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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7305744 | Apparatus for forming a power transmission belt An apparatus for forming a power transmission belt/belt sleeve with first and second shafts around which a belt/belt sleeve preform is trained. The belt/belt sleeve preform is guided and driven in an endless path around the shaft. A cutter bears against the belt/bel... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7260970 | Hot forge forming facility A hot forge forming facility includes at least a material supply device, a heating device, a guiding device and a punching device. The material supply device carries a continuous supply of metal material in rolls. The heating device heats and softens the metal mater... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7140813 | Line boring machine An up modifier is provided which includes a bed, a modifier, a clamp, a modifier linkage system, a clamp linkage system, and a lever. The modifier is disposed below the bed and is vertically traversable thereunder. The clamp is disposed above the bed and is vertical... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7127923 | Method and apparatus for forming parts from a continuous stock material and associated forge The present invention provides a method and apparatus for forming a plurality of parts, such as spade-type boring bits, from a continuous stock material. Thus, the various steps of the forming method of the present invention can be performed to predetermined portion... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7114359 | Method for producing bent spring rails from an endless spring band The invention relates to a method for producing bent spring rails from an endless spring band. The method is characterized by the following steps: continuous bending of a section of spring band; cutting the bent section of spring band into a spring rail; discontinuo... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7111374 | Door seal drilling and pinning Improved drilling and pinning machines and methods for processing elongate flexible e.g. rubber strips of seal material for forming seals about openings. The machines and methods form precisely positioned holes in the rubber strip, and insert pins in the holes. Oppo... | 09/26/2006 |
| 6931697 | Method for producing piezo actuators with a multiple-layer structure of piezo layers A method for producing a piezoelectric actuator (8) with a multilayer structure of layers of a piezoelectric sheet (3, 4), and with inner electrodes disposed between them, is proposed, in which the individual layers are formed of two continuous strands... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6823579 | Portable platform for use in gasket manufacture The present invention comprises a portable platform (10) for use in gasket manufacture, comprising a shaft connected to a motor and can receive at least one mandrel, and a surface to receive at least one molding tool, the mandrel being activated by the motor ... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6651303 | Equipment and method for replacing a band-like doctor blade The invention relates to band-like doctor blade assembly, a doctor blade and a method in the use of the doctor blade. The doctor blade assembly includes continuous and substantially infinite doctor blade that is placed in a reel, the doctor blade is then ... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6543111 | Method and apparatus for recycling belts An apparatus for refurbishing a belt, the latter having a width, a length and a degraded surface. The apparatus includes a frame, a grinding roller for selectively and uniformly removing a determined amount of the degraded surface along the belt width, an... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6532638 | Method of making flat blade windshield wipers for a motor vehicle with curved flat blade In a method for producing flat-blade windshield wipers with curved flat blades in particular, and for obtaining dimensionally stable bending radii with exact tolerances, a spring band formed by flat blades individually arranged one next to the other, is b... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6519831 | Progressive processing device An index-feed processing system that can reduce the machining cost of a product involving a plurality of machining processes is disclosed. The index-feed processing system comprises a plurality of processing units disposed in the longitudinal feeding dire... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6418611 | Progressive die machine An apparatus for serially making formed parts from a web of deformable material with a stud mounted therein having a plurality of progressive die forming stations for forming multiple parts from the web by advancing the web through each forming station. I... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6385835 | Apparatus for fabricating continuous lengths of superconductor A process and apparatus for manufacturing a superconductor. The process is accomplished by depositing a superconductor precursor powder on a continuous length of a first substrate ribbon, overlaying a continuous length of a second substrate ribbon on said... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6334248 | Apparatus and method for the continuous high speed rotary application of stamping foil A technique and machine for transferring discrete areas of material, such as hot stamping foil, from a carrier onto positions spaced apart along a substrate, such as paper. The carrier is dispensed at a rate that is much less than the speed of movement of... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6269724 | Method and apparatus for producing a continuous web from a block of material An apparatus for forming a continuous web of material from a block of material is disclosed. The block is preferably a cylindrical block having a base and a generally vertical central axis extending generally orthogonally from the base. The apparatus comp... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6237205 | Reversing cold rolling apparatus Various conventional problems produced by the reason that the coil preparatory line and the reversing cold rolling line are independent of each other are to be solved by unifying the both lines without reducing efficiency of rolling operation. A reversing... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6010440 | Automated machine tool including a plurality of processing units and a shared tool stocker An automated machine tool is provided and includes a frame having a first workpiece transfer station at a first location on the frame; at least two self-contained processing units, each of the units including structure for holding the workpiece for proces... | 01/04/2000 |
