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Decorative Jeweled Wheel Cover
An improved wheel is provided wherein decorative items such as gem stones are embedded in either the wheel surface, a special mounting section attached to the wheel surface, or to a spoke strap that wraps around each spoke and positions embedded gem stones on the outside surface of the spoke.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7287445 | Apparatus for precision steeling/conditioning of knife edges An apparatus for manually steeling or conditioning the edge of a knife blade comprises a precision angle guide attached to a manual sharpening steel. The angle guide establishes a guiding surface that provides for sustained sliding or rolling contact with the face o... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7104876 | Cutter-grinder An innovative cutter-grinder comprised of a base, a cutter holder, and a mobile base plate; the base plate being mounted with emery cloth before being placed on a deck of the frame to secure the emery cloth and allow easy replacement of the emery cloth; the cutter h... | 09/12/2006 |
| 6890243 | Processing method and apparatus of distal end of optical fiber A method and apparatus are disclosed wherein, while holding an optical fiber 1 by an optical fiber holder section 4 so as to serve a distal end 1a of the optical fiber 1 as a free end and holding the distal end 1a of ... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6149512 | Linear pad conditioning apparatus A linear pad conditioning mechanism provides a linear in situ or ex situ conditioning for a polishing pad mounted on a polishing belt of a CMP apparatus. The linear pad conditioning mechanism includes a linear oscillation mechanism for driving a condition... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6030281 | Sharpening apparatus A sharpening apparatus for sharpening blades of tools and other implements such as spatulas and grill scrapers. The sharpening apparatus includes a base member on which a sharpening stone is positioned. A slidable blade guide member is slidably connected ... | 02/29/2000 |
| 5547419 | Knives and scissors sharpener Blade-sharpening apparatus includes a blade holder that is axially and pivotably movable on an upright post, to enable controlled manual movement of a clamped blade in contact with a sharpening stone supported on an underlying base. The means by which the... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5487697 | Polishing apparatus and method using a rotary work holder travelling down a rail for polishing a workpiece with linear pads The present invention relates to an apparatus for polishing semiconductor wafers and, in particular, one in which the polishing pads are linear, that is, the polishing pads have a long linear dimension relative to their width and have a uniform cross-sect... | 01/30/1996 |
| 5199224 | Dart sharpener An apparatus for sharpening a dart includes a sharpening stone and a dart holder. The apparatus simultaneously translates the dart to be sharpened across the stone while rotating it against the stone in a direction opposed to the translation. An accurate,... | 04/06/1993 |
| 5168659 | Apparatus for finely working piston rings A device is provided for finely working exterior circumferential faces of self-tensioning piston rings which are combined into a packet. The device includes a cylindrical sleeve having an interior wall surface against which the circumferential faces of th... | 12/08/1992 |
| 5040337 | Method and apparatus for honing aircraft blades An apparatus for honing workpieces such as the midspans of jet aircraft engine blades is provided. The apparatus includes a flexibly mounted honing stone which will seat itself on the flat surface of the workpiece to be treated. To provide the necessary f... | 08/20/1991 |
| 4912881 | Multiple angle dressing device for tools and stock This invention provides a device that assists in the manual abrading and dressing at a selected angle of the edges of tools and other materials. The device can be mounted on a workbench and comprises a frame in which is mounted an abrasive means such a fi... | 04/03/1990 |
| 4512111 | Knife blade sharpener A knife is supported on a movable saddle support member and the knife blade maintained at a set predetermined angle with respect to a sharpening stone during the sharpening process.... | 04/23/1985 |
| 4484412 | Method and apparatus for cutting hard and brittle material using system for applying vibration in two directions A method and apparatus for cutting a hard and brittle material using a system for applying vibration in two directions with a strip-shaped flat cutting tool. The material to be cut is caused to make a reciprocating motion of a given stroke length together... | 11/27/1984 |
