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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7204079 | Device for determining the mass of NOx stored in a NOx trap, and a system for supervising the regeneration of a NOx trap including such a device The invention relates to a device for determining the mass of NOx stored in a NOx trap in an exhaust line of a motor vehicle engine, the device comprising means for acquiring the richness of the exhaust gases, the NOx flowrate on the upstream side of the trap, and t... | 04/17/2007 |
| 5733182 | Ultra flat polishing A polishing apparatus comprises a pressure container having a first opening at its bottom and being rotatable about an axis perpendicular to a plane of the first opening; a wafer support coupled elastically to the first opening, sealing the first opening ... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5727988 | Method and apparatus for locating and holding a work piece An apparatus and method for accurately positioning a wide tolerance work piece, wherein the work piece has a first portion with a known reference surface and a second portion whose position relative to the first portion is not exactly known. The apparatus... | 03/17/1998 |
| 5727991 | Method and apparatus for in situ blade sharpening An apparatus and method for sharpening machine tool cutter blades in situ is disclosed. A connector adjustably connects a powered sharpening device to the apparatus. Further adjustment of the apparatus relative to the blades is provided by a body member m... | 03/17/1998 |
| 5716260 | Apparatus and method for cleaning and restoring floor surfaces A cleaning and restoration system 10 for floors 11 and other hard surfaces is disclosed. The system 10 has an cleaning head 12 which can be moved across a floor 11 or other hard surface. The cleaning head 12 impinges particulate media upon the floor 11 to... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5709597 | Pivotal vacuum shield for an abrading device A vacuum shield for an abrading device adapted for use upon non-uniform surfaces. The shield includes a general planar top housing mountable between a motor of the abrading device, such as a power stripper or sander, and its abrading element there. The ho... | 01/20/1998 |
| 5702288 | Method of removing excess overlay coating from within cooling holes of aluminide coated gas turbine engine components A method of removing excess MCrAlY overlay coating from within a cooling hole of an aluminide coated gas turbine engine component is disclosed. The method includes providing a gas turbine engine component having an internal surface (4), an outer surface (... | 12/30/1997 |
| 5688163 | Vibration dampening grinding cup and grinding cup holder for handheld grinding machines This invention relates to a vibration dampening grinding cup for handheld grinding machines for the grinding of hard metal buttons on button bits, comprising a grinding head and a shaft made with a common axial channel for cooling medium, which distinguis... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5685768 | Grinding machine with lifting mechanism A grinding machine for sharpening the blades of a mower. The grinding machine includes a lifting system for raising the mowing machine onto an operating platform where the blades are sharpened. A rotationally driven grinding wheel traverses its drive shaf... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5685765 | Machine for grinding rotor blades provided with a rotor supporting device A machine designed to grind the rotor blades of aeronautical engines includes a bench with a sliding table which holds the rotor supports. The rotor supports include a side stand point and a side stand counterpoint, both of which are combined with a bridg... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5679068 | Sharpening and deburring tool with unitary blade guard and handle A hand-held sharpener tool for a knife or similar implement comprises a unitary body having first and second sections; sharpening elements mounted in the first section; the second section being located rearwardly of the sharpening elements and comprising ... | 10/21/1997 |
| 5676588 | Rotating drum cryogen shot blast deflashing system A cryogen shot blast system is provided which includes a sealed cryogenic chamber and a barrel which is supported within the cryogenic chamber and is rotatable about a longitudinal axis. The barrel is pivotally mounted so that the longitudinal axis of the... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676590 | Polishing apparatus provided with abrasive cloth A polishing apparatus includes a table on which an abrasive cloth is removably applied and an abrasive cloth replacing unit for automatically replacing the abrasive cloth locating on the table with a new abrasive cloth. The replacing unit includes a cloth... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5674110 | Machine and a process for sizing and squaring slabs of materials such as a glass, stone and marble, ceramic tile and the like The machine comprises at least one workpiece-bearing device is provided, upon which a tile or a stack thereof can be placed and blocked. The workpiece-bearing device is revolvable and can be positioned at any angle about a fixed axis. At least one drive h... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5669806 | Impact shielding device for shot blasting chambers A shielding device for shot blasting or shot peening chambers comprising a shot retention chamber, preferably with multiple interior compartments formed by divider walls, which retains a protective layer of shot to absorb the high energy impact of high ve... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5667433 | Keyed end effector for CMP pad conditioner A polishing pad conditioner has a grid with an abrasive surface for conditioning a polishing pad. Opposite the abrasive side of the grid, there is a back surface, having at least one key way, which extends at least partially into the back surface. A grid ... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5667427 | Method and apparatus for sharpening curved blades A sharpener for blades comprises a movable blade-sharpening surface, a stationary blade guide supported closely adjacent the surface, and a movable support for a blade. The support comprises pivotally interconnected first and second links and a blade hold... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5664988 | Process of polishing a semiconductor wafer having an orientation edge discontinuity shape A wafer polishing apparatus includes: a) a rotatable polishing platen; b) a polishing pad received outwardly of the polishing platen; c) a wafer carrier head, the wafer carrier head being mounted for selective rotation relative to the polishing platen; th... | 09/09/1997 |
| 5662517 | Compressed-air-driven metal working machine A metal working machine which has a tool support on which a rotatable working spindle is mounted which can be acted upon by oil-free compressed driving air. A separate duct provides oil-free compressed braking air which serves to stop the tool support aft... | 09/02/1997 |
