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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7882720 | Automatic bending machine for steel rule punching die and the steel rule punching die An automatic bending machine produces a steel rule punching die to be used for forming predetermined notch lines or fold lines in a paper strip, a sheet, a board member, or the like in production of a paper container or a corrugated box. The automatic bending machin... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7878039 | Channel letter machine and method thereof A channel letter bending machine for bending a return of a channel letter from a stock includes a feeding unit disposed along a path of travel of the stock to be bent for feeding the stock, a flanging unit for forming a flange along one edge of the stock, a notching... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7694543 | Folding system A system for folding a ribbon stock, the system including: a transferring unit; a guide member having a passage for guiding the ribbon stock, the passage defining a longitudinal axis; a folding means supported to revolve and move in a direction substantially transve... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7610788 | Machine and method for preventing torsion of wire, material of prismatic cross-section, and rod material A machine and method according to which advancing material (1) such as wire, prismatic material, or rod is gripped during the duration of its advancement from an advancement unit (2) towards a bending unit (3). The gripping is effected by a jaw ... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7536893 | Automatic bending machine for manufacturing of steel rule cutting dies An automatic bending machine is provided for automatically bending a strip blade material, wherein the automatic bending machine intermittently feeds the strip blade material through a nozzle until the strip blade material is jutted out from a nozzle gate at the end... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7497105 | Machine and method for parallel production of similar products, through straightening and bending of wires, wire rods, metal tubes or other material of prismatic cross section A machine and method for parallel production of similar products by wires, wire rods, tubes, or other material of prismatic cross section, which is characterized by existence of more than one production lines, which operate in parallel and which may comprise similar... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7441434 | Channel letter machine and method thereof A channel letter bending machine for bending a return of a channel letter from a stock includes a feeding unit disposed along a path of travel of the stock to be bent for feeding the stock, a flanging unit for forming a flange along one edge of the stock, a notching... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7426846 | Automatic bending machine for manufacturing of steel rule cutting dies A setup method for preventing a “two-leaf cutting” by only operating a machine without using fingers in cutting an end of a strip blade material having an enclosed rectangular geometry. The steps include: the strip blade material being once advanced to a positio... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7387009 | Automated bending machine The present invention is directed towards an automated bending device for bending a strip of material into a desired shape. Particularly towards an automated bending device for bending a strip of metal into at least one side panel used to form three-dimensional lett... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7373797 | Method for bending workpieces In a process for bending workpieces, particularly pipes, wires, bars, semi-finished products, sheet metal or the like, with at least one bending device, at least one robot is to pick up the workpiece to be shaped and feeds it to the at least one bending device for s... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7363797 | Process for producing corrugated plate and device for producing corrugated plate A device and a process for producing a corrugated plate having a plurality of bent-into-contact portions extending in parallel on one face of a metal plate employs a number of steps. A first pressing step sequentially molds a plurality of U-shaped bent portions in t... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7360386 | Sweep unit assembly The subject invention discloses a sweep unit assembly having a series of stations defining a path for an elongated article. A cradle is coupled to each of the stations. The stations are movable to introduce a first curve into the path and the article and each of the... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7328510 | Elbow rotator An elbow rotator apparatus for rotating an integrally formed section of an elbow workpiece includes a pair of gripping arms which are selectively positionable in a first position displaced from the elbow workpiece, and a second position in which the gripping arms ar... | 02/12/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7260969 | Bending machine for profiles and relative bending method Bending machine for profiles in the form of bars sheared to size, including at least a drawing assembly, shearing apparatus and bending apparatus. At least part of the drawing assembly is movable between a first loading position, wherein it is upstream of and remote... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7254974 | System and method for bending strip material to create cutting dies The present invention is a bending machine for bending material such as steel to form cutting dies for products such as cloth, leather or the like. Coiled material is fed through a material washer, straightener and printer by a material feeder to a bending head. If ... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7254972 | Moving mold mechanism of a pipe bending machine A pipe bending machine has a moving mold mechanism, which includes two mold seats positioned one above other, and pressing wheels on each mold seat to work with corresponding bending wheels of fixed molds of the machine; the mold seats are moved by means of a rotati... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7240528 | Method and device for shaping an orthodontic archwire An apparatus for bending orthodontic wires has means for guiding and holding a wire. In order to prevent forces resulting from compressive or stretching strain during the bending process, one of these means does not apply any longitudinal forces onto the wire by des... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7234336 | Method and embossing die for producing a body structural part from a vault-structured sheet metal A method and a tool are provided for producing structural parts from sheet metal which have a vault-structured stiffening zone and adjacent, flat connection zones. The starting point for producing these structural parts is vault-structured blanks which are smoothed ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7222512 | Method and device for bending a cylindrical tube or the like The invention concerns methods and devices for bending a cylindrical tube or the like (1) so as to obtain two consecutive sections (2, 3) of said tube forming between them a non-null angle alpha. The method is essentially characterised in that it consi... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7188504 | Wire bending device A wire bending device includes a bending head bearing two bending tools between which the wire to be bent is passed. Either tool is alternately capable of being fixed or being a pivot for rotation of the bending head therearound. The device also includes a mechanica... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7174760 | Dual-directional pipe-bending machine A dual-directional pipe-bending machine bends a pipe in either direction and has a base, a transporting device and a pipe-bending assembly. The base has a bracket. The transporting device is mounted slidably on the bracket. The pipe is mounted on the transporting de... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7147050 | Recuperator construction for a gas turbine engine A counter-flow recuperator formed from annular arrays of recuperator core segments. The recuperator core segments are formed from two opposing sheets of fin fold material coined to form a primary surface zone disposed between two flattened manifold zones. Each prima... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7134310 | Tube bender A tube bender includes a worktable, a rail on the worktable, a tube-pushing device and a tube-bending device. The tube-pushing device is positioned on the worktable, having a moving base and a clamper at one side of the moving device. The clamper clamps a tube being... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7124486 | Fast and automated tool-changing device with standard conical tool support for digitally controlled bending machine A digitally controlled machine for bending, forming, folding or coiling a bar conventionally includes a frame, and a rotary bending tool for producing bends in different planes. A bar is moved along an axis and is brought through a bending snout associated with the ... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7111487 | Apparatus and method for forming curvature in sheet metal A curvature forming device has an upper member and a lower member. A clamping member is mounted on a spring within a recess in the upper member. An elongate deforming member is fixedly mounted in the same recess. The deforming member protrudes out of the recess more... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7104100 | Bending device for tube A tube bending device having draw-bending and compression-bending functions and capable of bending in all processes in a unit of device is provided. The device performing bending by rotating the tube at a predetermined angle with the tube pressured against a circumf... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7104102 | Bending machine for profiles such as reinforcement round pieces or similar Bending machine (10) to obtain shaped elements from pre-cut profiles (11), equipped with a drawing assembly (14) which draws the profiles (11), first shearing means (13) arranged downstream of the drawing assembly (14) and b... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7099679 | Method of saving power by reducing active reception time in standby mode In some embodiments of the present invention, a signal received by a mobile communication station in standby mode is sampled. The samples are converted to digital samples and stored in a memory. The digital samples include data from a base communication station to t... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7096585 | Apparatus and method for automated production of adjustable duct member An apparatus and method for forming a duct member having a plurality of adjustable sections which are rotatable relative to one another. The apparatus and method causes relative rotation between individual sections during the manufacturing process, to form a complet... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7093475 | Orbital machine for bending tubes An orbital machine for bending tubes includes a fixed base frame on which is displaced in translation a guiding support cooperating with a feed-off arm driven in rotation around a horizontal axis and that forms an integral unit with a bending head having two tighten... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7082804 | System and method for bending strip material to create cutting dies The present invention is a bending machine for bending material such as steel to form cutting dies for products such as cloth, leather or the like. Coiled material is fed through a material washer, straightener and printer by a material feeder to a bending head. If ... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7065873 | Recuperator assembly and procedures A construction of recuperator core segments is provided which insures proper assembly of the components of the recuperator core segment, and of a plurality of recuperator core segments. Each recuperator core segment must be constructed so as to prevent nesting of fi... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7062947 | Cutting and folding machine A machine for cutting and edge folding foils includes a cutting/folding station. At the cutting/folding station is a folding form about which the foils may be folded. A feeder feeds a length of foil to the cutting and folding station. At the folding station a cutter... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7055355 | Method and device for bending elements, such as panels, metal sheet, plates or suchlike Method and device for bending a portion of an element in a bending machine (12) comprising a bending assembly (14), a supporting plane (18) and an electronic processing unit (32), wherein the bending process is filmed and displayed on a s... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7047785 | Installation for processing metal bars with improved means for transferring the bars, and method provided thereby A transferring device usable in installations for cutting and/or bending metal bars, particularly bars intended for concrete reinforcement. The device comprises one or more gripping pliers movable along mutually orthogonal axes of an overhead traveling crane arrange... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7040001 | Metal encaustic tile making machine A metal encaustic tile making machine includes a machine base, a corrugation forming roller unit controlled to corrugate a continuous sheet of metal sheet material into a corrugated metal sheet, an angle forming unit controlled to stamp the corrugated metal sheet in... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040133 | Transmission device for a tube bending machine A transmission device for a tube bending machine include a first power means and a second power means mounted on the sliding seat to drive the sliding seat as well as a workpiece securely connected to the sliding seat to move. The second means has a second motor alt... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7037054 | Apparatus for forming groove used in cutting blade Disclosed is an apparatus for defining a bending or welding groove in a cutting blade. A pair of fixed blocks are fixed to a base of a cutting blade forming apparatus. A slider is slidably coupled to each fixed block, and a bit support block is slidably coupled to t... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7028521 | Pipe feeding mechanism of an automatic pipe bender A pipe feeding mechanism includes a rack, a power source, first and second planetary gears, a clutch for releaseably securing an output shaft to an input shaft in the first planetary gear, and a brake for releaseably blocking rotation of a sun gear of the first plan... | 04/18/2006 |
