Presser Or Former Patents (Class 451/303)
  • Patent number: 11878386
    Abstract: The blade holder has a movable plate and a fixture. A rotatable bolt in operative engagement with a block attached to the plate. A motor is in operative engagement with the bolt. The motor rotates the bolt to move the plate towards the fixture to grip a first set of blades until a torque threshold value is reached. The processor determines a number of blades included in the set of blades based on the number of rotations of the bolt. A first grinding portion of a rotating abrasive belt is applied against the set of blades (having width (W1)) to sharpen the set of blades. Sliding a vise sideways a distance (W1) until a second grinding portion is aligned on top of the second set of blades.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Inventors: Magnus Eriksson, Anton Åström
  • Patent number: 11161216
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a belt grinder includes frame and first grinding assembly. The first grinding assembly includes transmission roller set, grinding belt and adjusting assembly. The transmission roller set includes driving roller and driven roller. Both the driving roller and the driven roller are rotatably disposed on the frame. The grinding belt is installed over the driving roller and the driven roller. The adjusting assembly includes rotatable component and contact rollers. The rotatable component is rotatably disposed on the frame. Rotation axis of the rotatable component is parallel to rotation axis of the driving roller. The contact rollers are rotatably disposed on the rotatable component. Contact rollers are different in shape. The rotatable component is rotatable with respect to the frame so as to force one of the contact rollers to contact or to be separated from the grinding belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Hsiang-Nien Chung, Hung-Hsiu Yu, Kuo-Feng Hung
  • Patent number: 10814451
    Abstract: Apparatus and method for sharpening a cutting tool having a blade portion with a cutting edge, such as but not limited to a kitchen knife. In some embodiments, a powered sharpener moves a flexible abrasive member such as a belt or disc along a neutral plane. A support member contactingly supports a back side of the flexible abrasive member at a medial location along the neutral plane. The support member is positioned adjacent a contact region of an abrasive surface on an opposing front side of the flexible abrasive member against which a cutting edge is brought during a sharpening operation. In some cases, the support member is a stationary or moveable support member such as a pin or roller offset from the contact region. In other cases, the support member is a platen that projects forward to support the contact region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Darex, LLC
    Inventor: Daniel T. Dovel
  • Patent number: 10632588
    Abstract: A polishing apparatus which can keep a width of a polishing tool constant when a peripheral portion of a substrate is polished by the polishing tool is disclosed. The polishing apparatus includes a substrate holder 3 configured to hold a substrate W and to rotate the substrate W, and a pressing pad 50 configured to press a polishing tool 23 against a peripheral portion of the substrate W held by the substrate holder 3. The pressing pad 50 includes an elastic member 55 having a pressing surface 55a configured to press the polishing tool 23 against the peripheral portion of the substrate W and a support member 56 configured to support the elastic member 55. The support member 56 has a recess 57 formed in a front surface 56a of the support member 56, the elastic member 55 being capable of entering the recess 57.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: EBARA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masayuki Nakanishi, Kenji Kodera, Yasuyuki Miyasawa
  • Patent number: 10589396
    Abstract: A pressure shoe (1) includes a press surface (2) for directly pressing finishing tape onto a radial circumferential surface (3) of a rotating workpiece section (4) during a finishing process. A plurality of expansion elements (5) is formed in the pressure shoe (1). Each of expansion elements (5) are expandable individually and independently of one another radially while deforming the press surface (2) in a direction of the circumferential surface (3) of the workpiece section (4), so that during the finishing process, the shape of the circumferential surface (3) of the workpiece section can be influenced in a targeted manner via different expansion of the expansion elements (5) distributed over the press surface (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: THIELENHAUS TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
    Inventor: Holger Steinwender
  • Patent number: 10556313
