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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5035554 | Method for determining the radius described by a tool In CNC machining, the radius of the circle described by a tool tip has been set manually using a separate setting machine. The present invention allows such a radius to be set automatically. A rotary datuming touch trigger probe has internal and external ... | 07/30/1991 |
| 5033923 | Rotary tool A rotary tool is provided with a shank and a collar-like section, and further includes a plurality of screw-threaded holes drilled in a vertical end face of the collar-like section, in parallel relationships with the axis of the collar-like section. A plu... | 07/23/1991 |
| 5030045 | Scored panel A scored wall panel provides shallow grooves to simulate installed wall tile or the like. The shallow grooves are provided with an inner concave wall having a radius of curvature substantially exceeding the thickness of the panel and corners tangentially ... | 07/09/1991 |
| 5017059 | Infusion device with disposable elements An infusion device with a disposable administration set which is inexpensive to manufacture. In the preferred embodiment of the present invention the disposable administration set has a plurality of elongated cam followers connected to a plate assembly, w... | 05/21/1991 |
| 5014421 | Contoured blade edge cutting method A blade having a concavely shaped leading edge is cut. The blade has first and second side faces, a tip profile and a root profile. Each profile has a first and second profile side corresponding with the first and second side faces. The cutter is position... | 05/14/1991 |
| 4999894 | 5th axis machining center fixture A workpiece positioning fixture for use in a multiple axis machining center having a pallet and a tool holder, and being capable of changing the relative positions of the pallet and tool holder along X, Y and Z linear axes and along a B rotational axes, i... | 03/19/1991 |
| 4986703 | Auxiliary control technology for routers A dust collecting assembly for use with a machine tool having a rotating tool bit, which includes means for applying a plurality of parallel jets of air in the direction of particles as they are removed from a workpiece by the tooling operation. The jets ... | 01/22/1991 |
| 4984362 | Method for forming a ball valve connection A method of manufacturing a ball valve member for cooperation with a valve and a ball valve member includes utilizing a cutting tool having first and second annular cutting surfaces with one of the cutting surfaces having a smaller radius than the other c... | 01/15/1991 |
| 4971491 | Tool holder system and method of use An improved tool holder system and method of using the same is disclosed, characterized by use of a plural extension member assemblies which permit the rapid adaptation of conventional machine tool holders for use in both automated machine tool changers a... | 11/20/1990 |
| 4926102 | Involute interpolation method An involute interpolation method for machining operations is used in a numerical control apparatus. A rotational direction (G03.1) of an involute curve, an incremental distance along the involute curve or an incremental angle, a center position (X0 | 05/15/1990 |
| 4921376 | Arbor for mounting a tool to a spindle of a machine tool and a machining method of employing the same An arbor for mounting a tool such as a drill or a grindstone to the end of a spindle of a machine tool and a machining method of employing such arbor. The arbor comprises a lubricant receiving member provided in the main body for receiving a lubricant sup... | 05/01/1990 |
| 4920838 | Method of cutting with ceramic cutting tool having improved toughness behavior This invention relates to a cutting tool material with improved toughness behavior. The improved toughness behavior is obtained by using carefully selected reinforcing materials. The objectives of this invention are realized by simultaneously utilizing ad... | 05/01/1990 |
| 4915161 | Fin removing method and apparatus A method and apparatus for notching and removing the fin from a continuously cast metal bar, whereby the fin is broken into small pieces for easy handling by using a driven, blade carrying guide assembly.... | 04/10/1990 |
| 4872792 | Pistol grip checkering A pistol grip checkering method, device and product having mill cuts both laterally and longitudinally on the convex face of a pistol grip frame. The cuts are precisely cut by milling machine. A rotatable holder is provided which is pivotable about an axi... | 10/10/1989 |
| 4868969 | Process for producing workpieces The invention relates to a process for the production of parts from profiles. According to the invention, an alignment of the profile (6) is effected by means of two diametrically opposed, synchronously self-centering jaws (2 and 3) in one plane and the a... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4866834 | Method for producing mounting and valve bores in a wheel A methode serves for producing bores in wheels of motor vehichles, in particular for producing mounting bores (14) in a wheel disk (12) or valve bores in a rim of the wheels. The bore has a larger diameter (D1, D3) in the area of the... | 09/19/1989 |
| 4864714 | Tool changing device with tool detection cleaning An apparatus for receiving a tool carrier comprises a tool holder defining a receiving bore adapted to receive a portion of the tool carrier, an arrangement for supplying pressurized fluid to the receiving bore of the tool holder to clean adjacent surface... | 09/12/1989 |
| 4856234 | Optical lens manufacturing apparatus and method A carrier is disclosed for holding an optical lens blank while forming optical surfaces on the blank. The carrier includes a clamp for holding the periphery of the lens blank while exposing a central area of the blank. An outer peripheral surface and one ... | 08/15/1989 |
| 4854089 | Method of making a rigid gas permeable bifocal contact lens A bifocal contact lens is disclosed, having a posterior surface with a base curve, and an anterior surface having a distance vision curve defining a distance vision optical zone and a near vision curve defining a near vision optical zone. A first prism co... | 08/08/1989 |
| 4838741 | Method for making an epicyclic speed reducer with two stage integral rotor In the present invention, a two-stage integral epitrochoidal cyclic rotor is produced by a machining method which produces the desired tolerences in both stages of the rotor without removing the work-piece from the support that holds it throughout the man... | 06/13/1989 |
