Did You Know...
...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7493924 | Apparatus and method for making an improved chain link fabric An apparatus for processing chain link fabric including a welding assembly and/or a compressing assembly. The welding assembly is configured to weld together wire-end portions of the chain link fabric. The welding assembly includes a guiding assembly having a finger... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7325774 | Gabion unit and gabion mesh comprising it A spiral double-twisted structure is provided having an n-th upper steel wire (An) and an n-th lower steel wire (Bn) which are paired with each other and rotated in one direction to form a front spiral twisted structure having a plurality of tw... | 02/05/2008 |
| 6942441 | Method and apparatus for inserting a spiral binder Sheets of paper are commonly held together with a spiral coil, which coil is inserted by a machine with at least one rotating spindle thereon. The spindle receives a spiral binder in a male to female relationship. As the spindle rotates the spiral binder, the spiral... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6851907 | coil spreader for spiral binding machines A binding machine and method for spirally binding a sheaf of papers into a book uses an adjustable speed drive to rotate a flexible plastic spiral element into respective holes in the book. The book has a plurality of holes in a row adjacent one edge of the book to ... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6823901 | Welding chain link weaving machine and method Chain link material for use in fences and other various applications are formed with flattened end portions so as to improve the handling and safety characteristics thereof. The flattened end portions of the chain link fence are formed by bending, trimming, welding ... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6312204 | Semi-automatic plastic spiral binding machine A binding machine and method for spirally binding a sheaf of papers into a book uses an adjustable speed drive to rotate a flexible plastic spiral element into respective holes in the book. The book has a plurality of holes in a row adjacent one edge of t... | 11/06/2001 |
| 5950473 | Coil spring forming and conveying assembly Disclosed herein is a coil spring forming machine and transfer conveyor assembly comprising a transfer conveyor operable through a succession of operational cycles and including and endless conveyor assembly and a conveyor drive servo-motor drivingly conn... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5934339 | Varied coil spring interior forming method and apparatus A method and an apparatus are provided for producing sequences of coil springs of more than one configuration, such as those differing in stiffness, shape, size or other property. At least two coiling stations are provided around different positions of a ... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5908052 | Knuckling apparatus for a chain link fence weaving machine Chain link material having a coating thereon for use in fences and other various applications are formed with knuckled ends so as to improve the appearance thereof. The knuckled ends of the coated chain link fence are formed by knuckler assemblies held on... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5823233 | Apparatus for cutting and crimping coil A cutting and crimping apparatus (14) for automatically cutting and finishing the ends of a spiral coil. The apparatus (14) comprises a jaw set (17) comprising a first fixed plate (20), a second fixed plate (50), a cut plate (70) and a push plate (130), e... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5785097 | Apparatus and method for forming a flat-top chain link material in a chain link weaving machine Chain link material for use in fences and other various applications are formed with flattened end portions so as to improve the handling and safety characteristics thereof. The flattened end portions of the chain link fence are formed by trimming, bendin... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5579810 | Coil spring interior assembly method and apparatus A spring interior forming method and apparatus provides a spring interior assembler and a coil row transfer station upstream of the assembler having at least one conveyer extending therethrough. A coil former is provided at an upstream end of the conveyor... | 12/03/1996 |
| 5172736 | Apparatus for manufacturing spring unit An apparatus for manufacturing a spring unit used for mattresses and the like is provided with a first unit for forming coiled springs sequentially out of a single wire and shaping the spring wires by arranging these coiled springs in a lateral row so tha... | 12/22/1992 |
| 4611640 | Coil spring assembly apparatus A coil spring assembling machine with a row of clamp fittings for clamping coil springs in a row, and first sets of upper and lower coil drive planetary rollers at the infeed end of the row of clamps for infeeding upper and lower helical coils to connect ... | 09/16/1986 |
| 4566501 | Automatic end coating attachment for a chain link weaver A coating attachment for a wire weaver for dabbing cut ends of chain link formed by the wire weaver with a protective coating, including mounting the coating attachment at a position adjacent cut ends of chain link after the forming of the chain link by t... | 01/28/1986 |
| 4513793 | Security wire fabric and apparatus and method for making same A wire fabric and apparatus and method of making same including processing wire to produce a wire fabric of open construction and with the wire fabric formed with small openings relative to the gauge of the wire so as to form a security mesh, including co... | 04/30/1985 |