    Abstract: A grinding or sanding machine for grinding or sanding a surface of a workpiece includes a transportation device for transporting a work piece, a revolving grinding or sanding belt, and at least one pressure beam for exerting a pressure toward the transportation device. A plate is provided that is movable in a plane perpendicular to the direction in which pressure is exerted. The plate is disposed between the belt and the pressure beam. A drive device randomly moves the plate in plate movement directions in terms of either or both direction and speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: Karl Heesemann Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Christoph Giese
  • Patent number: 10414013
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a polishing apparatus and a polishing method for polishing a substrate, such as a wafer, and more particularly to a polishing apparatus and a polishing method for polishing an edge portion of a wafer with use of a polishing tape. The polishing apparatus includes a substrate holder (1) configured to hold and rotate a substrate (W), and a polishing unit (7) configured to polish an edge portion of the substrate (W) with use of a polishing tape (5). The polishing unit (7) includes: a disk head (12) having a circumferential surface for supporting the polishing tape (5); and a head moving device (50) configured to move the disk head (12) in a tangential direction of the substrate (W) and to bring the polishing tape (5) on the circumferential surface of the disk head (12) into contact with the edge portion of the substrate (W).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Ebara Corporation
    Inventors: Masaya Seki, Manao Hoshina
  • Patent number: 10144103
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a polishing apparatus and a polishing method for polishing a substrate, such as a wafer, and more particularly to a polishing apparatus and a polishing method for polishing an edge portion of a wafer with use of a polishing tape. The polishing apparatus includes a substrate holder (1) configured to hold and rotate a substrate (W), and a polishing unit (7) configured to polish an edge portion of the substrate (W) with use of a polishing tape (5). The polishing unit (7) includes: a disk head (12) having a circumferential surface for supporting the polishing tape (5); and a head moving device (50) configured to move the disk head (12) in a tangential direction of the substrate (W) and to bring the polishing tape (5) on the circumferential surface of the disk head (12) into contact with the edge portion of the substrate (W).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Ebara Corporation
    Inventors: Masaya Seki, Manao Hoshina
  • Patent number: 10112281
    Abstract: A component blending tool for forming a pre-determined blended area into a component utilizes a belt having a material removing surface that is contoured to mimic a predetermined depth ratio of the blended area. The tool has an interchangeable shoe that contours the belt and forces the belt upon the component until the pre-determined blended area is substantially the same as said blend ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: William M. Rose, John P. Arrigoni
  • Patent number: 10099339
    Abstract: A chemical mechanical polishing apparatus includes a polishing zone having a wafer entrance and a wafer exit, first wafer platform, polishing module, slurry injection module, polishing cleaning module, and film-thickness measuring module. The first wafer platform includes a wafer loading region, and is able to move from the wafer entrance to the wafer exit along a first direction. The polishing module is located in the polishing zone, including a polishing belt extended along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and is able to move along the second direction. The slurry injection module is configured for injecting slurry towards a wafer to-be-polished by the polishing module. The polishing cleaning module is located on one side of the polishing module along the first direction for cleaning the wafer. The film-thickness measuring module is located on another side of the polishing module along the first direction for measuring the thickness of the wafer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING INTERNATIONAL (SHANGHAI) CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ken Wu, Yuntao Jiang, Jun Yang
  • Patent number: 9956662
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for sharpening a cutting tool. In some embodiments, an abrasive endless belt is rotated in tension along a neutral plane between spaced apart first and second rollers. A guide assembly has spaced apart first and second guide surfaces which collectively converge to an intervening base surface to form a guide channel. Upon insertion of a blade of a cutting tool into the guide channel, a selected side of the blade contactingly slides against at least a selected one of the first or second guide surfaces and a first portion of a cutting edge of the blade contactingly engages the base surface to serve as a plunge depth limit stop for the blade. The endless belt is contactingly deflected by a second portion of the cutting edge away from the neutral plane to sharpen the second portion while the first portion remains in contact with the base surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: Darex, LLC
    Inventor: Daniel T. Dovel
  • Patent number: 9878419
