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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7189283 | Phthalocyanines and their use in ink-jet printers A composition comprising: (a) a major dye component which is a mixture of phthalocyanine dyes of Formula (1) and salts thereof: wherein: ... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7013776 | Device for cutting optical fiber and a method for cutting optical fiber An optical fiber cutting device provided with a speed reducing part which transmits drive force by reducing the drive speed of the external drive force, a drive force transmission part which transmits the drive force from the speed reduction part to the cutting blad... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6857817 | Wire mesh mat, in particular, for Gabion baskets A wire mesh mat for Gabion baskets for securing slopes has longitudinal wires and transverse wires connected to one another and having wire ends, respectively. At least some of the wire ends have an eye, respectively. The wire ends provided with the eye have a compe... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6705355 | Wire straightening and cut-off machine and process A wire straightening and cut-off process and machine which feeds, straightens, and cuts wire, and which uses a servomotor in dual mode. In a continuous mode, short wire parts are cut at a high cut-off rate. In an intermittent mode, long wire parts are cut wherein ea... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6694585 | Apparatus and method for securing end turns of coil springs to a border wire The apparatus has an indexable carriage adapted to move the coil springs and the border wire along a path. A wire cutter disposed adjacent the path has an inner member with an axial hole adapted to receive the wire and a tubular outer member receiving the... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6196100 | Device for cutting wire windings A device and a method for cutting a continuously travelling wire which emerges in the form of windings from a winding layer, wherein a cutting device arranged immediately following the winding layer. The cutting device includes a catching device for the t... | 03/06/2001 |
| 5944065 | Wire collection apparatus A wire collection apparatus for use with a wire cutting machine. The apparatus comprises a tubular wire channel, a rotating tubular channel closure, and an actuator device. The wire channel contains an axial opening along the entire length of the channel.... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5921160 | Release assembly for a wire cutting apparatus A release assembly for wire cutting apparatus. The present invention provides a release assembly for wire cutting apparatus which allows for dynamic alteration of the cut parameters. The release assembly allows for the length of the wire to be cut to be a... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5850773 | Apparatus for cutting wire The leading end portion of an elongated length of wire is cut off from the remaining length of wire each time the wire dwells after being advanced along a generally horizontal path. The cutting is effected by moving a cutter downwardly into cutting engage... | 12/22/1998 |
| 5739319 | Phthalocyanine or naphthalocyanine derivative A green or near infrared light absorbing water-soluble phthalocyanine or naphthalocyanine derivative which has excellent water resistance after dyeing, is provided. The present invention provides a phthalocyanine or naphthalocyanine derivative represented... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5570728 | Wire feeding and cutting machine A wire feeding and cutoff machine in which the feed mechanism continuously advances wire along a path past a wire cutoff arm and into an elongated wire guide having a stationary guide member and a movable closure member. The cutoff arm is pivotally mounte... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5483459 | Wire measuring and cutting apparatus and wire changing method using the same The wire changing method of the present invention reduces wasteful wires generated whenever wires are changed. When the number of cutting of the wires 28A being produced in a processing device 11 becomes as follows: T=Q-{INT(R/L)+1} wherein Q is the number of ... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5473923 | Method of intermittent straightening of wire In a device for intermittent straightening of wire there are independent drives for wire feed and the straightening rotor. The speed of rotation (v2) of the straightening rotor varies essentially synchronously to the feed rate (v1) o... | 12/12/1995 |
| 5285669 | Spring manufacturing apparatus and spring cutting mechanism A spring manufacturing apparatus for reducing the time from the beginning to the completion of the manufacturing of a spring having a flat end surface and for manufacturing a large amount of springs at a high-speed. Feed rollers 3a and 3b supply wire mate... | 02/15/1994 |
| 5161399 | Device for straightening a wire A device for straightening a rigid wire delivered in coil form for supplying a metal-working machine is compact and easy to control. The wire is stationary in an axial conduit of a rotor supported on a carriage (B) which is moved axially by means of a fir... | 11/10/1992 |
| 5156033 | Method of cutting steel products in a rolling line A multiplicity of cooled steel products, after having been severed from an as-rolled steel, divided into sectional bars and delivered to and accumulated on a cooling hearth, are taken from the cooling hearth, and delivered to a multi-bar straightening mac... | 10/20/1992 |
| 5042280 | Machine for straightening metallic bars or rods or wires or tubes A straightening apparatus for metallic bars, rods, wires, tubes and the like is provided which includes a rotor which is adapted for being rotated about a longitudinal axis thereof. At least three rollers are mounted to the rotor body and are clearly rota... | 08/27/1991 |
| 5020575 | Method and installation for feeding longitudinal elements to a welding machine for grates or gratings A method and installation for feeding longitudinal elements of round or flat material to a welding machine (41) for grates or gratings, in which method the longitudinal elements (L), cut off from at least one line of longitudinal-element material after st... | 06/04/1991 |
| 4991631 | Lead straightening and trimming apparatus A lead straightening and trimming apparatus for the leads of electrical components such as stators. The apparatus includes a pallet having positioning posts which position the stators on the pallet and also position coils within the stator. The apparatus ... | 02/12/1991 |
| 4777711 | Stacker A stacker for a flexible strand, such as a flimsy wire, comprises: (a) a conveyor having an elongated endwise traveling stretch onto which the strand is fed to be carried endwise on the stretch, (b) a gripper to grip a trailing portion of the strand as forward exte... | 10/18/1988 |
