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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7258123 | Claw clip hair fastener A multiple clip hair fastener that comprises three or more claw clips attached together by spacer bands. The spacer bands are substantially rigid and are attached to each clip in such a manner as to restrict the movement of each clip from moving out of alignment in ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7222729 | Conveyor belt clamping device and method A clamping device or anchor, at least two of which are used to clamp onto separated sections of a conveyor belt, which sections lie to each side of a repair site in the belt, whereby the belt sections can be pulled together by a power mechanism affixed between the c... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7213490 | Wildlife guard placement tool A tool for placement of a wildlife protection guard on an insulated bushing on a transformer is provided. The tool includes a body, a hook, a connector, a first and second tension member and a tensioning mechanism. The body has a first end, a second end operable to ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7074486 | Glazing with optical and/or energetic properties capable of being electrically controlled The subject of the invention is glazing which incorporates at least one electrically controllable system having variable optical and/or energy properties, especially in the form of a system comprising one or more reversible-insertion materials of the electrochromic-... | 07/11/2006 |
| 6943301 | Wildlife guard placement tool A wildlife guard placement tool for installing a wildlife protection guard on an insulator of an elevated, electrical power distribution system has been provided that includes a first end, a second end, an opening, a near side, and a far side with a slot formed ther... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6855033 | Fixture for clamping a gas turbine component blank and its use in shaping the gas turbine component blank A gas turbine component blank is shaped by clamping the gas turbine component blank into a fixture that accurately positions the gas turbine component blank in three dimensions. The positioning is accomplished against stops accurately machined into a base of the fix... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6851168 | Collar removing clamp for HDP chamber A clamp for quickly, effectively and safely removing a cathode collar from an HDP deposition chamber for routine maintenance, cleaning or replacement of the collar. The clamp includes a pair of clamp plates which are capable of pivoting movement on respective ends o... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6746775 | Glazing with optical and/or energetic properties capable of being electrically controlled The subject of the invention is glazing which incorporates at least one electrically controllable system having variable optical and/or energy properties, especially in the form of a system comprising one or more reversible-insertion materials of the electrochromic-... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6736383 | Clamping element with sliding clamping claw A clamping element is provided for clamping work pieces on machine tables and the like with a tiltably mounted clamping lever, which is longitudinally displaceable in the clamping plane. The clamping element includes a housing (1) provided with a fork head ( | 05/18/2004 |
| 6698739 | Apparatus for retaining objects on a surface and related methods An apparatus for retaining objects on surfaces includes a body, a lock pin extending from the body, and a pin extending through the body and engageable with the lock pin so that movement of the pin causes movement of the lock pin so that the apparatus is ... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6685177 | Clamping locator A clamping and locating fixture includes a hollow body, a pin or angled plate mountable to the body, a locking arm positionable within the body locatable between two positions and a drive pin moveable within the body to engage the locking arm. A workpiece... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6652369 | Fixture for clamping a gas turbine component and its use in shaping the gas turbine component A gas turbine component such as a turbine blade is clamped into a fixture having a base upon which a remainder of the fixture is supported, a stop which limits the movement of the gas turbine component, and two clamp arms affixed to the base and controlla... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6568993 | Fixture for clamping a gas turbine component and its use in shaping the gas turbine component A turbine component such as a turbine blade is clamped into a fixture having a base upon which a remainder of the fixture is supported and a stop which limits the movement of the turbine component. The fixture further has two clamp arms affixed to the bas... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6439561 | Modular system and fixture for positioning a workpiece A fixture is provided for locating a workpiece in space including a blade having a longitudinal axis, a bottom edge, a top edge, and a plurality of through-bores. At least two of the through-bores are positioned on the blade to define a predetermined loca... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6431533 | Sheet material supporting apparatus An apparatus for supporting sheet material includes clamping means (16) having opposed jaws (60, 62) arranged to releaseably clamp sheet material therebetween and handle means (14) located, in use, below the clamping means (16) for use in manual lifting o... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6382611 | Apparatus for installing and removing animal guards An implement capable of being mounted for limited articulation on a pole for installation of a guard on an elevated transformer from ground level in which the implement comprises a jaws biased toward one another to grippingly engage a guard of the type ha... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6371468 | Universal workpiece holder The present invention is a universal workpiece holder that includes a unique positioning hub and a plurality of clamping devices for clamping a variety of annularly shaped workpieces having different interior and/or exterior diameters. The positioning hub... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6364302 | Modular system and fixture for positioning and clamping a workpiece The a modular system for locating and clamping a workpiece in space is provided that includes positioning blade including a riser mount having a plurality of first mounting-bores and a plurality of first positioning-bores. A clamp mount is provided on the... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6345815 | Electric hand A spring or springs are provided between driving-side members that operate together with an output shaft of a stepping motor, and driven-side members that operate together with a jaw member. Thereby, when the jaw members performs opening motion, the drivi... | 02/12/2002 |
