Rotary Cylinder Tool Patents (Class 451/352)
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Patent number: 11628596Abstract: A system for reducing dust when flush-cutting concrete is described, and may include a first vacuum with a first vacuum line, a second vacuum with a second vacuum line, and a saw connected to a third vacuum line, with each of the vacuum lines fluidly connected through a Y-shaped manifold. The system may also include a cart to attach the vacuums to, the cart having an upper shelf for the first vacuum and a lower shelf for the second vacuum.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2019Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: Precision Concrete Cutting, Inc.Inventor: Marc Cussenot
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Patent number: 11220796Abstract: A milling machine includes a milling rotor, at least one leg, a grade sensor, and a control circuit. The milling rotor is configured to engage a surface beneath the milling machine. The at least one leg is controllable to raise and lower the milling machine. The grade sensor is configured to sense a position indicative of a cut depth of the milling rotor, and the control circuit is configured to receive data from the grade sensor. The control circuit is also configured to: identify a distance from the milling rotor to the surface based on a selected position of the at least one leg; identify a value associated with a detected condition using the grade sensor while the at least one leg is at the selected position; and calibrate the grade sensor by associating the identified distance from the milling rotor to the surface and the identified value.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2020Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Assignee: Caterpillar Paving Products Inc.Inventors: Colton J. Hirman, Timothy J. Lindholm, Eric S. Engelmann
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Patent number: 9938674Abstract: A control system for a cold planer having a milling is disclosed. The control system may include a depth sensor configured to generate a first signal indicative of a milling depth below a work surface, a speed sensor configured to generate a second signal indicative of a ground speed of the cold planer, and a profile detection device mountable to the cold planer at a location forward of the milling drum. The profile detection device may be configured to generate a third signal indicative of a width profile of the surface. The control system may further include a controller in communication with the profile detection device, the depth sensor, and the speed sensor. The controller may be configured to determine a volume of a milled material based on the first, second, and third signals.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2015Date of Patent: April 10, 2018Assignee: Caterpillar Paving Products Inc.Inventors: Eric S. Engelmann, Conwell K. Rife, Jr.
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Patent number: 9915043Abstract: In an automotive milling machine, with a height-adjustable machine frame, with a controller for the travelling and milling operation, with a working drum, with a slewable transport conveyor device arranged in front of or behind the working drum as seen in the direction of travel of the milling machine, where the last or single transport conveyor of the transport conveyor device as seen in the direction of transport is slewable sideways, relative to the machine frame, about an essentially vertical axis under a slewing angle, and about an axis orthogonal to the axis under an elevation angle, and where the transport conveyor discharges the milled material at a specified conveying speed onto a point of impingement on a loading surface of a transport vehicle, it is provided for the following features to be achieved: the controller comprises a detection and control system which continuously locates the alterable position of the loading surface of the transport vehicle and of the transport conveyor relative to the mType: GrantFiled: January 19, 2016Date of Patent: March 13, 2018Assignee: Wirtgen GmbHInventors: Christian Berning, Dirk Franzmann, Armin Montermann, Cyrus Barimani
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Patent number: 8905822Abstract: A flange nut for use in mounting a power tool component onto a rotatable spindle of a power tool. The flange nut includes one or more non-circular apertures into which an end of a shaped tool such as an Allen wrench may be inserted. Torquing or otherwise applying a force to a portion of the shaped tool serves to thread the nut along the spindle either towards the power tool component to secure the power tool component on the spindle or away from the power tool component to allow for removal of the power tool component.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2011Date of Patent: December 9, 2014Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.Inventor: Jeffrey J. Meyer
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Patent number: 8876577Abstract: A floor care apparatus is provided that utilizes at least one cylindrical pad to remove a floor finish. More specifically, a cylindrical pad having an abrasive surface is integrated onto a cylindrical scrubber brush or associated core or roller commonly used in the art. The main outwardly-facing surface of the pad contacts the floor to remove a predetermined amount of floor finish wherein generated debris is expelled away from the pad. After finish removal, a new layer of finish is applied to the floor. Thus, the need to remove all finish layers from a flooring surface is alleviated, which saves time and money.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2011Date of Patent: November 4, 2014Assignee: Karcher North America, Inc.Inventors: James D. Lombard, James L. Young
