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Flexible hand held abrading tool

  • US 3,956,858 A
  • Filed: 01/23/1975
  • Issued: 05/18/1976
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/23/1973
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An abrading tool comprising a flexible strip of hardenable and temperable steel having end portions each provided with holder-engaging means for mounting said strip under tension in a saw frame, and having, over at least a surface portion thereof, a strong, tough and adherent abrasive armoring coating produced in situ from abrasive particles of hard, high melting point, refractory metal-carbides, and particles of a high melting and tough brazing metal selected from the group consisting of cobalt-base and nickel-base alloys and combinations thereof, said brazing metal particles being fusion bonded to each other and to said steel strip and alloyed therewith into weldments individual to and partially embedding said abrasive particles, with said abrasive particles projecting from said weldments to form sharp cutting edges, and handle means comprising a sheath of elastomeric material surrounding and self-adhesively removably engaging at least one end portion of said strip to facilitate manual use as a filing device.

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