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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7624905 | Apparatus for manufacturing sealed flux laminated alloy filler metal Disclosed therein is a filler metal (90) used as a bonding material in bonding technology by brazing and soldering and an apparatus for manufacturing the same. A flux cored alloy filler metal 200 according to a prior art has a problem in that a flux is... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7386927 | Apparatus to roll, cut, weld, and form tank car outer jackets A system and method of fabricating tank car outer jackets are provided that include supporting a plurality of coils of sheet metal on a plurality of coil supports such that the central longitudinal axes of the plurality of coils are generally parallel to a central l... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7360386 | Sweep unit assembly The subject invention discloses a sweep unit assembly having a series of stations defining a path for an elongated article. A cradle is coupled to each of the stations. The stations are movable to introduce a first curve into the path and the article and each of the... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7115233 | Reformer A reformer that includes a housing including a tubular member and an end plate member hermetically joined to the tubular member. The housing defines within it a first fluid flow path and a second fluid flow path in a heat exchanging relationship with each other. A r... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7089772 | Adjustable horn for spiral pipe forming machine An adjustable horn or mandrel for a spiral pipe forming machine. Such machines are made for continuously forming metal pipe from an elongated sheet of metal where the sheet is curled into adjacent helical convolutions in a multiple roll pipe forming head. The head i... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7073259 | Apparatus and method for manufacturing an automotive beam In an apparatus and method for manufacturing an automotive beam for use as a beam in structural components of automobiles, the beam is provided with significant improvements in terms of torsional rigidity and yield strength. The beam improves the overall safety of p... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7055886 | Low-profile high-strength vehicle door beam A vehicle door beam of relatively small profile and high strength. The door beam is fabricated from a web and includes a beam portion and brackets extending from opposite ends of the beam portion. The beam portion includes two lateral portions of the web rolled inwa... | 06/06/2006 |
| 6923032 | Forming tool movement unit, particularly for manifold closing machines A forming tool movement unit, particularly for manifold closing machines, comprising a rotating head supporting forming tools slidable in mutually opposite radial directions with coordinated movements, a supporting frame on which a supporting element is slidable in ... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6770834 | Welding machine An improved apparatus and method for the prevention of deformation and buckling of metal plates during welding processes is disclosed. The improved apparatus and method are used to apply pressure to a welded seam created between two metal plates during the welding p... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6705505 | Paste providing method, soldering method and apparatus and system therefor A soldering system which reduces the numbers of steps for paste supply and soldering onto a printed circuit board. A printed circuit board has through holes through which a lead of each provided part is to be inserted. A printing mask is matched with the through hol... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6637640 | Pipe welding tool A pipe welding tool for delivering inert gas to the interior of pipes being welded. The tool has a center tube and a pair of clamps extending around the tube that support a number of extendible hinged arms. The arms are collapsible, thus allowing the enti... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6460757 | Apparatus and method for forming slotted wire screens An apparatus and method for forming slotted wire screens is provided. According to one embodiment, the method involves the steps of (1) providing support ring material; (2) positioning a wire on the support ring material; (3) joining the wire and the supp... | 10/08/2002 |
| 5607098 | Tubular shape finishing apparatus for an electro-resistance-welded pipe A tubular shape finishing apparatus in a steel pipe manufacturing system which molds band steel in a tubular shape while passing through a plurality of sets of forming roll stands and welds the butt portion by a seam welding unit, the tubular shape finish... | 03/04/1997 |
| 5566874 | Apparatus for forming an end bumper for vehicles An apparatus for forming an end bumper for vehicles constructed from a single sheet of high-tensile strength steel roll-formed to provide two side-by-side tubular sections. Each section has a front wall, an outer side wall, a rear wall, and an inner side ... | 10/22/1996 |
| 5454504 | Apparatus for roll-forming end bumper for vehicles An end bumper for vehicles constructed from a single sheet of high-tensile strength steel roll-formed to provide two side-by-side tubular sections. Each section has a front wall, an outer side wall, a rear wall, and an inner side wall, the inner side wall... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5322204 | Electronic substrate multiple location conductor attachment technology A conductor attachment wherein each conductor is mounted on a dielectric tape and has an attachment portion that is supported by the tape to an adjacent location a uniform distance from the bonding location and that contacts on a level with the plane of t... | 06/21/1994 |
| 5301869 | Machine for manufacturing welded steel pipes and method for handling the machine The present invention is a machine for manufacturing welded steel pipes, in which an edge bending roll for constraining under pressure a strip from its pipe edge portions to the boundaries between the pipe edge portions and its pipe side portions to bend ... | 04/12/1994 |
| 5121872 | Method and apparatus for installing electrical logging cable inside coiled tubing A method and apparatus for manufacturing a coiled tubing/electrical cable assembly wherein a strip of metal and electrical cable are simultaneously withdrawn from storage reels and are moved through a manufacturing station where the metal strip is formed ... | 06/16/1992 |
| 5072870 | Method and apapratus for forming metallic sheaths about optical conductor elements There is disclosed a method and apparatus for forming a metallic sheath about a conductor element comprised of a plurality of optical fibers whose length within the sheath is uniformly greater than that of the encompassing sheath. Such forming is achieved... | 12/17/1991 |
| 4971240 | Method and apparatus for forming heat exchanger tubes In a method and apparatus of forming a flat metal strip into a tube having generally flat side walls connected by bight portions along their opposite longitudinal edge portions comprising the steps of directing the strip between a pair of form rolls to be... | 11/20/1990 |
