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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:
Feb. 17, 1998
Filed:
Apr. 10, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Terry W Priestley, Springfield, VT (US);
Stephen S Buckingham, Springfield, VT (US);
Assignee:
Bryant Grinder Corporation, Springfield, VT (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B24B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
451 14 ; 451 21 ; 36447416 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a system for measuring a grinding force between a workpiece and a grinding wheel during the operation of a computer controlled grinding machine. A force transducer is mounted on a drive screw assembly between a moveable slide and a motor used to control movement of the slide. The force transducer generates a control signal that is conditioned and received by a digital signal processor, which instructs a machine controller to perform grinding operations in response to the measured force.