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Patent number: 8721400Abstract: A sanding or grinding tool has a drum provided with an abrasive cylindrical outer wall. The depth guide has a curved outer surface composed of a number of arcuate segments each having a radius which extends outward from the centre of the guide and which is of a differing defined length. The depth guide is rotatable in increments to cause each segment, in turn, to face the work piece. Each facing segment functions to define the depth of material removed from the surface of the work piece.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2011Date of Patent: May 13, 2014Inventor: James-Roy Ouellette
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Patent number: 8622786Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention is directed to a multi-purpose sanding system. The sanding system includes a motor, a drive mechanism in mechanical communication with the motor, and a plurality of interchangeable sanding devices. Each of the interchangeable sanding devices is interchangeably coupleable with the drive mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2009Date of Patent: January 7, 2014Assignee: Sears Brands, L.L.C.Inventors: Wayne Bower, Mark Good, Dan Swanson
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Patent number: 8317575Abstract: An implement for cleaning mineral ring build up in a toilet bowl. The inventive device is an attachment driven by a cordless drill. It consists of a ball covered with a non abrasive material attached to a shaft which rotates the ball to remove mineral ring build up on toilet bowls.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2010Date of Patent: November 27, 2012Inventor: Charles Neil Carr
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Patent number: 8152602Abstract: A core drill or a grinder power tool design is disclosed herein also incorporated to a dust collection apparatus. The tool has a motor portion and a shaft portion, the shaft portion being characterized by a hollow shaft together with a casing forming a conduit for the dust created during coring or grinding applications. A harness is provided to the collection apparatus and the overall design is portable and functional right-handed or left-handed. A ring gear configuration is provided to transfer shaft power at a right angle. Further, several bearings are introduced to align shafts and absorb thrust created while applying pressure to a work piece. Power is additionally supplied to the power tool via a special modification to the collection apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2009Date of Patent: April 10, 2012Assignee: JPL Global, LLCInventor: Paul W. Guth
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Patent number: 8127756Abstract: The present method of grinding side ridge line portion and a side surface of concrete blocks having the flowing steps: providing a rotating shaft of the grinding machine to be rotationally supported by lower ends of two vertical bars facing each other in the direction in which a conveyor is advanced and suspended from a frame above the conveyor and positioning an axis of the rotating shaft to be laterally and above the conveyor, moving the concrete blocks to a position where it is ground by the conveyor and then positioning the concrete blocks to make side ridge line portions on the bottom surfaces thereof protrude from the conveyor, and grinding the side ridge line portions and/or side surfaces on the upper or the bottom surface of the concrete block by lowering the grinding machine suspended from above the concrete block, the side ridge line portions and/or the side surfaces of the concrete blocks are ground by abutting the grinding machine against the surface of concrete blocks, while at the same time rotaType: GrantFiled: March 18, 2008Date of Patent: March 6, 2012Assignee: Tiger Machine Co., Ltd.Inventor: Tetsugoro Kitahara
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Patent number: 8118018Abstract: An attachment for an existing commercial concrete saw to convert the vertically cutting saw to a horizontally cutting saw. The saw's vertically oriented saw blade and associated horizontal shaft are first removed and the attachment is installed on the saw. The attachment has a gear box with pulley for receiving power from a pulley on the saw via a drive belt that extends around both pulleys. The gear box has a drive shaft extending vertically downward out of the gear box. Either a horizontal saw blade or cup brush can be removably attached to the drive shaft so that the saw can be used for making horizontal cuts in concrete or alternately the cup brush can be used to remove striping off the surface of a road. The gear box and the horizontal saw blade or cup brush are water cooled and lubricated.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2008Date of Patent: February 21, 2012Assignee: The John T. Sherment TrustInventor: John T. Sherment
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Patent number: 8109262Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus and a method for aging a stone, preferably an artificial stone. The aging device comprises a rotary support operatively connected to a rotary shaft, at least one abrasive tool mounted to the rotary support for roughing and/or polishing a surface of the artificial stone when the rotary support is brought into functional contact with said surface, and biasing means that biasingly connect the abrasive tool to the rotary support. The biasing means urge the abrasive tool away from the rotary support while allowing the same to move toward the rotary support when the rotary support is brought into functional contact with the surface of the artificial stone, thereby allowing the abrasive tool to follow a surface profile of the artificial stone while roughing and/or polishing its surface.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2011Date of Patent: February 7, 2012Assignee: Oldcastle Building Products Canada Inc.Inventors: Bertin Castonguay, Manon Helie
