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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8132306 | Device for machining components, in particular of a vehicle body A device for machining components, in particular of a vehicle body has a transport and positioning unit for the component and several machining stations, which are arranged around said unit and to which the component held by a component holder of the transport and p... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8127415 | Device for machining components, in particular of a vehicle body A device for machining components, in particular of a vehicle body has a transport and positioning unit for the component and several machining stations, which are arranged around said unit and to which the component held by a component holder of the transport and p... | 03/06/2012 |
| 7346969 | Machining method using multiple workpiece mounting device for manufacturing structures A machining method for manufacturing structures includes a preprocessing step (11), a clamping step (13), a machining step (15) and an extracting step (19), which are performed in that order. The preprocessing step is performed to get wor... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7331093 | Pieces hold-unit for workstations, transfer machines and like A pieces hold-unit for machine tools such as workstations, transfer machines and milling machines is provided which comprises two parallel supports (12, 13) placed on a plane with at least a first of said support guided, controlled and movable with respect to... | 02/19/2008 |
| 6964215 | Rotary positioning multi-faced tooling fixture and associated methods A tooling fixture for rotatably positioning a plurality of workpieces includes a base and a housing carried by the base. A plurality of workpiece spindles are carried by the housing. The tooling fixture also includes a spindle drive assembly for rotatably positionin... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6926189 | Welding method and apparatus An apparatus for welding closed one end of each of a multiplicity of open-ended tubes suitable for use as brachytherapy capsules includes a welding station having a welding position for welding closed one end of a tube, a rotatable platform having an outside edge, a... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6629345 | Chucking device A chucking device, in particular for workpieces that are to be machined on more than one side, has a workpiece carrier with at least one turret, arranged to receive workpieces, that is supported rotatably about an axis of rotation on the workpiece carrier... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6460573 | Companion duct system A duct assembly for transporting pressurized fluid therethrough. The assembly includes first and second duct sections. Each of the duct sections has sides extending between opposite ends. Each of the sides join an adjacent side and has a flange extending ... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6185802 | Multiple clamping device for work pieces on a carrier An elongated and cross-section polygonal work piece carrier (1) has at least two clamping surfaces (2) extending parallel to its longitudinal axis (3). It is retained in bearing (5, 9) at least at one end, to be rotatable about its longitudinal axis over ... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6081986 | Automated machine tool including a plurality of processing units An automated machine tool is provided and includes a frame having a first workpiece transfer station at a first location on the frame; at least two self-contained processing units, each of the units including structure for holding the workpiece for proces... | 07/04/2000 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 5581863 | Electronic control device for individual drives of machining machines and process for controlling the individual drives An electronic control device for individual drives of machining machines, particularly of machine tools with a plurality of drive apparatuses, in which, according to the counting state of a pulse counter (35), path information elements associated with the... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5118960 | Starter device An electromagnetic push-out unit which controls engagement and disengagement between a pinion gear and a ring gear for an engine in a starter device via a non-magnetic cylindrical member disposed concentrically with a pinion shaft mechanically coupled to ... | 06/02/1992 |
| 5097577 | Machine with intermittently rotary workpiece-holding table for working and assembly of high-precision pieces An intermittently rotary workpiece-holding table has operating units that move vertically relative to the table. The operating units are controlled by vertically swinging levers that are driven vertically at one end and at their other ends control the ope... | 03/24/1992 |
| 4793039 | Electronically controllable rotary transfer machine In its simplest form, the automatic transmission machine under discussion, with electronically controllable intermittently rotating table (FIG. 1), is made up of an annular base support (1) consisting of two half-plates (1' and 1") on whose opposite exter... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4184236 | Assembly machine The invention relates to an assembly machine having a frame, an upper plate vertically displaceable, a table, an annular transfer plate, a cam-shaft and a driving device for said cam-shaft. Said machine comprises working units of three kinds, the one fixe... | 01/22/1980 |
| 4152566 | Apparatus for manufacturing an article A rotary conveyor for moving work pieces mounted on a mandril through a plurality of work stations is provided where the manufacturing steps at each work station require different time intervals to carry out; to reduce the dwell time of the rotary table, ... | 05/01/1979 |
| 4130920 | Machine tool A machine tool wherein an angular gear is rotatable in a horizontal plane to carry a plurality of pallets between adjacent peripherally arranged machine stations. Hydraulic power means are provided to raise the gear for transport between adjacent stations... | 12/26/1978 |
| 3991453 | Spindle drives for multi spindle lathes A spindle drive for an eight spindle lathe comprising a single input gear disposed at the center of the circle of the eight spindles, two gears meshing with the single input gear, each of these two gears engaging with pairs of further gears which are arra... | 11/16/1976 |
| 3984905 | Multi-spindle automat A machine having a plurality of workpiece spindles. The spindles are angularly disposed in an indexable support with the spindle axes making one and the same axis with the axis of the support and all being tangent to a common cylinder coaxial with the sup... | 10/12/1976 |
| 3955258 | Multiple-purpose machine tool A multiple-purpose machine tool wherein two spaced-apart upright frame members support three horizontal guide members which are disposed one above the other. The uppermost and lowermost guide members support two disks which are adjustable lengthwise there... | 05/11/1976 |
