) so that part of the workpiece is positioned between the grinding wheels and part of the workpiece is positioned between... | 08/02/2007 |
| 20070179659 | Double side wafer grinder and methods for assessing workpiece nanotopology A double side grinder comprises a pair of grinding wheels and a pair of hydrostatic pads operable to hold a flat workpiece (e.g., semiconductor wafer) so that part of the workpiece is positioned between the grinding wheels and part of the workpiece is positioned between... | 08/02/2007 |
| 20070162178 | ASPHERICAL OPTICAL ELEMENT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME The invention relates to an aspherical optical element and method for producing same based on numerical control data for controlling a surface processing machine such as a CNC wet-grinding machine for processing workpieces made of optical materials to produce aspherical... | 07/12/2007 |
| 20070087662 | FRICTION SENSOR FOR POLISHING SYSTEM A system. method and apparatus to monitor a frictional coefficient of a substrate undergoing polishing is described. A polishing pad assembly includes a polishing layer including a polishing surface, and a substrate contacting member flexibly coupled to the polishing la... | 04/19/2007 |
| 20070073436 | Robot with audio and video capabilities for displaying advertisements The invention is an autonomous robot configured with audio and video display mechanisms for displaying advertisements to an audience. The advertisement data may be stored locally within the robot, transmitted through a wired docking/recharging station or provided via th... | 03/29/2007 |
| 20070050077 | Chemical Mechanical Polishing Method and Apparatus A method for removing material from the surface of a semiconductor wafer with a chemical mechanical polishing process is described. The method uses a polishing pad on which a line-pattern of grooves is formed. The pattern comprises orderly spaced grooved-area and area w... | 03/01/2007 |
| 20060287756 | Grinding method and apparatus In a grinding method and apparatus, a machining portion of a workpiece is ground with a grinding wheel on a trial, and shape errors in respective rotational phases of the machining portion are measured after the trial grinding. Based on the shape errors, control data de... | 12/21/2006 |
| 20060253218 | Neutral data computer control system for a machine tool used to produce workpieces with a threaded surface and associated machine tool Neutral data computer control system for a multiaxis machine tool for producing workpieces having a helicoidal generated surface with an optional computer system (1) for generating machine control parameters for a multiaxis machine tool (2, 2a) in w... | 11/09/2006 |
| 20060217832 | Method for estimating the angular offset, method for calibrating a grinding machine for opthalmic glasses and device for carrying out said calibrating method The invention relates to a method for estimating the angular offset between a rotating radial axis linked to a glass which is to be ground and a reference rotating radial axis which can be applied to a grinding machine for ophthalmic glasses. Said method comprises the f... | 09/28/2006 |
| 20060217833 | Method and device for grinding concave parts, notably for manufacturing prostheses Method for manufacturing cervical prostheses with a concavity after grinding, having the following steps:
| 09/28/2006 |
| 20060116785 | Method of predicting CMP removal rate for CMP process in a CMP process tool A method of predicting CMP removal rate for CMP process in a CMP process tool. The method predicts CMP removal rates for CMP processes without polishing additional control wafers. The CMP process performed by the CMP process tool can be easily transferred accordingly, s... | 06/01/2006 |
| 20060074511 | Calibration method of an erosion machine and a grinding machine A method for calibration of grinding and/or erosion machines assumes an initial calibration process and corresponding re-calibration processes. Calibration of the machine is performed with a reference piece and a reference tracer in an initial calibration process whereb... | 04/06/2006 |
| 20050177270 | Program-controlled NC data generating method Program-controlled NC data generating method The invention relates to a program-controlled NC data generating method for controlling a CNC wet-grinding machine for machining workpieces made of optical materials to produce aspherical forms, the data of the aspherical for... | 08/11/2005 |
| 20050119780 | Computer controlled grinding machine A computer (100) located within an electrical console (102) and a rotationnaly operating machine generally denoted by the number by the numeral (10). As must be noted, the rotating machine of the present example and figures can be used for any rotat... | 06/02/2005 |