| 5662516 | Magnetic barrel tumbler A magnetic barrel tumbler for polishing precious metal articles, including a motor case adapted to firmly support a motor therein, an outer housing mounted to an upper portion of the motor case, a magnetic disc placed in a space defined by both the outer ... | 09/02/1997 |
| 5662519 | Contour sander A contour sander for sanding a curved surface includes a hard backing plate having a support face for supporting a sheet of sandpaper. The backing plate is uniformly flexible along substantially its entire length for conforming generally to the curvature ... | 09/02/1997 |
| 5658194 | Super abrasive grinding wheels The invention relates to a superabrasive grinding wheel comprising very hard abrasive particles and a binder with a metallic matrix, which also contains "pore-forming" adjuvants, notably hollow beads made of ceramic. This grinding wheel may be used notably for... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5655951 | Method for selectively reconditioning a polishing pad used in chemical-mechanical planarization of semiconductor wafers The present invention is a method for selectively reconditioning a polishing pad used in chemical-mechanical planarization of semiconductor wafers. A desired polishing rate is selected based upon a set of operating parameters for a specific wafer. The set... | 08/12/1997 |
| 5655949 | Method of polishing waxers using a vertically stacked planarization machine A vertically stacked planarization machine includes two or more vertically stacked individual platens on which wafers are polished. The wafers are held by wafer holders which may rotate the wafers. The individual platens are also orbited in order to polis... | 08/12/1997 |
| 5651728 | Countouring sanding system A new Countouring Sanding System for sanding various shapes of surfaces while providing the user an ergonomic sanding block decreasing wear on the user's hands. The inventive device includes an ergonomic sanding block, a template securing means attached t... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5651721 | Method for the precision working of gears with an internally toothed tool, which for dressing remains in the precision working machine A method for the precision working of the tooth flanks of gear-shaped workpieces with an abrasive internally toothed tool wherein the tool, after each workpiece or after several workpieces, is dressed in the same mounting with a dressing wheel, the tooth ... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5649857 | Abrasive wheel A laminated abrasive wheel comprises a central carrying member having two holding flanges between which abrasive laminae assembled to form stacks of abrasive laminae are arranged. On the holding flanges there are fastened respectively alternating studs wh... | 07/22/1997 |
| 5649856 | Tear-away block for an ophthalmic lens A block for coupling an ophthalmic lens to at least two machine chucks is molded, preferably using adhesive material in a liquid or gel state, as a unitary member of diameter less than a diameter of the lens with concentric inner and outer portions separa... | 07/22/1997 |
| 5645470 | Method of honing a knife blade A honing process for a long knife blade such as that used in chipping wood products comprises two honing bodies each formed by a shaft carrying three honing discs with the shafts spaced by a distance less than the radius of the discs so the discs interlea... | 07/08/1997 |
| 5645469 | Polishing pad with radially extending tapered channels A polishing pad having a polishing surface with radially extending tapered channels is disclosed. The polishing surface includes an inner radius within an outer radius, and the channels extend from the inner radius to the outer radius. Preferably, the out... | 07/08/1997 |
| 5643051 | Centerless grinding process and apparatus therefor In a method for minimizing the roundness error in an workpiece having a generally circular periphery during centerless grinding of the workpiece, the workpiece is rotatably supported on the upper surface of a first workpiece support between the grinding w... | 07/01/1997 |
| 5643055 | Shaping metals A common way of shaping a metal workpiece by the removal of material therefrom involves rubbing contact, as experienced in a conventional wedge-shaped metal or ceramic cutting tool or in abrasive rubbing using grinding wheels. In conventional cutting and ... | 07/01/1997 |
| 5634841 | Methods and apparatus for removing scratches and/or stains from vehicle windshields An apparatus for removing scratches and/or stains from a vehicle windshield includes a cylindrical sponge having a radial opening which is dimensioned to fit snugly over a windshield wiper blade with the windshield wiper arm connected to the blade through... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5632667 | No coat backside wafer grinding process A silicon wafer grinding apparatus for grinding a backside surface of a semiconductor wafer that includes integrated circuit chips patterned on a frontside surface of the wafer. The apparatus includes a plurality of chuck tables that secure a plurality of... | 05/27/1997 |
| 5630747 | Grinding machine for sharpening tools Tool grinding machine with a, from the machine stand (2) carried and horizontally oriented work platform (10), a work piece (200) receiving and upon the work platform (10) seated work piece carrier (20), as well as a grinder tool (300) receiving grinder h... | 05/20/1997 |
| 5628678 | Shaft sanding device A shaft sanding device including a main housing. A motor is secured within the main housing. The motor is coupled with a power source. A drive roller is secured within the main housing. The drive roller has a drive arm extending outwardly therefrom to cou... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5622526 | Apparatus for trueing CBN abrasive belts and grinding wheels A trueing wheel for trueing an abrasive belt or wheel having cubic boron nitride abrasive particles. The trueing wheel has a radially outer peripheral surface which slopes at an acute angle with respect to its axis of rotation. Diamond particles, preferab... | 04/22/1997 |
| 5620364 | Water-driven rotary tool A multi-purpose water-driven rotary tool having improved torque that has a housing with first and second cavities, one of the cavities housing an impeller, the other housing a main drive shaft connected to a rotatable mounting pad or backing pad that cont... | 04/15/1997 |
| 5618223 | Method and apparatus for recycling sand An apparatus to remove adhering material from the surfaces of sand to recycle the sand is disclosed. The apparatus includes a container (13) to hold sand (S) to be processed, the container having a bottom opening; pressing means (17-20) to press the sand ... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5616066 | Magnetorheological finishing of edges of optical elements Method and apparatus using magnetorheological fluid for finishing a non-image-forming edge of an optical element to a very high degree of smoothness and for removing microscopic fissures from such edges, the method comprising positioning an optical elemen... | 04/01/1997 |
