Abrasive tool making process – material – or composition – Miscellaneous
Reexamination Certificate
2011-08-09
2011-08-09
Lorengo, Jerry (Department: 1731)
Abrasive tool making process, material, or composition
Miscellaneous
C051S307000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07993419
ABSTRACT:
Abrasive tools contain abrasive grains oriented in an array according to a non-uniform pattern having an exclusionary zone around each abrasive grain, and the exclusionary zone has a minimum dimension that exceeds the maximum diameter of the desired grit size range for the abrasive grain. Methods for designing such a self-avoiding array of abrasive grain and for transferring such an array to an abrasive tool body are described.
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Bateman Charles A.
Hall Richard W. J.
Molter Jens M.
Crosby Mike W.
Lorengo Jerry
Saint-Gobain Abrasives Technology Company
Wood Jared
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