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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7988540 | Brush module for a grinding brush A brush module (6) for a rotating grinding brush, said brush module comprising: an elongate body part (7); at least one abrasive cloth (9) protruding from the body part (7); a plurality of bristles (8) extending from the body part ... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7351132 | Flap wheel, in particular flap wheel for satin finishing systems for pipes or for sheet metal and method of producing the same A flap wheel (1) for satin finishing systems for pipes or for sheet metal, includes a plurality of radial flaps (2) fixed to the hub (3) of the flap wheel (1) by coupling elements integral with the hub (3) of the flap wheel (1 | 04/01/2008 |
| 7347771 | Flap-type rotary finishing device A rotary finishing device including a generally circular hub having an inner periphery and an outer periphery. The outer periphery includes a plurality of slots formed thereabout, which are defined by a pair of side portions. The plurality of slots are generally uni... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7318770 | Grinding wheel with sand paper items The present invention concerns a grinding wheel (1) including a circular wheel that rotates about a central axis and with a surface (2) to which edge parts of a number of sand paper items (3) are fastened, and that the surface (2) has inc... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7169027 | Cylindric drum with replaceable grinding elements A cylindrical drum has at its circumferential edge a number of recesses, each adapted for accommodating a replaceable grinding element including a retainer in which is mounted a sandpaper, support brushes and/or retainer brushes. The recesses in the cylindrical drum... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7144194 | Surface finisher The surface finisher is an attachment for an angle grinder or other handheld prime mover that precludes the need to finish uncured concrete or other viscous, semi-fluid materials by hand. The surface finisher is a disk having a series of radially disposed blades ext... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7115028 | Coupling structure for grinding members A coupling structure for grinding members adopts a removable structure to fasten a grinding member to a pneumatic tool. One or more grinding member may be mounted on the coupling structure according to requirements. The coupling structure may be used repeatedly to r... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7056201 | Cylindric drum with sanding elements The invention concerns a cylindric drum for a sanding/polishing tool which in its drum surface is provided with a number of undercut axial grooves for mounting one or more axially displaceable sanding elements, where an annular groove has been provided either in the... | 06/06/2006 |
| 6949019 | Flap-type rotary finishing device A rotary finishing device including a generally circular hub having an inner periphery and an outer periphery. The outer periphery includes a plurality of slots formed thereabout, which are defined by a pair of side portions. The plurality of slots are generally uni... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6912755 | Clamping device of a rotating tool A clamping device of a rotating tool includes a first clamping plate and a second clamping plate. The first clamping plate includes a snap groove disposed at the center of the first clamping plate and having a bored hole disposed at a center of the snap groove and a... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6869349 | Abrading machine with abrading discs, which are moved in a reciprocatory movement transverse to an item An abrading machine is disclosed for abrasion of substantially plane items by use of rotating abrading discs, which are moved simultaneously forwards and backwards transverse to the item and which preferably has downward extending abrasive lamellae. The machine also... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6592442 | Flap wheel A flap wheel includes an aluminum hub with outwardly opening peripheral slots. Flap clips also made of aluminum each holding a bundle of flaps fit snugly in the slots. The slots and clips include an elongated socket and knob construction. The socket of th... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6471575 | Brush roll and its brush device A brush element U includes an assembly of annular disks 2 joined together as arranged side by side. Each disk has polishing bristles or cleaning yarns 1 implanted in its outer periphery. The brush elements U are arranged side by side around a shaft 3. The... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6309291 | Brush cutter A brush cutter adapted to be driven in rotary motion by a conventional machine tool. The brush cutter includes an annular wall having a cylindrical outer surface defining a longitudinal center axis. Front and rear faces are connected to opposing ends of t... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6217431 | Sanding brush assembly A sanding brush assembly, includes a metallic base body formed with a plurality of grooves in spaced-apart disposition about its circumference or formed on its end face. Detachably received in form-fitting or force-fitting engagement in each of the groove... | 04/17/2001 |
| 5649857 | Abrasive wheel A laminated abrasive wheel comprises a central carrying member having two holding flanges between which abrasive laminae assembled to form stacks of abrasive laminae are arranged. On the holding flanges there are fastened respectively alternating studs wh... | 07/22/1997 |
| 5554068 | Abrasive flap brush and method and apparatus for making same An abrasive flap brush including a central core, a layer of adhesive disposed on the peripheral surface of the core by a coater, and a plurality of abrasive flaps adhered to the core by the adhesive. The adhesive is uniformly distributed around the core b... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5527213 | Honing tool and method of making An elongated narrow and rather thin honing tool is made from a somewhat soft metal or plastic cup holder. A tightly packed bundle of abrasive containing plastic monofilaments is inserted to the bottom of the cup holder and the cup rim is swaged inwardly t... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5461745 | Automatic vehicle washing apparatus A motor vehicle washing apparatus having a brush assembly and curtain assembly for prolonging the life of the brush assembly and the curtain assembly by adjusting the length of elements of each when wear occurs. The brush assembly includes a plurality of ... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5423718 | Rotary abrasive tools A plastic strap or tape having granular abrasive embedded homogeneously throughout is cut, shaped and formed into a variety of abrasive finishing tools. The plastic working element is preferably rather stiff 6/12 nylon and contains about 30 to 45% by weig... | 06/13/1995 |
