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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8161624 | Apparatus and method for inserting dual weatherstrips having opposed sealing elements into a frame member Weatherstrips (13, 15) having opposed pile sealing elements (226) are installed in opposed slots in a frame member (14) so that the piles may engage opposite sides of a panel, shutter or screen (203), by insertion apparatus having lateral... | 04/24/2012 |
| 7395592 | Apparatus for processing electrical connection terminal for coaxial cable An apparatus for processing of an electrical connection terminal for a coaxial cable, wherein the processing is automated and further laborsaving can be achieved in the processing operation. The apparatus comprises a tool means 11 for axially stripping an out... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7213738 | Selective wave solder system The present invention relates to a selective wave solder machine. In particular, it relates to a system for calibrating and adjusting process points to account for variations in machines and circuit boards. Vision systems are used to locate fiducials on the processi... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7210971 | Injector wire connector A hollow electrical socket connector, having an outside surface and an interior surface to define an interior space adaptable to connectably receive generally cylindrical electrical contact pin. The socket is equipped with at least a double break radius crimp, on it... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7097179 | Apparatus and method for manufacturing rubber-wrapped spiral wound gaskets A spiral wound gasket made of an elongate band with a portion of the elongate band jacketed by a resilient filler material, the jacketed elongate band wrapped in a plurality of overlapping turns to define a radially thick reinforcing member with the band in each tur... | 08/29/2006 |
| 6926285 | Jacketed spiral wound gasket A spiral wound gasket made of an elongate band jacketed by a sealing material, with the elongate band wrapped in overlapping turns to define a radially thick gasket with an inner diameter for being exposed to a material to be sealed and an outer diameter, in which t... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6823579 | Portable platform for use in gasket manufacture The present invention comprises a portable platform (10) for use in gasket manufacture, comprising a shaft connected to a motor and can receive at least one mandrel, and a surface to receive at least one molding tool, the mandrel being activated by the motor ... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6785949 | Device for putting polyethylene cladding on galvinized steel plate Device for putting polyethylene cladding on a galvanized steel plate, wherein a galvanized steel plate unroller from unroller is passed through a plate press, an ultrasonic cleaner, a dryer, an intermediate frequency heater, and a roll press in succession, and polye... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6708384 | Notched muntin bars having two finishes An apparatus for making notched muntin bars. The apparatus includes an uncoiler or support for a supply of ribbon stock, a notching device, a roll forming machine and a severing device. The ribbon stock has a surface with first and second finishes. The notching devi... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6704982 | Automatic machine for assembling frames The machine comprises two independent fastening stations. The first station (2), designed to assembly the corners of the frame separately and successively, is provided with two cutting heads (3, 7) for cutting the mouldings (5, 9) forming the co... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6678938 | System for fabricating muntin bars from sheet material A system for fabricating muntin bars from sheet material. Sheet material in the form of thin ribbon stock is fed to a first forming station including a punching mechanism that punches the ribbon stock at a precisely predetermined location. The ribbon stoc... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6665925 | Apparatus and method for manufacturing rubber-wrapped spiral wound gaskets An apparatus (10) for manufacturing rubber-based spiral wound gaskets,in which a length of an elongate band (22) passes through a bath (34) for applying a coating of a rubber sealing material and then is wound in overlapping relation on a die (100) to mak... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6618926 | System for fabricating muntin bars from sheet material A system for fabricating muntin bars from sheet material. Sheet material in the form of thin ribbon stock is fed to a first forming station including a punching mechanism that punches the ribbon stock at a precisely predetermined location. The ribbon stoc... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6560849 | Apparatus for manufacturing slats An apparatus (10) is provided for automatically cutting strip materials (22) into slats (20) for a venetian blind. The apparatus (10) has a feeding station (12), a cutting station (14), a punching station (16) and a laddering station (18). Strip materials... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6546608 | Display strip assembly system A display strip assembly system for efficiently assembling bags upon a point of purchase display strip. The display strip assembly system includes a base, an elongate frame mounted to the base extending in an angled manner, a receiving channel within the ... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6490783 | Method of and apparatus for processing photographic photosensitive film When any of facilities of a film producing and packaging system suffers a failure, a film processing controller shuts off the film producing and packaging system. The operator repairs a failing facility and manually discharges a length of an elongate film... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6487768 | Heat exchanger manufacturing system Improved plastic heat exchanger production systems are described. The production systems are arranged to extrude plastic tubing, cut the tubing into segments of desired length and convey the tubing to a plurality of aligned tube inserters. Clip strips are... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6484386 | Apparatus for making brake shoes An apparatus adapted to form curved beam sections, such as a brake shoe, includes a rollformer, a cut-off device, and a re-former or sweeping device. The rollformer includes rollers constructed and arranged to rollform the sheet material into an elongated... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6467149 | Apparatus for injecting materials into a composite The invention relates to a method and apparatus for injecting material into a substrate. The apparatus 10 comprises a needle assembly having a needle 14, a movable central portion 26 and a substantially stationary top portion 26. The material to be inject... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6442833 | Method of stripping electric wire In a method of stripping an insulated electric wire, circumferential cuts are formed in an insulating coating of the electric wire by use of circumferential cutters and then the circumferential cutters are moved in a longitudinal direction of the electric... