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...that two musicians were responsible for the invention of color print film? Fascinated by photography, Leopold Godowsky and Leopold Mannes worked together to produce an easy-to-use, practical color film. They worked full time as music teachers and gave concerts while experimenting during their off hours in Mannes' kitchen. Their success earned them full-time, well-paying jobs at Kodak and their efforts resulted in Kodachrome film, which was introduced in 1935.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7415862 | Press device In a press device for pressing a slider with a plurality of motors as driving sources, pressing is performed while a slider is kept horizontal even if an eccentric load is applied. In this press device, in the teaching stage, when the eccentric load is to be applied... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7412868 | Electrohydraulic pressing device and method for operating same An electrohydraulic pressing device is suitable for one-handed operation. The device includes a housing having a working head attached thereto, an electric motor provided within the housing for actuating the working head, the electric motor being rearward of the wor... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7340936 | Handheld crimping tool and method of using same Apparatuses and methods for an improved handheld crimping tool for crimping a wire. The handheld crimping tool includes a head portion having a crimping device positioned adjacent a first end thereof. The crimping device may have an adjustable die cavity to facilita... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7293500 | Press A pressing apparatus using a motor, in which a fast feed drive lowers an upper die to a position immediately before pressing, and a motor for pressing performs a pressing operation. The fast feed drive and the motor for pressing operate cooperatively, and only one p... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7254982 | Electrohydraulic pressing device and method for operating the same The invention relates to an electrohydraulic pressing device (1) that can be operated using one hand. The device comprises a working head (30), an electric motor (4), a pump (20), a hydraulic reservoir (33), and a gear mechanism ( | 08/14/2007 |
| 7165437 | Mechanical press device The invention provides a mechanical press apparatus for both single and double uses which can press mold a large-sized blank at a high pressure by employing a single action use aspect while being of a double action type. In a mechanical press apparatus provided with... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7165439 | Battery powered hydraulic tool A battery powered hydraulic tool including a frame; a battery connected to the frame; a motor connected to the frame and adapted to be powered by the battery; and a hydraulic pump connected to the motor by a gear reduction transmission. The motor and gear reduction ... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7155955 | Crimping assembly A crimping assembly is disclosed. The assembly includes cam profiles on the ends of the arms. The cam profiles are engaged by the crimping tool and control the input force versus displacement of the tool. The cam profile includes a first portion defined by a radius,... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7143617 | Press A press forming machines includes displacement measuring means for measuring a displacement between a slide plate and a reference plate. Control means measures a positional displacement of each of the driving sources by using the displacement measuring means in each... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7111488 | Battery powered hydraulic tool A battery powered hydraulic tool including a frame; a battery connected to the frame; a motor connected to the frame and adapted to be powered by the battery; and a hydraulic pump connected to the motor by a gear reduction transmission. The motor and gear reduction ... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7032429 | Pipe shut off tool A pipe shut off tool is provided which may comprise a jaw that may be engaged to a defective pipe and a pump operative to translate the jaw between a crimping position and a release position. The jaw and pump may be connected to each other via an elongate flexible h... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6957560 | Battery powered hydraulic tool A battery powered hydraulic tool including a frame; a battery connected to the frame; a motor connected to the frame and adapted to be powered by the battery; and a hydraulic pump connected to the motor by a gear reduction transmission. The motor and gear reduction ... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6942468 | Portable hydraulic pump unit The invention relates to a portable hydraulic pump unit (1) comprising a housing (2), a pump (5), a drive motor (6) for the pump (5), in particular in the form of an electric drive motor, in addition to a reservoir (13) for ... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6792788 | Pressurizer Disclosed is a high-accuracy pressure device for working that has a large pressing force and requires small driving energy. The pressure device comprises: a base plate, a support plate spaced at a prescribed distance from the base plate, a first slider and a ... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6745611 | Battery powered hydraulic tool A battery powered hydraulic tool including a frame; a battery connected to the frame; a motor connected to the frame and adapted to be powered by the battery; and a hydraulic pump connected to the motor by a gear reduction transmission. The motor and gear reduction ... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6668613 | Hydraulic compression tool and hydraulic compression tool motor A transmission for connecting a rotary motor output shaft to a rectilinear actuator which is moveable rectilinearly along an actuator axis of translation. The transmission comprises a frame, an eccentric, and a rectilinear guide. The frame has a bore form... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6666064 | Portable hydraulic crimping tool A hydraulic tool having a frame, and a movable adapter. The frame defines a workspace with an anvil adapter at one end and a substantially flat face guide surface on one side of the workspace. The movable adapter is used for working a piece in the workspa... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6640601 | Electric hemming press A hemming press that includes a crown and a base plate separated by four corner posts. A press ram is slidably mounted on the posts between the crown and base plate. A first die is mounted to a lower surface of the press ram and a second die is mounted to... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6557463 | Process for driving a workpiece transport system for a press arrangement A process for operating a workpiece transport system for a press arrangement includes driving, the system by at least one driving device which can be held in a stoppage position with a braking device. By application of a predefined torque by the driving d... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6427508 | Automated collar-forming drill mechanism An automated collar-forming drill mechanism, having the bottom end of its rotatable drive shaft (1) fitted with a tool head (2), which is driven axially back and forth by means of a piston-cylinder assembly (5-9), the drive shaft (1) extending through its... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6427515 | Apparatus for the mechanical treatment of workpieces The invention relates to an apparatus for the mechanical machining of workpieces, having two tong members in the form of two-armed levers which are mounted rotatably with respect to each other and to whose working ends tool instruments can be fastened, th... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6389871 | Slab sizing press and sizing press load transmission method A slab sizing press, of which the mechanism is stable and the construction is simple and the maintainability is excellent, comprises a crank shaft, an arm rotatably mounted on the crank shaft, an outer block transmitting a load to and from the arm, an inn... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6378353 | Electromechanical drive for metal part forming machine A hydromechanical drive for a metal part forming machine includes an electric motor having a rotary output shaft, a drive shaft attached to the rotary output shaft and adapted to undergo rotational motion therewith about a rotational axis defined by the d... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6138346 | Portable hand-held battery-powered crimping tool A portable hand-held battery-powered crimping tool includes a gear housing containing a through bore receiving a driven gear having a crank arm that is connected by a drive link with the common pivot axis of a toggle device that pivots a pair of crimping ... | 10/31/2000 |
| 5947018 | Mechanical press with cam drive A mechanical press has a ram carried by a frame and movable to advanced and retracted positions by a ball screw assembly driven by a reversible motor to actuate a cam and follower assembly connected to the ram by a linkage system. The linkage system has a... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5901602 | Method for the lateral compacting of slabs and relative device Method and device for the lateral compacting of slabs, which is employed in a rolling line at least upstream of the finishing rolling mill stands as an alternative to, or in cooperation with, rolling mill stands with vertical rolls, employing two counter-... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5806362 | Method and apparatus for carrying out an operation on a mechanical workpiece Apparatus for carrying out an operation on a mechanical workpiece which operation comprises at least one stroke, or relative movement, along a predetermined path, of at least two tool members (4,5) each being arranged on a tool carrying member (1,2). The ... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5799573 | Press with hydraulically operated linkage mechanism with rollers for providing four point roller contact A single-cylinder hydraulic press has a ram member spaced apart from a lower head die, and a work area being defined therebetween. The cylinder and the piston rod enable reciprocating movement of the ram member relative to the lower head die. A linkage me... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5791241 | Press with pneumatically operated linkage mechanism with rollers for providing four point roller contact A single-cylinder pneumatic press has a ram member spaced apart from lower head die, and a work area being defined therebetween. The cylinder and the piston rod enable reciprocating movement of the ram member relative to the lower head die. A return sprin... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5727417 | Portable battery powered crimper A hydraulic drive tool such as a crimping apparatus which includes a crimp head assembly and a body portion which are arranged in an axially elongated configuration to balance a grip area of the apparatus along the center of gravity of the apparatus. The ... | 03/17/1998 |
| 5720199 | Tool for transforming work pieces A pressing tool for transforming workpieces includes a first fixed position die for transforming the workpiece. A second die cooperates with the first die in transformation of the workpiece, and the second die is coupled to and movable in response to oper... | 02/24/1998 |
| 5669128 | Index-feed machining system An index-feed machining system comprising a plurality of machining units, each having a cassettes having a plurality of machining means and detachably fitted to a machining unit proper, disposed at intervals of mP (m being a given positive integer, and P ... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5562026 | Method for the hydraulic control of an articulated or toggle-lever press and articulated or toggle-lever press having a control adapted for carrying out the method A method for hydraulic control of a toggle lever press in which the velocity of a driving piston rod is increased at least once in the working region of a press ram. The velocity of the press ram is thus kept relatively constant up to bottom dead center (... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5499525 | Hydraulic drive for a sheet metal forming press The invention relates to a drive for a press, in particular for a sheet metal forming press, the press including a press ram which can be moved up and down and a hydraulic movable counter support. The counter support can be moved in a forward stroke in th... | 03/19/1996 |
| 5199293 | Sheet workpiece bending machine The press is of the type including a pair of tool holders mounted in a frame and carrying cooperating tools (die and punch). At least one of the tool holders is motor driven and is movable towards the other tool holder. According to the invention, the pre... | 04/06/1993 |
| 5195354 | Cam crank mechanism and motor driven hydraulic tool A motor driven hydraulic tool including a portable battery is preferably employable for a cable laying operation. To displace a movable die toward and away from a stationary die, a piston is driven by pressurized hydraulic oil fed from a hydraulic pump se... | 03/23/1993 |
| 5184498 | Turret punch press A turret punch press wherein the upper and lower turrets are rotated, and the upper die positioned in the processing position is struck by a piston rod (striker element) of a striker device mounted on the lower end of a ram when the ram is lowered by mean... | 02/09/1993 |
| 5111681 | Motor driven hydraulic tool A motor driven hydraulic tool including a portable battery is preferably employable for a cable laying operation. To displace a movable die toward and away from a stationary die, a piston is driven by pressurized hydraulic oil fed from a hydraulic pump se... | 05/12/1992 |
| 5092151 | Sheet workpiece bending machine The press is of the type including a pair of tool-holders mounted in a frame and carrying cooperating tools (die and punch). At least one of the tool-holders is motor-driven and is movable towards the other tool-holder. According to the invention, the pre... | 03/03/1992 |
| 5076090 | Dual action equalizing apparatus An apparatus for providing a reciprocating motion. The apparatus has a housing block that contains twin piston guides in spaced apart relationship to one another. The piston guides each contain a piston that has a gear rack. The gear racks are connected b... | 12/31/1991 |
