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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8151446 | Apparatus for manufacturing printed circuit board An apparatus for manufacturing a printed circuit board that uses conductive bumps to interconnect layers includes: a conveyor unit, which is configured to transport a board that has the conductive bumps formed on one side; an upper roller and a lower roller, which p... | 04/10/2012 |
| 7484292 | Apparatus for making a drainage element An apparatus is provided for making drainage elements in a vertical manner. In one embodiment, a vertically disposed hollow rotatable mandrel with a screw-threaded flight is used for guiding a length of perforated pipe and filling an annular space between the pipe a... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7178224 | Apparatus for making a drainage element An apparatus is provided for making drainage elements in a vertical manner. In one embodiment, a vertically disposed hollow rotatable mandrel with a screw-threaded flight is used for guiding a length of perforated pipe and filling an annular space between the pipe a... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7172439 | DVD integrated CRT television and connector fixing structure The present invention makes it possible to fix connector pins at low cost. Connector pins penetrate both a holding substrate and a main substrate. The connecter pins can be restrained from an outward radial direction by both wall surfaces of pin holes of the holding... | 02/06/2007 |
| 6912777 | Method of manufacturing a high-performance, water blocking coaxial cable A helical corrugated coaxial cable possesses low cost of manufacture comparable to that of braided shield coaxial cable, electrical performance comparable to solid tubular shielded cable, flexibility of helical and annular corrugated cable, and fluid blockage compar... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6751834 | Automatic jacketing of a cable An apparatus and method for automatically inserting a cable into a protective jacket. A longitudinal cut is made in the protective jacket and the cable is inserted into the longitudinal cut. The cable and jacket are transported through the apparatus along an arcuate... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6637488 | Tape-sheathing device for an electric wire A tape-sheathing device is provided to eliminate peeling of a tape adhered to an electric wire, in which a first die, a second die and a third die having tapered holes are serially arranged. An electric wire fed by a feed roller and a tape are inserted to... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6484392 | Method of producing coaxial cable A process of weaaving metal conductor wires to form a metal woven shielding conductor layer over the outer surface of an insulated cable. The insulated cable is accompanied with at least one solder or tin wire. When the at least one solder or tin wire is ... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6425970 | Method for grounding EBP processing A method for grounding reinforcement (12) and composites (17) on a calender line reduces static build up on the composite (17), and makes it possible to subject a wire reinforced composite to electron beam processing (EBP). The method employs a slip ring ... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6325875 | Titanium fiber and method of producing the same A metal fiber of titanium or titanium alloy has given equivalent area diameter and specific surface area and is produced by a bundle drawing method wherein mild steel is used as a material for covering layer and outer housing and a composite wire is subje... | 12/04/2001 |
| 5946798 | Method for manufacturing coaxial cables The method for manufacturing a core comprises the following steps: providing a strip made of an electrically conductive material, shaping the strip into a tube, the two edges of the strip being substantially in contact, and welding together the two edges ... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5855062 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing an insulated conductor in metal tubing A method and apparatus for making a length of cable including placing a length of pipe forming a closed chamber into a bore hole, placing a length of metal tubing into the pipe, attaching a piston pig to an electrically conductive wire and inserting the p... | 01/05/1999 |
| 5752312 | Tube transfer device A tube transfer device which includes a tube conveyor for transporting processed tubes from an entry location to an exit location thereon. The tube conveyor includes a plurality of first tube holders thereon which are adapted to hold the processed tubes s... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5632080 | Tube cutter/bender to lacer transfer station A tube transfer device which includes a tube conveyor for transporting processed tubes from an entry location to an exit location thereon. The tube conveyor includes a plurality of first tube holders thereon which are adapted to hold the processed tubes s... | 05/27/1997 |
| 5543000 | Method of forming radiating coaxial cable A radiating cable comprises a core having a center conductor bonded to, centered in, and supported by discs of dielectric material. A sleeve of dielectric material is extruded over the discs and thereby bonded thereto to form a plurality of sealed, coaxia... | 08/06/1996 |
| 5515603 | Method for manufacturing a coaxial cable A method for manufacturing a coaxial cable is described, whereby a dielectric layer (2) is extruded over an inner conductor (1), a lengthwise incoming metal strip (3) is formed into a tube, having a lengthwise slot around the insulated conductor (1, 2). T... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5410901 | Method and apparatus for forming overlapped tape Provided is a method and apparatus employing stepped overlap apertures disposed in adjacent overlap rings. The rings are arranged so that the diameters of the stepped apertures are sequentially decreasing. The apertures form a generally flat advancing met... | 05/02/1995 |
| 5351391 | Tool for assembling modular header connectors and modular receptacle connectors Assembly tools for mounting a plurality of modules each of which has a pair of retaining features on a surface thereof, wherein the retaining features are spaced a predetermined distance apart, are characterized by an elongated bar member having an array ... | 10/04/1994 |
| 5222284 | Apparatus for making co-axial cable Conventionally co-axial cable is made in a continuous extrusion machine by continuously extruding an aluminium tubular cladding (1) through an annular die and simultaneously continuously introducing a core (4), comprised of a conductive wire surrounded by... | 06/29/1993 |
| 5181316 | Method for making flexible coaxial cable An improved method of making a flexible coaxial cable (10) having a dielectric core (12) comprising an inner conductor (14) and a dielectric (16) surrounding the inner conductor (14), and a corrugated outer conductive sheath (18, 20) having a plurality of... | 01/26/1993 |
