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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:
Aug. 13, 2002
Filed:
May. 19, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Christian Sauter, Flurlingen, CH;
Beat Bühler, Winterthur, CH;
Assignee:
Maschinenfabrik Rieter AG, Winterthur, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B24B 1/900 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B24B 1/900 ;
Abstract
A grinding device for the flats of a card comprises elastically bendable elements which enter between the card clothing points, brush across the lateral surface of the points and thus grind them, whereat the material that has been ground off is removed by a suction means. The grinding device may be portable so as to be used on different card machines. A control system may be provided to engage and operate the device in an interrmitten manner.