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Patent number: 8070561Abstract: A floor care machine such as a floor polisher includes a machine frame carrying a motor coupled through a drive arrangement to a rotationally driven head on which a floor care disc such as a polishing pad is mounted. The drive arrangement includes a drive element rotationally driven by the motor, and a driven element that is connected to the driven head and is automatically height adjustable. The drive element includes a bearing hub, an outer ring and four uniformly rotationally offset spokes that carry first rolling guides extending along helical paths about the rotation axis. The driven element includes upper and lower partial elements that receive the spokes therebetween and carry second rolling guides arranged facing the first rolling guides along the helical paths, and roller bodies are interposed therebetween. Relative rotation between the drive element and the driven element causes an axial height adjustment of the driven head.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2008Date of Patent: December 6, 2011Assignee: Stein & Co. GmbHInventors: Achim Liffers, Bernd Falkenstein
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Patent number: 7674158Abstract: A self-propelled mobile marking removal system which comprises a mobile vehicle assembly including a chassis, a high pressure liquid pump in fluid connection with a liquid reservoir contained within said chassis, said high pressure liquid pump is further in fluid connection with a blast head, said blast head having at least one high pressure nozzle for delivering liquid at high pressure to a marked surface, a waste removal hose fluidly coupled with said blast head and a sump for collection of liquid and debris, said blast head positionable along a left or a right side of said chassis, a mechanical abrasion means, said mechanical abrasion means positionable along a left or a right side of said chassis in front of said blast head, said mechanical abrasion means is constructed and arranged to substantially remove marking material protruding above said marked surface and said blast head constructed and arranged to substantially remove any marking material extending below said marked surface.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2006Date of Patent: March 9, 2010Inventor: James P. Crocker
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Publication number: 20090098812Abstract: The invention relates to a protective hood anti-rotation lock for a portable power tool (12a-f), especially for an angle grinder, for providing anti-rotational locking between the portable power tool and a protective hood unit (14a-f). According to the invention, the protective hood anti-rotation lock has a non-positive unit (16a-f) which is provided for anti-rotational locking of the portable power tool (12a-f) and the protective hood unit (14a-f) in the event of a tool (18a-f) breakage.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2007Publication date: April 16, 2009Applicant: Robert Bosch GMBHInventors: Cornelius Boeck, Joachim Schadow, Sinisa Andrasic
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Patent number: 7500486Abstract: A fingernail grinder uses a bench grinder-like configuration wherein a motor has dual output shafts with a wheel with an abrasive outer circumference attached to one of the shafts. The wheel is contained within a protective housing that has a longitudinal slit through which a fingernail passes to be ground down by the abrasive wheel. A padded member may surround the slit in order to help the user control the depth of insertion of the fingernail. At least one additional slit can be provided with a padded member of different thickness. The opposite side of the device can have a second abrasive wheel with a different coarseness, a buffing wheel or a centrifugal fan contained within a fan housing and having a debris collection bag near the bottom thereof. The fan housing is connected to the abrasive wheel housing and draws the fingernail debris out of that housing and deposits the debris in the debris bag.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2007Date of Patent: March 10, 2009Inventor: Kevin J. Gilg
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Patent number: 7469694Abstract: A portable saw has a depth or blade lowering control and an adjustable stop for selecting the maximum depth of the blade to which the blade can be lowered.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2003Date of Patent: December 30, 2008Assignee: Husqvarna Outdoor Products Inc.Inventors: David R. Howard, Richard M. Tremain
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Patent number: 7416478Abstract: A planetary drive head for treating floors having a hub that rotates in one direction and attached media gears that rotate in the opposite direction.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2006Date of Patent: August 26, 2008Inventor: Raymond E. Vankouwenberg
