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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7635242 | Chamfering tool easily adjusting the depth of cut The present invention relates to a beveling machine which makes a slanting surface on the edge of a member to be processed, and more particularly, to a beveling machine which is capable of easily controlling the extent of bevel, by minutely controlling the extent of... | 12/22/2009 |
| 7452169 | Rotary cutting tool and method A rotary cutting tool and method for cutting a shape in a workpiece. The rotary cutting tool includes a shank portion, a cutting portion, a bearing connected to one end of the cutting portion, and a rub collar attached to the periphery of the bearing. The outer diam... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7396197 | Force-balanced air supply for pneumatic tools The non-axial force exerted on a pneumatic tool by a non-axial air supply is balanced to allow for uniformly radially distributed compliance forces on the tool. An annular air ring is disposed around the pneumatic tool, covering an air inlet port. Air is supplied by... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7371037 | Rotary cutting tool comprising two cutting portions having opposed cutting directions A rotary cutting tool extending along a longitudinal axis and including a first cutting portion including a plurality of first helical teeth having a helix direction and being designed to work in a first direction of rotation of the tool. The tool also includes a se... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7360975 | Multi-functional tube milling head A milling head for a rotary tool, which is preferably utilized to process, prepare, or otherwise impart a desired finish to a workpiece, preferably an end portion of a tube. In a preferred embodiment, the milling head includes at least three different cutting or mil... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7337523 | Methods and apparatus for an annular core cutter An annular core cutting apparatus includes a cutting head including a generally cylindrical sidewall having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end has a cutting edge, and wherein the sidewall includes a plurality of openings having at least one sharpene... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7331740 | Rail grooming machine and method of use An apparatus having a mounting body, a support having a first end and a second end. The first end of the support being pivotally secured to the mounting body for pivotal movement about a substantially horizontal primary pivot axis. A rail grooming head mounted to th... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7305744 | Apparatus for forming a power transmission belt An apparatus for forming a power transmission belt/belt sleeve with first and second shafts around which a belt/belt sleeve preform is trained. The belt/belt sleeve preform is guided and driven in an endless path around the shaft. A cutter bears against the belt/bel... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7305746 | System for removing heat transfer fins from, and beveling the ends of, boiler tubes A system is disclosed to use a first rotary milling head to break or cut the bond of a heat transfer fin base to a boiler tube, thereby removing the heat transfer fins from the boiler tube, and a second rotary milling head to bevel the exposed end of the boiler tube... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7302310 | Machining stock and part offset control One or more embodiments of the presently preferred invention provides a method and a computer-program product for generating a boundary path from a part geometry and a part boundary, where the part boundary is parametrically associated with the part geometry such th... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7278806 | Two edge deburring tool A rotating tool for simultaneously deburring two surfaces of a workpiece is disclosed including a rotatable shaft having a first end and a second end with a first deburr surface on the first end facing towards the second end and having a first angle. A second deburr... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7270505 | Cutting and beveling tool A cutting tool and mounting system includes a tool carrier arranged to be mounted onto a workpiece, a cutting tool assembly carried by the tool carrier, and a tracking assembly connected to the cutting tool assembly and positioned to follow the contour of an outer s... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7232280 | Grout guide attachment A guide attachment for a rotary hand tool is disclosed that comprises a housing, an adapter and a removable base. The attachment is configured to remove grout from between adjacent tiles, such as floor or wall tiles. The housing of the preferred embodiment is config... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7231703 | Deburring method and automotive knuckle A knuckle 1 has a through hole 3 provided in a fitting hole 4 thereof. A cutting tool 9, which has a diameter being larger than that of the through hole 3 and also has a cutting part having a hemispherical leading end portion, is c... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7179030 | Machine tool A machine tool for machining workpieces includes a spindle group with at least two spindle arrangements placed alongside each other, each spindle arrangement possessing a spindle to receive a machining tool. Each spindle arrangement is guided on a guide arrangement ... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7168897 | Planing/chamfering attachment for a rotary hand tool A planing attachment for a rotary hand tool of the type having a generally cylindrical body with an output shaft at a nose end thereof to which a cutting bit can be attached, the attachment being configured at an attaching end to matingly engage the nose end of the ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7165920 | System for attaching accessories to a rotary hand tool A system for attaching an accessory attachment to a rotary hand tool of the type having a body with a generally cylindrical nose end portion through which an output shaft passes. The preferred embodiment of the system has an attachment that has an attaching end whic... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7150589 | Deburring tool A deburring tool includes a proximal cutter and a distal cutter which form a V-shaped groove within which a workpiece is positioned to remove burrs from both sides of the workpiece simultaneously. The cutting edges of the proximal and distal cutters do not include a... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7143673 | Method for tube end preparation and milling head therefore Tube ends such as those of boiler tube banks, are prepared utilizing any of various combinations of processes which include a step of micro-diameter tube film removal from a portion of a tube end, including an area below a beveled segment, or segment to be beveled. ... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7140816 | Multi-functional tube milling head A milling head for a rotary tool, which is preferably utilized to process, prepare, or otherwise impart a desired finish to a workpiece, preferably an end portion of a tube. In a preferred embodiment, the milling head includes at least three different cutting or mil... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7140089 | Processor-controlled carving and multi-purpose shaping device One embodiment of the present invention is a compact, low-cost, lightweight, versatile and easy-to-operate, processor-controlled carving and multi-purpose shaping device (“PCCMPS machine”). The PCCMPS machine that represents one embodiment of the present inventi... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7137763 | Pneumatically driven deburring tool having an articulated air joint A pneumatically driven deburring device having a housing and a pneumatic motor mounted therein which is adapted to receive and drive a deburring tool. A pivot bearing is mounted within the housing adjacent the pneumatic motor. A motor support is held within the pivo... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7096770 | Optical recording medium-manufacturing apparatus There is provided an optical recording medium-manufacturing apparatus that is capable of accurately transferring a disk-shaped apparatus during a manufacturing process, and at the same time occupies a small installation area. A control section causes a cut-forming m... | 08/29/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7070370 | Workpiece beveling machine An apparatus for beveling the edges of workpieces, such as flooring strips, as they are advanced along a path of travel on a conveyor. The apparatus has a motor assembly which mounts a cutting wheel, and the motor assembly is mounted for manual adjustment in both th... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7070371 | Chamfering air tool A chamfering air tool includes a driving shaft in a casing rotated by air pressure, a rotary shaft perpendicularly combined to the driving shaft for rotation, and a cutter fixed to the rotary shaft. Air holes are formed through the rotary shaft in a longitudinal dir... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7056191 | Method for chamfering a plate-like member The moving trajectory that a robot hand 16 depicts when chamfering a glass sheet G is a trajectory A that a center of rotation 01 of the robot hand 16 vertically moves along a straight line Q connecting between the center of rotation ... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7055239 | Index cutter The invention relates to a device for producing a book page index for facilitating the search for certain sections in a book. The device includes a bearing surface (1) on which a pile (3) of pages is placed. According to the invention, an index notch o... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7029212 | Corner grout cutter guide An apparatus and method are provided for guiding the bit of a rotary hand tool along a corner of a work surface formed by two or more abutting surfaces, through use of a corner cutting apparatus which includes a corner cutting guide having a housing, defining an axi... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7011122 | Edge-routing unit for a program-controlled feed-through machine An edge-routing unit has a routing tool (4) on a shaft (9) of a routing motor (6), which is arranged on a rest (10), and which is controlled approximately along a workpiece outline in a workpiece feed-through direction, an X-axis, and in ... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6974286 | Deburring tool A robotic deburring tool having a housing. Mounted within the housing is a pneumatic motor that includes a backwall and a drive shaft. Secured to the terminal end of the drive shaft is a deburring tool. A pivot-bearing is mounted in the housing adjacent the backwall... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6966731 | Cutting tool and track guidance system A cutting tool and track system includes a multi-segment track assembly configured to be removably attached to a surface of a workpiece, a carriage assembly configured to ride along the track assembly, a carriage drive mechanism arranged to drive the carriage assemb... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6926596 | Tool sharpening apparatus An apparatus for sharpening tools includes a sliding tool holder permitting correct positioning of a tool face relative to a planar abrasive surface and the application of uniform pressure to the tool face for accurate grinding of the bevel that defines the cutting ... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6843622 | Apparatus and method for profiling optical disks An apparatus for the automated profiling the edge of successive optical disks, and including an optical disk supply assembly for holding a supply of optical disks to be profiled, a turntable for receiving an optical disk to be profiled, and for reciprocating between... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6811362 | Constant dimension insert cutting tool with regrindable profiled inserts A method for reusing profile insert blades maintains axial, radial and profile dimensions of a cutting tool. The method includes duplicating an original profile on a used profile insert blade by sharpening a profile edge of the used profile insert blade to form a sh... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6749377 | Process for edge-machining of optical lenses A process for edge-machining an optical (spectacle) lens including preliminary machining of an edge of the lens rotatable in controlled manner about a rotational axis of a workpiece by a first edge-machining tool adjustable radially relative to the rotational axis o... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6733216 | Hand-held milling machine A hand-held milling machine (1) has a cutting tool (9, 10) which protrudes from a machine support (3) on the side facing the workpiece. A screw-type clamping mechanism allows the cutting tool (9, 10) and the machine support (3) to ... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6725515 | MECHANICAL SCARFING DEBURRER FOR THE ELIMINATION OF OXYGEN CUTTING BURRS AND OXYGEN CUTTING BEADS AFTER THE THERMOCHEMICAL TRANSVERSE OR LONGITUDINAL DIVIDING OF STEEL WORKPIECES LIKE SLABS, BLOOMS AND BILLETS Using machines, equipment and devices for mechanical scarfing off of oxygen cutting burr from workpieces of steel, the deburring will be safer with a better deburring ratio, lower cost and with better, advantageous maintenance and wear part situations. The scarfing ... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6722004 | Automatic welding gun electrode reshaping device A welding gun electrode reshaping device includes a head with satellites supported by a satellite holder to identify between them opposing seats for the gun electrode tip. The satellite holder is powered to be rotated around the seats to move the satellites around t... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6604895 | Aircraft panel detab router The aircraft panel detab router to trim tabs from airframe parts such as wing elements, panels and airframe skin structures includes a tool fixture having a clamping mechanism for securing to a panel edge. The tool fixture includes a linear slide to which... | 08/12/2003 |
