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Mountable Printable Placard With Headband
A resilient headband in a shape for being mounted on the head of the user. The headband is equipped with a longitudinal slotted member for holding a placard.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6903299 | Resistance welding tip assembly A resistance welding tip assembly having a welding tip support to which a welding tip is secured. A sleeve is constructed of an electrical insulating material, such as ceramic, and the sleeve includes a throughbore along a preset axis. The sleeve is slidably mounted... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6894244 | Method for fabricating embossed articles by flash welding An article with an embossment thereon is fabricated by providing an article precursor, providing an embossment precursor, and flash welding the embossment precursor and the article precursor together, to form the article with the embossment thereon. ... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6660956 | Method of and apparatus for monitoring a ball forming process A method of monitoring a ball forming process in a wire bonder. A glow discharge parameter between an electrode on the wire bonder and an end of a wire mounted on the wire bonder on which the ball is being formed is monitored. The monitored parameter is c... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6175097 | Ceramic-coated metal guide pin A guide pin comprising a metal core and a generally smooth, non-porous insulative ceramic layer disposed on the metal core. An intermediate layer comprising titanium-carbonitride (TiCN) may be disposed on the metal core, thereby improving bonding of the c... | 01/16/2001 |
| 5614112 | Installation for positioning edge to edge and welding by means of a laser beam at least two sheet blanks An installation for positioning edge to edge and welding by means of a laser beam at least two sheet blanks comprises means for supporting and positioning a first sheet blank in a horizontal reference plane, means for positioning the edge to be welded of ... | 03/25/1997 |
| 5513230 | Fuel rod for a nuclear reactor and welding apparatus for producing the fuel rod A fuel rod for a nuclear reactor includes a metal cladding tube filled with nuclear fuel and having ends, an outer surface, and a longitudinal axis. A metal seal plug is welded to one of the ends of the cladding tube at a transition point, defining an ann... | 04/30/1996 |
| 4920247 | Resistance welding The endwise resistance welding of a weld coupling to a plate. The weld coupling is mounted in a collet which is mounted slideably in a cavity in a block of conducting material. In the standby condition of the apparatus the collet is urged outwardly of the... | 04/24/1990 |
| 4785154 | Method and apparatus for joining together the ends of a metallic band by resistance inert gas welding This method of electric welding metal band ends together comprises a fusion cycle with the introduction of inert gas, a cooling cycle with the introduction of cooling air, and an annealing cycle. The method is carried out in a fusion head having grippers ... | 11/15/1988 |
| 4626655 | Method and apparatus for welding rolled bands of finite lengths to form continuous bands during a manufacturing operation The average winding diameter of a finite roller band length wound on a supply coil is increased by having the roller band rewound from the supply coil to a storage coil of a larger than the winding diameter, which encloses the supply coil concentrically. ... | 12/02/1986 |
| 4438314 | Weld pin applicator device having automatic reload The present invention is directed to an apparatus for attaching welding pins to sheet metal, and particularly for attaching by a resistance welding procedure pins for retaining insulating material to a duct substrate. A characterizing feature of the inven... | 03/20/1984 |
| 4414454 | Method of welding continuous rails and apparatus therefor A method and apparatus for forming a continuous railroad track including a mobile welding plant which is comprised of, for example, a string of flat cars for transporting a number of already formed continuous rails, another flat car or the like carrying m... | 11/08/1983 |
| 4409459 | Automatic welding apparatus An automatic welding apparatus comprises a positioning mechanism successively supplied with a first workpiece, for positioning the first workpiece so that a joint part of the first workpiece faces towards a predetermined direction, a holding and moving me... | 10/11/1983 |
| 4357514 | Welding method and apparatus This application relates to a method and apparatus for welding together small oxide coated components by driving a sharp edge or point of one part into a face of another part and then discharging electrical energy, for example, a capacitively stored elect... | 11/02/1982 |
| 4352003 | Method for positioning and securing components of a workpiece A second workpiece component, such as a rectangular frame member, is positioned on a first workpiece component, such as the end of a rectangular duct. The first workpiece component is engaged by a clamp member secured to a frame so that the first workpiec... | 09/28/1982 |
| 4316072 | Apparatus for positioning and securing components of a workpiece A workpiece positioning and securing apparatus includes a fixed frame for slidably supporting a welding machine into and out of a preselected position relative to a pair of workpiece components to be welded together. A first workpiece component is fixed b... | 02/16/1982 |