| 4945743 | Apparatus for manufacturing electric welded pipes under hot conditions An apparatus for producing an electric-welded pipe by continuously shaping a steel sheet into a tubular form in a hot condition is disclosed, which is characterized by a forming roll arrangement of the constant pass-line type in combination with the downw... | 08/07/1990 |
| 4906823 | Solder carrier, manufacturing method thereof and method of mounting semiconductor devices by utilizing same The invention relates to a solder carrier comprising a sheet of self-support type, made of a material which does not react to a solder when it is melted, a plurality of small through holes, and solder filling the through holes, each of the small through h... | 03/06/1990 |
| 4865243 | Sizing tool for a machine for the longitudinal seam welding of rounded can bodies A frame-like roller carrier (40) which defines a sizing plane (C) normal to the longitudinal axis (A) of the can bodies is arranged in relation to awelding device (24) in such a manner that the sizing plane (C) coincides at least approximately with a weld... | 09/12/1989 |
| 4846392 | Continuously variable speed, die-drawing device and process for metal, composites, and the like, and compositions therefrom A die-drawing and/or extrusion device is described for producing uniform and tapered metal and composite tubes from flatstock and for reducing the size of solid stock and formed tubes therefrom, and lamination of compatable materials in one operation. The... | 07/11/1989 |
| 4830258 | Method and apparatus for producing a container body having a butt welded longitudinal seam from a sheet metal blank To make a container with a butt welded longitudinal seam, the side edges of a preformed blank are guided by straight grooves so that the side edges converge at an acute angle. At the point of convergence the side edges are heated to at least to the forgin... | 05/16/1989 |
| 4796798 | Method of and apparatus for continuous production of seam-welded metal tubing An apparatus for continuous production of seam-welded steel tubing is proposed. The apparatus includes a series of shaping rolls for shaping a strip taken out from a strip coil into a tubular intermediate product, the roll series including a finpass roll ... | 01/10/1989 |
| 4759486 | Controlled environment chamber for use in cladding a nonaluminum core with aluminum A method of cladding a nonaluminum core with at least one aluminum cladding strip by preheating both the core rod and the strip with the former being preheated to about 1000° F. to 1300° F. and the latter being heated to about 600° F. to 1000° F. Clea... | 07/26/1988 |
| 4749116 | Apparatus for forming a pipe frame An apparatus for forming a pipe frame for use in a vehicle seat is disclosed in which spring clamps are welded to a rectilinear pipe material of a predetermined length at the predetermined positions thereof, the pipe material is then bent into a required ... | 06/07/1988 |
| 4709845 | Apparatus for continuously producing steel pipes including using rotable beds of tools for different size pipe An apparatus for continuously producing electric-welded steel pipes by continuously supplying coiled strips as connected to one another by welding, progressively forming the strip into a tubular shape and high-frequency welding the opposed edges of the st... | 12/01/1987 |
| 4635842 | Process for manufacturing clad aluminum-lithium alloys A metallurgical bond at the interface between an aluminum-lithium core alloy and a metallic liner is achieved by first forming a mechanical bond along the interface between the core and liner under moderated temperature and reduction conditions, and then ... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4614293 | Shaping device for cylindrical containers for use with a continuous welder The device comprises several sets of shaped rollers disposed on parallel circumferences. The rollers of one of said sets are gauged and innerly define a circumference the diameter of which is equal to that of the cylindrical box-shaped elements to be shap... | 09/30/1986 |
| 4595135 | Method and apparatus for forming heat exchanger tubes A tube mill for forming heat exchanger coolant tubes has a series of form rolls for rolling flat strip stock into a flat-sided tube with rounded longitudinal free edge portions. After rolling, the free edge portions are heated to a fusion temperature and ... | 06/17/1986 |
| 4593550 | Strip preparation rollers An improvement in a continuous rolling mill for forming flat steel strip into tubing. The improvement is a strip preparation station including upper and lower composite roller systems. Each system has end rollers which define a pass path for the strip. Th... | 06/10/1986 |
| 4436239 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing spiral pipe In the manufacturing of a spiral pipe, there is first determined a maximum curvature which should be imparted to a strip of pipe forming material in order that a desired residual moment will be imparted to the finished pipe after the strip bent to the max... | 03/13/1984 |
| 4299108 | Cage-roll unit for metal pipe forming A metal pipe forming mill progressively forms a flat metal sheet into a circular form along the mill axis by forming rolls including pairs of cage rolls. A cage-roll unit in this type of mill has a pair of movable bases disposed on both sides of the mill ... | 11/10/1981 |
| 4295592 | Apparatus for joining and cladding pipe sections An apparatus for joining and cladding pipe sections has a cradle which holds two cylindrical pipe sections with their ends abutting axially and their axes coaxially horizontally aligned. A carriage is displaceable axially adjacent the cradle and carries a... | 10/20/1981 |
| 4290544 | Apparatus for deforming an object and securing it to a support member A mirror mounting is described in which a plane rectangular reflecting strip is deformed along the two longer edges thereof so that it is approximately tangent to the ideal mirror while the strip remains substantially flat in the direction of its shorter ... | 09/22/1981 |
| 4280264 | Method for fabricating large diameter gears, gear-blanks and the like A circular centrally-apertured precision torch-cut web disk plate is drivingly rotatably supported between two clamp plates; and the leading end of straight rim strip stock, of length requisite for the tooth bearing rim of the gear, is positioned adjacent... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4260096 | Method for reduction and sizing of welded pipes and mill for effecting same Disclosure is made of a process for reduction and sizing of welded pipes, whereby a pipe is reduced in diameter in passes formed by rolls of alternating horizontal and vertical stands. The weld zone is deformed by portions of roll passes of an equal curva... | 04/07/1981 |
| 4142663 | Apparatus and method for making perforated tube A rolled sheet metal tube having perforations therein with integrally formed associated protrusions. The protrusions alter the direction of the flow of fluid passing through the tube and ideally suit the tube for employment in mufflers for internal combus... | 03/06/1979 |
