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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7344625 | Element for handling connectors for electrolytic cells which are used for the production of aluminum The present invention relates to a handling device for an anode connector provided with at least two side trunnions and a tightening screw. The connector is generally capable of cooperating with attachment hooks of an aluminum production cell used in fused bath elec... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7290425 | Gripping apparatus and method A quick change gripping apparatus for gripping a workpiece having a profile. The apparatus includes a cylindrical housing having a first end and a second end. The cylindrical housing also includes an inner feature having a tapered wall. The housing also has a bottom... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7134253 | Siding installation apparatuses and methods for installing siding pieces on walls Siding installation apparatuses and methods for engaging a first siding piece and supporting a second siding piece are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a support member having a support surface to support the second siding piece, an engage... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7069761 | Gripping apparatus and method A quick change gripping apparatus for gripping a workpiece having a profile. The apparatus includes a cylindrical housing having a first end and a second end. The cylindrical housing also includes an inner feature having a tapered wall. The housing also has a bottom... | 07/04/2006 |
| 6883794 | Adjustable positioning device An adjustable positioning device used to position a work piece on a work platform is provided. The adjustable positioning device includes a base which is coupled to the work platform and has multiple sockets, and a supporting frame which has multiple slots. The supp... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6758098 | Force-measuring clamp A precision clamp accurately measures force over a wide range of conditions. Using a full bridge or other strain gage configuration, the elastic deformation of the clamp is measured or detected by the strain gages. The strain gages transmit a signal that corresponds... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6685177 | Clamping locator A clamping and locating fixture includes a hollow body, a pin or angled plate mountable to the body, a locking arm positionable within the body locatable between two positions and a drive pin moveable within the body to engage the locking arm. A workpiece... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6244581 | Wedge clamp A wedge clamp for clamping a plurality of planar members in a side-by-side disposition for work such as gluing to be performed thereon. The wedge clamp includes a rail unit which defines a track having two opposing side walls and an end wall disposed in a... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6206355 | Clamp clips with rotational and displaceable tension elements A clamp (10) having at least one clamping assembly (11) comprising a base plate (17) and a pair of tension elements (14, 15), the base plate (17) including a pair of oblong holes (16) which converge towards a central line, each of the two tension elements... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6202998 | Apparatus for supporting a sheet material along its peripheral edges An apparatus for supporting a thermoformable material along its peripheral edges includes a frame forming a channel therealong for receiving the peripheral edges of the thermoformable material. The channel has an opening formed between first and second ed... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6126158 | Soft jaw for a machine vise A jaw assembly for use on a slideway of a machine table includes one or more guide rods over which a vise jaw freely slides. No fasteners or mounting members are required to mount and demount the jaw from the assembly. Before the jaw is tightened to apply... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6109602 | Clamping device A clamping device for frictional clamping of a workpiece which includes a clamp element adapted to frictionally clamp a workpiece and a mechanism for moving the clamp element which includes a shape memory alloy adapted to move the clamp element when the s... | 08/29/2000 |
| 5730432 | Multi-beam strongback clamp A clamp used in the concrete forming industry to attach various devices to framing systems in order to maintain vertical alignment of concrete forms. The clamp is a wedge style clamp that provides a friction connection between the waler and strongback bea... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5350163 | Clamp with pivoting and sliding jaws A clamping member (11) for a wood clamp (10) is provided and comprises two spaced engaging elements (14, 15), each shaped as right oval cylinders. The engaging elements are rotatably mounted to a support plate (17) and are arranged to slide relative to su... | 09/27/1994 |
| 5291719 | Support/guide device for use in the installation of horizontally-disposed siding A device of novel design employed as a support and guide during the installation of horizontally-disposed building siding, said device comprising principally a shelf-like component and a means incorporating a camming action for clamping the shelf-like com... | 03/08/1994 |
