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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 1987
Filed:
Dec. 16, 1985
Applicant:
Inventor:
Gary L McNeil, Allegan, MI (US);
Assignee:
Roto-Finish Company, Inc., Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B24B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
51-7 ; 511631 ;
Abstract
A novel method for the surface-planing of the elongated parts, in which the parts are not submerged in the finishing media, and in which the direction of the finishing media orbit is in the direction of feed or of the longitudinal dimension of the part, is disclosed, as well as novel open-top finishing machines, comprising finishing chambers having internal flow diverters, and side walls lower than front and back walls, all especially adapted for carrying out the surface-planing method of the invention.