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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7364501 | Sanding block and method of making same A sanding block includes a compressible core having at least one pair of sides characterized such that an abrasive material is adhered to said sides substantially along the surface thereof and having a juncture area defined between said two sides which does not have... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7338350 | Combination router-end mill cutter tool, edger with combination tool, and method of edging eyeglass lenses The present invention relates to a tool for shaping and polishing an edge of an eyeglass lens. The tool includes a longitudinally extending body rotatable on the axis thereof, with a proximal portion and a distal portion. A first cutter extends axially and radially ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7308745 | Method and device for edge-machining of a plastic optical lens and a combination tool therefor An edge-machining device in particular plastic spectacle lenses (L) has two aligned holding shafts (14, 16) rotatable with a controlled angle of rotation (φB) about a rotational axis of a workpiece (B) between which the lens may be clamped and a t... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7303347 | Stain removal kit A portable stain removal kit for removing stains from fabrics, such as clothing or furniture, for use immediately after the mishap has occurred. The kit is intended to be small enough to be carried in a pocket or purse and includes a spatula, a stain removing materi... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7290304 | Apparatus for cleaning internal components of electronic equipment A cleaning apparatus with an integrated cleaning sheet for cleaning the internal working components of a piece of electronic equipment along a predetermined media path. The cleaning apparatus includes a base material having a leading end and a trailing end. A cleani... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7285038 | Sanding attachment for a reciprocating power tool A sanding attachment, for use in conjunction with an existing reciprocating power tool, for sanding a rough surface of an existing object. The sanding attachment comprises a main part being an elongated strip of metal having an attachment end for selective attachmen... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7261622 | Multiple cutting edged sanding wheel An improved sanding wheel configured to rotate axially for sanding or polishing milled contours that will provide sharp edges and corners in the workpiece. The preferred sanding wheel has a cylindrical body with a plurality of segments extending radially from the bo... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7252578 | Apparatus for cylindrically grinding workpieces An apparatus for cylindrically grinding workpieces includes a first holding tool (10) and a second holding tool (12). The first holding tool is configured for positioning pre-grinding workpieces (18). The first holding tool defines a first groov... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7235004 | Precision means for sharpening and creation of microblades along cutting edges A knife-edge conditioning apparatus comprises at least one precision angled knife guide with one face of the knife blade maintained in sustained sliding or rolling contact and which guides the elongated edge of the blade into sustained contact with the hardened surf... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7229344 | Blade sharpening tool A blade sharpening tool includes a main body, a first grinding unit, a second grinding unit, and a protective jacket. The first grinding unit is directed toward a direction in line with the axial direction of the main body. Thus, when the first grinding unit is pres... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7204664 | Glass drill bit A method and apparatus for drilling glass using a drill and drill bit. The method utilizes a drill bit having a plurality of shaft diameters, and being provided with a plurality of types of abrasives. By providing a coarser abrasive on a narrow portion of the bit, a... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7198436 | Multi-blade router tool, edger with multi-blade router tool, and method of edging eyeglass lenses The present invention relates to a router tool for edging the peripheral edge of eyeglass lenses. The tool comprises a longitudinally extending body rotatable on the axis thereof. A first blade extends axially and radially from the body, and has a first cutting port... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7182679 | Conical point sharpener A conical point sharpener for sharpening conical shaped points such as fishhooks, needles, surgical instruments includes a handle, a mandril with an abrasive material coating fixed to one end of said handle, a drive spindle, wherein said drive spindle is movably att... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7182554 | Drywall rasp A rasp includes a body including upper, lower, front and rear portions. The lower portion has a groove that has first and second sections extending along a length thereof. The first section includes equidistantly spaced coextensive cutting blades extending downwardl... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7125205 | Cutting tool for rough and finish milling A milling cutter comprises a cutter body having two concentric annular rings. An outer ring is provided for rough milling and includes a plurality of cutting inserts equally spaced about the periphery of a cutter body. An inner finish ring comprises a ring member ha... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7115027 | Grinding tool for sharpening work pieces A grinding tool for sharpening tools is provided comprising an oscillatory drive the output shaft of which is driven oscillatingly about its longitudinal axis. The grinding tool comprises a holder for mounting a working part which is configured as a grinding plate h... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7108595 | Apparatus for manual sharpening of the blades of cutting tools An apparatus for the manual sharpening of blades of cutting tools, includes at least two sharpening elements each with at least one sharpening edge, wherein the sharpening elements can be disposed to be partially overlapping, and partially in contact with each other... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7103950 | Pipe beveling tool and method A tool assembly which is adapted to perform a cutting operation and also a beveling operation on a pipe. There is a rotary power saw which has rotary drive member to which a saw blade can be mounted. There is a bevel section having a mounting member that connects to... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7082656 | Pipe beveling system A tool for beveling the end of a pipe is comprised of a hollow, tubular body having a central, longitudinal axis of rotation, an inboard coupling end, and an opposite outboard working end. A plurality of longitudinally spaced, transversely directed latching pin bore... