Did You Know...
...that Charles Goodyear performed some of his experiments on rubber while in debtor's prison? He was there so often he referred to it as his "hotel". Chronically in debt because of poor business sense and ill health, Goodyear depended on the generosity of friends and family. Even after he unlocked the secret to vulcanizing rubber, he was unable to improve his financial situation. When he died, his estate was $200,000 in debt.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7340812 | System for processing a cable using at least two tools The system (1) for processing a cable (5) comprises a first set of tools (30(i)), a second set of tools (35(j)) and a processing device (10) for executing different processing steps for processing a cable (5) u... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7264581 | Machining center with a relay tool exchange device A machining center includes a first column, a second column, a crossbeam mounted transversely on the first and the second columns, a tool magazine, an upper tool exchange device mounted on the crossbeam, a lower tool exchange device mounted on the tool magazine and ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7229397 | Tool changing device for a machine tool and method for changing tools on a machine tool A tool changing device for a machine tool with at least one tool carrier is proposed, which comprises at least one transit station, into which a tool is introducable in an inward transit direction and is extractable in an outward transit direction, wherein, at the t... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7198438 | Drilling system with stationary work table A drilling system includes a stationary base table for supporting a work piece under process at a fixed position at a drilling spindle station. A drilling spindle carries and applies rotational force to a drilling tool. A compound overhead guiding system carries the... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7027893 | Robotic tool coupler rapid-connect bus A tool changer comprising a master module and a tool module includes a rapid-connect communication bus between the master and tool modules. A unique tool identification number, along with other tool-related information, may be transmitted from the tool module to the... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6780145 | Bending press system A bending press system provided with a bending press (1) with at least one bending station to mount a plurality of divided tools, tool housing devices (65, 123) to house divided metals to be used on the bending press, tool exchange devices (61, 143 | 08/24/2004 |
| 6350222 | Machine tool with improved tool changer means A tool changer for a machine tool having a toolhead assembly including a spindle with a device detachable securing a tool thereto, generally consisting of at least one device for holding a tool detachably securable to the spindle, pivotally connected to t... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6344018 | Press machine A punch press is replaced for processing where the punch press has a cartridge on which a plurality of tools are mounted. The punch press includes a control apparatus for controlling a press machine body and a tool information storage device for storing p... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6312336 | Electronic game guide system A gaming guide method including providing first gaming guide information from a television network and second gaming guide information from a computer based communication network, and displaying simultaneously at least a portion of the first gaming guide ... | 11/06/2001 |
| 5299477 | Method of selecting a tool in a punching press machine In a method of tool selection control for a punching press machine equipped with a multi-tool holder, a tool selection instruction (1) consisting of 4-digit T codes such as (T1101) associated with a first punch tool (42a) of the multi-holder (42) is read ... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5131136 | Method of and equipment for exchanging tools of machine tool An equipment of a machine tool for exchanging one tool attached to a main spindle into the other tool in a tool pot by memorizing a relative location between a terminated position of the cross rail and an elevator position of the tool pot of the tool-pot ... | 07/21/1992 |
| 4821402 | NC lathe with robot for automatically exchanging work and chuck claw An NC lathe with a robot for automatically exchanging works and chuck claws comprising a numerically controlled lathe having a rotatable chuck, a robot disposed in the vicinity of the numerically controlled lathe, and a feeder disposed in the vicinity of ... | 04/18/1989 |
| 4739488 | Machine tool with tool selection and work sequence determination A machine tool includes a plurality of storage means for storing preworking steps, tool information, and a working program for a large variety of working operations to be performed or workpieces of various shapes and materials. An operation control means ... | 04/19/1988 |
| 4667294 | Numerical control apparatus In a numerical control apparatus, tools to be used are sequentially read out from a tool order list in accordance with an order of tools to be used (S2, S9), and blocks read out from the source program and using the tools are searched (S3, S6). A new prog... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4631465 | Tool display system of automatic tool changing apparatus A tool display system of an automatic tool changing apparatus (31) in a machine tool (30) sequentially controlled by a programmable controller (20) on the basis of a control signal from a numerical control unit (1). The tool display system is equipped wit... | 12/23/1986 |
| 4621410 | Automated machine installation and method A system comprising a plurality of complementary numerically controlled machine tools in which different work-pieces are each subjected to appropriate selected machining operations on selected machine tools in a selected order by appropriate delivery of c... | 11/11/1986 |
| 4596067 | Drilling machine for boards, particularly of printed circuits The drilling machine comprises a pair of cross slides formed of two parallelepiped blocks of granite connected as a T above a horizontally stationary board carrying table. The transverse block carries two operating heads and, by means of pneumostatic bear... | 06/24/1986 |
| 4549270 | Method of controlling selection of tools in a quadriaxial numerical control lathe A method of controlling selection of tools in a quadriaxial numerical control lathe provided with two tool rests each mounting a plurality of tools and adapted to perform machining by the use of the tool rests, without requiring a programmer or the like t... | 10/22/1985 |
| 4528633 | Method of controlling indexing of magazine pockets in machining center A method of controlling the indexing of magazine pockets in a machining center. The tools used in a current machining program are compared with the tools to be employed in the next machining program. When there are tools used in both programs, the pocket ... | 07/09/1985 |
| 4497029 | Numerical control device A numerical control device for controlling a machine tool automatically selects the tool of the specified kind from among a plurality of tools of the same kind disposed in the magazine locations or holders. The numerical control device includes registers ... | 01/29/1985 |
| 4430717 | Machine tool In a numerically-controlled machine tool having a tool magazine accommodating tools in the pots, display means capable of rewriting tool numbers in correspondence to the pots is provided, and the positions where the tool numbers are stored are successivel... | 02/07/1984 |
| 4312105 | Programmable turret-type machine tool A multiple work station machine tool turret has a highly responsive sensing control assembly which is free of environmental constraints and provides a distinct signal for each work station position correlatable with work station command data from a progra... | 01/26/1982 |
