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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6896416 | Rolling-bearing and bearing unit A rolling bearing 10 comprises races 11, 12 having a raceway 15, 16 and rolling elements 13 having a rolling contact surface, wherein at least the raceway 15, 16 of the races 11, 12 has a machined surface, and a surface laye... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6881498 | Surface process involving isotropic superfinishing A surface processing method and power transmission component includes refining a surface region of a metal from a first roughness to a second roughness less than the first roughness. A solid lubricous coating or a hard coating is then deposited on the surface region... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6783439 | Method for manufacturing mirror surface tube for photosensitive drum of copying machine or the like A method for manufacturing a mirror surface tube for a photosensitive drum of a copying machine or the like, by which an external surface of an aluminium or aluminium alloy tube can be mirror-processed with high accuracy without surface defects, and in such a way th... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6495272 | High quality optical surface and method of producing same A method of producing high quality optical surfaces is disclosed. The invention allows for the production of optical surfaces with complex geometry while retaining the high quality of the optical surface. A top layer is provided on a substrate. In order t... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6358123 | Apparatus and method for reducing disc surface asperities to sub-microinch height A honing head for microburnishing surface of a recording/reproducing disc to a smoothness at which asperities are limited to submicron heights including a hardened contact bearing surface having an array of depressions with abrupt trailing edges interconn... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6273793 | Apparatus and method for reducing disc surface asperities to sub-microinch height A honing head for microburnishing surface of a recording/reproducing disc to a smoothness at which asperities are limited to submicron heights including a hardened contact bearing surface having an array of depressions with abrupt trailing edges interconn... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6177206 | Surface quality enhancement of aerospace skin sheet The present invention is directed to polishing the surface of an airplane part to an improved specularity by adding the additional step of sanding prior to the polishing step.... | 01/23/2001 |
| 5782680 | Burnishing head for polishing surfaces of carriers of magnetic media A burnishing head, which is used to polish the surface of carriers that hold magnetic media (e.g., disks for computer hard drives), includes a slider that is mounted on a suspension. The slider includes at least four protrusions that protrude toward the s... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5170590 | Method of superfinishing a gothic-arch groove In superfinishing a Gothic-arch-shaped groove of a nut by using a superfinishing stone attached to the tip end of an oscillation arm while oscillating the superfinishing stone about the oscillation axis and, at the same time, moving the superfinishing sto... | 12/15/1992 |
| 5080993 | Method to produce a photoreceptor for electrophotography using diamond bit followed by etching The present invention relates to a method for producing a photoreceptor for electrophotography. An aluminum base substrate is worked so that the Rmax is between 1.3 and 1.8 microns, with a filtered maximum waviness not exceeding 0.5 microns. Th... | 01/14/1992 |
| 4653135 | Adjustable length finishing pad A vehicle finishing apparatus having a rotary support, and a plurality of finishing units mounted on the support in spaced relationship therearound. Each finishing unit includes a thin sheetlike pad structure of flexible material having an outer free edge... | 03/31/1987 |
| 4567619 | Adjustable length cloth pad A vehicle finishing apparatus having a rotary drum provided with a plurality of flexible finishing units removably secured around the periphery thereof. The finishing units comprise enlarged cloth pads having a plurality of substantially parallel mounting... | 02/04/1986 |
| 4377878 | Vehicle finishing device An improved vehicle finishing device is disclosed for a rotary vehicle finishing apparatus. The device includes a plurality of finishing units, each of which is mounted on a drum and has a continuous base portion and a plurality of elongated flexible fini... | 03/29/1983 |
| 4134763 | Selenium-base photosensitive materials for electrophotography having super-finished substrate Selenium-base photosensitive materials for use in electrophotography wherein a photoconductive layer consisting essentially of selenium is formed on a substrate whose surface is made rougher by a super-finish method.... | 01/16/1979 |
| 4104756 | Machine for waxing vehicles A machine and method for preparing the surface and waxing vehicles. The machine has an improved head construction comprising a plurality of pads of a heavy wool and Orlon fabric fastened at their inner ends to a rotating shaft and slit inwardly on 21/2 in... | 08/08/1978 |
| 4004375 | Apparatus for continuous cleaning of a honing tool The honing tool in a centerless honing apparatus is held in an oscillating head and is pressed against the workpiece transported by rotating rollers. The region of contact between the honing tool and the workpiece is immersed in a flushing liquid which se... | 01/25/1977 |
