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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7393263 | Method for manufacturing surface-coated cutting insert This method for manufacturing a surface-coated cutting insert includes clamping and holding a surface-coated cutting insert with a pair of rotary shafts which are rotatable around an axis, and jetting an abrasive fluid to the surface of the surface-coated cutting in... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7393265 | Liquid honing machine and liquid honing method A honing machine 1 is provided with a honing zone 5 for subjecting a work 2 to a liquid honing process and a washing zone 6 for subjecting the work 2 to which the liquid honing process was executed at the honing zone 5 to a ... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7367105 | Method and device for galvanizing objects A device and method for thermally galvanizing objects, in particular metal objects, includes pretreating an object for treating. The pretreated object is arranged in a flux bath for fluxing of the object and arranged in a zinc bath in order to have the material of t... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7318769 | System and method for removing film from planar substrate peripheries A system for removing film from a planar substrate includes a shuttle which transports a film-coated substrate through a film removal station to a rotation station. At the rotation station, the substrate is removed from the shuttle and rotated to a new orientation. ... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7207869 | Apparatus for supporting airfoils in a grit blasting process An apparatus provided for supporting at least one component in a grit blasting process comprises a base and a platform table assembly mounted to the base. The platform table assembly includes a platform table therein which is rotatable and angularly adjustable with ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 6960118 | Surface roughening treatment method of object being treated, and apparatus therefor Disclosed are a method of causing abrasive grains to collide against and contact with an object being treated to form surfaces of the object being treated into a matte, specifically, a rotational magnetic field is applied on magnetic abrasive grains to cause the sam... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6932681 | Cleaning method and cleaning device for fluid dynamic bearings component The present invention provides a method and device for cleaning the oxide layer created on the bearing surface of a fluid dynamic bearing by the electrochemical machining of pressure generating grooves onto the bearing surface, wherein the method involves spraying a... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6926594 | Shot blast machine The upper opening which opens the blast-processing chamber can be opened after the door moves slidely to the up and down directions, the door does not project outwardly from the case when the door is opened, it can be installed to the small space. Also it can be pre... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6609997 | Method and apparatus for resurfacing anvil blanket of a rotary diecutter for box making machine A rotary die cuter for a box making machine has an abrading cylinder mounted for rotation alongside the anvil for engaging and resurfacing the blanket of the anvil on a virtually continuous basis to smooth, level and even the surface of the blanket. This ... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6582285 | Apparatus for sanitary wet milling Improved cleanability and contamination prevention are provided in a wet milling apparatus for the production of pharmaceutical grade milled products. The advantages are provided by a milling agitator that is characterized by a smooth, seamless agitating ... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6520838 | Shielded spin polishing A shield is placed next to a workpiece to form a passage therebetween. The workpiece and shield are rotated, and a stream of abrasive shot is blasted toward the spinning workpiece and shield to periodically enter the passage to selectively abrade the work... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6099391 | Method and apparatus for highly strengthening metal member A mixture of water and glass beads is ejected to a root of a gear which has been cut to form gear teeth. The glass beads are oriented so as to be ejected to the root, and the glass beads and the water impart compressive stresses to the surface of the root... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6062956 | Rotatable blast cleaning conveying surface and apparatus A blast cleaning apparatus is provided having a rotatable conveying surface preferably comprising wire mesh. Workpieces are conveyed through the blast cleaning chamber on the rotating conveying surface such that workpieces may be added to and removed from... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6036588 | Knife ring [chip] cutter The invention concerns a device for sharpening of knives, which are mounted in the knife ring of a chip cutter and whose cutting edges run essentially parallel to the knife ring axis. Several grinding tools can be run intermittently and simultaneously in ... | 03/14/2000 |
| 5904610 | Method and apparatus for stripping a coating from a wire Enamel insulation is stripped from a wire 1 by abrading the enamel coating with a pressurized stream of particles such as baking power, sodium bicarbonate. The particles chip off the relatively brittle coating, while the softer underlying wire is not harm... | 05/18/1999 |
| 5863240 | Resilient lifter for wire coil blast cleaning apparatus The present invention relates to an improved blast cleaning apparatus for cleaning coiled wire with abrasive cleaning material. A prior art apparatus for blast cleaning wires comprises an elongated boom provided with annular splitters for longitudinal sep... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5839945 | Rotatable blast cleaning conveying surface and apparatus A blast cleaning apparatus is provided having a rotatable conveying surface preferably comprising wire mesh. Workpieces are conveyed through the blast cleaning chamber on the rotating conveying surface such that workpieces may be added to and removed from... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5782676 | Resilient lifter for wire coil blast cleaning apparatus The present invention relates to an improved lifter for a blast cleaning apparatus for cleaning coiled wire with abrasive cleaning material. A prior art apparatus for blast cleaning wires comprises an elongated boom provided with annular splitters for lon... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5782677 | Continuous process blast mill for finishing cast metal parts A workpiece cleaning mill that is useful for cleaning castings includes a hollow housing that is established by arranging plural elongated manganese flights side-by-side to establish a cylinder, and attaching the flights to opposed entrance and exit rings... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5716257 | Method of holding an article during manufacture An article is held in a complementally-shaped receptacle of a resilient holder while a process operation is carried out on a surface of the article. After the process operation has been completed, the holder is bent in order to facilitate release of the a... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5709587 | Method and apparatus for honing an elongate rotary tool A method of, and apparatus for, treating an elongate rotary tool that presents a sharp cutting edge are described. The method includes the steps of emitting under pressure from a nozzle an abrasive fluid stream comprising an abrasive grit entrained in a f... | 01/20/1998 |
