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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7402096 | Device for machining material plates A device for working of glass panes (1) has a support (5) for the glass panes (1) and a nozzle (2) from which a water jet emerges for cutting the glass panes (1). The nozzle (2) can be moved on a guide (8) parallel to... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7329169 | Apparatus and method for fabricating liquid crystal display panel An apparatus and method for fabricating a liquid crystal display panel are disclosed. In case of the single mode that liquid crystal display panels are fabricated with the same size on a large glass substrate, defective unit liquid crystal display panels are kept an... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7322879 | Reprofiling device for the rails of railroads that captures waste A device for the continuous reprofiling of the rails of railroads includes at least one abrasive rail reprofiling unit (2) guided along the railroad tracks and comprising at least one abrasive disk (3) that can be pressed against a rail (1). Thi... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7310863 | De-burring apparatus for a hobbing machine The present invention provides a hobbing machine. The hobbing machine includes a clamp fixture adapted to retain a gear blank. A motor is operatively connected to the clamp fixture and is configured to rotate the clamp fixture and the gear blank together at a predet... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7238091 | Stone fabrication scheme Methods and systems of fabricating stone products are provided. The method comprises the steps of providing a stone piece, separating the stone piece into a plurality of sawed stone slabs by cutting with at least one saw blade, separating the plurality of sawed ston... | 07/03/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7082867 | Circular saw with a dust collecting mechanism A circular saw includes a worktable, a blade supporting unit pivotally mounted to the worktable, a saw blade shaft mounted rotatably on the supporting unit and driven by a motor to rotate a saw blade, a driving shaft mounted rotatably on the supporting unit, and a d... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7074116 | Honing and deburring tool A combination tool for machining a bore has a tool shaft transmitting a rotational movement and an oscillating movement in an axial direction of a bore to be machined with the tool. A horning tool is arranged on the tool shaft, and a deburring tool is arranged on th... | 07/11/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6938313 | Portable plastic pipe cutter beveller system A pipe-cutting device comprising a portable support; a device for rotating said pipe relative the support; a cutter associated with said support for cutting the pipe during rotation of the pipe. ... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6932680 | Tool mounting assembly A tool mounting assembly including a tool support means which includes tool holders adapted for receiving an associated tool and enabling rotation of the associated tool about a rotation axis. The tool mounting assembly further including means for causing relative m... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6912927 | Modular-flexible wormshaft assembly A worm shaft is provided with an intermediate worm thread section between first and second end structures, wherein at least one of the first and second end structures has a coupling structure for a desired extension of a plurality of modular worm shaft extensions. T... | 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 |
| 6865787 | Numerical control (NC) processor with onboard grinding unit A numerical control (NC) processor with an onboard grinding unit is disclosed in which a workpiece is first cut in a preselected contour with a Y-axis cutting tool, and then subjected to honing operation intact whereby both the cutting and honing operations can be p... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6866568 | Circular saw A circular saw includes a worktable, a mounting seat extending upwardly from the worktable for mounting a motor thereon, a blade supporting unit pivotally mounted on the mounting seat at a pivot end so that an opposite free end is turnable to be close to and away fr... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6827636 | Semiconductor device production method and apparatus A semiconductor device production method and a semiconductor device production apparatus are provided. The semiconductor device production method includes the steps of: sticking a wafer to a stretch tape stretchable by a physical process; dicing the wafer into indiv... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6746307 | Method for re-profiling at least one running surface of a rail, and corresponding device The invention relates to a method for re-profiling the running surface of a rail, preferably the convex portion of the rail head cross-profile of a rail, especially a railway rail, by peripheral milling. The aim of the invention is to obtain a profile that meets the... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6645043 | Method and apparatus for cold-end processing full lead crystal An apparatus for grinding and polishing without visible flaws a variety of different size and shape full-lead crystal workpieces. A conveyor supports the workpieces and runs through the apparatus housing. A workpiece calibrator is located proximate the en... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6632125 | Method of manufacturing aluminum frames for photomask protective films A method of manufacturing aluminum frames for photomask protective films comprises the step of: providing a square-shaped hollow or solid strut aluminum material, fastening the bottom end of the aluminum material to a base of a machine tool, using a milli... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6609997 | Method and apparatus for resurfacing anvil blanket of a rotary diecutter for box making machine A rotary die cuter for a box making machine has an abrading cylinder mounted for rotation alongside the anvil for engaging and resurfacing the blanket of the anvil on a virtually continuous basis to smooth, level and even the surface of the blanket. This ... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6561885 | Ring cutter for cutting chips A ring cutter that cuts chips with a ring of knives. Two carrier rings enclose a collar of knife packets. Each knife packet includes a knife clamped between a knife carrier a clamping plate with a cutting edge of the knife pointing to the inside of the ri... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6558237 | Knife ring machining tool for machining chips A knife ring machining tool for machining chips, with a knife ring comprising a crown of knife packets as well as two carrier rings carrying the packets, which rings are arranged on the ends of the knife packets. Each knife packet includes a knife that is... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6524162 | Slicing center A slicing center includes a first structure (23) to carry out operations (24) necessary for the production of processed slices in trays or packaged, from pieces to be sliced. These operations (24) are controlled and interconnected by a second structure (2... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6478658 | Apparatus for generating lens surfaces An apparatus for simultaneously machining a plurality of lens blanks to provide a lens surface on each blank corresponding to a selected lens prescription includes a tool support assembly and a lens blank assembly. The tool support assembly movably suppor... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6450866 | Sharpening apparatus A sharpening apparatus for sharpening the blades of a forage harvester chopper drum includes a carriage to which is mounted a grindstone carrier that holds a grindstone that is moved across the chopper drum during sharpening operation. The grindstone carr... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6386952 | Single station blade sharpening method and apparatus A blade sharpening method and apparatus is characterized by sharpening the blade in a single station grinding assembly. The grinding assembly includes two opposed abrading wheels which interlock to form a nip for sharpening the blade. The wheels each incl... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6231430 | Carbon electrode cleaning system and method The present invention is directed to improved apparatus' for dislodging and abrading cryolite encrustations from carbon anodes spent during aluminum smelting. Both the plow blade and flailing elements of the present invention are constructed and arranged ... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6152809 | Method and apparatus for cold-end processing full-lead crystal An apparatus for grinding and polishing without visible flaws a variety of different size and shape full-lead crystal workpieces. A conveyor supports the workpieces and runs through the apparatus housing. A workpiece calibrator is located proximate the en... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6110009 | Grinding machine for grinding frictional surface of pad and method of grinding the pad The grinding machine for grinding a frictional surface of a pad of the present invention comprises: a grooving cutter to be rotated; a cylindrical grinding wheel arranged at a position distant from the grooving cutter; a pad chucking portion for holding a... | 08/29/2000 |
| 5993292 | Production of notchless wafer A shallow notch 1 as a tentative mark is engraved on a periphery of an ingot at a position corresponding to a predetermined crystal orientation in the step of grinding the periphery of the ingot. After the ingot is sliced to wafers, a mark 2 for indicatio... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5975990 | Method of producing semiconductor wafers A method for producing semiconductor wafers is by a repeated sequence of grinding the end face of a monocrystal using a grinding tool and cutting a semiconductor wafer having a thickness from the monocrystal using a cutting tool, a grinding abrasion of a ... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5885139 | Floor covering stripping and floor re-surfacing machine A power-operated and hand steerable machine for stripping linoleum, tile, mastic, grout, adhesive and the like from a floor and also for re-surfacing the floor after the stripping operation. The machine includes a support frame, a drive plate driven by a ... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5873773 | Glass-plate working apparatus A glass-plate working apparatus 1 includes: a supporting device 7 for supporting a glass plate 6 from a glass plate carrying-in section 2; a main cutter head device 9 for forming a main cut line 8 for bend-breaking on the glass plate 6 supported by the su... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5772495 | Method and apparatus for producing photo filmstrip A photo filmstrip (14) of a regular length (L) is produced from photo film web (45) having a predetermined width (W). The photo filmstrip and the photo film web have a back surface, an emulsion surface, a pair of lateral edge faces (45a), and four corner ... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5667423 | Method and apparatus for slicing workpiece Disclosed are an improved method and apparatus for slicing a workpiece such as a semiconductor ingot, in which coolant nozzles are disposed near the cutting edge of an annular blade, air nozzles are respectively equipped near the both side surfaces, the a... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5549505 | Installation for the reprofiling of tracks carried out on a railway line The reprofiling installation includes, arranged below a railway carriage, a milling device consisting of two frames (8, 9) linked together. These frames (8, 9) of differing lengths and guided by the track, carry each a milling unit (22, 24). The installat... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5484326 | Semiconductor ingot machining method The cutting process is executed after the grinding process and for one semiconductor ingot, one grinding device and one inner diameter saw slicing machine are used to perform grinding process and cutting process respectively. During the grinding process, ... | 01/16/1996 |
| 5449312 | Device for cutting a glass sheet To simplify and to shorten the cutting of a glass sheet (3) with the help of a cutting tool (11) and the removal of a coating applied on glass sheet (3) with the help of a grinding tool (12), the scratching of glass sheet (3) and the removal of the coatin... | 09/12/1995 |
| 5421092 | Pivotably mounted kitchen appliance A kitchen appliance has a working unit with a motor and a mounting bracket for pivotably mounting the working unit under a kitchen cabinet. The working unit has a housing with a working area at a first face and a decorative second face. In a first positio... | 06/06/1995 |
