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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2026
Filed:
May. 11, 2023
Corning Research & Development Corporation, Corning, NY (US);
David Montalion Dupuis, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Cary Alan Kipke, Pflugerville, TX (US);
Donald Kent Larson, Cedar Park, TX (US);
CORNING RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, Corning, NY (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein are walk behind grinding tools with horizontally aligned guides and grinding drum. One embodiment relates to a grinding tool with a pair of guides on opposing sides of a blade set of a grinding drum, where the pair of guides is configured to limit a grinding depth of the grinding drum. At least a portion of a guide curvature is generally concentric with a mill curvature, and a guide radius is less than a mill radius. Another embodiment relates to a grinding system including a grinding tool with a vacuum shroud hingedly attached to a front of a main body of a grinding housing, and a vacuum including a vacuum tube in fluid communication with the vacuum shroud. Another embodiment relates to a method of forming a grinding tool.