| 6336264 | Method and apparatus for loosening and removing connection bolts A connection bolt arrangement typically used for connecting two structural members to each other, for example in aircraft construction, includes a conically tapered connection bolt that is force-locked or frictionally engaged in an expansion sleeve so as ... | 01/08/2002 |
| 6336628 | Disk stack holder A portable disk stack holder has a support with a base on the support and with a disk mounting pin slidable through aligned holes in the base and support with one end of the pin within the support and the other end of the pin above the base. The one end o... | 01/08/2002 |
| 6073922 | Clamp apparatus Clamp apparatus comprising a base, a rocker arm mounted at a location intermediate first and second portions thereof to the base for pivotal movement in opposition to the base, a first clamp element carried by the first portion, power transfer structure s... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6062552 | Preassembly cutter clamp for use during tire production A cutter clamp assembly for holding the elongated strip of tire material during the cutting process, whereby predetermined lengths of tire material are created to be formed into a tire. The cutter clamp is an air actuated clamp that is pivoted into engage... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6042469 | Air clamp A mechanism for gripping an object employing a set of jaws which are adjusted to fit the size of the object by means of a limit or sizing stop device. The object is gripped by the jaws secured to the end of a stationary lower member while a movable upper ... | 03/28/2000 |
| 5918868 | Universal modular fixturing systems A fixturing device, usable with various fixturing components as a universal modular fixturing system, has a slot and a shaft, the slot and the shaft intersecting and having a common plane of symmetry, the fixturing device having a plurality of transverse ... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5911413 | Apparatus for holding a motor for assembling a belt to a motor assembly An apparatus for adjusting the position of a motor and for preventing the motor from being inclined when a belt is assembled to a motor assembly. The apparatus has a pulling section for pulling the motor and a pushing section for pushing the motor. The pu... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5876026 | Clamp pliers A pair of clamp pliers comprises an upper clip plate, a lower clip plate, a torsion spring disposed between the upper clip plate and the lower clip plate, a pivot pin passing through the torsion spring to fasten the upper clip plate and the lower clip pla... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5868099 | Page clamping device First and second pairs of arms are respectively disposed at opposite ends of a support structure. A constrainable member (e.g., a spring) is supported at its opposite ends by corresponding ones of the arms in the pairs. This is the only constrainable memb... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5794925 | Apparatus for holding a lock assembly and shearing the assembly pins thereof A holding device for padlocks having lock housings of different sizes. The holding device includes guides for positioning the padlocks so that a shell-plug assembly disposed within the lock housing is maintained at a prescribed location. The holding devic... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5765820 | Three-way spring clamp A three-way spring clamp is provided that is useable as an edge clamp for applying clamping forces to workpieces in three directions. The clamp includes two lever arms, each having a jaw end and a handle end. The lever arms are pivotally connected to each... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5737820 | Tool for clamping runners onto drawers A clamping tool designed for clamping sheet metal runners onto the side panels of drawers comprises an elongated grippable casing, at one end of which is a clamp (27, 127) composed of a pair of jaws (20, 21, 121) designed to grip a clamping area of a runn... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5730032 | Saw setter A saw setter having a base, a pair of clamping members mounted on the base for receiving a saw blade therebetween with the saw teeth pointing upwardly, an advancing lever and pawl for engaging selected teeth and moving the saw blade through the clamping m... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5722647 | Workpiece holder, particularly adapted for holding eyeglasses lenses A workpiece holder, particularly adapted for holding eyeglasses lenses (L), comprises a support (12) on which there are arranged two clamps (14, 17, 117) for clamping each a portion of a lense. Each clamp defines an axis (A) which is substantially perpend... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5716493 | High pressure lid seal clip apparatus A lid is sealed to an integrated circuit package using a spring biased pressure foot that is structurally carried by a secondary loading jig to impose sealant curing load on the lid. The secondary jig attaches to the fabrication boat at a position indexed... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5713112 | Engaging device An engaging device for releasably engaging an object. The engaging device comprising a supporting part and an engaging part mounted on the supporting part for pivotal movement about two spaced apart axes between two stable conditions, one being an engagin... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5695593 | Method of centering a high pressure lid seal A lid is sealed to an integrated circuit package by a method that uses a spring biased pressure foot that is structurally carried by a secondary loading jig to impose sealant curing load on the lid. The pressure foot is retracted against the spring bias w... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5689864 | Rib clamp A clamp secures objects against a structure adjacent to and on either side f a rib of the structure. First and second arms are pivotally coupled to one another at a pivot point. The arms define a pair of opposing jaws that engage the rib and a pair of leve... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5673905 | Clamp device for clamping specimen holders for a microtome A clamp device for clamping a specimen holder. The clamp device includes a rotatably mounted clamping lever, a rotatable clamping wedge, and a guide member which is located adjacent to the clamping wedge for receiving the specimen holder. The clamping wed... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5667209 | Clamping device for securely clamping a workpiece on a clamping table A device for securely clamping a workpiece (2) on a clamping table (1), which device has a guide shoe (3) which can be fastened on the clamping table (1) and has T-slot-shaped clearances (35) which continue, in a symmetrical arrangement, over the length o... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5647102 | Quick release clamp A toggle-type clamping device which grippingly and compressingly engages a clamp bar in order to secure a de-watering or sizing screen within a vibrator is disclosed. The clamping device is mounted on the side of a vibrator support member that is opposite... | 07/15/1997 |
