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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7971461 | Method of and apparatus for manufacturing a metal strip The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a metal strip (1), in which the metal strip (1) is guided over a number of rolls (2, 3, 4, 5) under such a strip stress (S), and is moved in a conveying direction (F), that it is largely flat a... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7320237 | Method for measuring misalignment of continuance mill and apparatus for measuring the same While a reference means having a positional relationship to the pass-line of a continuance mill determined in advance and caliber profile (area enclosed by the groove profile of a rolling roll) formed by a rolling roll at each stand are imaged within the same visual... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7305274 | System and method for drawing and manufacturing bent pipes Novel systems and methods of using a bent-tube object in a drawing file include entering a custom bent-tube object in a drawing file, and using the bent tube object to generate bender driver data. In a particular method, the step of entering the custom bent-tube obj... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7221442 | Method and apparatus for aligning equipment in a steel mill An alignment device for aligning guiding apparatus with the main axis of a rolling mill comprising a camera and a video display communicating with the camera. The camera is mounted in the steel mill at the position of the guiding apparatus and the camera is moved un... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7221443 | Appearance inspection apparatus and method of image capturing using the same The present invention is an appearance inspection apparatus and method utilizing multiple light sources in a lighting unit 30 to alternately irradiate, line by line, side light from a side light source and slit light from a slit light source onto board 1 | 05/22/2007 |
| 7201032 | Transillumination unit A metal sheet-receiving system for receiving parts and feeding a metal sheet-folding machine, particularly a folding press comprising at least one manipulator for seizing and moving metal sheet parts with a gripper head fitted with gripping means; an electronic cont... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7191634 | Method and apparatus for dent repair A unique tool for removing dents from sheet metal that is best accessed or can only be accessed from the same side of the metal surface from which the dent was originally created. The tool has a lower plate and an upper plate. The lower plate has a lower side proxim... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7109933 | Wearable jacket having communication function, and endoscope system employing wearable jacket A wearable jacket includes a 2D-DST substrate shaped to cover a body of a subject person. The 2D-DST substrate includes a first conductive sheet, a second conductive sheet and a plurality of communication modules. The first and second conductive sheets are overlappe... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7104108 | Dent repair system and method A dent repair system includes a hammer apparatus comprising an elongated base member with proximate and distal ends. An elongated swing member with proximate and distal ends is pivotally mounted on the base member by a hinge assembly mounted on and pivotally connect... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7076980 | Robot and method for bending orthodontic archwires and other medical devices A robotic bending apparatus for bending archwires and other types of elongate, bendable medical devices into a desired configuration includes a first gripping tool and a moveable gripping tool. The first gripping tool can be either fixed with respect to a base or ta... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7063625 | Putting aid and method for using same A golf putting aid is used with a putter having a handle, a putter head, and an elongated putter shaft. The putting aid includes an elongated member affixed to the putting aid and an attachment member capable of detachably securing the putting aid to the shaft of a ... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7055362 | Apparatus and method for bending tubing An apparatus and method for bending a tube, a pipe, a conduit and/or a rod. A bender is rotatably mounted with respect to a frame. A guide element, such as a guide roller, is mounted with respect to the frame. The guide element or the guide roller can be fixed or ca... | 06/06/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7021097 | Method for adjusting a head suspension parameter A method for adjusting the static attitude of a head suspension by scanning a region of the head suspension with a laser. A head suspension having a gimbal region is provided that permits a head slider attached thereto to gimbal about pitch and roll axes in response... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7010949 | Apparatus for forming optical aperture An apparatus for forming an optical aperture comprises an object having a tip with a pointed end. Stoppers are disposed adjacent the tip. A pressing body applies a loading force to press the pointed end of the tip and at least a part of each of the stoppers to form ... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6954679 | Method of generating control data for bending and torsion apparatuses A shape data specifies the shape of an elongated product within an overall coordinate system. Local coordinate systems are defined on respective cross-sections of the elongated product in the overall coordinate system. The local coordinate system is designed to repr... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6945083 | Method of and apparatus for determining the eccentricity of a hollow billet The eccentricity of a hollow billet is measured at the outlet of an inclined-roll rolling mill by launching an ultrasonic pulse into the billet from a laser of a measuring device and measuring the transit time of an echo pulse also utilizing a laser and an optical a... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6941823 | Apparatus and method to compensate for stress in a microcantilever A method to compensate for stress deflection in a compound microprobe that includes a substrate, a microcantilever extending outwardly from the substrate, and a film formed on the microcantilever. The method preferably comprises the steps of determining an amount of... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6922903 | Method and apparatus for measuring bent workpieces A method and device for determining the length (b) of at least one of two legs (13, 14), of a workpiece (12) bent toward each other at a bending angle (β) requires location of the workpiece (12) in a defined position. The position of the bendin... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6907761 | Method and apparatus for superplastically forming a workpiece A method of superplastically forming a workpiece comprises placing the workpiece (16) in a die (14) and heating the workpiece (16) to a temperature at which the workpiece (16) is superplastically formable. Pressure is applied to the workp... