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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7346973 | Processing cell of automatic machining system and automatic honing system A processing cell of automatic machining system configured in that it is easy to decide or change the number of steps and to design, and to reduce the installation cost. The control unit of the processing cell comprises an operation data storing means for storing ev... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7080431 | Apparatus and methods for double ended processing System, including apparatus and method, involves processing materials in opposite directions between two machines along a processing path. ... | 07/25/2006 |
| 6623222 | Machine tool with horizontal work spindle In a machine tool (2), in particular for cutting treatment of workpieces (9) comprising a machine frame, a workpiece table (15) borne on the machine frame and an approximately horizontally disposed processing unit (8) which is mounted to the machine frame... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6457919 | Multi-purpose machine tool for high volume secondary operations A multi-purpose machine tool is provides for high volume secondary operations. Multiple machining heads and eight degrees of freedom provide for maximum versatility and adaptability for convenient set-up.... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6345938 | Process for drilling at least two holes in a two-step cycle A process is provided for drilling at least two holes with a device. The device has at least one double-spindle machining unit (2), which can be moved along a first travel axis (Y), and a linear carriage unit (3) with a duplicate work holding fixture (4) ... | 02/12/2002 |
| 6287245 | Deep drilling device A deep drilling device suitable for drilling in workpieces, particularly crankshafts, holes at different positions and/or in different orientations relative to a work longitudinal axis, has a deep drilling unit and a work holding unit cooperating therewit... | 09/11/2001 |
| 5920973 | Hole forming system with multiple spindles per station A high throughput drilling system for printed circuit board hole formation. Two spindles are disposed at each spindle station, doubling the number of holes produced in a given time period. Each spindle in connected to an overhead linear drive by a mini sl... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5325581 | Clamping and drilling device for a curved plate The device includes a clamping assembly which has a stationary upright post with upper and lower casings coaxially mounted to the upright post, a threaded shaft to adjust a vertical height of the upper and lower casings, a drilling assembly which is adjac... | 07/05/1994 |
| 4691684 | Apparatus for modifying building blocks Apparatus for modifying building blocks which vary somewhat in size to provide spaced-apart depressions in the top and bottom surfaces thereof with the bottoms of the depression in the bottom surface being at a uniform distance from the top surface of the... | 09/08/1987 |
| 4655652 | Method of multiple station drilling A multiple station drilling apparatus is used for performing a large number of repetitive but variable machining operations, and includes a turntable having a plurality of workpiece holding fixtures distributed in spaced relation around its periphery, a p... | 04/07/1987 |
| 4559681 | Automatic machine for high efficiency machinings, embodying a cyclical process of combined translations and machining steps A method of, and apparatus for automatically machining work pieces, wherein a plurality of single spindle units are fixedly attached to a support, and the work pieces are maneuvered in front of the work units by a translatable table. The number of single ... | 12/24/1985 |
| 4524654 | Multi-spindle automatic screw machine A multi-spindle automatic screw machine having its principal working parts mounted on a weldment. A circular array of tool holders is mounted directly on top of the weldment, and a corresponding array of work spindles is mounted coaxially and in end-to-en... | 06/25/1985 |
| 4443937 | Method for making an electrical connector pin The present invention relates to the method and apparatus for manufacturing electrical connector pins. The method and apparatus make it possible to manufacture a pin from a blank of oblong shape (10), this blank being machined at different locations while... | 04/24/1984 |
| 4342088 | Multifarious boring device A multifarious boring device includes a work table and a head with a variety of machine tools or cutters. The work table and the head are controlled by a computer through a shifting device and a power device. The computer computes distances and directions... | 07/27/1982 |
| 4163313 | Transfer machine A transfer machine composing of a rotary indexing table with a positioning device for transferring plural jig plates holding workpieces to be machined thereon and which are intermittently indexed and working units being arranged near the circumference of ... | 08/07/1979 |
| 4123189 | Rotary-plunge tube notching system A system for notching tubes to facilitate their joinder to other tubes or rods, in which a first portion of the notch is formed by a rotary cutting action extending progressively inwardly into the tube side wall and then outwardly in an arcuate path, and ... | 10/31/1978 |
| 3982845 | Apparatus for preparing furniture backs and cushions for tufting A horizontally reciprocal table carrying a foam rubber or polyurethane slab on the surface thereof is indexed past a vertically reciprocal operating head having mounted thereon a plurality of sets of rotary cutters and saws, each set, when operated, formi... | 09/28/1976 |
| 3934963 | Automatic balancing machines This automatic machine is intended for machining workpieces in order to reduce their want-of-balance, notably in the case of small or medium series of rotary parts. This machine, adapted to balance dynamically these parts, comprises a measuring station an... | 01/27/1976 |