    Abstract: The present invention relates to lining carrier for a sanding pad lining, in particular for use with a sanding pad for pressing sanding surfaces against workplaces in segment-belt and wide-belt sanding machines. Here, the lining carrier has at least one recess, in particular a groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Sia Abrasives Industries AG
    Inventor: Sepp Breitenmoser
  • Patent number: 9469358
    Abstract: An idler for a machine undercarriage includes a hub. The idler may also include a body extending radially outward from the hub, the body including a single solid disk with a first substantially planar side and a second substantially planar side opposite the first substantially planar side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Robert L. Meyer, Gregory J. Kaufmann, Mark S. Diekevers, Timothy A. Thorson
  • Patent number: 9457448
    Abstract: The polishing apparatus has a polishing unit capable of forming a right-angled cross section by polishing a peripheral portion of the substrate. The polishing unit includes a polishing head having a pressing member configured to press a polishing tape against the peripheral portion of the substrate from above, a tape supply and recovery mechanism configured to supply the polishing tape to the polishing head and to recover the polishing tape from the polishing head, a first moving mechanism configured to move the polishing head in a radial direction of the substrate, and a second moving mechanism configured to move the tape supply and recovery mechanism in the radial direction of the substrate. The guide rollers are arranged such that the polishing tape extends parallel to a tangential direction of the substrate and a polishing surface of the polishing tape is parallel to a surface of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: EBARA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaya Seki, Tetsuji Togawa, Masayuki Nakanishi
  • Patent number: 9446496
    Abstract: The invention discloses an abrasive belt polishing finisher in the field of mechanical technology, which addresses inconvenient operation of the existing polishing finishers. The abrasive belt polishing finisher includes a motor and a connection support. The central section of the connection support is fixedly connected with the output shaft of the motor. Several self-rotable connection support finishing wheels are provided around the connection support. The curve surface of the rim of each of the support finishing wheels has a different curvature. Each connection support finishing wheel is distributed on the same circle centered on the output shaft of the motor. The connection support is driven by the motor into rotation to press and position one of the connection support finishing wheels against the back of the abrasive belt in the polishing finisher. The abrasive belt polishing finisher could satisfy continuous polishing treatment for different curved surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: Taizhou Federal Robot Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Qiyue Chen
  • Patent number: 9266211
    Abstract: A smoothing method and a smoothing apparatus has been achieved, which make it possible to automate smoothing of welded members that was formerly carried out manually. The method according to the present invention uses a belt grinding apparatus, which includes an endless grinding belt and a press pad that presses the grinding belt against a welded area, and uses this belt grinding apparatus in two different modes after obtaining information on heights of surfaces of two welded members along a weld bead of the two welded members. The first mode corresponds to a bead removing step in which the grinding belt is pressed against a welded area by the press pad to reduce the height of the weld bead. At this time, the grinding belt is made to run at a fixed position, while the press pad is made to move toward and away from the welded area (the surface thereof).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: SHIROKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jiro Yoshihara, Isami Mituhashi, Kazuhisa Shirai
  • Patent number: 9266212
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a sanding device that has a motor coupled to a base plate for inducing vibration in the base plate. Further, the sanding device has a face plate that is coupled to the base plate, and the face plate has a plurality of sleeves for receiving a respective plurality of columns. The columns rotate and move longitudinally within the sleeves. Further, each column moves independent of the other columns and each column have an abrasive surface on a sanding end for contacting a sanding surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: Silhouette Sander, LLC
    Inventor: Roland Bruyns
  • Patent number: 9085061
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a lining carrier for a sanding pad lining, in particular for use with a sanding pad for processing sanding surfaces against workpieces in segment-belt and wide-belt sanding machines. Here, the lining carrier has at least one recess, in particular a groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: SIA Abrasives Industries AG
