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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7346973 | Processing cell of automatic machining system and automatic honing system A processing cell of automatic machining system configured in that it is easy to decide or change the number of steps and to design, and to reduce the installation cost. The control unit of the processing cell comprises an operation data storing means for storing ev... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7316527 | Lockset drilling guide A lockset drilling guide that comprises a frame is provided. The frame comprises a first flange and a second flange. The second flange is capable of flexing relative to the first flange. The lockset drilling guide further comprises at least a first opening and a sec... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7264426 | Apparatus and methods for servo-controlled manufacturing operations Apparatus and methods for servo-controlled manufacturing operations are disclosed. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a base member, a drive platform spaced apart from the base member by a separation distance, and a plurality of guide members extending between... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7260877 | Boring and turning mill A boring and turning mill, comprising a nonrotatable tool ram, a rotationally drivable tool spindle in the tool ram, an auxiliary head which can be attached to the tool ram in a nonrotatable manner, two work slides arranged in opposition to each other and displaceab... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7252463 | Double-sided ultra-thin door marking template A square channel shaped template of ultra-thin rigid plastic, metal or other material has one or more mating configurations of pencil-point-size marking holes in the two opposing faces of the channel. Each configuration of marking holes matches a configuration of sc... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7219410 | High speed linear motion mechanism A motion mechanism is described. In one embodiment, the motion mechanism includes a base portion, a flexure portion, and a transducer. The flexure portion includes a payload support portion configured to support a payload, a first plurality of elongated portions ext... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7200923 | Finishing apparatus for slide fastener There are provided left and right gripper devices for holding left and right tip side portions of a slide fastener chain, transferring the fastener chain in a longitudinal direction (an X-axis direction) and opening and closing the left and right tip side portions i... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7201312 | Device to invalidate banknotes in a unit equipped for the storage thereof A device is disclosed to invalidate banknotes in a unit equipped for the storage thereof, comprising an ignition unit (15) placed in the equipped unit (3) in a position adjacent to the banknotes (4) and suitable to generate a flame producing on ... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7178433 | Processing apparatus, processing method and diamond tool A processing apparatus is provided with a diamond tool. When a first edge portion is made as X axis, a tip end peak point of a rake face is made as an intercept (0, y) on Y axis, and the rake face is projected in the first quadrant on an X-Y plane, a shape be... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7140813 | Line boring machine An up modifier is provided which includes a bed, a modifier, a clamp, a modifier linkage system, a clamp linkage system, and a lever. The modifier is disposed below the bed and is vertically traversable thereunder. The clamp is disposed above the bed and is vertical... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7123984 | Threading control method and apparatus therefor A threading control method and apparatus therefor is provided, in which, when carrying out thread-cut machining operations several times at one position, synchronized with main-spindle rotation and controlling movement of a threading spindle, deviations in thread gr... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7097394 | Circuit board production method and circuit board production data In the process of forming a through-hole or blind-hole at desired positions of a the substrate material, the present invention sets a drilling target position for each hole and a plurality of auxiliary drilling positions at a periphery of the drilling target positio... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7096913 | Apparatus and method for moving frameworks between workstations An apparatus and a method for moving frameworks such as window frames or sashes from a plastic frame welding machine to a work station for further processing of the frameworks are disclosed. Two tracks are mounted at an elevated position so they extend horizontally ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7083368 | Numerical control apparatus A machine having X- and Y-axis linear moving axes and a pivot axis B for rotationally pivoting a pivot member having a tool arranged at a distal end thereof about an axis parallel to a Z axis is controlled. A moving command obtained by a command program commanded by... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7065856 | Machine tool method A machine tool apparatus is provided employing a plurality of tool heads which may be sequentially or simultaneously automatically controlled to perform preprogrammed operations on either the same or different workpieces. In one form, a plurality of tool heads are s... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7048478 | Composable machine tool Composable machine tool for chip removal, on major workpieces, within wide diameter and/or great length clearance holes, made up of a shaft (1) upon which a machine base, controlled by a first engine (50) for the rotation movement and by a second engin... | 05/23/2006 |
| 6976676 | Game apparatus The present invention relates to a game apparatus and especially to a combination game apparatus in which players try to guess a preset combination of digits. ... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6971824 | Locking nosepiece and template An apparatus for forming features in a workpiece is provided. The apparatus includes a nosepiece that engages a boss of a template and guides a tool member therethrough. The nosepiece includes a housing and an adjustable member positioned at least partially in an in... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6960050 | Hole forming system with ganged spindle set A high throughput drilling system for printed circuit board hole formation. Two spindles are disposed at each spindle station, doubling the number of holes produced in a given time period. Each spindle in connected to an overhead linear drive by a mini slide. A firs... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6908265 | Method of machining workpieces having straight surface recesses In a method of machining a first and a second surface recess in a workpiece, the workpiece has a longitudinal axis and a first local Cartesian coordinate system. The machine tool has a longitudinal axis and a second local Cartesian coordinate system, the first and s... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6902361 | Fixation device for a portable orbital drilling unit A fixation device for positioning a rotating machine tool onto a template, the template having at least one hole and at least one locating pin. The fixation device includes a housing with a housing tool end and a housing template end, a seat located on the housing t... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6830216 | Method for retrofitting an inertia reel access door to an ejection seat A method and kit for retrofitting an inertia reel door onto the seat back of a pre-constructed ejection seat. The method includes removing existing rivets from the seat back exposing rivet holes. Alignment holes are then drilled into the seat back. An aperture is cu... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6796073 | Method for producing a barrel marking The invention pertains to a method for producing a barrel marking on the inner side (4) of the barrel (2) of a firearm. Barrel markings on firearms are used for marking projectiles fired from the respective firearm and to thusly allow a largely definit... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6793447 | Method and device to make holes for components of wings for doors or windows Method and device to make holes for components of wings for doors or windows comprising a frame consisting of uprights (14) on which blinds (16) oscillating with respect to an axis are mounted. The method provides to calculate the number of blinds (... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6688352 | Multi-axis work center, for multiple production, in particular for wood working The invention relates to a work center for wood working including: a support base (1) for the pieces to be worked; a structure (6), mobile along said base in the direction of a first numerically controlled axis (X); a support (12) of a tool group (13) mounted on sa... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6640676 | Tool presetter and tool offset amount calculation method A tool presetter and a tool offset amount calculation method are provided which ensure easy and accurate determination of reference tool offset amounts in a machine tool having a pivotal tool spindle stock. The tool presetter is mounted in a composite lat... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6550129 | Portable computer numeric controlled manufacturing machines and associated methods A workpiece is assembled by removably mounting an alignment tool to a conventional wing structure so that the alignment tool holds multiple conventional strut fittings to the wing structure. A frame of a CNC manufacturing machine is moved to and removably... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6551033 | Tapping apparatus and method A CNC tapping machine includes a spindle to which a tap is attached and a spindle motor for rotating the spindle. The load torque acting on the spindle motor that is detected when performing a tapping procedure without a workpiece is stored in a memory as... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6524033 | Plunge router drilling and panel sizing guides A system including a bench, selection template and drilling template registerable to the bench. The drilling template including apertures which can receive a guide bushing for guiding a plunge router into a panel for drilling an aperture pattern in the pa... | 02/25/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6382884 | Cutting tool and method for machining valve seats The cutting tool for machining valve seats comprises a driving system, a machining head, a pilot, a depth gauge, and a system controller. The driving system provides rotational movement and vertical movement for the machining head which is controlled by t... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6382883 | Method for lapping valve seats using a single point cutting tool The cutting tool for machining valve seats comprises a driving system, a spindle assembly, and a system controller. The driving system provides rotational movement and vertical movement for the spindle assembly which is controlled by the system controller... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6340275 | Chamfering method A pin and an oil hole are modeled in an X, Y, and Z space (a three-dimensional coordinate system). Then, the model is cut with a plane which passes through a central axis of the hole and which includes a line normal to a tangent of the pin at a point at w... | 01/22/2002 |
| 6325576 | High throughput hole forming system with multiple spindles per station A high throughput drilling system for printed circuit board hole formation. Two spindles are disposed at each spindle station, doubling the number of holes produced in a given time period. Each spindle in connected to an overhead linear drive by a mini sl... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6283681 | Method and device for aligning a workpiece on a machine tool table The workpiece or pack of printed circuit boards is fitted to a clamping fixture carried by the table and is machined by a machining head; the head and the table being movable with respect to each other along two coordinate X, Y axes. The aligning method i... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6254317 | Triple gantry drilling system Methods for forming fastener holes in the construction of fuselage assemblies. The method utilizes a triple gantry drilling system with upper, left and right side gantries, within which are dedicated robotic deployment arms having an automatic tool change... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6231279 | Drilling machine with at least two machining heads for machining printed circuit boards The drilling machine has a cross member along which slide two carriages supporting two machining heads; the two carriages are moved independently of each other along the X axis; one of the two machining heads is fitted to the respective carriage by means ... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6109840 | Method and device for aligning a workpiece on a machine tool table The workpiece or pack of printed circuit boards is fitted to a clamping fixture carried by the table and is machined by a machining head; the head and the table being movable with respect to each other along two coordinate X, Y axes. The aligning method i... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6099212 | Multi-head drilling machine for drilling shutter components A multi-head drilling machine, for use in particular in the simultaneous drilling of a plurality of side frame components for shutters, the drilling machine having a machine frame, a support carriage moveable along the frame, a transverse drilling head ba... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6030154 | Minimum error algorithm/program A method and apparatus for optimizing the drilling position of a multi-layer printed circuit board prior to drilling. Each board is x-rayed to determine location coordinates information of the inner layers of multi layer circuit board panels. An optimizat... | 02/29/2000 |
