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Patent No.:

US 9579771 B1

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Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2017

Filed:

Dec. 02, 2013
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

James R. Cazzoli, Hasting-on-Hudson, NY (US);

Nathaniel H. Henderson, San Jose, CA (US);

Christopher A. Hunt, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B24B 55/02 (2006.01); B24D 13/10 (2006.01); B24D 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B24B 55/02 (2013.01); B24D 9/00 (2013.01); B24D 13/10 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49716 (2015.01);
Abstract

Rotary tools configured to sand components and accommodate complex geometries thereof are provided. The rotary tools may include a rotary head and a shaft. Bristles and an abrasive material may be coupled to the abrasive material. The rotary tools may additionally include outlets configured to receive a flow of coolant to cool the rotary tool. A system configured to convert a flood coolant system to a through spindle coolant system is also provided. The system may include a hollow shaft with inlets and a redirector therein. A flow receptor may include scoops that receive coolant sprayed from a flood coolant system and direct the coolant through the inlets in the hollow shaft. Thereby, the coolant may contact the redirector and be directed downward through the hollow shaft to a rotary tool, such as the rotary tool described above.


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