Actor Marlon Brando has four patents, all named "Drumhead tensioning device and method."
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6974281 | Tool for chip removing machining A tool for chip removing machining includes an insert holder and a cutting insert attached thereto. The holder includes a longitudinal center axis and terminates in a support surface at a front end of the holder. The support surface defines a seat to which the inser... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6581339 | Erectable platform An erectable platform includes at least one bay, the bay having; at least one deck assembly, the deck assembly having a plurality of threaded couplers. The platform further includes support structure having at least two spaced apart main beams and at leas... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6135680 | Boring tool with staggered rotary cutting inserts A boring tool is provided with rotary cutting inserts which rotate as a result of the forces which act on the inserts as the tool bores a workpiece. The inserts are positioned on the tool so that the cutting point of each insert is located in a different ... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6073524 | Metal boring with self-propelled rotary cutters A boring tool for use with compacted graphite iron materials includes at least one self-propelled rotating cutter insert. The insert is carried in a cartridge in which the insert is rotatable about is axis which is a secondary axis relative to a boring to... | 06/13/2000 |
| 5505568 | Rotary cutting tool A cutting tool holder is composed of a cutting tool holder main body 1 and a bracket 2 mounted to the top of a front end portion of the main body, which are fixedly secured to each other by a clamping bolt 3 and a knock pin 4. At the front end portion of ... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5478175 | Cutting insert assembly A cutting insert assembly is disclosed which includes a rotatable cutting insert for cutting a material, and a rotational support for rotatably supporting the cutting insert. Structure for retaining the cutting insert to the support and for inducing rotat... | 12/26/1995 |
| 5363891 | Tubular saw tooth and mount assembly In one embodiment of saw tooth assembly, the tubular saw tooth is releasably inserted with friction fit inside the hollow of a tubular mount. In an alternate embodiment, it is the tubular mount which is releasably inserted with friction fit inside the hol... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5333938 | Cutter bit A cutter bit having a concave face surface has a base surface spaced from the concave face surface and a recess extending inwardly from the base surface, The recess is adapted to receive a portion of a tool holder that extends at least partially into the ... | 08/02/1994 |
| 5014581 | Apparatus for machining A rotary machining system is presented which uses a housing, a combined spindle and cutting disk, a source of high pressure fluid, a hydraulic line, a needle valve, a carbide ball and a carbide socket to machine superalloys and other difficult-to-machine ... | 05/14/1991 |
| 4989427 | Fleshing machine A fleshing machine for removing fat and fleshy membranes from a hide or pelt, which includes a fixed position roller with many shaped cavities. Each cavity extends from an opening on the surface of the roller into the roller. A plurality of knives are con... | 02/05/1991 |
| 4978259 | Apparatus and method for deburring metal strip A device for on-line deburring of metal strip advancing continuously along a defined path, including a rotary knife having an inwardly facing cutting edge, and structure supporting the knife for rotation such that the cutting edge engages and shaves burr ... | 12/18/1990 |
| 4901480 | Lens generating tool for generating a lens A tool for generating a prescription surface in a plastic eyeglass lens. A pair of replaceable, cutting elements are mounted on a tool having a spindle. Each cutting element has a solid polycrystalline diamond material forming a cutting edge for progressi... | 02/20/1990 |
| 4893967 | Cutting tool arrangement A cutting-tool cartridge arrangement for rotary cutting tools in which the cutting-tool cartridge assembly is mountable in an aperture in the cutting-tool body member. The cartridge assembly has an annular split bushing for insertion into the tool body ap... | 01/16/1990 |
| 4824300 | Edge miller for machining the edges of sheet metal An edge miller for machining the edges of sheets advanced in motion relative thereto includes a milling unit supported for rotation therein and in turn supporting circular cutters for rotation relative thereto. The milling unit has bearings for each of th... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4770219 | Adzer head assembly Adzer bit assemblies (18) are of noncircular outer surface configuration and have a noncircular surface seated against a face (15) of similar noncircular shape to hold the assembly against rotation. When becoming worn, the adzing bit assembly can be loose... | 09/13/1988 |
| 4515047 | Dynamically stiffened rotary tool system A dynamically stiffened rotary tool construction is disclosed. The preferred stiffening means are a pair of spaced, adjustable, rotatably-mounted cam followers.... | 05/07/1985 |
| 4477211 | Rotary tool cutting cartridge An improved cutting cartridge for rotary cutting tools is disclosed. The cutting cartridges are designed to be disposable and serve to permit the rotary cutting tools to be cheaply and quickly equipped with new cutting inserts without substantial effort, ... | 10/16/1984 |
| 4462638 | Mining bit with improved split ring retainer In a mining machine or the like which incorporates cutting bits having conically shaped heads and located in sockets of bit holders having respective wear sleeves located on the shanks of the bits with the bit free to rotate with the sleeve interposed bet... | 07/31/1984 |
| 4456407 | Rotary cutting tool A rotary cutting tool incorporates a bushing for fitting a shaft carrying a cutter at its cantilevered end; a central portion of the bushing is of uniform stiffness both longitudinally and circumferentially and end portions of the bushing are of a nonunif... | 06/26/1984 |
| 4275626 | Rotary cutting tool The proposed cutting tool comprises a holder, wherein a working head is rotatably mounted. The working head carries at least one edge whose cutting lip is defined by intersecting of its face and relief surfaces. The cutting tool incorporates a chip-breaki... | 06/30/1981 |
| 4233866 | Tool for, and a method of, effecting a rotary turning operation To effect a rotary turning operation on workpiece, the workpiece is rotatably driven and a tool tip, which is mounted for rotational movement relative to the carrier, is brought into engagement with the rotating surface of the workpiece to remove material... | 11/18/1980 |
| 4223580 | Rotary cutting tool The herein-proposed cutting tool comprises a spindle carrying the cutting element shaped as a solid of revolution, and a chip-breaker knife which, according to the invention is made likewise as a solid of revolution and set on the spindle rotatably round ... | 09/23/1980 |
| 4213358 | Rotary cutting tool A rotary cutting tool according to the invention comprises a supporting element secured in the tool body opposite to the cutting zone, said element interacting with the tool spindle and intended to load the spindle with forces which approach closely the c... | 07/22/1980 |
| 4191075 | Rotary cutting tool The disclosed cutting-tool comprises a stepped-diameter arbor with bearings supporting rotatably thereon a holder carrying the cup-shaped cutting bit. In accordance with the invention, the holder is made up of a hollow shaft and a sleeve encompassing this... | 03/04/1980 |
| 4181049 | Method of machining solids of revolution by rotary cutting tools and a toolholder for carrying same into effect A method of machining solids of revolution by a rotary cutting tool whose effective portion is shaped as a solid of revolution set on a spindle and having a circular cutting lip, said solid of revolution being imparted rotation during the cutting process,... | 01/01/1980 |
| 4178818 | Method of cutting solids of revolution by a rotary tool having circular cutting lip, and a rotary tool for carrying same into effect The herein-proposed method of cutting solids of revolution by a rotary tool having circular cutting lip resides in that the tool is imparted feed motion, while its rotation results from the interaction of said tool with the rotating workpiece being machin... | 12/18/1979 |
| 4172398 | Preset pivotal tool holder A tool fixture is provided for precise pre-alignment of a radiused edge cutting tool in a tool holder relative to a fixed reference pivot point established on said holder about which the tool holder may be selectively pivoted relative to the fixture base ... | 10/30/1979 |