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6908476 | Micro surgical cutting instrument configured as scissors A cutting instrument configured as scissors has a housing formed as a handle with a functional unit disposed therein; supported in the functional unit is a probe configured as a hollow needle which co-axially supports a rod projecting from the probe in axial directi... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6771363 | Device and method for determining a bending angle of a sheet and the use thereof for the angle-bending of sheets A method for determining the bending angle of a sheet which has been bent along a bending line, by generating at least one light beam, using these beams to project two points or line segments onto a part of the sheet to be checked which lies on one side of the bendi... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6755064 | Robot and method for bending orthodontic archwires and other medical devices A robotic bending apparatus for bending archwires and other types of elongate, bendable medical devices into a desired configuration includes a first gripping tool and a moveable gripping tool. The first gripping tool can be either fixed with respect to a base or ta... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6644080 | Press brake worksheet positioning system To improve the speed with which a worksheet is positioned in a press brake, and to further eliminate the need for conventional moving back gauge systems, the present invention replaces the conventional back gauge mechanical system with sensors that non-co... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6604395 | Semi-automated probe bender A method and apparatus for bending probe pins that is semi-automated and uses machine vision to eliminate human error.... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6536250 | Apparatus and method for vacuum dent repair A dent removal system is provided having a portable vacuum chamber head and a shaper vacuum roller coupled to a vacuum source. The vacuum chamber head has a center see-through window for aligning the head over a dented work surface, a template of desired ... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6382008 | Process and appliance for checking the quality of formings executed by a machine for forming tube ends The invention concerns a process for checking the quality of formings executed by a machine for forming tube ends, according to which the forming machine is equipped with a force transducer (33) which is capable of measuring the reactive axial force exert... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6377871 | Integrated die cast An integrated die cast system is provided comprising a die casting machine, a servo-controlled ladle, a servo-controlled sprayer, a pick and place robot, an integrated controller, and a programming pendant. The die casting machine includes a die casting m... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6349581 | Method for controlling the tension between roll stands of mill trains for steel bars, wire or profiles Rolling stock is transported in a transporting device from a front roll stand to a rear roll stand. Between the roll stands, the rolling stock carries out an oscillation transverse to the transporting direction. At least one characteristic property, ampli... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6286349 | Flatness measurement system for metal strip The invention relates to a flatness measurement and control system for metal strip, which makes it possible to obtain improved strip or coil quality by a simple and effective measurement of departures from flatness and to control the finishing parameters ... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6253587 | Device and method for compressing The invention relates to a device and method for regulating the compressing of metal tubing (20) having inner-lying beam wave guides (8) by means of a roll straightening passage (10a, 10b) comprising a feeding device (36, 36') of the rollers (12-16) with ... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6244086 | Hand tool alignment device and method An alignment device to assist a user in the functional application of a hand tool. The hand tool can take a variety of forms but is preferably a dent removal tool. The alignment device is preferably retrofitable onto existing hand tools by use of a base b... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6244085 | Pressing tool A pressing tool for connecting pipe-shaped work pieces wherein the pressing tool has a fork-shaped receiver and a clamping tool interchangeably held in the receiver by a connecting bolt. The pressing tool has two clamping jaws which can be moved toward ea... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6223573 | Method for precision temperature controlled hot forming Methods and apparatus for operating a press, such as a forge or trim press, are directed at activating a ram in a press having a lower die and an upper die connected to a ram by heating a workpiece to a first temperature above an impact temperature. The w... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6209371 | Pipe bender angle indicator An angle indicator is provided for use with a pipe bender and is adapted to be removably mounted to a handle of a pipe bender. The angle indicator includes a plate; a first wheel rotatably mounted to the plate and including a plurality of angle indicating... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6073471 | Electrical wire-crimping device A wire-crimping device detects if an electrical terminal is stuck to a crimper after crimping, thereby effectively eliminating deformed terminals. Electrical wire-crimping device (1) has a ram (42) slidably mounted to a housing (4). A reflection light sen... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6073057 | Computer-controllable bending machine A computer-controllable bending machine is connected to a computer via its conventional control unit. The computer is equipped with an input keyboard adapted to the properties of a bending machine and a screen display for displaying a graphical surface wh... | 06/06/2000 |
| 6053960 | Method of manufacture of cored wire for treating molten metal A cored wire continuously formed by continuously inserting an extruded core inside a continuously roll formed sheath, the peripheral edges of the roll formed sheath joined by a continuous lock seam. Inspection of the partially formed lock seam at a design... | 04/25/2000 |
| 6029485 | Roller levelling machine for levelling a rolled section A roller levelling machine for levelling a rolled section includes a section inlet for introducing the rolled section into the roller levelling machine and a plurality of bending rollers for levelling the rolled section. The roller levelling machine furth... | 02/29/2000 |
| 6012312 | Double blank detector apparatus and method of operation A double blank detector apparatus and method of operation determines the condition of when one blank, no blanks or more than two blanks are about to be fed into a press. An indicator bar advances relative to the number of blank sheets of material being de... | 01/11/2000 |
