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...that it was melting ice cream that inspired the invention of the outboard motor? It was a lovely August day and Ole Evinrude was rowing his boat to his favorite island picnic spot. As he rowed, he watched his ice cream melt and wished he had a faster way to get to the island. At that moment the idea for the outboard motor was born!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8166786 | Wire-forming machine A wire-forming machine, comprising a machine frame, a wire feeder and a wire guide for transporting wire to a working area of the machine where the wire is processed by one or more tools. The tools are affixed on a tool plate on the machine frame and around a recess... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8091398 | Apparatus and method for the manufacture of a spring unit Apparatus and methods for use in the manufacture of a spring unit for incorporation into an upholstered article, for example, a mattress, cushion or the like. Coil formation apparatus includes a drive shaft used to control movement of a coil pitch guide member and a... | 01/10/2012 |
| 7610787 | Spring manufacturing apparatus and control method thereof A spring manufacturing apparatus 100 comprises: a wire feeder 300; a wire guide 320 for guiding the wire; tool units 400B and 400D, a plurality of which can be slidable toward a spring forming space; a grip unit 500 having f... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7334445 | Method for producing an end lug of a spring member formed of a strand of wire, and apparatus for manufacturing same A method and apparatus for producing an end lug of a spring member formed of a strand of wire, the strand of wire is initially gripped by two clamping jaws or a pair of tongs, held between said clamping jaws and, subsequently, at a predetermined distance behind the ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7198068 | Cassette pigtailing machine for a coil spring A pigtailing machine includes a B forming head and a support pedestal secured to a cassette base. The cassette base is located upon a base which mounts the A forming head to provide for a relatively quick changeover should another double pigtail coil spring need be ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7198187 | Spring manufacturing machine To improve a spring processing performance, a spring manufacturing machine is structured such that a rotating casing (26) is rotated around a common center line (C1), a final wire rod guide (17) is rotated around the common center line (C1 | 04/03/2007 |
| 7143620 | Spring manufacturing apparatus and driving force transmitting component mounted on the apparatus The slide motions of tools mounted on tool units (400A, 400B, 400C) are realized by a single ring gear (10) serving as a common driving force for all the tool units and arranged on a forming table (200), and cam shaft blocks (20... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7134305 | Wire feeder driving mechanism for spring manufacturing machine A wire feeder driving mechanism capable of driving a wire feeder of a spring manufacturing machine to perform a three-dimensional movement. The spring manufacturing machine includes a machine base and a work table. The work table has an opening and a plurality of to... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7080537 | Spring manufacturing machine To efficiently manufacture springs having various kinds of shapes, a spring manufacturing machine is structured such as to bend a wire by two inner engagement projections (47) by adjusting a position of a position adjusting table (34), fitting a gap ( | 07/25/2006 |
| 7024901 | Wire spring forming apparatus A high-speed wire spring forming apparatus capable of easily adjusting a coil diameter is provided that includes: a wire feeder having a pair of feeding rollers for feeding a wire to a spring forming stage via a quill serving as a wire guide; a revolving mechanism f... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6939418 | Process for the thermomechanical treatment of steel A process for thermomechanical treatment of steel for torsionally-strained spring elements, the initial material being heated with a heating rate of at least 50 K/s and austenitized, and then, being formed in at least one forming step with the formed product being q... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6923034 | Wire spring forming apparatus A wire spring forming apparatus which can twist a direction of the wire material so as to coincide with a forming direction of the forming tools with a small moment of inertia by positioning a center point of gravity of the pressure feed rollers and a power transmit... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6817220 | Mold head device of spring forming machine A mold head device of a spring forming machine is disclosed. The mold head device includes a rotation mechanism controlling rotation of a rotation head and a linear motion mechanism controlling linear motion of a mold head. The mold head has a plurality of sector-sh... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6701765 | Spring manufacturing apparatus Tool units (400) are slid by crank mechanisms (409) which are arranged on the respective sides of a table (200), convert rotational motions into translational motions, and use servo motors as drive sources, and are supported to swing on the rear end porti... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6606894 | Transmission mechanism for spring winding machine A transmission mechanism used in a spring winding machine is constructed to include a rotary table, the rotary table having an eccentric main shaft protruded over first and second sides thereof. A wire feeding box having an intermediate gear, a transfer c... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6571591 | Spring manufacturing apparatus and wire guide used for the same A wire feeder (300) includes a cross table (302) placed to be movable in the back-and-forth direction along a wire feed direction (D), and upper and lower tables (304, 305) which can move in the up-and-down direction along a direction perpendicular to the... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6378352 | Method and apparatus for winding thin walled tubing A system and method of winding a length of tubing into a coil. The system uses a mandrel to wind a length of tubing into the form of a coil. The length of tubing is both internally pressurized and placed under tension prior to being wound around the mandr... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6377736 | Helical products and method of manufacturing of same for engagement with a cable The invention provides a helical device and method of producing same for engagement with a cable, the helical device comprising a single length of metal strip comprising a first helical section, a second non-helical section, and a third helical section, t... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6151942 | Spring manufacturing apparatus Feed roller axis 424 is rotated by driving gear 429 axially fixed to the bevel gear axis 428 which meshes with bevel gear 423a and changes the rotation direction of the bevel gear axis 423 by 90°.... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6142002 | Spring manufacturing apparatus and tool selection apparatus Plural types of tools are mounted on the tool selection table 210 so as to be selectable by rotation of the tool selection table 210. The tool selection table 210 is made movable by numerical control in the X, Y and Z directions, by virtue of the front-to... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6092407 | Ring bending machine The invention relates to a ring bending machine for pipes and metal profile rods comprising two supporting shafts supported in spaced relation to one another in a carrier plate and rotatably driven, and a pressing shaft arranged centrically with respect t... | 07/25/2000 |
