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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6962279 | Apparatus and method for glass separation for flat panel displays A method and apparatus for separating glass panels that minimizes process failures and improves separation process consistency by utilizing a separation handle which applies the minimal pressure necessary to remove the edge portion from the glass panel. The glass pa... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6200199 | Chemical mechanical polishing conditioner A conditioner head for conditioning the polishing surface of a polishing pad. The conditioner head includes a drive element carried for rotation about a longitudinal axis and a disk backing element. The disk backing element carries an abrasive disk and ho... | 03/13/2001 |
| 5803794 | Combined grinding machine for providing an internal spline The combined grinding machine for internal spline includes three grinding heads for processing a bore of internal spline parts. The machine clamps a workpiece and at the same time can finish grind during the bore and spline operation and boring one of its... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5433656 | Linkage controlled spring powered feed system A linkage controlled spring powered feed system for maintaining a virtually constant force against a linearly movable member such as the feed member of a honing machine or other device, the system including a lever member having one end which bears agains... | 07/18/1995 |
| 5177904 | Method for honing workpieces A method for machining a workpiece bore in a single working stroke utilizes a honing tool with a preset honing surface fixed in a radial position corresponding to the desired end size of the bore during the work cycle and measures the finished project for... | 01/12/1993 |
| 5155944 | Method and apparatus for honing workpieces A method and device for honing a workpiece surface to be machined to provide a finished size and surface configuration comprising a honing tool with adjustable honing elements, the elements having a cutting zone and a calibrating zone, and also comprising... | 10/20/1992 |
| 5150496 | Internal grinding and cutting device for pipe and casing A portable system for reworking the inside diameter of oil field pipe and casing, and especially plastic coated pipe that is to be re-coated. The system includes a grinderhead that removes irregularities from the inner surface of the pipe to render the pi... | 09/29/1992 |
| 5111622 | Slicing and grinding system for a wafer slicing machine A grinding wheel is mounted coaxially of an internal diameter saw blade and rotates with the saw blade during operation. The grinding wheel includes a grinding disc and a center rod which is movably mounted within a central bore of the spindle of the slic... | 05/12/1992 |
| 5088237 | Method, machine and tool for the honing of workpieces A honing tool for machining a workpiece bore (40) in one working stroke with honing coatings (22) set in fixed manner to the desired size of the bore, has on a non-readjustable part of the tool body (12) and preferably in the vicinity of a guide zone (28)... | 02/18/1992 |
| 5062187 | Internal cutting head for drifting pipe A portable system for reworking the inside diameter of heavy oil field casing, and especially casing that has irregularities on the inner surface thereof that render the casing unsuitable for use in deep wells. A cutting head assembly is rotated as it is ... | 11/05/1991 |
| 4765016 | Chip removing device A chip removing device for removing foreign matter such as chips from a groove defined circumferentially on an inner peripheral surface of a cylindrical workpiece, which includes a blowhead that is fittable into the cylindrical workpiece, a shaft for supp... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4683680 | Method and apparatus for producing bores having a high surface quality A method and apparatus for producing, in workpieces, bores having a high surface quality, and especially for producing cylinder bores in engine cylinder blocks. At least one fine surface machining is carried out with a rotating honing tool that executes a... | 08/04/1987 |
| 4516359 | Grinding machine The present invention relates to a grinding machine comprising an expansion jack whose piston is connected to the expansion rod of a grinder, means for detecting the position of the piston of this jack and for supplying an electric signal as a function of... | 05/14/1985 |
| 4510720 | Honing control system A honing control system which can be balanced to independently control the honing and release stroke of a honing machine by utilizing a system incorporating a combination of air and liquid pressure to balance and regulate power and release stroke of the s... | 04/16/1985 |
| 4455789 | Self-controlled honing machine To insure that cylindrical bores, and particularly blind bores (8) in a workpiece (9) are truly cylindrical, or of predetermined geometry even in the region adjacent the bottom of the blind bores, a honing blade carrier (4) has a set of long honing blades... | 06/26/1984 |
| 4301624 | Grinding heads A grinding head of the type comprising an expansible grinder adjusted by an expansion cone connected to an expansion rod, comprises a differential action hydraulic ram for operating the expansion rod. The piston of the ram is connected to the expansion ro... | 11/24/1981 |
| 4189871 | Honing machine A "beam stroker" type of honing machine which can, at the operator's option, be power stroked by means of a double-acting pneumatic cylinder or manually stroked. Both travel limits can be varied by the operator. A hydraulic double-acting cylinder system f... | 02/26/1980 |
| 4187644 | Dual feed apparatus for multiple spindle honing machine A multiple spindle honing machine of the disclosure includes automatically controlled feed cylinders for initially expanding honing tools driven by the spindles and also includes a constant rate feed mechanism that continues to expand the tools after the ... | 02/12/1980 |
| 4173847 | Feeding device for a chip removing tool for machining bores in workpieces, especially a honing tool A feeding device, especially for a honing tool, in which a frame is formed with a cylinder having a piston mounted therein and to which is connected a spindle or feed rod having the tools mounted thereon. The piston will effect rapid advance and retractio... | 11/13/1979 |
| 4007561 | Device for automatically lapping valve seat The disclosed device comprises a supporting disc, a sleeve centrally pendent from the disc, a hollow driven shaft rotatably and axially slidably extending through the disc and sleeve, and a lapping disc fixed to that end of the shaft extending from the sl... | 02/15/1977 |
| 3982356 | Honing machine for finishing trochoidal bore of rotor housing of rotary engine A honing machine for finishing a trochoidal bore of a rotor housing of a rotary engine. The honing machine includes a honing head and a machine table both of which are driven by a common drive shaft separately from each other in the same direction but wit... | 09/28/1976 |
