Patent ID: 6491576
Filing Date: 2002-12-10
Classification: B24B,B24D

Abstract:
Grinding tool with a drive shaft (2) and with grinding elements (3) which in relation to the drive shaft project outward in radial fashion and incorporate abrasive substances mounted on a flexible carrier band, each grinding element (3) mounted on a retaining pin (7) that is located at a distance from and parallel to the drive shaft (2), which retaining pins (7) are attached to a base unit (1) at a distance from one another and in a circular arrangement around the drive shaft (2), wherein spacers (4) are positioned between, and extend over at least part of, all mutually neighboring grinding elements (3), wherein the grinding elements (3) are each provided with slots (5, 6) extending substantially radially in relation to the drive shaft (2) and at least part of which are open-ended slots (5) in the direction of the free end of the respective grinding element (3), and wherein the slots (5, 6), spaced apart from one another, alternate in at least two radially different positions relative to the drive shaft.