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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7549912 | Method of finishing cutting elements A method for manufacturing drill bit inserts in which the inserts are finished in a centrifugal disc finishing machine. The centrifugal disc finishing machine comprises a configured surface rotating relative to a stationary receptacle, and the inserts may be finishe... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7325968 | Structure for holding either a cylindrical or square shaped container during a mixing operation Apparatus and method for mixing a fluid dispersion disposed in a container having either a cylindrical or a square shape. The apparatus includes a holding structure having a retaining structure connected to a base. The retaining structure prevents lateral movement o... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7290499 | Self-cleaning pet litter box assembly A self-cleaning pet litter box has a conveyor to incrementally transport clumped litter material and solid pet waste to a waste receptacle. The conveyor has one end configured to extend into a pet litter container of the self-cleaning litter box and an opposite exit... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7258833 | High-energy cascading of abrasive wear components In accordance with the present invention, a method for manufacturing tungsten carbide components is provided. The method includes forming a composite material out of tungsten carbide powder and binder powder, pressing the composite material into a plurality of compo... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7213479 | Vibratory mechanism and vibratory roller A vibratory mechanism includes vibratory shafts, which are stored within a roll and are arranged symmetrically across a rotation axis of the roll, fixed eccentric weights fixed to respective vibratory shafts, rotatable eccentric weights rotatably attached to respect... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7201638 | Environmental control system for a centrifugal processor A centrifugal processor is disclosed with includes an outer frame having an inner surface and an axis. At least one inner vessel positioned within the outer frame and is adapted to receive an object to be processed. A drive system rotate the inner vessel with respec... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7144302 | Method for smoothing the surface of a gas turbine blade A surface of the gas turbine blade is smoothed by way of a drag finish process. A first ring-shaped container is filled with a liquid abrasive medium. A second container which is arranged next to the first container is filled with a second liquid abrasive medium. A ... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7144309 | Rotational processor with drive rollers A rotational processor comprises an outer vessel and a plurality of inner vessels having an outer traction surface adapted for rolling contact with an inner surface of the outer vessel. A plurality of drive rollers drive the inner vessels about a center line of the ... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7140947 | Barrel polishing method and barrel polishing apparatus Barrel polishing is effected while causing a mass (M) consisting of work and media (polishing material) to rotation-flow by rotating a rotary disk installed in the bottom of a polishing tank by a drive motor. A load on the drive motor for the rotary disk is preset a... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7048613 | Polishing method In a method for the machine polishing of workpieces, the workpiece is immersed into a container filled with abrasive and is moved relative to the abrasive container. The workpiece is here moved up and down in the vertical direction, rotated about its own central axi... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7018277 | Device for grinding workpieces To improve the grinding action when grinding workpieces in a device equipped with a container and a rotary disk rotating relative thereto using abrasive granules, according to the invention there are ribs in the upper area of the container. ... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7014533 | Method for smoothing the surface of a gas turbine blade A surface of the gas turbine blade is smoothed by way of a drag finish process. A first ring-shaped container is filled with a liquid abrasive medium. A second container which is arranged next to the first container is filled with a second liquid abrasive medium. A ... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6953279 | Paint mixer with damping frame A paint mixing machine having at least two axes for spinning either of a cylindrical or rectangular paint container to mix the paint in the container. The machine includes a stationary base frame carrying a mixing apparatus and an intermediate frame between the stat... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6929421 | Vibratory mechanism and method for lubricating the same A vibratory mechanism is provided for a compacting work machine. The vibratory mechanism includes at least one eccentric weight rotatably positioned within a housing. Pressurized fluid is introduced into the vibratory mechanism at an inlet passage. A means for movin... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6875081 | Method of manufacturing a tool using a rotational processing apparatus A method for forming a tool having a smooth surface finish is disclosed. The method involves the step of first rotating a plurality of tools within an inner vessel at high speed relative to the outer vessel with a first abrasive. The first abrasive is then removed a... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6733374 | Grinding machine The invention proposes a device for grinding or polishing workpieces by means of an abrasive, having a container and a rotary disk located therein and rotatable relative thereto, in which the rotary disk is made from elastic material, is provided with an upwardly di... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6688953 | Barrel polishing apparatus A barrel polishing apparatus which can easily hold a work having a large mass and detach therefrom. The barrel polishing apparatus includes a polishing medium receiving container having a polishing medium received therein and a work supporting arm for hol... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6666757 | Centrifugal barrel finishing machine The present invention is directed to a centrifugal barrel finishing machine. The present invention is contemplated to provide the centrifugal barrel finishing machine, which has means for driving each barrel separately from a turret so as to correct a pos... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6656027 | Grinding machine In a grinding machine comprising a stationary wall part and a plate part which rotates about an axis of rotation, between which a gap is formed, the gap is limited from above by a ceramic part and from below by an elastic part.... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6379233 | Spiral-flow barrel finishing machine with gap adjusting function A spiral-flow barrel finishing machine having a cylindrical stationary barrel and a rotary barrel closed at the bottom thereof includes an escape layer or air layer provided between an inner side of a metallic wall of the stationary barrel and an outer si... