Match Document Document Title
7416478 Planetary drive heads for grinding/polishing pads  
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.
7416477 Sander tool with pivoting handle and attachable pol  
Disclosed is a sander tool suited for sanding planar surfaces, and mechanisms enabling the pivoting of an ergonomic handle. Also disclosed is a sander tool having a detachable pole for use in...
7416476 Brake pad grinding method  
A method and apparatus for grinding a brake pad forms inclined faces at both ends of the brake pad through a single route of movement and no grinding limit quantity is involved whether boundary...
7416475 Method for rough-honing the peripheral surface of a bore  
The invention relates to a method for rough-honing the peripheral surface ( 3 ) of a bore ( 2 ). According to said method, a honing tool ( 5 ) is introduced into the bore ( 2 ), the longitudinal...
7416474 Planarization apparatus  
The present invention is a planarization apparatus for planarizing a coating film applied on a substrate before the coating film is hardened, including a contact body such as a brush or sponge...
7416473 Numeric-control work-centre for machining plates of glass, stone, marble or the like, with two or more machining heads  
A numeric-control work-centre for machining plates of glass, marble and natural or synthetic stones comprises: a bench, defining a work surface, designed to receive the plates to be machined; two...
7416472 Systems for planarizing workpieces, e.g., microelectronic workpieces  
This disclosure provides methods and apparatus for predictably changing the thickness of a microfeature workpiece. One implementation provides a planarizing method in which a first workpiece is...
7416471 Recovery device of blasting medium and method therefor  
The present invention provides a recovery device of a blasting medium for recovering a blasting medium after use, which has been injected to a work and has fallen therefrom, into a solid-gas...
7415978 Assembly and a method for cutting or forming an object  
A method and an apparatus 10 for cutting an object 64 , such as a grinding wheel. Particularly, the object 64 is placed in a horizontal manner and concomitantly rotated with the cutter 14 ...
7414080 Polyurethane polishing pad  
The polishing pad is suitable for planarizing at least one of semiconductor, optical and magnetic substrates. The polishing pad includes a cast polyurethane polymeric material formed with an...
7413988 Method and apparatus for detecting planarization of metal films prior to clearing  
A method for planarizing a semiconductor substrate is provided. The method initiates with tracking a signal corresponding to a thickness of a conductive film disposed on the semiconductor...
7413986 Feedforward and feedback control for conditioning of chemical mechanical polishing pad  
A method, apparatus and medium of conditioning a planarizing surface includes installing a wafer to be polished in a chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) apparatus having a polishing pad and a...
7413832 Method of producing a glass substrate for a mask blank, method of producing a mask blank, and method of producing a transfer mask  
In a method of producing a glass substrate for a mask blank, a surface of the glass substrate is polished by the use of a polishing liquid having a pH value between 7.0 and 7.6 that contains...
7413505 Pipe and shaft sander  
The present invention relates to a hand-held motorized device that is designed for sanding cylindrical objects. The invention comprises a left side and right side within which are a plurality of...
7413504 Blade sharpening device with blade contour copying device  
The present invention provides a blade sharpening device designed for sharpening a blade for a uniform sharpening of the edge thereof. The blade sharpening device contains a base having a guide...
7413503 Elastic polishing tool and lens polishing method  
An elastic polishing tool that comes into contact with a surface to be polished of a lens and rotates to polish the surface, includes: an elastic polishing body which has a cylindrical shape and...
7413502 Method for producing ophthalmic lenses and other shaped bodies with optically active surfaces  
The invention concerns a method for producing ophthalmic lenses that uses plastic blanks in the form of flat, round discs. The outer edge of said plastic blanks is clamped and the desired final...
7413501 Method for concave grinding of wafer and unevenness-absorbing pad  
To facilitate handling of a wafer with its thickness reduced by grinding its rear surface, and prevent any protrusions and depressions matching those of the front surface from being formed on its...
7413500 Methods for planarizing workpieces, e.g., microelectronic workpieces  
This disclosure provides methods and apparatus for predictably changing the thickness of a microfeature workpiece. One implementation provides a planarizing method in which a first workpiece is...
7413499 Grinding process and apparatus with arrangement for grinding with constant grinding load  
A process of grinding a surface of a workpiece, by a grinding tool rotated about its axis. The process includes a grinding step of grinding the workpiece surface, by pressing at least one of the...
7413498 Lapping apparatus and lapping method  
A film feeder (FF 1 ) feeds a film ( 1 ), a first drive ( 20 ) rotates a work (W), a second drive ( 30 ) moves the work (W) relative to the film ( 1 ), a shoe set handler ( 40 ) handles the shoe...
7413497 Chemical mechanical polishing slurry pump monitoring system and method  
According to one embodiment of the invention, a chemical mechanical polishing monitoring system includes a pump delivering a slurry to a polishing pad and a rotation sensing device coupled to the...
7413496 Method and device for polishing endless belt metal rings for continuously variable transmission  
There are disclosed a method and device for polishing a metal ring, which is capable of polishing a side edge of the metal ring without performing barrel polishing or polishing by grinding stones....
7412999 Label remover  
The present invention relates to a hand held label removal apparatus, which provides a safe and easy removal of otherwise hard to remove labels that are affixed to various types of containers such...
7412741 Apparatus and methods for cleaning cooling slot surfaces on a rotor wheel of a gas turbine  
The cleaning system includes a plurality of generally dovetail-shaped slot blocks having a slot along a radial inner side, an abrasive media or belt and a backing tube. Upon insertion of the blocks...
