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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8096859 | Honing tool having enhanced wear resistance properties A honing tool for honing holes in workpieces, having an abrasive portion including a first abrasive layer therearound of abrasive particles of a first size, including a region having a second abrasive layer of abrasive layers of a second size sufficiently smaller th... | 01/17/2012 |
| 7207873 | Hand machine tool with clamping device A hand power tool has a disk-shaped tool, and a clamping device for clamping the tool, the clamping device including at least one flange and a clamping unit for clamping the tool to the at least one flange and passing through the tool, the clamping unit and the at l... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7070491 | Machine tool with fluid actuated helical adjustment of abrasive elements The application describes a honing tool for use with a CNC machine. A fluid actuator provides the mechanism for causing radial adjustment of abrasive elements. The actuator consists of a piston and cylinder assembly mounted within the tool and powered by cooling flu... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7008311 | Lapping tool A lapping tool capable of increasing the accuracy of a lapping operation, extending the life of lapping tool itself, adjusting a lapping diameter, and coping with the lapping operation of various diameters, comprising a lapping tool body having a lapping part on the... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6960121 | Method of honing bores In a method for honing a bore having first and second sections sequentially arranged in an axial direction of the bore, wherein the first section is hardened so that the first and second sections have different hardness, a honing tool is radially supported by positi... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6955591 | Adjustable abrading tool An abrading tool, abrasive star and abrading kit, in which the abrading kit includes the abrasive star and the abrading tool. The abrading tool includes a threaded drive rod, retaining member for retaining an abrasive material about the threaded drive rod, an expand... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6780084 | Method for honing blind bores in workpieces A device for honing blind bores in parts, a blind bore including a cylindrical bore open at one end and closed adjacent to the opposite end including a honing mandrel for mounting on a honing machine that produces rotation thereof, the mandrel having a cylindrical h... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6739949 | Adjustable tool body with fluid actuation The application describes a honing tool for use with a CNC machine. A fluid actuator provides the mechanism for causing radial adjustment of abrasive elements. The actuator consists of a piston and cylinder assembly mounted within the tool and powered by the through... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6558240 | Honing tool A rotary honing tool includes a rotatable body member mounted on a shaft and having attached rotatable honing arms as well as a band or collar fitted about the body. The collar is engaged with the body by means of a lug on the collar fitted into a channel... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6527620 | Honing tool used to finish blind bores in workpieces and the method of using such tool A device for honing blind bores in parts, a blind bore including a cylindrical bore open at one end and closed adjacent to the opposite end including a honing mandrel for mounting on a honing machine that produces rotation thereof, the mandrel having a cy... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6179700 | Mechanism for honing non round cylinder bores and machine adapter assembly A mechanism for honing non round cylinder bores includes a tool body rotatable around a nonrotatable cam with a non round peripheral cam surface and a plurality of honing stones carried by supports for generally radial movement in the tool body. In a pref... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6106383 | Integral air gage for releasable cylindrical tool body An air gage is integrally constructed within a honing tool having a body formed as a removable outer shell on which is mounted the abrasive elements of the tool. The shell is mounted on a mandrel which contains means to adjust the radial position of the a... | 08/22/2000 |
| 5957766 | Releasable cylindrical tool body A tool body having a removable outer shell on which is mounted the abrasive elements of the tool. The shell is mounted on a mandrel which contains means to adjust the radial position of the abrasive elements which engage the adjustment means through slots... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5707278 | Honing tool and method for manufacturing same An improved honing tool including a holder having an open sided cavity located in one side thereof, a sidewall portion extending around at least a portion of the cavity, and one or more elongated filaments of a polymeric material having particles of an ab... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5529529 | Cylinder liner microfinishing apparatus and method An apparatus for microfinishing an interior cylindrical surface. The apparatus includes a mechanism which holds and rotates the workpiece about an axis. A tool, having radially directed work areas, is positioned within the workpiece and causes a strip of ... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5527214 | Roughing finishing honing tool with push/pull expansion mechanism The tool includes a body which supports angularly spaced roughing hones and angularly spaced finishing hones for radially inward and outward movement between collapsed and expanded positions. Expansion of the roughing hones is effected by axially spaced r... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5443417 | On edge honing devices A honing device for mounting on a honing tool for rotation therewith including a backing material having opposite end surfaces, opposite side surfaces, and an edge surface extending between the opposed end and side surfaces, and a layer of an abrasive suc... | 08/22/1995 |
| 5390448 | Modular expandable honing tool A honing tool or mandrel mountable for rotation on a honing machine comprising a tubular abrasive sleeve member retained coaxially within a modular tubular honing assembly having an opening or passageway extending the entire length therethrough adaptable ... | 02/21/1995 |
