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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7140456 | Easy hold power auger A cutting auger has a main auger blade and a front subsidiary coaxial blade each having a drive core and a helical auger flight carried on the drive core for rotation about a longitudinal axis of the drive core with a cutting edge at an axial end face of the auger f... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7140813 | Line boring machine An up modifier is provided which includes a bed, a modifier, a clamp, a modifier linkage system, a clamp linkage system, and a lever. The modifier is disposed below the bed and is vertically traversable thereunder. The clamp is disposed above the bed and is vertical... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7125320 | Apparatus and method for grinding and/or polishing an edge of a glass sheet An apparatus and method are described herein which help prevent particles and other contaminants that are generated when an edge of a glass sheet is processed from contaminating or damaging the glass sheet. The apparatus includes an encapsulation device and a proces... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7065856 | Machine tool method A machine tool apparatus is provided employing a plurality of tool heads which may be sequentially or simultaneously automatically controlled to perform preprogrammed operations on either the same or different workpieces. In one form, a plurality of tool heads are s... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7044690 | Method and apparatus for registering a torque-transmitting tool in a fixture for forming a diagonal bore in the tool A torque transmitting tool is machined by registering the torque transmitting tool using a shoulder between the shank and the out-of-round drive portion of the tool as a reference. First and second seating surfaces are milled on first and second opposed surfaces of ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 6955508 | Apparatus and method for separately boring precisely aligned opposing screw holes in individual frame members to be joined at a miter joint An apparatus and method for separately boring precisely aligned opposing screw holes in individual frame members to be matingly joined at a miter joint. The apparatus comprises a first boring means for boring a first screw hole in the first frame member, a second bo... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6711804 | Machining center A machine tool in which a plurality of machining positions is orbited by a work spindle unit carrying a workpiece and capable of radial displacement relative to the central axis of rotation. The work spindle unit may be one of one or more such units mounted upon a b... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6595728 | Rigid and fragile material drilling machine A rigid and fragile material drilling machine is provided, its driving means for driving the upper and lower drilling bit approximating the rigid and fragile material includes a control handle; upper and lower rear gears and associated upper and lower fir... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6345939 | Apparatus for machining, especially drilling of structural shapes An apparatus for drilling structural shapes such as angles, I-beams and H-beams has sliders shiftable transversely to the beam along vertical and horizontal members of a frame through which the beam is passed. At least one of the sliders can have a rotata... | 02/12/2002 |
| 6334745 | Apparatus and method for working double sided workpiece An apparatus for working on both sides of a flat workpiece includes a first support surface having a first axial line thereacross, a second support surface juxtaposed to and associated with the first support surface and having a second axial line thereacr... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6142196 | Machine for forming bottom rail and valance of window blind unit A machine for forming a bottom rail and a valance for a window blind unit. The machine has a support member upon which a length of wood ultimately destined to be a bottom rail or a valance can reside while cutting occurs, and includes at least one lateral... | 11/07/2000 |
| 5839323 | Moving gantry machine having uprights movable relative to each other The invention relates to a moving gantry machine having uprights that are movable relative to each other. The uprights are interconnected by a cross-member made up of two cross-member elements suitable for being moved relative to each other in the limit o... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5718543 | Method and apparatus for processing a side bearing component for railroad cars The present invention relates to an apparatus for consistently machining a side bearing component for railroad cars such that the components produced all have similar performance characteristics. The preferred method of the present invention includes the ... | 02/17/1998 |
| 5154643 | Method and apparatus for positioning tooling A method and apparatus for positioning tooling (16, 16) with respect to an arc-shaped workpiece assembly (12) spaced radially away from a centerline (14). The apparatus includes axially spaced apart support arm assemblies (40, 42) which are swingable abou... | 10/13/1992 |
