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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7232386 | Hockey stick A composite hockey stick having a tubular hollow rectangular shaft and a blade is disclosed. The shaft comprises an inner layer and an outer layer, each of the inner and outer layers are formed of uni-directional substantially continuous fibers disposed in a hardene... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7157676 | Device with a cooling unit for thermally clamping and releasing tools in shrink-fit chucks A device (10) for thermally clamping and releasing tools (11) in shrink-fit chucks (12), having a socket (15) for a shrink-fit chuck (12), a heating unit (16) that can be moved toward and away from the mounted shrink-fit chu... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7144343 | Hockey stick A hockey stick comprising a blade and a shaft adapted to being joined together. The blade portion having an upper portion and a lower portion and a face. The upper portion being comprised of a defined region having a reduced width dimension in a direction that exten... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7107677 | Process, apparatus, and kit for assembling and disassembling a cryogenic pump A process, apparatus, and kit for horizontally assembling a cryogenic pump with an apparatus generally including a workstand, a plurality of support stands longitudinally spaced apart from the workstand and a roller transport structure. The kit includes the apparatu... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7097577 | Hockey stick A hockey stick having a composite blade and a shaft is disclosed. The composite blade includes a heel section that is recessed relative to the front and back faces of the blade. The recessed heel section is configured to be received by a hockey stick shaft or an ada... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7062847 | Shrinking arrangement for a tool holder A shrinking arrangement for a tool holder (12) which retains a rotary tool (10) with a press fit in a central accommodating opening (20) comprises an accommodating unit (24) for accommodating the tool holder and a temperature-controlling ... | 06/20/2006 |
| 6857177 | System for presetting shrink-fit tools A presetting system (100) is disclosed for accurately presetting the position of a tool (106) within a shrink-fit holder (148). The presetting system (100) includes a presetter measuring device (102) which is adapted to provide an ... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6701597 | Method for force-transmitting clamping of a tool Form-transmitting clamping of a tool with a shaft in an opening of the tool receptacle by shrinking with heating and cooling and adjustment of an axial insertion depth of a shaft in an opening of the tool receptacle, the method includes placing a movable ... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6588083 | Method for force-transmitting clamping of a tool Form-transmitting clamping of a tool with a shaft in an opening of the tool receptacle by shrinking with heating and cooling and adjustment of an axial insertion depth of a shaft in an opening of the tool receptacle, the method includes placing a movable ... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6519829 | Method and device for producing a composite element from a ceramic inner part and a metal jacket According to known methods for producing a composite element from a truncated cone-shaped, fire-proof ceramic insert which is enclosed by a metal jacket, the outer jacket is-heated separately and shrunk on the cold ceramic insert. Alternatively, after ind... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6412167 | Apparatus for connecting a star cross piece to a leg of a bicycle or motorcycle fork The pieces to be reciprocally connected are mechanically manufactured with tolerances such that the external diameter of the ends of the pipes (6,6') is suitably greater at the internal diameter of the seat ends of the star cross pieces (1). The star cros... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6240630 | Apparatus for loading shape memory gripper mechanisms A method and apparatus for loading deposit material, such as an embolic coil, into a shape memory polymer (SMP) gripping/release mechanism. The apparatus enables the application of uniform pressure to secure a grip by the SMP mechanism on the deposit mate... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6237216 | Apparatus for automatically dismantling a windshield glass and a rear glass from a disused automobile A system for recycling the components dismantled from a disused automobile, which includes a main body having a control part, front and rear glass removers connected with the main body for dismantling the glass from the body of the disused automobile, two... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6216335 | Device for assembling and disassembling a tool with a tool holder A device for assembling and disassembling a tool with a tool holder, such as particularly a mandrel. The device is essentially constituted by a support frame (4) provided with a unit (5) for receiving and holding a tool holder (3), elements (6 and 7) for ... | 04/17/2001 |