| 5216847 | Abrasive filament honing tool and method of making and using same A honing tool characterized by an elongated rectangular cup element or holder having a bottom interior surface, a bundle of closely packed relatively short discrete generally parallel filaments secured in the holder, and a thin layer of instant adhesive s... | 06/08/1993 |
| 5185969 | Positive retracting honing mandrel An improved radially expandable honing mandrel construction wherein a radially extendable work engaging portion can be positively retracted into the body member of the mandrel by operation of the adjusting member in a direction opposite its direction for ... | 02/16/1993 |
| 5050352 | Honing stone assembly An abrasive honing stick is bonded within a channel-shaped shell which is made of sheet metal and which is secured detachably to a stone holder by a pair of retaining studs. Each stud extends through a hole in the shell, is telescoped into an alined hole ... | 09/24/1991 |
| 5022196 | Expandable honing tool A honing tool or mandrel mountable for rotation on a honing machine comprising an elongated substantially tubular member having inner and outer surfaces, the inner surface being conically tapered over substantially the length thereof, the outer surface in... | 06/11/1991 |
| 5020284 | Self-biasing honing tool A honing tool operated by a common motor or a drill while the part being honed is held by a common vice. A spring is positioned within a tubular sleeve member that is aligned with a boss member formed on the trailing end of a conventional housing for a co... | 06/04/1991 |
| 4651475 | Honing tool A honing device which employs a plurality of radially-displaceable tools mounted circumferentially around a rotary body. The tools are constructed as a laminate formed by the axially elongated abrasive strip bonded to and overlying a wood backing strip. T... | 03/24/1987 |
| 4471576 | Abrasive tool for small diameter hole machining An expandable abrasive tool is provided with an axially-extending slot receiving a single abrasive element and multiple axially aligned and axially spaced apart pockets located circumferentially from the slot with each pocket fixedly receiving an individu... | 09/18/1984 |
| 4462189 | Grinding tool with radially shiftable abrasive bars A grinding tool with a cylindrical sleeve, having several longitudinally extending slots penetrated by radially shiftable wedge-shaped bars with abrasive outer faces, is provided with a mandrel received in the sleeve and axially displaceable therein for s... | 07/31/1984 |
| 4449328 | Inside, outside honing tool Tools for honing an exterior cylindrical reference surface and for honing an interior cylindrical surface concentric with but offset from the reference surface each have a cylindrical feed sleeve slidable axially along the outside of the tool body. As the... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4437267 | Single pass sizing tool and machine including wear compensation means A bore sizing machine of the type having a plurality of single pass abrading tools with a preset single pass cutting diameter progressively increasing from one tool to the next is provided. Each abrading tool includes a wear compensation shaft threadably ... | 03/20/1984 |
| 4424648 | Lapping tools A tool for lapping internal surfaces of holes. Lapping tools conventionally have an expandable working portion for variable diameter operation. Known tools tend to expand in a barrel shape leading to inaccurate lapping. The invention seeks to avoid this by ... | 01/10/1984 |
| 4397658 | Feed control means for honing and like machines An apparatus for controlling the application of feed motion to a working member in a machine such as a honing machine including a working member mounted on a support structure or mandrel and movable thereon into engagement with the work surface, mechanism... | 08/09/1983 |
| 4328647 | Inside, outside honing tool Tools for honing an exterior cylindrical reference surface and for honing an interior cylindrical surface concentric with but offset from the reference surface each have a cylindrical feed sleeve slidable axially along the outside of the tool body. As the... | 05/11/1982 |
| 4291506 | Hone stone with compressible ends The invention pertains to hone stone apparatus utilizing radially movable stone assemblies located in a rotating or oscillating head and radially movable through openings defined in the head for engagement with the workpiece. The stone assemblies include ... | 09/29/1981 |
| 4254591 | Internal lapping tool An internal lapping tool comprises a steel mandrel having a cast iron generally cylindrical head welded on the front and thereof. The head is formed with two spaced arcuate lapping faces opposite a longitudinal slot which carries a cast iron insert provid... | 03/10/1981 |
| 4249348 | Adapter for honing mandrels An adapter for a honing mandrel for finishing the interior surfaces of bores using a honing mandrel having an abrasive member positioned in an opening therein, a wedge member for radial adjustment of the abrasive member during a honing operation to mainta... | 02/10/1981 |
| 4212136 | Abrading elements This invention relates to improved abrading elements for honing tools containing a plurality of abrading elements, which may be rotated and/or radially moved in contact with the surface to be honed, the improvement comprising an abrading element embodying... | 07/15/1980 |
| 4144679 | Honing tool The invention relates to a honing tool which comprises an elongate housing and a thrust body displaceable longitudinally in the housing, the thrust body comprising a thrust plate and the thrust plate having opposed inclined edge surfaces which form slidew... | 03/20/1979 |
| 4099350 | Honing assembly A honing assembly comprising a hollow head or shell provided with a plurality of circumferentially spaced slots, honing elements projecting from said slots, and an adjusting member longitudinally adjustably supported within the head. The adjusting member ... | 07/11/1978 |
| 3998011 | Honing tool A honing tool having an elongated tubular body adapted to be supported for rotational movement about a longitudinal axis in a bore of a workpiece, and adapted for reciprocation in said bore. A transverse slot is formed in said body for the reception of a ... | 12/21/1976 |
