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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7208074 | Substrate processing apparatus and substrate plating apparatus A substrate processing apparatus fills a metal such as copper or the like in fine interconnection patterns or trenches defined in a semiconductor substrate. The substrate processing apparatus has a loading/unloading unit for placing a substrate cassette to allow a s... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7156717 | situ finishing aid control A method of using finishing aids for advanced finishing control is described. A finishing surface is used generally to induce frictional wear. The finishing aids with preferred in situ control can improve control of the coefficient of friction, the tangential force ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7131890 | In situ finishing control An apparatus and method of using a in situ finishing information for finishing semiconductor wafers is described. The method uses operative sensors such as friction sensors for detecting and improving control during finishing. The method can aid control of finishing... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7121919 | Chemical mechanical polishing system and process Chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) systems and methods are provided herein. One aspect of the present subject matter is a polishing system. One polishing system embodiment includes a platen adapted to receive a wafer, and a polishing pad drum that has a cylindrical... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7037182 | Template device for the control of the movements of diamond milling cutters or the like, to be mounted on marble or stone slab border polishing machines The template device according to the present invention permits to determine the procedure for an angular displacement of the diamond milling cutter heads in respect to the size of the slab to be worked, and precisely the slab thickness, in order to obtain the same p... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6685538 | Machine for machining a volume, in particular an inlay, by automatic duplicating A machine for machining a volume, in particular an inlay, by automatic duplicating, includes an abrasive disc having a rotatable drive, a support for a blank of the volume, the disc and the blank being rotatable, a rotatable duplicator support a touch-sen... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6165056 | Polishing machine for flattening substrate surface There is disclosed a polishing machine capable of flattening a wafer surface uniformly. The machine can modify the flatness of the surface during polishing. The machine has an index table and a polishing head 18. The table attracts the wafer to be polishe... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6110029 | Template for the lens of a pair of glasses A template (1) intended for the lens of a pair of glasses (4), in which the template includes holes (14) for determining a drilling position for applying marks. The template (1) can be connected to a blocking member (10, 11) provided on the lens of the gl... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6071180 | Method of surface grinding a flange surface of a wheel hub for an automotive vehicle A process for surface grinding of a flange surface of a wheel hub onto which a brake disk can be mounted for a motor vehicle includes the mounting of the wheel bearing on the wheel hub before the grinding operation. An outer bearing ring is then clamped o... | 06/06/2000 |
| 5722879 | Variable travel carrier device and method for planarizing semiconductor wafers A chemical mechanical planarization tool and method are presented employing a non-linear motion of the carrier arm relative to the polishing pad. The non-linear motion of the carrier arm relative to the polishing pad can be accomplished in a variety of wa... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5613894 | Method to hone curved and shaped profiles and honing machine to carry out such method Method to hone curved and shaped profiles which belong to furniture elements, which are advantageously of furniture of an antique style, such as surfaces of tables, mouldings of furniture or pictures, panels, doors of kitchen cupboards, seat elements, etc... | 03/25/1997 |
| 5549511 | Variable travel carrier device and method for planarizing semiconductor wafers A chemical mechanical planarization tool and method are presented employing a non-linear motion of the carrier arm relative to the polishing pad. The non-linear motion of the carrier arm relative to the polishing pad can be accomplished in a variety of wa... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5367834 | Edge grinding apparatus An apparatus for successively grinding the edges of a series of like, sheetlike articles, such as glass sheets, and especially irregularly shaped glass articles such as automotive windows. The apparatus includes a frame, a table rotatably secured to the f... | 11/29/1994 |
| 5313740 | Scanning device and use thereof A moulding is contacted by two end pieces of a rotatable first holding part and is scanned by a disk. For the suppression of relatively large elastic deformations of the moulding by the pressure exerted by the disk, the moulding is also contacted by a sec... | 05/24/1994 |