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Publication number: 20080153402Abstract: An apparatus and method is provided for monitoring operation of a roadway grinding/cutting machine of the type configured to travel along a roadway while engaging and grinding the roadway with a grinding/cutting head. A first displacement sensor generates, during the travel, first distance data associated with a distance between a reference level and a location on the roadway ahead of the grinding zone. A second displacement sensor generates, during the travel, second distance data associated with a distance between the reference level and a location on the roadway behind the grinding zone. A processor captures and uses the first and second distance data to determine a depth of cut as grinding/cutting progresses.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2006Publication date: June 26, 2008Inventors: Christopher Arcona, Douglas A. Wakefield, Terrence W. Lannom
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Patent number: 7381117Abstract: A powered floor sanding system with a motorized drum-type floor sander with a sanding drum configured as a drum core with a compliant sole covered with a first component layer of a hook and loop fastener system, to which is fastened a removable drum surface of back to back layers of hook and loop fastener materials. The removable drum surface is replaceable if damaged. A sanding blank alignment guide at or below the height of the removable drum surface provides for alignment and hand wrapping of a sanding blank laminated back to back with one component of a hook and loop fastener system around the removable drum surface. The alignment guide may also be used to fasten the removable drum surface to the drum core.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2006Date of Patent: June 3, 2008Inventor: Francis A Barous
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Patent number: 7357700Abstract: The invention is a riding floor polishing and grinding machine that uses one or more gangs of polishing heads (242) to treat concrete and similar surface flooring (208). A compact vehicle (210) equipped with a front loader arm (235) is fitted with a module (240) containing the gang(s) of polishing head. The vehicle (210) is capable of raising and rotating the module to easily change the pads attached to the polishing heads. Each polishing head is individually powered by a motor and floats over the floor surface. The pads attached to the polishing heads can be of many different types, preferably diamond-impregnated polishing pads. The invention enables operator to more quickly and efficiently remove material from a floor surface. The design also enables gangs of pads to be mounted with different grit ratings to perform different treatment operations using a single machine in a single pass over a floor surface.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2004Date of Patent: April 15, 2008Assignee: Badger Machine CompanyInventors: Thomas David Lundberg, Mitchell Stanley Withem
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Patent number: 7278910Abstract: A wheel scraper for a floor sander attaches to the swivel support wheel of a floor sander and scraper debris from the support wheel in order to prevent debris accumulation on the support wheel. The device includes a frame that attaches to the floor sander and that positions a scraper arm that contacts the rolling surface of the support wheel. A spring biases the scraper arm against the support wheel. The scraper arm has a generally U-shaped opening that receives the support wheel and that also scrapes debris from the side walls of the support wheel.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2004Date of Patent: October 9, 2007Inventor: George A. Jernigan
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Patent number: 7247085Abstract: A combined floor edger and grinder having a grinding disk which can be adjusted from engaging the floor while flat to engaging the floor along a front, back or side edge of the disk, depending on the height adjustment of the wheels on either side of the frame. The wheels, shroud and handle can also be adjustable relative to the frame for moving the frame straight back and forth or at an angle such that with the disk adjusted to engage the floor on one side of the frame the wheels and handle can be adjusted such that they are angled with respect to a wall for use as an edger whereby a user can push the device along the edge of a wall in a straight line while edging. The shroud and disk sizes may be easily changed for different jobs. The shroud can be open or close ended.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2005Date of Patent: July 24, 2007Assignee: National Carpet Equipment, Inc.Inventor: Martin L. Anderson
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Patent number: 7186170Abstract: A milling cutter or grinding tool for severing welds on body sheets is provided. The tool includes an essentially circular-cylindrical cutting wheel having cutting edges at least on the circumference and a pair of distance plates with a smaller radius than the outside diameter of the cutting wheel. The distance plates are arranged in an axially symmetrical manner on at least one side of the cutting wheel.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2005Date of Patent: March 6, 2007Assignee: MV Marketing und Vertriebs-GmbH & Co.Inventor: Wolfgang Harwath-Seyfried
