Abrading – Flexible-member tool – per se – Laminate
Patent
1994-10-27
1997-10-07
Eley, Timothy V.
Abrading
Flexible-member tool, per se
Laminate
451523, 51298, 51299, B24D 1100
Patent
active
056741227
ABSTRACT:
Abrasive articles and methods for their manufacture are described. The articles are screen abrasive articles including a durable backing member having a patterned array of portions thereon arranged around a plurality of openings extending through the backing with the openings comprising between about 20% and about 80% of the total area of the backing. A coating of abrasive material is adhesively affixed to the array of portions on the backing, forming abrasive surfaces arranged around the openings to cooperatively function as a single abrasive surface while the openings allow debris to pass through the article during abrasive applications. In at least one aspect of the invention, the portions of the backing include a plurality of first surface portions and a plurality of second surface portions having surface areas greater than the surface areas of the first portions.
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Banks Derris H.
Eley Timothy V.
Griswold Gary L.
Kirn Walter N.
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
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