| 4854080 | Apparatus for sharpening periodontal instruments An apparatus for sharpening cutters of periodontal instruments comprises a base supported on a parallelogram formed by two carriers in which is mounted in rotary manner a grinding wheel. At the lower ends the carriers are mounted in a support plate, which... | 08/08/1989 |
| 4608783 | Feeler unit for positioning sheet glass processing tools The invention is concerned with a feeler unit for positioning sheet glass processing tools, which comprises a frame carrying at least one feeler roller piloting a tool holder head positioning motor, and a back-up roller engageable with the underside of a ... | 09/02/1986 |
| 4583891 | Structural component having a twisted profile and method and apparatus for producing such structural component A structural component having a twisted profile or cross-section, such as a arge scale wing for a windmill or for a helicopter, has an upper portion and a lower portion intimately bonded to each other along an interface formed by two separation surfaces. A... | 04/22/1986 |
| 4513542 | Portable surfacing machine for boiler manhole A portable machine is provided for in-place grinding of an inside ellipti face of an elliptical boiler manhole access with a grinder which has a flat grinding surface. The boiler manhole access also has an outside elliptical face and a conforming ellipti... | 04/30/1985 |
| 4463524 | Indexable insert grinding machine A machine and procedures for finish grinding of indexable cutting tool inserts made of tungsten carbide and other similar materials which includes a fixture for positioning inserts individually in a work holder and moving the work holder to a position in ... | 08/07/1984 |
| 4332109 | Grinding apparatus for a flank of an end mill point This invention relates to an apparatus for grinding the cutting edge flank having special figure of an end mill. This apparatus comprises a grinding part (30) having a grinding wheel (31), a model guide (61) having a guide face (61a) flush with the grindi... | 06/01/1982 |
| 4319615 | Router attachment for ornamenting a workpiece Undulatory rails on a track can be oriented in any given direction by placing the track on a turntable. A wheeled carriage rides to or fro on the track and carries a router. The router bit rises and falls in response to the particular profile of the rails... | 03/16/1982 |
| 4167836 | Profile grinding machine A profile grinding machine for grinding the contour surface of an article to be ground such as a wrist watch case or the like is disclosed. The machine comprises a work shaft provided at its one end with a chuck for supporting the wrist watch case to be e... | 09/18/1979 |
| 4132036 | Adjusting structure in an aspheric lens grinding apparatus A lens grinding apparatus which is particularly suitable for grinding aspheric lenses has a rotary shaft which carries the lens which is to be ground and which is supported for rotation about the axis of the shaft by a support structure which has a suppor... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4084352 | Lapidary machine A lapidary machine having a fluid-actuated chuck arranged for facilitating insertion into and removal from the chuck of a dopstick provided with a shank of substantially square cross section. By this arrangement, dopsticks can be easily changed and quickl... | 04/18/1978 |
| 4081927 | Apparatus for grinding a rabbet in an edge of a glass sheet A wheel having a plurality of spaced grinding pads is rotated about a vertical axis and displaced toward a glass sheet rotating in a horizontal plane to grind a rabbet in the edge of the glass sheet. The spaced grinding pads reduce frictional heat and pro... | 04/04/1978 |
| 4068413 | Adjustable lens grinding apparatus An adjustable lens grinding apparatus of the type having a chuck for securing a planar lens blank thereto, an abrading cup for sweeping through the lens blank during an abrading stroke, and further including an improvement in the apparatus for positioning... | 01/17/1978 |
| 4061077 | Apparatus for forming large compound curved surfaces An apparatus for machining a compound curved surface upon a large plate-like metal workpiece comprising an elongated horizontal bed having parallel curved longitudinal edges, a table slidably mounted upon the bed, and having guide strips complementary to ... | 12/06/1977 |
| 3992823 | Apparatus and methods for shaping recoil pads Apparatus and methods for shaping a gun recoil pad, by mounting a gun stock and carried initially oversize pad for universal pivotal movement about a predetermined center while the stock is turned about generally its longitudinal axis relative to an abrad... | 11/23/1976 |
| 3973360 | Cam controlled grinding machine A machine is provided for grinding small parts in which a rigid frame carries a rotatable flat grinding surface, a cam rest with a flat surface parallel to the fat grinding surface and a mobile carriage movable in a direction perpendicular to the flat gri... | 08/10/1976 |
| 3940159 | Steering knuckle assembly The application relates to a steering knuckle assembly of the type utilized for supporting the steerable wheel of an automotive vehicle. Two embodiments of the steering knuckle assembly are disclosed and both comprise an integral metal housing formed from... | 02/24/1976 |
