Class 451/271 - Planetary

Subclass of Class 451 - Abrading
Definition: Abrading machine in which the tool revolves about an axis
No. of patents: 102
Last issue date: 05/17/2011

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Number	Title	Issue Date
7942726	Holder for supporting an end surface of a workpiece during polishing A holder for supporting an end surface of a workpiece during polishing comprises a main body and a framework which are respectively provided with fixing portions corresponding to each other; at least one of the two fixing portions has at least one set of upper and l...	05/17/2011
7370659	Photolithographic stepper and/or scanner machines including cleaning devices and methods of cleaning photolithographic stepper and/or scanner machines Stepper and/or scanner machines including cleaning devices and methods for cleaning stepper and/or scanner machines are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a stepper and/or scanner machine includes a housing, an illuminator, a lens, a workpiece support, a cleaning ...	05/13/2008
7361234	Photolithographic stepper and/or scanner machines including cleaning devices and methods of cleaning photolithographic stepper and/or scanner machines Stepper and/or scanner machines including cleaning devices and methods for cleaning stepper and/or scanner machines are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a stepper and/or scanner machine includes a housing, an illuminator, a lens, a workpiece support, a cleaning ...	04/22/2008
7244681	Methods for selective removal of material from wafer alignment marks A process and apparatus for locally removing any material, such as a refractory metal, in particular tungsten, from any desired area of a wafer, such as an alignment mark area of a silicon wafer in process during the formation of integrated circuits thereon. ...	07/17/2007
7241210	Floor treating machine comprising individually driven discs A floor treating machine includes a frame provided with a housing which is supported with respect to the frame in such a manner that it can rotate about a substantially vertical housing axis, at least three heads positioned at intervals around the axis and rotatably...	07/10/2007
7239589	Method and apparatus for destructing an optical disc A method and apparatus renders an optical disk unplayable on a customer's optical disc playback machine. A portion of the information bearing surface of the optical disc or the light reflected therefrom, is altered for data destruction from a predetermined area, i.e...	07/03/2007
7226347	Walk behind polisher An improved walk behind polisher and grinder is disclosed. The improved walk behind polisher and grinder provides a surface polishing machine capable of operation with increased directional stability and reduced dust accumulation to the essential internal components...	06/05/2007
7217174	Portable optical fiber polisher A polisher has an offset axis and a friction cam useful in a method of polishing that comprises a more random, elongated polishing pattern than known orbital polishers and is capable of portable use using a 9 volt battery. The method is capable of using lower contac...	05/15/2007
7169026	End face polishing apparatus An end face polishing apparatus has a jig plate for supporting at least one workpiece having an end face and a polishing plate mounted for undergoing movement. A polishing member is mounted on the polishing plate for undergoing movement therewith to polish the end f...	01/30/2007
7165894	Polishing fixture An end face polishing apparatus with improved polishing precision regardless of the length of ferrules when end faces of the ferrules are polished is provided. In an end face polishing apparatus polishing a rod-shaped member mounted at a polishing fixture by pressin...	01/23/2007
7140957	Arrangement in a mobile machine for screeding floor surfaces The invention relates to an arrangement in a mobile machine for screeding floor surfaces. This comprises a housing with a planet disk (3), which is rotatably supported in the bottom of the said housing and driven by a drive motor (1). The planet disk c...	11/28/2006
7134940	Data storage splitter An apparatus is provided for destroying or disabling an information or data storage device comprising a first layer and a second layer bonded together. A mechanical device or energy form is inserted into the information or data storage device to cause the first and ...	11/14/2006
7118452	Pneumatically actuated flexible coupling end effectors for lapping/polishing Methods and apparatus for end effectors for performing surface lapping using a robotic system are provided. In one embodiment, a lapping system includes a robotic arm and a pneumatic end effector unit. The pneumatic end effector unit includes a first base attached t...	10/10/2006
7101270	Sanding machine A sanding machine (1; 300) comprising a support structure (2; 302) for the piece (3) to be processed and a sanding unit (4) for the piece (3) itself. The sanding unit (4) comprises a frame (40) that supports a winding...	09/05/2006
7103254	Optical connector end face grinding apparatus An optical connector end face grinding apparatus comprises a grinding apparatus main body, a sliding plate and a grinding bolder. The grinding apparatus main body further comprises an eccentric member driven by a motor and a guide pin. The sliding plate further prov...	09/05/2006
7063602	Mounting apparatus for polishing end faces of optical fibers A mounting apparatus for polishing end faces of optical fibers, comprising a main body with fixing grooves; a fixing rod is accepted in each fixing groove; the upper end of the fixing rod is combined with the supporting stand; the bottom of the fixing rod has diamet...	06/20/2006
7033258	Floor resurfacing disks for rotary floor resurfacing machines A resurfacing disk which mounts to a rotatable disk mount of a conventional rotary floor resurfacing machine. The resurfacing disk includes a rigid upper disk with four counterbored holes through an upper surface corresponding to four downwardly open holes of each d...	04/25/2006
7029385	Two-way rotary multi-function polisher The present invention relates to a two-way rotary multi-function polisher, which comprises an input shaft driven to rotate by a power resource, a first spur gear and a second spur gear engagably transmitted by the end of input shaft; wherein the first spur gear is i...	04/18/2006
7022001	Polishing apparatus The small polishing apparatus is capable of simultaneously polishing both side faces of a work piece, and a lower polishing plate, an internal gear and a sun gear are respectively driven by direct drive (DD) motors. The polishing apparatus comprises: an upper and a ...	04/04/2006
6981908	Ferrule polishing control machine, ferrule polishing method, and ferrule polishing computer program A ferrule polishing control machine has a ferrule type input part for selecting one type of ferrule from various ferrule types stored in a computer. A ferrule end face shape input part selects one type of ferrule end face shape from various types of ferrule end face...	01/03/2006