| 5404681 | Internal finishing tool and method of making same A twisted stem helical internal abrading and finishing tool is formed from abrasive containing plastic strips having transverse offset slits along the lateral edges and a longitudinal middle unslit portion. The strips may be stacked with the longitudinal ... | 04/11/1995 |
| 5329730 | Abrasive finishing tool An abrasive grinding tool and method for making the same characterized by a shaft having a longitudinal axis and a relatively thin flat bundle of monofilaments. The bundle is secured to the shaft and projects radially outwardly from two sides of the shaft... | 07/19/1994 |
| 5295332 | Perforated strip abrading element and abrading tool and method using such strip element An extruded plastic strip contains abrasive grains or minerals embedded homogeneously therein throughout is scored along the machine or extrusion axis direction, such scoring including elliptical or pointed perforations with the long axis or generally poi... | 03/22/1994 |
| 5170593 | Method of making a perforated strip abrasive tool An extruded plastic strip contains abrasive grains or minerals embedded homogeneously therein throughout is scored along the machine or extrusion axis direction, such scoring including elliptical or pointed perforations with the long axis or generally poi... | 12/15/1992 |
| 4993198 | Brush roll for brushing metal plates A brush roll comprising a multiplicity of brush disk segments mounted on a shaft in a circular arrangement around the axis of the shaft and arranged closely longitudinally of the shaft, each of the brush disk segments including a board substantially in th... | 02/19/1991 |
| 4882879 | Flexible abrasive grinding tool A flexible abrasive rotary tool includes a hub adapted to be driven for rotation. Secured to the hub are discrete bristle tufts of stiff yet flexible abrasive loaded plastic monofilaments which project radially outwardly and then circumferentially away fr... | 11/28/1989 |
| 4718204 | Lamellar end grinding wheel The invention relates to a lamellar end grinding wheel in which abrasive flaps engage over one another in tile-like manner along the circumferential zones of a circular disc-shaped back plate and are advantageously fixed with the aid of fingers. The abras... | 01/12/1988 |
| 4712289 | Installation for the automatic grinding of curved surfaces An installation for the automatic grinding of surfaces, especially of body surfaces to be painted of a motor vehicle, in which the grinding aggregate is machine-guided and the grinding disk exchange at the grinding aggregate is realized automatically. For... | 12/15/1987 |
| 4679360 | Lamellar end grinding wheel A back plate for a lamellar end grinding wheel is described, in which grinding flaps overlap one another in tile-like manner along the circumferential zone of a circular disc-like back plate. The arrangement is characterized in that the back plate is cons... | 07/14/1987 |
| 4630408 | Rotary finishing wheel The finishing or polishing wheel comprises a flap pack hub spaced from the axis of the wheel and a drive hub mounted on a rotary shaft and carrying the flap pack hub. The flap pack hub includes an axially extending reach disposed between a pair of opposed... | 12/23/1986 |
| 4563839 | Flap wheel An abrasive flap wheel assembly including abrasive packets having their inner end portions disposed in recesses in the hub and being attached so that they project at about a right angle to a radius of the hub through the area of attachment between the hub... | 01/14/1986 |
| 4369606 | Abrasive head An abrasive head including a plurality of radially extending brushes interspaced with abrasive strips. The brushes are secured by brush holders between a pair of parallel plates with the holders having overlapping mounting flanges secured together to one ... | 01/25/1983 |
| 4285171 | Abrasive flap drum An abrasive pack for use with an elongated hub having a plurality of spaced slots each extending along the length of the drum and with a plurality of the abrasive packs each extending outwardly from the drum and each positioned adjacent an individual one ... | 08/25/1981 |
| 4217737 | Abrasive flap drum An attachment means for an abrasive pack for use with an elongated hub having a plurality of spaced slots each extending along the length of the hub and with each pack formed of a plurality of abrasive flaps of abrasive material stacked together and with ... | 08/19/1980 |
| 4183183 | Pack unit and mounting means therefor A pack unit containing fill material is mounted on a hub structure of a rotary finishing wheel having a rotary axis. The pack unit includes a rigid unitary elongated clip member to which the fill material is secured and a flexible plastic unitary elongate... | 01/15/1980 |
| 4096600 | Friction curtain apparatus The friction curtain apparatus is for washing a motor vehicle which is moved through an opening in the frame of the apparatus having a longitudinally extending axis between the opening's entrance and exit. A least a pair of swingable scrubbing units are p... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4055919 | Pack unit and mounting means therefor A pack unit adapted to be mounted on the hub structure of a rotary finishing wheel. The hub structure includes a plurality of circumferentially spaced, elongated slots about the periphery thereof and each of the slots has an inner portion, a restricted ne... | 11/01/1977 |
| 4055028 | Replaceable, one piece, hinge-type, slot-engaging pack unit A modular pack unit is adapted to be replaceably mounted to a support structure having one or more quasi-cylindrical, key-hole-type, slot-defining formations disposed parallel to the longitudinal axis of the support structure. The pack unit includes a sub... | 10/25/1977 |
| 4018014 | Hub structure for rotary finishing wheels A hub structure for a rotary finishing wheel having a rotational axis and being adapted for replaceably mounting a plurality of circumferentially-spaced pack units each of which includes a flap-like member of fill material having a radially outer finishin... | 04/19/1977 |
| 3967418 | Work polishing tool and method of making same A work-polishing tool including a rigid annular core having at spaced intervals around its periphery strips of readily-deformable material such as sheet rubber. These strips extend radially outwardly from the core and each has leaves of abrasive fabric se... | 07/06/1976 |