Abrading inventions 04/07

20070093177 - Method and apparatus for producing optical glasses: The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for producing optical glasses. The glasses are polished and marked, following a shaping process. The polishing and marking steps are carried out in a common processing cell which comprises a polishing station, a washing station, and a marking station.... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070093178 - Method and apparatus for abrasive recycling and waste separation system: The present invention provides a method of handling abrasive solids materials used in an abrasive cutting procedure which jets a high-pressure abrasive slurry through a nozzle (7) onto a work piece over and/or in a catcher tank (8). This handling method includes catching the used abrasive slurry together with work... Agent: Wells St. John P.s.

20070093179 - Method and apparatus for abrasive recycling and waste separation system: The present invention provides a method of handling abrasive solids materials used in an abrasive cutting procedure which jets a high-pressure abrasive slurry through a nozzle (7) onto a work piece over and/or in a catcher tank (8). This handling method includes catching the used abrasive slurry together with work... Agent: Wells St. John P.s.

20070093180 - Method and apparatus for abrasive recycling and waste separation system: The present invention provides a method of handling abrasive solids materials used in an abrasive cutting procedure which jets a high-pressure abrasive slurry through a nozzle (7) onto a work piece over and/or in a catcher tank (8). This handling method includes catching the used abrasive slurry together with work... Agent: Wells St. John P.s.

20070093181 - Abrasive article and method of modifying the surface of a workpiece: Provided is an abrasive article for lapping or polishing a workpiece comprising a three-dimensional, textured, flexible, fixed abrasive construction having a first surface and a working surface, the working surface comprising a plurality of precisely shaped abrasive composites, wherein the precisely shaped abrasive composite comprises a resin phase and a... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070093183 - Cerium oxide slurry, cerium oxide polishing slurry and method for polishing substrate using the same: The present invention provides a cerium oxide slurry, a cerium oxide polishing slurry, and a method of polishing a substrate by using the same, wherein decrease of scratches and polish at high speed can be realized by reducing the content of coarse grains by improving in the disperse state of... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070093184 - Method and apparatus for producing optical glasses: The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for producing optical glasses. The glasses are polished and marked, following a shaping process. The polishing and marking steps are carried out in a common processing cell which comprises a polishing station, a washing station, and a marking station.... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070093182 - Polishing fluids and methods for cmp: Provided are several polishing compositions useful for modifying a surface, such as a semiconductor wafer suitable for fabrication of a semiconductor device, especially when used in fixed abrasive planarization techniques. The polishing compositions include a synergistic mixture of water, an oxidizing agent, a complexing agent, and metal ions. Also provided... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070093185 - Polishing liquids for activating and/or conditioning fixed abrasive polishing pads, and associated systems and methods: Polishing liquids for activating and/or conditioning fixed abrasive polishing pads, and associated systems and methods are disclosed. A method in accordance with one embodiment of the invention includes disposing a polishing liquid on a polishing surface of a microfeature workpiece polishing pad. The polishing pad can include a matrix material... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea

20070093186 - Substrate delivery mechanism: A substrate delivery mechanism comprises a top ring, a substrate loader for loading a substrate, and a pusher mechanism, wherein the substrate loader comprises a top ring guide and the pusher mechanism comprises a top ring guide lifting table, in which the top ring guide and the top ring guide... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070093187 - Polishing liquid: According to an aspect of the invention, there is provided a polishing liquid for polishing a barrier metal material on an interlayer insulation material, the polishing liquid having a pH of from 2.0 to 6.0 and including an aqueous solution containing a compound represented by the following formula (1), and... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070093188 - Dental crown polishing apparatus: A dental crown polishing apparatus capable of improving the efficiency of polishing dental crowns and contributing to reducing the cost of the polishing process is disclosed. The dental crown polishing apparatus has a motor, a ball bearing assembly arranged around a motor shaft of the motor and equipped with a... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070093189 - Covering device: A covering device (2) for a power tool (4) for driving a circular working tool (6) includes a cover (8) for enclosing the circular working tool (6), a guide member (18) pivotally supported on the cover (8) for being placed onto the workpiece (28), a spring for biasing the guide... Agent: Abelman, Frayne & Schwab

