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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7309194 | Variable radius balanced boring head One or more embodiments of the invention enable a boring head to hold a boring tool at an adjustable offset from the axis of rotation in a balanced configuration while maintaining stability when rotating at high speed. The apparatus comprises a boring head body, a b... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7203569 | Machine tool control methods and designs for fabricating mesoscopic surface structures on substrates There is provided a machining tool for machining a workpiece on a workpiece support in response to control signals. The machining tool includes a cutting tool configured to cut a surface of the workpiece. The machining tool also includes a first displacement mechani... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7186043 | Linerless web utilizing apparatus and methods having dual function stripper element There is disclosed a printer with an arrangement for assuring that a linerless tacky adhesive-backed web is reliably fed. The printer has stripper elements which terminate at tip portions which extend into the platen roll to initially cut grooves in the platen roll,... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7168355 | Fiber chopper and method of chopping A method and apparatus for chopping long unwound items like fiber, fiber strands, yarn, etc. The chopper has a backup roll, a blade roll and a biasing system for forcing the backup roll and the blade roll together at a desired force during set up and operation. The ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7104737 | Pipe beveling tool and method A hand-held pipe beveling tool makes the job of manually beveling the ends of plastic pipe very simple and easy to perform. The pipe beveling tool includes a frame that defines an opening for receiving the end of a pipe. One or more pipe forming members are coupled ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7052215 | Cutting tool with sensor and production method therefor A cutting tool with a sensor according to the present invention includes an electrically conductive substrate, an insulation film provided on a surface of the electrically conductive substrate, and a sensor circuit of an electrically conductive film provided on the ... | 05/30/2006 |
| 6857344 | Grooving tool having coolant supply A grooving tool includes a spindle rotatable about a longitudinal axis thereof and having at least one coolant inlet port, a ramp portion, and a fluid flow path to the ramp portion; a tool bit moveably coupled to the ramped portion, the tool bit comprising one or mo... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6799356 | Screw/insert saver A machine having a machine tool operatively connected thereto by manually manipulatable fastening members. A fastening member receiving and retaining device is adapted for placement beneath the machine tool for catching fastening members when inadvertently dropped. ... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6758640 | Method and apparatus for controlling movement of cutting blade and workpiece A method of controlling a relative movement of a cutting blade and a workpiece which are moved relative to each other by a movement device in an operation with a machine tool. The method includes a step of bringing the cutting blade and an object into contact with e... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6655244 | Centering apparatus and method A centering apparatus for centering a disk about a center member such as a shaft or hub includes a plurality of pairs of actuator units. The actuator units of each of the pairs faces each other through the disk. Each of the actuator units has a member whi... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6651534 | NC circular table and NC circular table apparatus An NC machine tool includes an NC circular table and an NC circular table apparatus which dispense with the original restoration or calibration operation in an absolute type encoder using a backup battery. The NC circular table has an NC controller for pe... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6637303 | Elliptical vibration cutting method and elliptical vibration cutting apparatus A workpiece is cut by a cutting tool that is attached to a cylindrical support body vibrated by at least two piezoelectric drive elements. The efficiency of the mechanical vibration is improved by attaching the piezoelectric drive elements to a cylindrica... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6636777 | Tool-positioning method, tool-positioning device and power feeder for tool positioning A power feeder (10) includes a flexible strip (12) having a conducting front side (12a) and an insulating back side (12b); a retainer unit (20) for holding the strip wrapped on a bar (18) with the back side being in close contact with the bar; a feeder un... | 10/21/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6591721 | Assembly line methods and apparatus for manufacturing dynamo-electric cores A workstation is provided for concurrently processing dynamo-electric machine core subassemblies that are at different stages of a dynamo-electric machine core manufacturing process. The workstation is configured to include a sequence of step processing u... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6571670 | Safety shield for a machining apparatus A safety shield for a machining apparatus includes a shield frame, and a curved shield member and a curved sliding door that are mounted on the shield frame to enclose a machining unit of the machining apparatus. The shield frame includes a rectangular ba... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6539827 | Apparatus and method for discharging chips from a lathe A method and apparatus for removing chips from a workpiece on a lathe including a spindle with a through hole formed therein, a chuck having a through hole formed therein and affixed adjacent a forward end of the spindle, a cutting mechanism cooperative w... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6508150 | REVERSIBLE CUTTING TIP, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SUCH CUTTING TIP, TOOL PROVIDED WITH SUCH CUTTING TIPS, AND METHOD FOR CUTTING A WORKPIECE BY USING SUCH CUTTING TIP OR A TOOL PROVIDED WITH SUCH CUTTING TIP A reversible cutting tip for a cutting tool has a cutting wedge defined by a first face and a first flank. The cutting wedge has a clearance angle of 0° to 3°. The first flank is produced by applying a first coating to the cutting tip and the first face... | 01/21/2003 |
