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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7398717 | CNC central cutting and turning machine The present invention provides a CNC central cutting and turning machine includes a holding head, wherein the rear end of the holding head has a holder, which can turn, mounted thereon, and the holder has at least three claws mounted thereon for jointly holding an o... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7328637 | Apparatus for machining a cylinder bore surface and method of machining the cylinder bore surface using the apparatus An apparatus for machining a circumferential surface defining a cylindrical bore of a workpiece, the apparatus including a tool holder rotatable about a first rotation axis, and a form roller supported on the tool holder so as to be rotatable about a second rotation... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7260877 | Boring and turning mill A boring and turning mill, comprising a nonrotatable tool ram, a rotationally drivable tool spindle in the tool ram, an auxiliary head which can be attached to the tool ram in a nonrotatable manner, two work slides arranged in opposition to each other and displaceab... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7249917 | Boring tool A boring tool for use in a tool holder, such as a boring head, that is driven about a drive axis and includes a pair of parallel bores for mounting boring tools generally includes a body including a cutting edge and a pair of mounting shanks for mounting in the bore... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7207754 | Tool for machining workpieces A tool for the machining of workpieces is provided with a coolant/lubricant supply and an actuation unit for the activation of supplementary functions of the tool, with an actuation element and an actuation medium circuit. The actuation unit is separated from the co... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7156006 | Method and assembly for rotating a cutting insert during a turning operation and inserts used therein A cutting insert rotated about its axis may be utilized during a metalworking operation and applied against the rotating workpiece to enhance tool performance. A method, including an assembly with a rotatable insert mounted to a toolholder may be utilized to achieve... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7089668 | Plastic pipe cutting device A plastic pipe cutting device for both cutting and filing a plastic pipe has a semi-circular top sleeve and bottom sleeve. A top guide track is connected to the top sleeve and a bottom guide track is connected to the bottom sleeve. The top guide track and the bottom... | 08/15/2006 |
| 6994001 | Device to produce round cross-section articles with complicated profiled surfaces A lathe attachment device is disclosed for producing long articles with complicated profiles. The device contains a beveled multi-teeth cutter driven to rotate in a direction opposite the rotation of a billet to ensure a very short period of contact time between an ... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6968761 | Device for machining the ends of pipes A device for machining the ends of pipes, having a clamping device (6) for clamping the pipe in place, having an outer ring (9) and a shaping insert (11), in which the shaping insert has two half-rings (12, 13), which are releasably and r... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6957936 | Tool for machining pipe ends A tool for removing material or machining the end of a pipe. The tool having at least one and preferably two blade plates. Each blade plate includes a first cutter for machining an end surface of the pipe, a second cutter adjacent the first cutter for producing an i... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6931972 | Tool revolver The invention relates to a tool revolver comprising a revolver head (12) which is supported by a housing (20) and which can be rotated in relation to said housing (20) by means of at least one axial bearing (24). The axial bearing (24 | 08/23/2005 |
| 6918326 | Vertical lathe There is provided a vertical lathe which, when machining gradually varying lens grooves in a mold for molding of a Fresnel lens, can change the angle of a cutting tool without positional displacement of the cutting tip, enabling high accuracy machining of the gradua... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6786118 | Method and feed device for effecting the advance movement of at least one tool support that rotates around a rotationally symmetrical part A method and apparatus for carrying out an advancing movement of a tool support rotating about a rotationally symmetric component, and an associated feed device, are described. The tool support is capable of being fed via a leadscrew, is supported on a component, an... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6694849 | Lathe A lathe (10) includes a support structure (12) which supports a magazine (14) in a substantially vertical operative orientation. The magazine (14) is rotatably supported in a carriage (24). The magazine (14) is a multi-spindle magazine and supports a plur... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6615696 | Oval manway facing machine A machine tool for re-surfacing gasket seats surrounding elliptical openings in oval manways includes a housing of an oval configuration that is adapted to be mounted in the opening of the manway to be machined. A motor and a tool slide assembly are secur... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6536315 | Spinning device The spinning system according to the present invention performs spinning properly, by driving a working tool in revolution, on an unrotatably supported member to be machined, and also performs other work such as cutting, etc. after the spinning. For that ... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6506001 | Radial drilling device for a lathe A radial drilling device (1) for a lathe (5) for radially piercing a turning part (4) supported by the lathe. At least one drill bit (2b) is supported by a mobile drilling jaw (3a, 3b) in a transverse orthogonal plane to the axis of rotation of the part (... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6502488 | Sleeve cutting apparatus A cutter for flexible tubing supported on a mandrel having a peripheral groove at the location of the intended cut has an annulus (10) coaxially surrounding the mandrel and arranged for rotation thereabout. A blade carrier (16) is pivoted on the annulus (... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6487946 | Threading device A thread-cutting device with a thread-cutting head that rotates and includes a tool guide with at least two pairs of tool slides. The pairs of tool slides can shift radially relative to the axis of rotation and include cutting surfaces. The device also in... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6412376 | PVC pipe end smooth surfacer A PVC-pipe-end smooth-surfacer has a reamer cylinder (1) sized and shaped to fit slidably on an outside periphery of an external periphery of a PVC pipe (2) proximate a pipe end (12) to be cut with a cutting wheel (5) rotatable in a cylinder-base bearing ... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6367360 | Apparatus for trimming plastic blow moldings Apparatus (10) for trimming a blow molding (12) includes a rotary trimming assembly (16) rotatively mounted and driven on a trimmer head (14). The trimming assembly (16) includes a tube (18) of a rotary member (46) aligned with the blow molding such that ... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6318220 | System and method for finish machining differential housings A method of machining a differential housing defining a cavity having opposed concave interior surfaces from a workpiece having first and second transverse bores defined therein. A tool having a retractable cutting insert is mounted on a spindle of a mach... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6298757 | System for presetting the cutting tools of a cut-off machine for a pipe or a shaft The invention relates to a system for presetting the cutting tools of a cut-off machine for a pipe or a shaft. A cutting tool cassette associated with a rotatable cutting head is removed from the cutting head and mounted and aligned on a separate presetti... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6276244 | Cutting tool for forming parallel grooves in a tubular member An apparatus for simultaneously forming a plurality of closely spaced, parallel grooves having a web between them in a thin-walled tube is described. The apparatus includes a tube holding mechanism, a rotating cutting tool and a device for driving the cut... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6257110 | Tube saw A tube saw for precision cuts on tubing wherein a motorized circular saw is rotated about the circumference of a tube to cut it without leaving burrs, finishing marks or other deformations on the tubing. The tubing is held firmly and precisely by a plural... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6202522 | Portable pipe end preparation machine tool A portable machine tool for preparing pipe or other annular workpiece ends for welding includes a central mandrel shaft, a cutting head rotatably mounted on the mandrel shaft and a rotary drive connector on the cutting head arranged to concentrically fit ... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6189425 | Rapid end prep lathe A rapid set-up end prep lathe for machining piping and piping components in the field comprises a mandrel mountable to the internal diameter of a tubular workpiece and with the ability to rapidly establish a concentric orientation of the mandrel with the ... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6186037 | Tube squaring machine having axially stationary cutting tool shaft and axially movable tube holding collet A portable tool for squaring the ends of tubes is adapted to be coupled to an electrically powered hand drill for driving a shaft carrying a cutting tool at the free end thereof. The shaft is journaled for rotation in a tubular torque housing that is effe... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6179529 | Method and apparatus for drilling a bore Apparatus and method for boring a passage in a component having opposed ends and a longitudinal axis extending therebetween using a drill bit. A first motor turns the drill bit in a first direction about its axis of rotation, in which the axis of rotation... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6128985 | Machine tool The machine tool includes a workpiece-holding spindle consisting of a slide capable of being moved along the X-axis perpendicular to the main axis of rotation of the machine. The slide is moved via a tie-rod, actuated at one end by a numerical axis and ha... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6112627 | Squaring machine A squaring machine has an elongate housing with a rotatable spindle extending from one end thereof and attached to which is a tool for squaring the end of work piece. At the opposite end of the housing are first and second feed members, the first feed mem... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6055893 | Machining unit with a rotating head The machining unit is composed mainly of three essential elements which are the rotor, the phase displacement device and the tool drive mechanism. The rotor (100) includes a rotating shaft (1) and is equipped, for example, with four bores, extending paral... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6050159 | Facing head with rotary slide A facing head includes a housing with a center axis and a rotary slide with a rotation axis offset from the housing center axis. At least one cutter plate is provided on the rotary slide and rotatable therewith. A centrifugal drive is located in the housi... | 04/18/2000 |
| 6010282 | One-piece tool The tool is provided with a blade section having a shaped surface for shaping an end of an elongated workpiece. This shaped surface extends from the blade section into and through a body section. After the blade section has worn, the tool may be re-ground... | 01/04/2000 |
| 5941145 | Tube squaring tool A tube squaring tool includes a housing having forward and rearward end areas and a tubular workpiece clamping device located at the forward end area for securing and retaining a tubular workpiece relative to the housing so that the end of the workpiece c... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5916343 | Thermo-shrinking film cutting mechanism for a labeling machine A thermo-shrinking film cutting mechanism used in a labeling machine, including a plurality of cutter units mounted on locating frames and equiangularly spaced around a center guide shaft, each cutter unit including a crank shaft, axle bearings, a couplin... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5894770 | Barrels for firearms and methods of manufacturing the same Rifling for the barrel of a firearm includes a first gain twist region for increasing the rotational velocity of a bullet as it travels from the breech towards the muzzle end of the barrel, and a second region in which the rifling is of a constant twist s... | 04/20/1999 |
| 5881618 | Tool block slide assembly for automated cutting tool A shield slide mechanism for moving the cutting tool of a clamshell lathe is provided. By shielding the mechanism, metal chips created during the cutting process are precluded from jamming the mechanism and preventing the controlled movement of the cuttin... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5852962 | Apparatus for reconditioning threaded tubular connection seal shoulders Apparatus for reconditioning the seal shoulders of threaded tubular connections, whether of single or multiple seal shoulder configuration, which non-threadably engages the connection for alignment. For box connections, the apparatus has two circular plat... | 12/29/1998 |
| 5775188 | Apparatus for and method of facing surfaces A portable facing head comprises a feed body portion in threaded engagement with lead screws that extend through the feed body. The lead screws are translated through the feed body by a worm gear enclosed within the feed body wherein the worm gear is rota... | 07/07/1998 |
