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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7371431 | Method for producing small, sheet glass plates and larger sheet glass plates as semifinished products for producing the former In the method of producing smaller, sheet glass plates having a predetermined geometry and lateral dimensions in the millimeter range from a larger sheet glass plate, a joining material is imprinted on one side of the larger sheet glass plate in accordance with a jo... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7370783 | Device for separating stacked sheets The separator is based on the mounting of two moveable frames (2) and (2′) on a fixed lower structure (1), mounting corresponding conveyor belts (3) and (3′) being mounted between these frames (2) and (2′), each... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7318543 | Apparatus for separating the bearing cap of a connecting rod by fracture The apparatus includes a frame supporting two fixtures, of which at least one is movable, and which have respective crescents adapted to be brought together to form a circular profile engageable with the big end of a connecting rod and separable by an opening device... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7186208 | Cutterless dunnage converter and method A tabletop converter has a conversion assembly that inwardly gathers and crumples a stock material to form a strip of dunnage. The conversion assembly includes a feeding assembly that moves the stock material and a controller that controls the feeding assembly to op... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7150383 | Storable transfer conveyor system A storable transfer conveyor system for moving bundles from an upstream conveyor to a downstream conveyor utilizing a storable transfer conveyor which is movable from a first operative position, wherein the bundles are transferred to the downstream conveyor, to a se... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7143915 | Process to fracture connecting rods and the like with resonance-fatigue A process to fracture connecting rods and the like, that are made of high strength materials, comprises of the following mechanisms: (a) Fatigue: fluctuation of stresses in a pre-notched connecting rod due to the use of harmonic excitation will extend t... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7017368 | Articulated open ring A ring of the type intended to be arranged on a body part of a wearer includes two rigid bent arms (10, 12) and an articulation (14) connecting them. The arms are mobile facing each other at the first (10a, 12a) of their two... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7013776 | Device for cutting optical fiber and a method for cutting optical fiber An optical fiber cutting device provided with a speed reducing part which transmits drive force by reducing the drive speed of the external drive force, a drive force transmission part which transmits the drive force from the speed reduction part to the cutting blad... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6835042 | Robotic loading cell for molded utensils A robotic loading cell for plastic utensils is characterized by a synchronized supply conveyor and gripping mechanism for packaging individual utensils from an integrally molded group or rack of utensils. The gripping device is operable to remove a plurality of indi... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6776748 | Device for breaking the nicks connecting the blanks of a pile of cardboard sheets A stack of sheets, e.g. cardboard, with each sheet having lines of cut longitudinally and/or transversely. Apparatus for breaking the nicks connecting two edges of line of cut on the stacked sheets includes a first support and transport moving longitudinally and a f... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6732896 | Apparatus and process for dividing a nonwoven web An apparatus and process for dividing a nonwoven web into a plurality of ribbons. An assembly of converging ribbons receive and grip the incoming continuous web to create a travel distance differential. One portion of the continuous web is pulled through the assembl... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6655566 | Bundle breaker improvement An improvement in a bundle breaker having first and second adjacent but longitudinally spaced upper and lower clamping surfaces for breaking progressively a bundle of sheets along a weakened plane from a log. The improvement includes first and second comp... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6644529 | Process to fracture connecting rods and the like with resonance-fatigue A process to fracture connecting rods and the like, that are made of high strength materials, comprises of the following mechanisms: (a) Fatigue: fluctuation of stresses in a pre-notched connecting rod due to the use of harmonic excitation will extend the ... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6634079 | Optical fiber cleaver An optical fiber cleaver, comprising a blade capable of applying a scratch to the outer peripheral surface of an optical fiber and a pusher pushing the optical fiber to cleave it at the scratched part, wherein it further comprises a reverse-running preven... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6609643 | Dual clamping arrangement for connecting rod fracturing machine An improved fracturing machine for fracturing a connecting rod preform includes clamping mechanisms at both upper and lower portions of the preform. Wedges lock the clamps onto the preform during fracturing. The top and bottom clamps provide a cleaner fra... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6598774 | Optical fiber cutting device The present invention provides an optical fiber cutting device in which a scratch is formed in an outer peripheral surface of a clamped optical fiber, and the optical fiber is broken along the scratch by applying a tension force or bending stress to the o... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6536642 | Apparatus for separating the bearing cap of a connecting rod by fracture A frame (10) carries two fixtures (16, 20), of which at least one (20) is movable, and which have respective crescents (18, 22) adapted to be brought together to form a circular profile engageable with the big end of a connecting rod and separable by open... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6513694 | Semiconductor wafer cleaving method and apparatus The invention provides a semiconductor wafer cleaving method and apparatus which are used to obtain an ideal vertical cleaved plane of semiconductor wafers. A semiconductor wafer (1) having a scribing mark (2) inscribed on the surface is set on fulcrum me... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6321964 | Continuous paper cutting unit A continuous paper cutting unit including a press mechanism for pressing and holding both sides of the perforations of continuous paper by a press means link mechanism, and a cutting mechanism like a blunt instrument using a cutting means link mechanism. ... