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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7690969 | Polishing method, polishing device, glass substrate for magnetic recording medium, and magnetic recording medium There are disclosed a polishing method and a polishing device in which cleaning of a glass substrate surface can be achieved to a high level. A glass substrate (MD substrate 1) in the shape of a circular disc having a circular hole in a center portion is poli... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7431635 | Internal gear grinding method In a method for successively generating, on the inner peripheral surface of a ring, the individual profiles of a plurality of teeth of an internally toothed gear wheel: positioning the ring on a turntable; imparting complex motions, at a predetermined speed relation... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7427227 | Method and apparatus for fluid polishing In a fluid polishing method for processing a fine aperture by slurry 7, the slurry is supplied from a cylinder 2a in a slurry flow rate target process until the flow rate increases to a target value of a slurry feed flow rate. When the flow rate... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7416475 | Method for rough-honing the peripheral surface of a bore The invention relates to a method for rough-honing the peripheral surface (3) of a bore (2). According to said method, a honing tool (5) is introduced into the bore (2), the longitudinal axis (MB) of the bore (2) before ... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7402097 | Track supported bore finishing device A bore honing device comprising a support assembly including first and second end support elements connected by a base support which supports an axial guide track. A trolley engaging with the guide track and the trolley being movable along the guide track for guide ... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7371149 | Honing feed system having full control of feed force, rate, and position and method of operation of the same The feed system (30) for a honing machine (10) provides a capability to dynamically correct in real time errors in bore size inferred arising from variations in feed force, and a method of operation of the same. The system (10) allows a user to ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7361077 | Tube and duct edge cleaner An apparatus for cleaning a portion of a tubular member comprises a platform; a motor operatively connected to a shaft; a first sliding base driven by the shaft to revolve generally parallel to the platform; a first pinch thumb, including an outer surface, mounted o... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7341503 | Surface treating method for golf club head A surface treating method for a golf club head includes applying polishing pretreatment on a golf club head and grinding at least one surface of the golf club head with a resilient grinding rod. The resilient grinding rod includes at least one resilient matrix and a... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7309277 | Method of manufacturing honeycomb structural body A method of manufacturing a honeycomb structure of the present invention is a method of obtaining a honeycomb structure 10 having a predetermined shape by processing a peripheral portion of a crude honeycomb structure 2, the method being characterized ... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7291060 | Apparatus for screw-polishing with abrasive and method thereof The present invention is applied in the fields of precise transmission devices, bio-medical devices and military-use devices to polish a surface of an object by an abrasive carried by the rotating of a screw. ... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7241209 | Orbiting polishing tool An orbiting polishing tool for at least one of polishing and material removal. The orbiting polishing tool may include a housing of a housing assembly rotatable about a first axis. The orbiting polishing tool may also include at least one abrasive wheel rotatable ab... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7238086 | Surface finishing method for aluminum shapes by barrel polishing A surface finishing method for aluminum shapes by barrel polishing, wherein caps are mounted at both open ends of a hollow aluminum shape, and two aluminum shapes each mounted with the caps are set on two right and left holders so as not to interfere with each other... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7238089 | Polishing method for inner surface of tubular brittle material and tubular brittle material obtained by polishing method An object of the present invention is to provide a polishing method for producing, in a relatively short period of time, a tubular brittle material having an inner surface of high surface precision with a maximum roughness Rmax of 0.1 μm or smaller and a... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7163443 | Method, tool, and matching equipment for producing dental prosthetic items A tool for use in machining equipment for machining a item from a workpiece via longitudinal and transverse movement includes stepped regions having different diameters, each provided with a lateral surface for transverse lateral machining and a front surface for lo... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7120979 | Light bulb socket burnishing tool The light bulb socket burnishing tool is a device used to remove surface corrosion from the interior of common light bulb sockets without their removal from a base, restoring to operation and extending the life of the socket. ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7097543 | Burr removal apparatus Apparatus for removing a burr from an aperture in a workpiece, using a rotating deburring tool having a flexible or partly flexible shaft, an abrasive mechanism that rotates on the shaft and a collar that protects the workpiece from abrasion when the abrasive mechan... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7094476 | Surface-treated product, surface-treatment method, and surface-treatment apparatus There is provided a surface treated product that moves relatively in a fluid, wherein a surface of the surface treated product has continuous dimples, each dimple having a diameter of 10 to 2500 μm and a depth of 50 μm or less. The surface treated product signific... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7070491 | Machine tool with fluid actuated helical adjustment of abrasive elements The application describes a honing tool for use with a CNC machine. A fluid actuator provides the mechanism for causing radial adjustment of abrasive elements. The actuator consists of a piston and cylinder assembly mounted within the tool and powered by cooling flu... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7063593 | Apparatus and process for surface treating interior of workpiece A process and apparatus for surface treating boundary walls of an interior chamber formed in a workpiece. Nozzle members are inserted through access openings which communicate with opposite sides of the interior chamber and are positioned so that discharge openings ... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7041231 | Method of refurbishing a transition duct for a gas turbine system A method of refurbishing a transition duct (100) for a gas turbine system includes providing the transition duct. The transition duct has a first wall (221) defining a first passageway (110) and having holes (223) through a metal layer ( | 05/09/2006 |
