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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7356938 | Bore gauge apparatus for use in reconditioning articulated connector An apparatus for measuring a reconditioned portion of an articulated connector engaged in a reconditioning fixture while it is still mounted to the end structure of a rail car is disclosed. The gauge is a generally cylindrical arc with an inner side and outer side. ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7313853 | Tap process for hard workpieces A process and apparatus for producing screw threads in hard material workpieces with a series of taps. The present invention employs a threaded bore formed in a bracket assembly to align and position multiple taps on a rotary machine. The taps are used in sequence t... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7305747 | Tap process for hard workpieces A process and apparatus for producing screw threads in hard material workpieces with a series of taps. The present invention employs a threaded bore formed in a bracket assembly to align and position multiple taps on a rotary machine. The taps are used in sequence t... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7293338 | Tap process for hard workpieces A process and apparatus for producing screw threads in hard material workpieces with a series of taps. The present invention employs a threaded bore formed in a bracket assembly to align and position multiple taps on a rotary machine. The taps are used in sequence t... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7281307 | Tap process for hard workpieces A process and apparatus for producing screw threads in hard material workpieces with a series of taps. The present invention employs a threaded bore formed in a bracket assembly to align and position multiple taps on a rotary machine. The taps are used in sequence t... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7260897 | Lock miter gauge A gauge for use by woodworkers in setting the height of a router bit to make lock miter joints with a router table. The gauge includes a base for upright positioning upon a router table. The base has a bottom plate and a top plate connected by a crosspiece. A gaugin... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7220392 | Fuel conversion reactor A fuel conversion reactor includes a shell-and-tube heat exchanger for controlling the temperature of a hot gaseous mixture produced by catalytic or non-catalytic reaction of a fuel with a gaseous fluid, and for controlling the temperature of the gaseous fluid and/o... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7172737 | Fuel conversion reactor A conversion reactor (10) including an outer shell (12) having first (14) and second (16) ends and an inner surface (16) a primary inner shell (30) extending into the outer shell (12), the primary inner shell (30 | 02/06/2007 |
| 6973738 | Measuring method and device, machine tool having such device, and work processing method A method of measuring the position of the cutting edge of a tool T mounted to a spindle 14 of an NC machine tool includes steps of measuring the dimension of the center of an end surface of the spindle 14 relative a reference position in a machine coor... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6796050 | Presetting device for a shrink-fit tool holder A presetting device is proposed for a tool holder (1) which holds the shank (23) of a rotary tool (3) in an interference fit in a locating opening (5) and releases said shank (23) during heating, in particular by means of an induct... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6527686 | Variable pitch spindle line drilling machine A movable spindle tool machine, such as a printed circuit board line drilling machine includes a base and a spindle mounted to the base. A magazine is mounted proximate the spindle for storing a supply of tools. A pitch independent tool changer is moveabl... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6510620 | Tool and method for the precision boring of holes A boring tool head has a movable element which can be moved by means of an adjuster relative to a centerline. Attached to the movable element is a cutting tool which moves with the movable element. A hole which is slightly smaller in size than the desired... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6238149 | Apparatus for drill press A method for connecting an attachment to a drill press includes: providing an alignment member including a first portion and a second portion, and having a central axis; securing the first portion of the alignment member within the chuck; connecting the a... | 05/29/2001 |
| 5769768 | Tool gripping apparatus In a tool changer system comprising one or more tool grippers together with a pressure foot insert change pod supported on a U-V slide which is independent of the machine work table. The slide services a tool magazine mounted on the machine tool in close ... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5046262 | Spherical edge locator for machining A corner locator for aligning machine tools comprises a metal sphere with a section removed. The section has the shape of either a right angled corner, which is bounded by three mutually perpendicular planes, or a wedge bounded by two intersecting planes.... | 09/10/1991 |
| 5035556 | Machine for automatically regulating and measuring the length of extension and the diameter of a tool Machine for automatically regulating and measuring the length of extension and the diameter of a tool. The present invention relates to a machine for automatically regulating and measuring the length of extension and the diameter of a tool 2 mounted in a ... | 07/30/1991 |
| 5016691 | Apparatus for centering template guide on router A centering apparatus aligns a template guide bushing on a router such that the bushing is centered with respect to the shaft of a cutting tool. The centering apparatus has a shaft and a conical member slidingly located on the shaft. The shaft is substitu... | 05/21/1991 |
| 4868994 | Method and equipment for determining tool offsets from a reference position The location of the point of a cutting tool with respect to a known reference on a rotatable tool turret is determined preferably with the tool extended in a direction 90° displaced from the cutting position. A reference grid plate is secured in a calibr... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4750272 | Tool measuring device employing gap width detection A tool measuring apparatus for a machine tool is provided with a plunger (16) mounted to move along an axis (22) to vary the spacing between the end of the plunger and an inductive element (26) of an inductive displacement measuring device (24). Device (2... | 06/14/1988 |
| 4319400 | Centering device A centering device comprising a centering pointer and a centering block to be used in conjunction with a conventional dial indicator for locating the center of a workpiece and aligning the center of the workpiece with the center axis of the spindle of a m... | 03/16/1982 |
| 4240207 | Tool presetting device A tool presetting device for longitudinally presetting an end cutting tool in a tool holder for use in a single or multiple spindle automatic bar machine characterized in that the device has a tool holder support which non-rotatably holds the tool holder ... | 12/23/1980 |
| 3999299 | Edge finder An edge finder adapted to be secured to the chuck of a tool such as a drill press, vertical mill, jig bore and the like, to permit the user to align the center line of the rotating tool with an edge of a work piece. A housing is provided which is adapted ... | 12/28/1976 |
