Honing brush length adjustment
AssigneeKennametal Inc.
InventorsJoseph Velesig, Norm DiMatteo, Joshua Singley
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Abstract
A modified honing brush is provided comprising one or more bristles and one or a plurality of reusable stackable plates having one or more holes or voids located in the plates, or one or more support guides, and wherein each of the bristles is independently fitted through one or more of the holes or voids of the plates or surrounded by one or more support guides.
Claims27
A modified honing brush comprising:
- a brush hub having a face wherein said face of said brush hub has or a plurality of outwardly projecting bristles, wherein each of said bristles has a shaft having a length;
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- a first plate having a first side, a middle section, and a second side, wherein said middle section of said first plate is disposed between said first side of said first plate and said second side of said first plate, and wherein said first side of said first plate is opposite to said second side of said first plate, the first side of the first place facing toward the face of the brush hub, the first plate having a plurality of holes or voids extending from said first side of said first plate, through said middle section of said first plate and through said second side of said first plate,
- a second plate having a first side, a middle section, and a second side, wherein said middle section of said second plate is disposed between said first side of said second plate and said second side of said second plate, and wherein said first side of said second plate is opposite to said second side of said second plate, the second plate being removably stackable onto the first plate so that the first side of the second plate is adjacent the second side of the first plate in a stacked position and the second plate is also removable from the first plate, the second plate having a plurality of holes or voids aligned with the holes or voids of the first plate in the stacked position;
- the shafts of the bristles being passed through the holes or voids of the first plate and the holes or voids of the second plate such that removal of the second plate from the first plate exposes a portion of the shafts that are within the holes or voids of the second plate adjacent to the second side of the first plate so a working length of the bristles is increased to account for wear of the bristles that shortens the length of the shaft of each of the bristles.
A modified honing brush comprising:
- a brush hub having a face wherein said face of said brush hub has a plurality of outwardly projecting bristles, wherein each of said bristles has a shaft having a length;
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- a plurality of support guides, each of said support guides having a shape of a partially complete concentric circle or a complete concentric circle, each of said support guides having a first side, a middle section, and a second side, wherein said middle section of said support guide is disposed between said first side of said support guide and said second side of said support guide, and wherein said first side of said support guide is opposite to said second side of said support guide, and wherein said middle section of said support guide has a top open end and a bottom open end, and wherein said top open end of said support guide is opposite to said bottom open end of said support guide such that a vertical height of the support guide is between about 1 millimeter (mm) to about 10 mm, the vertical height extending in a direction that is perpendicular to the face of the brush hub, and wherein the shafts of the bristles being passed through the support guides such that different ones of the bristles are passed through different middle sections of the support guides, the support guides being removable from the face of the brush hub so a working length of the bristles is adjustable to account for wear of the bristles that shortens the length of the shaft of each of the bristles.
A modified honing brush comprising one or more bristles and a plurality of reusable stackable plates positionable in a stack on a brush hub having the one or more bristles such that each of the plates in the stack is independently removeable from the stack so a working length of the bristles is increased to account for wear of the bristles that shortens a length of the bristles.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.