ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,314, issued on May 12, was assigned to Hulsemann (Oberhausen, Germany).

"Pressing element for a grinding belt, with cooling" was invented by Thomas Hulsemann (Oberhausen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a press-on element 1 for an abrasive belt 30, in particular for wide belt grinding machines, consisting at least of a backing material 10 with a padding 3 and a sliding layer 4. To clearly improve the grinding results, a method and a press-on element 1 based thereon are employed which permits an additional cooling of the padding 3 and thereby the abrasive belt 30. The press-on element 1 here substantiall...