| 4765053 | Wire strand stacker A flexible strand stacker comprises: (a) a conveyor having an elongated endwise traveling stretch onto which the strand is fed to be carried endwise on the stretch, (b) a gripper to grip a trailing portion of the strand as forward extent of the strand is carri... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4683918 | Method and apparatus for producing baling wire for tying together bundled items A method for producing baling wires having enlarged tips for tying bundled items such as reinforcing rods and bags in which enlargements are formed by melting the tips of the wire segments wherein a strip of continuous wire is advanced through a first mel... | 08/04/1987 |
| 4683636 | Wire preparation system A system for accepting conventional wire in bulk form, cutting the wire into predetermined lengths and preparing the ends of the wire for use in conventional wire harnesses is disclosed. More specifically, the system accepts as input data, in digital form... | 08/04/1987 |
| 4643234 | Apparatus to straighten the leads of a pin grid array A motor driven apparatus to efficiently and reliably straighten the leads of a pin grid array (PGA) so that the leads are aligned parallel with one another and perpendicular to the flat PGA body. The apparatus includes a nest of parallel knife blades whic... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4642159 | Apparatus for lining up electrical components to form a belt An apparatus for aligning electrical components with aligned connecting wires to form a belt between two adhesive tapes, the apparatus including a compact working member provided with a guidance and alignment arrangement for the second adhesive tape, (a) ... | 02/10/1987 |
| 4610281 | Apparatus for straightening and severing rod-like materials Apparatus for straightening and severing coiled wire or rod stock has several sets of guides each of which receives stock from a different reel and each of which can be moved into and from register with rollers serving to advance the selected stock into o... | 09/09/1986 |
| 4566503 | Apparatus and method of setting up apparatus for shaping and trimming the leads of integrated components This invention provides an apparatus and method of setting up apparatus for the automatic cutting and/or shaping of IC components carried in a tubular carrier and advanced for processing by gravity. A base plate is disposed at an angle of approximately fo... | 01/28/1986 |
| 4551185 | Methods of and apparatus for making retractile cords A leading end portion (33) of a supply of cordage (31) is clamped to a mandrel (32) such that it is straight, after which a plurality of convolutions of the cordage are wound on the mandrel. The cordage is severed from the supply and a trailing end portio... | 11/05/1985 |
| 4522579 | Apparatus for making reinforced concrete products A concrete and wire placement mechanism mounted for bodily movement relative to a form is provided with a tube for conveying concrete to the form and includes driven elements supported by the tube operative to feed, cut and to throw off discrete cut lengt... | 06/11/1985 |
| 4504428 | Method for making reinforced concrete products A method for making reinforced concrete including the steps of laying down layers of concrete and contemporaneously automatically cutting, and bodily ejecting into the contemporaneously layed down layers of concrete oriented wire lengths in any desired al... | 03/12/1985 |
| 4391307 | Wire straightening and cutting mechanism Improvements have been devised in wire straightening and cutting apparatus to the end of protecting the external coating on the wire as it is advanced, straightened and then cut to a predetermined length and are specifically directed to the novel arrangem... | 07/05/1983 |
| 4361174 | Wire wafer fabricating process A process for fabricating wire wafers from wire stock wherein the wire stock is fed against a wire stop member, surrounded by a support member having wire cut-off and back-up tools located integral to the support member with the wire cut-off and back-up t... | 11/30/1982 |
| 4279075 | Method and apparatus for making a wire stylus board The disclosure is of a grooved drum carrying an insulating strip, to which is secured a plurality of turns of an insulated wire wound helically on the drum. Inside the drum is mounted a longitudinal shaft which carries a series of spaced-apart cutting bla... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4266455 | Long-sized wire transfer apparatus A long-sized wire transfer apparatus for use with a wire cutting machine or the like including a wire feed mechanism and a cutter blade assembly which opens and closes to cut into predetermined lengths a wire intermittently fed in by the wire feed mechani... | 05/12/1981 |
| 4256427 | Automatic wire stacker apparatus Apparatus for successively receiving and transporting long cut lengths of wire from a wire cutting mechanism and stacking the cut lengths in a receiver, a pair of long looped belts being supported with confronting surface faces coacting to form a longitud... | 03/17/1981 |
| 4219052 | Bale tie straightener An improved apparatus for straightening and cutting a used wire bale tie having one fastening end removed includes means for feeding, straightening and cutting the bale tie. The improvement in the apparatus involves providing an engaging means for the eng... | 08/26/1980 |
| 4165768 | Wire straightening mechanism for wire lead production apparatus Apparatus for high-speed production of sets of accurately and identically sized insulated wire leads having wire terminals at the lead ends comprises: a feed mechanism including counter-reciprocating wire feed clamps for simultaneously drawing a plurality... | 08/28/1979 |
| 4117585 | Apparatus for wiring electrical cabinets A method and apparatus for semiautomatic wiring of telephone cabinets is disclosed which is suitable for twisted pairs of telephone wires. A pair-indexing head having a plurality of dual threaded spinning index rotors is used to permit automatic mass-term... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4096892 | Rigid coaxial cable cutting and scoring machine The device disclosed involves an integration of a plurality of elements which automatically unreel rigid or semi-rigid coaxial cable; straightening the cable; feed a predetermined length into a cutting and scoring machine which serves to cut the end of a ... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4020880 | Apparatus and method for shaping and cutting integrated circuit components The present apparatus provides for the automatic shaping and/or cutting of the leads of integrated circuit components which are intermittently advanced to and through a straightening and cutting portion of the apparatus. A base plate is disposed at an ang... | 05/03/1977 |
