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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7360289 | Apparatus for milling a surface The present invention provides an apparatus for use on a roof or the like which incorporates an insulation material. The invention allows workers to shave the insulating layer to smooth, remove high spots, or create slopes, valleys or sumps, in order to achieve posi... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7219411 | Method for manufacturing commutator having commutator segments A feed rate of a single-point cutting tool, which is an axial relative moving distance of the cutting tool along an outer peripheral surface of an unfinished commutator product per revolution of the unfinished commutator product, is reduced in an end part of a cutti... | 05/22/2007 |
| 6952067 | Rotary electric machine and a method of producing the same A surface of a commutator 5 is rubbed by a shakedown brush 21 other than ordinary brushes 11 to produce a carbon coat, whereby a shakedown process can be reduced or abolished. ... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6293320 | Multi-purpose machining apparatus A precision multi-purpose machining apparatus for facilitating lathing, milling, drilling, sawing or routing operations typically using a rotary-type cutting tool. In a preferred embodiment the multi-purpose machining apparatus of this invention is charac... | 09/25/2001 |
| 5454284 | Commutator finishing methods and apparatus Commutators of armatures for electric motors or other dynamo-electric machines are finished by subjecting them to inspection and turning operations. The first inspection operation determines the minimum amount of material that can be cut while producing a... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5177842 | Apparatus for finishing surface of commutator of motor An apparatus for finishing a surface of a commutator of a motor, in which a distance between a surface to be finished and a reference position is measured in advance prior to the surface-finishing, and thereafter, turning, cutting or buffing is performed.... | 01/12/1993 |
| 5174001 | Method and apparatus for finishing grooved articles Grooves in an article such as a commutator are filled with a soft brittle material before a grooved surface of the article is cut. With the grooves thus filled, the cutting is performed continuously and smoothly without involving formation of burrs projec... | 12/29/1992 |
| 4686730 | Semi-automatic armature assembly slot cleaner An apparatus for cleaning the slots of newly assembled armatures of chips and burrs. The apparatus includes centrally or radially mounted cylinder means and a plurality of radially aligned blades, with suitable linkage means connected threrebetween for mo... | 08/18/1987 |
| 4653965 | Automatic mica undercutter An improved machine for undercutting the commutator of a DC motor. Designed specifically to undercut the mica insulation slots of a commutator, the device includes drive means to allow slippage of an undercutting assembly so that saw and spindle assembly ... | 03/31/1987 |
| 4406192 | Apparatus for machining a planar side face of a piston ring Apparatus for machining the planar side face of a piston ring having a cutting tool holder reciprocable with respect to the planar side faces of the piston rings in the axial direction thereof. A cutting tool is secured to the cutting tool holder so that ... | 09/27/1983 |
| 4355553 | Portable turning tool A portable turning tool for removing material from a worn component of a device such as a motor generator. The portable turning tool has a support member which is fixedly secured to the device in such a position so as to have a centrally located opening t... | 10/26/1982 |
