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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. 13, 1999
Filed:
Dec. 05, 1997
Jim D Schneider, Pewaukee, WI (US);
Scott S McLain, Wind Lake, WI (US);
Lake Country Manufacturing, Inc., Hartland, WI (US);
Abstract
A supporting base material for a tufted rotary finishing pad utilizes a three-layer laminate including an outer face layer of a crosslinked ionomer resin of ethylene and methacrylic acid copolymers reacted with a metal salt, an intermediate layer of an open polyester mesh, and an inner face layer of a non-woven polyester fiber. The tufted fiber finishing media is attached to the crosslinked ionomer resin face of the laminated base which is preferably heat formed to provide a curved pad edge. The base is extremely tough and durable, provides excellent shape retention, resistance to moisture, and resistance to fiber tear-out.