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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. 24, 2007
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2004
Applicant:
Craig R. Hoffheimer, Wyoming, OH (US);
Inventor:
Craig R. Hoffheimer, Wyoming, OH (US);
Assignee:
Jason Incorporated, Conover, NC (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B24D 9/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A flap wheel includes a hub with axially extending slots for receiving discrete packs, each pack including a clip receivable in the slot with walls projecting beyond the slot, and end caps fitting on the ends of the hub and including fingers interlaced with the ends of projecting packs projecting beyond the hub and dampening vibrations between the hub and packs. The end caps not only confine the flap packs in the hub slots, but also engage the projecting ends of the flap packs to dampen vibrations between the flap packs and the hub, and center the hub and tool on its axis of rotation.