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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 1998
Filed:
Dec. 10, 1996
Jon L Hulsebus, Grandville, MI (US);
K-Line Industries, Inc., Holland, MI (US);
Abstract
A universal shoe assembly is disclosed for a microfinishing machine having a base and a pair of jaw arms mounted to the base. The universal shoe assembly includes a shoe for applying grinding pressure to a surface of a workpiece, universal mounting means for mounting the shoe to one of the jaw arms of the microfinishing machine, and securing means for releasably securing the mounting means to the jaw arm of the microfinishing machine. Also disclosed is a taper-correcting shoe assembly for a microfinishing machine including a mounting structure adapted for mounting to an arm of a microfinishing machine, a first shoe movably mounted to the mounting structure for applying variable grinding pressure to a first portion of a surface of a workpiece, a second shoe mounted to the mounting structure adjacent the first shoe for applying grinding pressure to a second portion of the surface of the workpiece, and manual extension means, responsive to manual movement, for extending the first shoe outward from the mounting structure in order to correct any taper of the surface of the workpiece.