Quotables
"That the automobile has practically reached the limit of its development is suggested by the fact that during the past year no improvements of a radical nature have been introduced."
Scientific American ; Jan. 2 edition, 1909
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7395589 | Rotational power servo toolpost A rotational power servo toolpost includes a plurality of rotational tool holders, which can freely rotate 360 degrees, to cut a workpiece from various angles. The rotational power servo toolpost has a turret base, a turret, tool holders mounted on a side surface of... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7331244 | Stamping press line simulation device and method An apparatus and method for testing a stamping press die that has includes a plurality of mechanical devices. The apparatus includes a plurality of pneumatic connections for supplying pressurized air to each of the plurality of mechanical devices; a plurality of val... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7328505 | Method for manufacturing multilayer circuit board A multilayer circuit board that has electrodes only on one surface is manufactured as follows. A plurality of conductor layers are formed on a resin film made of thermoplastic resin to form a single-sided conductor layer film. Then, a plurality of via-holes 24 | 02/12/2008 |
| 7322105 | Methods for manufacturing endodontic instruments by milling A method for manufacturing endodontic instruments by milling. A provided metallic (e.g., a nickel-titanium alloy or stainless steel) thread or wire having a longitudinal axis is advanced along its longitudinal axis at a feedrate while contacting at least a portion o... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7281306 | Machine tool A machine tool includes a tool spindle head for supporting a first side of a hob via an arbor, a turret, and a tool supporting unit including a movable section and a fixed section. The fixed section is fixedly mounted to the turret and slidably supporting the movabl... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7266871 | Machine tool To provide a machine tool in which supporting stiffness of a tool post is increased, thereby enabling improvement in machining accuracy. When seen in a Z-axis direction, a tool post 5 includes: a supporting member 30 having a pair of left and right leg... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7191529 | Apparatus and method for controlling a programmable marking scribe A programmable marking scribe having a material displacement stylus movable in three mutually orthogonal axes to displace material from an object being marked and create a two-dimensional matrix of recessed areas formed of grooves and surrounded by ridges, the groov... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7168364 | Method and apparatus for marking workpieces A method and an apparatus are provided for marking a sheet-shaped workpiece using a marking tool. The marking tool is mounted in a punch holder of a punch press and a counter-support is fixed in place on a side opposite of a marking surface of the workpiece to be ma... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7156643 | Machine for forming miscellaneous articles, such as caps, by compression molding Machine for forming caps by compression molding comprising: a first carousel rotating about a central axis and provided peripherally with a plurality of compression molding units mounted equidistant from each other and from the axis of rotation, said units comprisin... | 01/02/2007 |
| 6952988 | Method and apparatus for trimming containers Method and apparatus for trimming a container having an open end wherein the container is held during the trimming operation, including a multi-station assembly for holding the container to be trimmed stationary during trimming, ejecting the trimmed portion and ejec... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6928913 | Method and apparatus for trimming containers Method and apparatus for trimming a container having an open end wherein the container is held during the trimming operation, including a multi-station assembly for holding the container to be trimmed stationary during trimming, ejecting the trimmed portion and ejec... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6925694 | Tool turret A tool turret includes a housing (10) for connection to a machine tool, and an electric drive motor (28). A tool disk (14), is mounted to rotate relative to the housing (10) about a longitudinal axis (34), may be fixed in selected ... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6834425 | Assembly machine An assembly machine comprises a machine frame, a plurality of work stations arranged on a circular carrier plate secured on the surface of the machine frame, and a rotary dish that is rotationally driven in cycles and arranged concentrically with the carrier plate. ... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6688352 | Multi-axis work center, for multiple production, in particular for wood working The invention relates to a work center for wood working including: a support base (1) for the pieces to be worked; a structure (6), mobile along said base in the direction of a first numerically controlled axis (X); a support (12) of a tool group (13) mounted on sa... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6428452 | Assembly robot for wing A method and a device for assembling an air-craft wing incorporating at least two of the operations drilling, riveting and fitting of anchor nuts (20), where a robot (7) is mobile relative to the wing in a plane parallel to the wing and where the robot (7... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6360414 | Rotary deflashing apparatus An apparatus for deflashing plastic blow molded articles is disclosed. The apparatus includes feed screw which engage one side of the container to move the container. A nesting wheel and a trim wheel are rotated in opposite directions to bring trim tools ... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6276035 | Tool-changing device The tool-changing device comprises a tool carrier rotatably mounted in a basic housing by means of a hollow shaft. This tool carrier is driven via a ring motor, the rotor of which is directly connected to the hollow shaft. A servomotor for the drive of to... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6256861 | Automatic hard diskdrive read/write arm fabrication system An automatic hard diskdrive read/write arm fabrication system, which includes a plurality of rotary tables arranged in a line, conveyer means arranged at one side of the rotary tables for carrying shaped material blocks to the rotary tables for processing... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6237212 | Rotary turret head apparatus A rotary turret head apparatus for installing a fastener such as a rivet. The rotary turret head apparatus has a plurality of machining and fastener installation tools disposed perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the turret. The individual tools are ... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6195876 | Electronic component placing apparatus In an electronic component placing apparatus, four magazines are mounted on a head, and yet electronic components are housed in each magazine. In this apparatus, by an operation of selectively inserting a suction nozzle into four insertion openings in the... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6119330 | Fully automatic cutting metal-working machine A fully automatic cutting metal-working machine, which includes a material feed unit, a cutting metal-working main unit controlled to process metal rod material delivered from the material feed unit into finished products, and a waste material conveyer co... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6105228 | Tip coil winder The present invention comprises a conveying means having a rotator and a chuck positioned on a rim of this rotator, wherein said chuck clasps a tip core, formed with electrodes at both ends, in a direction parallel to the line along which the electrodes l... | 08/22/2000 |
