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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7337644 | Assembled workstation A workstation has a base, a conveying device, a driving assembly and a working device. The base is composed of multiple supporting frames. The conveying device is mounted on the base and has a rail, a moving base, a motor, a pushing rod and two rotating rods. The ro... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7237309 | Milling machine for longitudinal profiled elements The present invention relates to a machine intended for the machining of profiled elements (10), of the type comprising a longitudinal frame (1) provided with holding dollies (11, 13) for holding the profiled element to be machined (10). ... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7171377 | Workplace shopping system and merchandise picking system, and shopping method and picking method thereof It is an object of the present invention to provide a system to receive orders of merchandise such as merchandise sold in a supermarket from a large number of employees, for example, of a workplace, and to deliver the ordered merchandise in a bundle, thereby enhanci... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7124667 | Apparatus for the control of two separate mechanisms for translational movement of the same bar Apparatus for the control of two translational movement mechanisms of a bar, including a first translational movement mechanism (6) situated in a machine tool (4) for turning, and a second translational movement mechanism (18) situated in an ins... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7063234 | Meter strip dispenser assembly The present invention is directed to diagnostic kits that house and deliver a carrier for an analyte, such as a test strip carrying an blood glucose analyte used by persons afflicted with diabetes in order to determine their blood glucose levels. ... | 06/20/2006 |
| 6595597 | Combined dust cap and position indicating device, particularly for vehicle wheel nuts For indicating relative rotational displacement between a fixed first member, such as a stud (20) on a wheel hub, and a second member, such as a wheel nut (22), which is rotatably engaged with the first member, a safety device (24) comprises a body (26) h... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6134482 | Method and apparatus for controlling semiconductor wafer fabrication equipment based on a remaining process time applicable to the processors Semiconductor wafer fabrication equipment comprising a selecting device for selecting semiconductor wafers destined to a processor on the basis of a remaining process time applicable to that processor in the equipment, a transporting device for transporti... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6122998 | Force control method for a bar feeder of a lathe A force control method for a bar feeder supporting a workpiece in a lathe, including seizing the workpiece by a Z-axis spindle of the lathe and the bar feeder, performing position control by the Z-axis spindle of the lathe, and performing force control by... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6098509 | Device for guiding a bar at the outlet of a lathe feeder A device for guiding a bar at the outlet of a lathe feeder, particularly of an automatic lathe, comprising: a tubular body, which is fixed to the outlet of the feeder coaxially to the rotation axis of the bar; and a plurality of circular annular elements,... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6099226 | Bar loader A bar loader for feeding a bar to a bar machining apparatus comprises a feeding rod for moving the bar and a guide rail for guiding the bar. The guide rail includes a guide rail body with an upper opening for receiving the bar and a lid member for coverin... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6055892 | Work feeder for a vertical machine tool with movable spindle A vertical machine tool with a movable main spindle has a headstock for supporting a spindle having an axis in a vertical direction. A work feeder gives and takes a work between the work feeder and a chuck. The work feeder includes a work feeder frame pro... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6044735 | Tube machining apparatus A tube machining apparatus is described which comprises a support frame (2), an intermediate body (6) arranged to carry tools (7), a clamp (8) for locking at least one tube (4) at a predetermined processing or machining station (9), and at least one gripp... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6044736 | Rotary bar loader with braking and positioning device for automatic lathe A rotary loader for feeding bars to lathes comprises a stepped rotary drum (11) and supporting guides (13) for sliding of the bars. A flange (16) coaxial and integral with the drum supports peripherally braking surfaces (17) such as pins arranged with a p... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6036075 | Method and apparatus for connecting two workpieces together In a method for connecting two workpieces together by welding, the workpieces are placed on clamping tables by a feed unit and are joined together by a welded seam. First, the workpieces are positioned in the feed unit. The feed unit is then traversed bet... | 03/14/2000 |
| 5975835 | Lead frame conveying method and conveying apparatus In a lead frame conveying method and apparatus used in, for instance, a wire bonding machine, a detection of the leading end of a lead frame supplied from a lead frame magazine and a positioning of the lead frame on a lead frame path are executed by a pos... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5970830 | Bar feeder for feeding a machine tool, in particular an automatic lathe The bar feeder provides bars (2') of material to a machine tool such as an automatic lathe. It includes a revolving barrel guide or an opening guide (4) in which the bar (2) to be machined is moved axially by a feed device including a pusher (20) driven b... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5960689 | Bar puller An apparatus for gripping a bar supported for rotation by a numerically controlled lathe. The apparatus contains two jaws and a gripper cam pivotally attached to each jaw; springs attached to the jaws tend to rotate the gripper cams away from the jaws. A ... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5896793 | Apparatus for feeding bar stock to an automatic screw machine An apparatus for feeding and engaging bar stock into an automatic screw machine having at least one clamp, at least one linear actuator, an apparatus for feeding material into the clamps, and a mechanism for facilitating opening and closing the clamps. Th... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5860340 | Device for guiding bars to a spindle of a machine tool A guide device for rotatably supporting and for guiding a bar to a spindle of a machine tool; the device comprises: a first and a second set of opposed jaws to receive and rotatably support a bar to be fed to the spindle of the machine; one set of jaws is... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5707197 | Apparatus for dispensing successive zones of a disposable strip This apparatus operates with disposable strips which are inserted therein by a user. It comprises a circulation passage (29) for the strips (34) wherein a cursor (35) is able to slide, each strip being able to be coupled to the cursor. A mechansim is prov... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5662014 | Automatic bar stock feeding apparatus for machine tools, in particular automatic lathes Automatic apparatus for the feeding of bar-shaped stock to a machine tool, comprising an elongated receiving box which extends in feed direction, has a guide passage open at both ends for receiving a new stock bar and is formed by two receiving channels, ... | 09/02/1997 |