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6279805 | Continuous paper cutting unit A continuous paper cutting unit including a press mechanism for pressing and holding both sides of the perforations of continuous paper by a press means link mechanism, and a cutting mechanism like a blunt instrument using a cutting means link mechanism. ... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6273312 | Continuous paper cutting unit A continuous paper cutting unit including a press mechanism for pressing and holding both sides of the perforations of continuous paper by a press means link mechanism, and a cutting mechanism like a blunt instrument using a cutting means link mechanism. ... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6068170 | Continuous paper cutting unit A continuous paper cutting unit including a press mechanism for pressing and holding both sides of the perforations of continuous paper by a press means link mechanism, and a cutting mechanism like a blunt instrument using a cutting means link mechanism. ... | 05/30/2000 |
| 6058587 | Clamps for separating portion of roll processing line Clamps for a separating portion of a roll processing line are provided. The clamps include a pair of flattened cylinders which contact the roll to be separated.... | 05/09/2000 |
| 6019267 | Bundle breaker Method and apparatus for separating a bundle of blank pieces from a stack of sheets. The apparatus has a frame and a subframe which pivots with respect to the frame. The frame and subframe each have a clamp for clamping the stack of sheets along a stack p... | 02/01/2000 |
| 5865358 | Breaker machine A machine for breaking portions of bundles of sheets of material is disclosed in which first and second sets of clamps secure first and second portions of a bundle on opposite sides of a break line and, while the first bundle portion is retained in a stat... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5791539 | Bundle breaker Method and apparatus for separating a bundle of blank pieces from a stack of sheets. The apparatus has a frame and a subframe which pivots with respect to the frame. The frame and subframe each have a clamp for clamping the stack of sheets along a stack p... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5719077 | Fixture and method for laser fabrication by in-situ cleaving of semiconductor bars The invention is an apparatus and method for cleaving a semiconductor bar and coating the cleaved facets within a vacuum environment. The apparatus is a fixture having at least one rotator for cleaving one or more semiconductor samples into semiconductor ... | 02/17/1998 |
| 5699947 | Process and machine for parting the cap of connecting rods, particularly connecting rods for internal-combustion engines According to the invention, parting of the cap of the connecting rod is achieved by engaging the eye of the big end of the connecting rod with two semicylindrical fixtures, respectively a fixed fixture and a movable fixture, which are actuated by a hydrau... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5568891 | Making a fractured powder metal connecting rod Apparatus for fracturing a powder metal bearing support having stress risers to initiate cracking along a cracking plane. The apparatus has (a) a fixture assembly for holding one internal side of the bearing stationary, and (b) structure for fracturingly ... | 10/29/1996 |
| 5495972 | Method and apparatus for cutting flat tubes A method of cutting a flat tube (6) into unit pieces, which includes moving in a transverse direction rotatable disc cutters (12) with knife edges so as to cut the upper and lower walls of a flat tube to form a pair of cutting grooves (15) and fixing the ... | 03/05/1996 |
| 5472126 | Tube slicing technique Method and apparatus is disclosed for severing flat tubing. A length of tubing is gripped at longitudinally spaced apart locations and the tubing is deeply scored by rapidly rotating circular cutters which are moved across the faces of the tubing at a pre... | 12/05/1995 |
| 5450668 | Method and apparatus for separating tubing Method and apparatus for separating thin-walled flat metal tubing are disclosed. The tubing has flat upper and lower walls joined by end walls. The tubing is partially severed by providing relative movement between the tubing and opposed cutting blades ha... | 09/19/1995 |
| 5407116 | Method and apparatus for cutting flat tubes A method of cutting a flat tube (6) into unit pieces, which includes moving in a transverse direction rotatable disc cutters (12) with knife edges so as to cut the upper and lower walls of a flat tube to form a pair of cutting grooves (15) and fixing the ... | 04/18/1995 |
| 5388745 | Method and apparatus for separating tubing Method and apparatus for separating thin-walled flat metal tubing are disclosed. The tubing has flat upper and lower walls joined by end walls. The tubing is partially severed by providing relative movement between the tubing and opposed cutting blades ha... | 02/14/1995 |
| 5368211 | Apparatus for the oblique cutting of one or of several optical fibers An apparatus cuts one or several optical fibers obliquely. The cutting edge (6) creates the beginning of a break on the fiber that has first been subjected to a torsion and to a tension. The fiber is immobilized upstream of the cutting point. Then, the fi... | 11/29/1994 |
| 5341696 | Process and device for producing a peel or tear test specimen on a welded compound sheet A compound sheet with a welded seam is arranged on a table (2) of the device (1). By lowering a cutting and bending punch (4), a cutout is cut from the compound sheet and bent downwards. A pulling device is arranged inside the device (1) underneath the ta... | 08/30/1994 |
| 5255008 | Electrophotographic printer using a continuous form recording sheet In a printing device such as a laser beam printer utilizing a continuous-form recording sheet, provided are feeding member for feeding the continuous-from recording sheet along a predetermined feeding path; forming member for forming the image on the cont... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5224638 | Induction severing apparatus An apparatus and method for severing a workpiece wherein the workpiece is clamped at two axially spaced apart locations, and heated to reduce the tensile strength of the material, after which the axial spacing between the clamps is increased to pull the w... | 07/06/1993 |
| 5154333 | Jaw cleaving device An apparatus and method for cleaving GaAs laser bars from a cell utilizes a first jaw applied to one end of a laser bar to propagate a cleavage and a second jaw applied to an opposite end which provides a biasing force that assures separation of the bar f... | 10/13/1992 |
| 5143268 | Flat tube cutting techniques Method and apparatus is disclosed for severing flat tubing. The method involves the steps of clamping a length of tubing, deeply scoring the tubing on opposite sides and applying a high impact axial force to sever the tube.... | 09/01/1992 |
