US2007015447A1PendingUtilityA1

Vibration stabilizing guide wheel

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Individually held — no corporate assignee on recordPriority: Jan 16, 2001Filed: Jul 17, 2006Published: Jan 18, 2007
Est. expiryJan 16, 2021(expired)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
Inventors:John Waddell
B24B 45/00B23D 47/005B24B 9/06
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Abstract

A fixed guide wheel that when coupled to a saw blade or a grinding wheel provides a sawing or grinding system that will control the exact depth at which the tools are allowed to perform. The guide wheel also rolls along the top surface of the work piece pushing down on it (pinching it) while the cutting or grinding process is occurring. The guide wheel has a central bearing that carries the saw blade or grinding wheel across the surface of the stone keeping the tools centered and balanced with each other. The guide wheel is made from a rigid, low-density material that absorbs vibration that would normally transfer from the grinding wheel to the material being cut.

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1 . A method comprising: 
 for a profile wheel fixedly mounted to a shaft and a guide wheel rotatably mounted to the shaft, the guide wheel having a face and a contact surface, applying a first friction to the face of the guide wheel through a first force, the first friction sufficient to prevent the guide wheel from turning when the shaft is turning and without the contact surface of the guide wheel contacting a first surface; and    while still applying the first friction, applying a second force through the shaft to the guide wheel toward the first surface to force the guide wheel to rotate as the guide wheel is moved across the first surface as the contact surface of the guide wheel is contacting the first surface.    
   
   
       2 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the second force is applied through the shaft by first, positioning the shaft in a first position when the contact surface of the guide wheel is free from contacting the first surface and by second, moving the first surface to contact a portion of the contact surface of the guide wheel to move the shaft from the first position to a second position and to cause the second force to be applied to the shaft.  
   
   
       3 . The method of  claim 2  wherein the first position of the shaft is below the first surface and the second position of the shaft is above the first surface.  
   
   
       4 . The method of  claim 2  wherein a portion of the guide wheel other than the contact surface of the guide wheel contacts the first surface when the shaft is positioned in the first position.  
   
   
       5 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the first friction is applied by contact with an acetate material.  
   
   
       6 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the first friction is applied by contact with a Delrin material.  
   
   
       7 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the first friction is applied by contact of a blade guard on to the face of the guide wheel.  
   
   
       8 . A method comprising: 
 for a profile wheel fixedly mounted to a shaft and a guide wheel rotatably mounted to the shaft, the guide wheel having a face and a contact surface, applying a second force through the shaft to the guide wheel toward a first surface; and    decreasing a first friction to the face of the guide wheel through decreasing a first force until the first friction is sufficiently small to allow the guide wheel to rotate as the guide wheel is moved across the first surface as the contact surface of the guide wheel is contacting the first surface.    
   
   
       9 . The method of  claim 8  wherein the second force is applied through the shaft by first, positioning the shaft in a first position when the contact surface of the guide wheel is free from contacting the first surface and by second, moving the first surface to contact a portion of the contact surface of the guide wheel to move the shaft from the first position to a second position and to cause the second force to be applied to the shaft.  
   
   
       10 . The method of  claim 9  wherein the first position of the shaft is below the first surface and the second position of the shaft is above the first surface.  
   
   
       11 . The method of  claim 9  wherein a portion of the guide wheel other than the contact surface of the guide wheel contacts the first surface when the shaft is positioned in the first position.  
   
   
       12 . The method of  claim 8  wherein the first friction is applied by contact with an acetate material.  
   
   
       13 . The method of  claim 8  wherein the first friction is applied by contact with a Delrin material.  
   
   
       14 . The method of  claim 8  wherein the first friction is applied by contact of a blade guard on to the face of the guide wheel.  
   
   
       15 . A system comprising: 
 for a profile wheel fixedly mounted to a shaft and a guide wheel rotatably mounted to the shaft, the guide wheel having a face and a contact surface, means for applying a first friction to the face of the guide wheel through a first force, the first friction sufficient to prevent the guide wheel from turning when the shaft is turning and without the contact surface of the guide wheel contacting a first surface; and    while still applying the first friction, means for applying a second force through the shaft to the guide wheel toward the first surface to force the guide wheel to rotate as the guide wheel is moved across the first surface as the contact surface of the guide wheel is contacting the first surface.    
   
   
       16 . The system of  claim 15  wherein the second force is applied through the shaft by first, means for positioning the shaft in a first position when the contact surface of the guide wheel is free from contacting the first surface and by second, means for moving the first surface to contact a portion of the contact surface of the guide wheel to move the shaft from the first position to a second position and to cause the second force to be applied to the shaft.  
   
   
       17 . The system of  claim 16  including means for the first position of the shaft to be below the first surface and means for the second position of the shaft to be above the first surface.  
   
   
       18 . The system of  claim 16  including means for a portion of the guide wheel other than the contact surface of the guide wheel to contact the first surface when the shaft is positioned in the first position.  
   
   
       19 . The system of  claim 15  including means for applying the first friction with an acetate material.  
   
   
       20 . The system of  claim 15  including means for applying the first friction with a Delrin material.  
   
   
       21 . The system of  claim 15  including means for applying the first friction.  
   
   
       22 . A system comprising: 
 for a profile wheel fixedly mounted to a shaft and a guide wheel rotatably mounted to the shaft, the guide wheel having a face and a contact surface, means for applying a second force through the shaft to the guide wheel toward a first surface; and    means for decreasing a first friction to the face of the guide wheel through decreasing a first force until the first friction is sufficiently small to allow the guide wheel to rotate as the guide wheel is moved across the first surface as the contact surface of the guide wheel is contacting the first surface.    
   
   
       23 . The system of  claim 22  wherein the second force is applied through the shaft by first, means for positioning the shaft in a first position when the contact surface of the guide wheel is free from contacting the first surface and by second, means for moving the first surface to contact a portion of the contact surface of the guide wheel to move the shaft from the first position to a second position and to cause the second force to be applied to the shaft.  
   
   
       24 . The system of  claim 23  including means for the first position of the shaft to be below the first surface and means for the second position of the shaft to be above the first surface.  
   
   
       25 . The system of  claim 23  including means for a portion of the guide wheel other than the contact surface of the guide wheel to contact the first surface when the shaft is positioned in the first position.  
   
   
       26 . The system of  claim 22  including means for applying the first friction with an acetate material.  
   
   
       27 . The method of  claim 22  including means for applying the first friction with a Delrin material.  
   
   
       28 . The method of  claim 22  including means for applying the first frictionl.

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