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Decorative Jeweled Wheel Cover
An improved wheel is provided wherein decorative items such as gem stones are embedded in either the wheel surface, a special mounting section attached to the wheel surface, or to a spoke strap that wraps around each spoke and positions embedded gem stones on the outside surface of the spoke.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8162573 | Self-reversing tapping system This invention generally pertains to a self-reversing tapping apparatus system, and more particularly, embodiments of this system include an improved coolant system, a reduction of the components which reverse rotational direction, and provides a modular tapping app... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8016522 | Heat sink for drill bits of different sizes A heat sink for a drill press includes a main body having a receiving chamber which has a top provided with a limit tube, a guide unit mounted on the main body, and a sponge mounted in the main body. The guide unit includes an outer tube mounted on the receiving cha... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7934892 | Collet clamping nosepiece for power feed drilling equipment A collet clamping nosepiece for a power feed drill is described which includes at least one clamping piston located along a centerline of the nosepiece, an expansion mandrel comprising a frusto-conical exterior surface, and an expandable collet. The expandable colle... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7914241 | Tapping tool A tapping tool having a guide body, a driver for longitudinal movement of a tap within the guide body, and a pump for lubricating the tap. A keyway in the outer body of guide body mates with an indexing key in a rotatable indexing holder of a turret press, which cau... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7896587 | Drilling tool locator having cooling effect A locator for a drilling tool includes a main body having at least one locating hole, an inlet connector mounted on the main body and connected to the locating hole, and an inlet pipe having a first end connected to the inlet connector and a second end connected to ... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7832965 | Drill A drill has a housing formed with an outlet hole, a fan expelling an air stream from the outlet hole, a drive spindle projecting from the housing adjacent the outlet and centered on and rotatable about an axis, and a chuck body carried on the housing. A tightening s... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7785046 | Tool coolant application and direction assembly A tool holder includes an insert having an annular channel in fluid communication with an inlet. The insert mounts within a body that provides for rigidly mounting the tool to the machine. Coolant flow through the inlet and annular channel exits the insert through p... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7585138 | Machine guard A guard for a power-feed drill having a fluid inducer protects an operator from coming in contact with a rotating drive assembly. The drive assembly is enclosed by a cylindrical housing having a slotted opening through which a fluid inducer connection extends. The g... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7500811 | Thread cutting tap retainer A collet chuck for retaining a thread cutting tool with a sleeve is axially movable in the interior and has a mechanism for retaining the thread cutting tool. To shorten the tool changing times it is provided that the mechanism for retaining the tool is an axially m... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7476066 | Drilling device provided with a multi-bladed drilling tool, especially a deep drilling tool The invention relates to a multi-bladed deep drilling tool (17) comprising a cooling lubricant channel (19, 20) provided for each chip space (74) allocated to each cutter (71). Said channels (19,20) are supplied with a lubricant in... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7407350 | Cutting tool assembly and cutting head therefor A rotary cutting tool comprising a solid cutting head mounted to a shank. The cutting head comprises a cutting portion adjacent a cutting head front face and a mounting portion integrally formed therewith and extending rearwardly therefrom. The shank comprises a rec... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7384221 | Machine tool The invention relates to a machine tool for introducing bores into a workpiece, said machine tool comprising a machine frame, a drilling tool holder which is arranged on the machine frame and has at least one tool spindle, and a workpiece carrier which is arranged o... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7371034 | Drilling attachment A drilling attachment for use in wet and dry drilling operations includes a housing having first and second fluid conduits, and a drive shaft mounted within the housing and having fluid transmitting first and second end portions in fluid communication with a respect... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7367762 | Main spindle apparatus and tool holder clamp unit used therefor A main spindle apparatus has a main spindle having a through hole, a main spindle head rotatably supporting the main spindle therein, a tool holder clamp unit including an unit main body having a tool mounting hole to which a tool holder is mounted, a clamp mechanis... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7360973 | Apparatus for mounting a drill on a pipe A V-shaped frame 102 is attached to a pipe 100 to be drilled. The frame may be used with larger pipes by attaching a removable extension plates 120 to the arms 104 106 of the V-shaped frame, thereby increasing the size of the recess betwe... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7357607 | Tool holder A tool holder is provided that is configured to deliver coolant to a work piece and/or a cutting tool. The tool holder includes a tool mounting aperture for receiving a shank of a cutting tool, and an axially extending central passage for receiving coolant deliver t... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7347651 | Drilling device In order to improve a device (100) for a drilling machine (10) known per se for manual drilling with a casing (11), a grip (12), a tool chuck (13) and a tool (14), especially a drilling, reaming or counterboring tool, in suc... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7338606 | Arrangement and method for maintaining a minimum flow velocity in the coolant return of a machine tool coolant filtration system An arrangement and method for maintaining a minimum flow velocity in return piping receiving dirty coolant from a plurality of machine tools receiving filtered coolant from a filter apparatus. A bypass line diverts clean coolant into the return piping via a pressure... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7334969 | Methods of drill nozzle use and manufacture In an embodiment, a drill nozzle includes a housing having a bristle brush ring attached. The housing of the drill nozzle may include an air intake, multiple coolant inlets, multiple coolant jets, a vacuum tube, and mounting flanges. The air intake may provide a thr... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7322429 | Portable drilling machine A portable drilling machine includes a housing; a drill chuck positioned on a front surface of the housing; a drill bit detachably coupled to the drill chuck; a driver positioned inside the housing to provide either the drill bit or the drill chuck with a rotational... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7316341 | Adjustable exhaust assembly for pneumatic fasteners An adjustable exhaust assembly for a pneumatic fastener includes a base, which includes a base plate and a protrusion protruding from the base plate. The protrusion is centrally hollow and includes an inner surface and an outer surface. The base plate includes an in... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7311481 | Milling cutter Milling cutter (1), which can rotate about a cutter longitudinal axis (A), comprises a sleeve-shaped shaft (2) provided with an inner lying chip evacuation channel (11), which is arranged, in essence, symmetric to the cutter longitudinal axis (A... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7300337 | Grinding machine with a dust collector A grinding machine with a dust collector includes a driving portion, a transmitting portion, a dust-collecting tube, a fender, an air intake connector and a grinding wheel. The dust produced by the rotation of the grinding wheel is sucked by the dust-collecting tube... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7290963 | Drill guide for cutting openings in stone countertops A guide assembly for use with a rotating bit when forming an opening in a stone countertop. The assembly includes a base unit having an annular, resiliently flexible body with a ring-shaped suction cup at its lower end. The suction cup forms a seal about the bottom ... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7281886 | Suction device A suction device that is used with a power drilling tool for aspirating material removable during operation of the drilling tool, and which includes a suction head (20) displaceable relative to the drilling tool (2) in a direction opposite a drilling d... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7275899 | Machining apparatus with coolant-operated clamp device Machining coolant/lubricant is used to operate a piston of a clamping-side coupler by feeding same via a coolant feed passage to a clamping pressure chamber through a first check valve and a clamping pressure fluid passage. The same coolant/lubricant is discharged f... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7273333 | Methods and apparatus for counterbalance-assisted manufacturing operations Methods and apparatus for counterbalanced manufacturing operations are disclosed. In one embodiment, an apparatus for supporting a tool relative to a surface of a workpiece includes a base adapted to be attached to the workpiece, a tool support coupled to the base, ... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7267512 | Power assisted drill press A power assisted drill press having a feed cylinder fed by a variable pressure regulator which allows a user to controllably feed a bit and work material together while activating a drill motor to rotate the bit. An embodiment of the power assisted drill press utili... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7264426 | Apparatus and methods for servo-controlled manufacturing operations Apparatus and methods for servo-controlled manufacturing operations are disclosed. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a base member, a drive platform spaced apart from the base member by a separation distance, and a plurality of guide members extending between... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7261302 | Collet and lock nut assembly A collet and lock nut assembly includes a collet for receiving a cutting tool shank and a lock nut for creating a gripping force between the collet and the shank. The collet has a nose portion and a body portion separated by an annular groove. The lock nut has a plu... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7244080 | Quick-change insert for tools, especially for thread drills The present invention relates to a quick-change insert (10) for tools (11), in particular thread drills (12), for minimal lubrication, that is designed for detachable installation in a chuck (30) provided with a central lubricant channel ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7234216 | Method for support control in machine tools Method for support control in machine tools where it is controlled whether an object is arranged correctly on a support surface in the machine tool, where a duct system is used which ends in the support surface, and conducts a medium, and can be pressurized, the fin... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7226256 | Machine tool having inbuilt water supplier A machine tool includes a base having a spindle rotatably attached to a support for supporting a tool member, and a fluid supplying device for supplying fluid into the spindle, for cooling purposes. The fluid supplying device includes a housing secured to the suppor... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7226251 | Drilling device and drilling method used with such a device A method for using a drilling device with a rotating tool, a drilling machine and lubrication device. The device includes an intermediate chamber for storage of chips produced during an elementary drilling operation, and a scavenging device capable of generating an ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7220088 | Toolhead for multi-axis machine tools A toolhead for use on a multi-axis machine tool consists of a support assembly equipped with a pivoting spindle designed to accept a removable tool-holder, and centered on a machining axis about which a tool clamped to the tool-holder can be driven in rotation. Also... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7214013 | Dust extraction device for machine tools A machine tool equipped with a supporting body and at least one tool-holder spindle, rotatable about a respective axis, also has a built-in dust extraction device comprising an extractor hood located in close proximity to the spindle and presenting a suction port po... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7214012 | Multi-shaft spindle head of machine tool A multi-shaft spindle head, wherein a plurality of spindles (11) having tools at the tips thereof are disposed in the same direction, the rear ends of cutting fluid feed passages (21a) formed as the inner holes of cutting fluid feed tubes (21... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7210881 | Sleeved stop for a drill bit A stop for use with an electric drill bit, the stop having at least one threaded sleeve for positioning the stop relative to a surface into which the drill bit will extend. The stop may have both an inner and an outer sleeve. The sleeves are mounted coaxially, one i... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7207752 | Reamer and method for reaming The present invention discloses a reamer (20) and a method for reaming, for enlarging a pre-existing hole in a workpiece by rotational and axial cutting. The reamer (20) includes a body (24) extending from a shank (22). The body (24 | 04/24/2007 |
| 7204244 | Diamond core drill bit A diamond core drill bit (100) is disclosed. The drill bit has a right-circular cylindrical body (120) with at least one side lubrication hole (122) toward the bottom of the body and a plurality of parallel grooves (124) oriented in an ax... | 04/17/2007 |
