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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6645059 | Device for retaining abrasive pad on lap in eyeglass lens making apparatus A retainer for retaining an abrasive pad on a lens making machine and an abrasive pad adapted to such retention comprises a retainer nestable with a lap of a lens making machine wherein when such retainer is nested, a pad placed upon said lap before nesti... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6602114 | Multilayer retaining ring for chemical mechanical polishing A carrier head for a chemical mechanical polishing apparatus includes a retaining ring having a flexible lower portion and a rigid upper portion. A shim can be inserted between the retaining ring and a base of the carrier head to improve the retaining rin... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6561886 | Device for retaining abrasive pad on lap in eyeglass lens making apparatus A retainer for retaining an abrasive pad on a lens making machine and an abrasive pad adapted to such retention comprises a retainer nestable with a lap of a lens making machine wherein when such retainer is nested, a pad placed upon the lap before nestin... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6499204 | Device for press-fitting catalyzer core bed into outer case In order to properly press-fit or thrust a cylindrical coiled body into a cylindrical case, a fitting device is provided. The fitting device comprises a guide member formed with a conical bore of which cross section gradually reduces with increase of a di... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6477758 | Grease filter remover The grease filter remover is a device that by working the handle the head pivots moving the stationary fingers. Moving the handle up and out will pivot top of head inward moving lower fingers out and top fingers in. Moving handle down and inward will pivo... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6464207 | Motorcycle lift and stand apparatus A motorcycle lift and stand apparatus for manually lifting and supporting a motorcycle in an elevated position for cleaning or other maintenance. The motorcycle lift and stand apparatus is a collapsible support system which can be quickly and easily raise... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6460237 | Apparatus for fitting grips to shafts An apparatus for radially expanding an elastic handgrip on its axis of elongation to allow easier introduction of a shaft to the elastic handgrip by an open end of the shaft. The main body of apparatus provides a two section element which includes a cradl... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6458017 | Planarizing method A method for planarizing a material surface by providing a suspension of solid abrasive particles in liquid suspension of medium density dm which is within 2 to 15% of the substantially constant solid density ds. The solid abrasive p... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6449823 | Golf club head removal tool A tool is provided for operating on golf clubs to separate the clubhead from the shaft. A cylindrical housing is provided open at both ends. A coil spring is deployed within the housing. A piston sleeve also is deployed within the housing and against the ... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6447381 | Polishing apparatus In a polishing apparatus, a wafer is sustained by a wafer carrier and the wafer is ground with a polishing pad which is rotationally driven. A slurry is fed on to the polishing pad through a slurry feed nozzle. A filter is disposed upstream from the wafer... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6446949 | Workpiece mounting for a working machine A workpiece mounting for a working machine, with a circular mounting plate rotatable in a horizontal plane for chucking a workpiece and with a conveying unit for moving the mounting plate in the horizontal plane, wherein the mounting plate is movable on a... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6443441 | Board holder assembly A board holder assembly comprising: a base member, wherein the base member is configured for engaging a surface of a board; at least one lip member, wherein the at least one lip member emanates contiguously from the base member, and wherein the at least o... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6439559 | Vacuum control device for holding a workpiece The present invention relates to a vacuum control device used for holding a workpiece during the machining process. The vacuum control device may be activated by placing the workpiece onto the vacuum control device. Once the workpiece is removed, the vacu... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6439545 | Motorized jack for trailers A motor-driven trailer swivel jack is described that includes a detachable steering assembly. The steering assembly is fastened to the jack by both electrical and mechanical fasteners. The mechanical fastener allows the steering assembly to freely pivot i... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6439978 | Substrate polishing system using roll-to-roll fixed abrasive A substrate polishing system includes two hollow drums and motors for driving the drums in a reciprocating manner. An abrasive tape wound on supply and takeup rollers is introduced, with the supply roller mounted inside one of the drums and the takeup rol... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6439561 | Modular system and fixture for positioning a workpiece A fixture is provided for locating a workpiece in space including a blade having a longitudinal axis, a bottom edge, a top edge, and a plurality of through-bores. At least two of the through-bores are positioned on the blade to define a predetermined loca... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6435941 | Apparatus and method for chemical mechanical planarization Generally, a semiconductor wafer processing system and more specifically, a semiconductor wafer planarization system for polishing a workpiece, such as a semiconductor substrate or wafer. The system generally includes a first polishing module that has a p... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6435958 | Abrasive means and a grinding process An abrasive element for grinding samples during supply of liquid lubricant includes a layer of binding agent containing grains of a grinding agent and particles of an organic acid, the organic acid being soluble in the lubricant and the particles thereof ... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6435496 | Low-profile rocking lever clamp A rocking lever clamp device is disclosed for holding a workpiece. The rocking lever clamp is a one-piece design. In a preferred embodiment, the rocking lever clamp contains an elongated hole to permit rotation of the clamp relative to downward motion of ... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6434807 | Apparatus for removing and replacing coil springs and fasteners An apparatus for removing coil springs having a first upright handle member terminating on its upper end with a threaded drive block for accommodating a steel screw threadable through the drive block and movable along the threaded shaft. There is provided... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6435497 | V-block for drilling round objects V-block apparatus for holding around object being worked on includes a base element which may be appropriately secured to a work bench or to a table of a drill press. The V-block includes a pair of angularly oriented sides or wings which define a trough f... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6431524 | Wire or cable pulling apparatus Wire or cable pulling apparatus, comprising in combination a stand including an upright pedestal and a base supporting the pedestal; a frame mounted on the pedestal; a rotary axle supported by the frame, and a wire or cable pulling capstan carried by the ... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6430793 | Machine for opening dies for extruding aluminum and alloys thereof A machine for opening dies for extruding aluminum and alloys thereof, comprising a table for supporting a die to be opened which is connected to translatory motion elements for placing the die at a parting unit which has a plurality of tools distributed a... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6431535 | Motor test mount with CG position adjustment A motor test mount apparatus comprises a mount cylinder having bearings fitted for supporting a bearing rod positioned for rotation within the bearings. A mount block and a capping screw each are axially and threadedly engaged with the bearing rod at oppo... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6431536 | Adjustable guide system for jaws of fluid-operated grippers A gripper is provided with a body with a top part having at least one pair of parallel wings delimiting between them a channel for guiding at least two jaws. At least one wing (14) on one side of the channel is interrupted in the center (22), elasticized ... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6431964 | Planarization apparatus and method A polishing stage is mounted on a body provided with a rough grinding stage and a fine grinding stage so that a wafer can be roughly ground, finely ground and polished in one planarization apparatus. The planarization apparatus also has a cleaning stage f... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6427991 | Non-contact workpiece holder using vortex chuck with central gas flow A non-contact holder including one or more chucks holds a planar workpiece such as a semiconductor wafer, particularly a thin wafer. Each chuck in the holder includes a cavity that opens to a surface adjacent to the workpiece. A tangential orifice introdu... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6427978 | Disrattling a hand lever for releasing the latch mechanism of a back rest An apparatus for manually locking and/or unlocking the parts of a vehicle seat includes a housing part and a lever part reaching through an opening in the housing part. The housing part has at least one spring mechanism that latches the lever part in at l... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6427996 | Workpiece transfer support apparatus Workpiece transfer support apparatus has a housing having a chamber therein for the removable accommodation of a support body which may be equipped with a workpiece engaging and supporting member. That portion of the support body which is accommodated in ... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6427304 | Device for removing formlockingly anchored dowels A device for removing formlockingly anchored dowels including an anchor rod and an expansion sleeve (31) displaceable along the anchor rod, the device including a sleeve-shaped support member (2) having, at one of its ends, a support shoulder, an indexing... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6427993 | Pipe fitting apparatus and method A pipe fitting apparatus includes first and second connector units for releasable connection to respective first and second pipe sections adjacent pipe ends to be coupled, so as to hold the pipe sections relative to one another in the desired relative ori... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6428389 | Polishing apparatus A polishing wheel is pushed up and down in the Z-axis direction owing to a wafer surface shape. And the polishing amount depends on the height of protrusions on a wafer surface. Where a spindle is a rigid body in the Z-axis direction, the pressing force o... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6422550 | Extending clamp A hydraulically driven extending clamp is disclosed having a pivoting main body which includes an extendable clamping rod disposed therein. The clamping rod extends above the pivot and is extended by air pressure and retracted by a spring internal to the ... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6422536 | Lifter apparatus for raising and lowering a part A pair of horizontally spaced and horizontally extending part support rails or elongated platens are each guided and supported for vertical movement by a pair of guide and support members having linear bearing blocks mounted on vertical guide rails attach... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6422927 | Carrier head with controllable pressure and loading area for chemical mechanical polishing A carrier head for a chemical mechanical polishing apparatus a flexible membrane that applies a load to a substrate in a loading area with a controllable size. One pressurizable chamber in the carrier head controls the size of the loading area, and anothe... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6421898 | Device for separating a needle from a used syringe A device separates a needle from a syringe before subsequent separate handling of the needle and the rest of the syringe. The needles are accumulated in a container made of stainless steel which is then put into a smelting furnace, thereby preventing the ... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6422285 | Tire changing machine for industrial vehicle wheels A tire changing machine having a support frame, rotatable supporting device for a wheel rim, locking device for securing the wheel rim to the supporting device, a fitting tool which can be secured to an adjustable tool supporting arm carried by the suppor... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6421900 | Automatic nutplate die An automatic nutplate die (70) that is used to align a plurality of rivet punches (116, 118) with rivets (24) being used to secure a nutplate (22) to a part (26) by a rivet squeezer (62). The nutplate die (70) includes a nutplate platen (74) and a punch p... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6419216 | Workpiece holddown system for machine tools A working hold-down system for a worktable of a machine tool having a wall member for supporting the workpiece, defining a plenum connectable to a vacuum source; a surface portion cooperable with the workpiece and a seal, defining a zone; a passageway int... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6416045 | Rotary clamp having predetermined adjustable clamping angles A rotary clamp having a telescopic piston rod with predetermined adjustable lengths corresponding to predetermined rotational angles of a clamp arm. The rotary clamp utilizes a linear actuator for transmitting linear motion to the piston rods and a linkag... | 07/09/2002 |