    Inventor: Sepp Breitenmoser
  • Publication number: 20150104620
    Abstract: A polishing apparatus polishes a periphery of a substrate. This polishing apparatus includes a rotary holding mechanism configured to hold the substrate horizontally and rotate the substrate, plural polishing head assemblies provided around the substrate, plural tape supplying and recovering mechanisms configured to supply polishing tapes to the plural polishing head assemblies and recover the polishing tapes from the plural polishing head assemblies, and plural moving mechanisms configured to move the plural polishing head assemblies in radial directions of the substrate held by the rotary holding mechanism. The tape supplying and recovering mechanisms are located outwardly of the plural polishing head assemblies in the radial directions of the substrate, and the tape supplying and recovering mechanisms are fixed in position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Inventors: Tamami TAKAHASHI, Masaya SEKI, Hiroaki KUSA, Kenji YAMAGUCHI, Masayuki NAKANISHI
  • Publication number: 20150099434
    Abstract: The invention discloses a transform mechanism of a finishing wheel for an abrasive belt polishing finisher in the field of mechanical technology. The invention is disposed on the inner side of the abrasive belt of the finisher, comprising several slide rails disposed on the side of the frame of the finisher and sliders on the slide rails. A finishing wheel is fixedly connected with each of the sliders. The curved surface of the rim of each of the said finishing wheels has a different curvature. A driving element connected with the slider is provided on the frame of the finisher close to each of the sliders. The finishing wheel corresponding to the driving element, driven by the said driving element, is pressed against the inner side of the abrasive belt. The transform mechanism of the invention could be widely applied and has a high polishing and finishing efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicant: TAIZHOU FEDERAL ROBOT TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventor: Qiyue Chen
  • Patent number: 8998683
    Abstract: A polishing device includes a reducer, a polishing mechanism, a rotatably driven mechanism, and a sliding driving mechanism. The polishing mechanism is connected to the reducer. The rotatably driven mechanism includes a first driving member and a transmission shaft, the first driving member includes a first main body and an output shaft rotatably connected to first main body, the transmission shaft is fixed to the output shaft. A sliding driving mechanism includes a second driving member, the second driving member includes a second main body and a driving shaft collar connected to the second main body, the second main body is fixed to the first main body. The second main body and driving shaft collar cooperatively define a through hole. The transmission shaft extends through the through hole and is connected to the reducer to enable the polishing mechanism to polish a workpiece. The driving shaft is fixed to the reducer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xian-Cai Zeng, Dong-Cheng Liu, Chin-Tsan Huang
  • Publication number: 20150087210
    Abstract: A polishing apparatus including a chuck for supporting a wafer while exposing a peripheral portion of the wafer, a polishing head for polishing the peripheral portion of the wafer, and a polishing solution supplying assembly provided above the chuck and configured to spray a polishing solution on the wafer and to form a liquid curtain on the chuck to protect the wafer when the wafer is polished may be provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventors: Sung-choul LEE, Choul-gue PARK, Ki-hong JUNG, Soo-young KIM
  • Patent number: 8986069
    Abstract: A polishing apparatus polishes a periphery of a substrate. This polishing apparatus includes a rotary holding mechanism configured to hold the substrate horizontally and rotate the substrate, plural polishing head assemblies provided around the substrate, plural tape supplying and recovering mechanisms configured to supply polishing tapes to the plural polishing head assemblies and recover the polishing tapes from the plural polishing head assemblies, and plural moving mechanisms configured to move the plural polishing head assemblies in radial directions of the substrate held by the rotary holding mechanism. The tape supplying and recovering mechanisms are located outwardly of the plural polishing head assemblies in the radial directions of the substrate, and the tape supplying and recovering mechanisms are fixed in position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Ebara Corporation
    Inventors: Tamami Takahashi, Masaya Seki, Hiroaki Kusa, Kenji Yamaguchi, Masayuki Nakanishi
  • Patent number: 8979615
