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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7090585 | Nail manufacturing tool holder having a quick change mechanism A clamping jaw for gripping wire stock used in nail production machines includes a quick change system that allows efficient replacement of a removable tool insert. The clamping jaw includes a main body that is partially split so as to define a gap between first and... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7014407 | Full-round, offset-head nail A wire nail for use with a powered nail-driving tool has a full-round head with an axis that is offset from an axis of the integrally formed shank. An outer circumferential surface of the shank is at least as offset from the shank axis in one radial direction as a c... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7004846 | Wear resistant nail manufacturing tool inserts A clamping jaw assembly and cutter assembly employed in machinery used to manufacture nails, screws, rivets, and similar objects starting with wire material. The invention includes a groove design having a smooth wave that reduces the wear rate of the groove improvi... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6991547 | Roof bolts for use in mines, a method for their production and method for their installation A roof bolt comprises a shaft for insertion in a hole drilled in a mine roof and a head whereby the bolt may be rotated, the head being offset with respect to the longitudinal axis of the shaft so that when the bolt is rotated by means of its head the shaft is cause... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6951160 | Cutting device for spring manufacturing machines A cutting device for spring manufacturing machines includes an actuator, a transmission mechanism and a sliding mechanism. The actuator includes a connecting rod with a pin hole formed therein. The sliding mechanism includes a track, a slider and a switching pin. Th... | 10/04/2005 |
| 5195931 | Method and apparatus for making wire nails having radially offset, fully circular heads Nails having radially offset, circular heads are manufactured from a malleable wire. The wire is clamped so that a leading portion extends axially from a clamping mechanism. The extending portion is bent at an acute angle relative to a clamping axis. The ... | 03/23/1993 |
| 5181886 | Method and apparatus for making a forming pin A forming pin having a shank, a head, a point, and a pair of like grooves on opposite sides of the shank is made by gripping an elongate wire in a position wherein an end of the wire is exposed, forming a head at the exposed end of the wire while gripped,... | 01/26/1993 |
| 5154670 | Apparatus for forming a wire nail A wire nail with a head having a circumferential edge conforming to a complete circle and disposed in a radially offset relationship with respect to a shank. A flat surface on the shank provides a datum indicating where the shank is located. A flat surfac... | 10/13/1992 |
| 5127252 | Apparatus for the working of wire pieces and the use of such apparatus Apparatus for clamping and working wire pieces has two separate rotary shafts (16) of the clamping levers (18 and 20), arranged symmetrically and with the axis of intake of the wire (82) and the direction of upsetting or hammering at right angles to the a... | 07/07/1992 |
