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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7329220 | Sheet punching and embossing machine A sheet punching and embossing machine includes a device for punching blanks from sheets. The device has a frame and a bearing plate is mountable in the frame. The bearing plate is equipped with punching and grooving knives. Hydraulically activated clamping elements... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7326008 | Servo tapping unit with built in shock protection A servo motor in die tapping unit provides built in shock protection for the motor by fixing a shock plate to the servo motor and floatingly mounting the shock plate to a base structure attachable to a stripper plate in a press. Sets of opposing springs allow moveme... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7252462 | Spindle unit having pressure foot A spindle unit having a pressure foot whose machining efficiency may be improved even when compressed air is used as means for pressing the pressure foot. The spindle unit having the pressure foot includes a rotor shaft provided within a base rotatably and movably a... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7226253 | Clamping mechanism The drilling of a hole through at least two structural components in alignment with a predrilled hole or marked location in one of the structural components is facilitated by a clamping mechanism that has a bail with two legs. One leg carries a first clamping sectio... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7216408 | Flexible rail multiaxis machine tool and method A flexible rail machine tool couples temporarily to a structure by vacuum cups and positions a tool head at any desired point over an area. The toolhead can perform operations such as drilling, bolt insertion, and acquisition of dimension data. The flexible rail can... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7179028 | Device for fixation of a portable drilling or milling machine on a template for making holes in a workpiece, and an orbital machining apparatus for producing such holes A device for the temporary fixation of a portable cutting machine to a template for making holes and/or recesses in a workpiece including a guide sleeve and a tensioning unit. The guide sleeve includes a tubular hub with an outer diameter corresponding to an inner d... | 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 |
| 7134817 | Printed board machining apparatus There is provided a printed board machining apparatus that is capable of improving machining efficiency without hampering machining accuracy. The printed board machining apparatus includes a pressure foot which is provided with a port whose one end is opened at a lo... | 11/14/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6869258 | Drill stand with settable base plate A drill stand (1) for a manually operable tool device (2) is formed of a fixedly mountable base plate (4) having a through passageway (5) extending perpendicularly therethrough for the passage of a clamping bolt (6) having at least... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6838198 | Organic/inorganic-oxide multilayer materials The present invention relates to novel organic/inorganic-oxide multilayer materials. In particular novel organic/inorganic-oxide materials based on single or multiple atomic layers of tungsten oxide, molybdenum oxide or other metal oxides interspersed between organi... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6516842 | Hollow chisel mortiser with a rotor for adjusting a working angle of the mortiser A hollow chisel mortiser with a rotor for adjusting a working angle of the mortiser includes a base having a recess defined in a rear end of the base. The rotor rotatably abuts and is selectively secured on the rear end of the base. The rotor includes a p... | 02/11/2003 |
| 5326200 | Press and suction apparatus of a numberical control router Press members are fixed to operating shafts of cylinders and guides attached to supporting portions are fixed to a supporting frame and suction ducts are fixed to cylinders provided with the supporting frame. The press members are driven to suck a sacrifi... | 07/05/1994 |
| 5199830 | Printed circuit board presser device in drilling machine The present invention relates to a printed circuit board presser device in a drilling machine. The board presser device is arranged such that it includes an axially movable upper-plate presser device which is provided on the outer side of a contact surfac... | 04/06/1993 |
| 5168608 | Apparatus for the repair of turbine blades A method of and apparatus for forming a through bore or recess in a turbine blade, for a lacing wire hole for example, includes a machine capable of approaching the area to be machined in a first direction during which an initial machining operation may t... | 12/08/1992 |
| 5161921 | Method and equipment designed to drill countersunk holes on surfaces in any position The invention relates to a method and equipment designed to drill countersunk holes on surfaces of unknown positions in which a presser fitted to the tool support is placed against the surface to be drilled, and can move axially in relation to the tool; t... | 11/10/1992 |
