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Cloaking System Using Optoelectronically Controlled Camouflage
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7328903 | Chuck A chuck has an attachment device for attaching the chuck to a machine spindle and a collet with clamping jaws defining an insertion opening at an end of the chuck opposite the attachment device. A sliding sleeve surrounds the clamping jaws and is axially moveable in... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7175184 | Collect tool holder and method of making same A tool holder for a tool with a recess having detent disposed therein for holding the tool axially, and having a sleeve telescoped over a collet which has flexible fingers and with the sleeve and the fingers having camming surfaces for effecting clamping onto the to... | 02/13/2007 |
| 6264209 | Guide bush and method of forming diamond-like carbon film over the guide bush The invention provides a guide bush wherein a cemented carbide alloy containing at least cobalt is provided on an inner surface thereof for holding a workpiece rotatably and slidably in the longitudinal axial direction thereof in close proximity of a cutt... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6149165 | Collet assembly and manufacturing process An Improved Collet Assembly and Manufacturing Process is disclosed. Also disclosed is an improved collet that includes a spindle, a center portion comprising several tabs and a collar. The disclosed collet is manufactured from a single piece of stock, and... | 11/21/2000 |
| 5947485 | Collet assembly and manufacturing process An Improved Collet Assembly and Manufacturing Process is disclosed. Also disclosed is an improved collet that includes a spindle, a center portion comprising several tabs and a collar. The disclosed collet is manufactured from a single piece of stock, and... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5826888 | Quick release chuck device A quick release chuck device includes a body member and a device for attaching the body member to a drive spindle. A longitudinal bore or recess is defined in the body member and a resilient coiled member gripping device is disposed in the longitudinal re... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5758883 | Differential thread collet actuation An apparatus for adjusting the grip of a tubular collet upon work, the collet receivable in a bore formed by a holder, and comprising a rotatable connector member having first and second thread connections to the collet and to the holder, respectively; th... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5716056 | Internally squeezing sealable collet Collet includes a housing having a wall with external and internal surfaces, having opposing ends, and having an internal hollow portion with at least one opening; and a flap internal of the opposing ends of the housing in the wall and over part of the in... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5327631 | Roll pin punch kit apparatus A plurality of roll pin punches in association with an elongate handle are mounted for ease of assembly within a container structure. A cap member having an internally threaded bore and including a forward wall bore coaxially aligned through the forward w... | 07/12/1994 |
| 5301961 | Chuck for tool, workpiece, etc. A chuck for a tool, a workpiece and the like has a chuck body having an inner receptacle, a clamping device accommodated in the inner receptacle and having axially projecting spring regions, the clamping device having two ends which are axially supported ... | 04/12/1994 |
| 4808049 | Cam actuated collet tool holder An improved collet tool holder is disclosed characterized by use of formed cam surfaces upon the collet and tightening sleeve of the tool holder. Selective rotation of the sleeve relative to the collet causes selective, ramping, engagement of the compleme... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4725064 | Chuck apparatus for workpieces or tools having a clamping sleeve of variable size Chuck apparatus for workpieces or tools with a base body provided with a cylindrical borehole and a concentrically thereto arranged cylindrical clamping sleeve of variable size with internal and external annular recessed grooves displacedly arranged relat... | 02/16/1988 |
| 4699388 | Very high precision self-centering collet The self-centering collet makes it possible to obtain a very high precision which makes it possible to grip, for example, bits with a diameter less than 0.3 mm with extremely small tolerances thanks to two arrangements: the first, by depressing in the mid... | 10/13/1987 |
| 4676028 | Honing tool A honing tool for sharpening an end of an electrode to be employed in the fusion splicing of optical fibres includes a rotatably mounted honing wheel of frusto-conical shape and a rotatably mounted bush whose axis is parallel to that of the honing wheel a... | 06/30/1987 |
| 4621960 | Multiple-part holding arrangement, in particular for concentrically rotating tools A receiver body (1) carries a holder shaft as needed and has on one end face an abutment face (4), extending at right angles to the axis of rotation, and a coaxial, conical receiving bore (5). A connection part (14), which is preferably embodied as a tool... | 11/11/1986 |
| 4386544 | Device for rotatably gripping a cylindrical piece A sleeve grip for a pipe is radially expandable by axial compression from a bolt-nut system. One of the elements 8 of the bolt-nut system 13 is connected to a bidirectional drive motor 23 inducing rotation in the cylindrical pipe 2 and the other element 2... | 06/07/1983 |
| 4361924 | Grip handle chuck An improved plumbers' tool of the type employing a helically wound coiled spring which is controllably inserted into waste lines to remove blockages. In operating the tool of the invention a storage drum from which the clean-out spring is payed out is rot... | 12/07/1982 |
| 4350840 | Cord grip This is concerned with a cord grip for use with various types of electrical cord and more specifically involves a compression chamber with a distortable grommet which has independent gripper elements that are socketed into the grommet so that the gripper ... | 09/21/1982 |
| 4158522 | Methods and apparatus for detachably fastening a tool shaft to a tool holder A tool shaft is detachably fastened in a tool holder by means of a plurality of gaskets which are each sandwiched between a pair of press rings. The tool shaft extends through the press rings and gaskets. A screw is provided for compressing the gaskets be... | 06/19/1979 |
| 4106783 | Clamping device for accurately centering a work-piece or a tool A workpiece or a tool which is clamped co-axially to a circular base by interposing a deformable sleeve between the base and the workpiece or tool. The sleeve is then deformed to clamp the two members together. When the members are assembled before deform... | 08/15/1978 |
| 4006996 | Positively driven tool holder for a high speed rotatable spindle A tool holder for easy and quick insertion in and removable from a high speed spindle of a machine tool. The tool holder is positively driven by the spindle by means of a quickly engagable and disengagable clutch. A drive adapter is insertable in the bore... | 02/08/1977 |