    Abstract: The polishing apparatus has a polishing unit capable of polishing a peripheral portion of the substrate to form a right-angled cross section. The polishing apparatus includes: a substrate holder that holds and rotates the substrate; guide rollers that support a polishing tape; and a polishing head having a pressing member that presses an edge of the polishing tape against the peripheral portion of the substrate from above. The guide rollers are arranged such that the polishing tape extends parallel to a tangential direction of the substrate and a polishing surface of the polishing tape is parallel to a surface of the substrate. The substrate holder includes: a holding stage that holds the substrate; and a supporting stage that supports a lower surface of the peripheral portion of the substrate in its entirety. The supporting stage rotates in unison with the holding stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Ebara Corporation
    Inventors: Masaya Seki, Tetsuji Togawa, Masayuki Nakanishi, Naoki Matsuda, Atsushi Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20150044949
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a grinding device and a grinding method. The grinding device for grinding a panel includes a grinding belt held between an upper surface and a bottom surface of the panel for grinding both surfaces of the panel simultaneously, a transferring mechanism for transferring the grinding belt and a belt pressing mechanism for pressing the grinding belt on the upper surface and the bottom surface of the panel. The grinding device and the grinding method in the present invention save manufacturing cost by reducing numbers of grinding belt in a grinding period because it uses one grinding belt to grind the upper surface and the bottom surface of the panel at the same time. Furthermore, the grinding belt exerting evenly on the upper and bottom surfaces of the panel in use of one grinding belt enhances flatness of two surfaces of the panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2013
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventor: Shun Yang
  • Patent number: 8900037
    Abstract: The present invention relates a grinding device 1 for the machine-based grinding of rotor blades 100 for wind energy systems, comprising a belt grinding unit 10 with a circulating grinding belt 12.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: JÖST GmbH
    Inventor: Peter Jöst
  • Patent number: 8814635
    Abstract: A substrate polishing method includes starting to rotate a circular substrate and polishing an inner peripheral edge surface of a center circular hole formed in the circular substrate into a chamfered or rounded surface by pressing the inner peripheral edge surface against a bypass polishing part of a polishing tape that is conveyed intermittently or continuously and by oscillating the bypass polishing part of the polishing tape about a direction perpendicular to a direction that the center circular hole penetrates through the circular substrate. The polishing tape is guided so as to have an advancing portion advancing toward the circular substrate, a returning portion returning from the circular substrate, and a turning-back portion between the advancing portion and the returning portion guided along a side bypass. The bypass polishing part of the polishing tape is the turning-back portion of the polishing tape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignees: Sanshin Co., Ltd., Nihon Micro Coating Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobukazu Hosokai, Isamu Oguro, Jun Watanabe, Tetsujiro Tada
  • Patent number: 8801505
    Abstract: An abrading device for abrading a floor structure comprises a first abrading assembly and a second abrading assembly. The first and second abrading assemblies each have a rotationally driven contact roll provided with a sleeve having a plurality of cutouts formed in a pattern thereon. An abrading belt is trained over the sleeve. A first oscillation assembly is connected to the first abrading assembly and oscillates the contact roll of the first abrading assembly in a first direction via a linear reciprocating motion. A second oscillation assembly is connected to the second abrading assembly and oscillates the contact roll of the second abrading assembly in a second direction via a linear reciprocating motion. The first and second abrading assemblies consecutively abrade a top surface of the floor structure with the pattern formed by the cutouts on the respective sleeves to form a distressed visible pattern thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: AWI Licensing Company
    Inventor: W. Steven Smith
  • Patent number: 8795036
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a flexible abrasive disc, and to such an abrasive disc. The abrasive disc comprises a backing with an upper side and a lower side. The upper side has an abrasive agent coating for forming a surface layer. In order to form a surface layer as specifically patterned as possible, the backing of each abrasive disc is coated separately. In this manufacturing method, the abrasive agent coating on the upper side of the backing is embossed with an embossing mold specially structured and to be pressed against the backing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Oy Kwh Mirka AB
    Inventor: Goran Hoglund
  • Publication number: 20140213155
