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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4178672 | Apparatus for assembling and banding an expansion shell An automatic machine for assembling and banding together the components making up an expansion shell so that the assembly can be conveniently packaged and shipped. In one embodiment, the machine contains a series of work stations arranged to assemble the ... | 12/18/1979 |
| 4178671 | Tie preplating method and apparatus A method and apparatus of preplating ties including traversely aligning ties on a path, conveying along the path ties relative to a pair of plate guides, positioning a pair of plates on each tie adjacent the guides, attaching the plates to the tie by part... | 12/18/1979 |
| 4175313 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing door frames A method and apparatus for making rectangular frames, e.g., for doors, are described. Stiles and headers are spaced apart on conveyors, automatically closed into rectangles, and fastened at the corners without clamping them together. Fastening means, e.g.... | 11/27/1979 |
| 4168040 | Method of manufacturing and loading magnetic tape cassettes, particularly compact cassettes, and support for carrying out said method A mechanical method of manufacturing magnetic tape cassettes, wherein the magnetic tape is loaded into the cassette during assembly of the cassette parts, and a support controllable by a mechanical conveyor system and having an intermittently rotatable wi... | 09/18/1979 |
| 4127925 | Method of manufacturing and loading magnetic tape cassettes, particularly compact cassettes A mechanical method of manufacturing magnetic tape cassettes, wherein the magnetic tape is loaded into the cassette during assembly of the cassette parts, and a support controllable by a mechanical conveyor system and having an intermittently rotatable wi... | 12/05/1978 |
| 4115913 | Method and apparatus for wind loading film magazines A precut strip of 35 mm. photographic film 5 is wound onto a magazine spool 3 by inserting the leading end of the film strip into an aligned spool slot 3a, rotating the spool to wind the film strip thereon, enclosing the wound spool with an open slotted c... | 09/26/1978 |
| 4109687 | Vehicle assembly-line fueling emission control method A method of capturing the fuel vapors during the fueling of vehicles on a vehicle assembly line using fuel vapor adsorbing devices destined for usage in the evaporative emission control systems of vehicles on that assembly line.... | 08/29/1978 |
| 4100667 | Method and means for loading film cartridges An improved method and machine are described for automatically loading a scroll of interwound photographic film and backing paper into a film cartridge. The cartridges are opened for scroll insertion by an initial relative movement of the cartridge halves... | 07/18/1978 |
| 4086522 | Computer assisted teaching arrangement for conveyor line operation A programmable manipulator having an arm which is movable in a plurality of axes and encoder apparatus for the axes operative to develop position signals corresponding to the actual position of the arm is provided adjacent a workpiece moving along a prede... | 04/25/1978 |
| 4080711 | Method and apparatus for roll packing a film strip A preassembled film cartridge is magnetically gripped by an arm and pivotally delivered between chucks which are moved towards each other to grip the ends of the cartridge spool. A stand mounting chucks is then moved under the cartridge, and the chucks pi... | 03/28/1978 |
| 4069764 | Manufacturing production line and method Articles are manufactured on a production line including a plurality of independent work supporting and handling elements supported for movement along a conveying line connected to a plurality of stations for the individual treatment of an article. Each s... | 01/24/1978 |
| 4049389 | Method and apparatus for assembling aerosol valve A method and apparatus for assembling an aerosol valve which are intended to assemble a valve made up of a valve body, a spring, a stem, a sealing disk and valve cap. In assembling the valve, two vertically disposed sets formed in sequence are indicated b... | 09/20/1977 |
| 4027246 | Automated integrated circuit manufacturing system A computer controlled manufacturing system employing random access semiconductor wafer storage in the fabrication of integrated circuit devices. A computer controlled manufacturing system for fabricating semiconductor wafers into large scale integrated ci... | 05/31/1977 |
| 4018343 | Remote-controlled, motor-propelled transport car for the transport of motors during assembly and testing, and a test station for use together with the transport car The present invention relates to a transport car for the transportation of motor parts or complete motors along an assembly path consisting of sequential working stations. The transport car has a fixture for the motor parts or the motor, which can be adju... | 04/19/1977 |
| 4013864 | Apparatus for fabricating through-the-wall battery connectors An apparatus for automatically connecting battery plate units of adjacent cells through apertures in partitions between adjacent cell chambers of battery cases with said connection being effected by pressing lead projections of adjacent battery plate unit... | 03/22/1977 |
| 3994060 | Methods and production lines for the manufacture of prefabricated buildings A method of manufacturing prefabricated sections for buildings wherein metal frames have concrete cast between them which is heated and allowed to harden along a manufacturing line to form floor and wall components. Ceiling components with metal frames an... | 11/30/1976 |
| 3986247 | Process for fabricating walls A process for fabricating walls from wood framing materials, particularly suited for use in fabricating walls of a type normally employed in constructing frame structures and the like, characterized by an employment of a series of sequentially actuated ma... | 10/19/1976 |
| 3968560 | Pallet assembling system An automatic pallet assembling system which includes a pair of conventional nailing machines for separately nailing each side of a pallet and conveying means for carrying the half-finished pallet between the nailing machines. The stringers and deck boards... | 07/13/1976 |
| 3968559 | Method and arrangement for assembly of component parts, preferably for motor vehicles A method of assembling individual units of automobiles in an assembly line in which each unit or parts of the unit are transported on individual motor-driven transport cars, the movement of the cars being individually controlled by signals from control wi... | 07/13/1976 |
| 3962773 | Methods for the manufacture of prefabricated building sections or room units and factories for the implementation of such methods A production line and method for the manufacture and assembly of prefabricated box-shaped building sections, the production line having a manufacturing part for the construction of walls, floors, ceilings and roofs which are generally concrete cast in met... | 06/15/1976 |
| 3958320 | Methods for the manufacture of prefabricated building sections or room units and factories for the implementation of such methods A method and factory for making prefabricated parallelipiped configured sections which are transported to a building site where they are joined to form completed buildings. The factory is an elongated building wherein at one end metal frameworks and beams... | 05/25/1976 |
| 3949458 | Method of forming pallet structure The invention disclosed herein comprises a pallet construction and method of forming the same. A support member has a plurality of apertures arranged in rows and columns. The struck-out portions obtained when forming the apertures are gathered and secured... | 04/13/1976 |
| 3930296 | Method and machine for loading and assembling film cartridges The invention is directed to a method of and machine for loading a scroll of film and take-up spool into a cartridge and assembling and sealing the cartridge. It includes the steps of supplying a web of film and backing paper to a scrolling mechanism and ... | 01/06/1976 |
