...When G.G. Hubbard learned of his future son-in-law's invention, he called it "only a toy." His daughter was engaged to a young man named Alexander Graham Bell.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7329173 | Tool grinding machine A grinding machine, which includes a grinding wheel rotatable by a motor, a first slide movable in X-axis direction, a second slide supported on the first slide and movable in Y-direction, a bracket supported on the second slide and turnable about Y-axis, a tool hol... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7237989 | Milling method used for producing structural components A milling method is for producing milled structural components of materials that are difficult to machine by chip-cutting. A milling tool with a tool radius is rotationally driven about an axis of the milling tool to ensure a central rotation thereof, whereby a refe... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7125316 | Method and device for producing molds for toothed belts The invention relates to a method and to a device for producing molds for toothed belts. A grinding wheel (9) that has a profiled periphery is used instead of a milling cutter to provide the circumference of a roller-shaped blank (4) with the matrix of... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7056189 | Grinding method of a workpiece and grinding apparatus An adaptive work table-reciprocation control system and method that can reduce a grinding time. The system uses a vibration sensor head installed on a chuck surface in the vicinity of the workpiece to detect a vibration signal emitted from the contact zone between t... | 06/06/2006 |
| 6942551 | Method 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 |
| 6916232 | Apparatus for superpolishing the inside surface of a seam of a continuous photoreceptor belt Apparatus is provided for superpolishing the inside diameter surface of a seam of a flexible continuous photoreceptor belt. The apparatus includes (a) spaced apart support rollers for supporting the inside surface of the flexible continuous photoreceptor belt into a... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6623340 | Grinding jig A grinding jig (5) is to be attached on an edge tool (4) to be ground on a rotating grindstone (2) in a grinding machine (1), having a support means (3) in the vicinity of the grindstone. The jig is split by having a base portion (6) and two parallel open... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6419443 | Glass product machining apparatus A glass product machining apparatus comprises a grindstone rotatable around an axis by means of a motor, moving table movable under the grindstone in the cross direction of the grindstone, frame for supporting the grindstone for up-and-down motion, lift, ... | 07/16/2002 |
| 5800249 | Fiber shaper Reconditioning a fiber for laser applications by cleaving off its tip and shaping the cleaved end into a conical or pyramidal shape with a grinder. The cleaved end is grasped in a fiber holder. The grinder is driven, e.g., to rotate. The fiber holder is m... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5649853 | Drill bit grinding machine A drill bit grinding machine including a grinding control device controlled to move the drill bit, permitting it to be ground by the grinding wheel, the grinding control device including a mounting base, a coupling block pivoted to the mounting base to ho... | 07/22/1997 |
| 5634842 | Apparatus for the precision grinding of conical seats for cylindrical nozzle workpieces An apparatus for the precision grinding of conical valve seats of nozzles, for example, injection nozzles for internal combustion engines. The body is entered hydraulically on a mandrel and a driver has a rubber O-ring braced against the nozzle body to fr... | 06/03/1997 |
| 4993189 | Floating fixture platen A floating fixture platen for use on machine tools having a machine support structure and a machine tool portion rotatable about an axis of rotation, the floating fixture platen including a planar member mounted on the machine support structure in a posit... | 02/19/1991 |
| 4958463 | Optical surface quality improving arrangement An arrangement for controlledly removing material from an effective surface of a workpiece includes a mounting member which is mounted on a support for movement relative thereto at least in and opposite to a predetermined direction toward and away from th... | 09/25/1990 |
| 4928432 | Rods precision cutting-off and end surface grinding machine A rods precision cutting-off and end surface grinding machine consisting chiefly of a set each of drive device, cut-off device, end surface grinding device and rods chucking device, which is chiefly characterized by the following operations: to put the co... | 05/29/1990 |
| 4495732 | Semiconductor wafer sectioning machine A wafer holding chuck for a wafer sectioning machine is provided with a substantially flat chuck plate having an extremely flat resilient strip support for supporting only a very small area of the wafer above the surface of the chuck plate at a point oppo... | 01/29/1985 |