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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7484289 | Systems and methods for the automated fabrication of trusses An automated fabrication system is provided that utilizes electromagnetism to manipulate and/or sense the location of raw materials on a platform. Tools located around said platform may be utilized to fabricate a predetermined structure out of the raw materials. Tag... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7322164 | Clippers with translating gate members and cooperating stiffener assemblies and related methods, computer program products Embodiments of the present invention provide translating gates having at least one cooperating stiffener assembly and related, apparatus, systems, methods and computer program products. The translating gates with at least one stiffener assembly may be particularly s... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7275297 | Device for attaching leader pin, device for processing end portion of tape type recording medium, and method for attaching leader pin A leader pin attaching device for attaching a leader pin to a pin attachment portion of the leader tape (a device for processing end portion of tape type recording medium) is provided. The device includes a transport suction block for holding a portion of the leader... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7201867 | Method of installing circuit member in resin-molded panel A method includes a first, a second and a third step, and a circuit member is installed in a resin-molded panel simultaneously when this resin-molded panel is vacuum formed. In the first step, the circuit member to be installed is placed on an upper surface of a cir... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7185411 | Method and apparatus for forming fine gauge and monofilament single and double-armed sutures An apparatus for forming armed sutures has a swaging station for receiving, holding and swaging needles that are deposited therein. A linear motor drives a suture insertion gripper, which pulls suture from a supply reel and inserts a cut end thereof into a needle he... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7143493 | Apparatus and method for manufacturing liquid crystal display device A processing line for liquid crystal display fabrication. The process line reduces unnecessary processing steps by removing known defective (NG) individual liquid crystal panels before subsequent processing, with the knowledge about defects depending on stored infor... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7140220 | Curling machine provided with an adjusting device for evenly winding elongated workpieces into spirals A curling machine provided with an adjusting device for evenly winding elongated workpieces into spirals, includes a machine frame sustaining a horizontal worktable; a vertical axis mandrel for a curling tool and provided with a counteracting device for acting on el... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7011122 | Edge-routing unit for a program-controlled feed-through machine An edge-routing unit has a routing tool (4) on a shaft (9) of a routing motor (6), which is arranged on a rest (10), and which is controlled approximately along a workpiece outline in a workpiece feed-through direction, an X-axis, and in ... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6892437 | Apparatus and method for manufacturing liquid crystal display device A processing line for liquid crystal display fabrication. The process line reduces unnecessary processing steps by removing known defective (NG) individual liquid crystal panels before subsequent processing, with the knowledge about defects depending on stored infor... | 05/17/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6785949 | Device for putting polyethylene cladding on galvinized steel plate Device for putting polyethylene cladding on a galvanized steel plate, wherein a galvanized steel plate unroller from unroller is passed through a plate press, an ultrasonic cleaner, a dryer, an intermediate frequency heater, and a roll press in succession, and polye... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6708384 | Notched muntin bars having two finishes An apparatus for making notched muntin bars. The apparatus includes an uncoiler or support for a supply of ribbon stock, a notching device, a roll forming machine and a severing device. The ribbon stock has a surface with first and second finishes. The notching devi... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6678938 | System for fabricating muntin bars from sheet material A system for fabricating muntin bars from sheet material. Sheet material in the form of thin ribbon stock is fed to a first forming station including a punching mechanism that punches the ribbon stock at a precisely predetermined location. The ribbon stoc... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6665925 | Apparatus and method for manufacturing rubber-wrapped spiral wound gaskets An apparatus (10) for manufacturing rubber-based spiral wound gaskets,in which a length of an elongate band (22) passes through a bath (34) for applying a coating of a rubber sealing material and then is wound in overlapping relation on a die (100) to mak... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6618926 | System for fabricating muntin bars from sheet material A system for fabricating muntin bars from sheet material. Sheet material in the form of thin ribbon stock is fed to a first forming station including a punching mechanism that punches the ribbon stock at a precisely predetermined location. The ribbon stoc... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6588093 | Method and device for producing bundles of sheet metal laminates for magnetic cores In a manufacturing method and apparatus for manufacturing sheet metal packets in punch-packeting technology with a round or oval iron cross section. laminations are punched from a ribbon and are provided with depressions at one side and with elevations at... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6584670 | Electrical terminal implementation device The present invention relates to a workpiece implementation device that fabricates individual workpieces, positions them at their point of use on a component, and connects the workpieces to the components. The device further comprises an accessory assembl... | 07/01/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6484386 | Apparatus for making brake shoes An apparatus adapted to form curved beam sections, such as a brake shoe, includes a rollformer, a cut-off device, and a re-former or sweeping device. The rollformer includes rollers constructed and arranged to rollform the sheet material into an elongated... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6445969 | Statistical process control integration systems and methods for monitoring manufacturing processes A method and system for monitoring process parameters associated with a manufacturing or testing process. The system includes: at least one machine which is used in the manufacturing or testing process; at least one sensing device, coupled to the at least... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6438819 | System for fabricating contour muntin bars from sheet material Apparatus for making a contoured muntin bar. A supply of sheet material having a finished surface on at least one side in the form of a coiled ribbon is unwound and fed along a strip path of travel to a punch station. At the punch station a ribbon punchin... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6421906 | Apparatus for the manufacture of metal components requiring chip removing machining Identical ring-shaped metal blanks are machined whereby each blank forms a plurality of identical components. The blanks are first machined on both sides, and then a stack of the blanks is clamped axially adjacent one another on an arbor. Tools machine th... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6397453 | System for fabricating muntin bars from sheet material A system for fabricating muntin bars from sheet material. Sheet material in the form of thin ribbon stock is fed to a first forming station including a punching mechanism that punches the ribbon stock at a precisely predetermined location. The ribbon stoc... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6378183 | System and method for making cisterns A system (1) for making and assembling a cistern comprises means for locating, cutting, driving, welding, bending, drilling and assembling the component parts of said cistern, wherein said system sequentially provides said locating and cutting means in a ... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6378184 | Apparatus and method for manufacturing ducts The invention provides a machine and methods for automated manufacture of tapered adjustable ducts, and particularly tapered adjustable take offs. A tube of material is cut into gores of predetermined configuration, coupling beads are formed in the gores ... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6289574 | Device for producing internal combustion engine connecting rod Forged connecting rod, in particular of an internal combustion engine, including a body (1), a connecting rod small end (2) and a connecting rod big end (3), forming two connecting rod small end and connecting rod big end bearings for receiving respective... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6249943 | Automatic semiconductor wafer applying apparatus Disclosed is an automatic semiconductor wafer applying apparatus capable of lightly easily stacking and loading ring frames onto a frame supply section. This apparatus has the following construction. An adhesive tape unwound from a tape roll is applied to... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6105227 | Apparatus and methods for manufacturing ducts The invention provides a machine and methods for automated manufacture of tapered adjustable ducts, and particularly tapered adjustable take offs. A tube of material is cut into gores of predetermined configuration, coupling beads are formed in the gores ... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6012216 | Stand alone swage apparatus A semi-automated machine for singulating individual surgical needles from an bulk supply and attaching a suture to the surgical needle is described. Each of the surgical needles has a suture receiving opening formed therein for receiving a suture. The mac... | 01/11/2000 |
| 6009607 | Device for constructing laminated articles A device for constructing a laminated article, in particular for electrical use, having mutually superposed metal laminations provided with elements or clips for connecting the laminations together. The clips project from the surface of the laminations an... | 01/04/2000 |
| 5911449 | Semi-automated needle feed method and apparatus A semi-automated machine for singulating individual surgical needles from an bulk supply and attaching a suture to the surgical needle is described. Each of the surgical needles has a suture receiving opening formed therein for receiving a suture. The mac... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5826323 | Method of making a height compensated laminar stack An apparatus and method for manufacturing laminated parts from a plurality of laminas, in which the laminas for forming the laminated parts are blanked from strip stock material. The laminas and are then cut and stacked to form the laminated part. The app... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5732457 | Electrical wire harness binding apparatus A wire harness bundling apparatus includes carrier means for carrying harness wires sequentially, shifting means responsive to the amount of the harness wires carried for shifting the harness wires to an apparatus guide means, tape feeding means placed so... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5727306 | Dynamic component trimming method and apparatus Methods and apparatus for facilitating the use of existing onsertion machines by trimming and sequencing a plurality of components to be onsetted on an as-needed basis from components of generic values obtained from the manufacturer and providing the sequ... | 03/17/1998 |
| 5704110 | Device for crimping a plastically deforming metal pole shoe around the end of a cable A device for crimping a plastically deforming metal pole shoe (1) around the end (2) of a cable that has been inserted into it. The device comprises an anvil (3), a die (4), a sensor (5), and a comparator (6). The shoe is placed on the anvil and the die i... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5685051 | Method and apparatus for aligning battery lugs Apparatus and method to prepare battery plate lugs for use with automated machines for cast on operations. The apparatus comprises an anvil having top and opposite side walls for receiving a battery cell including a plurality of plates with lugs attached ... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5636430 | General-purpose lead working machine An improved lead working machine has a mechanism portion that supplies a leadframe 100, a working and handling portion that performs the necessary working processes on the work as it is fed consecutively, and a receiving mechanism portion that receives th... | 06/10/1997 |
| 5528818 | Assembly line for producing a steel coffer from sheet metal plate The assembly line for producing a steel coffer (2) for ceiling and/or wall structures, in particular for interior finishing and construction of ships, for transportable and movable buildings, for sheds, hotels and the like, from a sheet metal plate (1) co... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5524332 | Wiper assembly for electrical connector coding station An improved coding station for a wire harness processing machine includes a wiper assembly mounted alignment with a reciprocating knife assembly. The knife assembly has a plurality of individual cutoff blades which reciprocate in a cutting action to sever... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5511648 | Method and apparatus for trimming and inspecting plastic containers A method and apparatus for trimming and inspecting hollow plastic containers having a neck which has an opening that forms an angle with the vertical axis of the hollow container wherein as the hollow container is moved by a conveyor intermittently past a... | 04/30/1996 |
