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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8104464 | Brazed diamond tools and methods for making the same Superabrasive tools and methods for the making thereof are disclosed and described. In one aspect, superabrasive particles are chemically bonded to a matrix support material according to a predetermined pattern by a braze alloy. The brazing alloy may be provided as ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 7849847 | Drainage apparatus for a singulation system A singulation system for a workpiece has a carrier for mounting the workpiece during singulation and a receptacle for collecting debris formed. A driving mechanism, which is operative to move the carrier and the workpiece, is at least partially covered by a bellows.... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7766001 | Device and method for positioning and blocking thin substrates on a cut substrate block A device for positioning and blocking thin silicon wafers after wire-sawing a silicon wafer block. The device comprises a cassette that accommodates the wafer block and is provided with two contact strips whose sides facing the wafer block encompass elements which e... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7353817 | Saw accessory for aerial work platform A wall saw accessory is provided for an aerial work platform, where a wall saw is movably affixed on a track secured to a wall to be sawed. The accessory includes a saw/track manipulator fixable to the aerial work platform. The saw/track manipulator movably supports... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7350517 | Tile saw guide apparatus A tile saw guide apparatus comprising a right-angle triangle shaped guide body and an attachment structure. The right-angle triangle shaped guide body includes a tile receiving space accessible through a first non-hypotenuse edge of the right-angle triangle shaped g... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7343910 | Heater fashioned from a rock A method of fashioning a heater from a rock. A first step involves providing a rock having an exterior surface. A second step involves cutting the rock into at least two segments that are capable of being reassembled to reform the rock and maintained in the reassemb... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7334690 | Substrate supporting rod and substrate cassette using the same A substrate-supporting rod (4) includes a resin body (41) and a metal rod (43). The resin body (41) includes a body portion (411) being cylinder-shaped and having a first through hole (413) in a direction of the axis thereof... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7331842 | Contour follower for tool A contour follower includes a plurality of sensors spaced around a waterjet nozzle, each of the sensors being configured to measure a distance between a working surface and a first plane, perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the nozzle. The sensors may include ha... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7326309 | Method of producing ceramic laminate body This invention provides a method of producing a ceramic laminate body capable of suppressing the occurrence of de-lamination and cracks, and providing high reliability. This method comprises a heat-bonding step of covering a full periphery of side surfaces of cerami... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7323049 | High pressure superabrasive particle synthesis An improved method for controlling nucleation sites during superabrasive particle synthesis can provide high quality industrial superabrasive particles with high yield and a narrow size distribution. The synthesis method can include forming a raw material layer, for... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7322159 | Floor plank The floor plank is a laminate of two layers of flexible plastic sheet material laminated together in offset relationship to define an offset marginal portion for each of the layers. Each of the offset marginal portions have oppositely facing adhesive coated surfaces... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7284623 | Method of drilling a bore hole A method for drilling a borehole through a production zone underlying an overburden of various earth formations includes drilling the borehole through the overburden with a first drill bit. The first drill bit being selected to optimize at least one drilling perform... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7281537 | Multi-station block-texture modifying system and block-spacer Disclosed herein is a block-texture-modifying apparatus for modifying the surface texture of blocks. The apparatus comprises a support for supporting blocks thereon, a multi-station block-texture modifier for engaging blocks on the support, and a translational displ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7273048 | Apparatus for cleaning cracks in a paved surface in preparation of surface repair A cutting machine for cutting material from a crack that is present in a paved surface. The cutting machine has a circular cutting blade. The cutting blade has an axis of rotation and a mid-axis that is perpendicular to the axis of rotation. A wheeled platform is pr... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7272754 | Implementation-efficient multiple-counter value hardware performance counter An implementation-efficient, multiple-counter value hardware performance counter is disclosed. A hardware counter of one embodiment includes a memory array and a hardware incrementer. The array stores counter values that are indexable by an index constructed based a... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7263811 | System and method for forming surfaces using tiled components and product resulting therefrom Disclosed are systems and methods which provide durable and substantially smooth surfaces comprised of a number of smaller pieces of surfacing material. For example, tiles of natural materials, such as marble or granite, are formed into larger unitary structures, wh... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7252081 | Method of producing split concrete blocks The present invention provides a method of producing split casted concrete blocks. The method comprises the steps of providing a production plate adapted to support one or more casted blocks. One or more of these blocks are casted on the production plate. A parting ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7243646 | Apparatus and method for shearing reinforced concrete piles and metal piles and crushing reinforced concrete piles An apparatus (10) for shearing off reinforced concrete piles and metal piles, casing and conductor pipes, and crushing reinforced concrete piles has a frame (11) with first and second ends and a cutter blade (41) movably mounted on the frame dri... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7241211 | Guard for a moving tool Abrading and cutting devices such as saws include waste containment systems and methods to improve removal of slurry or other contaminants from a work area during operations, and separation of slurry from a carrying medium such as air. A blade guard includes fluid c... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7231855 | Method and related apparatus for cutting a product from a sheet material A method of cutting a product of a predetermined shape from a sheet material (1) by firstly supporting a sheet material in a first position by a first support means (2) whereafter she sheet (1) may be cut through by moving a line type cutter ( | 06/19/2007 |
