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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7587921 | Apparatus for the production of wire springs An apparatus for producing wire springs comprising: a first working station including a wire support and cutting means adapted to cut the wire against the support, a second working station including a rod about which the wire is wound, and clamping means for securin... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7574885 | Method for the manufacturing of a fluid conduit, particularly a fluid conduit in a COrefrigeration system The invention relates to a method for producing a fluid conduit, in particular a fluid conduit for a CO2 refrigerating plant. The aim of said invention is to develop a quick and inexpensive method. For this purpose, several pipes (5-9) are s... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7342344 | Stator of outer rotor type motor for drum type washing machine The present invention provides an outer rotor type motor for a drum type washing machine to reduce material and weight for fabrication, simplify fabrication process, provide stable assembly of a stator to a fixing side, such as a tub or a bearing housing, prevent un... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7342343 | Stator and resolving method and device thereof The method for resolving the stator having a coil disposed in the slots provided around an inner circumferential face of a cylindrical iron core and having an opening portion includes a step of enlarging the opening portion of the slot, and a step of extracting the ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7340825 | Method of making a transformer A transformer and method of making includes first half primary and secondary windings as metallic circuits that are etched on a metallic cladding of a first liquid crystal polymer (LCP) sheet. Secondary windings are positioned in spaced relation to the primary windi... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7315104 | Iron core and method of manufacturing the same and apparatus for manufacturing the same An apparatus for manufacturing an iron core comprising: a plate thickness measurement unit for measuring a thickness of the strip as an intermediate product of the iron core; an inlet guide for positioning the strip in a widthwise direction thereof; a mil roll unit ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7172153 | Wire guide for a wire processing machine, in particular for a spring manufacturing machine A molded body is tightly fitted to the wire guide block on the side facing the collet and laterally to the guide groove that is braced against the collet via attachment media coming in from the side of the collet and is attached to the latter in a wire guide for a w... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7107806 | Spring manufacturing machine In order that a moving locus of a leading end of a tool 55 provided to a tool mounting device 54 is aligned with a direction orthogonal to a center line W of a wire rod passage (not shown) of a final wire rod guide 13, a tool operating apparatus... | 09/19/2006 |
| 6832387 | Systems, methods, and software for using markers on channel signals to operate electronic program guides and recording devices Convergence systems, or PC-TV systems, provide the combined benefits of a computer system and a television. These systems typically include audio/video recorders, such as VCRs, for recording programs, as well as an electronic program guide (EPG) for presenting progr... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6584823 | Two wire spring making machine and method A method and machine for selectively manufacturing wire springs from two different wires by feeding the wires through a pair of continuously rotatable opposed feed rollers, which rollers are operative to feed only one of the wires at a time into engagemen... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6374655 | Spring winding automatic machine Spring coiling machine with a drive, a wire guide, a cutter mechanism and a coiler mechanism, in which the drive is adapted for optionally driving one or other of at least two wires sitting in the wire guide at the same time.... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6308549 | Apparatus and method for forming spirally wound stator core or rotary electric machine An apparatus for forming a spirally wound stator core includes a pair of forming rollers having a wedge-shaped gap therebetween, a winding drum, a drum-drive motor, and a roller presser. A strip of magnetic material is inserted into the wedge-shaped gap t... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6185981 | Transmission control system for a wire forming machine A transmission control system for a wire forming machine includes a slide base and a transmission control device attached thereto. A feed unit is slidably mounted on the slide base and has a screw base mounted thereon. The slide base has a through hole th... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6098444 | Wire output central shaft of a wire bending machine A wire output central shaft of a wire bending machine comprises a seat, two wire plates, an central shaft seat, and a central shaft. The seat has a body, and one end of the body is connected to the body. A through hole is installed on the fixing portion. ... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6071215 | Multi-mode exercise machine A multi-mode exercise machine has a re-configurable arm member operable in alternate upstanding and recumbent configurations that allows the machine to be used, when the re-configurable arm member is configured in its upright configuration, to provide a f... | 06/06/2000 |
| 6065703 | Vertical coil winder for winding up hot rolled products A vertical coil winder for winding hot rolled products. A reel includes a cylindrical container and a plurality of vertical rods provided within the container. A gap is defined between the container and the rods to receive a hot rolled product which is wo... | 05/23/2000 |
| 6007015 | Edgewise winding system for thin, flat-type conductor wire An edgewise winding system for a thin, flat-type conductor wire is arranged for winding the wire edgewise on a winding shaft while supplying the wire onto the shaft preferably in a direction substantially along the axial line of the shaft. To this end, th... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5927634 | Coiling steel rod A method of coiling steel rod arriving continuously comprises the steps of rotating about an upright axis a coiling basket defining a space centered on the axis and defined by an annular inner wall, an annular outer wall, and a floor between the walls, an... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5887471 | Spring manufacturing apparatus and manufacturing method of the same A spring manufacturing apparatus in which the conventional cumbersome process of forming the front end of a quill in accordance with the shape of a desired spring is omitted, and one quill can be used in common for formation of springs having any shapes. ... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5839312 | Spring manufacturing apparatus A wire-grip mechanism 60 for gripping a wire W, is arranged rotatable in accordance with a wire guide 70 which feeds the wire W. By rotating a guide mechanism while feed rollers and wire grip mechanism 60 are gripping the wire W, the wire W positioned bet... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5442945 | Method of and device for manufacturing curved helical springs A method of manufacturing helical springs that are curved when unstressed from wire or rod heated to coiling temperature in one step. The spring is coiled on a mandrel that is curved to match the desired curvature of the finished spring.... | 08/22/1995 |
