Patent ID: 6261162
Filing Date: 2001-07-17
Classification: B24B,B24D

Abstract:
A polishing apparatus to polish to a flat and mirror finish a surface of an object to be polished by pressing and sliding the surface of the object on an abrasive surface, said apparatus comprising:a polishing tool detachably mountable in said apparatus, said tool providing said abrasive surface, said polishing tool comprising abrasive particles and a binder binding said abrasive particles;a top ring to hold the object to be polished;a pressing and sliding device to produce, while the object is being held by said top ring and when said tool is mounted in said apparatus, a relative sliding motion between the surface of the object and said abrasive surface and to press the surface of the object against said abrasive surface; andsaid tool being in a wetted condition before being mounted in said apparatus.