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6350189 | Grinding device An object of this invention is to increase strength of the turret plate and to disclose new constitution of a cover portion, a grinding device is constituted of a rotate fly-wheel; a turret plate which is located face to face with the fly-wheel and rotate... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6296556 | Centrifugal slide grinder The invention is a centrifugal grinder. The grinder contains a rotary receptacle lower part and a stationary receptacle upper part, wherein the receptacle lower part and the receptacle upper part each have a ceramic part on opposing faces defining an open... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6270398 | Vibrational magnetic polishing machine A vibrational magnetic polishing machine comprises a machine frame on which a workpiece container, an action device and a rotary alternating magnetic field generator are mounted such that the workpiece container is vibrated by the action device, thereby c... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6261154 | Method and apparatus for media finishing An apparatus and associated method are disclosed for finishing the surfaces of workpieces, and that is particularly suitable for metal workpieces. The apparatus includes a tub, finishing media in the tub, means for moving the media in the tub in a general... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6231426 | Magnetic polishing machine A magnetic polishing machine comprises a polishing tub and an alternating magnetic field generator for producing a magnetic field effect to induce a number of magnetic media to travel at a high speed to polish by rubbing a workpiece contained in the polis... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6213854 | Centrifugal force sliding grinding machine with gap adjustment A centrifugal force sliding grinding machine comprising a stationary container part and a rotary-mounted base part driven with a drive motor and positioned below the stationary container part, as well as an arrangement for adjusting the gap width between ... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6174220 | Method of manufacturing surgical needles having blunt tips A method of manufacturing blunt tip surgical needles. Taper point needles having conventional piercing tips are placed into a vessel containing a grinding media. The needles are maintained in the vessel for a sufficient amount of time to convert the pierc... | 01/16/2001 |
| 6110020 | Machine for drying, polishing and burnishing cutlery and metal tableware The invention concerns a machine for drying, polishing and burnishing cutlery, crockery and metal tableware with the help of a drying material. It includes a tank (11,21) suspended on springs (13,23) on a supporting base (12,22) and connected to a motor d... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6080052 | Machine for finishing nonmagnetic components On a conventional chassis (10) forming a rigid structure there is mounted an electromotor (12) whose rotary shaft is coupled to a reducer (13) whose output end (14) is secured via suitable means to a flat (23); on this chassis (10) there is a stationary c... | 06/27/2000 |
| 5989109 | Seal protecting method for use with spiral-flow barrel finishing machine and spiral-flow barrel finishing machine with seal protecting apparatus Any part of an abrasive media in a solid particle or liquid form is prevented from entering a seal and/or the area where a rotary shaft bearing for a rotating barrel is sealed, thereby protecting the bearing and/or its seal against any possible damage tha... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5848929 | Centrifugal finisher with fixed outer vessel and rotatable inner vessel A centrifugal finisher uses centrifugal and rotational forces for finishing at least one object. A fixed, non-rotatably outer vessel has an inner surface and a central axis. At least one inner vessel is positioned inside the outer vessel and is adapted to... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5823861 | Spiral-flow barrel finishing machine This invention relates to a spiral-flow barrel finishing machine having a cylindrical stationary metallic barrel equipped with a lining layer at a lower inside portion. A rotating barrel is equipped with a lining layer on a metallic rotational body and is... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5733172 | Dry barrel finishing machine having a device to wet media A dry barrel finishing machine is disclosed. The machine includes a device to drip or spray water to wet the surface of media. The faucet of the device is located adjacent or in the barrel or barrels of the finishing machine so that it can spray water on ... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5662034 | Potato peeling system A potato peeling system includes a drum-type batch peeler, an unpeeled potato infeed assembly upstream from the batch peeler and a peeled potato discharge assembly downstream from the batch peeler. The batch peeler includes a rotary plate and a vertically... | 09/02/1997 |
| 5601475 | Method of manufacturing surgical needles having blunt tips A method of manufacturing blunt tip surgical needles. Taper point needles having conventional piercing tips are placed into a vessel containing a grinding media. The needles are maintained in the vessel for a sufficient amount of time to convert the pierc... | 02/11/1997 |
| 5487696 | Apparatus for polishing medals for game machine and for separating abrasive therefrom An apparatus for polishing medals for a game machine, and for separating an abrasive from the medals. An intake port (2) for the medals and the abrasive is provided on the lower end side of a polishing pipe (1) set upright, while a medal delivery port (3)... | 01/30/1996 |
| 5476415 | Dry barrel finishing machine An improved dry barrel finishing machine is described, in which a mass consisting of media and workpieces is flowed in the barrel of the machine for abrasive finishing of the workpieces and in which air suction is used to remove dust resulting from the fi... | 12/19/1995 |
| 5419735 | Magnetic barrel finishing machine A magnetic barrel finishing machine includes multiple different flows or motions of an abrasive medium and workpieces by varying magnetic fields, freeing the workpieces from the abrasive medium and subjecting the workpieces to a finishing action with the ... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5355638 | Traction drive centrifugal finisher A centrifugal finisher having an outer vessel and at least one inner vessel includes a traction surface between the inner surface of the outer vessel and the outer surface of each inner vessel. The inner vessels revolve about the axis of the outer vessel,... | 10/18/1994 |
| 5211673 | Centrifugal treatment machine A centrifugal treatment machine for the mechanical treatment of workpieces in a treatment container having an essentially cylindrical casing which is stationary during operation and a base in the form of a plate or the like mounted coaxially to this and w... | 05/18/1993 |