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Patent number: 7144311Abstract: The invention described here entails a work device (such as an abrasive cutting-off machine) that can be comfortably guided in a work position and is stable in a turned-off position without components relative to safety being exposed to increased wear. In particular, the work device has a foot unit having at least one rolling means and at least one support. The foot unit makes it possible to guide the abrasive cutting-off machine on the at least one rolling means in the work position and to set it on the support in the turned-off position.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2005Date of Patent: December 5, 2006Assignee: Dolmar GmbHInventor: Wolfgang Jaensch
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Patent number: 7128640Abstract: A powered floor sanding system with a rotating sanding drum having a drum core, to which is adhered a compliant sole and thereto a hook component material, using suitable adhesives; in combination with a sanding sheet having a loop fabric laminated to its backside with a high temperature adhesive so that the sanding sheet can be manually wrapped around the drum without special tools or other considerations, resulting in full surface area engagement of the hook and loop fastening materials with a butt joint of the sheet leading and trailing edges that does not overlap, and the sheet retains its grip on the drum for floor sanding operations under the weight of the floor sander at speeds up to 2800 rpm. There may be an alignment bar on the drum, not higher than flush. There may be a recess behind the bar for the leading edge of the sanding sheet.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2005Date of Patent: October 31, 2006Assignee: Essex Silverline CorporationInventor: Francis A. Barous
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Patent number: 7029370Abstract: In certain preferred embodiments, the present invention provides a grinding machine for creating depression patterns in a surface such as asphalt or concrete. The depression pattern may be a rumble strip for alerting drivers who drift off a driving lane, or may be for other uses. Use of a depression pattern (instead of protrusions) eliminates interference with snowplow operation in areas where plows are used. In the present invention, the grinding machine is based on a trolley which moves at a uniform height along a surface, and includes a forward “gauge” wheel which controls the relative grinding drum depth based on the wheel position and rotation. In a preferred embodiment, the grinding assembly is raised and lowered relative to the trolley in correspondence with the advancement of the trolley.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2004Date of Patent: April 18, 2006Assignee: Coneqtec Corp.Inventors: Gary L. Cochran, Dennis Skraba
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Patent number: 7022003Abstract: A surface finishing device includes a surface finishing drum having opposing ends and a chamber therebetween, an elongate fixture having a handled proximal extremity and an opposing distal extremity, and a support element, which is carried by the distal extremity and extends through one of the ends of the surface finishing drum into the chamber. An electric motor is disposed in the chamber and is carried by the support element. A drive shaft is also disposed in the chamber and couples the motor to the other of the ends of the surface finishing drum.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2003Date of Patent: April 4, 2006Inventor: John E. Q. Hughes
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Patent number: 7000605Abstract: A concrete engraver apparatus including a carrier for use with a hand-held engraver. The hand-held engraver is detachably mounted to the carrier. The carrier has wheels and a handle attached to an enclosure. The enclosure includes a vacuum mount for attaching a vacuum tube to evacuate loosened particles from the enclosure during operation of the hand-held engraver.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2004Date of Patent: February 21, 2006Inventor: Joseph E. Due
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Patent number: 6986397Abstract: A riding trailer apparatus useful for controlling a floor treatment implement is provided including a frame, an operator support platform, and a hook-up mechanism structured to enable the apparatus to be operably coupled to one of various, conventional floor treatment implements. The apparatus also includes a drive assembly including a bi-directional DC motor and gear assembly, and an having an electronic controller with a speed board coupled thereto.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2003Date of Patent: January 17, 2006Assignee: Floorstyle Products, Inc.Inventors: Bryan Mattson, Michael T. Powers
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Patent number: 6953394Abstract: A guard device for a hand power tool, in the form of a sanding/grinding hand power tool, has a wheel guard enclosing at least part of a rotating tool in a radial direction; a guide for guiding the wheel guard along a work piece, and comprising a fastening device for mounting the wheel guard on the hand power tool, wherein the guide is joined with the wheel guard in torsion-resistant fashion, and the wheel guard is mounted in a fashion that allows it to move relative to the fastening device; and a depth-of-cut stop limiting the relative movement of the wheel guard and fastening device, and being lockable in position with positive engagement in preselected stepped positions.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2002Date of Patent: October 11, 2005Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Dieter Wendt, Heidemarie Schanbacher, Mike Voigt, Albert Kleider, Joachim Schadow, Kurt Neef, Juergen Schanbacher
