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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 |
| 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 |
| 6305446 | Cutting machine A cutting machine comprises first (10) and second (12) work piece support means, said means including opposed surfaces operable to grip a work piece and move it in a controlled manner in a first dimension, and first (14) and second (16) cutting tools disp... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6010284 | Boring machine for machining or boring a semi-cylindrical workpiece There is disclosed a boring machine capable of achieving high processing precision and high processing efficiency. A table is mounted on a bed for reciprocal movement in right and left directions. A workpiece fixing device for fixing workpieces W of a sem... | 01/04/2000 |
| 5979039 | Transfer line In a transfer line for the metal-cutting machining of workpieces, the transfer line including a plurality of machining stations arranged one after the other substantially in one plane. The workpieces are arranged in hanging fashion in such a way that clam... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5429461 | Machining apparatus and work table assembly therefor An apparatus for forming selected machining functions relative to a workpiece comprising a machine carriage having one or more machining spindles and a work table assembly having a pair of work tables, a shuttle assembly selectively moveable along the tab... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5400841 | Pole framing apparatus An automatic machine for performing framing operations on a power pole. The machine is controlled by a programmable logic control and interchangeable programs are provided to control the operation of the machine according to a pole frame specification. Po... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5379510 | Multispindle machine for processing workpieces A computerized numerically controlled drilling and milling machine has a worktable 2, 3 for supporting a workpiece 41, one or more tool assemblies 10, 11, 26 for processing the workpiece, and feeding and guiding devices 8, 9; 24, 25; 27, 43 arranged to pr... | 01/10/1995 |
| 5361485 | Transfer line for machining workpieces especially for machining differential housings A transfer line for machining differential housings, in which the outer surface of the workpiece is clamped against angled locating surfaces in each work rest. The workpiece is rotated through 90° and located against a work rest in a successive machining... | 11/08/1994 |
| 5358018 | Pole framing apparatus An automatic machine for performing framing operations on a power pole. The machine is controlled by a programmable logic control and interchangeable programs are provided to control the operation of the machine according to a pole frame specification. Po... | 10/25/1994 |
| 5199158 | Multiple station flexible boring machine A method and multiple station flexible boring machine for transferring and locating a pallet carrying a workpiece to be machined. The machine has at least two machining stations and a part loading and unloading station adjacent a transfer table carried by... | 04/06/1993 |
| 5181808 | Method and apparatus for automated drilling hole patterns in elongated workpieces A computerized apparatus and method for drilling holes in elongated workpieces. Predetermined locations for holes are input into a computer by visually aligning hole locations on a template with the drilling axis of the apparatus. The computer controls mo... | 01/26/1993 |
| 5064048 | Board conveyor A conveyor for conveying a board into a zone wherein it is desirable to register the board in a longitudinal sense. A mechanism for conveying the board comprises two endless conveying elements spaced transversely, each mounting an endless series of pads. ... | 11/12/1991 |
| 5052097 | Method and apparatus for forming holes in wood board or the like An improved method for forming holes in a board and an improved apparatus for practicing the improved method. Two or three linear arrays of holes are punched through the board, through its expansive faces, in a punching zone. A punch and a die coacting wi... | 10/01/1991 |
| 4679295 | Modular machine tool for series machining of parts in a bar The machine tool comprises one or several modules comprising a rigid chassis formed of a lower tubular frame (11) and an upper tubular frame (12). The lower frame forms a case containing a lubricating unit and an apparatus for the removal of chips (17). T... | 07/14/1987 |
| 4605115 | Device designed to move a section being machined past machining means and in the long direction of the section Device designed to move a section (2) being machined past machining means (9, 10) and in the long direction of the section so that it can be positioned with respect to the machining means, comprising at least one clamp (20) designed to grip the said secti... | 08/12/1986 |
| 4512068 | Pallet receiver with compliant pin and socket registration A pallet receiver for a machine tool is disclosed utilizing a pin and socket for registration and alignment. A pallet clamp piston is employed to clamp the pallet to the receiver base for subsequent machining operations. A registration pin is rigidly secu... | 04/23/1985 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 4324027 | Machine including a clamping device for locating a workpiece in a given processing position A work support or pallet is slidable onto a holding device on bearing surfaces along a rectilinear guide defining parallel angular paths. The holding device has two clamping slides which are urged transversely to the rectilinear guide to bear on a mating ... | 04/13/1982 |
| 4288180 | Apparatus for truing bolting surfaces of wheels and the like A machine for truing both the tire bead seats, and the side surfaces of a web of a wheel. The machine has a work supporting station with radially inwardly movable bead seat deforming jaws, and top and bottom machining heads on slides which move toward and... | 09/08/1981 |
| 4281948 | Indexing means An apparatus for drilling holes through batches of paper, the apparatus having a vertically movable drilling head, a movable table for supporting the batch of paper through which the holes are to be drilled at predetermined positions, and an indexing mean... | 08/04/1981 |
| 4218815 | Modular transfer machine A transfer machine of the type in which workpieces are successively transferred through a series of work stations on either side of the line of movement of the workpieces with work heads located at each station to perform various operations on the workpie... | 08/26/1980 |
| 4207657 | Separating device for bar and pipe-shaped workpieces A separating device for bar and pipe-shaped workpieces, especially a cut-off machine, with a chucking device for chucking the cut-off workpieces and with a separating unit such as a cutting head for cutting off bar and pipe sections. The separating device... | 06/17/1980 |
| 4165948 | Drilling and boring machine The invention relates to a machine for drilling and boring tubular plates, the workpiece-carrying elevator being embedded, weight compensation being provided by appropriate means, the machining units moving substantially at ground level opposite thrust tu... | 08/28/1979 |
| 4149819 | Multiple spindle drilling machine for landslide protection wide flange beams A multiple spindle drilling machine for landslide protection wide flange beams, comprising a feed device for transporting on a machine stand a landslide protection wide flange beam in the longitudinal direction thereof intermittently by a predetermined le... | 04/17/1979 |
| 4080089 | Automatic drilling machine Successively supplied rod materials with one or more flat surfaces such as tuning pins used for pianos are intermittently and periodically forwarded in axial alignment to each other along a prescribed guide path towards a drilling station with axial postu... | 03/21/1978 |
| 4058223 | Article handling device A pin is integral with a diaphragm and extends from one side of the diaphragm. The other side of the diaphragm is subjected to a pressure or vacuum to create a pressure differential across the diaphragm to move the pin into or out of engagement with an ar... | 11/15/1977 |
| 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 |
