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"It is my heart-warmed and world-embracing Christmas hope and aspiration that all of us, the high, the low, the rich, the poor, the admired, the despised, the loved, the hated, the civilized, the savage (every man and brother of us all throughout the whole earth), may eventually be gathered together in a heaven of everlasting rest and peace and bliss, except the inventor of the telephone. "
Mark Twain ; Christmas greetings, 1890
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7241209 | Orbiting polishing tool An orbiting polishing tool for at least one of polishing and material removal. The orbiting polishing tool may include a housing of a housing assembly rotatable about a first axis. The orbiting polishing tool may also include at least one abrasive wheel rotatable ab... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7235002 | Method and system for making glass sheets including grinding lateral edge(s) thereof A method and system for making glass sheets is provided. At least one grinding wheel is provided for grinding a lateral edge of a glass sheet. An airbag and corresponding air pressure regulator are provided for biasing the grinding wheel against the lateral edge of ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7198556 | Grinding apparatus A grinding apparatus for grinding the hard metal inserts or working tips of drill bits (percussive or rotary), tunnel boring machine cutters (TMB) and raised bore machine cutters (RBM), said grinding apparatus having means for holding one or more bits to be ground a... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7029371 | Jig for guiding a grinder A jig is structured to guide a grinder along the inner surface of the base or cover of a combustion turbine. The jig includes a base having a bottom surface with a plurality of rollers arranged in substantially the same radius as the portion of the casing being repa... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7018272 | Pressure feed grinding of AMLCD substrate edges The present invention is directed to an apparatus for grinding or polishing at least one edge of a glass substrate. The apparatus includes an air bearing support member configured to pivot about an axis of rotation with zero frictional resistance opposing said pivot... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7014544 | Reciprocating and deflecting swing device for the roller of a cylindrical emery-polishing machine A reciprocating and deflecting swing device for the roller of a cylindrical emery-polishing machine includes a motor fixing base having its inner side provided with a lower holder engaged thereon with an upper holder, with an emery-tape roller fitted in the upper ho... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6981907 | High angle grinder One or more high angle grinding units are supported by a carriage mountable on the underside of a rail grinding vehicle. Each grinding unit is attached to the carriage in a manner enabling controllable movement of the grinding units laterally, vertically, and angula... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6793566 | Tool guide A guide for a machine tool including a housing adapted for mounting onto and traversal along an elongate track, the housing including a carriage for mounting a guide arm for controlled movement relative to the track. The guide arm has a mount for fitting said machin... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6602120 | Edge grinding unit for edge working machines An edge grinding unit for machines for working the edges of plates in general and of glass sheets in particular comprising at least at one rim of a plate being worked, a grinding wheel which is accommodated in a carousel element provided with a rotatable ... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6468140 | Swinging device for a sanding machine A swinging device for a sanding device, is disclosed. The swinging device has a swinging element, having mounted with a bi-axle motor, mounted to a sanding module, and the bi-axle motor synchronously drives a driving structure mounted to the swinging elem... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6277004 | Phase adjusting method and recess machining apparatus and method The phase adjusting method is a method for holding a work including an end face formed symmetrical with respect to the axis of the work and a plurality of recesses respectively formed in a concave manner from the end face and also for positioning the posi... | 08/21/2001 |
| 5649851 | Device for rounding the ends of the fibres of brushes A device for rounding the ends of the fibres of brushes (1), in particular fibres which are made of synthetic material, contains a first support (5) which can be moved in a direction in relation to a brush (1); a second support (4) which is mounted, rotat... | 07/22/1997 |
