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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7310988 | Drive device for a mechanical press The invention provides a drive device for a mechanical press with a two-step speed reduction mechanism for driving a slide of the mechanical press and includes a drive pinion provided concentrically with a crankshaft, a main gear mounted on said crankshaft, intermed... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7290486 | Compressing device for plastic bottles A compressing device for plastic bottle uses a pair of plates which are strapped on each side of a bottle. The straps are tightened as the bottle's content is used up. The plates are shaped in such a way so as to reduce crimping on the bottle. Optional accessories s... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7219602 | Can collection catch bin for use with aluminum can compacting mechanism An improved can compacting mechanism includes a can collection catch bin comprising a main catch bin body having integrally formed front wall, back wall, and opposing walls. Downwardly from the front, back and side walls, is a floor. The walls and floor are integral... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7153128 | Press mechanism, clamp mechanism, and molding machine using this clamp mechanism A thermal pressing machine has a case in which a fixed-side press plate is fixedly provided, a main shaft to which a moving side press plate is attached, a lever arm pivotally attached to the main shaft, a first drive mechanism coupled to a force point at one end of... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7140163 | Blister-foil packaging machine A lower foil formed with upwardly open filled pockets passes horizontally at a constant transport speed through a work station of a machine frame. A support table holds an upper tool immediately above the foil in the station. A double parallelogrammatic linkage has ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7111549 | T-gib dynamic balancer weight guide A guide system is provided to slidingly guide a reciprocating dynamic balancer weight within a press machine. An elongate stationary guide rail is disposed within a vertical channel formed at one side of the balancer mass. In this configuration, the guide rail is ar... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7004006 | Motor driven link press The present invention provides a motor driven link press which enables working with a heavy press load and also enables a working cycle time to be improved even when a motor with a relatively low output power is used and which can be properly controlled easily. A mo... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6945165 | Motor driven link press The present invention provides a motor driven link press which enables working with a heavy press load and also enables a working cycle time to be improved even when a motor with a relatively low output power is used and which can be properly controlled easily. A mo... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6935228 | Platen press A method and an apparatus for varying the dwell parameters for a platen press are disclosed. The method involves creating an impression force between first and second platens using a driven biasing member where movement of the member is controlled by a tensioner. Th... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6701834 | Drive arrangement for powering plunger and auxiliary functions of large rectangular baler A first embodiment of a drive arrangement for a large rectangular baler includes hydraulic pump and motor sets, and second and third embodiments include only gear and shaft arrangements, for driving the plunger for compressing the crop being baled, and fo... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6474227 | Method of controlling synchronous drive of pressing machine and pressing machine usable in the method With a method of controlling synchronous drive of a plurality of pressing machines, each of the pressing machines has a motor, a drive shaft to which a torque of a flywheel driven by the motor is transmitted through a clutch and a slide driven by the driv... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6070521 | Slide control device of press Learning control is adopted in slide control of a press, and the actual behavior pattern of the slide is converged to the optimum pattern thereby breakage of a metal mold or the like can be prevented. The slide control device is provided with a linear mot... | 06/06/2000 |
| 5784919 | Folding unit A corner bending unit (2) for achieving a reciprocating movement in a tool holder (14) for a bending tool (12), the tool holder being articulated to a foundation (4) via parallel links (16, 18). The corner bending unit (2) has a pneumatic cylinder (38) wi... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5746086 | Driving device with force-limiting element for a bending unit A driving device for a bending unit for bending-in an edge flange against a workpiece. The bending unit comprises a stand, supporting the driving device, a supporting surface for the workpiece and a linkage system, which supports a bending tool for the mo... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5495742 | Press for hemming panels The invention relates to an apparatus for bending a flange into engagement with a workpiece. A bending tool is mounted on a tool holder connected to a stand by a linkage mechanism. The linkage mechanism includes a first link with its ends journalled on a ... | 03/05/1996 |
| 5468194 | Power transmission for mechanical press A power transmission shaft which transmits rotational energy of a flywheel is divided into a first shaft section adjacent to the flywheel and a second shaft section adjacent to a power take-off gear. A planetary gearing is arranged between the shaft secti... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5315926 | High efficiency, swash plate mechanical press A mechanical press includes a slider which is reciprocated, through connecting rods, by an oscillating plate oscillating around a driving shaft to obtain a press load. The press further includes a swash plate rotatable with the driving shaft. The oscillat... | 05/31/1994 |