| 5179778 | Method and means for producing disks of tightly packed on-end aligned fibers A method and means for producing disks of tightly packed on-end aligned fibers wherein side-by-side filament tows are surrounded and pulled by a Chinese-finger type gripper sleeve which tightens about the tows and compacts the filaments as it is pulled. T... | 01/19/1993 |
| 5109598 | Method and apparatus for feeding cable to a cable processor The method and the apparatus for the performance of the method for feeding cable into an automatic cable-processing machine allows to move normal cables (18) and cables of reduced wall thickness at high speeds. The cable (18) is driven by the driving surf... | 05/05/1992 |
| 5060395 | Closed loop wire feeding and measuring apparatus and method of operating same Apparatus (10) comprising rotatable feed belts (16,18) driven by a reversible electric servo-motor (20) which is operated by a pre-programmed electronic controller (30) feeds accurately measured lengths of a wire strand (12), regardless of wire slippage w... | 10/29/1991 |
| 5058259 | Method and apparatus for passing threadlike pieces through tubular products A coil of a tube is formed. The coil is vibrated while a threadlike piece is passed in through the inlet end of the tube so that a given point of the tube reciprocates along a helical path. Provision is made to ensure that inlet end of the tube does not c... | 10/22/1991 |
| 5046231 | Device for mounting and dismounting rigid expandable sleeves The invention is directed to a device for axially and externally mounting an expandable sleeve onto, and dismounting the sleeve from, a cylinder. The subject device comprises an external fluid-transmission means for expanding the diameter of the expandabl... | 09/10/1991 |
| 5018268 | Apparatus for forming metal shield from tape Forming a metal shield on a cable core in which a frusto-conical forming surface for the shield has a plurality of former sections disposed side-by-side from a downstream end of the former. The sections are removable, in order, from the downstream end to ... | 05/28/1991 |
| 4984357 | Method and apparatus for forming metal shield from tape Forming metal shield for cable core in which a metal tape is moved along a passline over a concave forming surface which tapers in a downstream direction. A convex rotating roller lying parallel to an adjacent region of the forming surface urges the tape ... | 01/15/1991 |
| 4852790 | Apparatus and method for continuous manufacture of armored optical fiber cable An apparatus and method for continuously manufacturing optical fiber cable in which optical fiber is encased by an hermetically sealed homogeneous metal tube formed from flat metal strips. A first assembly of mating rollers having successively different s... | 08/01/1989 |
| 4780165 | Method and apparatus for encasing drainage pipes Method and apparatus for encasing drainage pipes, using fibrous or particulate loose filler material guided onto the drainage pipe by means of a hollow screw and held there with a permeable envelope material preferably wound round with a filament. The pit... | 10/25/1988 |
| 4773151 | Method of making a hose A flexible hose suitable for the transportation of biphasic fluids such as crude oil containing hydrogen sulphide is reinforced by steel wires of a kind having a coating of aluminium formed by applying the aluminium to the steel under a high pressure so a... | 09/27/1988 |
| 4759487 | Apparatus for continuous manufacture of armored optical fiber cable An apparatus and method for continuously manufacturing optical fiber cable in which optical fiber is encased by an hermetically sealed homogeneous metal tube formed from flat metal strip. A first assembly of mating rollers having successively different sh... | 07/26/1988 |
| 4753002 | Apparatus for closing a metallic shield around a cable core A metallic strip and a cable core are advanced together along a passline through conventional apparatus for wrapping the strip around the core to provide a partially formed shield around the cable. The shield and core continue along the passline through a... | 06/28/1988 |
| 4681169 | Apparatus and method for supplying electric power to cable suspended submergible pumps Electric power is supplied to downhole equipment, such as a submergible pump, by a power cable that is joined to a support cable by a cable carrier as the carrier and cables are fed into a well. The carrier comprises laterally displaced resilient clamping... | 07/21/1987 |
| 4675992 | Method and apparatus for forming a smooth tube from a flat tape A method and an apparatus for forming a tube from a flat tape, more particularly for forming a shielding tape around a cable core, is disclosed. The tape is moved longitudinally along a straight path and simultaneously deflected laterally from a flat to a... | 06/30/1987 |
| 4622092 | Apparatus for making a bonded sheath cable A bonded ASP cable includes a multiconductor core which is filled with a waterproofing material. The core is enclosed by a plastic layer (28) which is flooded with a waterproofing material. Wrapped longitudinally about the plastic layer is a corrugated in... | 11/11/1986 |
| 4557040 | Alignment and insertion apparatus for an information-containing disc stylus An apparatus for accurately aligning an information-containing-disc stylus and assembling the stylus to a stylus holder. The apparatus transfers the stylus from a magazine holding a plurality of such styli into a rotary collet which is then rotated by an ... | 12/10/1985 |
| 4539739 | Apparatus for making armored electrical cable An apparatus and method for making an armored electrical cable from a plurality of reinforcing struts and a plurality of electrical conductors covered by an armored jacket. The apparatus includes a series of stations along an assembly line that feed, conv... | 09/10/1985 |
| 4436954 | Steel-cored aluminum cable A steel-cored aluminum cable for electric power conduction comprises a steel core including a plurality of steel wires and an aluminum coating disposed therearound in direct contact therewith and formed from an aluminum sheet and a plurality of aluminum s... | 03/13/1984 |
| 4404720 | Apparatus for forming a metallic tape into a tube having an overlapped seam The invention relates to the formation of a substantially circular metallic shield (37) about a cable core (32) by wrapping a metallic tape (64) longitudinally about the core with longitudinal edge portions of the tape being overlapped by a forming key (1... | 09/20/1983 |
| 4377908 | Method and apparatus for bending the overlapping edge portions of a metal shield around a cable core Controlling the bending of an overlapping edge portion of a metal shield of a cable core by supporting one side of an edge portion at a position along its feed path and applying pressure against the edge portion immediately downstream of and in a directio... | 03/29/1983 |
