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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7198557 | Sanding machine incorporating multiple sanding motions A sanding machine includes a conveyer and a sanding assembly for sanding a workpiece by moving the sanding assembly in multiple linear and/or nonlinear motions relative to the conveyed workpiece. ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7125323 | Clutch device for a rollers' swinging mechanism of a belt sander A clutch device for a rollers' swinging mechanism of a belt sander, which includes a roller set, a swinging gear set, is composed of a control bar, a linking member and a clutch member. The roller set is driven by the swinging gear set to carry out an axial movement... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7114413 | Portable band saw sharpener The portable band saw sharpener includes a frame for receiving a saw blade that is to be sharpened. A hand-operated motor is pivotally mounted to the frame for driving a grinding wheel, which engages the teeth of the saw blade. A hand-operated structure releasably h... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7014544 | Reciprocating and deflecting swing device for the roller of a cylindrical emery-polishing machine A reciprocating and deflecting swing device for the roller of a cylindrical emery-polishing machine includes a motor fixing base having its inner side provided with a lower holder engaged thereon with an upper holder, with an emery-tape roller fitted in the upper ho... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6206763 | Deburring machine A brush deburring machine includes upper and lower synchronized dogged conveyors that translate workpieces between a pair of cylindrical wire brushes to remove burrs from the ends of the workpieces. A first support surface is defined on each of the dogs o... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6018860 | Process for manufacturing drilled taper point surgical needles A process for manufacturing wire or needles having a taper point and mechanically drilled suture mounting holes in the proximal ends. Needle or wire blanks are cut from a roll of wire and mounted to a carrier strip. The carrier strip and needles are moved... | 02/01/2000 |
| 5924911 | Arrangement for grinding of preferably slabs and method The invention relates to a method for grinding of preferably billets, blooms or slabs which are moved in a certain direction on a support. The method means that the grinding is performed in a track which is perpendicular to the travel direction of the bil... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5733180 | Sanding machine A Sanding machine for sanding of workpieces including relief formations passed in a direction of conveyance through the sanding machine, the sanding machine comprising sanding heads extending transverse to the direction of conveyance of workpieces passed ... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5539973 | Process for manufacturing taper point surgical needles A process for manufacturing wire or needles having a taper point. Needle or wire blanks are cut from a roll of wire and mounted to a carrier strip. The carrier strip and needles are moved through a succession of forming and trimming and grinding stations.... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5531636 | Oscillating drum sander A sander for mechanically abrading a surface of a workpiece. The inventive device includes a main frame having a moving conveyer extending therethrough. A first sanding drum assembly is positioned over the conveyer and rotates for initially abrading a sur... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5477604 | Process for manufacturing taper point surgical needles A process for manufacturing wire or needles having a taper point. Needle or wire blanks are cut from a roll of wire and mounted to a carrier strip. The carrier strip and needles are moved through a succession of forming and trimming and grinding stations.... | 12/26/1995 |
| 5361544 | Apparatus and method for grinding, polishing and burnishing operations on a stationary workpiece to relieve internal stresses or preclude material flow in the workpiece during operations thereon An apparatus and a method for performing working operations, such as grinding, polishing and burnishing, on a workpiece. A first and a second working tool are disposed for working movement in, respectively a first and second axis in a first plane and a se... | 11/08/1994 |
| 5274957 | Band saw sharpener A device for sharpening band saw blades while the blade is in place. A grinding disc is propelled toward and away from the saw blade to grind the teeth. While the disc is being retracted, the band is moved one tooth spacing and held there by an indexing d... | 01/04/1994 |
| 4907372 | Cylinder bore finishing apparatus tilt fixture A finishing apparatus includes an upright frame mounted finishing head driven by a hydraulic cylinder controlled by a proportional valve or a servo drive which ball screw under the control of a central processor unit in accordance with the type of an engi... | 03/13/1990 |
| 4813187 | Method of grinding arcuate surfaces of workpieces A method of grinding an arcuate (concave or convex) surface of a workpiece in a grinding machine involves rotation of the workpiece about an axis which may but need not intersect the workpiece and which need not include the center of curvature of the arcu... | 03/21/1989 |
| 4781049 | Apparatus for creating a florentine pattern on a gold strip An apparatus for creating a florentine finish on a gold strip comprising a table-like support including spaced-apart driven friction wheels which move the gold strip across the upper surface of the support beneath a rotating and oscillating cutter wheel w... | 11/01/1988 |
| 4150479 | Method of making magnetic head cores with cant angles A method for batch fabricating magnetic heads with a desired cant angle in the transducing surface of the magnetic core. The cant angle reduces the "Minor Bit" phenomenon. The two parts of the core which require the cant angle are mounted on a fixture so ... | 04/24/1979 |
