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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8124905 | Guide wire A method of making a guide wire involves butting a connection end face at a proximal end of a first wire against a connection end face at a distal end of a second wire while applying voltage and a pressing force to weld together the first and second wires at a welde... | 02/28/2012 |
| 7615718 | Apparatus and method for supplying a continuous source of wire Welding systems and methods include a welding unit for joining a first and a second source of wire, in which the welding unit includes a wire feed tunnel defining a travel path through the welding unit for the first and second sources of wire. The welding unit furth... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7281319 | Apparatus for manufacturing wire wound filter screens An apparatus for manufacturing a wire wound filter screen from wrapping wrap wire over a set of rib wires has a frame, a spindle for supporting the rib wires in a longitudinal orientation, a wire guide for delivering wrap wire around the rib wires as the spindle rot... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7249631 | Slip on screen with expanded base pipe A method for manufacturing a wellscreen and a wellscreen that have the mechanical properties of a direct-wrap wellscreen and the precise slot tolerance of a slip-on wellscreen are provided. In one embodiment, a method for manufacturing a wellscreen for use in a well... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7247809 | Welding machine for the production of wire grid sheet A welding machine, operating by the electric resistance welding method, for producing wire grid mat of longitudinal and transverse wires (L, Q) crossing one another and welded together at the crossing points, having a plurality of welding units (1, 1′), loc... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7065875 | Bushing support ring for stabilizer bar A stabilizer bar assembly for an automotive vehicle includes a stabilizer bar, a bushing mounted to the stabilizer bar, and a support ring mounted onto the stabilizer bar adjacent the bushing to provide a stop to prevent the bushing from moving axially along the sta... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7041932 | Apparatus and method for supplying a continuous source of wire An apparatus and method for supplying a continuous source of wire includes a base supporting at least first and second sources of wire, a wire joining apparatus adjacent the base configured to weld a first wire from the first source with a second wire from the secon... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7022589 | Thermal treatment equipment and method for heat-treating The invention provides a method for activating impurity element added to a semiconductor and performing gettering process in shirt time, and a thermal treatment equipment enabling to perform such the heat-treating. The thermal treatment equipment comprises treatment... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6943315 | Robot spot welding apparatus for nuclear fuel skeleton and spot welding method using the same The automatic robot spot welding apparatus includes a welding bench including clamping frames, which are uniformly arrayed and have receiving portions for the sparer grids, and have, at both ends of the welding bench, fixing plates for the guide tubes and the instru... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6870119 | Modular steel concrete reinforcement system A method of welding reinforcement steel bars (rebar) and assembly of fusion-welded rebar into panel assemblies that are self-stabilizing to withstand the rigors of transport to and positioning within construction sites. The rebar welding method generates fusion weld... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6627832 | Modular steel concrete reinforcement system A method of welding reinforcement steel bars (rebar) and assembly of fusion-welded rebar into panel assemblies that are self-stabilizing to withstand the rigors of transport to and positioning within construction sites. The rebar welding method generates ... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6538225 | Column packing and method for manufacturing the same First line element made of, e.g., wire and second line elements made of, e.g., wire are disposed so that they cross each other and they are welded together at crossing points to form a net. The net is pressed to form an undulating net. An undulating net o... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6448532 | Method for resistance welding metal parts The invention relates to a resistance welding process for welding metal parts together. To improve the quality of the weld, at least one welding electrode (4) is embodied as a circular cylinder, which is seated so that it rotates around its cylinder axis.... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6369342 | Method of manufacture for a metal pallet A method of manufacture of a metal pallet having a deck member formed as a grate or grid by the perpendicular intersection of plural rod members with flat bar members positioned on edge, where the rod members are embedded within the flat bar members by pr... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6340805 | Method of manufacturing a wire screen product The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a wire screen product which is especially suitable for screening fiber suspensions of the wood processing industry. It is a characteristic feature of the method according to the invention of manuf... | 01/22/2002 |
| 6127652 | Wire changing in an armature winder Methods and apparatus for replacing an old wire threaded through a flyer winder with a new wire are provided. A first end of the old wire is connected to a first end of the new wire. The wires may be connected by twining, clamping, welding or the like. A ... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6100511 | Method of bonding insulating wire and device for carrying out this method A method and device for electrically connecting enameled wire ends with contact surfaces. The enameled wire is stripped and pressed against the contact surface. The wire is charged with at least one of an electromagnetic and an acoustical energy. The enam... | 08/08/2000 |