| 5330345 | Apparatus and method for continuously winding a length of material into a helical form An apparatus for continuously winding a length of material into a helical form includes a frame structure and a plurality of rollers mounted on the frame structure. Each roller has a non-grooved surface with portions of a different diameter, a longitudina... | 07/19/1994 |
| 5321965 | Inductor winding apparatus and method There are provided low profile inductor and transformer windings, and methods for fabricating the same. An elongate conductive ribbon is wound in one continuous direction on a generally hourglass shaped mandrel to form the ribbon into a double conical hel... | 06/21/1994 |
| 5301529 | Coil winding method and apparatus A close wound coil is formed by a sequence of steps including supplying a wire to be formed into a coil onto a rotating mandrel by means of a guide wheel and urging the wire against the mandrel by means of a pressure wheel so as to form a coil. The formed... | 04/12/1994 |
| 5277046 | Coil winding method and apparatus for dampening vibrations Vibrations that arise during the winding of a coil of wire onto a rotating mandrel are damped by surrounding the coil with a tube such that the tube is spaced from the coil and by supplying fluid to the tube. The tube extends in the axial direction of the... | 01/11/1994 |
| 5174013 | Winding apparatus and method which deforms the wire during winding A winding apparatus for winding a coated wire on the drum for making a coil which is used for a stator or an alternator. A sectional shape of the wire which is introduced to the winding apparatus is circular, and the wire is deformed in order to make the ... | 12/29/1992 |
| 5144826 | Forming device to be practiced in coil spring forming machine and method of replacing said device A forming device in a coil spring forming machine for forming a coil spring by winding a heated rod or wire-shaped spring material into a form of a spiral, wherein the forming machine includes an independent cassette mechanism which may be removably mount... | 09/08/1992 |
| 5131251 | Chuck set-up for spring coiling machine A chuck and arbor apparatus for a spring coiling machine implements an accurate alignment of the block wire guide with the feed line guides from the wire supply rolls. The chuck is modified to provide for discrete, axial clamping positions which correspon... | 07/21/1992 |
| 4984360 | Method of fabricating flaker evaporators by simultaneously deforming while coiling tube A straight axial length of round metal tube is deformed such that the tube cross-section is D-shaped and coiled into a helix, a coil mandrel and wheel mandrel simultaneously drawing and deforming the tube cross-section without kinking. The interiorly faci... | 01/15/1991 |
| 4920624 | Method and apparatus for making a double helix thermostat metal spring The disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for fabricating a double helix coil comprising the steps of and apparatus for coiling a wire into a first helix, removably securing one end portion of the first helix to an arbor, coiling the first helix ab... | 05/01/1990 |
| 4918962 | Apparatus and method for forming edgewise wound cores Apparatus for forming edgewise wound cores from a generally thin strip of ferromagnetic material has a mechanism for edgewise deforming the strip into a plurality of helical convolutions which are received in an axial stack thereof on an arbor. The arbor ... | 04/24/1990 |
| 4912833 | Method of forming an edgewise wound core and method of operating apparatus A method for forming an edgewise wound core from a lanced strip of generally thin ferromagnetic material. The lanced strip includes a pair of sets of segments extending generally lengthwise thereof with the segments of one of the segment sets being integr... | 04/03/1990 |
| 4909057 | Apparatus and methods for continuously forming edgewise wound cores A method of continuouly forming edgewise wound cores from a continuous lanced strip of a ferromagnetic material having a pair of opposite faces interposed between a pair of opposite edges at least in part extending lengthwise of the lanced strip. In pract... | 03/20/1990 |
| 4894904 | Method of forming armature core of electric rotating machine A method of forming an armature core for an electric rotating machine is disclosed. Each band-shaped metal sheet for forming a core sheet has a multiplicity of grooves formed along a longitudinal edge which defines the inner peripheral edge of a core shee... | 01/23/1990 |
| 4895011 | Continuously balanced apparatus for storing and dispensing elongate materials An apparatus is described for storing and dispensing elongate flat strip material for use with rotating machinery, such as that used to produce helically wound interlocked flexible pipe. The strip material is fed from an external payoff or supply reel and... | 01/23/1990 |
| 4894905 | Method of forming armature core of electric rotating machine A method of forming an armature core for an electric rotating machine is disclosed. The band-shaped metal sheet for forming a core sheet has a multiplicity of grooves formed along a longitudinal edge which defines the inner peripheral edge of a core sheet... | 01/23/1990 |
| 4884428 | Spring producing apparatus The present invention relates to a spring producing apparatus which is constituted such that a drive roller (2) is connected to a controlled speed motor (13) with a clutch brake via a suitable transmission mechanism while a bending die (7) and a pitch too... | 12/05/1989 |
| 4883237 | Wire reel A reel for wire with a rotary basket, a reel bottom which can be raised and lowered and a spiral tube which can be raised and lowered and swiveled. The reel bottom has an axially directed projection whose circumference corresponds to the inner diameter of... | 11/28/1989 |
| 4796451 | Apparatus and method for continuously forming edgewise wound cores Apparatus for forming edgewise wound cores from continuous strip stock of a generally thin ferromagnetic material has a means operable generally at an intermittent rate for lancing the strip stock. The lancing means includes continuous driving means for e... | 01/10/1989 |
| 4726209 | Method of forming edgewise wound cores A method of continuously forming edgewise wound cores from a strip of generally thin ferromagnetic material at at least one operation station therefor having a means for receiving the cores. The receiving means includes a pair of separable means adapted f... | 02/23/1988 |
