Abstract: A grinding wheel assembly to be mounted on a vertical drive shaft extending from an electric motor through a horizontal table of a grinding apparatus. The grinding wheel assembly includes a core element that is rigidly secured to the drive shaft. A drop-on cylindrical grinding bit of the grinding bit assembly is slidably engaged onto a cylindrical portion of the core element. A slot is formed in the cylindrical portion of the core element and a ridge is formed on the internal bore of the grinding bit so that when the grinding bit is placed on the core element, the grinding bit will rotate upon rotation of the drive shaft.

Abstract: A mounting apparatus for securing alternative grinding wheels to a threaded portion of an output shaft of a portable rotary grinding machine, the mounting apparatus comprising a threaded clamping device which cooperates with the threaded portion of the output shaft; a support hub which rigidly mounts on the output shaft, the support hub having an inner annular contact surface and an outer annular contact surface for backing grinding wheels mounted on the output shaft. The inner and outer annular contact surfaces are disposed concentrically relative to each other as well as relative to the output shaft, and the inner and outer annular contact surfaces are disposed at different axial levels such that the outer annular contact surface protrudes in front of the inner annular contact surface.

Abstract: A drill bit grinding machine including a grinding control device controlled to move the drill bit, permitting it to be ground by the grinding wheel, the grinding control device including a mounting base, a coupling block pivoted to the mounting base to hold a bit holder, a side board coupled to the coupling block, a driven gear controlled to turn the bit holder, an axial movement control block controlled to move the bit holder axially, a tilt angle control device controlled to adjust the tilt angle of the bit holder, and a drive gear controlled to turn the driven gear and the tilt angle control device.

Abstract: An apparatus for machining glass has a housing forming an upwardly open water-holding reservoir, a horizontal screen forming a support surface and covering the housing, a drive motor in the housing having an output shaft extending upward through the screen, and a drive wheel on the output shaft above the screen. A mount on the housing at the screen is releasably secured to a machine base that carries a glass-machining tool releasably connected to the wheel.

Abstract: In order to be able to sand the surface of an item (3) uniformly smooth, a sanding machine is used with sanding tools in the form of sanding rollers (29) which are rotated as well as turned in the same plane, and which at the same time herewith are also moved in a reciprocating manner transversely to and parallel with the direction in which the item is conveyed, whereby during the working stroke the sanding elements on the sanding rollers (29) will sand at all possible contact angles in relation to the item (3). The risk of sanding damage such as marks and grooves as a result of over-sanding, or the possible lack of sanding as a result of too sporadic contact, is herewith reduced, and the best possible result is achieved.Furthermore, the wear on the sanding rollers (29) is completely uniform, whereby their endurance is extended.

Abstract: A grinding machine includes a casing with a top plate unit, two grinding units installed on the top plate unit, and a driving unit for activating the grinding units. The top plate unit has a dust inlet slot formed therethrough so as to permit dropping of dust from the corresponding grinding unit into the dust inlet slot. The casing has two side chambers communicated with the dust inlet slots, and a middle chamber which is located between the side chambers and which receives a filtering unit therein. A dust-collecting chamber is located in a bottom portion of the casing and is communicated with the side chambers and the middle chamber. An exhaust fan unit is disposed in the middle chamber and is located over the filtering unit to draw dust from the dust-collecting chamber in order to discharge the same from the casing.

Abstract: A grind-machining method of ceramic materials characterized in that a peripheral speed of a grinding wheel relative to a working surface is set to 50 to 300 m/sec, a feed stroke speed of the working surface of the grinding wheel in a working direction is set to 50 to 200 m/min, and preferably, a down-feed speed of the working surface of the grinding wheel in a direction orthogonal to the surface of the workpiece is set to 0.05 to 3 mm/min. The grind-machining method of ceramic materials can reduce a grinding force at the time of grinding of ceramic materials and residual defects due to machining, and at the same time, can accomplish high machining efficiency.

Abstract: To sand the surface of an item (3) uniformly smooth, a sanding machine is used with sanding tools in the form of sanding rollers (29) which are rotated as well as turned in the same plane, and which at the same time are also moved in a different direction from the direction in which the item is conveyed, whereby during the working stroke the sanding elements on the sanding rollers (29) will sand at all possible contact angles in relation to the item (3).To move the sanding rollers (29), the apparatus comprises a motor-driven crank arm (7), in sliding engagement with a carriage supports the sanding rollers (29), and drives the carriage on rails (33) which extend in a circle about the machine (1). This achieves a stable and robust construction which also gives the sanding rollers (29) an expedient movement characteristic, which compensates for the predominantly longitudinal sanding movements to which the items are exposed in the outer areas.