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Patent number: 6840842Abstract: An objective of the present invention is to provide a burnishing pad, capable of removing dirt by burnishing a place (i.e., a dirty point) onto which dirt attaches to impart sufficient luster, and being biodegraded; a burnishing machine equipped with the burnishing pad; and a burnishing method using the burnishing pad. The burnishing pad of the invention is comprised of a lock-like fiber composite in which adjacent fibers are bonded at intersection thereof, wherein said fiber is at least one selected from the group consisting of a vegetable fiber and an animal fiber. And another burnishing pad is a fiber composite comprised of thick fibers of 150 ?m or more in fiber diameter. These pads can be equipped with a porous supporting layer, respectively. The porous supporting layer has a mean 5% modulus strength of 20 N/5 cm width or more at 70° C. and a unit area weight of 100 g/m2 or less.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2002Date of Patent: January 11, 2005Assignees: Toyo Cushion Co., Ltd., Japan Vilene Company, Ltd.Inventors: Miyoko Hirai, Yukio Suzuki, Kazuo Irobe, Takanobu Haruki, Yoshihiro Suzuki, Naohiko Shimono, Hiroki Kanamaru
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Patent number: 6669542Abstract: An angle grinder with a housing 2 can be produced more economically by providing that it has a mounting shell 3, a cap shell 4, and an insert part 1 between these two shells. The insert part 1 is equipped with a first fixation device 10 and a second fixation device 11 for fixation between the mounting shell 3 and the cap shell 4, and it has a spindle locking receptacle 12 and spindle bearing receptacle 13. The mounting shell 3 has a first fixation means 30, which is engaged by the first fixation device 10 of the insert part 1. The cap shell 4 has a second fixation means 40, which engages the fixation device 10 of the insert part 1. The insert part 1 also has a second fixation device 11, which can be brought into engagement with suitable means on the mounting shell 3 and the cap shell 4.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2001Date of Patent: December 30, 2003Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Roland Walz, Peter Stierle, Ralph Dammerz, Maria-Margaretta Sulea, Stefan Heess
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Patent number: 6663467Abstract: An abrading composition and a process for abrading factory pre-finished surface coverings, wherein the abrading composition comprises an effective amount of wear-resistant particles, a rheology modifier, and a solvent. This invention further relates to a process to abrade wood floor surfaces and factory pre-finished wood floor surfaces, as well as a process for refinishing a factory pre-finished wood floor using the abrading composition.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2003Date of Patent: December 16, 2003Assignee: The Sherwin-Williams CompanyInventors: George R. Mayerhauser, William J. Fernandez, Jr., Michael T. Triolo, Robert P. DeHart
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Patent number: 6645048Abstract: An apparatus for grinding and/or polishing a surface of a wall element includes a first elongate guide device oriented substantially parallel to the surface of the wall element. A second elongate guide device is movably coupled to the first elongate guide device and oriented orthogonally relative thereto. The second elongate guide device is oriented substantially parallel to the surface of the wall element and moves along the first elongate guide device. A polishing device is movably coupled to the second elongate guide device. The polishing device moves along the second guide device and polishes the surface of the wall element at a plurality of locations along the second guide device and along the first guide device.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2000Date of Patent: November 11, 2003Assignee: Novator ABInventors: Dag G. Linderholm, Ingvar Eriksson
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Patent number: 6575819Abstract: A floor accessory driver for floor sanding procedures includes a driven unit having a sanding drum carried on a wheeled chassis that is detachably connected to a driver unit which includes a seat for an operator and further includes a DC driving unit for electrically powering a set of wheels. Operation of the electrical system is under the foot control via a pivoting treadle for controlling forward and reverse direction of the driver unit and for simultaneously controlling the speed of the driving unit. A preset maximum speed control is connected to the electrical circuit and an eccentric cam positions a follower to operate a micro-switch that controls speed. Direction of travel, either forward or in reverse, is under control of the foot pedal via potentiometers which are connected at opposite ends of the treadle so as to operate alternately as the treadle is pivoted.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2001Date of Patent: June 10, 2003Inventor: Kurt Beyersdorff
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Publication number: 20030074753Abstract: The present invention provides an improved mechanical coupling for rapidly adjusting the elevation of a working edge portion of a tool which working edge portion is subject to wear that decreases the effective length of the working edge portion. In one embodiment, the bristles of a drum-type brush comprise the working edge portion. Once the working edge is properly adjusted with respect to a work surface, the amount of downforce imparted by the working edge and the pattern of the working edge on a work surface are maximized. In use an operator compares the length of the working edge to a first indicia set displayed adjacent the working edge and adjusts the elevation of the working edge with reference to a second indicia set which corresponds to the first indicia set. Surface maintenance vehicles which support an adjustable height tool with a working edge that wears down may utilize the present invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2002Publication date: April 24, 2003Inventor: Karl R. Hansen
