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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 22, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mark Joseph LaPlante, Walden, NY (US);
Thomas Edward Lombardi, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
David Clifford Long, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
Anton Nenadic, Red Hook, NY (US);
Alan Piciacchio, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B24B / ; B24D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
451313 ; 29 9001 ; 451340 ; 451490 ; 451526 ; 451552 ;
Abstract
A burnisher for disassociating undesirable material from a work piece includes a wire and a burnishing medium operably associated with the wire. The flexibility of the burnisher permits forces to be generated to disassociate the burnishing medium.