| 4501304 | Apparatus for looping the outermost convolutions of spiral binders for note books or the like A tool which loops the end portion of the outermost convolution of a spiral wire binder around the neighboring next-to-the-outermost convolution while the convolutions of the binder extend through the perforations of a stack of paper sheets and the binder... | 02/26/1985 |
| 4413659 | Apparatus for feeding spiral wire springs from coiling machines to a spring core assembly machine Rows of springs are periodically supplied to a mattress spring core assembly machine 7 by a transfer system 6. The springs are taken, in turn, from one of two conveyor belt pairs 4, 5 by the transfer system. The individual springs are produced by spring c... | 11/08/1983 |
| 4327780 | Apparatus for looping the outermost convolutions of spiral binders A tool which loops the end portion of the outermost convolution of a spiral wire binder around the neighboring next-to-the-outermost convolution while the convolutions of the binder extend through the perforations of a stack of paper sheets and the binder... | 05/04/1982 |
| 4253499 | Apparatus for severing and deforming the ends of helical binders for pads or the like Apparatus for looping the free end portions of the outermost convolutions of helical binders which are threaded through the perforations of a stack of loose leaves has a pivotable tool with a cutting edge which clips the end convolution of a properly loca... | 03/03/1981 |
| 4228830 | Method and device for manufacturing a single-piece binder with a hanger for sheet packs A device for forming a hanging eye in a wire binder, having a plurality of loops extending through a stack of sheets adjacent one edge of the sheets with the recess formed in the edge, comprising, a housing, a pair of tongs pivotally mounted in the housin... | 10/21/1980 |
| 4185668 | Method and means for inserting, cutting and binding spiral wire binders A method and apparatus for inserting and forming spiral wire binders in a manner which insures uniform cutting and crimping of the coil ends and alignment of the inbent crimps. The method comprises the steps of feeding the spiral wire into the book its fu... | 01/29/1980 |
| 4165766 | Device for subdividing spirals into binders of note books or the like A device for severing a spiral whose convolutions are threaded through the perforations in aligned marginal portions of two immediately adjacent note books has shears whose halves are provided with cutting edges and deforming shoulders. A system of cams i... | 08/28/1979 |
| 4161196 | Method and apparatus for making spiral binder note books Note books or pads whose leaves are held together by spiral binders are produced during transport of their constituents along an elongated path between two parallel planes. Stacks of elongated sheets are inserted into a first portion of the path so that t... | 07/17/1979 |
| 4153081 | Apparatus for severing and deforming the ends of helical binders for pads or the like Apparatus for looping the free end portions of the outermost convolutions of helical binders which are threaded through the perforations of a stack of loose leaves has a pivotable tool with a cutting edge which clips the end convolution of a properly loca... | 05/08/1979 |
| 4129913 | Arrangement for perforating and spiral binding of relatively thick groups of sheets A system for perforating the edges and then spiral binding relatively thick books at a rapid rate. The system overcomes the relative difficulty of perforating, as compared with spiral binding, thick books by splitting the path for the perforating step int... | 12/19/1978 |
| 4129156 | Method and construction for spiral wire binding of pads A machine for feeding and simultaneously binding pairs of relatively small spiral wire bound pads. Groups of sheets of twice the final desired size are fed serially to a station where they are split and separated. Pairs of the split pads are then fed thro... | 12/12/1978 |
| 4111241 | Spring forming means in automatic coil spring assembling machine Automatic machinery for producing assemblies of coil springs wherein wire is fed to a coiling station for the formation of individual coil springs and wherein transport equipment delivers the coil springs to an assembly station where the springs are tied ... | 09/05/1978 |
| 4095623 | Apparatus for severing and deforming the ends of helical binders for pads or the like Apparatus for looping the free end portions of the outermost convolutions of helical binders which are threaded through the perforations of a stack of loose leaves has a pivotable tool with a cutting edge which clips the end convolution of a properly loca... | 06/20/1978 |
| 4090425 | Wire coiling machine fluid cutoff Wire coil cutoff apparatus for a wire coiling machine that forms an axially advancing, rotational, helical wire coil, the advancing coil being momentarily biased into indexing engagement with the cutter blade by pneumatic pressure, and the indexed blade t... | 05/23/1978 |
| 4014371 | Mattress making machinery This invention is concerned with manufacture of spring interior units using known machinery for the manufacture of hour-glass shaped spring members wherein a plurality of the hour-glass shaped spring members are conveyed to a locality whereat a plurality ... | 03/29/1977 |
| 3972109 | Cutting fixture for spiral binders and method of manufacture A fixture for cutting and inwardly bending the ends of spiral binders. The fixture comprises a body having parallel sides formed by a milled slot, the lower end of one side having an arcuate inward extension. A cutter pivotally mounted between the body si... | 08/03/1976 |