| 5768768 | Apparatus for processing small parts utilizing a robot and an array of tools mounted on the outer robot arm The present invention is a method and apparatus for processing a plurality of small work-pieces which each weighs under five pounds using a robot gripping a rotatable pallet for holding an array of small parts. The robot has a removable tooling plate moun... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5722138 | Apparatus for manufacturing toothed gears A disc-shaped material is prepared by punching a high carbon steel plate or soft steel plate, and the disc-shaped material is fixed in position. An outer peripheral portion of the disc-shaped material is heated to a temperature of 400°-500° C. by means ... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5709303 | Workpiece pallet with indicating means A method and apparatus for processing and assembling a plurality of small parts weighing under five pounds using a robot employing a rotatable pallet for holding an array of small parts. Said rotatable pallet being held in place on the robot wrist head, w... | 01/20/1998 |
| 5682657 | Punch press equipped with marking apparatus and method for marking by the punch press A pneumatic marking tool (35,123) is attached to one of the punch mounting holes (9) of the upper turret disk (3) of a punch press. When the punching striker (13) is moved down to its lower dead point, compressed air is supplied from a compressed air supp... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5640756 | Manufacturing system An automated continuous manufacturing system which includes a rotatable work table having a plurality of work piece supports for maintaining work pieces during operation of said system, and a plurality of work stations for performing cleaning, pretreatmen... | 06/24/1997 |
| 5628104 | Machine tool with turntable The invention describes a machine tool with a turntable, which has an upper part with a mounting plate which is arranged so as to pivot with respect to a stationary lower part, and is connected to at least one line to deliver fluids or electrical or mecha... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5615471 | Machine for machining sheet metal A machine for machining sheet metal and presenting: a multiple-tool assembly fitted with a number of tools arranged in a ring about a vertical axis; a multiple-die assembly fitted with a number of dies arranged in a ring about a vertical axis; a work station p... | 04/01/1997 |
| 5454148 | Tombstone fixture A tombstone style machine tool fixture for machining valve castings having hexagonal flanges on each end and a bonnet intermediate the ends of the castings, the fixture including a column having a number of work stations mounted on the column, each work s... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5327623 | Semi-automated button closing machine A method and apparatus for substantially automatically joining front and back parts of buttons employs a turntable with retaining means that are rotated through a series of stations at which the parts are placed in the retaining means in a desired orienta... | 07/12/1994 |
| 5259100 | Milling tool for turret punch press An air powered milling tool supported in the upper turret of a turret punch press is cycled simultaneously with a hydraulically- or mechanically-powered punch press ram in a multiple-stage cycle to perform a milling operation on a sheet material workpiece... | 11/09/1993 |
| 5241739 | Apparatus for assembling a fusee and wire support stand Method and apparatus for automatically attaching a substantially U-shaped support stand to a fusee includes an annular indexable turntable provided with holders for receiving support stands at one workstation, and fusees in assembled relationship with the... | 09/07/1993 |
| 5210927 | Pipette tip filter inserter and method therefore A method for and a device to insert filters into disposable pipette tips uses a turntable adapted to receive a plurality of tips adjacent its circumference and powered by a stepping motor to incrementally rotate pipette tips to various positions for appro... | 05/18/1993 |
| 5210917 | Multiple station machine for bar machining A metal-working machine (10) comprises a first machining unit including a machining head (12) and means (11) in the form of a clamp for bringing, holding and axially displacing the material to be machine. The machining head (12) carries tools (13 and 14) ... | 05/18/1993 |
| 5177843 | Turret punch press A disc support 23 is provided under a lower turret 21 to support the lower turret 21 against the impact thereto. The disc support 23 includes a movable block comprising a through-hole 77 through which scraps are discharged and a press cylinder 79 to push ... | 01/12/1993 |
| 5168610 | Complex machine tool The present invention provides a complex machine tool wherein the punching center is coincides with the cutting work position so that the range of movement of a workpiece is not subjected to any restriction even during the workpiece cutting work in the sa... | 12/08/1992 |
| 5146666 | Method and apparatus for cutting, forming, and inserting cups into tubes A method and apparatus is provided for cutting a disk of material from a continuously advancing strip of material, forming the disk into a cup, and inserting the cup into the end of a tube. The apparatus comprises a first rotating member having a pluralit... | 09/15/1992 |
| 5031295 | Multi-purpose turret assembly A self contained exchangeable turret assembly includes a turret module having a first turret wheel with a plurality of openings disposed around an outlet circumferential surface thereof for positioning a first work piece and a second turret wheel having a... | 07/16/1991 |
| 5007151 | Machine tool turret A machine tool turret, usable in a machine tool having a rotatable workpiece spindle, that includes first and second tool spindles journaled on the turret. The turret is mounted for compound movement in an x-c plane defined by an x axis perpendicular to t... | 04/16/1991 |
