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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7314403 | 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, unit liquid crystal display panels are kept and discarde... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7189145 | Method of and apparatus for producing roll A belt grinding is integrated with an electroerosion machine for contouring the working surface of a mill roll and providing a texture thereon. The belt grinder can superfinish the roll and remove peaks in the surface without significantly affecting the mean surface... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7171735 | Shape member manufacturing apparatus and shape member manufacturing method The invention provides a shape member manufacturing apparatus and a shape member manufacturing method which aims at cutting and grinding a joint projection 8B formed when a plurality of shape members are joined together by welding or friction stir welding, in... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7131893 | Method for grinding liquid crystal display panel Disclosed is a grinding table apparatus for a liquid crystal display panel and a grinder using the adapt to various sizes of unit liquid crystal display panels for grinding edges of the corresponding liquid crystal display panel by adjusting a variable moving distan... | 11/07/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7059938 | Method of and apparatus for working a glass plate An apparatus (1) for working a glass plate includes: a glass-plate working section (4) for working a glass plate (2) whose upper surface (3) is coated; and transporting means (6) for carrying into the glass-plate working section ( | 06/13/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6976907 | Polishing pad conditioning An apparatus for conditioning a polishing pad of a CMP apparatus for making semiconductor wafers is provided which includes a control arm configured to extend at least partially over a polishing pad. The apparatus also includes at least one cylindrical conditioning ... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6926598 | Grinding wheel A grinding wheel having a tool portion formed by firmly fixing diamond grains to an end face of a cup-shaped core by brazing. A circumferentially continuous groove is formed in a substantially central portion of the end face of the core. The abrasive grains are firm... | 08/09/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6722959 | Combination 2-plane CNC positioning grinder with CNC positioning drill A glass plate tooling apparatus has independently driven loading and unloading tools which presents raw workpieces to, and removes finished workpieces from a centrally located machining station. The machining station holds the workpiece in a fixed orientation on fir... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6709319 | Sharpener assembly for a food slicer and related method A sharpener assembly for a food slicer includes a rotatable frame with a sharpening member and a truing member operatively connected for rotation with the frame. The frame is mounted on a food slicer to place the sharpening member and truing member on opposed sides ... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6675548 | Method and apparatus for texturizing tank walls A gantry is constrained to move around the walls of a cylindrical, concrete tank. A rotating, high pressure water spray nozzle is mounted to a moveable platform on the gantry and connected to a source of water at a pressure of over 20,000 psi. The distanc... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6632131 | Combination rotary cutting and sanding blade Rotary saw blades (1, 17, 18) for use on a power saw are disclosed for cutting and sanding materials simultaneously. The rotary blades have abrasive sanding means (10, 11) affixed to each face of the blade to accomplish the sanding process. The abrasive m... | 10/14/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6585457 | Abrasive generation of non-metallic gear A hob cutter includes a cutting portion and an abrading portion in mechanical communication with the cutting portion. The cutting portion includes a plurality of hob teeth having at least one gash extending therethrough to define a cutting face on a front... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6523906 | Floor covering removal apparatus A mobile apparatus for removing floor coverings. The apparatus has a main frame supported by wheels and includes a scraper blade mounted on the front of the frame and a rotary cutter assembly mounted underneath the frame with controls whereby the scraping... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6461223 | Sheet glass working machine A glass plate working machine comprises a cutting unit(1) for forming a cutting line on an unshaped glass plate(22) to break the unshaped glass plate(22), a grinding unit(2) for grinding an edge of the glass plate broken along the cutting line, a glass pl... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6453528 | Device and method for the machining of crankshaft pins Disclosed is a portable apparatus for the machining of a crankshaft pin of a crankshaft installed in an engine. The apparatus is supported on the crankshaft-web side surfaces and performs economical procedures by turning, milling or grinding. The apparatu... | 09/24/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6439961 | Machining cell and method for deburring the root of a turbine blade A machining cell and process for deburring root edges of a turbine blade. The machining cell defines a work area enclosing a robot to pick up and transport a blade package between working stations within the cell. A supply conveyor transports the part to ... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6280305 | Vibration surface finishing apparatus An orbiting head is rotatably mounted in the housing. The orbiting head has an axial end with a grinding surface for contact with the workpiece having its surface finished. The orbiting head defines a fluid passage with one end having an opening at the gr... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6261161 | Sharpener assembly for a food slicer and related method A sharpener assembly for a food slicer includes a rotatable frame with a sharpening member and a truing member operatively connected for rotation with the frame. The frame is mounted on a food slicer to place the sharpening member and truing member on opp... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6248003 | Method of truing grinding wheel and device used in performing such method A method of truing a grinding wheel includes the steps of providing a material containing a metallic material selected from the group consisting of metals in groups IVA, VA and VIA of the periodic table and alloys thereof, rotating a grinding wheel having... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6234873 | Semiconductor mirror-polished surface wafers and method for manufacturing the same A method for manufacturing semiconductor wafers is provided. According to this invention, wafers are obtained by slicing a single-crystal semiconductor ingot. The sliced wafers are beveled at their peripheral rims. The beveled wafers are flattened by a la... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6086462 | Coping and profile cutting and/or sanding apparatus A powered coping and profile cutting and/or sanding apparatus is able to impart any shape to the surface of a body of material (17) at any angle, simple or compound, relative to the body of material. The apparatus comprises a reciprocating "frame"(36) enc... | 07/11/2000 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 5836808 | Slicing machine with built-in grinder The rotational center of a grinding wheel is eccentric to a slicing side in a slice feed direction with regard to the rotational center of an inner diameter saw. As a result, the diameter of the grinding wheel can be smaller, and the slice movement distan... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5816892 | Positioning control for combined milling machine and internally positioned grinding wheel An improved tool includes a milling tool rotatable about an axis, and a coaxially mounted grinding wheel positioned slightly axially towards a workpiece from the milling tool. The milling tool provides rough finish on a workpiece, and the grinding tool fo... | 10/06/1998 |
| 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 |
| 5667428 | Apparatus for cutting and grinding a workpiece A machine for simultaneously milling and grinding a workpiece comprises milling and grinding wheels rotatable about respective first and second parallel axes, the second axis being offset radially with respect to the first axis. A single motor drives the ... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5616064 | Plate-like glass material, etc., working device A plate-like glass material working device 1 provided with a breaking-off unit 2, an input unit 3 for inputting various breaking-off data items and commands to the device; a storage unit 5 from which data on the shape of a target plate of glass 300 stored... | 04/01/1997 |
| 5558565 | Glass pattern cutting device The present invention provides a glass cutting apparatus for cutting glass to a predetermined pattern. The glass cutting apparatus includes a rotatable workpiece holder which is adapted to rotatably hold a glass workpiece and overlaying pattern thereon. A... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5520569 | Cutter and a rotary cutter apparatus A cutter apparatus comprising an on-the-sleigh robot, a motor having a vertical output shaft and capable of shifting vertically, a rotary cutter detachably connected at the end of the output shaft of the motor, and a cordless TV camera installed on the ro... | 05/28/1996 |
| 5417525 | Deburring attachment for a honing tool Burrs formed at the ends of a bore during a honing operation performed by a single pass honing tool are removed by a deburring attachment which is carried on the leading end of the tool. The attachment includes one set of spring-loaded blades which remove... | 05/23/1995 |
| 5405285 | Machining error correction apparatus The diameter, the orientation flat width/notch depth and the length of the block 10p are measured by the measuring devices 71a, 71b and 71c respectively and then the machining errors ƊDp, ƊWp and ƊLp in the measured values against the set values are ca... | 04/11/1995 |
| 5396736 | Machine for working a glass plate A glass plate working machine includes table 20 on which glass plate 22 is placed, breaking unit 3 for forming a cutting line on glass plate 22 placed on table 20, and pressing the glass plate in the vicinity of a portion of the glass plate 22 formed with... | 03/14/1995 |
| 5329733 | Wafer slicing and grinding machine and a method of slicing and grinding wafers A wafer slicing and grinding machine is provided with a saw blade assembly for the slicing of wafers from an ingot. A grinding stage is also provided for sequentially grinding the rear face of a previously sliced wafer and the front face of an ingot in or... | 07/19/1994 |
| 5325635 | Cutting and grinding apparatus for a glass sheet edge The invention relates to a cutting and grinding apparatus for a glass sheet edge, comprising a grinding machine (5) which includes two rotatable glass-supporting tables (10) and displacement guides (11) for shifting tables (10) aside from a conveyor track... | 07/05/1994 |
