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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8186197 | Adjustable flange forming apparatus A flange-forming apparatus allows a user to automatically adjust the device's roll forming stations, concurrently together, for changing the height of a flange formed into a metal web by the roll forming stations, e.g., for ductwork. The height is adjustable within ... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8151615 | Profiling machine A profiling machine for forming U, C and Z profiles includes a final profiling unit having a first fixed shoulder disposed inclined to the vertical plane and supporting a plurality of profiling stations each consisting of a pair of profiling rollers, and a second sh... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8028557 | Methods and apparatus for forming stiffening structures in a strip material Methods and apparatus of forming stiffening structures in a material are disclosed. In an example method, a first bend line is formed in the material and a portion of the material is drawn toward the first bend line to form an intermediate stiffening structure. A se... | 10/04/2011 |
| 7958763 | Apparatus and process for reducing profile variations in sheet metal stock An apparatus and process for reducing variations in the profile of a sheet metal stock are shown and described. The process includes the use of two passes, each comprising two smoothing surfaces. The smoothing surfaces of each pass are mateable to define a profile b... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7788958 | Roll former with aligned hydraulic former An apparatus includes a roll former for forming a continuous beam from sheet material, and a downstream former positioned in-line and downstream of the roll former. The downstream former includes a die-supporting sled temporarily movable with the beam, and includes ... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7757529 | Method and apparatus for flat tube roll forming and flat tube formed thereby A method of roll forming a flat tube having a substantially θ-shaped section comprising the steps of forming a substantially triangular protrusion 72 having a roundish top, and closely attaching the opposed base end portions of the substantially triangular p... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7721579 | Cold roll forming apparatus A cold roll forming mill for the manufacture of hollow flange seam welded beams from a single strip of metal comprises a forming station (1), a seam guide and welding station (2) and a shaping station (3). Either or both of the forming and shapi... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7677071 | Apparatus for the fabrication of metal wall frame members and assembly of wall frames therefrom, and foldable wall frame structures An apparatus is disclosed for roll forming metal components including substantially channel-shaped members for use in a building structure. The apparatus includes a support frame assembly having front and rear portions. A mechanism is provided for selectively feedin... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7430806 | Processes for roll forming a bed assembly for a pickup truck including horizontally floor panel and right and left upright inner side panels A vehicle box assembly wherein a bed floor and the inner right and left side wall panels are defined by and assembled from two monolithic one-piece integrated side/floor panel members. The two panel members are preferably formed by roll forming a thin metal sheet so... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7340931 | Roll forming and punching machine for metal sheet material A punching machine installed in the machine base of a roller shape forming machine in a metal working system and controlled to punch holes on a metal sheet material being delivered through the roller shape forming machine during operation of the roller shape forming... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7313941 | Corrugated sheet member bending machine A corrugated sheet member bending machine is disclosed to include a base frame, a housing pivotally supported on the base frame and turnable within 90-degrees to fit different workpiece insertion angles and different workpieces, a set of drive rollers mounted on a w... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7247129 | Outsert-forming method A method and apparatus for forming informational items such as outserts and booklets may include folding a sheet of paper having product information printed thereon by making a plurality of folds in the sheet of paper to form a first folded article; (b) making a fol... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7243518 | Hydraulic cut-off press A hydraulic cut-off press includes a base, a body vertically movable along vertical tracks at the base, a plurality of raisers provided at the body in four corners, each raiser having a holder base, a raiser screw vertically mounted in the holder base and fixedly co... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7243519 | Roll-forming machine Disclosed is a roll-forming machine formed of a machine base and pairs of forming roll sets for the formation of a C-shaped component or a Z-shaped component from a sheet material, the two forming roll sets of each pair being symmetrically disposed at left and right... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7240530 | Auxiliary embosser An auxiliary embosser for use with a mobile or stationary on or off-site roll forming apparatus which roll forms sheet material into objects such as a rain gutter or aluminum siding having complex cross section profiles. The auxiliary embosser includes a frame adapt... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7231796 | Structure of roll-forming machine A roll-forming machine formed of a machine base, a plurality of sheet-transfer roll sets, and a plurality of forming roll sets and adapted for the formation of a C-shaped component or a Z-shaped component from a sheet material is disclosed to have an adjustment stru... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7207201 | U/Z-shaped steel bar manufacturing process Disclosed is an U/Z-shaped steel bar manufacturing process, which includes the steps of (a) supplying a steel sheet material from a material rack to a flattening machine, (b) operating the flattening machine to flatten the steel sheet material and then delivering th... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7189195 | Corrugated sheet forming unit of a corrugated sheet material making machine A corrugated sheet forming unit used in a corrugated sheet material making machine for processing a metal sheet material into a corrugated sheet is disclosed to include a table vertically movable to fit the elevation of the conveyer and receiving unit of the machine... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7188502 | Method and device for changing the rolls of a tube welding stand The invention relates to a method for changing sets of top rolls, lateral rolls, and a bottom roll, and mounted in chocks of a welding stand of a continuously operating longitudinal tube welding machine. The inventive method enables the rolls to be changed faster, u... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7182723 | Informational item final folding apparatus A method and apparatus for forming informational items such as outserts and booklets may include folding a sheet of paper having product information printed thereon by making a plurality of folds in the sheet of paper to form a first folded article; (b) making a fol... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7146835 | Method and apparatus to reduce slot width in tubular members An apparatus and method are provided for reducing the width of a plurality of longitudinal slots or other openings spaced circumferentially around a slotted tubular member. The invention includes a seaming roller positioned to contact the outer surface of the slotte... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7128292 | Device for lifting paper rolls A lifting device for temporarily supporting a trunnion of a paper roll to relieve a bearing and its bearing block of load to facilitate replacement of the bearing. The lifting device includes an arch yoke and a cradle yoke having torque arms which are rigidly interc... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7121992 | Informational item forming machine and method A method and apparatus for forming informational items such as outserts and booklets may include folding a sheet of paper having product information printed thereon by making a plurality of folds in the sheet of paper to form a first folded article, the folds in the... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7117702 | Mobile pipe mill A portable apparatus for forming pipe from helical convulsions of elongated sheet metal. A decoiler, rolling portion and pivot are mounted on a trailer, with a rigid frame extending from pivot and being laterally pivotable at the pivot in relation to the trailer. A ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7115089 | Technology for continuous folding of sheet materials A machine and method for the continuous folding of sheet material into different three-dimensional patterns is featured. The innovative machine and method folds sheet material by force converging the sheet to a final stage that imparts a final fold or pattern. Uniqu... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7111481 | Methods and apparatus for controlling flare in roll-forming processes Methods and apparatus for controlling flare in roll-forming processes are disclosed. An example method of controlling flare involes moving a material through a roll-forming process and measuring the material to obtain a flare characteristic associated with a zone of... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7107807 | Roll forming machine A roll-forming machine includes in line a device (11) for unwinding metal strip (10) from a strip reel (12), a strip cutter (18), and a roll-forming section (30; 90). The roll-forming section includes a row of forming stations that... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7105220 | Coated article having a sealed layered edge to impede corrosion of a coating at the edge and method of making same An article having a sealed layered edge, e.g. an automotive laminate and a multiple glazed unit includes a pair of glass sheet in a fixed relationship with one another. A sputtered coating is deposited on a major surface of one of the sheets and includes at least on... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7096702 | Adjustable multi-axial roll former A multi-axial roll-forming apparatus that is configured to be quickly and efficiently modifiable so as to allow the formation of a variety of differently shaped component pieces from a variety of different shaped pieces of material. A variously adjustable roll-formi... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7032808 | Thermal spray application of brazing material for manufacture of heat transfer devices The invention relates to a method of manufacturing and coating heat transfer parts for a heat exchanger such as tubes in an automobile radiator. The tubes are coated with brazing material by thermal spraying, such as plasma deposition or wire-arc deposition. The coa... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7024904 | Contour roll former in particular for extruded metal profiles A contour roll former capable of operating with different sets of pairs of roll forming heads depending on the type of extruded profile to be produced. The contour roll former includes pairs of heads mounted on carriages capable of sliding horizontally back and fort... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7021110 | Apparatus for preparing U-shaped spacers for insulating units A device is disclosed for preparing a U-shaped spacer having a longitudinal axis, wherein the spacer has first and second opposing sides extending from a spacer bottom, and wherein the spacer is to be used as a spacer between glass sheets on insulating frames. A met... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7004001 | Roll forming apparatus for forming sheet material into multiple shapes A roll forming apparatus includes at least one convertible roller assembly. The convertible roller assembly includes a support plate rotatably mounted on a shaft. The support plate includes at least one roller. The support plate may be toggled by an actuator from a ... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6997371 | Thermal spray application of brazing material for manufacture of heat transfer devices The invention relates to a method of manufacturing and coating heat transfer parts for a heat exchanger such as tubes in an automobile radiator. The tubes are coated with brazing material by thermal spraying, such as plasma deposition or wire-arc deposition. The coa... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6997026 | Quick change metal stud to hemmed track roll forming system An apparatus and method for selectively forming metal stud and track members from sheet material, the apparatus including a stud forming assembly capable of transforming the sheet material into a stud member as the material exits the stud forming assembly, and a tra... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6981397 | Roll forming machine with improved adjustability and profile changing capability A roll forming machine wherein a single operator can quickly replace roll forming stations to change the desired lateral profile and wherein adjustments to the lateral positions of the roll forming stations can be quickly effected. This is accomplished by mounting t... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6948349 | Rain gutter roll forming machine with independent adjustments A roll forming machine for a debris shedding rain gutter having a lower trough and an upper hood, wherein independent adjustments are made to the front wall of the trough to insure that its upper edge is behind the forward end of the trough. An independently adjusta... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6949061 | Apparatus for working with sheet material An apparatus and method of using the same is disclosed. The apparatus has a base and a plurality of shears adjustably secured thereto. Each shear has one cutting element that is adjustable secured to the base and another cutting element that is pivotally secured to ... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6938451 | Dynamic tapered extrusion system A hard metal or non-metal member can be formed or shaped to have varying amounts of curvature and tapering by passing the member through a forming channel defined by two sets of opposed, axially displaceable rollers which can be dynamically moved horizontally and ve... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6931903 | Apparatus and method for roll forming shaped members Apparatus for roll forming shaped members from sheet material has a primary powered section that roll forms along a primary pass line and a secondary powered section. The secondary powered section is coupled to and powered by the primary powered section, and roll fo... | 08/23/2005 |
