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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4945683 | Abrasive belt grinding machine Apparatus for grinding to predetermined contour a plurality of eccentric cams on a cam shaft, comprising abrasive belts supported adjacent the cam shaft for linear movement such that the belts grind the peripheries of the cams. The belts are guided along ... | 08/07/1990 |
| 4944638 | Removable spindle for drill heads The present invention relates to a drill head having removable spindles. The spindles include a shaft adapted for receiving and rotating a drill. The shaft is also removably rotatable with the drilling unit. A mechanism for providing a coolant to the work... | 07/31/1990 |
| 4920947 | Chain saw components and system for cutting masonry and the like A chain saw for cutting aggregate materials including a saw chain of interconnected center links and side link paris composed of heat-treated steel. Certain pairs of the side links support diamond impregnated matrix cutting blocks that are laser welded to... | 05/01/1990 |
| 4901480 | Lens generating tool for generating a lens A tool for generating a prescription surface in a plastic eyeglass lens. A pair of replaceable, cutting elements are mounted on a tool having a spindle. Each cutting element has a solid polycrystalline diamond material forming a cutting edge for progressi... | 02/20/1990 |
| 4843768 | Abrading apparatus and process for making the same An abrading apparatus formed from sheet stock and processes for making the same are disclosed. The abrading apparatus has a base with a plurality of cantilevered members extending from the periphery of the base with each cantilevered member formed to prov... | 07/04/1989 |
| 4811526 | Storable water curtain sanding air system A storable water curtain sanding aid system for use with a work surface undergoing sanding, which includes filter for separating water from particulate matter, and a tray that is easy to deploy under the work surface and one of which the unused portion ca... | 03/14/1989 |
| 4765096 | Honing device A honing device has a honing tool for the precision machining of blind-hole bores in a workpiece. The honing tool has a shank, at the free end of which honing strips are arranged. They can be moved radially outwards by means of a spreader rod. In a coolan... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4664165 | Surface mounted power tool A power tool provided with a rotating blade wheel having skewed axial vanes which follow the cutting blades during rotation to create an air flow which is parallel to the axis of rotation. A shroud adjacent to the blade wheel which deflects the debris cre... | 05/12/1987 |
| 4662121 | Backing block for profile sanders Disclosed is a shaped backing block for abrasive-coated belts of profile sanding devices. The shaped block having improved wear and heat dissipation characteristics comprises a block of aluminum silicate cut to the desired size and having one face thereof... | 05/05/1987 |
| 4657068 | Device for facilitating the circulation of fluid coolant Device (1) for facilitating the circulation of fluid coolant having, in compact form, a circulating pump (7), a settling cascade (17) and a negative-pressure pump (20) for suctioning a workpiece (54) onto a worktable (21). The transfer pump (7) and a nega... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4642943 | Belt abrading apparatus and method The invention comprises an apparatus and method for abrading a work piece to a desired flat surface by using a compact, high speed endless abrasive belt which travels a pathway over a drive roller and an idler roller and in which an air cushion is formed ... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4607462 | Cooling and lubricating device for sharpening feed chopping knives A cooling and lubricating device for sharpening feed chopping knives. The device sharpening the knives mounted on a rotating cutter head disposed inside a chopper box. The knives used for cutting crops, forage, ensilage and the like. The device is lowered... | 08/26/1986 |
| 4567694 | Grinding wheel for grinding the flat surface of a hard and brittle material Grinding of flat plates is performed by using a very thin, conical grinding wheel which is attached to the open end of a revolving cup and which projects outwardly from and is inclined with respect to the cup. The peripheral cutting edge of the grinding w... | 02/04/1986 |
| 4563114 | Method for machining steel with diamond tools The present invention is directed to a method for machining optical quality inishes and contour accuracies of workpieces of carbon-containing metals such as steel with diamond tooling. The wear rate of the diamond tooling is significantly reduced by satura... | 01/07/1986 |
| 4484418 | Lap for the polishing of gemstones There is provided a scaife for the polishing of gemstones wherein the abrasive material is embedded in a matrix of a material maintained in the solid state, which material has a high enthalpy of phase transition from solid to liquid. Suitable materials ar... | 11/27/1984 |
| 4478008 | Thermally stabilized double disc grinding machine A double disc grinding machine comprising first and second stock removal assemblies, each including a wheelhead assembly including a base for slidably supporting the wheelhead assembly, a frame for supporting the first and second stock removal assemblies ... | 10/23/1984 |
| 4392334 | Fluid dispersing apparatus for use in producing ophthalmic lenses A method and apparatus for handling and dispersing a coolant and/or working fluid in ophthalmic lens processing equipment and the like. The apparatus includes a dispersing member (50) including a landing surface (52). An extension strip (62) projects away... | 07/12/1983 |
| 4286416 | Segmented flexible hone The segmented flexible hone comprises spirally wound high pressure tubing for conducting a lubricant therethrough with multiple bristled segments for contacting the inner surfaces of tubular holes so that contaminants and metal may be removed from the inn... | 09/01/1981 |
| 4276724 | Water tank for submerged grinding system Apparatus for submerged grinding of ferrous and non-ferrous metals comprising a work tank adapted to contain a liquid, and means for supporting a workpiece in the work tank. The level of liquid in the tank can be raised to cover the work for grinding or l... | 07/07/1981 |
| 4270316 | Process for evening out the amount of material removed from discs in polishing In conventional polishing machines, uneven transmission of pressure causes ifferent degrees of abrasion of the polished discs which results in different thicknesses over one disc and also with respect to other discs in one polishing batch. This problem is ... | 06/02/1981 |
| 4235052 | Fan disc An improvement in backing discs for rotary sanders and the like has a plurality of radially offset blades on a back surface thereof with each blade being formed of a plurality of separate elements for flexibility of the blades and disc and the elements of... | 11/25/1980 |
| 3992820 | Grinding machine including means to supply coolant to the work area A machine for grinding objects, especially helical-or coil-type springs whose opposite ends are to be ground, includes a pair of rotary grinding discs having grinding surfaces spaced in axial direction from each other so as to define a work station. A pla... | 11/23/1976 |
| 3940818 | Air blowing machine A motor driven machine, such as a machine capable of holding and imparting movement to a tool, for example, which may be an eraser strip that is brought to bear upon a surface, such as a paper surface, for erasure of undesirable markings therefrom. The ma... | 03/02/1976 |