| 4838742 | Method and apparatus for making an undercut drilled hole in a fixed base The invention relates to a method of and apparatus for making an undercut in a drilled hole in a fixed base, such as concrete, masonry or the like. The shank of a milling cutter is supported and held eccentrically in the drill hole by means of a supportin... | 06/13/1989 |
| 4815903 | Auxiliary support bearing for a milling machine head An auxiliary bearing apparatus for selective attachment to milling machines of the Bridgeport type, said machines having a head which supports a quill that is longitudinally movable with respect to a fixed housing. A tool-holding spindle is rotatable with... | 03/28/1989 |
| 4802800 | Passive positioning apparatus A method and arrangement for enhancing the ability of robots to perform precision assembly and machining employing adaptive clamping surfaces attached to the robot end effector in locations providing high mechanical advantage against working forces, and a... | 02/07/1989 |
| 4799836 | Method and apparatus for machining the side edge surface of a web plate A side edge surface of a web plate is trimmed by or machined after feeding a milling cutter into the side edge surface of the web plate, which cutter has on its outer peripheral surface cutting edges at a predetermined angle with respect to its rotary axi... | 01/24/1989 |
| 4795291 | Method for achieving interchangeability of tool inserts A method of achieving interchangeability of tool inserts in a quick release chuck mechanism mounted on a drive spindle, the chuck mechanism having a body member with an axial bore extending therethrough, and an end surface transverse to the bore, the tool... | 01/03/1989 |
| 4789277 | Method of cutting using silicon carbide whisker reinforced ceramic cutting tools Cutting tools are disclosed which are comprised of composite bodies comprising a ceramic matrix reinforced by ceramic whiskers. The ceramic matrix may be alumina or silicon nitride, and may contain toughening components. The whiskers are preferably silico... | 12/06/1988 |
| 4762447 | Dual-plane high-speed collet The collet includes a compressible basket having a central opening to receive a tool shank and two exterior surfaces tapering in opposite directions. One tapered exterior surface engages a matching tapered interior surface of a hollow rotatable shaft that... | 08/09/1988 |
| 4750849 | Method and apparatus for milling A method and apparatus for cutting a pair of circular grooves in the side edges of the periphery of a circular disk such, for example, as the stator of an alternator. A milling cutter having axially spaced cutting elements along its periphery is positione... | 06/14/1988 |
| 4732515 | Railroad tracks milling method and apparatus For chip-removing machining of the contact surfaces of rails 1, a stationary system is used which to attain high machining output as well as good surface quality uses a rotating, internally toothed milling ring 2, the flight circle of which generates the ... | 03/22/1988 |
| 4712953 | Method and apparatus for aligning cutting tools Bore holes are formed in opposite side walls of a part in alignment with each other by two separate cutting tools in two separate machine tools disposed on opposite sides of the part. One of the machine tools is a master and the other is a slave with the ... | 12/15/1987 |
| 4708545 | Method for drilling reference holes in multi-layer printed wiring board assembly A method for drilling reference holes in a multi-layer printed wiring board assembly, in which drilling position marks provided on inner-layer circuit board in the assembly are roughly detected through each of two outer-layer boards of the assembly, a spo... | 11/24/1987 |
| 4706360 | Thread gage A thread gage for use with a threading machine for automatically and quickly gaging a thread after it is formed. A stylus support is mounted on the machine turret for placement of the stylus in position for movement axially of the thread to follow the thr... | 11/17/1987 |
| 4701084 | Attaching method for shell-type milling cutter The present invention relates to a method for attaching a shell-type milling cutter wherein an area for fastening the shell-type milling cutter to its cutter arbor is increased to raise rigidity and attachment strength thereby making high-speed and heavy-... | 10/20/1987 |
| 4652188 | Centering tool A centering tool for use in a chuck or collet of a drill press or milling machine enables positioning of a round or cylindrical workpiece such that its axis is precisely positioned to intersect the axis of rotation of the machine. The tool enables the eff... | 03/24/1987 |
| 4629378 | Meltable matrix chucking machining center and process using An integrated factory system affords precision machining and inspection of aircraft turbine blades, as well as other metal parts having two generally opposite principal surfaces. It uses only two stages of chucking by the meltable matrix method. After emb... | 12/16/1986 |
| 4596501 | Multiple cutter pass flank milling A method of flank milling complex surfaces comprising the steps of analyzing the design surface to determine discrete areas in which straight lines can be drawn, determining straight lines in the discrete areas, transposing the coordinates of these straig... | 06/24/1986 |
| 4587874 | Rotary punch A pipe perforating apparatus has a spindle carrying a cutting tool and a drive for rotating the spindle about its own axis while revolving the spindle about the pipe. The cutter periodically engages and perforates the pipe. To provide for small, uniform s... | 05/13/1986 |
| 4570318 | Overunning clutch spring Squared-ends are provided in an overrunning clutch spring by notching the end of the tube stock; cutting the endmost coil on a lead equal to the cutter diameter (D) so that it varies in thickness from W/2 at its end to 3W/2, where (W) is its desired thick... | 02/18/1986 |
| 4565475 | Drill point milling machine and method A method and apparatus for milling drill points in screw blanks. Form relieved milling cutters are rotated at unusually high speeds to produce high performance screws at improved rates of production. The cutters can be adjusted in a simple manner to achie... | 01/21/1986 |
| 4563114 | Method for machining steel with diamond tools The present invention is directed to a method for machining optical quality inishes and contour accuracies of workpieces of carbon-containing metals such as steel with diamond tooling. The wear rate of the diamond tooling is significantly reduced by satura... | 01/07/1986 |
