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Polishing apparatus

US4873792A · kind A · utility

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21Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJun 1, 1988
Grant dateOct 17, 1989
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Expiry dateJun 1, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB24B49/04
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Apparatus for polishing or grinding specimens in which the pressure between the sample and the platen against which it presses for grinding or polishing is controlled by a feedback system, which includes a strain gauge from which the sample-holding grinding shaft is suspended.

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