| 5157822 | Plate working machine A plate working machine comprising a metal plate supporting table (1), a pair of rails (2, 3) extending along the sides of the table (1), a driven support means (4) for travel along the rails (2, 3), said support means comprising a spaced pair of support ... | 10/27/1992 |
| 5108236 | Low mass spindle and Z-axis unit A spindle and Z-axis unit comprises a spindle housing and a hollow rotor shaft rotatable and axially movable with respect to the spindle housing. The rotor shaft carries a collet at its lower end for chucking a machine tool such as a drill bit. The tool i... | 04/28/1992 |
| 5001827 | Turret punch press with a tapping function Disclosed is a turret punch press in which tap holder assemblies TA are incorporated into the press body through tool lifters. Each of the tap holder assemblies TA is composed of a tap holding mechanism, a tap feeding mechanism and a tabular workpiece cla... | 03/26/1991 |
| 4932117 | Thin panel drilling method and apparatus The invention is directed to a method and apparatus for selectively and simultaneously drilling a plurality of holes in thin panels such as printed circuit boards, while providing for automatic changing of the drill bits, individually or plurally, as requ... | 06/12/1990 |
| 4917547 | Apparatus and method for dispensing solution to prevent smear in the manufacture of printed circuit boards A method and apparatus for dispensing a smear-preventing solution onto a drill bit used for drilling printed circuit boards includes a drilling jig having a drill bit for engaging the printed circuit board and a dispensing system for dispensing a smear-pr... | 04/17/1990 |
| 4813825 | Drilling spindle with pressure foot shutter A drilling spindle having a pressure foot is disclosed for handling drilling tools having relatively large diameter shank regions and relatively small diameter drilling bit portions regions. The pressure foot assembly includes a shutter plate which contac... | 03/21/1989 |
| 4786216 | Printed circuit board drilling machine A printed circuit board is supported at its peripheral portion and is moved and positioned by a drive mechanism. During the drilling of a hole in the circuit board, the thrust of the drill acting upon the circuit board is born by a sliding contact surface... | 11/22/1988 |
| 4706369 | Fast-action multiple tapping machine A tapping machine has a base plate fixed to one of the platens, a spindle extending along a spindle axis between the platens in the closing direction of the press actuating the machine, and a nut threaded on the spindle. The nut is normally rotatable abou... | 11/17/1987 |
| 4610582 | Roller hold down device A roller hold down device for removable work table which has a pair of rollers which extend transversely across the workpiece mounted on the movable table so as to hold it down and with a pair of cam roller members mounted on either side of the movable ta... | 09/09/1986 |
| 4606686 | Tool indexing device A tool indexing device includes a stand with a track structure. A platform for a workpiece is mounted on the track structure and movable in a first direction. A first indexing mechanism is provided for indexing the platform in a first direction relative t... | 08/19/1986 |
| 4599018 | Automatic traversing drilling unit and method of using A pair of support members and a pair of drilling units are mounted for reciprocal movement along a carriage. The support members secure to latch bolts on an elongated surface to be drilled. The drill units move along the carriage in both an X and Y direct... | 07/08/1986 |
| 4557640 | Combination boring and honing apparatus and method A boring unit and a honing unit are concurrently carried on the bed of a boring machine for performing boring and honing operations on the cylinder bores of an engine block. A unique clamping technique is employed to clamp the engine block to the bed of t... | 12/10/1985 |
| 4473330 | Automatic tapping device for use on a mechanical press An automatic tapping device for use on a mechanical press including a screw member fixed rigidly to and extending from the upper surface of a lower block and a reversible actuating nut engaged on the screw and a rotary tapping-bit holder spindle rotatably... | 09/25/1984 |
| 4408934 | Drilling machine A drilling machine for drilling a stack of paper, comprises a first movable member moving along directions to press the stack of paper and to remote from the stack of paper and elastically supporting a pressing plate, a second movable member supporting a ... | 10/11/1983 |
| 4149414 | Apparatus and method for removing samples from frozen meat blocks An apparatus and method for taking a plural number of test samples simultaneously from a frozen meat block packed in a container utilizes a support frame which mounts a fixed table and container clamping device and which supports in sliding relation there... | 04/17/1979 |
| 4061436 | Banknote invalidating machine A banknote invalidating machine comprises an interchangeable plate for receiving a pile of banknotes of given format, a press which compresses the pile of notes, and a perforating tool which is moved by a sequential control to perforate the compressed pil... | 12/06/1977 |
