ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,275,114, issued on April 15, was assigned to Basso Industry Corp. (Taichung, Taiwan).
"Belt sander" was invented by Yu-Da Chen (Taichung, Taiwan) and Ching-Chih Ho (Taichung, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A belt sander includes: a power unit having a rotating shaft; a rotatable belt casing defining a track groove that is open toward the power unit and that surrounds the rotating shaft, and having a plurality of engaging portions that are arranged around the track groove; an abrasive belt drivable by the rotating shaft; and a positioning unit including a movable positioning member that is adapted for manual operation, and an engagi...