Norton Company

Saint-gobain Abrasives, Inc.

Saint-gobain Abrasifs

Saint-gobain Abrasives Technology Company

Saint-gobain Abrasifs Technologie Et Services, S.a.s.

David J Long

Paul A Krupa

David J Mansfield

Richard J Goupil

Deborah Anne Gaspich

Embodiments of the present invention resolve the safety and product management issues associated with conventional abrasive wheel bushings by, for example, reducing the opportunity for improperly mounting an abrasive wheel without the appropriate reducing bushing, simplifying the purchasing process, and/or reserving valuable SKU space for primary products. The abrasive wheel itself can be tailored to any number of purposes, such as grinding, cutting, and polishing. The bushing described herein can be used with any such abrasive wheels. The techniques could readily be extended to any arbor-based products that use reduction bushings or similar schemes.

Universal bushing for abrasive wheels

Sanding tools made from a block of a foamed polymer sponge having two contiguous sides meeting at a right angle that are provided with an abrasive coating and which have in addition a means for grasping the tool formed in the body of the sponge so that the user can simultaneously sand two walls meeting to form a corner.

Corner sanding tool

Abrasive discs for use with orbital sanders having dust extractor systems are provided in which the discs are adapted for use with orbital sanders having different patterns and numbers of dust extractor holes.

Universal abrasive disc

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David J Long