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Class 451/179 - Linear indexing of the tool


Subclass of Class 451 - Abrading
Definition: Abrading machine in which the tool is moved to a succession
No. of patents: 20
Last issue date: 01/30/2007


NumberTitleIssue Date
7169022Method and apparatus for creating a groove in a collector ring of an electrical device
A method and apparatus for creating a groove in the surface of a collector ring for use in an electrical device. The method and apparatus can be used to create a new groove in the surface of a collector ring having none, or can be used to enhance or re-form an exist...
01/30/2007
7121932Portable drill sharpener
A portable drill sharpener includes a casing, a sand-wheel, a positioning device, a first grinding unit and a second grinding unit, a holding member for positioning a drill to be ground, a first adjustment unit and a second adjustment unit respectively connected to ...
10/17/2006
6997175Portable apparatus for working, shaping and polishing stone and other hard materials
A wheeled trolley carries various tools across an object to be worked. A track attaches directly to the work and simultaneously isolates the tool from the work. A standard connection to the trolley readily accommodates a variety of diverse tools, using a keyway or t...
02/14/2006
6942551Method for forming a cutting edge along an edge portion of a blade stock
A method for forming a cutting edge along an edge portion of a blade stock, wherein the method includes moving the blade stock with respect to a first cutting element rotating about a first rotational axis, the first rotational axis forming one of an acute angle and...
09/13/2005
6884154Method for apparatus for polishing outer peripheral chamfered part of wafer
In a process for polishing the chamfered peripheral part of a wafer using a polishing cloth while supplying a polishing slurry in order to improve productivity of the process by reducing a polishing time, at least two steps of polishing processes are performed in se...
04/26/2005
6679766Diamond sleeve honing tool
A honing tool assembly adapted to be chucked in a honing machine for reciprocation and rotation, the assembly comprising a diamond-plated tool for honing cylindrical bores in a workpiece, the diamond-plated tool having a spiral pattern on a cylindrical ou...
01/20/2004
6652367Drill bit grinding device
A grinding device includes a rotary grinding wheel having an annular grinding surface, a first grinding seat located in front of the grinding wheel, a sleeve disposed rotatably within a through hole in the first grinding seat, an abrasion measuring device...
11/25/2003
6561882Grinding method and numerically controlled grinding machine
A circular or non-circular workpiece is ground in a plurality of grinding steps, including a final finish grinding step. A grinding wheel is caused to effect profile generation movement in synchronism with rotation of the workpiece and in accordance with ...
05/13/2003
6544105Control device to implement a grinding process for a knife shaft
The present invention relates to a control device to grind a knife shaft used in a machine intended for cutting sheets of materials into strips, for example sheets of paper, plastic, plates of photosensitive film or any other material having the form of t...
04/08/2003
6500052Method of polishing a ceramic substrate
The circumferential edge portion of a ductile rotating body containing abrasive grains is used to polish the surface of a ceramic substrate. The angle θ formed between the polishing direction D0 of the ceramic substrate and the rotating direct...
12/31/2002
6450865Non-contact support for cylindrical machining
A support for supporting a work piece to be machined is provided. The support is for use in a machine adapted to receive fluid from a fluid source. The machine includes a tool for removing material from the work piece. The support includes a body defining...
09/17/2002
6422930Apparatus for removing deposited film
An edge face of a deposited film at an edge portion of a device wafer having the deposited film formed on a substrate is polished at a substantially right angle so as to prevent the deposited film from peeling-off and dusting. A forming body having a sect...
07/23/2002
6394892Device for machining optical workpieces
A very versatile device is proposed for high-precision machining of optical workpieces, in particular optical lenses, which comprises a horizontally displaceable gantry with at least one vertically displaceable tool spindle and a yoke with workpiece holdi...
05/28/2002
5718614Control apparatus for grinder
Downfeed apparatus in a grinder controlling the grinding wheel down in fast, medium and slow speeds, and up in fast speed. It is fed down continuously in successive passes throughout the grinding operation, and at the end of the grinding, the grinding whe...
02/17/1998
5577954Grinding apparatus of welded residue on seam of rail head
A grinding apparatus of a welded residue on a seam of a rail head portion including a rail, a machine table capable of moving forward and backward along the rail, an apparatus base erected on a distal end side of the machine table, a first support disk bo...
11/26/1996
4941294Grinding machine for belt materials
The disclosure relates to a grinding machine which, in the production of toothed belts, grinds the back surface of a molded and vulcanized cylindrical belt material (also called a slab) to finish the belt material thickness to the specified dimension befo...
07/17/1990
4625461Method and apparatus for positioning work supporting units in grinding machines
The work supporting unit or units on the stationary or reciprocable work supporting table of a plain grinding machine are adjustable with reference to the table by one of the existing numerically controlled drives, such as the drive which reciprocates the...
12/02/1986
4524544Machine for backing-off and/or grinding drifting spindles provided with teeth
The machine comprises a sliding table (4) and a support (5,6) mounted on a transverse slide (1). The grinding spindle (7) is mounted on the support (5,6) by way of slide (14) which can be oriented by the slide (14) whereof the sliding plane of the slide i...
06/25/1985
4501092Automatic grinding
The invention is concerned with performing grinding operations on a workpiece at predetermined locations along its length and is described in connection with a machine for sharpening broaches in which a broach to be sharpened is mounted on a fixed bed, th...
02/26/1985
4226053Grinding apparatus
A grinding apparatus and method in which at least two grinding wheels are coaxially and rotatably supported on a common spindle and are juxtaposed with a worktable for a workpiece. A pulse motor on either the worktable or the spindle displaces the wheels ...
10/07/1980
 
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