| 5943767 | Hockey stick blade tool A hockey stick blade tool comprises a base and a pair of clamp assemblies mounted to the base. One clamp assembly is fixed to the base with the other being movable along the base length. To remove a blade, the shaft of a hockey stick is clamped in the fix... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5787584 | Catalytic converter A catalytic converter structure comprising: cylindrical catalyst substrate; a first cylindrical tube covering a first end of the substrate; a second cylindrical tube covering a second end of the substrate; a support mat surrounding a central portion of th... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5787572 | Apparatus for terminating a fibre optic bundle A fibre optic bundle end is produced by placing the end in a ferrule (6) and the bundle (14) and ferrule (6) are supported in a furnace (22) for rotation about the ferrule axis. The ferrule (6) and the fibres (14) therein are heated and while still in the... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5280671 | Process and device for clamping tools in a clamping chuck The invention indicates a device and a process for clamping tools in a clamping chuck which possesses a shrinkage segment (14) to receive the tool, with a heating apparatus (26), preferably designed as a gas burner, being associated with the shrinkage seg... | 01/25/1994 |
| 5280674 | Apparatus for attaching a surgical needle to a suture An apparatus for attaching a shrinkable tubing to a surgical needle and a heat labile suture is provided. The apparatus includes a mechanism for desensitizing the tip of the heat labile suture along with a mechanism for situating a shank portion of the ne... | 01/25/1994 |
| 5279027 | Apparatus for attaching rotors to crankshafts An internal induction coil is used to heat the rotor of an ECM. This provides a localized heating and dilation of the bore of the rotor prior to the heating of the outer surface of the rotor. The crankshaft is located in the heated bore and acts as a heat... | 01/18/1994 |
| 4962002 | Ceramic-metal composite bodies, and process and apparatus for manufacturing the same Ceramic-metal composite bodies and a process for the production thereof are disclosed. The ceramic-metal composite body includes a metallic member and a ceramic member which are integrally joined together by fitting a projection formed on the ceramic memb... | 10/09/1990 |
| 4887493 | Roller cutter drill bit and method of forming A rolling cutter (24) for a rotary drill bit (10) having cutting inserts or elements (52) mounted within sockets (54) in a so-called full shrink process. The rolling cutter (24) is heated to a temperature over around 500° F. in a controlled inert atomsph... | 12/19/1989 |
| 4875270 | Method of securing parts to a hollow member A method and apparatus for securing one or more parts, each of which is provided with an opening, to a hollow member. In the starting state, the inner diameter of the opening of the parts is greater than the outer diameter of the surface provided on the h... | 10/24/1989 |
| 4783893 | Method of removing a head from a golf club The method for removing a head portion with a shank section from a shaft of a golf club is effected by an assembly comprising securing means for fixing the position of a shaft of the golf club along the longitudinal axis of the shaft. Head grasping mechan... | 11/15/1988 |
| 4779337 | Device for the stencil-ferrule mounting of screen printing cylinders An apparatus for inserting stencil ferrules into the ends of a screen printing cylinder comprising chamber means, having a floor and a ceiling; base means secured within the chamber means and adaptable to releasably support a first stencil ferrule which e... | 10/25/1988 |
| 4620350 | Apparatus for interference-fitting male and female members A method of interference-fitting either a male or female resilient member to its corresponding female or male member using a hollow mandrel cooled to preferably cryogenic temperatures which freezes a compressed resilient member to at least its glass-trans... | 11/04/1986 |
| 4567649 | System for heating, disassembly, handling and reassembly of a turbine rotor A turbine rotor disassembly, handling and reassembly apparatus employs a feedback-controlled electric heating oven to rapidly heat a turbine wheel while the rotor shaft is in the horizontal position. An adapter interfaces the wheel to a handling spool who... | 02/04/1986 |
| 4555839 | Method of interference-fitting male and female members A method of interference-fitting either a male or female resilient member to its corresponding female or male member using a hollow mandrel cooled to preferably cryogenic temperatures which freezes a compressed resilient member to at least its glass-trans... | 12/03/1985 |
| 4409731 | Fixture for removing and replacing shrunk-on sleeves on a shaft A fixture for supporting a sleeve and induction coil which encircles the sleeve to facilitate removal and replacement of shrunk-on sleeves on a shaft, the fixture having upper and lower portions electrically insulated from each other and standoff insulate... | 10/18/1983 |
| 4305203 | Tool for installing shrink fit parts A tool for installing shrink fit parts formed of a material which is dimensionally stable over a wide range of temperatures having a locating surface on which a part to be shrunk is clamped and having a chamber adjacent the locating surface, which is fill... | 12/15/1981 |
| 4167809 | Hot air arbor extractor A bearing sleeve extractor assembly includes a movable workpiece support on a stand having an overhead circular spray head to receive a multi-surfaced elongated bearing sleeve connected to a support member and wherein the spray head includes a perforated ... | 09/18/1979 |
| 4092771 | Process and apparatus for renewing sliding gate valve units for casting ladles Casting ladle gate valves of the type which are designed to be installed and removed from the ladle as a unit, are rebuilt in a work area which includes a disassembly station, a first assembly line including a revolving table for renewing the movable slid... | 06/06/1978 |
