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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7178249 | Measuring tool and method of making A tool for measuring, marking, and cutting material, the tool formed of a rigid sheet of transparent material having a transparent flexible sheet of pressure-sensitive material removably adhered thereon to cover one side of the rigid sheet and provide a removable, n... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7055212 | Clean gas injector system for reactor chamber An improvement to a Novellus HDP SPEED reactor chamber is described. An evacuation port of the Novellus SPEED Chamber is at one location in the chamber to remove injected cleaning gas from the chamber and there is a single input for cleaning gas connection into the ... | 06/06/2006 |
| 6974366 | Garment image abrasion system and method A garment image abrasion system and method for abrading an image into a garment is disclosed. The garment image abrasion system includes a template member having a template surface in the shape of an image desired to be abraded into a garment. In the disclosed metho... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6929536 | System for chemical mechanical polishing comprising an improved pad conditioner A system and method for chemical mechanical polishing of a substrate is disclosed in which a polishing pad is conditioned by directing a fluid jet to the surface of the polishing pad. Thus, the use of expensive consumables, like conditioning pads comprising diamonds... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6106381 | Grinding device for sharpening the clothing of a carding cylinder A carding machine includes a main carding cylinder having a circumferential surface carrying a cylinder clothing thereon; and a cooperating with the main carding cylinder. The traveling flats assembly includes a plurality of clothed flat bars arranged in ... | 08/22/2000 |
| 5810644 | Method of shaping a friction facing for friction plate assemblies A method of shaping a friction facing or lining is disclosed. A lining blank is positioned on a core member and a template having the desired groove patterns and periphery is mounted on the blank. Particles are directed against the template and the blank ... | 09/22/1998 |
| 4355382 | Apparatus for sharpening a cutting stylus Apparatus for sharpening a diamond cutting stylus for use in recording video signal information in a metal master includes a source of high energy particles such as an ion milling machine. The high energy source provides a beam of high energy particles ha... | 10/19/1982 |
| 4093754 | Method of making decorative panels In a method of making decorative panels, a liquid masking material is applied to a surface of a panel, and is cured to form a substantially solid masking layer on the surface. A pattern comprising at least one unmasked area and at least one masked area is... | 06/06/1978 |
