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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7571549 | Sine bar assembly with vertically fixed pivot axis An L-shaped sine plate is mounted to pivot about an arcuately translating pivot point to maintain the sharp corner height at a constant elevation. In this way, no mathematical formulae need be used to calculate adjustments which would otherwise be necessary if the s... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7128313 | Support system of a tabletop vise A vise and base system is disclosed. The vise includes a stationary jaw, a frame with a frame perimeter wall and a moveable jaw, the stationary jaw being fixed to the frame, and the moveable jaw that is movable along the frame. The vise cooperates with a hollow base... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7094012 | Quick set-up tilt table A quick set-up tilt table for securement to a precision vise of a tool. The tilt table is made from a plate of metal with a pair of flat parallel sides with holes formed in an arc for insertion of pins. The tilt table may be placed in the precision vise with pins in... | 08/22/2006 |
| 6792687 | Adjustable tool for cutting rafters An adjustable tool, and method of use thereof, for use in cutting a workpiece having a face extending between first and second opposite borders is disclosed. The tool preferably comprises an elongate guide member having proximal and distal ends, a bottom surface and... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6766583 | Tool to measure and set angles using calipers or other linear measuring devices This invention provides an angle gauge that, when used in conjunction with a caliper or other linear measuring device, improves both the precision and ease with which angles can be measured and set by allowing the user accurately to measure and set angles in fractio... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6766584 | Angle setting and measurement gage The gage has a body made of flat plate which has a reference edge. Another edge is a gage edge which is angular and defines a sharp apex away from the gage edge. A foot is slidable along the gage edge to rotate the gage body around the sharp apex pivot. Indicia indi... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6644102 | Golf club fixture A device for measuring alignment of a golf club is provided, and allows measurement of the lie angle and loft angle simultaneously. The strike face of the club is placed against an abutment member that is fixed to a base member, and held in place with a c... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6560887 | Tools for pipe angle measurement and marking A pipe angle measuring tool and pipe angle marking tool are defined. A template is also defined which is a flexible substrate, such as paperboard, on which images of the tools are printed. A user may create the tools by cutting them out of the paperboard ... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6536124 | Angular measuring and saw angle setting device A connected and relatively pivotal two piece angular measuring device that will provide information and/or direct data or indicia to be used in setting mitre saw cutting angles for accurate placement of trim, molding, shelves, and the like.... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6334257 | Electronic angle-measuring device Electronic angle-measuring device with two legs which are pivotably attached to one another. An angle-measuring sensor having two measurement plates which can be displaced with respect to one another is situated in the pivot point of these legs. At the en... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6240646 | Device for measuring angles A device for measuring angles, primarily for measuring bending angles attained by press brakes and similar when a piece to be worked is bent between upper and lower pressing tools (1), includes an oscillating device (6) that detects the angled position of... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6209213 | Multi-purpose measuring tool A multi-purpose measuring tool has an elongate base and arm pivotally connected at rounded ends thereof in an angularly variable relation to perform multiple functions, including measuring inclines, measuring corner angles, measuring distances, use as a s... | 04/03/2001 |
| 5813124 | Angle measuring device An angle measuring device used for measuring the pendulum angle of a cable of a lifting device comprising connection components which utilize measurement value pick-ups and are connected via a cardanic-type joint to axles which are arranged at right angle... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5524353 | Siding leveling device A leveling device for extending a course of siding around an interior or exterior building corner includes a center link and two elongate planar arms pivotedly attached to the link. The arms are provided with alignment edges for fitting under edges of sid... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5487319 | Saw guide apparatus A saw guide is arranged to include first and second gauge sectors pivotally mounted relative to first and second table plates that are telescopingly mounted relative to one another. A fence member extends along the first and second table plates for guidan... | 01/30/1996 |
