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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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6425808 | Honing tool A honing tool has a large-diameter portion thereof provided with a plurality of stone holding recesses arranged radially from the inner bore to the outer edge for slidably holding grinding stones. Each stone holding recess is arranged to form an upper gui... | 07/30/2002 |
| 5800252 | Fluid-activated variable honing tools and method of using the same An improved honing method and device connected to a source of pressurized fluid for machining a wall of a bore hole or similar interior of a workpiece. The honing device includes a tool mandrel connected in a cantilevered arrangement to a machine for rota... | 09/01/1998 |
| 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 |
| 5233791 | Apparatus for grinding the internal surface of pipe An apparatus for grinding pipe comprises a tool body and means for rotating and advancing the tool body longitudinally through a pipe to be ground. At least one grinding tool is mounted on the tool body carrying a grinding element and adapted to extend ou... | 08/10/1993 |
| 5085014 | Honing tool and method for the surface machining of bore walls A honing tool is used for the surface machining of the cylinder working surfaces of cylinder bores of an internal combustion engine. In order to obtain a uniform plateau texture over the entire surface of the cylinder bore, working elements are provided w... | 02/04/1992 |
| 4707944 | Apparatus for honing a cylinder An apparatus for honing large, long, horizontally-oriented cylinders employs an elongate support beam, extending axially through the cylinder, to support a non-rotating honing head for axial movement within the cylinder. The honing head includes three hon... | 11/24/1987 |
| 4516359 | Grinding machine The present invention relates to a grinding machine comprising an expansion jack whose piston is connected to the expansion rod of a grinder, means for detecting the position of the piston of this jack and for supplying an electric signal as a function of... | 05/14/1985 |
| 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 |
| 4173847 | Feeding device for a chip removing tool for machining bores in workpieces, especially a honing tool A feeding device, especially for a honing tool, in which a frame is formed with a cylinder having a piston mounted therein and to which is connected a spindle or feed rod having the tools mounted thereon. The piston will effect rapid advance and retractio... | 11/13/1979 |
| 4145845 | Method and apparatus for honing A recess in a workpiece is honed by a honing tool that is reciprocated in a succession of strokes back and forth in the recess as it is rotated about an axis of the recess. The stones of the honing tool are pressed by at least one hydraulic cylinder again... | 03/27/1979 |
| 4094103 | Workpiece-holding fixture for honing machine A honing machine has a floating honing tool which is vertically reciprocal and rotatable about a vertical axis. A workpiece frame under the machine has a pair of workpiece-clamping stations each of which has an upper plate and a lower plate formed with a ... | 06/13/1978 |