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Patent number: 6540598Abstract: A vacuum shroud for a floor grinding machine has a rigid cover with a cylindrical skirt and a vacuum port. The skirt is concentrically disposed above the grinding wheel. A flexible cylindrical guard has a plurality of vertical ribs protruding inwardly from its upper portion against the lower outer periphery of the skirt and extends downwardly to a plane slightly above the plane of the grinding surface of the grinding wheel. The ribs and skirt define a plurality of vertical air inlet passages which communicate from outside the cover to the vacuum port. The guard bottom rim and the floor define an annular air inlet passage around the periphery of the grinding wheel which communicates from outside the guard to the vacuum port. The air flow caused by the vertical and annular air flow passages prevents dust and debris from escaping the shroud.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2001Date of Patent: April 1, 2003Assignee: 4M EnterprisesInventor: Travis D. McCutchen
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Publication number: 20030040265Abstract: A power sanding machine (10) has three circumferentially spaced cogged belts (40) that are under tension via bearings (36) to drive three discs (52). A grounded vacuum (16) with a metal canister (74) is mounted on the operating handle (14). An attachment has sanding rollers (85) that freewheel as the sander is operated.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2001Publication date: February 27, 2003Inventor: Simon Palushi
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Patent number: 6484711Abstract: An automatic depth of cut control for use with concrete saws. The control allows an operator to set a maximum depth of cut for which the concrete saw can be used at. Further, the control allows the user to move the concrete saw from one location to another without needing to reset the depth of cut.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2001Date of Patent: November 26, 2002Assignee: Multiquip, Inc.Inventors: Brad V. Acker, J. Brandal Glenn, Greg K. Yarlott, Tim S. Jaszkowiak
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Publication number: 20020009961Abstract: A floor accessory driver for floor sanding procedures includes a driven unit having a sanding drum carried on a wheeled chassis that is detachably connected to a driver unit which includes a seat for an operator and further includes a DC driving unit for electrically powering a set of wheels. Operation of the electrical system is under the foot control via a pivoting treadle for controlling forward and reverse direction of the driver unit and for simultaneously controlling the speed of the driving unit. A preset maximum speed control is connected to the electrical circuit and an eccentric cam positions a follower to operate a micro-switch that controls speed. Direction of travel, either forward or in reverse, is under control of the foot pedal via potentiometers which are connected at opposite ends of the treadle so as to operate alternately as the treadle is pivoted.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2001Publication date: January 24, 2002Inventor: Kurt Beyersdorff
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Patent number: 6336852Abstract: A floor sander is disclosed that includes a drum having an outer surface formed from a number of units shaped like the frustrum of a sector, each having a first end receivable in a groove on the outer surface of an inner drum member so that, if the surface of the drum is damaged, one or more units can be replaced individually instead of replacing the entire drum or outer drum surface.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 1999Date of Patent: January 8, 2002Assignee: Orebro Golvindustri ABInventor: Anders Roos
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Patent number: 6213694Abstract: A metal mold repair tool is provided for leveling the work surface of stamping dies used in metal forming operations. The repair tool includes a pair of guides disposed on opposite lateral sides of a rotary finisher to precisely position the finisher with respect to the work surface. The rotary finisher is preferably driven by a conventional drive motor. The finisher and guides are vertically displaceable relative to each other, such that the position of the finisher relative to the work surface can be adjusted as desired.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 1999Date of Patent: April 10, 2001Assignee: Teikuro CorporationInventor: Toyohiko Ichikawa
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Patent number: 6112736Abstract: An apparatus for cutting grooves in a green concrete slab having at least one terminating side edge transverse to a broad top surface in a low cost manner is described and includes the following elements: a hand-held portable rotary saw, supported on a rollable platform disconnectably connected to and supporting the relative to the green concrete slab. The rollable platform includes a planar base in surface contact with a conventional guide plate of the saw, and flared side walls extending outwardly from the planar base an anchoring portion adapted to receive a human-generated force to provide rectilinear travel along a preselected direction over the green concrete slab. The planar base also includes a slot in alignment with an opening in the guide plate through which the saw blade extends whereby a working plane of reference is defined that intersects an axis of rotation of the saw blade whereby a maximum depth of cut is easily defined coincident with the working plane of reference.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 1998Date of Patent: September 5, 2000Inventor: Martin A. Bearden
