Did You Know...
...that power steering was invented by independent inventor Francis W. Davis? As chief engineer in the 1920s of the truck division of the Pierce Arrow Motor Car Company, he saw how hard it was to steer heavy vehicles. So that he would be able to keep the profits from his future invention, Davis left his job, rented a small engineering shop in Waltham, Mass., and developed a hydraulic power steering system that led to power steering.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7200914 | Apparatus and method for loading a riveting module with blind rivet nuts The invention relates to a device for loading a rivet module (10), which can be vertically displaced between a lower placement position and an upper loading position, with blind rivet nuts (100) using a rivet feed (22). The invention is characte... | 04/10/2007 |
| 6854178 | Through-the-drill plate fastener installation tool A fastener installation tool that is configured to feed fasteners from a magazine assembly into a housing where one of the fasteners is aligned to a reciprocating tool bit. The fastener installation tool is configured to set the fastener into a workpiece such that t... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6711809 | Pneumatic and manual installation tools for installing U-nut fasteners A U-nut type fastener installation tool, for installing individual U-nut fasteners from a vertically stacked, nested, or collated strip or array of such fasteners disposed within a magazine portion of the tool. The vertically nested, stacked, or collated strip is bi... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6317949 | Device for banding together components of a fishing lure A device and method for placing band on bait for connecting bait first and second components is set forth which includes a loader having a barrel with at one end a retainer to hold the first component against the end of the barrel and at the other end a s... | 11/20/2001 |
| 5960678 | Automatic stress plate feeder An automatic stress plate feeder includes a generally horizontal stress plate magazine holding a series of generally flat stress plates each positioned generally vertically on edge therein. An electric motor drives the stress plates through the magazine, ... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5295295 | Apparatus for feeding and tightening threaded parts By advancing a rotatable feed rod (5) with a threaded part (1) such as a bolt or a nut inserted into a socket hole (6) at a front end thereof, the threaded part (1) is supplied and tightened to an object such as a threaded hole or a bolt. In order to prev... | 03/22/1994 |
| 5291645 | Method and apparatus for feeding and tightening threaded parts The present invention is directed to a method and apparatus for feeding and tightening threaded parts, such as bolts or nuts. The apparatus incorporates a holding member longitudinally movable while holding a threaded part at the front end thereof, and a ... | 03/08/1994 |
| 5226228 | Part feeding apparatus A part feeding apparatus is adapted to hold a part (10) on a holding portion (12) at the front end of a feed rod (11) and feed it to an intended place. A locking portion (14) at the end of a feed tube (7) is disposed in opposed relation to the holding por... | 07/13/1993 |
| 5072495 | Installation for automatic assembly of socket-bracket The invention discloses an installation for the automatic assembly of the lower socket-bracket of opening leaves, i.e. the part of the fitting intended to be fixed to the lower corner of an opening leaf preferably of oscillating leaf type, in line with it... | 12/17/1991 |
| 5042142 | Washer-dispensing and fastener-driving machine A machine for fastening one or more layers of roofing material to an underlayment, and a stackable washer therefor. A chute receives a stack of such washers. A shuttle displaces a single washer to a separated position when moved in one direction, to which... | 08/27/1991 |
| 4926699 | Torque tool A device for torquing and untorquing visable or hidden nuts or both disposed on a common circle of centers in the rotor assembly of a jet engine wherein said device comprises a bolt locating platform disposed outside of said rotor assembly, a trunnion ass... | 05/22/1990 |
| 4899438 | Assembly device for pressing C-shaped sheet metal nut onto a plate A clip-like, C-shaped sheet-metal nut and an assembly device therefor, the nut having a thread leg with an embossed thread portion and a clip leg having a through hole, with the forward end of the thread leg having an upwardly and forwardly inclined inser... | 02/13/1990 |
| 4819324 | Nutplate installation tool A tool for installing nutplates to a structural part. The tool is portable or useable with a robot. The tool includes a supply of nutplates and a rivet feeding and insertion mechanism. The rivets are inserted in the structural part, followed by the positi... | 04/11/1989 |
