Grinding apparatus having an extendable wheel mount
AssigneeStrasbaugh
InventorsMichael Vogtmann, Thomas A. Walsh
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Abstract
A grinding machine wherein coarse and fine grind wheels are mounted to a single rotating spindle. A multiple grind wheel mount is attached to the lower portion of the rotating spindle, the coarse and fine wheels being supported by the wheel mount, the wheel mount containing the mechanism for moving the inner coarse wheel down relative to the stationary outer fine wheel.
Claims12
A grinding apparatus comprising a first spindle having a vertical axis, first and second grinding wheels axially disposed and configured to rotate about the axis with the first grinding wheel positioned adjacent said second grinding wheel, said first grinding wheel axially movable relative to the second grinding wheel, said first and second grinding wheels being supported in a wheel mount member coupled to said grind spindle, an actuating mechanism located within said wheel mount member for actuating said first grinding wheel, whereby said first grinding wheel is enabled to move vertically with respect to said second grinding wheel, said actuating mechanism comprising first, second and third coupler members and a mount for said first grinding wheel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.