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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7351019 | Clamping mechanism for an elongated workpiece The clamping mechanism is used in an automated tooling machine to secure and hold an elongated workpiece for processing. The machine includes a frame, automated router assembly and a conveyer table. The workpiece is supported on the conveyer table and secured by the... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7125320 | Apparatus and method for grinding and/or polishing an edge of a glass sheet An apparatus and method are described herein which help prevent particles and other contaminants that are generated when an edge of a glass sheet is processed from contaminating or damaging the glass sheet. The apparatus includes an encapsulation device and a proces... | 10/24/2006 |
| 6457919 | Multi-purpose machine tool for high volume secondary operations A multi-purpose machine tool is provides for high volume secondary operations. Multiple machining heads and eight degrees of freedom provide for maximum versatility and adaptability for convenient set-up.... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6254318 | Apparatus for making numerous holes in a tube Apparatus for making numerous spaced-apart, radial holes in a tube includes a rotary index table that rotates intermittently through predetermined index angles of rotation and dwells between each rotation. A mandrel affixed to the index table receives the... | 07/03/2001 |
| 5909906 | Glass plate automatic drilling and milling machine A glass plate automatic drilling and milling machine, adapted to provide for holes and/or openings having different size, configuration and positioning, comprises a support structure provided with rotating rollers (23, 24) for the sliding of the plates di... | 06/08/1999 |
| 5116169 | Apparatus and method for drilling glass An apparatus and method are provided for drilling thin-walled glass articles. The apparatus is comprised of a drilling machine having upper and lower triangulated arm assemblies to which opposing drills are attached. The arm assemblies pivot about a commo... | 05/26/1992 |
| 5052097 | Method and apparatus for forming holes in wood board or the like An improved method for forming holes in a board and an improved apparatus for practicing the improved method. Two or three linear arrays of holes are punched through the board, through its expansive faces, in a punching zone. A punch and a die coacting wi... | 10/01/1991 |
| 4867618 | Removable spindle for drill heads The present invention relates to a drill head having removable spindles. The spindles include a shaft adapted for receiving and rotating a drill. The shaft is also removably rotatable with the drilling unit. A mechanism for providing a coolant to the work... | 09/19/1989 |
| 4856178 | Machine tool for turning, milling, boring, drilling, and washing with independent means for clamping the part to be machined A machine is accomplished comprising two pairs of operating heads in which each pair includes two identical operating heads essentially opposite to each other equipped with chucks rotating on horizontal axes having at one end a conical housing for receivi... | 08/15/1989 |
| 4730373 | Machine tool for multiple surface machining The invention relates to a machine tool for multiple surface machining having a work supporting device provided on a base and having a work supporting portion which is freely rotatable and freely adjustable in a vertical position, a slide base freely adju... | 03/15/1988 |
| 4579483 | Machine for drilling fragile sheet-like materials, in particular sheet glass and the like The machine includes a feed-in station and a drilling station. The feed-in station comprises a carriage for advancing the glass sheets to be drilled. The carriage has a plurality of rollers, at least some of which are driving rollers, the rollers being ef... | 04/01/1986 |
| 4352611 | Double-ended multiple-spindle fine boring machine A machine bed carries outer platens and a center platen mounted, for relative movement, on the bearing faces of guides, to effect the feed. The working face of the center platen, whereon a device for clamping the workpieces is mounted, is arranged in a ve... | 10/05/1982 |
| 4268196 | Work-piece supported tool apparatus particularly adapted for use with large structural members Apparatus is provided for carrying, positioning and operating relatively unwieldy machine tools, such as heavy multiple-head drilling assemblies, upon massive flanged work-pieces, such as structural members for bridges, in order to more efficiently perfor... | 05/19/1981 |
| 4179229 | Multiple spindle drilling machine for wide flange beams A multiple spindle drilling machine for wide flange beams comprising a guide member vertically movably disposed on a gear box, drills disposed on the guide member in two upper and lower lines, said drills being arranged so that when they are moved and bro... | 12/18/1979 |
| 4179230 | Multiple spindle drilling machine for wide flange beams A multiple spindle drilling machine for wide flange beams comprising at least a pair of wide flange beam supporting rollers for setting and supporting both the flanges of a wide flange beam, respectively, in a cantilevering manner at the drilling position... | 12/18/1979 |
| 4147460 | Method for piercing doubling plate for H-beam and tool for processing doubling plate for H-beam A method for piercing a double plate for an H-beam by utilizing a multiple spindle H-beam piercing mill capable of piercing both flange portions and a web portion of the H-beam and a tool having a substantially H-shaped section and capable of being mounte... | 04/03/1979 |
| 3977804 | Multiple spindle drilling machine for wide flange beams A multiple spindle drilling machine can simultaneously drill a plurality of bores for inserting the rivets or the bolts through the web and a pair of flanges of wide flange beams which are used in building and construction by a first, second and third dri... | 08/31/1976 |
