Patent ID: 8206472

Claim:
An abrasive electrodeposited wire having abrasives fixed thereon by electroplating and comprising, as a result of carrying out an electroplating using a plating solution containing a leveling agent and an abrasive, the wire has a surface coated with a metal-plated layer containing plural abrasives embedded therein, the surface of the metal-plated layer having curved-surface projecting portions each incorporating abrasives shaped to project from a substantially flat portion, all of the metal of the metal-plated layer selected to be responsive to a leveling agent during the electroplating; wherein each of the curved-surface projecting portions has a height of H to a surface of the substantially flat portion and a horizontal sectional area of the curved-surface projecting portion increases as the curved-surface projecting portion extends from a height level of (⅓)H to the surface of the substantially flat portion and wherein a portion of the metal-plated layer disposed over a top portion of each of the abrasives has a thickness smaller than a thickness of a metal-plated layer formed over the top of the abrasives that would be obtained using a plating solution without a leveling agent.