| 5617769 | Thermally compliant bar feeding machine A bar feed assembly for receiving and guiding a bar stock to be machined in a lathe, comprises a tubular member for rotatably receiving and guiding the bar stock to be machined and a member for advancing the bar stock through the tubular members. A plural... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5535653 | Bar stock supporting and feeding apparatus A bar stock supporting and feeding apparatus which includes first and second series of bar stock support members centered about a longitudinal axis and movable with respect to the axis to rotatably engage a length of bar stock. An adjustable stop mechanis... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5498113 | Method to butt bars, and bar butting assembly that employs such method Butting assembly and butting method employing the same to butt a single bar (11) or to butt a bundle of bars (11) by butting the single bars (11), the assembly being installed upstream of a processing machine, the bars (11) being fed one by one by hand or... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5345847 | Apparatus for guiding rod-shaped workpieces in turning machines The guiding apparatus (10) is disposed between the feed tube (13) of the turning machine and the guide tube (11) for the rod-shaped workpieces which is aligned therewith. The guiding apparatus (10) has an intermediate tube (12) which reaches from the rear... | 09/13/1994 |
| 5322000 | Material holding and guiding device of automatic lathe A material holding and guiding device of automatic lathe has a base with one end provided with an arm frame and another end provided with a reciprocating set. A receiving and retaining set is mounted pivotally on the arm frame in a manner that the bottom ... | 06/21/1994 |
| 5178381 | Processing flexible sheet workpieces An apparatus for processing a flexible sheet workpiece is disclosed. The apparatus includes workstations arranged in at least two parallel series. Each workstation is adapted to carry out at least one operation on the workpiece, which can then be transfer... | 01/12/1993 |
| 5170685 | Guide for bar loaders in lathes A guide (10) for automatic bar feeders for lathes, comprises a plurality of elements (11) with a C-shaped guiding portion (16), disposed aligned and facing each other to form a channel through which the bar (15) slides. Each C-shaped portion (16) is suppo... | 12/15/1992 |
| 5165313 | Bar puller for automatic lathe A bar puller for a numerically controlled turret lathe having a mounting member for mounting the bar puller to one of the stations of a rotary turret on the lathe, the bar puller having a pair of gripping jaws that are pivotally mounted between clevis pla... | 11/24/1992 |
| 5046226 | Convertible bar-puller/knurling-tool The convertible bar-puller provides a convertible tool for automatic lathes. This tool has two main parts; a housing head and a shank. The housing head is attached to the shank using an adjustable connection means allowing the housing head to be positione... | 09/10/1991 |
| 4728253 | Apparatus for advancing and returning feed bars for a transfer press Feed bar advance and return driving apparatus for a transfer press. An upper slider is reciprocally vertically movable in the press crown in synchronization with the operation of the press, and a pinion rotatably mounted on the upper slider is rotated alt... | 03/01/1988 |
| 4709603 | Adjustable sidewardly located bar puller A bar puller having a body which mounts a pair of rockers which project forwardly to effectively straddle a bar. The rockers mount rollers on the free ends thereof, the latter being provided with elastomeric surfaces to effect gripping of the bar. An adju... | 12/01/1987 |
| 4698904 | Apparatus for assembling fins and tubes for heat exchangers An apparatus for producing various heat exchangers is disclosed in which a plurality of heat exchangers disposed side by side are formed at once. A series of manufacturing stations for working heat exchanger components such as fins and tubes and for openi... | 10/13/1987 |
| 4664002 | Bar feeder for machine tools An apparatus for feeding bars to a machine tool, in particular a multispindle lathe, comprising a plurality of pairs of opposed arrays of respectively stationary and movable jaws extending radially from a rotary drum, wherein the movable array of each pai... | 05/12/1987 |
| 4655662 | Gripper mechanism for feeding elongate strips A gripper mechanism for feeding a pair of elongate strips such as a pair of slide fastener stringers has a pair of gripper holders supporting a pair of grippers for gripping the slide fastener stringers, respectively, and a pair of sliders joined to the g... | 04/07/1987 |
| 4638693 | Bar stock feeder A bar stock feeder for an automatic lathe, comprises a cover tube provided adjacent a rear side of a spindle of the automatic lathe, and a rod guide tube is provided in the cover tube. A push rod is slidably mounted in the rod guide tube in order to feed ... | 01/27/1987 |
| 4628779 | Feed apparatus for machine tools In order to increase the product of the speed of rotation times the diameter of the bar stock, the inventive feed apparatus comprises, for guiding the bar stock, a plurality of bearing units constituting the non-rotary part of a hydrostatic bearing receiv... | 12/16/1986 |
| 4624611 | Housing structure for automatic bar loaders/feeders The box-like elongate main housing or body for automatic bar loaders/feeders comprises a lower portion carried on a bed and an openable upper portion. Each portion is comprised of an inner half-jacket, an outer half-case, and an intervening blanket of a s... | 11/25/1986 |
| 4617847 | Bar puller A bar puller for use for example on chuck type bar stock machines which includes in combination a mounting member for normal attachment to the turret of the machine. First and second jaw members are pivotally mounted to the mounting member for movement be... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4610591 | Metal bar feed control device for the feeding of an automatic multiple-spindle lathe A control device for feeding metal bars to guide equipment for feeding an automatic multiple-spindle lathe. The device consists of a series of drive shafts, each of which accounts for the feeding of a bar. The shafts are equal in number to the lathe spind... | 09/09/1986 |