7410413 Structured abrasive article and method of making and using the same  
A structured abrasive article comprises a backing, a structured abrasive layer affixed to the backing, the structured abrasive layer comprising: a plurality of raised abrasive regions, each raised...
7410412 Belt sander  
A belt sander is disclosed that may include a sanding assembly having a first roller and a second roller, the sanding assembly being configured to receive a sanding belt around the first roller and...
7410411 Method of determining the number of active diamonds on a conditioning disk  
The invention relates to a method for determining the number of active diamonds on a conditioning disk. In particular, the method comprises (a) contacting a diamond conditioner disk with a hard...
7410410 Method and apparatus to produce a GRM lapping plate with fixed diamond using electro-deposition techniques  
A system and method are described for manufacturing a lapping plate. Diamond particles are premixed with a metal matrix. The diamond particles are electro-deposited onto the surface of a lapping...
7410409 Abrasive compound for CMP, method for polishing substrate and method for manufacturing semiconductor device using the same, and additive for CMP abrasive compound  
The present invention discloses a CMP abrasive comprising cerium oxide particles, a dispersant, an organic polymer having an atom or a structure capable of forming a hydrogen bond with a hydroxyl...
7410408 Eyeglass lens processing apparatus  
An eyeglass lens processing apparatus for processing an eyeglass lens includes: a lens chuck that holds the lens; a regular-grooving tool; a first moving unit that moves the lens held by the lens...
RE40446 Strength-enhancing apparatus for metal part  
Disclosed is a strength-enhancing apparatus for a metal part comprising a recovery mechanism for sucking powder flow dust generated from glass beads crushed on a surface of a gear in a chamber to...
7409260 Substrate thickness measuring during polishing  
A method for determining a polishing endpoint includes obtaining spectra from different zones on a substrate during different times in a polishing sequence, matching the spectra with indexes in a...
7407433 Pad characterization tool  
Tools and methods for in-situ characterizing of a surface of a polishing pad are described. A characterization tool is integrated with polishing tool so that the polishing pad can be monitored...
7407432 Lens suction jig installing apparatus and method of determining lens position using apparatus thereof  
The lens suction jig installing apparatus of the present invention comprises a position adjustable pedestal for holding a spectacle lens where a plurality of indices are formed that are provided...
7407431 Optical fiber polishing and finishing system, device and method  
A method, device and system for polishing and/or finishing one or more optical fibers. The method comprising securing an optical fiber connector to at least one holder, generating a tilting motion...
7406962 Platform minute adjustment, expansion and water collection devices  
A platform minute adjustment, expansion and collection device for a stone cutter includes a water tank supported by a pair of racks, a pair of guide rods spacedly bridged on the racks, a first...
7406905 System for driving a wire loop cutting element  
This invention is directed toward a system for driving a wire loop cutting element. More particularly, the disclosed invention employs a frame and pulleys to drive a wire loop cutting element.
7404988 Headlight lens resurfacing apparatus and method  
Refinishing an exterior automotive lens having a damaged exterior surface in situ using a continuous movement and oscillating motion, with first, a 320 grit sanding disc, next a 600 grit sanding...
7404757 Apparatus and method for breaking in multiple pad conditioning disks for use in a chemical mechanical polishing system  
An apparatus for breaking in new pad conditioning disks for use in a chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) system that polishes a semiconductor wafer by pressing the semiconductor wafer against a...
7404756 Process for manufacturing optical and semiconductor elements  
A method for fabricating an array of precisely shaped and located shaped elements utilizes a precisely shaped patterned abrasive to form channels in a workpiece. One or more patterned abrasives...
7404755 Process and apparatus for artificially ageing blocks  
A process for artificially ageing blocks, in particular concrete blocks, vitrified bricks and natural stones, provides that the blocks are applied to an underlying surface. Essentially freely...
7404754 CNC tungsten steel cutting machine  
A CNC tungsten steel cutting machine suitably used to cut a metal material, such as tungsten carbide steel, includes an operational platform, a cutting mechanism, a feeding mechanism, a delivering...
7402098 Carrier head for workpiece planarization/polishing  
An edge control system for deployment on a CMP carrier head comprising a bladder and a carrier head housing having a passage extending therethrough. The bladder includes a flexible diaphragm and is...
7402097 Track supported bore finishing device  
A bore honing device comprising a support assembly including first and second end support elements connected by a base support which supports an axial guide track. A trolley engaging with the guide...
7402096 Device for machining material plates  
A device for working of glass panes ( 1 ) has a support ( 5 ) for the glass panes ( 1 ) and a nozzle ( 2 ) from which a water jet emerges for cutting the glass panes ( 1 ). The nozzle ( 2 ) can be...
7402095 Method for removing trip hazards in concrete sidewalks  
A method for cutting a chamfer on an edge of a concrete slab, the method comprising the steps of: making a generally planar cut, beginning a distance from the edge, with a generally circular,...
7402094 Fixed-abrasive chemical-mechanical planarization of titanium nitride  
Planarizing solutions, and their methods of use, for removing titanium nitride from the surface of a substrate using a fixed-abrasive planarizing pad. The planarizing solutions take the form of an...
7402093 Grinding apparatus for buttons on rock drill bit  
The present invention relates to grinding apparatus for grinding the hard metal inserts of rock drill bits, said grinding apparatus having a grinding machine carried on an support system that...
7401662 Powered hand tool  
A powered hand tool comprising a pneumatic motor including a cylinder, a main body formed as a hollow tube member, a main body rear end being formed with a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet, the main...