| 5090159 | Multi-purpose grinder A multi-purpose grinding device for sharpening hardware ranging from scissors to saw blades. It comprises a powered grinding wheel which can be moved and oriented in a plurality of positions relative to the item to be sharpened which is held in a fixed lo... | 02/25/1992 |
| 4965964 | Portable apparatus for processing marble tile A portable apparatus for drilling and shaping tile at a worksite has a base assembly with a support arm extending upright therefrom. A horizontal housing, rotatably connected at one end to the support arm, houses a slide assembly which supports a router; ... | 10/30/1990 |
| 4557074 | Method and apparatus for grinding undulate cutting edges of knives in tobacco cutting machines The undulate cutting edges of knives on a rotary knife holder in a tobacco shredding machine are ground by a grinding wheel whose profile is complementary to that of the cutting edges and which is moved stepwise in parallelism with the axis of the holder ... | 12/10/1985 |
| 4538544 | Machine for surfacing floors A machine for surfacing floors by laying down a floor covering compositions, as for example asphalt, comprises an anchoring base that may be braced between two floors or bolted to the floor under it. On the base there is a pivoting boom made up of articul... | 09/03/1985 |
| 4514933 | Self-balanced surface-processing apparatus A self-balanced surface-processing apparatus includes a tool support movable along a strip of airplane body or other work surface, in spaced relation thereto a pivot arm mounted on the tool support and mounting a sander, or other surface-processing tool o... | 05/07/1985 |
| 4216625 | Well pump stripping tool A well pump stripping tool designed for stripping bottom hole oil field plunger-type pumps. The well pump stripping tool used for removing a pump barrel surrounding a plunger when the plunger becomes inoperable due to contamination causing the seizing of ... | 08/12/1980 |
| 4123877 | Apparatus for supporting and assisted guiding of a machining tool An apparatus for the support and assisted guiding of a tool for machining a workpiece of large dimensions substantially without effort on the part of the operator, comprises a telescopic supporting arm mounted on a carriage for vertical movement and for a... | 11/07/1978 |
| 4121384 | Grinding-path compensating device for crack and flaw removing machine This device intended for crack removing machines comprising a frame structure, a post and a first fluid-actuated cylinder connected to a two-armed lever pivotally connected to an arm supporting the grinding wheel comprises a third cylinder connected in pa... | 10/24/1978 |
| 4112987 | Radius router guide A radius router guide having a pair of spaced legs arranged for receiving a piece of material at an end of the material where a radius is to be cut. The legs are connected to a track arrangement which slidably supports a router, and the legs are also atta... | 09/12/1978 |
| 4094102 | Oscillating cut-off saw A grinding wheel is rotatably mounted on the end of the boom which pivots about a horizontal shaft on its other end. The shaft is suitably mounted on a frame which is disposed thereunder which is, in turn, mounted on a pair of stationary horizontal tracks... | 06/13/1978 |
| 4085547 | Skate sharpener A skate sharpener having a grinding wheel supported over the skate by a combined parallelogram and Watts linkage which guides the grinding element substantially parallel with the sharpened surface of the skate blade while keeping the grinding pressure con... | 04/25/1978 |
| 4062151 | Billet grinding machine A grinding machine for grinding workpieces, such as ingots and billets, is provided which, in combination, includes a movable table for supporting the workpiece, a base arranged adjacent to the movable table, and a pair of arms pivotally mounted on the ba... | 12/13/1977 |
| 4055918 | Grinding machine A grinding machine with a movable grinding stand on a rigid frame structure where the grinding stand is rotatable on a cross travel carriage and steps are taken to prevent vibrations caused by the drive motor of the grinding wheel be propagated to the gri... | 11/01/1977 |
| 4023311 | Device for fine honing crankshafts A device for fine honing cylindrical surfaces, such as the bearings of a crankshaft, in which the surface is stationarily supported while an annular tool holder separable along a diameter is disposed around the surface. The tool holder has housing element... | 05/17/1977 |
| 4018007 | Apparatus for grinding surface portions of thick plates An apparatus comprising a grinding unit supported on and movable along a transversal beam provided in a wagon which is movable along a pair of spaced rails. The grinding unit includes a stationary frame on which a transversal beam is movably supported. A ... | 04/19/1977 |
