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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7762115 | Loft and lie adjustment tool for golf clubs A golf club adjustment tool for adjusting at least one of loft angle or lie angle of a golf club. The golf club adjustment tool includes a body having a first clamping portion and a second clamping portion. A first end of a first lever is attached to the second clam... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7395846 | Method and apparatus for bonding flexible board A flexible board bonding method is a method in which a flexible board is bonded to a head holding member having a bent projection, provided with a load beam and a flexible member. The flexile board is sucked by a main suction head and a sub suction head positioned o... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7337640 | Propeller repair apparatus A propeller repair apparatus suitable for repairing and changing the pitch of a propeller includes a first rail parallel to and spaced from a second rail. A tapered shaft extends upwardly between the first and second rails for mounting a propeller thereon. A first f... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7290425 | Gripping apparatus and method A quick change gripping apparatus for gripping a workpiece having a profile. The apparatus includes a cylindrical housing having a first end and a second end. The cylindrical housing also includes an inner feature having a tapered wall. The housing also has a bottom... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7278846 | Vivid three-dimensional illustrated card tool set A tool set for bending a semi-finished decoration with a straight wire into a finished decoration with a bent wire and attaching the decoration to an printed ink layer on a base of an illustrated card has a die mold and a hand-held tool. The die mold has a top edge,... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7207203 | Methods and apparatus for forming a workpiece A method of forming a workpiece using an apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a first stage including a die fixture, a die actuator coupled to the die fixture, and a holding member configured to cooperate with the die fixture to hold the workpiece. The meth... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7185521 | Method and apparatus for process control of burnishing An apparatus for process control of a burnishing process comprising a body having a first end and a second end, at least one process control coupon, and structure for attaching the process control coupon to the body. At least one edge of the process control coupon i... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7069761 | Gripping apparatus and method A quick change gripping apparatus for gripping a workpiece having a profile. The apparatus includes a cylindrical housing having a first end and a second end. The cylindrical housing also includes an inner feature having a tapered wall. The housing also has a bottom... | 07/04/2006 |
| 6959582 | Expandable forming tool An expandable forming tool has a body with a mounting stem on its upper surface and a transversely extending channel in its lower surface in which is slidably seated a wedge-shaped actuator for vertical sliding movement. The larger lower end normally depends from th... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6959474 | Nest and hold station for the joining of sheet materials A system and method for joining two articles together is disclosed. The nest and hold station of the present invention includes a positive alignment system which comprises two or more upper arms extending from the upper nest member and a like number of lower coopera... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6526796 | Automobile body frame puller attachment A vehicle body frame puller attachment which includes a generally triangular main member having three sides with opposite side edges extending along each of the sides. The main member comprises a first side adapted for coupling to a chain to facilitate pu... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6295715 | Tensioning a shaped part A method for tensioning shaped parts, with a frame and a plurality of tensioning elements which are formed by a holding part and a clamping part. The holding part abuts the shaped part pointwise and a clamping part pushes the shaped part in the direction ... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6122953 | Universal side impact auto puller A universal side impact auto puller for facilitating pulling of a door post back into proper position after an auto accident. The universal side impact auto puller includes a main member having three substantially planar faces, opposite sides of each face... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6115907 | Device for tensioning a shaped part A device for tensioning shaped parts, with a frame and a plurality of tensioning elements which are formed by a holding part and a clamping part. The holding part abuts the shaped part pointwise and a clamping part pushes the shaped part in the direction ... | 09/12/2000 |
| 5974645 | Portable golf club customizing system A system for customizing a golf club which utilizes a hosel to interconnect the had and the shaft includes a hosel bending vise. The hosel bending vise imparts an offset bend and a lie angle bend in the hosel. The shaft of the golf club is then cut to len... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5884409 | Apparatus for determining and adjusting loft or lie angles of golf club A device for clamping a golf club to a base including a clamping mechanism adapted to clamp the face of the golf club at a predetermined angle with respect to the base, and a measuring mechanism including at least a loft scale operational in combination w... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5700542 | Metal part with covering and method of its manufacture The present invention relates to a metal part with covering, in particular an inside part of a motor vehicle door, and to a method for producing such a covering. To enable producing a visually attractive covering of a metal part in a substantially simpler... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5471860 | Apparatus for straightening and orientating projections or nipples of anodes Apparatus for straightening and orientating the deformed nipples of an anode employs framework through which each anode suspended by its anode rod is passed. A hollow casing with openings for receiving the nipples is raised relative to the framework to lo... | 12/05/1995 |
