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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. 09, 2002
Filed:
May. 27, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Anthony Alfred Van Osenbruggen, Auckland, NZ;
Assignee:
Saint-Gobain Technology Company, Worcester, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B24D 1/700 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B24D 1/700 ;
Abstract
Backing plates are provided for use with abrasive disks designed to permit a view of the surface while abrading is occurring. This is achieved by the removal of portions of the circumference of the plate and preferably also viewing apertures in the body of the plate.