| 5940954 | Apparatus for producing molded article and method therefor An apparatus for producing a molded article from a sheet material is provided which comprises: a press working section, including a stationary plate and a movable plate oppositely disposed relative to one another, for performing a press working operation ... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5778507 | Machine and method for making dome arrays mounted on a backup strip A machine and method for making a strip of dome arrays on a backup strip, wherein the dome arrays include a plurality of domes in a predetermined non-linear pattern and in oriented relation to each other that are adhesively mounted on a dome seal. The mac... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5771560 | Method for the continuous casting of long products and relative continuous casting line Method and continuous casting line for the continuous casting advantageously, but not only, of long products such as billets or blooms, whereby the solidification of the cast product (16) is completed at a position downstream of the outlet of the mould (1... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5699602 | Apparatus for adusting position of a machining unit on a chip carrier maker An apparatus adjusts the position of a machining unit on a chip carrier maker. The machining unit machines a tape consisting of a row of interconnected chip carriers which are integrally formed with each other. The maker includes a stationary machine fram... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5697138 | Apparatus and method for fabricating trimmed letters Automated forming apparatus including a horizontal feedbelt and an overlying gantry containing a number of tool heads for forming alphanumeric trim pieces for sign letters. A number of laterally and vertically controlled tool heads are indexed to the feed... | 12/16/1997 |
| 5669128 | Index-feed machining system An index-feed machining system comprising a plurality of machining units, each having a cassettes having a plurality of machining means and detachably fitted to a machining unit proper, disposed at intervals of mP (m being a given positive integer, and P ... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5657529 | Modular conveying apparatus In a production line both the base frame and also the working area is subdivided into modular assemblable modules, the base unit having three reception positions which can be provided with slide-in working units and receptacles for driving units and a tro... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5630266 | Method and apparatus for making integral support plates for chair seats A method and apparatus for making a plurality of integral support plates for chairs, involving passing a strip of metallic material along a forming line and carrying our a series of operations on the strip, including: piercing and lancing holes, removing ... | 05/20/1997 |
| 5606787 | Continuous method for producing final gauge stainless steel product A continuous process line for converting hot rolled stainless steel strip to final gauge product is provided. The stainless steel strip has a scale formed on the surface thereof. The steel strip is introduced to a rolling mill to reduce the thickness of t... | 03/04/1997 |
| 5526668 | Index-feed machining system An index-feed machining system having such a construction that a plurality of machining units on the bodies of which cassettes incorporating a plurality of machining tools are detachably mounted are disposed at intervals at mP (m being a given positive in... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5507087 | Cover sheet assembling apparatus for electronic component A cover sheet assembling apparatus for an electronic component such as a ladder-type filter, which delivers a sheet member stepwisely by feed means, punches out a cover sheet from the sheet member with a punch and a die, and inserts the cover sheet in an ... | 04/16/1996 |
| 5335415 | Apparatus for winding and pressure-fitting a small width strip to a rotating body An apparatus for winding a belt-like member and a method of feeding a belt-like member for helically winding a belt-like member of a small width around an outer periphery of a rotating body which is rotatable about an axis of rotation and whose radius fro... | 08/09/1994 |
| 5319833 | Apparatus for producing coils from spring steel material Apparatus for producing coils of spring steel material comprising an unwinding station, a cutting station, a winding spindle which contains angled gripping wires on its peripheral surface and conveying means for conveying the spring steel material from th... | 06/14/1994 |
| 5301410 | Workpiece machining center of modular construction and drive module for same Described herein is a drive unit for a machining center of modular construction comprising different work modules with tools which are positively controlled with respect to time, e.g. bending tools, front-feed devices, welding stations, assembly units or ... | 04/12/1994 |
| 5271699 | Process and apparatus for forming a wood grain pattern on synthetic lumber A process and apparatus for forming a wood grain simulation pattern on surfaces of synthetic articles such as synthetic lumber planks. The articles are fed along a predetermined path on a conveyor surface. A plurality of cutting blades are disposed about ... | 12/21/1993 |
| 5271140 | Index-feed machining system An index-feed machining system having a pilot machining device for sequentially forming pilot portions on a workpiece indexed at predetermined pitches, a pilot guide means engaging with the pilot portions, and a plurality of independent machining means co... | 12/21/1993 |
| 5197179 | Means and a method of improving the quality of cold rolled stainless steel strip A continuous process line and a method for conversion of hot rolled stainless steel strip to a condition suitable for cold rolling. The process line comprises a conventional hot band annealing and pickling line having annealing and pickling sections, to w... | 03/30/1993 |
| 5179770 | Machine and method for fabricating a sheet metal structure having a corrugated core Three metal foils are simultaneously fed in opposing relationship through a machine which automatically fabricates a sheet metal sandwich structure therefrom. The foils are first tensioned in aligned opposing relationship. The center sheet is then fed thr... | 01/19/1993 |
| 5131134 | Apparatus to coil strip An apparatus for coiling strip, in particular, continuously cast thin slabs, which after leaving the continuous caster are wound into a coil in a furnace at a casting speed, and are payed out of this furnace at a rolling speed, whereby preferably two furn... | 07/21/1992 |
| 5078001 | Manufacture, slitting, and reeling of two-out terminal strip Two-out terminal strip (44, 44') is produced by stamping and forming the strip such that the terminals (40) on one of the side edges (36) extend laterally in a first direction of the plane of the stock strip (124) and the terminals (40') on the other side... | 01/07/1992 |
| 5074018 | Method and device for the cutting of pipes into separate pipe sections A method and apparatus for cutting pipes into sections are described. A punching unit (7) forms apertures (8) in strip (2) from which pipe (4) is formed on winding core (3). A cutting device (5) has a circular shears (10) which has a first, smaller-diamet... | 12/24/1991 |
| 5042124 | Machine for punching out butterfly clips for fastening to a frame of a spring core A machine in which butterfly clips are prebent and then punched out of steel strip and simultaneously finally bent, such that they fasten together a spring and the frame of a spring core. Thus, both the punching out of the clip and the final bending proce... | 08/27/1991 |
