grinding frame

noun

Any frame for supporting a grinding apparatus.

Meanings

noungrinding frame (plural grinding frames)

plural grinding frames

  1. Any frame for supporting a grinding apparatus.

    The grinding frame is arranged to grind two rolls at one time, one on each side of the traversing grinding wheel, the rolls being placed in V-shaped notches in the slides c that rest on top of the frame.

    1906, International Library of Technology, page 32
    2 more examples

    In a grinding mill, the combination of a stationary frame having an annular rack, a stationary burr, a driving ring mounted on said frame, a rotary grinding frame, an annular rack carried thereby, a rotatable burr connected with the latter rack and arranged to co-operate with said staionary burr, and one or more pinions carried by said ring and meshing with said annular racks, substantially as descrbed^([sic]).

    1901, Joseph Dain, Jr., “No. 65,814: Grinding Mill”, in The Canadian Patent Office Record, volume 28, page 86

    In a track grinding apparatus, the combination with a grinding frame and a carriage, said carriage including a cross shaft and wheels, of a supporting frame in the grinding frame, a bell-crank lever journaled on the cross shaft of the carriage, a connection between the bell-crank lever and the grinding frame, ...

    1921 August 30, Henry Perazzoli, “1,389,528: Track-Grinding Machine”, in Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office, page 942
    1. UKarchaicA machine for grinding the teeth of card clothing used on a carding machine
    2. A machine for grinding a welded area smooth
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