CPC B24D 11/001 (2013.01) [B24D 3/06 (2013.01); B24D 3/004 (2013.01); B24D 3/28 (2013.01); B24D 18/00 (2013.01); B24D 2203/00 (2013.01)] | 19 Claims |
1. A flexible abrasive member, comprising a substrate, which carries a plurality of deposits with embedded abrasive particles, wherein each deposit has an elongated continuous structure that extends along a center trajectory predominantly in a longitudinal direction across the substrate;
wherein said structure comprises inset portions and recessed portions, which protrude in opposite transverse directions from the center trajectory;
wherein the inset portions of a deposit are accommodated in recessed portions of a preceding deposit, and the recessed portions of the deposit accommodate inset portions of a following deposit, so that the inset portions and recessed portions of neighboring deposits mutually overlap in said transverse directions, and
wherein the elongated structure of each deposit comprises transverse segments which extend along the transverse directions and are mutually spaced in the longitudinal and transverse directions.
|