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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7395743 | Lathe spindle unit and lathe apparatus A lathe spindle unit is provided with: a rotatable spindle having a cam follower, and a holding section for holding a work piece; a drive source for rotatively driving the spindle; and a driven rotation shaft that has a cam and that is rotatively driven by the drive... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7266870 | Mandrel device for machine tool A mandrel device includes a spindle for rotatably attaching to a machine tool, a rotating device for selectively rotating the spindle, and a driving device for selectively driving the spindle in different speed or different torque when the rotating device do not rot... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7185573 | Vacuum wheel chuck A wheel chuck assembly includes a support plate having at least one aperture formed therethrough. The support plate is adapted to be mounted upon a lathe spindle. An air conveying device is mounted adjacent to the support plate and is operable to induce an air flow ... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7066857 | Rear derailleur guard A rear derailleur guard for mounting onto a bicycle with an axle, a wheel, a horizontal frame member, a vertical frame member and a rear derailleur. The guard has a main region with an apex, a horizontal member that extends forwardly from the main region and contain... | 06/27/2006 |
| 6612208 | Spindle nut holder for a spindle gear for driving levers Spindle nut holder for a spindle gear which drives a lever and functions under extreme conditions such as in a vacuum, under radiation exposure, and at a temperature close to absolute zero. The spindle nut holder includes a spindle nut and strip-shaped li... | 09/02/2003 |
| 5934163 | Carving blank and mandrel for mounting same in a carving machine An improved carving blank and mandrel for mounting the blank in a carving machine enables accurate carving of prosthetic and orthotic positive shapes. The blanks are simple to mount and dismount and means are provided enabling a repeatable mounting positi... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5653153 | On-vehicle brake lathe and alignment device therefor An alignment device to be mounted on an on-vehicle brake lathe to provide quick and easy lateral run out compensation. A concentric bottom plate, ring member and top plate are mounted onto the output shaft of the lathe prior to attaching the lathe to an a... | 08/05/1997 |
| 5615589 | Apparatus for runout compensation A runout compensator is provided that angulates a face surface by adjusting two members whose mating surfaces have been machined to slant relative to the central axis of each member. A first member has a shaft over which slides the second member so that t... | 04/01/1997 |
| 5431514 | Method and apparatus for processing a cylinder and a rotating member of a video cassette recorder A method of processing a leading portion of a rotating workpiece is performed by rotating a tip mounted on a cutter shaft and facing an outer circumferential surface of the workpiece. The tip has a small radius of rotation for high precision processing wi... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5186088 | Wood lathe with sliding, horizontally-rotatable headstock and variable speed drive Disclosed is a system for forming a variable speed pulley, a variable speed drive system, a variable speed lathe, a lathe having a slidable, horizontally-rotatable headstock, and a variable speed lathe having a slidable, horizontally-rotatable headstock.... | 02/16/1993 |
| 4621405 | Drive mechanism for the main spindle of a rotating tool turret machine A drive mechanism for the main spindle of a rotating tool turret machine, including a drive motor driving a worm carried in an eccentric mounting, rotation of the mounting effecting movement of the worm in an arcuate path into or out of engagement with a ... | 11/11/1986 |
| 4580471 | Motor-incorporated spindle head unit A motor-incorporated spindle head unit is provided with a rotatable spindle on which a rotor assembly of the drive motor is fixedly mounted. A stator assembly of the drive motor is arranged around the rotor assembly and is fixed to a housing of the spindl... | 04/08/1986 |
| 4493231 | Method and device for machining brake disks The refacing of worn brake disks of vehicles is carried out on the vehicle itself by connecting an outer drive with the disk (27) or with the shaft (42) on which the disk is mounted. This provides for the correct positioning of the machining tools (20, 21... | 01/15/1985 |
| 4359676 | Control system for stopping spindle at predetermined rotational position A control system for stopping a spindle at a predetermined rotational position, for driving a spindle in such a manner that a positional deviation between the present rotational position of a specified point on the spindle and a predetermined rotational p... | 11/16/1982 |
| 4008635 | Multi spindle lathes A multi spindle lathe having a drum with a number of rotatable work spindles therein, the spindles having respective chucks thereon, and each spindle carrying a gapped ring adjacent to which is a proximity switch probe with control means which ensures tha... | 02/22/1977 |
