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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7321349 | Display element, display device, and microlens array A display element having a plurality of pixel portions arranged two-dimensionally with a predetermined pixel pitch and a microlens array including a plurality of microlenses arranged two-dimensionally corresponding to the plurality of pixel portions on an incident s... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7278908 | Polishing disk for a tool for the fine machining of optically active surfaces on spectacle lenses in particular A polishing disk for a tool for the fine machining of optically active surfaces on spectacle lenses in particular is disclosed, which comprises a support body, to which a foam layer is attached, wherein a polishing film bears against the foam layer. The polishing fi... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7267361 | Airbag assembly mounting system A fastener for fastening an airbag assembly to a structural member of a vehicle has an abutment element with a front side and a reverse side. An expansion element is arranged on the reverse side of the abutment element and is designed so as to clamp the structural m... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7241207 | Grinding machine and method for grinding a workpiece Disclosed is a grinding machine comprising oscillating driving means (3, 4) for setting grinding means (1) into an oscillating grinding motion and an actuation device (7) that is provided with a plurality of actuation areas (8) which can ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7219419 | Component mounting apparatus including a polishing device Component (3) is pressed onto a circuit board (4) so that their respective metal interconnects (5), (6) are in close contact with each other, and ultrasonic vibration is applied to the suction nozzle (14) holding the component (... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7179157 | Bench grinder The present invention discloses a workshop unit for use as a grinding center that includes a support frame having a drive motor and a multi-station tool mounted thereto. Particularly, the grinding center may be used for operations including but not limited to grindi... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7169028 | Flexible finishing shoe A flexible finishing shoe for finishing a workpiece have a bearing surface and an adjacent side, the flexible finishing shoe comprising a shoe base having a first side and an opposing second side and a finishing body disposed between the first and second sides, the ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7169025 | Grinding tool for a grinder with rotary oscillating drive Disclosed is a grinding tool for a grinder comprising a rotary oscillating drive, the output shaft of which is driven so as to oscillate back and forth about its longitudinal axis and is configured for securing the grinding tool thereon. The grinding tool comprises ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7134935 | Lubricated razor blade edge sanitizer and sharpener An automatic razor blade sharpener simultaneously sharpens and sanitizes multiple edges of a spring-loaded disposable razor blade cartridge without edge overheating by lubricated gentle contact of the blade edges with a moving rubber or polymeric compliant belt that... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7104873 | Anti-vibration arrangement The present invention relates to an anti-vibration arrangement (10) for a power sander (1) which comprises a housing (2), a motor (4) arranged in the housing (2), a rotary drive shaft (11), a first outer or ring-shaped pad s... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7004826 | Device for smoothing gear wheels An apparatus for smoothing gear wheels has a single smoothing wheel and two further smoothing wheels opposite the single smoothing wheel. A clamping device for axially clamping the gearwheel to be smoothed can oscillate in a direction perpendicular to its rotation. ... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6942554 | Apparatus and process for polishing a substrate An apparatus for polishing a substrate with an optical surface. The apparatus contains a polishing pad and and a device for oscillating the polishing pad while simultaneously contacting it with at least 90 percent of said optical surface. ... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6926597 | Intermediate lens pad An intermediate lens pad having a side secured to curved surface of a lens tool when the pad is in use. The pad has a surface on its other side which is substantially smooth, but which is formed with a multiplicity of substantially uniformly distributed holes or rec... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6910945 | Honing method and honing apparatus In a coarse honing step in a section (101), a honing head (15) provided with coarse honing hones (17) is inserted into a cylinder bore (13) of a cylinder block (11), the honing head 15 is rotated while axially moving it, and... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6863598 | Equipment for grinding optical fiber end A device for grinding and polishing optical fiber ends. The device includes a holder and an elastic grinding surface. The holder is used to hold equidistantly a set of optical fibers such that the ends of the optical fibers are in contact with the elastic grinding s... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6783443 | Polishing machine for stone materials, having multiple grinding heads aligned on two oscillating and parallel beams with variable offset The polishing machine for stone materials comprises: a conveyor belt for the slabs or strips to be polished, a beam made to oscillate on at least two transverse, fixed frames above the said conveyor, at least one oscillating mechanism, a number of polishing heads, a... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6726544 | Method and apparatus for superfinishing tapered roller bearing A superfinishing method of a tapered roller bearing, including the steps of: rotating an outer ring of the tapered roller bearing about a center axis thereof; inserting a straight-shaped superfinishing stone from a front face of outer ring; and slidingly contacting ... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6506106 | Automated razor sharpening device Apparatus for sharpening a razor blade with a motor actuated sharpening member mounted in a housing with a slot for receiving the razor head and a cradle assembly for engaging the distal end of the razor handle to hold the razor head in the slot. A carria... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6354911 | Method and apparatus for end-rounding bristles An apparatus for end-rounding bristles in a brush having different heights. The apparatus includes pins disposed in pre-determined locations such that they will contact selected bristles in a brush abutting the apparatus when the pins travel a two-dimensi... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6315641 | Method and apparatus for chemical mechanical polishing Method and apparatus for chemically mechanically polishing semiconductor substrates with enhanced durability, reliability and polishing effectiveness. In the method of the present invention, the substrate and the pad respectively orbits to guarantee unifo... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6200413 | Quadri-point precision sphere polisher A system and method for polishing spherical shaped devices is disclosed. The system includes a carrier and an enclosure. The carrier has two projections so that when a device is placed between the projections, it contacts the carrier at two contact points... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6193590 | Abrasive tape for texturing magnetic recording media Magnetic recording media are provided having separately textured data and read/write head landing zones. Separating these zones on the recording surface allows independent optimization of the topology to maximize both recording characteristics and mechani... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6113753 | Systems and methods for making a magnetic recording medium on a flexible metal substrate A method is provided for processing a metal foil sheet to produce magnetic recording media. The method comprises providing an elongate metal foil sheet having a first side and a second side. The sheet is advanced through a plurality of processing stations... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6099397 | Power sander A power sander comprising an oscillating drive for oscillatingly driving a sanding tool about an axis fixed with respect to a housing is disclosed. The sanding tool comprises a sanding plate arranged on the sanding tool and having at least two side edges ... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6048257 | Abrasive pad holder A holder for an abrasive element used to abrade the surface of a workpiece. The holder is made of an abrasive pad resiliently mounted upon a holder in a manner providing to the pad multiple degrees of freedom of motion.... | 04/11/2000 |
| 5855504 | Hand-operated orbital sander In a hand-held orbital sander with a housing (12) and with a sanding tool (10) received in a tool holder (22), which is seated by means of a pivot bearing (21) on a rotating eccentric journal (20) protruding from the housing (12), an oscillating device (2... | 01/05/1999 |
| 5759093 | Electric oscillating abrasive file An electric reciprocating file or polishing member held in a housing. The housing supports a motor for reciprocating an enclosure held within the housing. A spring is held within the enclosure and the file is shaped to be snapped in or pulled out of the s... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5727989 | Method and apparatus for providing a workpiece with a convex tip A method and an apparatus for providing an optical fiber connector or similar workpiece formed of, e.g., glass, ceramic or plastic with a mirror-finished convex tip efficiently is disclosed. While a film-like abrasive tool is conveyed in contact with the ... | 03/17/1998 |
| 5722878 | Method and apparatus for microfinishing A method of microfinishing a surface of a workpiece in which a shoe is pressed against the surface of the workpiece while the workpiece is rotating. The shoe is vibrated at a high frequency and is made of diamond or similar very hard material. Apparatus f... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5707273 | Multiple-pad orbital sander with split pad platen An abrasive, sanding and/or surface finishing apparatus designed to extend the useful life of abrasive material which employs a dual-platen arrangement having a particulate removal system designed to effectively remove particulate from the working area of... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5533925 | Structure of drive section of power tool An output axis of a motor has an eccentric portion, a vibratory arm is vibratably supported at its central portion, connecting section of said vibratory arm with the eccentric portion is formed in shape of two crotches, the eccentric portion and the vibra... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5522762 | Tool for applying surface coated abrasives for use on a machine for abrasion machining of cylindrical surfaces on workpieces A tool for applying surface coated abrasives on a machine for abrasion machining of cylindrical bearing surfaces on workpieces such as crankshaft journals and crankpins comprises for each bearing surface to be machined a pivoted arm mobile vertically and ... | 06/04/1996 |
| 5516325 | System for honing camshaft cams An outer surface of a cam on a camshaft extending along a camshaft axis is honed by continuously rotating the camshaft about its axis, holding a grinding stone adjacent the cam with a surface of the stone directed radially inward at the cam surface, urgin... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5175961 | Device for supporting a moving part A device for supporting an article 27 such as a lapping tool for polishing lenses is designed to allow limited motion of the article about a central point. The device comprises a base 1, a mount 2 and a bearing between the base and the mount allowing the ... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5116391 | Curved surface rubbing apparatus A polishing apparatus in which one of two workpieces to be polished or abraded which contact each other at respective arcuate or spherical surfaces, is placed on a fixed base and turned or fixed in a horizontal plane with the other workpiece held under pr... | 05/26/1992 |
| 5097635 | Method and apparatus for automatic ball to seat lapping Disclosed is a new and improved method and apparatus for automatically lapping a ball and a seat of a valve to produce a non-flat lapped sealing surface finish that provides a reliable fluid seal at minimum cost. Either the seat or ball is rotated as the ... | 03/24/1992 |
| 5095660 | Polishing means for lens generating apparatus A cloth for polishing a prescription, plastic lens is mounted on a resilient pad having a curvature generally corresponding to that of the lens curvature. The polishing cloth clings to the pad during a vibratory polishing operation, performed with a liqui... | 03/17/1992 |
| 5085007 | Toric lens fining apparatus A fining apparatus to finish the surface of an ophthalmic toric lens including a frame, a compound arcuate tool, a lens holding assembly, a motor for driving the tool in an orbital motion and the operative length of the tool is defined by the equation L=1... | 02/04/1992 |
| 5005319 | Knife sharpener A knife sharpener includes a sharpening member having a flat outer face with abrasive particles mounted thereon. The sharpening member is orbitally driven to impart an orbital motion to each of the particles of no greater than 3/8 inch effective diameter ... | 04/09/1991 |
| 4972630 | Method of surface grinding of planar member A planar surface of an article is ground smooth by a two-stage grinding head having an upstream-stage grinding brush and a downstream-stage grinding stone. The article is advanced past the grinding head while the grinding head is eccentrically driven so t... | 11/27/1990 |