| 5560743 | Method of fine grain milling and machine therefor A fine grain milling method which mixes powder into a high-pressure fluid, and injects the mixture to a workpiece covered with a mask or pattern to process the workpiece to a desired shape. Another high-pressure fluid is injected to remove the powder adhe... | 10/01/1996 |
| 5419733 | Method of and apparatus for removing debris from the floptical medium The current invention substantially removes particulate waste materials or debris from the floptical medium after laser etching. A low-temperature gas containing ice crystals is applied at a predetermined angle while the floptical medium is being rotated ... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5272897 | Part hold down apparatus for part processing machine An automatic machine for processing parts comprises at least two part hold down apparatuses, each for releasably holding one of the parts in a predetermined position during processing. The apparatuses are shiftable between an open position for accepting t... | 12/28/1993 |
| 5197235 | Ancillary device for removing abrasive from large sand blasted workpieces An ancillary device with at least one rotating workpiece holder for removing abrasive from externally accessible cavities inside such large workpiece as engine blocks, transmission housings, etc. once they have been sand blasted in a centrifugal-jet syste... | 03/30/1993 |
| 5163253 | Method and apparatus for cleaning workpieces Workpieces such as sand-casted automobile engine blocks are cleaned by advancing a series of such workpieces axially into one end of an elongate, skeletal barrel that holds the workpieces and rotates or tumbles them in the path of impinging streams of par... | 11/17/1992 |
| 5142830 | Abrasive cleaning machine This relates to an abrasive cleaning machine wherein there is mounted within a suitable frame or housing a work supporting conveyor which is mounted for both reciprocatory and rotational movement. When the conveyor is in the form of a rocker barrel, the r... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5134811 | Apparatus for cleaning articles and method for cleaning articles An apparatus for cleaning articles with pellets. The apparatus has a housing where an article can be cleaned with pellets. A first auger is rotatably disposed in the housing and rotatably passes therethrough for conveying pellets out of the housing after ... | 08/04/1992 |
| 5129198 | Cleaning device for semiconductor wafers A cleaning device for semiconductor wafers includes a cleaning vessel, a frozen particle supply unit, a jet nozzle for ejecting the frozen particles toward the semiconductor wafer supported within the cleaning vessel, an exhaust duct coupled to the cleani... | 07/14/1992 |
| 5127198 | Method to process a steering wheel and a processing device of a steering wheel A soft synthetic resin, such as polyurethane, body is molded onto a metallic steering wheel frame except for a part thereof intended for installation of the steering wheel onto a column shaft and a soft burr formed on the resultant covered steering wheel ... | 07/07/1992 |
| 5029419 | Method to process a steering wheel and a processing device of a steering wheel A soft synthetic resin, such as polyurethane, body is molded onto a metallic steering wheel frame except for a part thereof intended for installation of the steering wheel onto a column shaft and a soft burr formed on the resultant covered steering wheel ... | 07/09/1991 |
| 5018320 | Stripper assembly for combustion chambers of turbine or jet engines An assembly for the cleaning of the exterior and interior surfaces of combustion chambers of the type found in gas turbine and jet engines incorporating the use of an automatically positionable spray assembly having blast madia of desired grit size issuin... | 05/28/1991 |
| 4974375 | Ice particle forming and blasting device A solid surface cleaning device utilizes a jet of ice particles of ultrapure water for removing contaminants from a surface of a solid such as a semiconductor wafer. The electrical resistivity of ultrapure water stored in a tank is reduced by means of a g... | 12/04/1990 |
| 4959930 | Washing machine A washing machine wherein liquid detergent is applied to shots (A) having relatively low hardness, which are then impinged against an object to be washed (B) by the use of a centrifugal blaster (8; 105), and thereafter the shots are returned to the blaste... | 10/02/1990 |
| 4917708 | Deburring and cleaning apparatus with multi-station rotary drum and reciprocating blasting guns A blasting apparatus for cleaning and deburring workpieces having a housing defining a blasting chamber therein. A rotary drum within the chamber is supported for rotation about a horizontal axis. A drive effects rotation of the drum through a plurality o... | 04/17/1990 |
| 4875309 | Disc cleaner This relates to a disc cleaning machine wherein abrasives are thrown at a disc as it travels along a predetermined path and wherein the disc is rotated as it travels along that path. A principle feature of the machine is that discs are conveyed along a pa... | 10/24/1989 |
| 4848122 | Method and apparatus for deburring using shot A self-limiting method and apparatus for deburring or rounding sharp edges. Structures which basically comprise a skin which is a surface of revolution with a plurality of upstanding ribs in a pattern forming pockets often have sharp edges on the sides of... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4794741 | Apparatus for machining transverse elements of a metal driving belt A process for machining the transverse elements of a composite driving belt having a substancially trapezoidal cross-section and intended for use on V-shaped pulleys, consisting of an endless carrier in the form of at least one metallic band and a plurali... | 01/03/1989 |
| 4740218 | Blast cleaning machine and conveyor therefor A blast cleaning machine for impacting workpieces with high speed abrasive particles includes a conveyor in the form of a generally horizontally oriented cylindrical cage. The cage has a hollow center within which workpieces are disposed and a wall in the... | 04/26/1988 |
| 4680898 | Method and apparatus for cleaning workpieces Workpieces such as sand-casted automobile engine blocks are cleaned by advancing a series of such workpieces axially into one end of an elongate barrel that holds the workpieces and rotates or tumbles them in the path of impinging streams of particles. Th... | 07/21/1987 |