20070093190 - Tool adapter: c

20070093191 - Polishing pad and method of fabrication: A polishing pad, comprising a mounting surface and an opposing polishing surface with a polishing pattern having at least one aperture thereon, is formed with an adhesive layer adhered to the mounting surface with uniform adhesive strength therebetween. Embodiments include applying an adhesive layer to the mounting surface with uniform... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070087661 - Dicing apparatus and dicing method: The present invention provides a dicing apparatus which machines with rotary blades a groove in, or cuts, a work mounted on a work table, wherein: a dicing tape to whose upper face the work is stuck can be stuck to or detached from the work table; a contact type displacement... Agent: Roberts, Mlotkowski & Hobbes

20070087662 - Friction sensor for polishing system: A system. method and apparatus to monitor a frictional coefficient of a substrate undergoing polishing is described. A polishing pad assembly includes a polishing layer including a polishing surface, and a substrate contacting member flexibly coupled to the polishing layer having a top surface to contact an exposed surface of... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070087663 - Polishing apparatus: A polishing apparatus has a polishing table (12) with a polishing surface (10) attached thereon, and a top ring (20) for pressing a workpiece (W) against the polishing surface (10). The top ring (20) has a housing (40) and a retainer ring (44) vertically movable in the housing (40) for... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070087665 - Grinding machine: A grinding machine for grinding short components has a grinding enclosure 18 in which the grinding operation takes place. The grinding enclosure contains the grinding wheel, a workpiece holder and a wheel dressing station, but all other components of the machine are mounted outside the enclosure, so as to be... Agent: Devine, Millimet & Branch, P.A.

20070087664 - Method of shaping and forming work materials: Method of processing a workpiece comprising (a) providing a tool and a workpiece, wherein the workpiece has an initial shape; (b) placing the workpiece and the tool in contact to form an interface, applying force to the tool and/or the workpiece, and moving the tool and/or the workpiece to effect... Agent: Air Products And Chemicals, Inc. Patent Department

20070087666 - Grinding jig set and grinding method: A method for grinding a number of objects includes a series of steps from arranging the objects to be ground on a grinding jig (a master plate) through removing the ground objects from the grinding jig after completion of the grinding process, smoothly and precisely without damaging a number of... Agent: Burr & Brown

20070087668 - Method of texturing magnetic hard disk substrate: Texturing marks are formed on the surface of a substrate of a magnetic hard disk first by forming approximately concentric circular preliminary marks in a first step and then forming in a second step approximately concentric circular texturing marks on the surface of the substrate based on the preliminary marks... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20070087669 - Polishing method: A surface to be polished having a plurality of surfaces of significantly different curvatures can be polished evenly by the use of resilient abrasive members by using a polishing method including the steps of selecting at least two resilient abrasive members 10a, 10b from the resilient abrasive members having a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070087670 - Polishing method: A surface to be polished having a plurality of portions of significantly different curvatures can be polished evenly by the use of resilient abrasive members by selecting at least two resilient abrasive members from resilient abrasive members having a plurality of dome-shaped portions of different curvatures determined by the plurality... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070087667 - Polishing slurries and methods for utilizing same: A polishing slurry includes liquid medium and particulate abrasive. The particulate abrasive includes soft abrasive particles, hard abrasive particles, and colloidal silica particles, wherein the soft abrasive particles have a Mohs hardness of not greater than 8 and the hard abrasive particles have a Mohs hardness of not less than... Agent: Larson Newman Abel Polansky & White, LLP

20070087672 - Apertured conditioning brush for chemical mechanical planarization systems: An apparatus for conditioning the polishing pad of a chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) system including an apertured conditioning disk that is formed to support a plurality of brush bristles in any desired configuration. The bristles are utilized to lift out debris and contaminants that have been lodged within the deep... Agent: Wendy W. Koba

20070087671 - Method of adhering polishing pads and jig for adhering the same: The method of adhering polishing pads is capable of easily exchanging polishing pads in a comfortable posture. The method comprises the steps of: setting a pad adhering carrier, which has a through-hole in which a roller unit for pressing polishing pads is fixed, in a holder with arranging a roller... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070087673 - Sanding tool with sheet loading feature: A hand-held, manually-operated sanding tool including a base member, a clamping mechanism, and a tab. The clamping mechanism is pivotally mounted to the base member, in alignment with a contact surface thereof such that the clamping mechanism pivots between a closed position and an open position in which a gap... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Co.

