Did You Know...
...that Robert Adler has the dubious distinction of being the Father of the Couch Potato? Back in 1955 Adler was employed by what was then Zenith Radio Corp., where he was charged to invent something that would allow viewers to turn down the TV volume without leaving their chairs. After a series of flops (such as a wired contraption that people tripped over), Adler hit on the idea of using sound waves. Thus the Remote Control was born...
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5681211 | Drop-on grinding bit for a grinding apparatus A grinding wheel assembly to be mounted on a vertical drive shaft extending from an electric motor through a horizontal table of a grinding apparatus. The grinding wheel assembly includes a core element that is rigidly secured to the drive shaft. A drop-o... | 10/28/1997 |
| 5651726 | Mounting apparatus for grinding wheels A mounting apparatus for securing alternative grinding wheels to a threaded portion of an output shaft of a portable rotary grinding machine, the mounting apparatus comprising a threaded clamping device which cooperates with the threaded portion of the ou... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5649853 | Drill bit grinding machine A drill bit grinding machine including a grinding control device controlled to move the drill bit, permitting it to be ground by the grinding wheel, the grinding control device including a mounting base, a coupling block pivoted to the mounting base to ho... | 07/22/1997 |
| 5628677 | Apparatus for machining glass An apparatus for machining glass has a housing forming an upwardly open water-holding reservoir, a horizontal screen forming a support surface and covering the housing, a drive motor in the housing having an output shaft extending upward through the scree... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5601481 | Method and machining apparatus for use especially in the sanding of items of wood in a sanding machine In order to be able to sand the surface of an item (3) uniformly smooth, a sanding machine is used with sanding tools in the form of sanding rollers (29) which are rotated as well as turned in the same plane, and which at the same time herewith are also m... | 02/11/1997 |
| 5591075 | Grinding machine with a fireproof dust-collecting system A grinding machine includes a casing with a top plate unit, two grinding units installed on the top plate unit, and a driving unit for activating the grinding units. The top plate unit has a dust inlet slot formed therethrough so as to permit dropping of ... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5564966 | Grind-machining method of ceramic materials A grind-machining method of ceramic materials characterized in that a peripheral speed of a grinding wheel relative to a working surface is set to 50 to 300 m/sec, a feed stroke speed of the working surface of the grinding wheel in a working direction is ... | 10/15/1996 |
| 5558561 | Method and machining apparatus for use especially in the sanding of items of wood in a sanding machine To sand the surface of an item (3) uniformly smooth, a sanding machine is used with sanding tools in the form of sanding rollers (29) which are rotated as well as turned in the same plane, and which at the same time are also moved in a different direction... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5549509 | Grinding apparatus with touch-top work surface A grinding apparatus has a cylindrical grinding wheel assembly mounted on a vertical drive shaft extending from an electric motor through a horizontal work table. The apparatus includes a pressure sensitive electrical switch for activating the motor in re... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5536355 | Process and apparatus for removing labels from drums A process and apparatus for loosening adhesive from a drum and abrading labels, paint, and adhesive from the drum with high speed brushes. The drums are heated with an open flame to loosen the adhesive before the labels, paint, and adhesive are abraded fr... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5501629 | Buffing apparatus suitable to buff thin plate work and controlling method for the apparatus A buffing apparatus which can buff a thin plate work without causing buckling. The buffing apparatus comprises a plurality of buffing rolls removably secured in a predetermined spaced relationship from each other to a shaft which is driven to rotate, a ba... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5476409 | Grinding machine A grinding machine has a driving mechanism for rotating a drive shaft, a sander supported on the drive shaft, a bracket provided swingably on a housing for supporting the drive shaft, a drive shaft moving mechanism for moving the drive shaft in the axial ... | 12/19/1995 |
| 5441440 | Method and machining apparatus for use especially in the sanding of items of wood in a sanding machine To sand the surface of an item (3) uniformly smooth, a sanding machine is used with sanding tools in the form of sanding rollers (29) which are rotated as well as turned in the same plane, and which at the same time are also moved in a different direction... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5405285 | Machining error correction apparatus The diameter, the orientation flat width/notch depth and the length of the block 10p are measured by the measuring devices 71a, 71b and 71c respectively and then the machining errors ƊDp, ƊWp and ƊLp in the measured values against the set values are ca... | 04/11/1995 |
| 5395281 | Method and apparatus for treating fabric The invention discloses a working method for giving a localized worn-out aspect to articles of clothing made of denim materials, which consists in treating the article of clothing (6, 70) fitted on a supporting manikin (2, 3) by means of the abrasive acti... | 03/07/1995 |