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Patent number: 6099080Abstract: In a dry cutting and grooving apparatus for pavement in which blades for cutting or grooving the pavement are covered by a housing which leaves the lower ends of the blades exposed, and in which chips and cutting powder generated at the time of cutting and grooving operation by the blades are collected by a suction means connected to the housing, air is forcibly supplied to the housing and the dust stored within the housing is quickly scavenged by the air flow toward the suction end. Further, by providing an air supply passage within the main shaft of the blades and discharging the air from the surface and the outer periphery of the blades, the dust within the housing is scavenged in the same manner while the tips of the blades can be cooled by the discharged air.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 1998Date of Patent: August 8, 2000Assignee: Nippon Fureki Industrial Co., LimitedInventors: Kenji Hirashita, Takao Yamamoto
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Patent number: 6093090Abstract: A clamping hub for coupling a tool wheel to a high speed rotary power tool which can be made to operate in both the clockwise and the counter-clockwise directions which will not become accidentally disengaged during operation in either direction is described.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 1998Date of Patent: July 25, 2000Assignee: The Stanley WorksInventors: Anthony C. Tosto, Dennis A. Dohogne
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Patent number: 5980371Abstract: An improved abrading tool adapted for being driven in rotation by a power tool is disclosed. The abrading tool includes a single piece housing having concentric inner and outer cylindrical walls. A plurality of abrading disc assemblies are in equal circumferentially spaced relation between the inner and outer cylindrical walls. Each abrading disc assembly includes an axle having an integral head and a key means adjacent the under side of the head adapted to be engagable with a keyed radial aperture of the inner wall for preventing rotation of the axle relative to the housing. A bushing is removably mounted on each axle between the inner and outer walls of the abrading tool. The bushing includes a flange formed at one end thereof adapted to be engagable with the outer wall of the housing. A plurality of abrading discs are rotatably mounted on each bushing wherein the flange is adapted to prevent contact between the abrading discs and the outer wall of the abrading tool.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 1997Date of Patent: November 9, 1999Assignee: The Desmond-Stephan Mfg. Co.Inventor: Robert Bretney McConnell
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Patent number: 5941227Abstract: An apparatus for cutting grooves in a green concrete slab having at least one terminating side edge transverse to a broad top surface in a low cost manner is described and includes the following elements: a hand-held portable rotary saw, supported on a rollable platform disconnectably connected to and supporting the relative to the green concrete slab. The rollable platform includes a planar base in surface contact with a conventional guide plate of the saw, and flared side walls extending outwardly from the planar base an anchoring portion adapted to receive a human-generated force to provide rectilinear travel along a preselected direction over the green concrete slab. The planar base also includes a slot in alignment with an opening in the guide plate through which the saw blade extends whereby a working plane of reference is defined that intersects an axis of rotation of the saw blade whereby a maximum depth of cut is easily defined coincident with the working plane of reference.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 1991Date of Patent: August 24, 1999Inventor: Martin A. Bearden
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Patent number: 5908224Abstract: A vacuumatic concrete planer for preventing dust from escaping the dust collecting bag attached to the vacuum blower assembly . The vacuumatic concrete planer includes a wheeled housing, a motor being mounted to the housing, a grinder blade assembly being disposed towards the front end of the housing, and a vacuum blower assembly being disposed towards the rear end of the housing. The grinder blade assembly and the vacuum blower assembly are operated by the motor through pulleys and belts being provided thereon. The grinder blade assembly comprises a shaft being held rotatably within the housing by suitable bearings. A plurality of laminated and fiberglass reinforced disc-like cutting stones are keyed to the shaft and protrude from the open bottom portion of the housing. The stones are securely held on the shaft by opposing counter balance washers and lock nuts. A vacuum cleaner is mounted to the housing. The vacuum cleaner has a suction hose in communication with the vacuum blower assembly.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 1997Date of Patent: June 1, 1999Inventor: Antonio G. Santos