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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:
Apr. 09, 1991
Filed:
Mar. 30, 1990
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert J Furmanak, Wilmington, DE (US);
Assignee:
E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B24B / ; B24B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
511311 ; 5122 / ;
Abstract
An elongated object in need of tapering at an end thereof is secured by holder means which comprises a ball bearing that rotates the elongated object and the holder means together by means of contact with a rotating grooved ring disposed upon a rotating polishing surface, wherein the rotating ring and the holder means are restrained from translational motion by a guiding means.