20070087674 - Disposable and ambidextrous glove sander: A glove sander comprising: an ambidextrous glove, an inner liner, and a sand layer, the ambidextrous glove having a thumb compartment, an index finger compartment, a middle finger compartment, a ring finger compartment, a pinky compartment and a hand region generally housing a user's hand extending to a user's wrist... Agent: Law Offices Of Andrew Y. Schroeder

20070082580 - Grinding machine with a concentricity correction system: A tool grinding machine has a machine control unit, which by means of a suitable measuring device, which for instance comprises a tracer (9) and a measuring module, first determines the wobble runout with respect to the ideal receptacle axis (C) of a workpiece receptacle. In the grinding machining of... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20070082581 - Systems and methods for detecting device-under-test dependency: A system of process control is provided. The system comprises a first processing tool, a first sensor, a second processing tool, and a processor. The first processing tool processes a first workpiece. The first sensor provides real-time monitoring (RTM) data of the first processing tool while processing the first workpiece.... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070082582 - Apparatus for endpoint detection during polishing: An apparatus for endpoint detection during polish, being used to monitor the surface polishing status of a polishing surface of a workpiece, is disclosed, which comprises: a probe, being positioned above the workpiece by a height; and at least a sensing element, being disposed on the probe at a position... Agent: Bruce H. Troxell

20070082583 - Head for a robot ar intended to perform a deflashing or rouging operation: The invention relates to a head for a robot arm, which is intended to perform a deflashing or carding operation. The inventive head comprises: a plate which is fixed to the arm of the robot; a shaft which is mounted to the plate in parallel therewith; a support for a... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070082584 - Grinding method: A method of grinding the outer circumferential surface of a workpiece 5 formed of a hard and brittle material into a predetermined shape using a grinding wheel while rotating the workpiece 5 is disclosed. The method includes plunge grinding the workpiece 5 at an arbitrary portion (plunge ground portion 21)... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070082585 - On-line grinding method for work roll: An on-line roll grinding method for a work roll, which can decrease an overshoot, by which the pressing load of a rotating grinding wheel on a work roll exceeds a set grinding pressing load, is provided. This method is an on-line grinding method for a work roll, adapted to press... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070082586 - Abrading group: An abrading group comprises a plurality of abrading units rotationally mounted on a crossbar extending along a transverse direction that is transverse with respect to an intended advance direction of pieces to be abraded, a driving arrangement for rotating each abrading unit around a longitudinal axis thereof, a further driving... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070082587 - Method of manufacturing chemical mechanical polishing pad: The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a chemical mechanical polishing pad which provides a chemical mechanical polishing pad which fully suppresses the occurrence of a scratch on the polished surface and has an excellent polishing rate. The method comprising either one of a group of steps (A)... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070082588 - Methods and apparatus for coupling semiconductor device manufacturing equipment to the facilities of a manufacturing location: In a first aspect, an apparatus is provided for coupling a semiconductor device manufacturing tool to facilities. The apparatus includes (1) a docking station adapted to mount to a raised floor and having a thickness approximately equal to the raised floor; (2) a plurality of tool point of connection (POC)... Agent: Dugan & Dugan, PC

20070082589 - Carrier head with multiple chambers: A system for chemical mechanical polishing having a carrier head with pressurizeable chambers that can be configured into pressure zones is described. The system includes a carrier head with a membrane for contacting a substrate during polishing. Pressurizeable chambers behind the membrane are in communication with pressure inputs. The pressure... Agent: Applied Materials, Inc. Patent Counsel

20070082590 - Tool-holding device for an insert tool with at least essentially disk-shaped hub: The invention relates to a tool receiving device for a machine tool (14), comprising an at least essentially disk-shaped hub (42), particularly for a hand-guided angle grinder (32) or a hand-held circular saw. Said tool receiving device also comprises a drive shaft (16) and a receiving device (12) comprising at... Agent: Striker, Striker & Stenby

20070082591 - Abrasive holder: An abrasive tool comprising of a base portion (2), having a foam layer (3) affixed to the abrasive tool base portion, and a plastic film layer (4) affixed, bonded or glued to the foam layer. This tool is adapted to receive an abrasive material layer (5) or sand paper or... Agent: David A. Guerra International Patent Group, LLC