| 5327766 | Apparatus for bending metal wood golf club heads Apparatus is provided for bending hosels of metal wood golf club heads to alter the characteristics of golf clubs incorporating the heads. A club head is clamped into a rigid clamping framework using a pair of clamps which engage the top and the back of t... | 07/12/1994 |
| 5293768 | Apparatus for manufacturing a razor blade structure for shaving systems A shaving system that includes a holder and a blade member secured to the holder. The blade member has an aperture that defines an annular sharpened edge with main facet portions that converge at an angle of less than 30° and supplemental facet portions ... | 03/15/1994 |
| 4953381 | Extrusion puller with stripper finger An extrusion pulling apparatus including an extrusion run-out table and an extrusion puller which is mounted for reciprocal movement along the run-out table. The extrusion puller has an upper jaw mounted for vertical reciprocal movement between clamping a... | 09/04/1990 |
| 4713957 | Reverse bend attachment for a sheet metal brake End mounts (92, 94) of an attachment are connected to bed (14) and bending leaf (44) portions of a shet metal brake (10). A right angle outer corner (102) is formed where an upper edge surface 46 of the bending leaf (44) intersects a side surface (48) of ... | 12/22/1987 |
| 4658625 | Bending machine and a die changing system for such bending machine The present invention relates to a bending machine having a bottom die on which a sheet metal workpiece is supported horizontally in a frame body and an upper die which secures the workpiece by pressing against the bottom die. A bending beam is freely mov... | 04/21/1987 |
| 4640017 | Golf club adjusting machine A device for measuring and adjusting the angle of lie and face angle of a golf club including a club head supporting base vice with a reference surface for supporting the sole of the golf club. A spring mounted vertical scale is provided in a vertical pla... | 02/03/1987 |
| 4622836 | Loft and lie calibration machine A golf club loft and lie calibration machine has a fixture with a cavity that exactly matches the back of the golf club head for clamping the golf club head. A pin with a tapered end is inserted into the bore of the golf club's hosel. The angular displace... | 11/18/1986 |
| 4576030 | Stretch form die An apparatus and method relating to an improved die for homogeneously stretch forming sheet metal in standard sized presses without also drawing the sheet metal. The die is comprised of complementary male and female die halves moveable between open and cl... | 03/18/1986 |
| 4549357 | Golf club adjuster A golf club adjuster employs a base within which the head of a golf club is immobilized for purposes of adjusting the lie and loft angles of the club. The surface of the base which contacts the sole of the golf club head is inclined relative to the horizo... | 10/29/1985 |
| 4522053 | Electrical connector programming tool An electrical connector programming tool is provided which is operable "in-the-field" to program the bus bar of an electrical connector for a flat ribbon cable. The tool includes a tray subassembly adapted to removably retain a connector having a bus bar ... | 06/11/1985 |
| 4471645 | Shank shaper Arcuately curved cultivator shanks carrying ground working tools often become partially straightened or the attaching portion becomes bent due to the ground working tool engaging obstructions such as a root, rock or the like. Due to the resiliency thereof... | 09/18/1984 |
| 4397173 | Tube expander A tube expander (10), for extrudably expanding the walls of a tube (12) is disclosed. The clamping force required on a tube (12) to prevent relative movement between the tube (12) and a tube expander (10), generally limits the amount of deformation comple... | 08/09/1983 |
| 4349948 | Method for manufacturing metal casings for accessories and particularly gate valves A method of manufacturing metal casings, particularly gate valve casings, comprises, forming two casing shell half portions from a plate by holding the plate and forming a valve port in at least one of the plates with a forming tool, forming wall portions... | 09/21/1982 |
| 4301584 | Method of forming fiber and metal matrix composite Disclosed is an improved method of fabricating boron fiber and aluminum matrix composite structures, especially gas turbine compressor blades having titanium metal skins. Titanium skins and boron aluminum composite cores are preformed by gas pressure and ... | 11/24/1981 |
| 4245392 | Device for measuring and adjusting the lie and face of golf club A device for measuring and adjusting the angle of lie and face angle of a golf club including a club head supporting base with a reference surface for supporting the sole of a golf club. A measuring element is indexed to the reference surface to contact t... | 01/20/1981 |
| 4245391 | Golf club adjustment apparatus A golf club adjusting apparatus for modifying the relationship of the club shaft and head which includes a base for supporting the club at spaced first and second preselected positions. A force applying element positioned intermediate the first and second... | 01/20/1981 |
| 4222259 | Propeller reconditioner A propeller is mounted on a vertical bolt on one end of a table. A horizontal radial wedge under the table is actuated by an hydraulic cylinder to tighten the bolt and clamp the propeller against rotation. A head frame is movable along the table by an hyd... | 09/16/1980 |
| 4094072 | Golf club fixture A fixture to facilitate measuring and adjusting the loft and lie angles of a golf club or iron comprises a guide having a plane indexing surface pivotally adjustable to various standard loft angles, and having upper and lower shoes for clamping the head o... | 06/13/1978 |
| 4052878 | Tube bending apparatus This invention relates to a novel tubing bender characterized by a horizontal bed atop which is mounted a template and a fixed block mounting a hollow tubular slide member for non-rotatable longitudinal slidable movement. The tube, in turn, mounts a longi... | 10/11/1977 |
