grinding frame

English

Noun

grinding frame (plural grinding frames)

1. Any frame for supporting a grinding apparatus.
   • 1901, Joseph Dain, Jr., “No. 65,814: Grinding Mill”, in The Canadian Patent Office Record, volume 28, page 86:

     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.

   • 1906, International Library of Technology, page 32:

     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.

   • 1921 August 30, Henry Perazzoli, “1,389,528: Track-Grinding Machine”, in Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office, page 942:

     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, ...

   1. (UK, archaic) A machine for grinding the teeth of card clothing used on a carding machine
   2. A machine for grinding a welded area smooth