| 4418501 | Lapping machine and method A lapping method and apparatus providing accurate lapping of a workpiece surface and substantially even wear of the lap surface in the course of a lapping operation cycle. The workpiece having a surface to be lapped is held in an oscillating plate recipro... | 12/06/1983 |
| 4330963 | Apparatus for grinding finish of piston rings An apparatus for grinding the finish of piston rings comprises a grinding sleeve having a plurality of sleeve elements forming a cylindrical hollow member, and an adjuster to move the sleeve elements in unison in the radial direction thereof to maintain f... | 05/25/1982 |
| 4302909 | Stressed internal face lapping tool An apparatus for lapping an external circumferential arcuate face of a workpiece includes an axially split, radially resiliently expandable sleeve having an inner face constituting a lapping surface, an axial clamping arrangement for immobilizing the slee... | 12/01/1981 |
| 4277915 | Apparatus for shaping electrodes Improved apparatus for shaping electrodes wherein an abrasive die member is vertically driven into contact with an electrode workpiece member while the die and workpiece members are oscillated with respect to one another in the horizontal plane with the o... | 07/14/1981 |
| 4196611 | Testing apparatus for determining abrasion resistance of a surface A test apparatus for determining the abrasion resistance of the surface of a sample to be tested. The sample is placed with the surface to be tested facing downwardly through an aperture in a sample support, an abrasion wheel is positioned beneath the sam... | 04/08/1980 |
| 4156327 | Method for total form machining of metal The method of abrasion forming friable material such as carbon blocks to form electrical discharge machining electrodes therefrom comprising the steps of moving a master model, having an abrasive surface which is a mirror image of a desired form to be abr... | 05/29/1979 |
| 4100701 | Ultrasonic machining The invention relates primarily to ultrasonic machining which involves vibrating the part to be machined rather than a tool of the machine. To impart vibrations to the part to be machined it is secured to a metallic part for transmitting vibrations which ... | 07/18/1978 |
| 4060939 | Device of plane-parallel treatment of surfaces A device of simultaneous surface-treatment of two parallel plain surfaces of a worked article consisting of two immobile polishing blocks one serving likewise as support for the piece to be treated which is exposed to a combination of longitudinal and tra... | 12/06/1977 |
| 4051748 | Key cutting machine for producing obliquely oriented bitting A rotary cutter type key cutting machine for duplicating keys in which the V-shaped notches that define the bitting are obliquely oriented both left and right. Identical vises mounted on a hinged carrier which swings about an axis parallel to that of the ... | 10/04/1977 |
| 4051747 | Method for making a tool electrode for electrical discharge machining An over or undersize abrasive master mould is used to form tool electrodes by abrading a workpiece using a circular reciprocatory motion. The master mould is made by a casting process which starts with a preformed model, positive or negative, of the exact... | 10/04/1977 |
| 3990868 | Method of making cutting master for erosion machining A cutting master for total form abrasion machining a predetermined shape in a friable material including a body having a surface which is substantially the mirror image of a shape to be machined by abrasion, which surface is abrasive, is different in size... | 11/09/1976 |
| 3988864 | Structure for and method of total form abrasion machining A machine for producing a rotary orbital motion between a cutting master having an abrasive mirror image surface of a form to be abraded into a friable material and a workpiece of friable material while moving the surface of the cutting master and workpie... | 11/02/1976 |
| 3988862 | Structure for total form abrasion machining A machine for producing a rotary orbital motion between a cutting master having an abrasive mirror image surface of a form to be abraded into a friable material and a workpiece of friable material while moving the surface of the cutting master and workpie... | 11/02/1976 |
| 3948620 | Method of making cutting master for erosion machining A cutting master for total form abrasion machining a predetermined shape in a friable material including a body having a surface which is substantially the mirror image of a shape to be machined by abrasion, which surface is abrasive, is different in size... | 04/06/1976 |
| 3932960 | Single slide grinding machine A single-slide, mechanically and electrically programmed grinding machine comprising a rigid enclosed base, a fixed workhead assembly on the base, a pair of parallel slidebars mounted on the base, and a wheelslide assembly mounted on the base for longitud... | 01/20/1976 |