| 5272903 | Hemming machine A machine for hemming an edge portion of an arcuate panel having a fixed die with an arcuate contour complementary to the panel, a moveable die head having prehemming and hemming dies thereon with edge contours, respectively, complementary to the edge con... | 12/28/1993 |
| 5253508 | Force transmitting coupling for stamping and forming machine Force transmitting coupling (44) for transmitting force from an actuator (16) which oscillates along an arcuate path to a ram block (12) which reciprocates along a rectilinear path comprises a flexible member (50) coupling which is connected to the actuat... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5203227 | Disc-typed flywheel structure for a press This invention relates to a disc-typed flywheel structure for a press and in particular to one including a sleeve arranged on a driving shaft of the press and fixedly mounted thereon by screws, a bearing enclosing the sleeve, a flywheel mounted on the bea... | 04/20/1993 |
| 5050422 | Bending apparatus for bending a marginal flange on a workpiece Apparatus for bending a margin flange (5) which projects at an angle to a surface of a workpiece (4) against that surface, includes a bending tool (6) which is mounted on a tool holder (7) which by a linkage system (8-13) is connected to a stand (1) which... | 09/24/1991 |
| 5038597 | Bending apparatus for bending a marginal flange on a workpiece Apparatus for bending a margin flange (5), which projects at an angle to a surface on a workpiece (2), against the workpiece. The apparatus includes a bending tool (6) which is mounted on a tool holder (14) carried by a parallelogram mechanism (7-12) for ... | 08/13/1991 |
| 5035136 | Bending apparatus for bending a margin flange The invention relates to an apparatus for bending a flange against a workpiece (3). A preliminary bending tool (5) on a first tool holder (7) is carried by a linkage mechanism (8-13) for movement in relation to a stand (1). A bend finishing tool (6) on a ... | 07/30/1991 |
| 5005398 | Hemming machine A machine for hemming a panel having a fixed die with an edge contour complementary to an edge of the panel, a movable die head having prehemming and hemming dies thereon with edge contours, respectively, complementary to the edge contour of said panel, a... | 04/09/1991 |
| 4962701 | Beverage can crusher A crusher is provided for crushing typical beverage cans to shorten their height for facilitating disposal and recycling. An upright wall-mounted magazine carries a column of cans disposed with their lengths horizontally and the cans move gravitationally,... | 10/16/1990 |
| 4890998 | Press for manufacture of dimensionally stable articles from powdered material A press for producing dimensionally stable moldings from powdered materials is described whereby a press frame and a press platen are provided in a press body and are linked together in movement by means of a drive and form a main press plunger. A hydraul... | 01/02/1990 |
| 4827840 | Can crusher A can crusher comprising a vertical hopper to receive empty cans laid horizontally in a vertical stack one above the other, with the bottton can in the stack being positioned in end-to-end registration with a plunger head which reciprocates horizontally b... | 05/09/1989 |
| 4762062 | Mechanical press This invention relates to a mechanical press comprising a shaft 1 coupled to a drive, which shaft 1 is supported in a yoke 2 at its end opposite to the drive, and a connecting rod 9, the lower end of which is rotatably connected with a slide 11 which is g... | 08/09/1988 |
| 4498385 | Can crusher A can crusher includes a base, a handle pivoted to the base, crusher plates pivoted to the base and handle, and guide means to maintain the plates parallel. The crusher is made of slightly flexible plastics material, is assembled by snapping it together w... | 02/12/1985 |
| 4415395 | Apparatus for applying a printing or cutting force to a laminated tape An apparatus for applying a printing or cutting force to an elongated strip of tape comprising a base, a printing station, a pair of side walls extending upwardly from the base and each including a tape receiving opening, a printing or cutting member and ... | 11/15/1983 |
| 4394834 | Can crusher A can crusher having continuous incremental crushing action for reducing cans or similar containers to a compact size is disclosed. The crusher consists of a housing having a cylindrical configuration with a cylindrical cavity disposed therein enclosed at... | 07/26/1983 |
| 4273738 | Method and apparatus for forming, and trimming, three-dimensional work pieces Three-dimensional work pieces, such as instrument panels or dashboards, are made of initially flat stock or of synthetic material such as a two-component foamable material. The tools of the present apparatus include upper and lower holding tools which are... | 06/16/1981 |
| 4221626 | Heat seal machine An improved heat seal machine having a lever linkage that cooperates with an electromagnet clamp to hold down a movable platen in heat sealing relation against a base platen after manual closure of the two platens into sealing relation. A spring operated ... | 09/09/1980 |
| 4213387 | Can crusher A can crusher having an upstanding stationary platen and an upstanding movable platen, the movable platen being reciprocated with respect to the stationary platen. Both platens are canted with their upper ends closer together than their lower ends so that... | 07/22/1980 |
| 4198846 | Stamping press A stamping press in which a frame supports a ram for reciprocating movement thereof and one or more wobble plates mounted on a main shaft operate a pivoted yoke for reciprocating the ram, and a die section mounted thereon. The ram is normally operated thr... | 04/22/1980 |
| 4143595 | Can crusher A can crusher having a plural stage and incremental crushing action which includes a frame with a buttress at one end and plural fulcrum stanchions at the other end. A handle carrying a pivot pin selectively locatable in fulcrum portions of the stanchion ... | 03/13/1979 |
| 4133261 | Can crusher This invention relates generally to devices designed to crush metal cans such as beverage containers and the like. More specifically, this invention relates to a can crushing device having a base upon which to place the can to be crushed and having a mean... | 01/09/1979 |