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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7356896 | Mounting device for a cable cup A cable cup can be mounted in an optimal location on the wall of an otherwise inaccessible duct, so that, above all, inlets into the duct are not obstructed. A mounting device has a carriage that is movable in the longitudinal direction of the duct. A supporting uni... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7354227 | Apparatus and method for manufacturing plastic frameworks such as window frames A production line for carrying out machining and cleaning operations on rectangular frameworks, is provided. Elongate plastic frame members are welded together in a welding machine, thereby forming two rectangular frameworks located one above the other. These are mo... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7249639 | Automated arm for positioning of drilling tools such as an iron roughneck The invention relates to an apparatus for moving an Iron Roughneck into position to allow making-up or breaking-out of threaded joints in a drill string. The apparatus may also be used to move other drilling equipment into position on the centerline of the well or a... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7178612 | Automated arm for positioning of drilling tools such as an iron roughneck The invention relates to an apparatus for moving an Iron Roughneck into position to allow making-up or breaking-out of threaded joints in a drill string. The apparatus may also be used to move other drilling equipment into position on the centerline of the well or a... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7165630 | Methods for manufacturing operations using non-contact position sensing Apparatus and methods for manufacturing operations using non-contact position sensing are disclosed. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a track assembly adapted to be attached to a workpiece, a carriage assembly moveably coupled to the track assembly and movea... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7137760 | Methods and apparatus for manufacturing operations using opposing-force support systems Methods and apparatus for manufacturing operations using opposing-force support systems are disclosed. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a track assembly adapted to be attached to a workpiece, and a carriage moveably coupled to the track assembly. The carriag... | 11/21/2006 |
| 6932547 | Toolhead assembly for CNC machines having misalignment prevention means A toolhead assembly for a CNC machine displaceable along orthogonal x, y and z-axes generally consisting of a support assembly, a tool carrier supported on the support assembly having a rotatable tool axis and being displaceable relative to the support assembly betw... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6880595 | Apparatus for adjustably positioning a power tool over a work surface A radial overarm router includes a machine base with a work surface, a vertical column, a bearing housing, a slide assembly, and a carriage subassembly. The bearing housing is mounted to, and may rotate about, the vertical column. The slide assembly mounts to the be... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6719502 | Boring riser holes in a graphite mold A drill press is provided that is specially adapted for drilling openings into a cylindrical block. The cylindrical block is placed on an indexing plate that is circular and capable of rotational movement on the drill press table around the center axis of the cylind... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6612837 | Dental milling instrument A dental milling instrument includes a base connected to a guide column for a vertically adjustable milling arm which receives a milling unit. The milling arm can be displaced by its supporting slide along a guideway of the guide column, by means of an el... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6539992 | Radial overarm router A radial overarm router is disclosed. The radial overarm router includes a machine base with a work surface, a vertical column, a bearing housing, a slide assembly, and a carriage subassembly. The bearing housing is mounted to, and may rotate about, the v... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6419426 | Numeric controlled drilling jig-multiple-axis aerospace drilling machine An improved drilling machine and drilling method will allow rapid configuration and calibration. The drilling machine is small, mobile, and possesses extensive computing power to download positions of hole sites and to control the positioning of the end e... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6382889 | Portable multi-axis machine A portable multi-axis drilling machine includes a drill mounted between a pair of 2-axis positioning devices each of which translates along X and Y axes. The positioning devices are spaced apart along a Z axis of the machine and are mounted in a frame tha... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6345939 | Apparatus for machining, especially drilling of structural shapes An apparatus for drilling structural shapes such as angles, I-beams and H-beams has sliders shiftable transversely to the beam along vertical and horizontal members of a frame through which the beam is passed. At least one of the sliders can have a rotata... | 02/12/2002 |
| 6280305 | Vibration surface finishing apparatus An orbiting head is rotatably mounted in the housing. The orbiting head has an axial end with a grinding surface for contact with the workpiece having its surface finished. The orbiting head defines a fluid passage with one end having an opening at the gr... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6099217 | Device for spatially moving a body with three to six degrees of freedom in a controlled manner The device serves for moving a movable platform (2) in respect to a base (1). The connection between platform and base is established by six legs (4a-4f), which are connected to the platform in articulated manner. At the base side, they rest in articulate... | 08/08/2000 |
