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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7143795 | Coping saw attachment for spiral cut-off tools An apparatus for an attachment for a cut-out tool 16 whereby the cut-out tool is used to cut an identical image of a molding prototype template 22 into a work piece. The attachment is comprised of a base platform 18 having means for mounting the... | 12/05/2006 |
| 6218639 | Plasma torch cutting system A cutting system including a gantry mounted to a platform, reciprocally movable above a support surface horizontally along a y axis. A carriage is mounted to the gantry for reciprocal movement thereon along an x axis, generally perpendicular to the y axis... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6022506 | Device for cutting circular openings in pipe, vessels, and flat material A circle cutting device that is particularly useful for cutting openings through pipe and round vessels and may also be utilized for cutting circular openings through flat material. The device utilizes a conventional oxygen acetylene cutting torch or plas... | 02/08/2000 |
| 4809956 | Gas torch with articulated and extendable body A gas torch comprises a body with at a first end adjuster valves for connection to fluid supplies and at a second end a torch tip. At the first end there is a support from which the body extends to the tip. The body is made up of sections of rigid tube ar... | 03/07/1989 |
| 4693761 | Process and device for handling workpieces, especially for the thermal separation of profiles with a cutting torch A process for the thermal cutting of profiles with a cutting torch which is guided by a control unit in accordance with the workpiece contour includes storing the contour in the control unit. The absolute values of the profile are determined by means of m... | 09/15/1987 |
| 4441696 | Helical coil spring end forming Helical coil springs for use in such active load supporting functions as railway car trucks, require end forming such that tapered ends are provided which fit flat against the surfaces to be resiliently supported. A process and an apparatus for forming su... | 04/10/1984 |
| 4356043 | Cutting tool carrier and method of cutting A cutting tool carrier for holding a plurality of cutting tools, each tool requiring certain utilities to operate. The carrier includes a body, a plurality of tool holders pivotally mounted within the body and each adapted to receive a cutting tool, first... | 10/26/1982 |
| 4355786 | Torch mounting apparatus in a cutter machine Apparatus adapting a guide device for use with a hand-holdable cutting torch. The guide device has an articulated arm whose free end is movable in a planar path defined by a stationary pattern template which the arm engages. The torch is of a type having ... | 10/26/1982 |
| 4333635 | Follow-up control means in swinging-arm flame-cutting machines The present invention relates to follow-up control means in swinging-arm flame-cutting machines comprising a scanning element which is arranged at outer component arm of the swinging arm carrying the cutting torch, and in coaxial relation to the latter an... | 06/08/1982 |
| 4219370 | Apparatus and method for cutting and beveling pipe ends Apparatus for cutting a pipe end for intersection with another surface comprising a horizontally positioned and movable boom, roller means to support and axially rotate a horizontal pipe parallel to the boom, a photocell scanner mounted on the boom and po... | 08/26/1980 |
| 4168056 | Torch cutting machine Torch cutting machines of the type embodying a plurality of torches adjustably mounted with respect to a moving conveyor, such that the torches may cut the flange and central web portions of I-beams, structural members and the like. The machine is charact... | 09/18/1979 |
| 4053145 | Cutting torch guide A guide for a cutting torch providing means for effecting circular cutouts in large vessels or large diameter pipe without the need of a lay-out other than fixing a working point and providing multiple adjustments so that cuts may be made of the desired d... | 10/11/1977 |
