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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6712670 | Method and apparatus for applying downward force on wafer during CMP An apparatus for applying a wafer to a polishing belt during a CMP operation includes a spindle having an upper end and a lower end. A wafer carrier is coupled to the lower end of the spindle. A linear force generator is disposed at the upper end of the spindle. A l... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6358114 | Method and apparatus for optical polishing A lapping tool for localized optical polishing of a workpiece, the tool having a flexible working surface and being characterized by means for selectively varying the pressure applied, in use, on the workpiece by different regions of the tool working surf... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6152804 | Grinding method and grinding apparatus A work W is rotated on a lower grinding wheel 13 provided on a work support base 11. Both surfaces of the work W are simultaneously subjected to grinding process by an upper grinding wheel 24 provided on a grinding shaft 22 of a grinding head 21 and the l... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6001005 | Polishing apparatus A polishing machine includes a platform assembly mounted within three support columns. The platform assembly includes fluidically pressurized bladders for urging the upper polish plate toward and away from the lower polish plate. In one embodiment a movab... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5641321 | Elongated cutting tool for wood working and apparatus for and method of grinding the same The invention provides a novel cutting tool used in wood working, which has a sufficiently thick cutting edge allowing stable cutting of a veneer from a log as well as an apparatus for and a method of grinding the cutting edge to have a favorable shape an... | 06/24/1997 |
| 4860500 | Passive actuator to maintain a constant normal cutting force during robotic deburring Precision control over the cutting force during robotic deburring and edge contouring is obtained by use of a "zero spring rate" driver. The driver consists of an air cylinder with a low friction piston. An accumulator is used in between an air supply lin... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4807501 | Cutting tool having positioning means A tailstock body of a numerically controlled lathe is positioned by a hydraulic rotary motor at a desired position to have a quill center of the tailstock body engage one end of a part or workpiece. The positioning of the tailstock body is by a programmab... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4173847 | Feeding device for a chip removing tool for machining bores in workpieces, especially a honing tool A feeding device, especially for a honing tool, in which a frame is formed with a cylinder having a piston mounted therein and to which is connected a spindle or feed rod having the tools mounted thereon. The piston will effect rapid advance and retractio... | 11/13/1979 |
| 4074416 | Mirror and method of making same A mirror, and method of making same, is disclosed. The mirror includes a metallic base material having a low coefficient of thermal expansion, an intermediate layer bonded to the base by a plasma spray process and a reflecting surface overlying the interm... | 02/21/1978 |