6945860	Apparatus for and method of machining of optical connector end An optical connector machining apparatus (500) is comprised of an operation circuit box (1) containing a drive motor (9) and a battery (10) while serving as a grasping section, and a planetary gear mechanism box (2) having a drive ...	09/20/2005
6929535	Apparatus and method for degrading the information bearing capabilities of a disk Embodiments of the invention abrade the information bearing surface of a compact disc (CD), DVD or other digital information bearing disk, in order to render it unreadable by standard consumer grade disk readers. This is accomplished via embodiments of the invention...	08/16/2005
6913525	CMP device and production method for semiconductor device A triangular pad of the type shown in FIG. 5(a) which has circular tip ends is used as the polishing pad. This shape corresponds to the concept of partially cutting the outer edge of the polishing pad in order to shorten the contact time of the polishi...	07/05/2005
6878040	Method and apparatus for polishing and planarization This invention pertains to methods and apparatus for polishing and planarization of workpieces, such as fiber optics connectors, metallographic samples, semiconductor wafers, microelectronic substrate, optical devices and the like. The polishing pattern is a hypotro...	04/12/2005
6830501	End face polishing device An end face polishing device has a first revolution shaft mounted for undergoing revolving movement about a first axis, a rotational shaft mounted for undergoing rotation about a second axis eccentric from the first axis, and a second revolution shaft mounted for un...	12/14/2004
6814651	End face polishing machine and method of polishing rod-shaped member An end face polishing machine has a jig plate for supporting at least one workpiece. A polishing plate is mounted to undergo rotation and revolving movement. A polishing sheet is disposed over the polishing plate for rotation and revolving movement therewith. An ela...	11/09/2004
6808314	Optical fiber end face polishing machine The center of a turntable 30 moves around the central axial line of an autoroation disk 20 along the circular orbit C of a smaller diameter than that of an autorotation disk 20. Thus, the turntable 30 revolves both around a center point O...	10/26/2004
6726539	Apparatus and method for polishing end-surface of ferrule A ferrule end-surface polishing apparatus for polishing an end-surface of a ferrule for an optical fiber is provided. The apparatus includes a ferrule holder having a holder block capable of sandwiching a cylindrical portion of a ferrule, and a guide block for guidi...	04/27/2004
6702657	Continuous polisher machine The frame of a polishing machine has a disc-shaped polishing table mounted thereon for rotation coaxially about a vertical axis, the table having thereon an upper, generally planar polishing surface for removably supporting thereon a plurality of annular ...	03/09/2004
6648765	Supporting device for a plurality of adapter chucks A supporting device for a plurality of adapter chucks for the precision grinding or polishing of optical components comprises a spindle shaft having a central bore for supplying one of a gas and a vacuum, at least one arm adjustably supported by a head of...	11/18/2003
6514129	Multi-action chemical mechanical planarization device and method Specific embodiments of the present invention provide a chemical-mechanical planarization apparatus for planarizing an object comprising a shaft having a shaft axis and being connected with a polishing head which is coupled to a polishing pad. The polishi...	02/04/2003
6478663	Sanding device for curved surfaces In a grinding apparatus with a rotor device driving an eccentrically mounted carrier device in which a shaft is mounted provided at one end with a head to which a supporting face for abrasive paper is fastened, facilitated grinding of curved surfaces by h...	11/12/2002
6471570	End surface polishing machine An end surface polishing drive mechanism has a first rotational shaft mounted for undergoing rotation about a first axis and for undergoing revolving movement about a second axis. The first rotational shaft has a first end for connection to a polishing de...	10/29/2002
6439973	Polishing device, end face polishing apparatus having polishing device, and end face polishing method An end face polishing apparatus in which whereas a jig board mounted with a rod-like member is supported by an apparatus main body by a supporting mechanism, a polishing board mounted with a polishing member for polishing the rod-like member is supported ...	08/27/2002
6312316	Chemical mechanical polishing apparatus and method A chemical mechanical polishing apparatus and method can polish a surface of an object very precisely at a high speed irrespective of the presence of a local defect on the surface to be polished. By using a multiplex ring-shaped polishing pad, an effectiv...	11/06/2001
6309284	Mass production polisher A mass production polisher includes a polisher base, a polishing element, a rotary arm, a fixture, a force-cushioning means and a force-applying means. The polishing element is provided in the polisher base. The rotary arm is rotatably provided on the pol...	10/30/2001
6302773	Polishing device, end face polishing apparatus having polishing device, and end face polishing method An end face polishing apparatus comprises a polishing board and a jig board for supporting workpieces. A polishing member is detachably arranged on the polishing board and has a polishing film for polishing end faces of the workpieces while the workpieces...	10/16/2001
6299506	Polishing apparatus including holder and polishing head with rotational axis of polishing head offset from rotational axis of holder and method of using A polishing apparatus includes a holder for holding a polished body with a polished surface thereof facing upwardly, and a polishing head for holding a polishing pad having a polishing surface having an area smaller than an area of the polished surface wh...	10/09/2001
6296554	Non-circular workpiece carrier A non-circular workpiece carrier, which includes a wheel-like carrier body, and at least one carriage, wherein the wheel-like carrier body has a transmission unit disposed around the periphery thereof, which receives a transmission power for causing the w...	10/02/2001
6280305	Vibration surface finishing apparatus An orbiting head is rotatably mounted in the housing. The orbiting head has an axial end with a grinding surface for contact with the workpiece having its surface finished. The orbiting head defines a fluid passage with one end having an opening at the gr...	08/28/2001

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