    Abstract: An apparatus and method of polishing a substrate is described. The polishing includes: rotating a substrate; pressing a first polishing tool against an edge portion of the substrate to polish the edge portion; and pressing a second polishing tool against the edge portion of the substrate to polish the edge portion. The second polishing tool is located more inwardly than the first polishing tool with respect to a radial direction of the substrate. The first polishing tool has a polishing surface rougher than a polishing surface of the second polishing tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2014
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Inventors: Tetsuji TOGAWA, Atsushi YOSHIDA, Toshifumi WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20140213154
    Abstract: A polishing apparatus is used for polishing a substrate such as a semiconductor wafer. The polishing apparatus includes a substrate holder to hold a substrate and to rotate the substrate, a pressing member configured to press a polishing tool against the substrate and to polish the substrate, a pressing force control mechanism configured to control a pressing force of the pressing member, and a polishing position limiting mechanism configured to limit a polishing position of the pressing member. A polishing tape or a fixed abrasive is used as the polishing tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2014
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: EBARA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaya SEKI, Tetsuji TOGAWA
  • Publication number: 20140213153
    Abstract: An embodiment wafer polishing tool includes an abrasive tape, a polish head holding the abrasive tape, and a rotation module. The rotation module is configured to rotate a wafer during a wafer polishing process, and the polish head is configured to apply pressure to the abrasive tape toward a first surface of the wafer during the wafer polishing process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Inventor: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
  • Patent number: 8784162
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present invention are generally directed to an apparatus for sharpening a cutting tool. A tensioner assembly applies a biasing force to a roller to maintain a selected tension in a belt and to facilitate translational displacement of the roller during deflection of the belt. In some embodiments, the tensioner assembly includes a shaft with an L-shaped groove with an elongated portion and an offset portion to facilitate transition of the roller between an extended position and a retracted position. In related embodiments, the tensioner assembly comprises a shaft with an elongated groove to facilitate tracking alignment of the belt on the roller. In further related embodiments, a guide housing is provided adjacent an abrasive medium with a guide slot and magnet to facilitate presentation of a cutting tool against the abrasive medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Professional Tool Manufacturing LLC
    Inventor: Daniel T. Dovel
  • Patent number: 8784158
    Abstract: In a continuous grinding machine for grinding the surface of flat workpieces (20) with at least one grinding station and a transport device (10) for moving the workpieces (20) relative to the grinding station, the grinding station having at least one grinding assembly (22) with a grinding belt (26) and a pressure device (34) for pressing the grinding belt (26) against the workpiece surface, and with a control device (38) for controlling the pressure device (34) depending on the workpiece contour, the transport device (10) is reversible with respect to its feed direction and the control device (38) has means (36) for detecting the workpiece contour depending on the feed direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Hans Weber Maschinenfabrik GmbH
    Inventor: Georg Weber
  • Patent number: 8771037
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for sanding a predetermined impression into a workpiece. The device has a pattern belt positioned inside the area formed by a sanding belt. A pad is positioned inside the area formed by the pattern belt. A raised pattern is formed on the outer surface of the pattern belt. In use, the pad contacts the pattern belt, urging the raised pattern of the pattern belt to contact the sanding belt. The portion of the sanding belt contacted by the pattern belt is urged toward the workpiece so that the predetermined impression is sanded into the workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Columbia Insurance Company
    Inventors: Robert Bryan Boggs, Joseph Shannon Miller, Michael Scott Standridge, Jason Richard Shaw
  • Patent number: 8758094
    Abstract: The invention relates to an adjustable belt sander, comprising a continuous sanding belt (11) and a sanding module (4), which supports the sanding belt in the sanding region and has a profiled guide surface which faces the sanding belt back and represents a rounding radius to be sanded, wherein the sanding module has a disk shape, is mounted centrally rotatably about a pivot pin (5) on a main body (3) arranged transversely to the sanding direction and at the peripheral profile has at least two quadrant circle contours having different radii, which determine the respective guide surface for the sanding belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Inventor: Josef Fischer
