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US 5,702,293 AGranted
Holding fixture for metallographic mount polishing
AssigneeThe United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy
InventorsClyde H. Barth, Charles E. Cramer
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Abstract
A fixture for holding mounted specimens for polishing, having an arm; a body attached to one end of the arm, the body having at least one flange having an opening to accommodate a mounted specimen; and a means applying pressure against the outer surface of the mounted specimen to hold the specimen in contact with the polishing surface.
Claims6
A fixture for holding a specimen for polishing comprising:
- (a) an arm;
- (b) a body attached to an end of said arm, said body having a first opening of sufficient dimensions to allow insertion of a specimen for polishing therein and to hold said specimen stable and in place, a second opening axially parallel to said first opening;
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- (c) a pressure means applying pressure against said specimen to hold said specimen in contact with a polishing surface, said pressure means capable of being lockingly engaged within said second opening.
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A fixture for holding a specimen for polishing in conjunction with a polishing apparatus comprising:
- (a) an arm;
- (b) a body attached to an end of said arm, said body having at least two flanges, said first flange having an opening of sufficient dimensions to allow insertion of a specimen for polishing therein and to hold said specimen stable and in place, a second flange having an opening axially parallel to the opening in said first flange;
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- (c) a pressure means insertable into the opening in said second flange, said pressure means applying pressure against said specimen to hold said specimen in contact with a polishing surface.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.