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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7418834 | System, method, and apparatus for interchangeably accommodating both fixed and floating takeout inserts A takeout jaw for handling glass bottles includes a holder for both fixed and floating inserts. This design allows an insert to be in a fixed position when the insert is provided with a nominal thickness. When a floating insert of a lesser thickness is installed, th... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7337648 | Clamp and repair tool A tool for gripping, clamping or holding an object, wherein the tool has a handle portion, a linkage portion and a working portion, and wherein the working portion includes two workpiece contacting surfaces, at least one of the surfaces shaped to generally conform t... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7322623 | Sawtooth terminal blade gripper and method of gripping A gripping apparatus is disclosed. The gripping apparatus includes a first finger including a plurality of first sawteeth along a first longitudinal end and a receiving area being located between adjacent sawteeth and a second finger including a plurality of complem... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7252578 | Apparatus for cylindrically grinding workpieces An apparatus for cylindrically grinding workpieces includes a first holding tool (10) and a second holding tool (12). The first holding tool is configured for positioning pre-grinding workpieces (18). The first holding tool defines a first groov... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7144306 | Apparatus and process for cylindrically grinding workpieces An apparatus for cylindrically grinding workpieces includes a first holding tool (100) for positioning pre-grinding workpieces (60) and a second holding tool (200) for positioning partially ground workpieces (i.e. workpieces which have been grou... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7062829 | Golf club fixture A club fixture device for facilitating customization of a golf club head is disclosed. The club fixture device includes a housing, an insert, and a locking mechanism. The housing preferably contains two parts connected by a hinge. The insert is selected based upon t... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7051412 | Universal joint tool A tool for removing universal joints from driveshafts of land vehicles and other devices. The tool includes a pair of retaining blocks with notches for supporting a universal joint in a hydraulic press. The notches are shaped to accommodate driveshafts of different ... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7032287 | Edge grip chuck An actuated edge grip chuck includes tabs with raised portions that press against the side of a substrate as opposed clamping on the top or bottom surfaces. The edge grip chuck includes a solid-state actuator to move a moveable tab into an open position. The solid-s... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7004067 | Device for holding objects to be treated A device for holding a golf ball during printing of indicia thereon. The device includes a base, a stationary member attached to the base and having a surface for engaging a portion of the golf ball, a clamping member slidably mounted on the base and having a surfac... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6993821 | Manufacturing cell using tooling apparatus A manufacturing cell having a plurality of work stations, where at least one of the work station comprises a metalworking machine, and where at least one metalworking machine is provided with a modular tooling apparatus. The modular tooling apparatus consists of a b... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6898920 | Device for arresting a bottle against an applied torque The device for holding in an axial direction a pouring neck of a bottle having a radially projecting neck ring and for arresting the pouring neck against a torque applied to the pouring neck in one of two rotary directions upon rotation about the axis of the pouring... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6893012 | Quick release cantilever clamp A cantilever clamping device capable of clamping work pieces of variable sizes and shape is equipped with a quick release button at its fixed arm to release the threaded rod and hence the work piece. The Quick Release Cantilever Clamp utilizes a fixed arm and a mova... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6863491 | Catch-pin water support for process chamber A new and improved wafer support for supporting wafers in a process chamber such as an edge bead removal (EBR) chamber. The wafer support comprises multiple wafer support units each including a gripper block that engages an edge portion or bevel of the wafer. The gr... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6773003 | Compound invertible soft jaw for a machine vise A compound soft jaw for use in a machine vise has a replaceable jaw member into which the templates of the workpieces are cut. The compound soft jaw has a primary jaw member secured to a receiving plate of the machine vice. The first secondary jaw member is secured ... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6705217 | Device for holding objects to be treated A device for holding a golf ball during printing of indicia thereon. The device includes a base, a stationary member attached to the base and having a surface for engaging a portion of the golf ball, a clamping member slidably mounted on the base and having a surfac... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6607227 | Sawtooth terminal blade gripper and method of gripping A gripping apparatus is disclosed. The gripping apparatus includes a first finger including a plurality of first sawteeth along a first longitudinal end and a receiving area being located between adjacent sawteeth and a second finger including a plurality... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6554265 | Universal workholding V fixture convertable to other applications A workholding device for holding a workpiece securely for machining. One embodiment comprises a V fixture. Embodiments of the present invention are designed to be versatile and to provide the ability to accomplish other tasks beyond workholding, for examp... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6553669 | Pipe cutter and method of cutting pipe The pipe cutter includes a jigsaw with a motor that reciprocates a saw blade back and forth. A way is clamped to the jigsaw. A workpiece holder is slidably mounted on the way. The workpiece holder has a workpiece slot with a base, two side walls and a saw... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6431534 | Clamping tool for aligning tubes A clamping tool which can generally be utilized to align and hold tubes to be welded. The clamping tool has a curvilinear body or frame similar to a traditional "C"-shaped clamp which is well known in the art. The tool of the present invention has at leas... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6427756 | Quick-change mechanism for a tie bar A quick-change tie bar mechanism includes an actuator having a rod coupled to a first bearing member and a body coupled to a second bearing member. The first and second bearing members are configured to reciprocally move in opposite directions in response... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6409163 | Fixturing device for holding a workpiece A fixturing device for holding a workpiece for processing by an induction hardening machine includes a first subassembly constructed and arranged to be attached to an induction coil subassembly which is movable into and out of position around the workpiec... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6325366 | Tube clamping assembly A tube clamping assembly comprising a first portion having a base and a clamping device carried on the base, and a second portion having a base and a clamping device carried on the base. The first and second portions are coupled to each other such that th... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6302410 | Rod gripping jaw An improved jaw for a rod gripping device is provided including a front, rod engaging face with a plurality of teeth or studs made of a material harder than the jaw body, such as tungsten carbide, with the studs positioned to engage an outer rounded rod s... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6286584 | Quick-change mechanism for a tie bar A casting machine is disclosed having a quick-change tie bar mechanism. This mechanism includes an actuator having a rod coupled to a first bearing member and a body coupled to a second bearing member. The first and second bearing members are configured t... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6279889 | Loose die fixture A fixture for holding an integrated circuit. The integrated circuit is of the type having a front side and an opposing back side. The fixture positions the integrated circuit for simultaneously electrically probing and viewing both the front side and the ... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6279885 | Magnetic clamp for welding magnetic objects A magnetic clamp (20) for welding a magnetic object (504), includes a first magnetic member (22) and a second magnetic member (24). A hinge (26) connects magnetic members (22) and (24) so that an angle formed by magnetic members (22) and (24) may be chang... | 08/28/2001 |
| 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 |
| 6189878 | Clamp for workpieces A workpiece clamp is disclosed for pressing first and second workpieces into engagement by a chucking tool (6) and a counter-holding device (7) supported by a frame (5). A pair of clamping jaws (11,12) with spiral shaped clamping surfaces (13,14) are pivo... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6179279 | Gripping device A gripper which is structurally simple and can reliably and quickly grip small articles of various different shapes. The gripper has a base including a fixed portion and a movable portion movable longitudinally toward and away from the fixed portion, a fi... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6152435 | Multi-diameter vise clamp and collet jaw A machine vise has incorporated into it a pair of collet jaws that allows for the machining of top surfaces and ends of a held part. The collet jaws are secured to each of the clamping blocks on the machine vise. The collet jaws include at least one colle... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6115907 | Device for tensioning a shaped part A device for tensioning shaped parts, with a frame and a plurality of tensioning elements which are formed by a holding part and a clamping part. The holding part abuts the shaped part pointwise and a clamping part pushes the shaped part in the direction ... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6098866 | Diffusion bonding apparatus for pipes A diffusion bonding apparatus for pipes that are supplied downward from above comprising a lower block for holding a lower pipe and an upper block for holding and pressing an upper pipe against the lower pipe. In the apparatus, three or more hydrraulic cy... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6089815 | Basket assembly for wheel rim transfer A basket assembly for holding a vehicle wheel rim. The basket assembly includes a basket adapted to hold the wheel rim, and a pair of pads connected to the basket. At least one of the pads is adjustable between a first position, in which the pads do not c... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6065744 | Work holder precisely adjustable jaws A dual jawed adjustable workpiece holder is formed as a highly versatile V-block related device wherein the V-point may be precisely shifted in vernier increments along both X and Y axes in response to lead screw driven translations of one or both adjusta... | 05/23/2000 |
| 6062554 | Dual clamping apparatus The instant invention is a dual clamping apparatus consisting of a three sided clampstand component, one left handed screw bolt and one right handed screw bolt, a bi-threaded barrel component held by the screw bolts insertable each through hexagonally sha... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6062553 | Vice jaw assembly with floating spacer and gripping blocks for use with a tool holder A vice jaw assembly mounted upon a precision machining piece of equipment, the equipment including a platform accessible by a machining tool. The vice assembly includes a base which is fixedly secured upon the platform and first and second spaced apart ja... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6006409 | Clamping and separating device, especially for pulling off bearing shells A clamping and separating device for removal of bearing shells has first and second jaws and at least one bolt inserted in an insertion direction into the first and second jaws for clamping the first and second jaws relative to one another. The bolt has d... | 12/28/1999 |
| 6003851 | Cable hold device, apparatus and method for introducing cables into a part A cable sold device 10 comprises a top portion 14 and a base portion 12 which are connected with each other via a hinge 15 and define a space 18 for accommodating at least one cable C. The movement of the at least one cable C in the space 18 is restricted... | 12/21/1999 |
| 6000688 | Machinists' production V-block A production V-block including four or more individually vertically adjustable V-blocks on a single ferromagnetic base for magnetically securing to a machine tool table, all of the V-blocks are ground to identical depths for simultaneous identical operati... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5971378 | Soft squeeze clamp and expansion device A clamp is provided that has a pair of clamp bodies which each have an inner surface. The inner surfaces of each clamp body are oriented to face one another in a spaced parallel relationship. A pair of parallel scissors linkages are coupled to the device ... | 10/26/1999 |