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6438819 | System for fabricating contour muntin bars from sheet material Apparatus for making a contoured muntin bar. A supply of sheet material having a finished surface on at least one side in the form of a coiled ribbon is unwound and fed along a strip path of travel to a punch station. At the punch station a ribbon punchin... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6421906 | Apparatus for the manufacture of metal components requiring chip removing machining Identical ring-shaped metal blanks are machined whereby each blank forms a plurality of identical components. The blanks are first machined on both sides, and then a stack of the blanks is clamped axially adjacent one another on an arbor. Tools machine th... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6397453 | System for fabricating muntin bars from sheet material A system for fabricating muntin bars from sheet material. Sheet material in the form of thin ribbon stock is fed to a first forming station including a punching mechanism that punches the ribbon stock at a precisely predetermined location. The ribbon stoc... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6381831 | Terminal mounting machine A feeding pin 146 is downwards inserted into an insertion hole h formed in a direction in which the hoop T is fed so that the feeding pin 146 is moved in the feeding direction. The feeding pin 146 is completely caught by the hoop T to restrain the hoop T ... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6353996 | Apparatus for wiring electrical terminals of electrical devices or systems For automatic wiring of terminals of electrical apparatus, for example fluorescent lamp luminaires, a line or wire-laying tool is used which has a finger (31) on which a pressure element (37), movable between three positions I, II, III with respect to the... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6317951 | Method of and apparatus for processing photographic photosensitive film When any of facilities of a film producing and packaging system suffers a failure, a film processing controller shuts off the film producing and packaging system. The operator repairs a failing facility and manually discharges a length of an elongate film... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6282773 | Apparatus for producing winding slot insulators and inserting same into the stator core of an electromechanical machine Insulating slot liners for insertion into stator core winding slots are formed from a narrow-width reel of insulating material. The width of the material is determined by the inner circumferential surface of the winding slot that must be insulated, instea... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6269529 | Hose preparation apparatus and method therefor A hose preparation apparatus and method therefor including a supporting device for supporting at least one hose. A printing device is positioned adjacent to the supporting device for printing a symbol on a hose supported by the supporting device. A trimmi... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6226857 | Methods for balancing electric motors The balancing of rotors for dynamo-electric machines (e.g., electric motor armatures) is achieved by attaching a balancing strip to the rotor after an impregnation resin has been applied to the wire coils, and the unbalance of the rotor has been measured.... | 05/08/2001 |
| 5878489 | Method of producing flat electric wire harnesses An inexpensive flat electric wire for a wire harness and an inexpensive wire harness utilizing the flat electric wire can be produced. A flat electric wire (P) is produced by juxtaposing a plurality of insulator-sheathed electric wire elements (a), each h... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5740608 | Method of making and stacking electrical leads An automated method of making and stacking electrical leads (66) is disclosed. The machine (50) for making the leads (66) includes a maneuvering clamp (102) that grips an end (72) of the lead and, while pivoting and moving along a defined path (104), mani... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5605006 | Apparatus for stemming flowers An apparatus for applying a stem pick to a flower stem wherein the stem pick has laterally directed fingers for wrapping around the stem of a flower. The apparatus includes means for positioning a stem pick into a position ready for attachment to the flow... | 02/25/1997 |
| 5528817 | Apparatus for making packets of amorphous steel strip for transformer core manufacture This method of making packets of amorphous metal strip adapted to be wrapped about the arbor of a transformer-core-making machine comprises providing first and second composite strips, each comprising many thin layers of amorphous metal strip stacked in s... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5391208 | Method and apparatus for stemming flowers A method and apparatus for stemming a flower in which the flower stem is cut substantially simultaneously with attaching a flower pick to the flower stem, thereby eliminating the separate steps of cutting the flower stem and subsequently attaching a stem ... | 02/21/1995 |
| 5347706 | Method for making packets of amorphous steel strip for transformer core manufacture This method of making packets of amorphous metal strip adapted to be wrapped about the arbor of a transformer-core-making machine comprises providing first and second composite strips, each comprising many thin layers of amorphous metal strip stacked in s... | 09/20/1994 |
| 5323949 | Apparatus and method for cutting and transporting scarfed weld bead The invention comprises a method and apparatus for handling the weld bead scarfed from the interior surface of continuous seam welded metal tube or pipe incident to its manufacture. A section of tube of predetermined length is cut from the lead and of the... | 06/28/1994 |
| 5291648 | Apparatus for making a transformer core comprising amorphous metal strips surrounding the core window This method of making a transformer core from strips of amorphous metal utilizes an arbor that has a longitudinal axis and an external surface surrounding the axis that includes a portion of concave configuration forming a depression in the external surfa... | 03/08/1994 |
| 5230139 | Method of making a transformer core comprising strips of amorphous steel wrapped around the core window Groups of amorphous steel strips, cut to appropriate length from a composite strip, are stacked in longitudinally-staggered relationship to form packets. The groups are made up by apparatus preforming a process that comprises a pre-spooling operation that... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5214842 | Crimper for crimping a multi-wire telephone cable A crimper includes two elongated handle members each having a press portion, and a solid head member disposed between the two press portions of the elongated handle members. The head member has a plurality of differently-sized receiving spaces, two oppose... | 06/01/1993 |
| 5123154 | Printed circuit board assembly apparatus Printed circuit board assembly apparatus comprises means for supporting a printed circuit board for assembly of components on one side of the board by inserting leads of the components into corresponding holes formed in the circuit board at predetermined ... | 06/23/1992 |
