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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7574886 | Apparatus for producing helically corrugated metal pipe and related method A pipe manufacturing system and method for producing helically corrugated metal pipe is provided. The system and method utilize controlled profile formation. ... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7516637 | Method and apparatus for texturing a metal sheet or strip There is provided a method of texturing a metal sheet or strip (8), which method comprises a plurality of sequential texturing passes each of which is performed by passing the sheet or strip (8) between at least one pair of rollers (7), wherein ... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7353681 | Roll embossing of discrete features A cold rolling process for impressing a pattern on a surface of a sheet metal article involves passing the sheet article through a pair of rolls and engaging a patterning feature with isolated areas of a surface of the sheet article, at a localized pressure to plast... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7334446 | Method for producing a striplike pre-material made of metal, especially a pre-material which has been profiled into regularly reoccurring sections, and device therefor This invention describes both a method and apparatus to practice a method which produces a strip-like pre-material from metal using rollers which have a roll gap in which the metal strip is discontinuously rolled in successively steps between the same two rollers wi... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7327107 | System and methods for automatically moving access barriers initiated by mobile transmitter devices An operator system and related methods for automatically controlling access barriers which includes a base controller associated with at least one access barrier and at least one base receiver associated with the base controller. The system also includes at least on... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7327108 | System and methods for automatically moving access barriers initiated by mobile transmitter devices An operator system and related methods for automatically controlling access barriers which includes a base controller associated with at least one access barrier and at least one base receiver associated with the base controller. The system also includes at least on... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7272968 | Device for shaping corrugated fin The configuration comprises a shaping member 3 having a substantially rectangular shape and shaping the inner surface side of a bent portion 1b, a worm gear 2 slidably linked with the shaping member 3 and gradually reducing the dis... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7181948 | Method of making structural components Elongated structural components having regions of different thicknesses, especially for use in automobile bodies, are produced by flexible rolling metal strip so as to form along a length thereof rolled-strip segments of different wall thickness. The sheet bars are ... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7146768 | Skylight tube with reflective film and surface irregularities A skylight shaft is coated with a highly reflective film to maximize the amount of light transmitted from the top of the skylight to a room below the skylight. Surface irregularities are formed in the shaft or adhesive that holds the film onto the shaft to diffuse t... | 12/12/2006 |
| 6976343 | Compressive flange sinusoidal structural member A sinusoidal structural member having a dual component flange is provided. In the preferred embodiment, the flange (both upper and lower) is comprised of at least two components. These two components can be produced by dividing the flange lengthwise; where the divis... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6968254 | Feedback controlled tension applying system A feedback controlled tension applying system includes a corrugated fin processing device that processes a fin material in continuous sheet form while applying a tension to the fin material. A tension applying device applies the tension to the fin material. An encod... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6915675 | High thermal efficiency heat exchanger, partially corrugated sheet metal for heat exchangers, plant and procedure for obtaining said partially corrugated sheet metal A procedure for obtaining partially corrugated sheet metal (11) comprises the following work phases: provision of a roll of sheet metal (11) to feed a respective means of unrolling and transferring said sheet metal (11); compression of said shee... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6748781 | Device for producing metal fibers A device for producing metal fibers from a metal wire includes a forming assembly and a cutting assembly arranged downstream from the forming assembly in the direction of production. Both the forming assembly and the cutting assembly are driven by a driving mechanis... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6718811 | Process for producing a guide tube of a nuclear reactor fuel assembly, mandrel for forming the guide tube, and the guide tube obtained A tubular blank (22) is rolled on a mandrel (14) in a pilgrim rolling mill. In a first rolling stage, a first part of the blank (22) is rolled on a first part (18,19) of the mandrel (14), with a reduction of the outside diameter of... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6546774 | Method of making a lanced and offset fin Slow production speeds in the manufacture of lanced and offset fins for use in heat exchanger tubes are eliminated through the use of a method of forming the fins involving a plurality of roll assemblies located along a forming path which may operate on a... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6298705 | Method and apparatus for rolling concrete reinforcing elements Round bars are successively rolled through first and second roll passes. Each roll pass is defined by a pair of work rolls having cylindrical rolling surfaces with notches therein extending transversely and obliquely with respect to the rolling line, and ... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6286353 | Process for producing at least one structured metal sheet, process for producing a laminated metal sheet pack and apparatus for producing structured metal sheets A process for producing at least one structured metal sheet, a process for producing a laminated metal sheet pack and an apparatus for producing structured metal sheets, include initially subjecting a strip of sheet metal to a structuring operation to for... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6280856 | Deformable roof flashing material and a method of manufacturing such a material A deformable sheet material at least partly comprising a sheet metal or metal foil which is corrugated, e.g. by rolling, in continuous waveform in two directions (A, B) substantially orthogonal to each other. The sheet material can comprise aluminum foil ... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6263715 | Cold-forming A continuous cold-forming of strip material is used to produce building elements having transverse ribs extending across at least part of the element. The inherent adverse tendency of thin strip to twist and distort as it issues from a transverse rib form... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6058757 | Machining of sheet by compression without removal of material The method and device for machining a sheet and controlling the thickness between the opposite faces of said sheet in a press between sheet engaging surfaces, at least one of which is a bearing surface of narrow width extending across the width of the she... | 05/09/2000 |
