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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2017
Applicant:
Diamond Tool Supply, Inc., Monroe, MI (US);
Inventor:
Tchavdar V. Tchakarov, Monroe, MI (US);
Assignee:
Diamond Tool Supply, Inc., Monroe, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B24D 7/08 (2006.01); B24D 18/00 (2006.01); B24D 11/00 (2006.01); B24B 7/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B24D 7/08 (2013.01); B24D 11/00 (2013.01); B24D 18/0072 (2013.01); B24B 7/186 (2013.01);
Abstract
A floor polishing or grinding pad assembly is provided. In one aspect, a polishing or grinding pad assembly employs a flexible pad, a reinforcement layer or ring, and multiple floor-contacting tools such as abrasive disks. In another aspect, the reinforcement layer includes a wavy or undulating internal edge shape. A further aspect includes an inner ring edge having radially extending slots between pairs of radially enlarged tool mounting peaks. Still another aspect includes an insulator or spacer between a head of an abrasive tool and a reinforcement ring.