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Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2000

Filed:

Jul. 22, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:

Kazuhiko Yokokawa, Kawasaki, JP;

Munehiko Yokokawa, Hachiouji, JP;

Yasuhiro Hirao, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B24B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
451 53 ; 451 33 ; 451 36 ; 451449 ; 451450 ;
Abstract

Processing, such as grinding or cutting, in a cold air blast is performed at low temperature with higher precision and higher efficiency in a pollution-less situation, wherein a conventional processing fluid is not applied. A compressed dry cold air of a temperature of minus 30.degree. C. or lower is blasted to a processing spot during processing, while a pollution-less fine mist of an oil, such as Accu-Lube, is supplied to the surface of a grinding stone in a small amount, or with a processing tool which has been treated in a fixed lubrication treatment. The apparatus includes a cooler for cooling a temperature of a filtered, compressed, dry air to minus 1.degree. C. or lowers a cold air blasting unit for supplying the cooled dry air to a processing spot, and a device which supplies a mist of a pollution-less oil, such as a vegetable oil or the like, to the processing spot directly or indirectly by the help of the processing tool.


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