| 5983692 | Process and apparatuses for producing a metal sheet with a corrugation configuration and a microstructure disposed transversely with respect thereto An apparatus for producing a metal sheet with a corrugation configuration that is of a first corrugation height, wherein the sheet has transversely or at an angle relative to the corrugation configuration a microstructure having a second, substantially sm... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5937682 | Fail-safe fin mill machine wrap-up detector A fin mill machine for forming electrically conductive strip stock into corrugated fin material includes a form roller for forming corrugations in the strip stock, which is at an electrical common. A detector detects when the strip stock wraps up around t... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5918497 | Metalworking method wherein formed configuration locates blank A metalworking iterative method of cold-working blanks into configurations having contiguously repeated predetermined forms wherein an advance-worked form functions to locate a succeeding form. A first portion of a blank is squeezed into a predetermined f... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5896635 | Apparatus for forming expanded mesh An apparatus for gripping, guiding and transporting opposite longitudinal side edges of slit, deformable strip for forming expanded mesh sheet. One chain of each of two pairs of opposed endless chains has a longitudinal recess adjacent a longitudinal plan... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5819575 | Manufacturing apparatus of a corrugated fin and method of manufacturing the same According to the present invention, a brake unit is disposed at a side of the forward direction of the fin material from a reforming unit. The brake unit contracts the fin material so that the adjacent folded portions contact with each other while being r... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5758535 | Method of producing corrugated fins A method of producing corrugated fins employing a fin mill machine (12) for forming strip stock (14) into corrugated fins (16) to form heat exchanger fins or the like. A fin mill machine (12) that can carry out the method includes a tension control subsys... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5732584 | Method and apparatus for roll forming convoluted springs An apparatus for roll forming convoluted springs in which a tempered steel strip is fed between a pair of forming rolls which produce a continuous convoluted steel strip. A compression mechanism downstream of the pair of forming rolls compresses the conti... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5689989 | Method for the zigzag-like folding of a strip-like foil The method for the zigzag-like folding of a strip-like foil includes the following steps in an advantageous embodiment: 1. prepleating, whereby a zigzag-like or wave-shaped folding is effected in which the folded edges are formed in cross-section as arcs with ... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5657658 | Apparatus for shaping and transporting wire binding elements for perforated sheets An apparatus which is used to impart a specific configuration to substantially flat elongated strips of deformable wire binding elements for stacks of overlapping perforated sheets or the like has a transporting unit serving to advance binding elements le... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5640871 | Fin height measurement for a fin mill machine A fin mill machine (12) for forming strip stock (14) into corrugated fins (16) to form heat exchanger fins or the like. The fin mill machine (12) includes a height measurement subsystem (22) which continually measures the average height of the fins in a p... | 06/24/1997 |
| 5640870 | Tension control of a fin forming device A fin mill machine (12) for forming strip stock (14) into corrugated fins (16) to form heat exchanger fins or the like. The fin mill machine (12) includes a tension control subsystem (20) employing a pneumatic cylinder (32) to create the tension which is ... | 06/24/1997 |
| 5628221 | Fin mill machine A fin mill machine (12) for forming strip stock (14) into corrugated fins (16) to form heat exchanger fins or the like. The fin mill machine (12) includes a tension control subsystem (20) employing a pneumatic cylinder (32) to create the tension which is ... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5354581 | Surface treatment of sheet- or plate-like blanks One side of a sheet- or plate-like bank of metallic, plastic and/or other material is provided with at least one set of parallel grooves prior to being provided with an array of pyramidal and/or conical depressions. The grooves can be formed by brushes or... | 10/11/1994 |
| 5335414 | Heat transfer cell and manufacturing apparatus A heat transfer cell for employment in heating, ventilation and air conditioning applications, and an apparatus for producing metallic plates which can be employed in the construction of the heat transfer cell. The cell comprises a plurality of heat condu... | 08/09/1994 |
| 5197318 | Metal forming method and apparatus Apparatus for forming fins along a web of metallic material utilizing first and second opposed endless chains, and with the first chain adapted to support the web of metallic material thereon, and comprising a plurality of spaced-apart anvil links. The up... | 03/30/1993 |
| 5186034 | Air center machine with pitch adjustment A machine for making corrugated fins or air centers for heat exchangers from strip stock has forming rolls, packing rolls, metering rolls and two pairs of pullout rolls, each pair having a different number of teeth to produce a different pitch of convolut... | 02/16/1993 |
| 5115659 | Process for producing component for tire and apparatus therefor A process and an apparatus for producing a component of tires by passing a wire sheet (3) between a pair of gear-shaped rolls (6), (6) in meshing engagement therewith to vertically corrugate the sheet for reforming, the wire sheet (3) comprising wires (4)... | 05/26/1992 |
| 5105638 | Method and machine for rolling a metal workpiece at a reduced rolling load A rolling method and machine provides for decreasing the rolling load of work rolls of a rolling mill for a given reduction ratio achieved thereby. A pair of pinch rolls upstream of the work rolls have projections that form a large number of recesses in o... | 04/21/1992 |
| 5088309 | Rotary punch Apparatus for making different residential and commercial building siding of different widths includes a series of roller stations with selective vertical roller positioning adjustments and selective axial lateral roller portion position adjustments. An o... | 02/18/1992 |
| 5069053 | Method and apparatus for cutting corrugated webs A method and apparatus for cutting corrugated webs from a strip which is continuously formed to define undulating fins or corrugations extending transversely of the strip. The method and apparatus comprise periodically interrupting the movement of the cor... | 12/03/1991 |
