U.S. patents available from 1976 to present.
U.S. patent applications available from 2005 to present.

Icon_funbox Bizarre Patents

Patent No. 5823386

Reward Candy Dispenser for Personal Computers

A personal computer peripheral, battery powered reward candy dispenser which immediately presents students with a single candy for each problem completed correctly.

Newsletter  PatentStorm News

Make the Most of Our Site

See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.

Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.

Registered users: Manage your profile.

 

Class 409/184 - With means to limit penetration into work


Subclass of Class 409 - Gear cutting, milling, or planing
Definition: With means to limit penetration into work: Apparatus including
No. of patents: 38
Last issue date: 12/11/2007


NumberTitleIssue Date
7305897Sample machining device and sample analysis device
The invention relates to a sample machining device, in particular for preparing samples for OES and/or XRF and/or combustion analyses, having at least one sample holder, and to provide a development which is advantageous in use proposes that the machining device inc...
12/11/2007
7223054Spiral groove pipe joint machining assembly
A spiral spline groove machine apparatus for manufacturing a sealed spiral spline pipe connection by machining spiral grooves into the bell and spigot end of a length of pipe. A rotating cutter is adapted to cut a spiral groove in the inside of the bell of the pipe ...
05/29/2007
7121776Housing retrofit assembly for a milling machine or the like
The present invention is a housing retrofit assembly for a milling machine or the like, including a quick adjusting stop nut for selective sliding coarse adjustment and rotational precision fine adjustment for rotatable engagement with a threaded rod or shaft in clo...
10/17/2006
6974286Deburring tool
A robotic deburring tool having a housing. Mounted within the housing is a pneumatic motor that includes a backwall and a drive shaft. Secured to the terminal end of the drive shaft is a deburring tool. A pivot-bearing is mounted in the housing adjacent the backwall...
12/13/2005
6921114Coupler for conduits
A coupling assembly including a coupler body having a generally cylindrical shape and an opening at one end. The coupler body has an inner wall with an inner circumference and an outer wall. An abutment extends from the inner wall of the coupler body. The coupling a...
07/26/2005
6910839Internal, active, and compensatory method and device for the rotational main-shaft of a cutting tool with axial bias-and-swing
The invention, relating to an internal, active, compensatory and method and device for the rotational main-shaft of a cutting tool with axial bias-and-swing, mainly applies an active technique to a gas-floating main-shaft to thereby control its bias-and-swing. A sen...
06/28/2005
6789986Stop for a threaded rod
The present invention is a quick adjusting stop nut for selective sliding coarse adjustment and rotational precision fine adjustment for rotatable engagement with a threaded rod or shaft in close tolerances, which provides stable precision engagement with the shaft,...
09/14/2004
6435784Method and device for the surface machining of a structure such as a cellular structure
In order to make notches in partitions separating substantially aligned recesses issuing onto the surface of a structure (10), use is made of a machining head (26) having a cutting tool (28) and at least one rotary member (52) adjacent to said tool. The r...
08/20/2002
6106204Apparatus for forming the edge of an airfoil
An apparatus 28 for forming at least a portion of the edge 12,14 of airfoil 10 using a tool assembly 68 is disclosed. The tool assembly has a tool 164 with a cutting face 202 having a shape which is like the shape of the finished edge of the airfoil. Vari...
08/22/2000
6086297Apparatus for forming grooves in bell-shaped pipes
Equipment for machining a bell portion of plastic pipe. The equipment includes a device for clamping the pipe against movement, at least one rotary cutter for cutting at least one groove in the bell portion, and mechanisms for causing at least one rotary ...
07/11/2000
5871313Precise self-aligning chamfer method and apparatus
A cutting assembly and an apparatus for self-aligned chamfering of a workpiece are disclosed. The chamfering apparatus includes a mechanism for releasably securing the workpiece in preparation for a chamfering thereof, a cutting assembly, and a mechanism ...
02/16/1999
5779408Fluid control quill stop
A quill stop for a milling machine, drill press, or other like machine. The quill stop includes means for automatic control of coolant flow. The quill stop includes a passage through which high pressure air flows. A valve in the passage controls the air f...
07/14/1998
5620286Flycutting machine for manufacturing printed circuit boards
A flycutting apparatus and a method of manufacturing printed circuit boards are disclosed. The flycutting apparatus may include a sensor for detecting changes in the relative positioning of an associated rotatable flywheel and the surface of an object, su...
04/15/1997
5286147Depth gage adapter
An adapter for mounting a depth gage onto a mill head of a milling machine is disclosed herein having an elongated mounting bracket with an outwardly projecting block for slidably carrying an indicator rod with spaced apart depth V grooves thereon. The bl...
02/15/1994
5281062Tool for repair of airfoil edges
The present invention provides an apparatus to repair gouged out and damaged leading and trailing edges of gas turbine engine blades, particularly fan blades, by cutting away a curved section including the damaged area and forming a blend radius along the...
01/25/1994
5277523Precision depth spindle
A precision depth spindle is mounted to rotate within a cartridge but is restrained against axial movement with respect to the cartridge. The cartridge is mounted for axial sliding movement within a housing, but cannot rotate with respect to the housing. ...
01/11/1994
5275517Riston cutting machine
A tool for removing resist material from the sides of conductive boards such as circuit boards wherein it is necessary to remove resist material which covers and surrounds passages which are provided through the conductive board. The tool includes a surfa...
01/04/1994
5228489Router tool
