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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8070563 | Whet-stone receptacle and hand guard A sharpening device for sharpening operative instrumentation having a gripping handle 4 and an acutely angled receptacle support 6, both of which form a radiated palmer contour 8, and both of which have flattened self balancing table rest 10 | 12/06/2011 |
| 7976363 | Dust container of a hand-held power tool The invention is based on a dust container of a portable power tool for receiving machining residues of a portable power tool (2), comprising a container (8) predetermining a receiving volume (14). It is proposed that the container (8) ha... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7955162 | Guard anti-rotation lock device The invention relates to a protective hood anti-rotation lock for a portable power tool (12a-k), especially for an angle grinder, for providing anti-rotational locking between the portable power tool (12a-k) and a protective... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7927191 | Hand-held power tool for a rotating tool with a guard The invention relates to a portable power tool (44) for a rotating, preferably disk-shaped tool. Said portable power tool comprises a machine housing (43), having a machine neck (22) to which a protective hood (1) can be detachably secure... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7892075 | Hand-held power tool for a rotating tool with guard A hand-held power tool for a rotating tool has a machine housing with a machine neck, a guard for at least partially covering the tool and detachably attached to the machine neck and including a guard neck, a clamping cuff for detachably attaching the guard to the m... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7766728 | Collapsible enclosure for a machine tool A method and apparatus are provided for a collapsible enclosure for a machine tool. According to one embodiment, a collapsible enclosure for a machine tool comprises a substantially waterproof pan. The pan comprises a base portion and a wall portion extending from t... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7722446 | System and device for thinning wafers that have contact bumps In accordance with the foregoing objects and advantages, the present invention provides a fabrication device that may be used during the grinding operation of the fabrication process. The fabrication device comprises a socket plate that includes a plurality of cavit... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7628682 | Safety guard with clamping device The invention relates to a protective hood for a portable tool with a rotary tool, having a clamping device designed as a clamping ring for fastening to a machine neck of the portable tool, and having an anti-rotation locking means for fixing the angular position of... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7625265 | Hood plates for handheld grinding tools Hood plates for use with hood covers designed for handheld power tools including angle grinders are disclosed herein. More specifically, the hood plates disclosed herein include means for easily attaching to a wide variety of available angle grinders and are easily ... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7553220 | Retractable abrasive sharpener and carrying case A hand held retractable abrasive sharpener having a rod formed with a tapered end portion and a partially cylindrical opposite end portion. A part of the partially cylindrical opposition end portion is flat. A slot is formed in the rod. Substantially all of the oute... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7524239 | Electric hand tool—in particular an angle sander/grinder The invention relates to an electrical hand tool device, in particular an angle grinder with a machine housing for holding a motor for the rotating drive of a drive shaft and a driven shaft connected with it via an angular gear for attaching a grinding tool at its f... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7438633 | Apparatus for grinding a surface comprising two movably arranged hoods The present invention concerns an apparatus (1), preferably for grinding a surface, including at least one grinding unit, a screen (2, 3) and a guide member (5), where the grinding unit is a rotatable and preferably horizontally arranged grindin... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7381120 | Knife sharpener A knife sharpener comprising a sharpening device preferably of the type involving upwardly extending pairs of overlapping, resiliently flexible fingers or strips forming opposed abrasive sharpening faces, provided with a pair of shields respectively operative betwee... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7377839 | Cover for guiding a medium in an abrasive disk The invention relates to a grinding-wheel cover (3) for grinding wheels with a support body (1) and a grinding layer (2) arranged at an edge or face for edge or face use in grinding, a grinding-wheel cover being provided for forming cavities on ... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7374470 | Knife sharpening apparatus A sharpening apparatus having at least one guide slot, a drive pulley drivingly coupled to a frame and at least one idler pulley rotatably coupled to a support member. The support member is pivotably coupled to the frame. The apparatus includes an endless abrading b... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7360271 | Apparatus for cleaning a machine tool An apparatus and a method for dislodging contaminants from a surface of a machine tool. A machine tool has a spindle and a housing disposed around the spindle. The apparatus includes a support plate, an arbor, and a cleaning member. The arbor is disposed on the supp... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7316604 | Aircraft transparency polisher and/or surface refinisher A machine for polishing aircraft windows including a window positioner device securable to the side of an aircraft, a frame for holding a polishing system attachable to the window positioner device, a robot seat frame system attachable to the frame, and a robot secu... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7310879 | Cutting attachment having an adjustable foot for rotary hand tools Embodiments of an accessory attachment for a rotary power hand tool are disclosed wherein the hand tool is of the type which has a tool housing with a preferably cylindrical nose portion, a motor having a motor drive shaft with a mounting coupling extending forwardl... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7311589 | Electric portable power tool with rotatable guard A manually operated electric machine tool for a disk-shaped rotating tool (18), having a machine housing (11) from which a drive spindle (12) for the tool (18) protrudes and on which a hollow cylindrical collar (15) is embodied coa... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7303463 | Semiconductor wafer polishing apparatus, and method of polishing semiconductor wafer Aimed at thoroughly preventing abrasive and dusts from adhering onto the circuit-forming region of a wafer, improving yield ratio of semiconductor devices, and thereby improving operation rates of the individual manufacturing apparatuses in the succeeding stage, a s... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7300339 | Covering device A covering device (2) for a power tool (4) for driving a circular working tool (6) includes a cover (8) for enclosing the circular working tool (6), a guide member (18) pivotally supported on the cover (8) for being p... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7294045 | Apparatus and method for edge processing of a glass sheet An apparatus for edge processing of a glass sheet, the apparatus including a shroud, a finishing member and a wiping device. The finishing member is substantially enclosed by the shroud. The apparatus uses pressurized air emitted by at least one slot in the wiping d... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7270592 | Milling machine The improved milling machine makes use of individually controlled x-axis, y-axis, and z-axis carriages. These carriages provide positive and precise control of the position of the cutting tools and the blank to be cut. The tools are located in spindles that are move... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7264540 | Arrow blade sharpening apparatus The arrow blade sharpening apparatus is best suited for precision sharpening of arrow blades, Exacto® knife blades, and other like edges which require precision and fine honing. The transparent lidded apparatus is motorized and counter rotates drive gears and then ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7261624 | Protective cover for a hand-held cut-off machine A protective cover for a cutting wheel of a hand-held cut-off machine driven by an internal combustion engine has a circumferential wall and two opposed sidewalls adjoining the circumferential wall. The circumferential wall and the two sidewalls are a monolithic com... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7246406 | Dust collection system A system for cutting and cleaning material to be cut. The system is particularly effective for hard materials which produce heavy particles. The system is ideal for cutting green concrete. This invention provides a two-piece device for locating vacuum a hose connect... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7228773 | Radial arm saw safety top A radial arm saw is adapted with a safety top configured with cutting box enclosure that contains and collects substantially all of the sawdust generated during use. A dust collection system is in fluid communication with the cutting box for removing the sawdust con... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7226403 | Machine tool, in particular a drilling and milling machine A machine tool (1, 1′), in particular a drilling and milling machine, comprising a housing (20) having a machine bed (2), together with side walls (3, 4) and doors (5, 6, 7), comprising a fixed, pivotable or rotatable work table ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7226338 | Milling machine The improved milling machine makes use of individually controlled x-axis, y-axis, and z-axis carriages. These carriages provide positive and precise control of the position of the cutting tools and the blank to be cut. A tool changer allows the tools to be changed t... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7223163 | Cover device for a power tool A cover device for partially covering a disc-shaped working tool includes a bearing member (22) forming a receiving space (54) for receiving the shielding member (10) of the working tool and having an inner surface (24) against which an o... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7223161 | Cutting apparatus with dust discharging In a cutting apparatus having a circular blade with a dust discharging unit for, during cutting, discharging chips (dust) within a dust cover covering the circular blade, a pulley is fixed to an output shaft of a power source, and a flat belt for transmitting power ... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7220173 | Wafer holder and wafer conveyor system equipped with the same The present invention is directed to a wafer holder and a related wafer conveyor system. The wafer holder holds a wafer and moves horizontally within a chamber. A contact area between the wafer and the wafer holder is reduced, and potential contaminants generated by... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7219434 | Metal cutting circular saw with integral sight window A metal cutting circular saw is provided with an upper blade guard which includes a first sight window disposed in a first side surface and disposed in a plane angularly offset from a plane of the blade. The upper blade guard also includes a second sight window disp... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7207873 | Hand machine tool with clamping device A hand power tool has a disk-shaped tool, and a clamping device for clamping the tool, the clamping device including at least one flange and a clamping unit for clamping the tool to the at least one flange and passing through the tool, the clamping unit and the at l... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7207874 | Electric hand power tool An electric hand power tool has a housing, an air-cooled electric motor which is accommodated in the housing, a tool which is driven by the electric motor a protective hood which at least partially covers the tool, the housing having a handle and an auxiliary handle... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7198442 | Dust and debris extraction apparatus for power tool The invention relates to a power tool such as a router which is provided to perform an operation on a work piece. The tool includes dust extraction apparatus to allow dust and debris to be removed from the location at which the work is performed and part of the extr... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7192225 | Machine tool Machine tool having a bed, a table arranged on the bed, a first saddle provided free to travel back and forth, a second saddle supported on the first saddle and provided free to travel side to side, a spindle head provided free to travel perpendicularly on the secon... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7189240 | Method and apparatus for spinal procedures A method of treating spinal stenosis, in which a rasp is brought through a part of a spinal channel and then axially moved so that the rasp removes a stenosis in the spinal channel. Optionally, a shield protects a spinal cord or other sensitive tissues in the spinal... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7186170 | Device and method for severing welds A milling cutter or grinding tool for severing welds on body sheets is provided. The tool includes an essentially circular-cylindrical cutting wheel having cutting edges at least on the circumference and a pair of distance plates with a smaller radius than the outsi... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7182720 | Machine tool A machine tool has a support table provided on an upper surface of a bed to support a work, a Z-axis saddle, a machining unit mounted on the Z-axis saddle and provided with a machining head, a compartment cover arranged on the bed to compartment a region and a machi... | 02/27/2007 |