| 5274959 | Method for polishing semiconductor wafer edges A system and method for polishing the edges of a plurality of semiconductor wafers rotates a stack of wafers against a polish one or more pads such that both the wafer edges and the sides of the edges are polished to a mirror finish. The polish pad has a ... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5185959 | Apparatus for grinding the edge of a glass sheet A grinding wheel for grinding the edges of glass sheets is mounted on a vertically adjustable drive shaft. The drive shaft is rotated by a motor and is raised and lowered by a pneumatic cylinder. Vertical movement of the drive shaft occurs relative to the... | 02/16/1993 |
| 5175964 | Method and apparatus for removing flaws from internal pipe walls An improved technique is provided for removing flaws from internal pipe walls, and particularly the internal walls of tubes used in petroleum drilling and recovering operations. An ultrasonic detection unit positioned exterior of the oilfield tube is used... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5018309 | Universal grinder In the case of a universal grinding machine, it is provided that a workpiece spindle head, a grinding spindle head and a footstock are each constructed as separate constructional units which, by means of fixing devices, are fixed to the base, these fixing... | 05/28/1991 |
| 4993189 | Floating fixture platen A floating fixture platen for use on machine tools having a machine support structure and a machine tool portion rotatable about an axis of rotation, the floating fixture platen including a planar member mounted on the machine support structure in a posit... | 02/19/1991 |
| 4991475 | Method and apparatus for sawing bar-shaped workpieces into slices The invention is a method and apparatus for sawing bar-shaped workpieces o slices by means of an annular saw. The saw blade deviation, from its nominal position in the axial direction during the sawing operation, is compensated for. According to the inve... | 02/12/1991 |
| 4976572 | Method and automatic machine for machining coiled stock The automatic machine works on coiled stock to produce a series of workpieces. It comprises a spindle arranged to turn around its axis, but only somewhat more than through an angle of 360°, between two fixed angular limits. The tools consist of shaped mi... | 12/11/1990 |
| 4958463 | Optical surface quality improving arrangement An arrangement for controlledly removing material from an effective surface of a workpiece includes a mounting member which is mounted on a support for movement relative thereto at least in and opposite to a predetermined direction toward and away from th... | 09/25/1990 |
| 4914866 | Apparatus for adjusting optical fiber connector components An alignment sleeve (66) for holding two conically shaped portions (30--30) of plugs (24--24) each of which terminates an optical fiber (25) includes two conically shaped cavities (68, 70) communicating through a common minimal diameter plane (72). After ... | 04/10/1990 |
| 4827675 | Method and apparatus for forming a curved slot A dish-shaped wheel having an essentially slot-shaped conically extending cutting tip with the tip extending angularly from the wheel surface. The tip includes a super abrasive plating suitable for nondressable cutting such as cubic boron nitride. The whe... | 05/09/1989 |
| 4724571 | Brushing machine tool with automatic feed A machine tool has a rotatable brush for abrading a workpiece. The brush and a drive motor are slidably disposed on guideways for movement toward and away from the workpiece. The brush and drive motor are connected to a counterweight which is sized to hav... | 02/16/1988 |
| 4665656 | Filter apparatus for abrasive tool A bench grinder has a dust-collecting fan in a hood for the abrasive wheel. The dust-laden air passes from the hood through a conduit to a filter box mounted on the rear of the motor housing. The filter box has parallel first and second sidewalls, and the... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4660609 | Planer having removable head A woodworking machine which has a driven woodworking head in the form of a sanding drum, planer head or molding head, the head being supported between a pair of spaced walls and a pair of bearings by a pair of Morse taper plugs, which are received respect... | 04/28/1987 |
| 4635402 | Knife abrasive apparatus for rotary drum shaped cutter A knife abrasive apparatus for a rotary drum shaped cutter can grind the knife edge without causing it to be serrated. It has a rotary drum shaped cutter including a rotary drum and knives spacedly disposed on the outer periphery of the drum at a predeter... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4599826 | Device for magnetoabrasive machining of workpieces A device for magnetoabrasive machining of workpieces, comprising a carrier ade of a nonmagnetic material and at least one permanent magnet made as a bank of at least four magnetic elements contacting one another with their side surfaces. The bank is situat... | 07/15/1986 |
| 4558538 | Sliding sleeve drum sander Disclosed is a drum sander having a frame with a workpiece support surface thereon. A motor is mounted on the upper end of the frame over the workpiece support surface. An arbor extends between the motor and a supporting thrust bearing to intersect the wo... | 12/17/1985 |
| 4492059 | Grinding device for the reprofiling of a rail of a railway track A grinding device for the reprofiling of a rail of a railway track, comprises at least one grinding unit having a conical grinding wheel rotatably driven by a motor. The motor is secured to a bracket connecting it rigidly to the chamber of a jack whose pi... | 01/08/1985 |
| 4423568 | Splash shield and cuttings guard for glass router A splash shield and cuttings guard for a glass router comprises a side shield and an eye shield formed of transparent plastic sheet material. The side shield consists of a C-shaped horizontal base plate with an upstanding wall about the outer margin and a... | 01/03/1984 |
| 4397658 | Feed control means for honing and like machines An apparatus for controlling the application of feed motion to a working member in a machine such as a honing machine including a working member mounted on a support structure or mandrel and movable thereon into engagement with the work surface, mechanism... | 08/09/1983 |