| 7225803 | Pavement saw and vacuum apparatus A pavement cutting and vacuum system is provided that includes a transport vehicle having a holding tank carried thereby; a pavement surface cutting machine having a blade for cutting a pavement surface during a cutting operation; and a vacuum system including a vac... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7224829 | Bonding pattern discrimination method, bonding pattern discrimination device and bonding pattern discrimination program Determination of inclination of positioning patterns used in bonding being made by: imaging a positioning pattern of reference chip and taking such image as reference-image; specifying a polar coordinate conversion origin for the reference-image; imaging an object (... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7209583 | Bonding method, bonding apparatus and bonding program With an assumption that the three data of the position (X1, Y1) of the first positioning pattern 202 and position (X2, Y2) of the second positioning pattern 212 of the reference chip 200, and the posit... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7182080 | Apparatus and method for finishing stone tiles The present invention relates to several embodiments of tools for finishing stone particularly stone tiles. The first embodiment is a production table on which a plurality of tiles can be secured within a cabinet so a worker may finish and polish the edges of the al... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7178517 | Diamond saw blade for milling The present invention relates to a diamond saw blade for milling. The rim of the circular metal with a shaft or the front end of the tubular body or an edge of the strip metal has multiple equidistant openings for positioning the diamond grains. The width of the ope... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7159586 | Portable cutting apparatus The cutting apparatus of the present invention includes a frame with first and second side members that lie parallel to one another. It also includes two or more cross-members that connect the first and second side members together as well as a cantilever member tha... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7153198 | Fixture for slider lapping, lapping device and lapping method A fixture for slider lapping includes a holding portion for holding the object with its surface to be lapped toward the lapping surface of the lapping device; a main body for mounting the lapping fixture to the lapping device; a plurality of load-applied portions wh... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7146827 | Mixed cut gemstone A mixed cut gemstone comprising a girdle, a crown above the girdle and a pavilion below the girdle. The crown has a girdle break, a table break and a table. The table break is cut with triangular shaped facets and the girdle break is cut with triangular and quadrila... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7143759 | Slotter provided with simultaneously two-way rotary saw blades A slotter provided with simultaneously two-way rotary saw blades comprises: an input shaft connected to a gear box by a power source, wherein a driving gear is disposed at the end of the input shaft of the gear box, a first driven gear engages with said driving gear... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7143758 | Expeditious joint cutter for concrete curbing A lever operated sawblade mounted on a slotted form ensemble for cutting green concrete construction joints to accommodate a specified curb cross-section profile while the access slot avails the sliding sawblade removal of concrete to create a void to accept inserti... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7134430 | Cutting segment, method of manufacturing cutting segment, and cutting tool A cutting segment for a cutting tool used for cutting or drilling a brittle workpiece, such as stone, brick, concrete and asphalt, a method of manufacturing the segment and a cutting tool provided with the segment are disclosed. The segment comprises a plurality of ... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7128066 | Diamond tool with metal plate inserted therein Disclosed is a diamond tool having a metal plate inserted therein. Between abrasive layers containing diamond particles is inserted a ferrous or non-ferrous metal plate having a wear resistance lower than that of the abrasive layers such that a concave groove is spo... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7124753 | Brazed diamond tools and methods for making the same Superabrasive tools and methods for the making thereof are disclosed and described. In one aspect, superabrasive particles are chemically bonded to a matrix support material according to a predetermined pattern by a braze alloy. The brazing alloy may be provided as ... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7114494 | Fluid pickup assembly and blade guard for a pavement treatment apparatus Abrading and cutting devices such as saws include waste containment systems and methods to improve removal of slurry or other contaminants from a work area during operations, and separation of slurry from a carrying medium such as air. A blade guard includes fluid c... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7108746 | Silicon fixture with roughened surface supporting wafers in chemical vapor deposition A silicon-based wafer support tower particularly useful for batch-mode thermal chemical vapor deposition. The surfaces of the silicon tower are bead blasted to introduce sub-surface damage, which produces pits and cracks in the surface, which anchor subsequently dep... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7100595 | Diamond blade In relation to a blade cutting stone or concrete, a blade, preventing wearing of a core while preventing the core from wobbling, cuttable at a stable speed is provided. In a blade formed by providing slots on the outer peripheral edge of a circular core and fixing a... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7096862 | Slab pushing attachment for a stone slab saw A pusher mechanism for attachment to the carriage, saw guard, or other appropriate point of a rotary-blade stone slab saw. Using either signals from a controller of a modern slab saw or self-generated sensor information, the pusher is actuated at a precise time in t... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7089925 | Reciprocating wire saw for cutting hard materials The present invention features a reciprocating wire saw particularly adapted or configured for cutting hard materials. In one aspect, the reciprocating wire saw comprises (a) a flexible wire; (b) a plurality of cutting segments fittable onto the flexible wire, where... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7082939 | Frame saw for cutting granite and method to improve performance of frame saw for cutting granite A horizontal frame saw is equipped with a plurality of generally parallel, spaced-apart blades for cutting granite. Each of the blades has a cutting edge with diamond cutting segments mounted thereon for engaging the granite with a swinging motion for cutting of the... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7082940 | Wire sawing apparatus and wire sawing method A wire sawing apparatus includes a wire, a wire feed roller, and two basic rollers. The three rollers have the same diameter and are arranged in such a manner that their axes of rotation are in parallel with one another. Cutting-positioning circumferential grooves a... | 08/01/2006 |