Abstract: A grinding apparatus has a cylindrical grinding wheel assembly mounted on a vertical drive shaft extending from an electric motor through a horizontal work table. The apparatus includes a pressure sensitive electrical switch for activating the motor in response to downward force on the work table. The work table is supported on a housing adapted to contain the motor and can be interchanged with work tables of various sizes. The grinding wheel assembly has a drive half and a grinding wheel half driven by the drive shaft.

Abstract: A process and apparatus for loosening adhesive from a drum and abrading labels, paint, and adhesive from the drum with high speed brushes. The drums are heated with an open flame to loosen the adhesive before the labels, paint, and adhesive are abraded from the drums with the brushes. A "soft-touch" pneumatic controller is connected to the brushes to maintain optimum contact of the brushes with the drum and to prevent premature wearing of the brushes. The drum is moved horizontally relative to the brushes during the brushing process to prevent stripes of paint being left on the drum by the brushes.

Abstract: A buffing apparatus which can buff a thin plate work without causing buckling. The buffing apparatus comprises a plurality of buffing rolls removably secured in a predetermined spaced relationship from each other to a shaft which is driven to rotate, a backup roll disposed in parallel to the buffing rolls and extending over the overall length of all of the buffing rolls, and a holding roll disposed at least between each adjacent ones of the buffing rolls. The holding roll is positioned such that the axis thereof is positioned on a straight line interconnecting the center of transverse section of one of the buffing rolls and the center of a transverse section of the backup roll and an outer periphery thereof substantially contacts with a contacting plane of the buffing rolls.

Abstract: A grinding machine has a driving mechanism for rotating a drive shaft, a sander supported on the drive shaft, a bracket provided swingably on a housing for supporting the drive shaft, a drive shaft moving mechanism for moving the drive shaft in the axial direction, a hollow member supported on the bracket for ratably support the drive shaft, a drive shaft position switching mechanism for moving the hollow cylinder in its axial direction to take selectably two positions whereby the drive shaft can take smoothly two positions in one of which the drive shaft is not moved in its axial direction, and in the other of which the drive shaft is moved it its axial direction.

Abstract: To sand the surface of an item (3) uniformly smooth, a sanding machine is used with sanding tools in the form of sanding rollers (29) which are rotated as well as turned in the same plane, and which at the same time are also moved in a different direction from the direction in which the item is conveyed, whereby during the working stroke the sanding elements on the sanding rollers (29) will sand at all possible contact angles in relation to the item (3).To move the sanding rollers (29), the apparatus comprises a motor-driven crank arm (7), in sliding engagement with a carriage supports the sanding rollers (29), and drives the carriage on rails (33) which extend in a circle about the machine (1). This achieves a stable and robust construction which also gives the sanding rollers (29) an expedient movement characteristic, which compensates for the predominantly longitudinal sanding movements to which the items are exposed in the outer areas.

Abstract: The diameter, the orientation flat width/notch depth and the length of the block 10p are measured by the measuring devices 71a, 71b and 71c respectively and then the machining errors .DELTA.Dp, .DELTA.Wp and .DELTA.Lp in the measured values against the set values are calculated at the error calculation unit 833. Then .DELTA.Dp, .DELTA.Wp and .DELTA.Lp are stored in memory at the memory unit 834 in correspondence with the identification codes IDi and IDj of the grinding device 5i (i=1-N) and the cutting device 6j (j=1-M) that performed the machining. Then at the average value calculation unit 835, the average values of .DELTA.Dp and .DELTA.Wp for each of the grinding devices 51-5N and the average value of the .DELTA.Lp for each of the cutting devices 61-6M are calculated. The average values of .DELTA.Dp and .DELTA.Wp are supplied to the corresponding grinding device 5i as the diameter correction value and the width/depth correction value respectively and the average value of .DELTA.

Abstract: The invention discloses a working method for giving a localized worn-out aspect to articles of clothing made of denim materials, which consists in treating the article of clothing (6, 70) fitted on a supporting manikin (2, 3) by means of the abrasive action of one or more rotating brushes (20, 21) contrasting against said article of clothing.