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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2014
Saint-gobain Abrasives, Inc., Worcester, MA (US);
Saint-gobain Abrasifs, Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, FR;
Godofredo Vela, New Braunfels, TX (US);
Brian J. Wahl, Bellevue, WA (US);
Saint-Gobain Abrasives, Inc., Worcester, MA (US);
Saint-Gobain Abrasifs, Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, FR;
Abstract
An abrasive article including a disc including a central axis; a primary outer edge substantially coaxial with the central axis and having a circumferential length, L; a secondary outer edge substantially coaxial with the central axis and coplanar with the primary outer edge, the secondary outer edge having a circumferential length, L, wherein Lis less than L; and a structurally weakened portion extending substantially adjacent to the secondary outer edge. In an embodiment, the abrasive article further includes a shedable portion configured to rupture the structurally weakened portion when the shedable portion is removed from the abrasive disc. In another aspect, an abrasive article having an initial outer circumferential length, L, and a length of deliberately exposable circumferential edge surface, L, wherein Lis greater than L.