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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:
Oct. 03, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 10, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mark J Gleason, Madisonville, KY (US);
William J Scott, Clay, KY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23H / ; B23H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
219 6915 ; 219 692 ;
Abstract
An electrical discharge machine includes a chuck for holding an electrode above a workpiece. A lower guide positions a tip of the electrode above the workpiece, and mid-guide laterally supports the electrode between its opposite ends for reducing flexing therebetween.