| 5971677 | Control arm system A control arm system, whose first support bar is passed through by a vertical post, enabling the first support bar to swivel round horizontally by any angle, the far end of the first support bar carrying a vertical rod, which in turn passes through a firs... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5943750 | Reconfigurable machine tool In accordance with the teachings of the present invention, a machine tool assembly is easily reconfigurable to perform single or multiple machining processes on a workpiece so that this machine has exactly the functionality required to perform a given set... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5890523 | Curved rail with tool support trolley for workstation A workstation is provided with a curved tool rail suspended above a work surface. The curved tool rail has a tool trolley slidably coupled thereto for movably supporting a tool or part above the work surface. In a preferred embodiment, the work surface is... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5769576 | Device for positioning a machining spindle using its pilot rod The means for aligning this device comprise a sphere holder (17) placed on a support (4) with the possibility, in the phase of positioning the spindle (6), of it shifting in all directions of the horizontal plane, a spherical core (13) mounted in the sphe... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5746550 | Coupling reaming apparatus and method A compact coupling reaming apparatus and method for reaming coupling bolt holes of a rotor coupling. The apparatus includes a fixture plate for mounting the apparatus to the face of the coupling via a plurality of the coupling bolt holes. The apparatus al... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5653273 | Universal precision woodworking center A woodworking center comprising a horizontal frame supporting a work table assembly at a level comfortable for the operator. For most woodworking operations the workpiece is supported by the work table assembly. The work table assembly can be moved horizo... | 08/05/1997 |
| 5529442 | Motorized tap tool driving apparatus A hole tapping device having a motor driven tapping tool with a bracing frame for resisting reverse torque on the motor frame caused by resistance of the rotation of the tapping tool within a bore being tapped. The bracing frame has adjustable arms which ... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5493762 | Modular machine tool for machining bars, comprising a frame with four tool supporting units The present invention is for a means for working of elongated objects. These objects can be profiles of wood, plastics or metal, e.g. extruded aluminium profiles. A means comprises sections for feeding in (1) profiles, working (2) and feeding out (4) the ... | 02/27/1996 |
| 5458443 | Automatic drilling tool especially for a robot A drilling tool is adapted for incorporation into a riveting robot. For this purpose, the drilling tool with its spindle head is mounted on a slide that is motor driven for displacement in the Z-direction of an XYZ coordinate system. The slide in turn is ... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5370481 | Drill press for stereotaxic manipulator A drill press is provided for use in conjunction with a three dimensional stereotaxic manipulator. The drill press includes a body carried by a movable member of the manipulator wherein the body has upper and lower segments and at least one guide shaft ex... | 12/06/1994 |
| 5346337 | Automatic tapping machine An apparatus for cutting threads in holes of fabricated parts including a vertical support shaft supporting at least one arm extended out over the part with a tap coupled to a motor on the end of each of the at least one arm. The arm is supported on the v... | 09/13/1994 |
| 5088171 | Assembly robot with drilling unit A drilling unit mounted on an arm of an assembly robot. In order to enable a drill bush of a nose piece, for guiding a drill, to be adjustably moved into exactly registering relation with a bore of a template laid on a workpiece, the nose piece is mounted... | 02/18/1992 |
| 5036574 | Multiple piercing apparatus and method A multiple piercing apparatus for piercing a workpiece having a plurality of reference marks defining the piercing locations. A plurality of adjustably movable piercing unit cases are opposedly arranged on opposite sides of a machine bed. A piercing eleme... | 08/06/1991 |
| 4830551 | Boiler repair Boiler tube repair apparatus includes elongated guide rail structure for securing to a boiler tube panel adjacent a desired cut region, and three tool assemblies for mounting on the guide rail structure. Each tool assembly includes carriage structure with... | 05/16/1989 |
| 4792265 | Engine boring and surfacing machine A surfacing and boring machine for reconditioning engine blocks has a front stationary work table, a traveling column on rails provided by an elongated rigid base, a power head unit on the column adjustable in an air float condition to move an overhanging... | 12/20/1988 |
| 4776749 | Robotic device A robotic positioning device has a support structure and a tool implement holding member which is positional within the three dimensional space of the support structure. The tool implement holding member is connected to the support structure utilizing fiv... | 10/11/1988 |
| 4764063 | Process and apparatus for machining the rim of a head A portable apparatus including a four-legged support that is equipped with adjustable support bases. The apparatus also includes a centering mechanism that includes rotatable eccentric discs, and a modified rotating unit, the rotating arm of which is prov... | 08/16/1988 |
| 4654956 | Drill apparatus for use with computer controlled plotter Drilling apparatus is adapted for use with a computer controlled plotter to selectively use the plotter as an automatically positionable hole drilling device. A drill motor of the drilling apparatus is carried and manipulated by a carrier mechanism of the... | 04/07/1987 |
| 4556346 | Drill press mounting apparatus for balancing machine A drill press mounting apparatus for use on a balancing machine having a longitudinally extending machine bed is disclosed. The drill press assembly is comprised of a first longitudinally extending guide path defined adjacent the machine bed and a second ... | 12/03/1985 |
| 4538946 | Hand repair tool for curved surfaces A hand tool (20) useful in the repair of bodies having complex, compound curved surfaces. The tool (20) comprises an adjustable arm (40) mountable at one of its ends to a damaged surface area (15). The other end of the arm (40) is provided with a gimbal m... | 09/03/1985 |
| 4358229 | Cylinder boring machine stand An apparatus facilitates the support and positioning of an engine block for the purpose of boring the cylinders thereof and the support and positioning of the boring machine used simplifies the operation and permits it to be performed with greater ease, s... | 11/09/1982 |
| 4332066 | Compliance mechanism A tool holder has compliance features that allow a hole to be drilled at high tolerances by a remote controlled control arm. The holes are drilled in a workpiece that has a template secured over it with guide holes for positioning the holes to be drilled.... | 06/01/1982 |
| 4227682 | Guide and support structure for furnace taphole plugging or drilling device An apparatus for guiding and positioning the tool of a machine for plugging or drilling blast furnace tapholes, the apparatus comprising an inclined main pivot, a support arm which is rotatably mounted at one end on the inclined main pivot and having a to... | 10/14/1980 |
| 4209910 | Auxiliary device for vertical turning and boring machine tools An auxiliary device for use with vertical turning and boring machine tools having rotary work surfaces. The auxiliary device has a generally circular-shaped pallet and a support or mounting frame for supporting the pallet. The pallet has a hub for centeri... | 07/01/1980 |