| 4817275 | Device for positioning a means of fixing consisting of a screw and a plate Device for screwing screws through a hole of a plate into a base plate for securing insulating material, the device having a magazine with plates and a magazine with screws. The device has a screw driver which can be moved up and down. The screw driver ac... | 04/04/1989 |
| 4736519 | Nutplate installation tool A tool for installing nutplates to a structural part. The tool is portable or useable with a robot. The tool includes a supply of nutplates and a rivet feeding and insertion mechanism. The rivets are inserted in the structural part, followed by the positi... | 04/12/1988 |
| 4706380 | Driver apparatus An improved and novel lag screw driving apparatus whereby a screw along with a hanger formed thereon is threaded into a wooden ceiling member or the like from floor level. The apparatus comprises a handle having a wire magazine, a wire magazine loader mou... | 11/17/1987 |
| 4689881 | Head and magazine loader assembly This invention is found in the construction or configuration of the elements in the head of a driver apparatus utilized in securing screws in wooden members and to its relationship with a wire magazine loader mounted to the driving apparatus itself. The i... | 09/01/1987 |
| 4534101 | Method of installing self-locking nut and bolt assembly A method for installing a locking nut or bolt includes drilling a bore having at least two diameters in a surface of an element so as to accommodate a fastener assembly having a threaded shaft and a group of elements including a cylinder a locking ring, t... | 08/13/1985 |
| 4246939 | Automatic screw driving apparatus Automatic driving apparatus which sequentially inserts screws provided with washers into work pieces includes a chute formed with an opening transverse to its axis. Screws are fed sequentially through the opening into the chute. A driver in the chute is s... | 01/27/1981 |
| 4203187 | Fastener applying tool A tool for applying fasteners to a workpiece includes a housing and a punch reciprocally mounted in the housing. The punch includes an elongated slot through which a feed plate that is slideably mounted within the housing passes. A cam stop member is rota... | 05/20/1980 |
| 4201255 | Machine for threading fasteners into workpieces Hanger bolts are delivered one-by-one from a hopper and each is picked up by a reciprocating holder which shifts the bolt laterally and broadwise into alinement with a power-rotated chuck. The bolt then is pushed endwise into the chuck by a furniture leg ... | 05/06/1980 |
| 4146071 | Power driver for fasteners The present power driver handles fasteners of varying length mounted on a strip or belt, through a touch-down foot which accommodates fasteners of different length to eliminate wasted motion of the driver. The fasteners are also prevented by said touch-do... | 03/27/1979 |
| 4074425 | Apparatus for automatically feeding and setting stud bolts An apparatus for automatically feeding and setting stud bolts. The apparatus comprises a parts feeder unit for axially arranging stud bolts having threaded portions of different lengths on the opposite ends thereof in a low, a bolt orienting unit for dire... | 02/21/1978 |
| 3971421 | Air-powered, self-feeding screw driving tool An air-powered, self-feeding screw driving tool and screw-containing pods capable of being assembled into a continuous belt of screw-containing rods for use with the tool. The belt of screw-containing pods are coiled within a canister for selective feedin... | 07/27/1976 |
| 3960191 | Fastener feeding and driving attachment An attachment for a portable power screwdriver allowing a workman to drive screws from a stand-up position. A telescoping driving tube is associated with a power driver and the tube being joined to a feed tube in the region of a nose section. The feed tub... | 06/01/1976 |
| 3946478 | Fastener installation head A fastener installation head having a nut receiving passage, a transverse plunger passage, a plunger reciprocating in the plunger passage through the intersection of the passages and a guide means for the nuts in the plunger passage. The guide means inclu... | 03/30/1976 |
| 3946479 | Fastener installation head A fastener installation head having a nut receiving passage, a transverse plunger passage having a reciprocating plunger therein, a feed means feeding nuts from the nut passage to the plunger passage and a stop means preventing nuts from entering the plun... | 03/30/1976 |
| 3942235 | Fastener installation head A fastener installation head having a first passage receiving fasteners, a second transverse passage having a reciprocating plunger, a feed means feeding fasteners from the first passage to the second passage, beneath the plunger, during each downward str... | 03/09/1976 |