  • Publication number: 20140094099
    Abstract: A belt finishing device includes a finishing belt, two bearing surfaces that are spaced-apart in a running direction of the finishing belt, and a pressing device for pressing the finishing belt against a workpiece surface. The pressing device has a pressure belt that is supported on the two spaced-apart bearing surfaces. At least one of a bearing surface and the pressure belt have a profile that deviates in a width direction of the finishing belt from a straight course.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: Supfina Grieshaber GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Oliver Hildebrandt, Simon Wolber
  • Publication number: 20140087627
    Abstract: A method of detecting an abnormality in polishing of a substrate is provided. The method includes: rotating the substrate; pressing a polishing tool against an edge portion of the substrate to polish the edge portion; measuring a position of the polishing tool relative to a surface of the substrate; determining an amount of polishing of the substrate from the position of the polishing tool; calculating a polishing rate from the amount of polishing of the substrate; and judging that an abnormality in polishing of the edge portion of the substrate has occurred if the polishing rate is out of a predetermined range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Inventors: Tetsuji TOGAWA, Masaya SEKI, Hiroyuki TAKENAKA
  • Publication number: 20130344776
    Abstract: An object is to provide a burnishing method in which it is possible to reduce the flying height of a magnetic head by improving the smoothness of the surface of a magnetic disk while suppressing contamination of the magnetic disk due to falling-off or crushing of abrasive grains from a polishing tape. In the burnishing method, an alignment process of adjusting the position in a thickness direction of a magnetic disk 10 of an outer peripheral plate 75 installed outside an outer peripheral end 10c of at least one of the magnetic disk 10 and the magnetic disk 10 so as to make the surface of the outer peripheral plate 75 and the surface of the magnetic disk 10 become flush with each other is performed between a substrate installation process and a burnishing process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: SHOWA DENKO K.K.
    Inventor: Ryuji SAKAGUCHI
  • Patent number: 8602849
    Abstract: A finishing device for finishing a surface of a workpiece includes a finishing belt, and a guide unit for guiding the finishing belt. The guide unit has a cup-shaped guide surface which bounds a receiving zone for the workpiece and along which the finishing belt is guided or guidable between an entry zone and an exit zone. The guide unit includes at least two separate guide members which have each a surface area, with the surface areas of the guide members jointly defining the guide surface and being movable relative to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Supfina Grieshaber GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Simon Wolber
  • Patent number: 8574036
    Abstract: An apparatus for machining a planar metal workpiece, having at least one machining unit, with which a machining belt, which is driven in circulation, can be guided in an at least approximately linear manner past the region of the workpiece to be machined in an oblique or transverse manner with respect to a feed direction of the workpiece. A movable carrier element having pressure means acts on a rear side of the machining belt in order to influence contact, necessary for machining, between the working side of the machining belt and the workpiece. A drive arrangement, by way of which the carrier element can be motor-driven, is provided such that the carrier element moves substantially parallel to the direction of movement of the machining belt, at least in the working region of the machining belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Lissmac Maschinenbau GmbH
    Inventor: Josef Weiland
  • Patent number: 8540551
    Abstract: A glass edge finishing system, a belt assembly and a method are described herein for finishing an edge of a glass sheet. The glass edge finishing system comprises: (a) a base; and (b) one or more belt assemblies located on the base, where each belt assembly includes: (i) a support frame; (ii) a motor; (iii) a pair of pulleys rotatably mounted on the support frame and driven by the motor; (iv) a belt engaged to and driven by the pair of pulleys, where the belt contacts and finishes the edge of the glass sheet; (v) a belt cleaning device that removes glass debris from the belt as the belt moves past the belt cleaning device; and (vi) a cleaning containment enclosure within which there is located the belt cleaning device, where the cleaning containment enclosure contains the glass debris removed from the belt by the belt cleaning device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: James W. Brown, Jerome T. Firlik, Siva Venkatachalam, Liming Wang, Naiyue Zhou
