US Patent Issued to PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA on Feb. 24 for "Belt loading method and device for material removal tool" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,755, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP. (Longueuil, Canada).

"Belt loading method and device for material removal tool" was invented by Philippe Morin (Beloeil, Canada), Thomas Roux (Montreal), Guillaume Fortier (Saint-Sauveur, Canada), Canam Hoang (Longueuil, Canada) and Guillaume Whittom (Saint-Hubert, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A belt loading device for loading an abrasive belt in a closed loop configuration on a machining tool is disclosed. The device includes a base support and a movable part engaged to the base support. The movable part is movable relative to the base support between a bi...