A tool including a shaft having a drive portion, a lateral stop portion, and an intermediate portion straddled by the drive and lateral stop portions, the drive portion being adapted for detachable engagement with a rotary drive; a router blade mechanism ...
07/20/1993
5044844Machining apparatus
Machining apparatus comprises a boom rotatable about a pivot support within a cylindrical workpiece with a machining station, such as a milling cutter, mounted on the remote end of the boom. Two angularly spaced wheel units are provided on respective side...
09/03/1991
4900201Drill spindle depth adjustment
A drilling device for drilling blind holes to a preselected depth in a work piece is provided. The drilling device includes a drill which rotatably drives a spindle which spindle drives a drill bit. Guide means for mounting the drill member for axial move...
02/13/1990
4836721Engraving machine
An engraving machine has a cutter head (18) on a mount (17) movable in X and Y directions above a platen for holding a workpiece, the mount with the cutter head being movable in the Z direction between a raised and a lowered working position. The cutter h...
06/06/1989
4778316Portable Keymill
An improved portable milling machine adapted to grip a work piece and to cut a keyway through a clamping area. This is accomplished without releasing the grip of the milling machine on the work piece by forming an elongated slot in a bed plate with lands ...
10/18/1988
4770573Cutting depth adjusting mechanism of a router
A cutting depth adjustment mechanism for a router having a nut engaged on a guide bolt for adjusting the depth of cut. Cutting depth can be coursely adjusted without rotation of the guide bolt relative to the adjusting nut. This can be accomplished by eit...
09/13/1988
4738573Silicon wafer processing boat carrier slot plunge cutter
A silicon wafer diffusion processing quartz boat carrier slot plunge cutter machine is provided that has a vertical rapid traverse power feed variable speed spindle with automatic stop switches controlling down feed and return with spindle speeds generall...
04/19/1988
4515505Pressure foot assembly for an end mill delete cutter
A pressure foot assembly is provided which makes use of a pressure ring mounted in a manner which allows it to float laterally around an end mill cutter which is used to delete circuit lands on a subcomposite printed circuit panel. Enough pressure is prov...
05/07/1985
4445811Setting mechanisms especially for tools for carrying out routing and like operations
A tool or machine in which the relative position of two components is adjustable has setting means operable in a first mode to set the two components approximately to a desired setting and in a second mode to adjust the approximate setting accurately to a...
05/01/1984
4436460Automatic depth compensating system
A machine tool control system adapted to provide automatic depth compensation for a cutting tool which controls the position of the tool in relation to a workpiece to hold the predetermined depth of a sleeve bore surface....
03/13/1984
4417835Apparatus for forming shaped edges
Apparatus, especially portable apparatus, for forming shaped edge profiles on the edges of sheet material wherein the sheet material is characterized by thickness non-uniformities; yet, wherein the root face thickness--i.e., that portion of the shaped she...
11/29/1983
4343088Precision trimming device
A precision trimming device (18), which is provided for removing metal areas (12a) between contact pads (12) of a printed circuit board (10), includes a rotary drive motor (20) mounted for lateral and pivotal movement on a frame (22). The drive motor (20)...
08/10/1982
4338051Profile cutting machine
A machine for cutting a profile into the respective ends of a flat rectangular piece of rubberized material having a clamping table with an overhead reciprocating carriage that has a rotating profile cutter that cuts an interlocking profile at a single pa...
07/06/1982
4292006Manufacture of ceramic ware
A handle-cutting device comprises a conveyor in the form of a horizontal table arranged to be rotated step-by-step to bring handle holders in turn to a handle-cutting station where the handle is lightly clamped. While the holder is stationary at the handl...
09/29/1981
4288186Pit cutter apparatus
Apparatus for accurately cutting pits or anomalies in steel pipe or plate stock to be used as a standard for calibrating magnetic flux leakage detection equipment used for testing for anomalies in such stock....
09/08/1981
4272215Remote control countersink adjustment
A surface of a wedge acts as a stop to limit travel of a spindle on an automatic riveting machine. A drive mechanism moves the wedge back and forth to vary the heighth of the wedge, and the same mechanism simultaneously moves a rod back and forth to act o...
06/09/1981
4222693Precision drafting instrument
An improved drafting instrument is provided for scribing small dots on a drafting medium comprising a substrate provided with a removable surface coating. The drafting instrument includes a drive motor and rotatable cutter which are slidably mounted as a ...
09/16/1980
4180357Apparatus and method for perforating tubing and method of producing part of such apparatus
Corrugated tubing is advanced along its axial path by rotatably driven lead screw members the screw threading of which is in meshing engagement with the corrugations of the tubing, the lead screw members being in pairs with the screw threading of the memb...
12/25/1979
4161641EDM Process and apparatus for overcut machining of a workpiece by an electrode tool
An EDM process and apparatus capable of transversely displacing the electrode tool relative to the electrode workpiece according to a translation motion, while simultaneously linearly advancing the electrode tool relative to the electrode workpiece along ...
07/17/1979
4031934Adjustable router bit
An adjustable router bit for cutting wood and plastics whereby the depth of the cut may be varied through an adjustment means comprising a guide plate having a circular rotatable locating plate mounted therein and secured thereto and the shaft of the cutt...
06/28/1977
3960056Vertical broaching machine
A vertical internal broaching machine includes a workpiece holder mounted on a machining table of the broaching machine. A vertically displaceable broaching slide is mounted beneath the machining table which slide draws a broach through a workpiece at the...
06/01/1976
 
Sign InRegister
Username  
Password   
forgot password?