| 4216366 | Resistance welder with a cutter A welding machine for the continuous welding of spot contacts on a support material is provided wherein the contact material in the form of wire, tape or sectional shape is supplied to a cutting tip, along a path parallel to the welding electrode, and is ... | 08/05/1980 |
| 4215262 | Automatic percussion welding apparatus with stud feed A percussion welder includes a single acting main cylinder having a ram extending through both ends of the cylinder mounting a spring loaded chuck on one end of the ram and an adjustable return spring on its other end. An automated version includes a hollow ra... | 07/29/1980 |
| 4190758 | Grid welding machine The invention relates to a grid welding machine operating on the electrical resistance welding principle and having continuous forward feed of the longitudinal wires. Groups of rotary electrodes and counter-electrodes cooperate in pairs and are arranged a... | 02/26/1980 |
| 4159413 | Contact welding machine, particularly for automatic application of tiny contact plates to a substrate carrier A transport drum is located adjacent two positions, one being a severing position in which a severing punch is located adjacent the drum to punch out contact plates in the order of at most 3 mm surface area from a strip of contact material, and place the ... | 06/26/1979 |
| 4142087 | Welding gun adapted to weld fixed contacts on wire spring relays A welding gun for wire spring relays has jaws designed to clamp the wire contact arm with the end of the wire on which the contact is to be welded projecting a predetermined amount through the jaws. Mechanism on the gun brings the contact against the clam... | 02/27/1979 |
| 4137445 | Stud receiver A stud welding gun having means for automatically feeding studs to the barrel of the gun is provided with a stud receiver which facilitates removal of jammed studs from the device.... | 01/30/1979 |
| 4089106 | Method for producing electrical contacts A method and apparatus is provided to produce a gold, inlaid contact surface for an electrical contact device by welding gold ribbon segments to the contact device wire base prior to the coining, trimming, slotting and various other forming operations whi... | 05/16/1978 |
| 4085307 | Weldable insulation fastener and apparatus for welding A weldable fastener for supporting insulation adjacent to a surface and apparatus for welding the fastener are provided. The insulation fastener is specifically designed for applying insulating material to the outer surface of a wall of a cryogenic contai... | 04/18/1978 |
| 4048461 | Apparatus for welding contact beads on an electrically conductive substrate Contact beads of noble metal are welded to a substrate of less corrosion-resistant metal in an apparatus in which one electrode formed with a receptacle is moved cyclically between a welding position adjacent another, stationary electrode and a remote fee... | 09/13/1977 |
| 4020316 | Method and apparatus for positioning nuts to be welded to a base A method and apparatus for positioning nuts to be welded to a base such as a steel sheet. The base is located between a pair of relatively movable welding electrodes, one of which has a retractable nut supporting and locating pin with a tapered shoulder, ... | 04/26/1977 |
| 4019012 | Welding apparatus A welding apparatus for welding together arcuate components, for example a platform and web of a brake shoe comprises a pair of opposed clamping members which are relatively movable to engage the web, one on each side thereof, over a substantial portion o... | 04/19/1977 |
| 4010344 | Apparatus for transferring a workpiece over a rough surface Apparatus for joining a first workpiece from a supply station to a second workpiece at a work station which accurately positions the first workpiece in engagement with the second workpiece at a predetermined location spaced from the periphery of the secon... | 03/01/1977 |
| 4001542 | Method and apparatus for forming a stream feeder A method of and apparatus for fabricating an orificed wall for a feeder for flowing streams of filament forming material such as molten glass by punching an aperture through a plate from one side to the other and then permanently depressing the plate imme... | 01/04/1977 |
| 3992762 | Apparatus for the mounting and shaping of contacts on telephonic relay elements Apparatus for the mounting and shaping, continuously and at high speed, of contacts on telephonic relay elements, notably blades, non-detached from a supply band, and utilizing balls adapted to be welded to elements of the band to form contacts. A contain... | 11/23/1976 |
| 3976240 | Apparatus for applying contacts An apparatus is provided for applying gold contacts to a metal member comprising an ultrasonic welding unit, a welding zone for receiving and superposing the foil element and metal member, a stripping plate disposed in the welding zone between the element... | 08/24/1976 |
| 3946145 | Terminated wires and method of making the same A system for electrically terminating two or more insulated or uninsulated wires comprising forming a terminal about the wires with a ram and die cavity such that the terminal and wire configuration cross sectional profile is elongated in one direction, w... | 03/23/1976 |
| 3936628 | Apparatus for forming elongate reinforcing elements The invention relates to an apparatus for forming elongate reinforcing elements having a pair of rods and transverse rungs welded perpendicularly between said rods, said rods being fed parallel to one another in stepwise fashion between the welding electr... | 02/03/1976 |