| 6000265 | Spring manufacturing apparatus A point tool assembly includes a vertical moving table disposed on a forming table and movable in a direction parallel to the forming table surface and perpendicular to the feed direction of a wire, and a longitudinal moving table disposed on the forming ... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5937685 | Method and apparatus for linear spring A method and apparatus are provided for forming the linear springs. In the apparatus three or more forming tools are arranged radially about the center of the quill for guiding the linear material are rotated within a predetermined angle about the centerl... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5927123 | Coil spring shaper A coil spring shaper includes a table, a winding shaft unit, a material feeding unit, a cutter, and a material hanger. The winding shaft unit is fixed on an upper surface of the table, receiving linear material from the material feeding unit movable a rai... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5868996 | Device for manufacturing curved helical springs The objects are a reliable and economical method of and device for manufacturing helical springs that are curved when unstressed from sections of wire or rod heated to coiling temperature. The spring is coiled straight and then curved it to its final shap... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5860308 | Auxiliary bending device for a spring-making machine An auxiliary bending device for a spring-making machine having a slide includes a supporting frame adapted to be fastened on a slide of a spring-making machine, a driving mechanism fixedly mounted on the supporting frame and provided with a vertical axle,... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5791184 | Spring-making machine A spring-making machine including a spring wire feeding device having a frame, a driving disk rotatably mounted on the frame, a first sleeve fixedly arranged on one side of the frame and having a plurality of fixing holes, a second sleeve inserted into th... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5758420 | Process of manufacturing an aneurysm clip A process for manufacturing an aneurysm clip (10) having a coil spring (22), a first arm (26) ending in a first clamping jaw, and a second arm (34) ending in a second clamping jaw (40). The method includes: (a) providing a cylindrical starting rod (1) of ... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5732583 | Wire forming apparatus A circular table is provided around a wire forming portion. A plurality of forming tool units are disposed on the surface of this circular table such that they are directed to almost the central position (wire forming portion) of the table. Each forming t... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5586461 | Methods and apparatus for manufacturing helical products Methods and apparatus for forming devices including dead-ends and insulator ties from flat and other strips of material, as well as the devices themselves, are disclosed. Components of these devices may be formed continuously from a single strip, avoiding... | 12/24/1996 |
| 5476229 | Annular multi layer coil assembly An annular coil assembly includes a multi layer coil having a wound-over portion in which an upper winding layer is wound over a lower winding layer, and a non-wound-over portion in which each turns of the upper winding layer is housed between two adjacen... | 12/19/1995 |
| 5454249 | Spring toe forming device and method Apparatus for forming a spring having a spring body and first and second generally axial toes from a wire is disclosed. The apparatus includes mechanisms for feeding the wire from a fixed outlet, wherein the fixed outlet directs the wire in a path; bendin... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5452598 | Automatic spring formation apparatus An automatic spring formation apparatus includes a base on which an upright work table is mounted. A number of linear motion spring formation tools and at least a curved motion spring formation tool are slidably mounted on the front working surface to wor... | 09/26/1995 |
| 5442944 | Auto-feed control mechanism for computerized numerically-controlled spring forming machine Disclosed is an auto-feed control mechanism for computerized numerically-controlled spring-forming machines. A gooseneck tool handle is fixedly connected at a middle point to a movable supporting arm and pivotly connected at a rear end to a fixing member,... | 08/22/1995 |
| 5363681 | Apparatus for shaping wire The invention relates to a wire shaping device. State of the art: DE 39 15 784 C1 discloses a wire shaping device comprising a program controlled rotating and displacing head which carries shaping tools and on to which moves the wire arriving from a stati... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5105642 | Continuous coil spring forming method Multiple coil springs, particularly springs of alternating right and left hand coils, are formed from a continuous wire, interconnected by spring heads formed of straight lengths of the wire, by a coiler having a stationary forming head which with a pair ... | 04/21/1992 |
| 5105641 | Apparatus for forming wire This invention relates to an apparatus for the forming of wire, namely a leg or spiral spring winding and bending machine. It is an object of the present invention to reduce the expenditure for the production of the apparatus and to universalize the forming op... | 04/21/1992 |
| 5086532 | Methods and apparatus for forming fasteners and threaded connections The present invention is a method of forming on a fastener body by relative rotary and axial movement of a thread forming tool and the body, a thread having a pitch which changes progressively through a plurality of turns, and an apparatus for progressive... | 02/11/1992 |
| 5036690 | Flexible pipe end crimping apparatus An apparatus for crimping the ends of flexible pipe sections is adapted for mounting on a machine for winding flexible pipe from steel bands. The pipe forming machine includes multiple pairs of roller dies for profiling a flat metal band to a configuratio... | 08/06/1991 |
| 5025648 | Coiled spring making apparatus A coiled spring making apparatus is provided, including a coiling section for forming coiled springs and a progressive forming section for progressively feeding the coiled springs formed at the coiling section to a plurality of stages on which the coiled ... | 06/25/1991 |
