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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8087853 | Adjustable pocket hole apparatus In the pocket hole apparatus of the present invention, a table reciprocates linearly relative to a base. An anvil is fixed relative to the base and holds the workpiece on a sloped top surface at the desired angle for the pocket hole. A drill spindle with a drill bit... | 01/03/2012 |
| 7374373 | Pocket hole drilling machine A pocket-hole drilling apparatus for drilling pocket-holes in a workpiece is disclosed. In one embodiment, an initiation switch actuates clamping the workpiece and the movement of a drilling module to cut a pocket-hole. The drilling module has a motor and a step-dri... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7258514 | Machine tool comprising parallel tool spindles that can be repositioned in relation to one another A machine tool is provided, in particular for the synchronous machining of workpieces. The tool includes two or more spindle units (2, 3), which run parallel in a machining unit and are designed to hold tools and repositioning devices for the precise adjustme... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7210211 | Three ply bolted temporary road mats and apparatus for manufacturing same An apparatus for making temporary road mats characterized by multiple layers of mutually perpendicular elongated timbers having an array of vertical intersections aligned in lateral rows. The apparatus includes a gang drill that moves relative to a roughly assembled... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7198438 | Drilling system with stationary work table A drilling system includes a stationary base table for supporting a work piece under process at a fixed position at a drilling spindle station. A drilling spindle carries and applies rotational force to a drilling tool. A compound overhead guiding system carries the... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7179030 | Machine tool A machine tool for machining workpieces includes a spindle group with at least two spindle arrangements placed alongside each other, each spindle arrangement possessing a spindle to receive a machining tool. Each spindle arrangement is guided on a guide arrangement ... | 02/20/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7131801 | Separation device between the machining station and a machine tool driving station A partitioning device between a machining station and a machine-tool driving station of the type driving at least two tool-holder rams is provided. The device includes a flexible curtain, called a central curtain, between two rams, where two ends are integral with a... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7059812 | Portable, hand-held multiple bit drill A portable hand-held multiple bit drill imparts a set of linearly aligned work areas of a work piece, which work areas are respectively and simultaneously drilled by the respective drill bits. A rotary power source communicates with a hand-held body holding a plural... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7014605 | Pulsatile blood pumping system A blood pumping system to support living organisms based on a spherical multi vane and multi chamber pump with an oscillating motion that delivers pulsatile flow. The blood pumping system includes a number of design elements that address the particular needs and com... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6960050 | Hole forming system with ganged spindle set 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 slide. A firs... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6824334 | Driving assembly for driving a plurality of mandrels A driving assembly for driving a plurality of mandrels comprises a supporting carriage supporting a plurality of mandrels, adjoining one another along a parallel direction to the carriage driving direction, and clamping means for removably clamping the individual ma... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6793447 | Method and device to make holes for components of wings for doors or windows Method and device to make holes for components of wings for doors or windows comprising a frame consisting of uprights (14) on which blinds (16) oscillating with respect to an axis are mounted. The method provides to calculate the number of blinds (... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6745452 | Apparatus for assembling temporary road mats An apparatus for making temporary road mats characterized by multiple layers of mutually perpendicular elongated timbers having an array of vertical intersections aligned in lateral rows. The apparatus includes a pair of assembly tables spaced along an assembly line... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6695552 | Hand-driven deburring and assembly tool A hand-driven deburring and assembly tool for deburring and assembly of fasteners in a minimal amount of time. The hand-driven deburring and assembly tool includes a housing assembly including a housing having top, bottom, front, back, side walls and an o... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6655884 | Machine tool The automatic machine tool comprises two parallel longitudinal guides supported by a plurality of columns standing on a base, the guides being slidably engaged with two parallel sliding crossbeams that mount respective machining units. The drive motion fo... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6648566 | Portable device A portable device includes at least one tool driven by a motor and provided in a housing with at least two housing surfaces at relative right angles to each other. One of the housing surfaces is arranged at a right angle relative to the tool and the devic... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6568885 | Machining cell with debris shields A machining cell capable of providing tool movement along at least one axis is provided with at least one, but preferably a pair of articulated debris shields mounted to a tool carriage that translates along an axis of motion. Each articulated debris shie... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6447225 | Spindle assembly drive A spindle assembly, with improved belt drive, is suitable for a multi-axis machining cell providing tool movements along predetermined axes of motion, such as the X-, Y- and Z-axes. Plural machining spindles, each provided with a driven pulley, are mounte... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6375394 | Method of drilling holes in a dryer cylinder The invention relates to a method of drilling holes to the surface of a dryer cylinder in a paper machine. The main goal of the method is to open and or/widen the drilled holes already made on the dryer cylinder, thus improving the performance of the cyli... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6361254 | Process and apparatus for drilling holes in the shell of a cylinder Process and apparatus for operating an apparatus to drill holes in the shell of a paper machine cylinder. The apparatus includes a stationary framework supportable on the paper machine, a feed frame that is radially movable along the stationary framework ... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6254318 | Apparatus for making numerous holes in a tube Apparatus for making numerous spaced-apart, radial holes in a tube includes a rotary index table that rotates intermittently through predetermined index angles of rotation and dwells between each rotation. A mandrel affixed to the index table receives the... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6244793 | Hinge drilling attachment An attachment that allows a drilling machine, such as a drill press, to simultaneously bore the plurality of holes required for mounting a hardware component to a workpiece. In an exemplary embodiment, the attachment is adapted to simultaneously bore, in ... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6183172 | Structure for detachably mounting a horizontal drill head A structure for detachably mounting a horizontal drill head 5 on a drill head 4 including a driving spindle 10 rotatably driven by a driving means, a head case 2 for holding the driving spindle 10 above a work table 26 on which a work or works "W" are pla... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6099212 | Multi-head drilling machine for drilling shutter components A multi-head drilling machine, for use in particular in the simultaneous drilling of a plurality of side frame components for shutters, the drilling machine having a machine frame, a support carriage moveable along the frame, a transverse drilling head ba... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6099449 | Process and machine tool for machining workpieces with two work spindles A process and machine tool for machining workpieces with two parallel work spindles fitted on a headstock. The distance between the work spindles is altered with the aid of a driven adjuster. The machine tool for machining workpieces, especially for numer... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6095727 | Working head for numeric-control machine tools A working head for numeric-control machine tools is adapted to be moved along two or three axes relative to one or two parts mounted on respective worktables which can rotate about respective parallel axes. According to the present invention, the head sup... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6039514 | Apparatus and method for drilling holes in dimensional lumber An apparatus for drilling holes in multiple pieces of lumber of uniform width and which is capable of processing more than one width is disclosed. The drill bits are arranged in rows and the spacing between drill bits differs from row to row so as to perm... | 03/21/2000 |
| 5908270 | Multi-spindle machining apparatus and multi-spindle machining method The present invention relates to the multi-splindle machining apparatus which carries out machining of the discontinuous surfaces of a plurality of workpieces simultaneously, and in order to restrain the amplification of chattering, oscillation or the lik... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5882286 | Drilling unit for printed circuit boards having two operating heads The drilling unit comprises a cross-piece secured to the base and two carriages supporting said two operating heads and sliding on said cross-piece. The two carriages are each displaced independently of one another along the axis by means of two nut and s... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5819828 | Method and apparatus for preparing a flitch for cutting The present invention includes an apparatus for preparing a flitch for slicing where the flitch includes a veneer-producing zone and a staylog-engaging zone. The apparatus comprises a drill mechanism for drilling a plurality of holes in the flitch and a m... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5694995 | Method and apparatus for preparing a flitch for cutting The present invention includes an apparatus for preparing a flitch for slicing where the flitch includes a veneer-producing zone and a staylog-engaging zone. The apparatus comprises a drill mechanism for drilling a plurality of holes in the flitch and a m... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5676498 | In-line multiple spindle boring apparatus A multiple spindle drilling apparatus (10) having an eccentric drive link (11), and a primary drive mechanism (12) coupled to the drive link (11) in an eccentric off-set manner. This eccentric off-set causes eccentric circular motion of the drive link (11... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5621964 | Method for making toolhead assembly for machine tools A toolhead assembly for a machine tool generally consisting of a housing supportable on the machine tool and having at least one elongated bore therein, a liner formed of a structural polymer material disposed in the bore, adhesively secured to the housin... | 04/22/1997 |
| 5569004 | Machine tool positioning arrangement A machine tool is provided in which a carriage is supported on the upper flat surface of a work table by first bearings. The carriage extends beyond the bearings in one direction to support a tool, so that the weight of the carriage and tool creates a mom... | 10/29/1996 |
| 5509453 | Apparatus for removing trees Apparatus for severing trees, brush, and other forestry at or below ground level in one passage of the apparatus through the forestry includes a plurality of rotatable shafts; a shaft housing for rotatably supporting the shafts with the rotational axes of... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5482409 | Part positioning and drilling end effector An end effector adapted for attachment to and accurate positioning by a robot is provided for positioning a right angle shaped workpiece at a desired position against a panel and drilling a pair of accurately located positioning holes through the workpiec... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5442843 | Drilling machine for drilling holes in furniture parts A drilling machine for drilling securing holes for furniture fittings, for example hinges, includes a drive motor which drives drills by way of a multispindle drilling head with a drill gearing and a plurality of drilling spindles. A stop rule with adjust... | 08/22/1995 |
| 5419662 | Hinge installation tool A drilling device for boring holes in wood, plastic or metal in precise locations on a work piece, comprising a set of geared together shafts equipped with drilling bits. The bit holder shafts are guided by bearings housed in a frame biased upwardly by sp... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5378090 | Adapter for drilling machines To retool drilling machines having at least two drill spindles with coupling members for drill bits with a different pattern of drilled holes, an adapter is provided including a housing with two mutually parallel input shafts whose distance apart correspo... | 01/03/1995 |