| 6484612 | Robot hand tool mounting device A plurality of connecting members are provided to a tool adaptor to which a tool is mounted, a plurality of connecting jaw members having inclined faces which are engaged with and detached from the connecting members when the connecting jaw members are di... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6446533 | Lathe assembly and method of using a lathe assembly A lathe assembly having a guide with a passageway for movement of a piece of bar stock, with a leading end and a trailing end, in a substantially straight path between a feeding position and a working position. A sensor assembly is capable of detecting th... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6443041 | Card edge chamfering system A milling system to be used in the manufacturing of electronic card for chamfering the edge of a card (e.g. a SIMM card) to facilitate its insertion in a socket on a board. According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the card to be chamf... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6443040 | Process for manufacturing screws and a device for actuating the process A device for manufacturing a screw (2) comprises a cylindrical support (3) having a horizontal axis (x-13 x)and being rotatable there about. A straight bar (7) is wound spirally about the support (3). The bar (7) is constrained to a guide (8) and can perf... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6389939 | Multiple-spindle bar machine A multiple spindle bar machine is disclosed including a cylindrical spindle carrier assembly supporting a spaced apart array of spindle bearings. Workpiece holding spindles are rotatably journaled in the spindle bearings. A hollow spindle drive shaft exte... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6349626 | Clamping device for machine tools The invention provides a clamping device for machine tools capable of preventing the occurrence of impressions. In a clamping device for machine tools, a tailstock (movable carriage) is provided on a top face of a fixed bed and the tailstock is positioned... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6272954 | Apparatus for machining explosive materials Apparatus for machining workpiece made of an explosive material, the apparatus including: a drive system and a cutting tool assembly for cutting a workpiece made of an explosive material; an elongate member carried by, and projecting along an axis from, t... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6016669 | Pulsed fuel-oxygen burner and method for rotatable workpieces An apparatus for applying heat to a rotatable workpiece is disclosed. A rotating lathe is provided for mounting a workpiece, for example a quartz tube, thereto so as to enable rotation of the workpiece. At least one translatable burner is coupled to a fue... | 01/25/2000 |
| 5992276 | Safety guard for lathes A safety apparatus for use in connection with motor driven machine tools such as engine lathes of the character used to dress the brake shoe and brake pad engaging surface of automobile brake drums and rotors. The safety apparatus can be quickly and easil... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5761974 | System and method for machining heat resistant materials Disclosed is a cap-like reservoir defining system which allows user adjustable location of application of cutting tool lifetime increasing cryogenic cooling to a workpiece contacting edge of a cutting tool, in a workpiece machining system. The present inv... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5720209 | Mounting device for a telescopic transducer A mounting device for a telescopic ball-bar has a hexagonal shank retained in jaws of a chuck on a spindle of a lathe. A supporting bracket extending from the shank carries a magnetic socket in one of a plurality of locations, and receivably mounts one en... | 02/24/1998 |
| 5573335 | Thin film temperature sensing device for measuring the operating temperature of a cutting tool A direct temperature sensing tool directly senses and provides feedback of the temperature of its cutting environment. The tool comprises a base body defining at least one cutting edge of the tool. A protective coating surrounds the base body and the cutt... | 11/12/1996 |
| 5273295 | Debuckler An improved machine tool having means for automatically sensing axial movement of the jaw members relative to the collet housing and for adjusting the axial position of the collet to automatically compensate for the jaw movement to allow radial gripping o... | 12/28/1993 |
| 5176053 | Cutting tool equipped with a state indicator A cutting tool equipped with a tool state detector which comprises temperature sensors and conductors which are placed on the tool. The invention is characterized in that two or more temperature sensors (10-13) are placed on the tool (1) at mutually diffe... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5103701 | Diamond tool machining of materials which react with diamond Apparatus for the diamond machining of materials which detrimentally react with diamond cutting tools in which the cutting tool and the workpiece are chilled to very low temperatures. This chilling halts or retards the chemical reaction between the workpi... | 04/14/1992 |
| 5076743 | Device for drilling undercuts A device for drilling an undercut in a borehole formed into a substrate includes a housing (1) containing a guide sleeve (2) with a bushing (4) arranged eccentrically within and rotatable relative to the guide sleeve. A torsion spring (6) is located betwe... | 12/31/1991 |
| 5038645 | Wear resistant cutting tools and shaping method Wear resistant cutting tools are comprised of cutting tools implanted with at least one element selected from the group consisting of, chlorine, fluorine, bromine, iodine, sulfur, indium, gallium and tin. The elements are implanted within the cutting tool... | 08/13/1991 |
| 5036596 | Machine tool pre-setting tool An apparatus for the positional adjustment of cutting tools for use on machine tools has a first block having a gauging surface mounted thereon and translationally and swivelly movable on a perpendicular shaft. A second block is coupled to the first block... | 08/06/1991 |
| 5014581 | Apparatus for machining A rotary machining system is presented which uses a housing, a combined spindle and cutting disk, a source of high pressure fluid, a hydraulic line, a needle valve, a carbide ball and a carbide socket to machine superalloys and other difficult-to-machine ... | 05/14/1991 |
| 4934227 | Device for cutting a support helix for a radially expanded resilient sleeve A device for cutting a support helix for a radially expanded sleeve of resilient material which may be used as an enclosure of an elongate object such as an electrical cable. The device includes a knife wheel having a plurality of circumferentially distri... | 06/19/1990 |
| 4901480 | Lens generating tool for generating a lens A tool for generating a prescription surface in a plastic eyeglass lens. A pair of replaceable, cutting elements are mounted on a tool having a spindle. Each cutting element has a solid polycrystalline diamond material forming a cutting edge for progressi... | 02/20/1990 |
| 4885530 | Device for early detection of breaks and marginal wear in the cutting edges of tools A device for the early detection of breaks and/or marginal wear in the cutting edge in machine tools equipped with reversible cutting plates having at least one insulated conductor path embedded in their cutting edge, with the conductor path being in comm... | 12/05/1989 |
