Did You Know...
...that Robert Adler has the dubious distinction of being the Father of the Couch Potato? Back in 1955 Adler was employed by what was then Zenith Radio Corp., where he was charged to invent something that would allow viewers to turn down the TV volume without leaving their chairs. After a series of flops (such as a wired contraption that people tripped over), Adler hit on the idea of using sound waves. Thus the Remote Control was born...
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7442128 | Adaptive drive shank for driving a tap tool with a socket and ratchet An adaptive drive shank is provided for adapting a thread cutting tap tool to be driven by a conventional standard size hexagonal socket and ratchet drive. Various embodiments additionally provide color coded cutting thread tap tools adapted to lockably engage with ... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7387479 | Quick-release tool holder for rotary tools An apparatus for changing cutting tool bits rapidly on milling machines, lathes, drills and other types of rotary power tools includes a first portion that is attached to the rotary power tool and retained thereto. A second portion includes the tool bit attached the... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7371036 | Tool holding device and method for positioning a tool Disclosed is a tool holding device (22, 50, 58) for retaining a tool (24) on a tool chuck (20). Said tool holding device (22, 50, 58) comprises a tool-accommodating area (32, 52, 66) for at least partly receiving the tool (24 | 05/13/2008 |
| 7357608 | Rotary tapered tool holder A rotary tapered tool holder includes a shank including a front mounting portion and an aperture. An expansion sleeve is disposed about a portion of the shank. The expansion sleeve includes a front mounting portion adjacent the front mounting portion of the shank. A... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7354230 | Bit holding apparatus for use with a power tool An attachment (10) for use with a power tool (12) which can conveniently convert a rotatable chuck (14) or adapter (78) used with a first bit device (22) to usage with a second bit device (36) and vice versa. Either first or... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7338420 | Versatile toolholder for numerically controlled machine tool for holding tool through collet A versatile toolholder system is provided that is used by a numerically controlled machine tool. The toolholder system has an attachment portion that has a standardized shape to allow the toolholder to be used by conventional numerically controlled machine tools. Th... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7331738 | Drill adapter for a power screwdriver A drill adapter for a power screwdriver and including a locking device for releasably securing the drill adapter (28) on the support region (66) of the screwdriver (4) and having a push-on sleeve (30) supportable on the support region ( | 02/19/2008 |
| 7329073 | Cutting tool and tool head The present invention relates to a tool head preferably for milling. The tool head is connectable to a toolholder. The tool head includes a cutting portion and a mounting portion. The mounting portion includes an axial stop surface and a radial stop surface. Dimensi... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7296093 | Network processor interface system A heterogeneous and scalable bridge capable of translating a plurality of network protocols is adapted for coupling to a network switch fabric. The bridge uses at least one egress buffer interface and can perform port aggregation and bandwidth matching for various d... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7290968 | Extension fixture for turning tool An extension fixture for a turning tool includes a shank, a pull rod, a clamping sleeve, and a fixing member. Thus, the fixing member presses the rotation head of the pull rod to prevent the pull rod from being rotated, thereby preventing the clamping sleeve from be... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7284936 | Tool bit and collet assembly and method A tool bit and collet assembly, and method of assembling, wherein there is a collar for holding the collet in the radially inward position to thereby hold the tool bit. Camming surfaces are between the tool bit and the collet, and between the collet and the collar, ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7278196 | Interlocking tool holder An end mill chucking structure for chucking an end mill. The chucking structure includes an end mill holder; a shank receivable in an axial opening in the holder; a cone having an exterior cone shape adapted to be received in a drive spindle and an axial opening tha... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7240594 | Toolholder assembly An apparatus is disclosed for releasably holding a toolholder shank having a lockable surface and a releasable surface utilizing an actuating bolt with an associated threaded actuating nut. When the actuating bolt is rotated in a locking direction, the actuating nut... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7237990 | Surgical tool system with quick release coupling assembly A surgical tool system with a handpiece and a cutting accessory that has inner and outer hubs. The handpiece has a spring biased lock ring that abuts a complementary stop member integral with the accessory outer hub to hold the accessory to the handpiece. An RFID ch... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7207755 | Tool arrangement and tool for chip removal In a cutting tool arrangement and a tool for chip removing machining, the cutting tool arrangement comprises a tool, fastening arrangement, and a shank. The tool is a one-piece unit. The axial channel is of non-circular cross-section to provide a key grip. An end of... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7192226 | Shrink fit holder and methods of drilling and reaming A drill has a unitary drill bit and chuck structure that includes a drill bit and a chuck. The chuck encloses a portion of the drill bit and has a thread. A rotatable drive element having a thread engages the thread of the chuck. The chuck is heat shrunk onto the dr... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7186064 | Rotary tapered tool holder with adapter sleeve A rotary tapered tool holder includes a body or shank including a front contact portion and a rear contact portion. An adapter sleeve is disposed about a portion of the shank. The adapter sleeve includes slits that allow radial expansion and contraction of the adapt... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7175184 | Collect tool holder and method of making same A tool holder for a tool with a recess having detent disposed therein for holding the tool axially, and having a sleeve telescoped over a collet which has flexible fingers and with the sleeve and the fingers having camming surfaces for effecting clamping onto the to... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7172373 | Deburring tool with quick change knife The invention relates to a deburring tool with a quick change knife, which is formed by at least two parts, namely a guide sleeve having a larger diameter and a center bore, and a base body that can be inserted in the center bore in an axial direction. The base body... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7168900 | Total support with a collet chuck receiver A tool support for fixed or rotating tools embodied with a collet chuck receiver for a collet chuck for clamping a tool shaft from the direction of the tool side. The collet chuck receiver has a tapering bore for receiving a collet chuck and a coaxial screw thread a... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7165922 | Cutting tool assembly having construction enabling cutting tool to have large diameter A cutting tool assembly including: (a) an arbor including a tapered shank portion which has a taper of 7/24 and a size of No. 30; (b) a cutting tool having at least one cutting blade and fastened to the arbor; (c) a fastener for fastening the cutting tool to the arb... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7156005 | Multiple bit hand tool with automatic bit locking The hand tool has a chuck with a central axial opening through which bits or other tool elements are selectively moved from a retracted position to an extended operative position. A mechanical element automatically engages the tool element, such that as the tool ele... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7144210 | Tool holder A rotary tool holder includes a shank having a flange, a tapered outer surface, and front and rear contact portions. The tapered outer surface corresponds to the tapered bore of a spindle, and flexible circular cantilevers are provided at one or both contact portion... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7124459 | Method and apparatus for hanging lights and other fixtures A drill bit is connected to a drill in a simple and rapid manner and used to drill a hole in a backing which may be of wood, plastic or other material in which threads can readily be formed. A threaded insert which has a slightly greater diameter than the hole is th... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7125209 | Quick-change mechanism for use with the stationary spindle of a Davenport® automatic screw machine The present invention provides an improvement (20) in a Davenport® automatic screw machine having a stationary spindle. The improvement broadly includes a quick-change mechanism (26) associated with the stationary spindle (22). The mechanism in... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7108465 | Jig plate An end surface 820 of a work 80 gripped by a chuck 50 equipped to a main spindle of a lathe-type machine tool is machined, and at the same time has a screw hole 830 formed thereto. The jig plate 60 is provided with a main body 6... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7104738 | Hole saw arbor An arbor (20) for a tool is provided. The arbor includes a shaft (22) and a locking mechanism (24) operatively coupled to the shaft. The arbor also includes an adapter (26) removably coupled to the shaft by the locking mechanism, the adap... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7101128 | Cutting tool and cutting head thereto A tool such as a milling or drilling tool includes a shaft having a front recess in which a cutting head is disposed. A drawbar disposed in the shaft includes a plurality of flexible tongues disposed in the recess. The tongues form a recess in which a rear knob of t... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7101127 | Interchangeable blade cutting tool and blade section installed thereon Eccentricity is not allowed to occur in a blade section, and a blade section is maintained in a stable installation state. A hook section 124, which is composed of a shaft section 125 and an end section 126 provided with a corner section 132 | 09/05/2006 |
| 7082656 | Pipe beveling system A tool for beveling the end of a pipe is comprised of a hollow, tubular body having a central, longitudinal axis of rotation, an inboard coupling end, and an opposite outboard working end. A plurality of longitudinally spaced, transversely directed latching pin bore... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7077607 | Key cutting machine A key cutting machine for the cutting of keys includes a spindle adapted to be driven rotatably about an axis thereof. The spindle has an axially extending throughbore. A milling cutter is selectively mountable in the throughbore for corotation therewith. A carriage... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7066696 | Device for thermally shrinking tools A heat shrink tool holder for holding tools and machine parts in an axial bore comprises a sleeve between the bore of the holder and the tool shank or machine part. The sleeve is a reducing sleeve that transfers a holding action exerted by the holder in its cold sta... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7059812 | Portable, hand-held multiple bit drill A portable hand-held multiple bit drill imparts a set of linearly aligned work areas of a work piece, which work areas are respectively and simultaneously drilled by the respective drill bits. A rotary power source communicates with a hand-held body holding a plural... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7048477 | Drill measurement stops A depth stop for use with a drill bit comprises a tubular body having an opening therethrough. Used with a drill bit whose bit portion includes a cutting end, and a shank portion, the depth stop is frictionally positionable on the bit portion at a specified point fr... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7036404 | Tool including bit and handle A handle is provided for use with a bit or extensive rod. The handle includes a socket. The socket includes a thin section, a thick section, an annular face between the thin and thick sections, an axial cavity and a radial aperture communicated with the axial cavity... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7037053 | Tool holder A tool holder is equipped with a tip run-out correction mechanism for correcting run-out of the tip of the tool. The tip run-out correction mechanism includes an annular stepped portion formed on a cylindrical support portion of a holder body; a ring member rotatabl... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7036754 | Injection valve An injection valve for an internal combustion engine including at least a nozzle body, in which a nozzle needle is guided axially displaceably, and an at least one-piece retaining body, in which means for actuating the nozzle needle are disposed. On its circumferent... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7011661 | Surgical instrument with rotary cutting member and quick release coupling arrangement A surgical instrument for the dissection of bone and other tissue includes a spindle, a dissection tool and a male member carried by the spindle. The spindle includes a cavity. The dissection tool is releasably received in the cavity. The dissection tool extends alo... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7004692 | Rotary cutting tool A rotary cutting tool has a cutting head, a screw member and a tool shank. The cutting head has an axially directed through bore with locking wings protruding from the bore surface. Each locking wing having a sloping locking surface and stopper with a stop surface. ... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6976810 | Rotatable cutting wheel A rotatable cutter wheel for machining structural members is provided. The cutter wheel includes a disk, typically formed of carbide, defining a first side, a second side opposite to the first side, and a plurality of radial blades. At least one of the first and sec... | 12/20/2005 |
