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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6758079 | Coil spring forming machine A coil spring forming machine for forming a coil spring having a dimensional characteristic, such as a coil diameter and a coil pitch, includes a frame, a control tool movably mounted on the frame, and a control mechanism mounted on the frame and coupled to the cont... | 07/06/2004 |
| 5927125 | 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... | 07/27/1999 |
| 4881393 | Wire coiling apparatus A wire coiling apparatus having a plurality of wire feeding spools, belts driving a wire coiling arbor, variable speed motors driving the belts and arbor, a lead screw moving the spools across the arbor feeding wire to be coiled on said arbor and a progra... | 11/21/1989 |
| 4715202 | Coil-spring winding apparatus A coil-spring winding apparatus according to the present invention comprises a guide rail extending along the axis of a mandrel, and a carriage movably supported by the guide rail. The carriage is fitted with first and second guide rollers. The second gui... | 12/29/1987 |
| 4599773 | Method of forming a multiple coil heat exchanger A compact multiple coil heat exchanger having a high heat transfer density is provided to include at least an inner coil formed from a continuous tube into a plurality of contiguous turns about a common axis in a spiral arrangement and having a pitch in o... | 07/15/1986 |
| 4576028 | Method of making a coil spring and apparatus therefor Disclosed herein is an improved method and apparatus for making a coil spring wherein a wire material is fed on a line of feed which is maintained at a constant position relative to a mandrel adapted for winding the wire material. The mandrel is controlle... | 03/18/1986 |
| 4569216 | Sequential variable pitch coiler A wire coiling machine for pattern forming resistance wire coils with controlled spacing of the turns, one of the two forming rolls being axially shiftable relative to the other by an actuator motor, the coiling rolls each having a surface configuration s... | 02/11/1986 |
| 4424624 | Multiple coil heat exchanger A compact multiple coil heat exchanger having a high heat transfer density is provided to include at least an inner coil formed from a continuous tube into a plurality of contiguous turns about a common axis in a spiral arrangement and having a pitch in o... | 01/10/1984 |
| 4402205 | Apparatus for forming helical springs The method of forming helical springs and the installation for carrying same into effect relate to manufacture of springs and can be used with particular advantage for the purpose of forming helical springs by winding hot bars on a rotating mandrel. Accor... | 09/06/1983 |
| 4302959 | Method of forming helical springs The method of forming helical springs and the installation for carrying same into effect relate to manufacture of springs and can be used with particular advantage for the purpose of forming helical springs by winding hot bars on a rotating mandrel. Accor... | 12/01/1981 |
| 4289004 | Coil spring manufacturing machine A coil spring manufacturing machine which is controlled by a micro-computer is described. Driving source of the coil spring manufacturing machine is a single motor. The power is divided into two independently controllable operation transmitting systems by... | 09/15/1981 |
| 4285084 | Method and apparatus for making lock washers A method and apparatus for making split lock washers consists of an automated machine wherein the diameter and gap of a lock washer can be accurately controlled. The apparatus includes a drive mechanism for driving the cutter and a transmission unit drive... | 08/25/1981 |
| 4261191 | Method and apparatus for winding metal wires around a reel structure A method of winding a metal wire around a reel structure is disclosed in which the wire is wound about a roller to give the wire a round habit of preselected diameter, at least one of the last few coils of said wire being strained so as to increase the di... | 04/14/1981 |
| 4205543 | Spring winder A spring winder includes a base and a mandrel rotatably held against the base by a pair of mounting blocks which include aligned grooves in which the mandrel is seated. Each block is connected to the base by a pair of mounting screws which cooperate with ... | 06/03/1980 |
| 4148121 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing rotationally symmetrical constructional parts such as nozzles and combination chambers of rocket engines The constructional parts have walls formed of elongated elements, such as res or tubes, wound spirally in juxtaposition about the axis of symmetry of the part and connected to each other. The elongated elements are bent to shape utilizing a bending device... | 04/10/1979 |
| 4140264 | Method and apparatus for making augers An auger manufacturing apparatus comprising an adjustable former mechanism including a plurality of linearly adjustable die roller members and an associated moveable chuck assembly. A conveyor carries a metal ribbon to the adjustable former mechanism whic... | 02/20/1979 |
| 4029265 | Winding flexible strip material on cores with frusto-conical ends A reinforced plastics material tubular rod has frusto-conical ends and a helical winding of constant angle over the tubular portion of the rod, but varying angle over the frusto-conical end portion of the rod. The winding is formed by apparatus havinglead... | 06/14/1977 |