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7029378 | Combination router-end mill cutter tool, edger with combination tool, and method of edging eyeglass lenses The present invention relates to a tool for shaping and polishing an edge of an eyeglass lens. The tool includes a longitudinally extending body rotatable on the axis thereof, with a proximal portion and a distal portion. A first cutter extends axially and radially ... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7021399 | Power tool A power tool includes a body housing a motor with a first output shaft and an attachment for engagement with the output shaft. The attachment includes an output shaft which transmits rotational motion derived from the rotational motion of the motor and further inclu... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7014542 | Cutter for cutting and grinding optical lens in a single process A cutter foe making optical lenses has a main member with a connector base and a grinding assembly at an opposite ends thereof. The grinding assembly has two fixed devices having a cutting portion at a distal end thereof respectively and two movable devices having a... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7004823 | Multi-zone grinding and/or polishing sheet The invention relates to grinding/polishing sheet, which comprises 2 or more annular grinding/polishing zones (1-5) separated by intermediate annular distancing zones (6). One or more of the grinding polishing zones (1-5) comprises one or more n... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6991525 | Method and device for the surface machining of workpieces composed of non-brittle materials in optical lens manufacturing and tool for this purpose A device is disclosed for the surface machining of, among other things, plastic spectacle lenses, which has a work spindle, by means of which the spectacle lens can be driven with a controlled angle of rotation about an axis of work rotation, and a tool spindle, by ... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6969312 | Hub conditioning and alignment tool The hub conditioning and alignment tool for a wooden car has a cylindrical handle with two opposed faces. A first shaft extends perpendicular to the first face and a second shaft extends perpendicular to the second face. The shafts terminate in tips with depressions... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6966094 | Grill cleaning brush and scraper The present invention relates to a grill cleaning tool that is comprised of a handle portion and a cleaning head portion with a removable brush head and scraper blade. The handle has a rubber grip and a hanger eye for storage when the tool is not in use. The cleanin... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6949018 | Apparatus for finishing surfaces A method is described for surface finishing complex and simple surface shapes by abrasion of selected zones of surface, leaving contiguous zones unfinished. ... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6945850 | Saw blade with abrasive surface The present invention relates to a saw blade for cutting and finishing the surface of a work piece. The saw blade having a set of teeth disposed about the outer edge for making a cut in a work piece and an abrasive secured to the lateral surface of the saw blade. Th... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6913526 | Polishing machine for polishing periphery of sheet A polishing machine for polishing a periphery of a sheet of the present invention comprises a grinding shaft tilting mechanism (1) capable of changing a tilting angle of a rotary shaft of a grinding stone (3) with respect to a rotary shaft of the sheet... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6908367 | Apparatus for processing a lens An apparatus for processing a lens comprising a rotating tool for chamfering used for chamfering a peripheral portion of a spectacle lens, the apparatus comprising: a holding shaft supporting the lens and a lens-holding unit that rotates the holding shaft and displa... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6905398 | Chemical mechanical polishing tool, apparatus and method A chemical mechanical polishing tool, apparatus and method. The polishing tool includes a central polishing assembly comprised of a central pad mount on a central shaft. That central pad mount beneficially retains a center polishing pad. Also included is a ring poli... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6875079 | Methods of working, especially polishing, inhomogeneous materials An inhomogeneous glass ceramic material having a ceramic phase and a glass phase is polished by a method that reduces surface roughness at a preselected temperature to values less than 2 Å. The method includes polishing the surface of the glass ceramic material at... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6808447 | Tool, in particular diamond sector for machines for polishing surfaces such as agglomerates, tiles or the like A tool for surface smoothing machines, includes a substantially plane support, provided at one side with a coupling for fitting to a smoothing machine, and at the opposite side with a housing that protrudes relative to the plane; a housing for an abrasive member, pr... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6776697 | Rotary woodworking machine A rotary woodworking machine includes a longitudinally extending transmitting shaft having two ends respectively coupled to two rotary woodworking members. A speed ratio varying device is disposed to couple the transmitting shaft to an output shaft of a motor, and i... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6758733 | Two-part beveling wheel for improved positioning of bevel contours on ophthalmic lenses A bevel edging wheel is described which has differing hardness abrasive matrices on the bevel cutting surfaces. The bevel edging wheel, which is suitable for edge finishing of an optical lens, includes: (1) a hub portion for attachment to a rotary power source: and ... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6726546 | Method and apparatus for deburring machined workpieces A method and apparatus for deburring nonmetallic machined workpieces. A deburring material of sufficient hardness to debur nonmetallic workpieces without causing scarring thereto is rubbed against a workpiece to effect deburring. The deburring material has a duromet... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6626744 | Planarization system with multiple polishing pads An apparatus for simultaneously polishing wafers including at least a first and a second web of polishing media. At least two polishing heads are provided on a carrier coupled to a drive system such that one polishing head positions a wafer against the fi... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6618890 | Universal cleaning apparatus A cleaning apparatus for cleaning and decontaminating the internal working components of a piece of electronic equipment along a predetermined media path includes a base material having first and second surfaces. The apparatus also includes a cleaning sub... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6572455 | Method and apparatus for deburring machined workpieces A method and apparatus for deburring nonmetallic machined workpieces. A deburring material of sufficient frictional engagement and hardness to debur nonmetallic workpieces without causing scarring thereto is rubbed against a workpiece to effect deburring.... | 06/03/2003 |