| 5056766 | Precision machine vise A vise for use with a machining table having an elongated T-slot in its upper surface includes a stationary jaw and a jaw support transversely extending over the T-slot and clamped against the table in spaced relation to one another by a clamping device c... | 10/15/1991 |
| 4969635 | Apparatus for use in trimming can bodies A collapsible mandrel for use in holding a can body in a process wherein a portion of the can body having uneven edges on the open end thereof is trimmed away is provided and comprises a hollow support member having a longitudinal axis and mounted at a re... | 11/13/1990 |
| 4955591 | Single piece wedge clamp A clamp having a pointed first fixed jaw which is integrally formed with a handle portion and an opposing second fixed jaw wherein the opposing jaw includes an arcuate tapering clamping surface such that the clamping surface of the opposing jaw is moved p... | 09/11/1990 |
| 4934044 | Wiring method and apparatus for electronic circuit boards or the like A method for wiring an electronic device including a plurality of electronic components and a plurality of connector elements for interconnecting the plurality of electronic components, the connector elements being arranged on the same plane in spaced rel... | 06/19/1990 |
| 4921378 | Rotary-pallet system Rotary-pallet system, in particular for multi-directional machining of the pieces (8) to be machined. In the said system there is a body piece (2), one of whose ends (A) is attached to a holder, which said body piece is rotable around a longitudinal axis ... | 05/01/1990 |
| 4843861 | Bending machines A bending machine comprises a plurality of bending units arranged to make bends in a common plane. The bending units are adjustably mounted to adjust the separation thereof in the common plane. Apparatus for holding and turning a workpiece about a predete... | 07/04/1989 |
| 4802661 | Method and apparatus for producing eyeglass frames An eyeglass frame is produced from a plastic workpiece panel of elongated outer periphery having two lens-holding apertures, each aperture having a groove about its perimeter for receiving the lens of the eyeglass. The workpiece is placed upon a holder ha... | 02/07/1989 |
| 4756518 | Device for gripping an optical fiber In a fiber-gripping device has a gripper head provided with a V-groove for housing an optical fiber and an elastically deformable holding member which is brought to bear on the optical fiber. The gripper head and holding member are provided with V-section... | 07/12/1988 |
| 4741469 | Clamping ring attachable with split clamping means A clamping ring, intended to enclose and exert a clamping force against a cylindric element and incorporating a slot and a clamping means enclosing the slot, is provided with stepladder-shaped surface elements on each side of the slot, for making possible... | 05/03/1988 |
| 4718203 | Method for working the funnel portion of a cathode ray tube A method of and a device for working the sealing edge of a funnel portion for a cathode ray tube during a plurality of working phases. A number of funnel portions are simultaneously worked in successive working units. Each unit comprises a centering devic... | 01/12/1988 |
| 4708182 | Reedmaking system, methodology, and component tools A reedmaking system is disclosed that includes a device for thickness sizing by sliding a cane segment along a guide surface past a cutting edge that is spaced apart from the guide surface a distance slightly greater than the thickness of a conventional f... | 11/24/1987 |
| 4506536 | Jaw assembly for blind riveting A blind riveting tool has a front abutment provided by a pair of jaws which are spring-urged into their closed position and move to their open position by a generally pivoting movement of each jaws. The jaws are opened by means of a ball which is in conta... | 03/26/1985 |
| 4384707 | Mechanical clamping device A mechanical clamping device, especially for clamping with high force of workpieces and tools, provided with clamping elements, characterized by an axial movable and helical rotatable conical wall (11,21), against which rest similar bodies of revolution (... | 05/24/1983 |
| 4211103 | Double taper clamp Lower and upper split collars are positioned in engagement with the lower and upper cylindrical surfaces of a pipe and these collars in turn held in lower and upper clamp members. The exterior surfaces of the split collars in engagement with the interior ... | 07/08/1980 |
| 4070624 | Apparatus for testing starters and alternators Test apparatus for electrically and mechanically testing the condition of alternators and starters used in automobiles, trucks and the like. The apparatus, in its preferred form, includes a pair of holding fixtures for securing a starter or alternator dur... | 01/24/1978 |
| 3999261 | Pad-type jar gripper A pad-type jar gripper with a circular depression in the center for holding the base of a conventional canning jar securely during hot-jar processing, the gripper automatically adjusting for tighter holding when a jar is pressed downward in the pad depres... | 12/28/1976 |