| 5152641 | Method and apparatus for controlling glass drilling A method and apparatus for controlling glass drilling in which the starting position for the drill bit is calibrated prior to drilling. The drill bit is initially spaced close to the surface to be drilled and the rotating bit is slowly advanced toward the... | 10/06/1992 |
| 5127139 | Stringer clip end effector A stringer clip end effector (21) suitable for use with a computer-controlled (CC) machine tool is disclosed. The stringer clip end effector (21) includes a pair of jaws (45,47) for picking up a clip (23) at a presentation location. After being moved by t... | 07/07/1992 |
| 5116169 | Apparatus and method for drilling glass An apparatus and method are provided for drilling thin-walled glass articles. The apparatus is comprised of a drilling machine having upper and lower triangulated arm assemblies to which opposing drills are attached. The arm assemblies pivot about a commo... | 05/26/1992 |
| 5060563 | Apparatus for producing a vegetable product A method and apparatus for producing a product of predetermined shape from a vegetable, in which a cylindrical core is cut from the vegetable by forcing the vegetable against an annular cutting edge of a tube and cutting the product from the core by advan... | 10/29/1991 |
| 5025842 | Fence rail and method and apparatus of manufacturing the same A machine for milling fence rails and the like having a pair of opposed milling units, each having a cutter head with a conically shaped inner surface, cutting knives arranged to taper material inserted into the heads to the shape of the inner surface and... | 06/25/1991 |
| 4881309 | Flexible machining system A flexible machining system includes a four axis double end slant bed unit which can be operated as a single or double spindle chucker, a precision boring machine, a way-type machine, a lathe or an automatic bar feeder. By providing the unit with a fifth ... | 11/21/1989 |
| 4730420 | Drilling device for drilling plates susceptible to breaking A drilling machine for drilling holes in glass panes includes an annular support and an annular pressing member aligned opposite each other along a path of movement of the drill bit. The support and the pressing member are swingably mounted relative to th... | 03/15/1988 |
| 4719676 | Flexible machining system A flexible machining system includes a four axis double end slant bed unit which can be operated as a single or double spindle chucker, a precision boring machine, a way-type machine, a lathe or an automatic bar feeder. By providing the unit with a fifth ... | 01/19/1988 |
| 4694871 | Process for the manufacture of panel-type workpieces with assembly bores, more particularly, made of wood or wood-like material and apparatus for performing the process A process is described, with the aid of which panel-type workpieces to be manufactured from a panel blank may also be provided with flat face and/or end face bores in the course of their manufacture. For this purpose, the panel blank is displaced transver... | 09/22/1987 |
| 4671784 | Automatic tube processing apparatus An automatic paper board tube reamer apparatus includes a tube index and feed assembly and a pair of tube end reamers. The reamers automatically simultaneously square the tube end surfaces and ream the internal diameter of each end of a tube aligned there... | 06/09/1987 |
| 4573835 | Machine for boring a plate workpiece A machine for boring a hole in a plate workpiece comprises a support, a lower clamp arm carried on this support and having an upper clamp surface adapted to support the workpiece, an upper clamp arm carried on the support and having a vertically displacea... | 03/04/1986 |
| 4486128 | Structural component drilling machine having programmable drilling location indexing A workpiece drilling machine includes to be moved to any of several drilling locations along the workpiece. A plurality of indexing detents is formed along the rail coinciding with each drilling location. A cam follower on the drill carriage is engageable... | 12/04/1984 |
| 4424620 | Method of machining a knuckle casting A knuckle casting for a railroad coupler is carried by a conveyor to successively-disposed stations. At a first station, the knuckle casting is positioned relative to reaming tools at opposite sides of the conveyor. Position control arms carry conical mem... | 01/10/1984 |
| 4352611 | Double-ended multiple-spindle fine boring machine A machine bed carries outer platens and a center platen mounted, for relative movement, on the bearing faces of guides, to effect the feed. The working face of the center platen, whereon a device for clamping the workpieces is mounted, is arranged in a ve... | 10/05/1982 |
| 4208229 | System for repairing panes of glass A method for repairing panes of glass is provided which enables fractured panes to be strengthened and holes refilled while the pane remains installed in its support structure. The method comprises steps for relieving stress points in a fractured pane, an... | 06/17/1980 |
| 4165200 | Drilling and deburring apparatus The burr formed on the breakout side of a workpiece during a drilling operation is removed by a deburring bit positioned underneath the workpiece in axial alignment with the drill bit. The drill bit is of the twist type and has at least two longitudinal f... | 08/21/1979 |
| 4108565 | Potato processing A potato processing apparatus which comprises a rotatable potato receiving means having a number of receptacles into which potatoes to be processed are rotated. At least one potato processing station is provided adjacent the receiving means and has potato... | 08/22/1978 |
