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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7387120 | Tile saw A saw includes a base and a pair of substantially parallel stationary rails coupled to the base and extending in a longitudinal direction. A saw supporting assembly is coupled to the base and includes an arm extending from the base and a cutting blade coupled to the... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7249993 | Machining apparatus for skis having a binding The invention describes a machining apparatus for skis (5) having a binding (16), comprising a roller table (6) for the skis (5) resting with the running surface on the rollers (9) of the roller table, tools (2) provided bet... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7014543 | Optical disc resurfacing and buffing apparatus An apparatus for resurfacing and buffing the playable surface of an optical disc is provided. The apparatus includes a reciprocally mounted disc support having a rotatably mounted platen or turntable on which a disc may be received, a resurfacing wheel, a buffing wh... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6932684 | Reciprocal blade lapping machine A reciprocal blade lapping machine (20) is taught that is used for sharpening cutting and shearing blades. The lapping machine consists a convex lap plate (32) mounted on an enclosure (22) rotated by an electric motor (34) connected to a ... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6923713 | Cylindrical grinder, and mechanism for producing relative movement between grinding wheel and workpiece in cylindrical grinder A cylindrical grinder includes a workpiece support section adapted to support a generally cylindrical workpiece and rotate the workpiece about a rotational axis, and a wheel head adapted to support and rotate a grinding wheel. The wheel head is moved relative to the... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6845768 | Tile saw A saw includes a base having a first length extending generally along a first direction, a table disposed on the base, a saw unit disposed on the base, wherein one of the table and the saw unit is movable relative to the base along the first direction over a range w... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6427677 | Tile saw A saw includes a base having a first length extending generally along a first direction, a table disposed on the base, a saw unit disposed on the base, wherein one of the table and the saw unit is movable relative to the base along the first direction ove... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6068542 | Pad tape surface polishing method and apparatus A surface polishing method comprises allowing a holder to hold a flat sheet-like workpiece, placing a pad tape in a location opposite to the holder, the pad tape consisting of a tape substrate and grains bonded to the substrate surface, supplying free gra... | 05/30/2000 |
| 6062961 | Wafer polishing head drive A wafer polisher head drive includes a head drive housing; a head portion extending from the housing for mounting an unpolished wafer when the head drive housing and head portion are in a horizontal orientation; a pivot mechanism extending from the head d... | 05/16/2000 |
| 5895311 | Abrasive device that maintains normal line of contact with curved abrasive surface and method of using same An abrasive apparatus adopted to abrade a curved surface of workpiece includes: an abrading head including an abrading tip having a substantially spherical outer surface and a rotating shaft supporting the abrading tip, the abrading head being positioned ... | 04/20/1999 |
| 5601473 | Skate sharpening apparatus and method An apparatus and method for sharpening skate blades operate by measuring the length of a skate blade, determining a predetermined profile corresponding to a desired radius of curvature for the blade, and coordinating the motion of a grinding wheel and the... | 02/11/1997 |
| 5372536 | Glass bevelling machine A glass beveller comprises a pair of generally rectangular work plates which are slidably movable upon a beveller frame in the directions of the length and width dimensions of the frame. The plates are spaced apart to define an exposure gap extending alon... | 12/13/1994 |
| 5311703 | Multiple purpose tool grinding device A tool sharpening device (11) has a rotary grindstone (14), a tool support (34) and linear guides (32, 33) along which the tool support (34) is displaceable in use of the device. The linear guides (32, 33) extend transversely of the axis of rotation of th... | 05/17/1994 |
| 5157870 | Precision clamp scissors sharpening system A precision clamp scissors sharpening system which consists of a fittably adjustable clamping device attached by means of a support bar to a spring-loaded pin level and adjustable bar to a sliding bar on top of a housing unit wherein is situated a means f... | 10/27/1992 |
| 4961288 | Apparatus for sharpening edge tools Apparatus for sharpening an edge tool having a linear cutting edge, such as a chisel, plane iron or gouge, comprises a rotary grindstone having a cylindrically curved surface mounted for rotation about an axis coincident with the axis of the cylinder, and... | 10/09/1990 |
| 4869024 | Arrangement for treating the running surfaces by skis An arrangement for treating the running surfaces of skis, particularly for grinding the running coating and the steel edges of skis. The arrangement includes a rotating grinding member in the form of a grindstone or grinding belt. A rectilinear guide mean... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4610582 | Roller hold down device A roller hold down device for removable work table which has a pair of rollers which extend transversely across the workpiece mounted on the movable table so as to hold it down and with a pair of cam roller members mounted on either side of the movable ta... | 09/09/1986 |
| 4485594 | Surface grinding machine A surface grinding machine capable of being computer operated and having a multi-function capability for performing conventional slot and surface, plunge, side wheel, creep feed and short stroke grinding in any desired combination or sequence. A table con... | 12/04/1984 |
| 4439952 | Portable grinder assembly A portable grinder assembly for use in grinding oversized replacement stator vanes having a high speed air driven rotary carbide cutter situated adjacent a vane support. The vane support is capable of moving the vane in three predetermined directions with... | 04/03/1984 |
| 4424649 | Abrasive cutter An abrasive cutter for cutting metallurgical samples and the like including a motor-driven rotatable abrasive cutter wheel, a vise assembly for holding a workpiece to be cut, and a manually operable workpiece advance lever which is actuated by an operator... | 01/10/1984 |
| 4287687 | Variable work holding device for grinding gemstones This invention is that of a variable work holding device to be used for the grinding of various gemstones and industrial diamonds. The design and structure of the device provides that the device may be set up to operate in five different modes and provide... | 09/08/1981 |
| 4265146 | Device for sharpening lawn mower blades A device for use with a portable electric drill having an abrasive wheel attached thereto for rotation thereby. The device includes a base for holding the drill in a substantially horizontal position and a clamp for holding a lawn mower blade. A rail is a... | 05/05/1981 |
| 4198787 | Traversing mechanism A traversing mechanism of the kind in which a carriage is alternately releasably clamped to a respective one of two parallel runs of an endless belt so as to be reciprocated along a guided path. A coupling wheel is rotatably mounted on the carriage at a l... | 04/22/1980 |
| 4198183 | Motion translation apparatus A motion translation apparatus and method is provided which is particularly suitable for use with machine tools wherein the workpiece is moved relative to a tool. A stationary guideway member having a track of ball bearings mounted partially projecting fr... | 04/15/1980 |