| 5377419 | Method and means for measuring squareness of two opposing corners on plate structures An improvement to a measuring table for fabricated plate products, such as sheet metal and the like. A measuring table having legs for support of flat table surfaces with opposite sides and ends is equipped with a straight reference gauge extending square... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5283958 | Adjustable saw gauge fixture An adjustable saw gauge fixture is disclosed including first and second end plates joined by two parallel guide rods and an intermediate screw rod, a movable jaw plate mounted on the parallel guide rods and the screw rod and controlled by an adjusting kno... | 02/08/1994 |
| 5251381 | Precision angularity hole checker with indicator A device for the angularity of a hole has a housing, a pivotally movable probe, and a digital display for displaying angular deviation of the probe from a home position. The device can additionally or alternatively have a signaling device to signal angula... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5189804 | Angle indicating instrument An angle indicating instrument for indicating an angle to be used in the cutting and subsequent joining of pieces of material is disclosed. A first arm and a second arm of the angle indicating instrument are positioned so as to engage the angle indicating... | 03/02/1993 |
| 5187877 | Craftsman's adjustable angle instrument An adjustable angle instrument for high precision craftsmanship is configured from a pair of similar metal sector parts, each having a sector shape with a wide double flange along a straight edge. The two sector parts are accurately pivoted together in an... | 02/23/1993 |
| 5092055 | Apparatus for supporting a workpiece at a selected angle on a machine tool table A workpiece is secured to a support or gang plate which is positioned at an acute angle relative to a base plate by a pair of hollow support blocks or cubes and corresponding angularly adjustable locator plates. The base plate, gang plate and support cube... | 03/03/1992 |
| 5018277 | Angle setting device A device is disclosed where, for various purposes, a substantial range of the angular relationship between two flat surfaces must be quickly, easily and accurately established and maintained. The device has three component corresponding ends of which are ... | 05/28/1991 |
| 4916822 | Angle and distance measuring instrument An angle measuring instrument provides two straight arms connected at one end for relative pivotal movement. A telescoping assembly includes two elongated telescoping members each providing a free end. The free end of one telescoping member is pivotally c... | 04/17/1990 |
| 4884604 | Guide fence and mitre guide assembly for router mounting table A combination simple and compound mitre gauge constitutes the subject matter of the present invention. The mitre gauge is intended to be utilized with power woodworking tools. The mitre gauge constitutes both a simple and compound gauge by utilizing an el... | 12/05/1989 |
| 4788026 | Nuclear fuel assembly grid sleeve/guide thimble bulge orientation gage and inspection method An inspection gage includes an expandable tubular member insertable within a fuel assembly guide thimble. The tubular member has embossments circumferentially spaced from one another about the tubular member and being the same in number as bulges on the g... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4718173 | Method and apparatus for measurement of straightness and flatness The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for high-precision straightness and flatness measurement of objects which are so large that available measuring rulers do not cover the distance to be measured. According to the invention, the measur... | 01/12/1988 |
| 4679329 | Combined primary and secondary sine bars A primary and secondary sine-bar combination wherein one sine-bar has opposite end plugs shared with the other sine-bar, for compound determination of sine-bar angularity in degrees, minutes and seconds, using gage-blocks and/or micrometer adjustment with... | 07/14/1987 |
| 4398349 | Precision tools and precision tool sets, and methods of constructing and utilizing same A variety of precision tools and accessories, and precision tool sets, for selective use either individually or in relatively interconnected relation for securing a workpiece in a particular orientation for work to be performed thereon. In the precision t... | 08/16/1983 |
| 4238888 | Direct reading micrometer for sine-bar elevation The combination of a sine-bar and micrometer for directly reading angular displacement of the sine-bar, the micrometer being comprised of a barrel having a curvilinear index line with axial calibration in degrees and displaced from rotation of an extensio... | 12/16/1980 |
| 4112580 | Device for determining angles A device particularly suited for use in optics, having a planar sine plate mounted for rotation about a lateral axis, with the sine plate being capable of holding an optical device such as a diffraction grating. A pivot arm member is mounted for rotation ... | 09/12/1978 |
| 3996670 | Protractor with digital readout A protractor having a sine bar connected to the shaft of an electronic encoder and supported to a carriage movable axially and horizontally, but retained in fixed relationship to a table supporting a propeller for measuring and inspecting the blade angles... | 12/14/1976 |