| 6994610 | Method and apparatus for polishing inner an internal surface of an aluminum extrusion hollow shape There is provided an electrolytic integrated polishing apparatus which enables high precision polishing of the internal surface of a long sized cylindrical workpiece such as a metallic tube. The apparatus includes a work supporting unit 13 for disposing the c... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6960121 | Method of honing bores In a method for honing a bore having first and second sections sequentially arranged in an axial direction of the bore, wherein the first section is hardened so that the first and second sections have different hardness, a honing tool is radially supported by positi... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6941596 | Bed frame A bed frame assembly for supporting a bed in a substantially flat manner above a floor including interlocking elongate rails and feet for forming a rectangular, flat platform, each of the feet including an upper portion defining a receptacle oriented in a first dire... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6939214 | Honing wheel having internal gearing The cross-sectional profile of the outer peripheral surface of a honing wheel is within a spherical enveloping surface that is concentric with the honing wheel. Due to the cross-sectional profile of the outer peripheral surface of the honing wheel, tilting in the op... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6920678 | Machining cell in automatic machining system and automatic honing system This is a processing cell of an automatic machining system having a small, lightweight and simple structure, easy to determine or change the number of process, easy in design, and low in apparatus cost. A processing cell (A) has a unit structure comprising a conveyi... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6916229 | Machine-implemented method for forming a release surface of a mold A machine-implemented method is provided for forming a release surface of a mold. The mold has a mold cavity confined by an inner peripheral surface defining a mold cavity axis. The method includes the steps of: (a) bringing a grinding surface of a rotary grinding p... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6917176 | Gas main robotic inspection system The present invention provides a long-range, untethered, live, in-pipe inspection system that includes a self-propelled train having a plurality of modules; joint members for interconnecting adjacent modules, data collection components, and wireless communication co... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6910945 | Honing method and honing apparatus In a coarse honing step in a section (101), a honing head (15) provided with coarse honing hones (17) is inserted into a cylinder bore (13) of a cylinder block (11), the honing head 15 is rotated while axially moving it, and... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6905393 | Method for simultaneous machining and measuring parameters of a surface being subjected to machining A method for establishing different parameters of a surface of a work piece during machining of the surface using a spindle supporting a tool and displacement sensors for measuring displacement to which the spindle is subjected during machining. The method involves ... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6857943 | Burr removal apparatus Apparatus for removing a burr from an edge of a workpiece comprising a rotating shaft, an abrasive mechanism along a distal end portion of the shaft, and a non-abrasive collar provided along the abrasive mechanism. The non-abrasive collar protects the wall of the wo... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6846226 | Burr removal apparatus Apparatus for removing a burr from an aperture in a workpiece, using a rotating deburring tool having a flexible or partly flexible shaft, an abrasive mechanism that rotates on the shaft and a collar that protects the workpiece from abrasion when the abrasive mechan... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6793560 | Honing method A honing method proposes that using an arbor honing tool a remachining be carried out using the same tool either simultaneously or following onto arbor honing, in which the ratio of the stroke speed to the rotational speed of the tool is significantly increased. Thi... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6786807 | Universal coupling for machine tool A detachable tool body is connected to the mandrel by means of a universal type coupling. The mating end of the drive shaft is constructed with U-shaped element having a pair of arms extending axially towards the tool body. The inner surfaces of the arms form a part... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6773211 | Orbital drilling cutting tool A method and cutting tool for producing a hole or a recess in a workpiece which includes flat or curved sheets of fiber-reinforced composite material, metal or combinations thereof. The cutting tool has a shaft with a longitudinal axis and an axial cutting surface a... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6739956 | Apparatus for cleaning engine block passages An apparatus for cleaning a passage in an engine block, such as the oil galley and oil galley legs, in which the passage includes an inlet and an outlet end. The apparatus includes a fixture having an interior passageway with an opening. The fixture is dimensioned t... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6739949 | Adjustable tool body with fluid actuation The application describes a honing tool for use with a CNC machine. A fluid actuator provides the mechanism for causing radial adjustment of abrasive elements. The actuator consists of a piston and cylinder assembly mounted within the tool and powered by the through... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6726544 | Method and apparatus for superfinishing tapered roller bearing A superfinishing method of a tapered roller bearing, including the steps of: rotating an outer ring of the tapered roller bearing about a center axis thereof; inserting a straight-shaped superfinishing stone from a front face of outer ring; and slidingly contacting ... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6716088 | Work processing method A processing apparatus capable of grinding an arcuate groove (a groove having an arcuate shape in section) of various shapes defined in a work with a good accuracy. A pseudo-elliptic arcuate groove defined in a work is ground by a forming grindstone. The work is mov... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6585571 | Distal end honing device Honing devices configured for use with a source of pressurized fluid. The honing device includes a honing body with a base extending along an longitudinal axis. The base may include a distal end and a proximal end adapted for fluid communication with a so... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6575817 | Process for treating the interior of a hollow component A process for machining the interior of a hollow component for high-temperature application is described. The component has a base body made from a base material, and is in particular a blade of a gas turbine. The component has a cavity, in particular coo... | 06/10/2003 |
