Grinding wheel dresser

Claim 1

In combination with a surface, or cylindrical, grinding machine having a grinding wheel spindle journaled in a housing and a grinding wheel mounted at the free end of the spindle, a grinding wheel dresser, comprising: a. an upright frame member permanently mounted on the spindle housing; b. a slide member mounted on the frame for vertical movement relative to the spindle and supported grinding wheel; c. a horizontally extending table member mounted on the slide, including means for moving the table laterally in a horizontal plane toward and away from the slide, above the upper peripheral edge of the grinding wheel; d. a pair of spaced and parallel rail members mounted on the under surface of the table, defining a track extending the length of the table; e. a shuttle member slidably mounted on the track for reciprocating movement the length thereof; f. reciprocating means mounted on the table and engaged with the shuttle; and, g. a contour block dependently mounted on the shuttle, said contour block having a cutting surface that is a mirror image of the configuration to be imparted to the grinding wheel.