  • Patent number: 8535117
    Abstract: A method capable of quickly polishing an angular portion formed by a grinded back surface and a circumferential surface of a substrate without causing damages on the thin substrate is provided. The method includes rotating the substrate about its center, and pressing a polishing tape against the angular portion formed by the back surface and the circumferential surface of the substrate to polish the angular portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Ebara Corporation
    Inventors: Masayuki Nakanishi, Masunobu Onozawa, Masaya Seki
  • Patent number: 8517804
    Abstract: A pressing device (50) for pressing cutting means onto circumferential surfaces (12) of substantially cylindrical workpiece portions (13) during a finishing operation is provided for pressing the cutting means onto a circumferential surface with a pressing force over a contact angle. The pressing device is steplessly adaptable for the machining of workpiece portions of differing diameters that have a diameter difference of at least 0.1 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Nagel Maschinen- und Werkzeugfabrik GmbH
    Inventors: Uwe-Peter Weigmann, Marcel Bosch
  • Patent number: 8408973
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a finishing apparatus for finish machining of rotationally symmetric workpiece surfaces having a finish belt guide which has a guiding body for guiding the finish belt, wherein the guiding body comprises a shell-like guiding surface along which the finish belt can be guided or is guided between an insertion end of the finish belt and a withdrawal end of the finish belt, wherein the guiding surface is mounted in a resiliently elastic manner in the radial direction, wherein, when seen in the circumferential direction, the guiding surface extends in a continuous manner between the insertion end of the finish belt and the withdrawal end of the finish belt over at least a part of the width of said guiding surface and is mounted in a resiliently elastic manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Supfina Grieshaber GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Peter Grabsch, Michael Huber, Simon Wolber, Johannes Herrmann, Oliver Hildebrandt
  • Patent number: 8393935
    Abstract: A polishing apparatus polishes a periphery (a bevel portion, a notch portion, an edge-cut portion) of a substrate by bringing a polishing tool into sliding contact with the periphery of the substrate. The polishing apparatus includes a substrate holder configured to hold the substrate, and a polishing head configured to polish the periphery of the substrate held by the substrate holder using the polishing tool. The polishing head includes a press pad for pressing the polishing tool against the periphery of the substrate, and a linear motor configured to reciprocate the press pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Ebara Corporation
    Inventors: Norio Kimura, Kenya Ito, Tamami Takahashi, Masaya Seki
  • Publication number: 20130059507
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a lining carrier for a sanding pad lining, in particular for use with a sanding pad for pressing sanding surfaces against workpieces in segment-belt and wide-belt sanding machines. Here, the lining carrier has at least one recess, in particular a groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2011
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Applicant: sia Abrasives Industries AG
    Inventor: Sepp Breitenmoser
  • Patent number: 8366515
    Abstract: A method of form transfer grinding a three-dimensional shape utilizes a form transfer tool over which a belt is driven. The form transfer tool includes a shape that is desired in the finished part and guides a belt that grinds an area of a part to a finished or nearly finished condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventor: Frederick Joslin
  • Patent number: 8342913
    Abstract: The invention relates to an orbital apparatus (20) for machining of a revolution metallic wall, of the type comprising a fixed annular plate (30) coaxially mounted on a universal support and having a peripheral annular electric collector (35) and an annular plate (50) rotationally mobile and coaxially mounted on the fixed annular plate (30). The mobile annular plate (50) carries a set of electrical contacts (55) cooperating with the electrical collector (35), means (60) for rotationally driving the plate (50), means (70) for machining the metallic wall and pneumatic feeder means (80) to apply and maintain the machining means (70) on the metallic wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Areva NP
    Inventors: Jean-Paul Guigon, Didier Boivin, Rolf Schuster
  • Publication number: 20120318190
    Abstract: The present invention relates a grinding device 1 for the machine-based grinding of rotor blades 100 for wind energy systems, comprising a belt grinding unit 10 with a circulating grinding belt 12.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2011
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Inventor: Peter Jöst