20070082592 - Divided grinding tool: The invention relates to a grinding tool which comprises at least two detachable parts which are connected together. Both parts form a grinding disk-type body comprising a grinding surface which is interrupted on the peripheral area thereof. Said parts can be adjusted in relation to each other by means of... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20070077861 - Polishing apparatus and method with direct load platen: A method and apparatus for chemical mechanical polishing includes a platen supports a polishing article, a robot located proximate the platen, a carrier head having a retaining ring, and a carrier heads support mechanism. The robot is configured to position a substrate on the polishing article, and the carrier heads... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070077862 - System for endpoint detection with polishing pad: A method of forming a polishing pad with a polishing layer having a polishing surface and a back surface. A plurality of grooves are formed on the polishing surface, and an indentation is formed in the back surface of the polishing layer. A region on the polishing surface corresponding to... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070077863 - Spectacle-lens edging machine: The invention relates to a grinding machine for the edges of spectacles lenses, comprising at least one grindstone and one driven shaft for holding the spectacles lenses, said shaft being able to move radially and axially relatively to the grindstone. The inventive grinding machine comprises at least one operational support... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20070077864 - Scratch removal device and method: A polishing wheel including a lower polishing surface and defining a different color from a secondary portion of the polishing wheel, so as to indicate wear of the polishing surface. The polishing surface includes a plurality of main radial flutes extending from a central passage to an outer edge. A... Agent: Merchant & Gould P.C. Attention Of Steven C. Bruess

20070077868 - Cerium-based abrasive, abrasive slurry, and production of cerium-based abrasive: There is provided a cerium-based abrasive containing cerium oxide as a main component, in which the abrasive particles composing the abrasive are coated with a coating layer containing at least either one of a silicon component of silicon or a silicon compound and an aluminum component of aluminum or an... Agent: Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

20070077866 - Method and apparatus for chemical mechanical polishing: A chemical mechanical polishing apparatus prevents scratches caused by a direct friction between a polishing pad and a wafer. The apparatus includes a polishing pad, in which grooves are regularly formed, for generating a dynamic pressure by rotation; a polishing table to which the polishing pad is adhered; a wafer... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070077865 - Method for controlling polysilicon removal: The invention is directed to a method of chemically-mechanically polishing a substrate comprising polysilicon and a material selected from silicon oxide and silicon nitride with a chemical-mechanical polishing system comprising an abrasive, a polyethylene oxide/polypropylene oxide copolymer, water, and a polishing pad.... Agent: Steven Weseman Associate General Counsel, I.p.

20070077867 - Polishing pad and polishing apparatus: A polishing pad according to the invention includes a plate-like pad body having one surface serving as a polishing surface and the other surface serving as a support surface, and a plurality of hole parts which extend from the polishing surface to the support surface, the each hole part containing... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070077869 - Cross joint: In a cross joint outwardly fitting a bearing cup to each of four pieces of shafts of a cross shaft member via a cylindrical member, race portions formed on a side of the cross shaft member and on a side of the bearing cup and a shoulder portion provided between... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070077871 - Chemical mechanical polishing devices, pad conditioner assembly and polishing pad conditioning method thereof: Chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) devices, a pad conditioner assembly and a polishing pad conditioning method thereof are provided. The CMP device planarizes a wafer by rotating a carrier, which has a wafer mounted on a lower surface of the carrier, over a rotating polishing table while supplying a slurry onto... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070077870 - Pad conditioner, pad conditioning method, and polishing apparatus: The present invention provides a pad conditioner for dressing a surface of a polishing pad which is used in a polishing apparatus for polishing works, comprising: a substrate disposed opposite to the polishing pad; a plurality of pellets removably attached to the substrate; and a plurality of linear elastic members... Agent: Roberts, Mlotkowski & Hobbes

20070077872 - Precision control of sharpening angles: A modified truncated cone-shaped disk is molded onto a plastic hub which is mounted on a motor driven shaft. The hub has an axial bore of a size to fit with very close clearance on the shaft while still permitting the disk to freely slide against a low spring force.... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20070077873 - Planetary drive heads for grinding/polishing pads: A planetary drive head for treating floors having a hub that rotates in one direction and attached media gears that rotate in the opposite direction.... Agent: Hiscock & Barclay, LLP

20070077874 - Flexible materials processing rotation tool: A flexible material processing rotation tool that executes processing against a target material composed of flexible material, and which is characterized by forming or more cutting blade protrusions on the surface of the substrate so that they project upward, formation of an inclined surface on the surface of cutting blade... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20070077875 - Sanding rope and applications thereof: A disposable sanding device is fabricated as a continuous rope-like article which is adapted for selective segmentation and application as a plurality of serially arranged disposable hand sanding devices or ropes. Each hand sanding device is formed as a generally elongated rod shaped base portion formed of lightweight material such... Agent: J. Gordon Lewis

20070077876 - Ceramic tipped tool: A ceramic-tipped tool with a sharp-edged ceramic cutting element attached to a tool body made of another material. The ceramic cutting element is desirably a cermet and is desirably brazed to another material such as steel to form a tool that may be used to cut various materials and maintain... Agent: Gardner Groff Santos & Greenwald, P.C.