| 5973287 | Resistance welding method and apparatus used in the method A resistance welding apparatus in which welding portions of materials to be welded are resistance-welded with each other by use of resistance heating caused by conduction of a welding current while the welding portions are pressed between a pair of electr... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5896960 | Welded rod fitting damper manufacture A method of manufacturing a suspension damper with a welded rod fitting includes attaching a piston rod to a piston assembly. The piston assembly with the attached piston rod is inserted into a tube so that the piston rod extends from the tube. Hydraulic ... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5690842 | Orthopaedic wire with an enlarged end and method of forming the same A method of manufacturing a strong orthopaedic wire (30). A block (20) has an opening (26) with an interior diameter which is slightly larger than an outside diameter (28) of the wire (30). The wire (30) is placed within the opening (26) such that an end ... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5672283 | Apparatus and method for making welded mesh forms An apparatus and method for making welded mesh forms (10) having a stationary center beam (12) and an adjustable center beam (14). Two adjustable side beams (36 and 38) and one adjustable bottom beam and clamp (20) are provided so that any number of circu... | 09/30/1997 |
| 5542868 | Method and apparatus for stretching a damper wire A method for attaching a stretched damper wire to a cathode ray tube including the steps of locating each end of a damper wire at a first position with respect to a pair of damper springs and welding each end of the damper wire to each of the damper sprin... | 08/06/1996 |
| 5391114 | Nail element and method for its manufacture Method for the manufacture of a nail element comprising a plate-shaped body and one or more elongate elements whereby in accordance with the invention in each case at least one elongate element is set at an angle relative to the face of the plate-shaped b... | 02/21/1995 |
| 5310985 | Process for joining copper alloys End faces of copper alloys to be used for electrical conductors are placed in contacting relationship under a compressive force below the yield strength of the copper alloy conductor in the room temperature condition. The contacting end faces are heated u... | 05/10/1994 |
| 5237154 | Process for manufacturing a slotted hole screen A process for manufacturing a slotted hole screen made by mechanically joining a plurality of longitudinal members to a plurality of cross bars reduces joint roughness, burrs and recesses by including a step of covering the joints with a covering material... | 08/17/1993 |
| 5211208 | Double-point welding machine Double-spot welding machine for producing wire grids (G), having welding lines (S1, S2) of top and bottom electrodes (2, 3), which welding lines (S1, S2) are arranged at a mutual distance apart in a longitudinal... | 05/18/1993 |
| 5205877 | Process for making wire mesh screens Making wire screens using high carbon steel wire. A first array of wires are placed in a longitudinal configuration and a second array of wires are placed transversely of said first array. The junctions where the wires meet are heated to a temperature of ... | 04/27/1993 |
| 5195682 | Method for attaching copper to a ferrous alloy A method for welding copper to a ferrous alloy is provided in which an end of the copper wire, either in a single conductor form or a plurality of strands, is exposed to an electrical discharge to form a globule that is generally spherical. The globule is... | 03/23/1993 |
| 4853511 | Apparatus for the feeding of transverse wires to the welding line of a grid welding machine Apparatus for the feeding of transverse wires from a feed position to the welding line of a grid welding machine has at least one nozzle (9) which is directed towards the welding line, and which can be supplied with compressed air in time with the welding... | 08/01/1989 |
| 4835853 | Method for electrically connecting conductors & electrodes in an implantable electrode lead A conductor embedded in the insulating layers of an implantable lead is connected to an electrode by arranging the conductor to be included as one pole in a high voltage circuit having another pole in the form of a needle or the like placed in the vicinit... | 06/06/1989 |
| 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 |
| 4686342 | Process for making wire mesh screens A welding process for the manufacture of high carbon steel wire mesh for use in wire screens. In this process at least two high carbon steel wires are crossed and its junction pre-weld heated. The amount of heat applied at this pre-weld step is insufficie... | 08/11/1987 |
| 4614013 | Method of forming a reinforced structural building panel An insulated welded wire structural building panel and a method for making such panels are disclosed. The panel has a plurality of parallel trusses joined together with cross wires. Each truss is triangular in cross section. A layer of polyurethane foam i... | 09/30/1986 |
| 4595815 | Process and installation for welding grids for nuclear fuel assemblies For welding a grid formed by sets of plates disposed orthogonally and whose endmost parts are secured to a surround, it is placed in a shaping and mechanically holding frame allowing access to the point to be welded. The frame containing the grid is then ... | 06/17/1986 |
| 4539457 | Method of manufacturing gratings and apparatus for carrying out the method In the continuous manufacture of gratings in which transverse bars (8) are welded at intervals to continuous longitudinal bars (15) which are subsequently cut to obtain the required length gratings, the positioning of the transverse bars (8) at the weldin... | 09/03/1985 |
| 4538042 | Method and apparatus for forming reinforcing cage for prestressed concrete pile Apparatus and method for forming a reinforcing cage for a prestressed concrete pile, in which the cage includes a set of main steel bars arranged in a circular pattern and an auxiliary wire which is helically wound around and welded at its crossings with ... | 08/27/1985 |
| 4500763 | Method and apparatus for the production of welded grid bodies Grid bodies which consist of two parallel plane grid mats of longitudinal and transverse wires crossing one another and welded together at the points of cross, and of spacer wires, which hold the mats spaced apart and which are welded at each end to one w... | 02/19/1985 |
| 4489231 | Method for preparing electrical conductor A method of preparing stranded electrical conductors for subsequent attachment to the terminal pad of an electrical device or component whereby the tip portion of said conductors are fused to form a coalescent bead. The stranded wire conductor is placed i... | 12/18/1984 |
| 4455468 | Process and device for splicing metal shafts by arc welding and spliced shaft made by such process An improved process is disclosed for splicing metal shafts, in which a pair of shafts (10, 12 or 44, 46) having transverse end surfaces (30, 32 or 54, 56) preferably substantially normal to the axes of the shafts, are positioned coaxially with an insert (... | 06/19/1984 |
| 4421969 | Method for fabricating open web steel joists In the method of welding open web steel joists a chord member is formed by bending a web in an undulating configuration. The chord is welded to the webs by simultaneously clamping and resistance welding to form four welds. The weld current is applied by a... | 12/20/1983 |
