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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 |
| 7293440 | Method of setting/controlling wedge in plate material rolling A wedge setup/control method for plate material rolling ensures that the work side and drive side are equal in the rolled plate thickness. The wedge setup/control method, which is used in reversible rolling of a plate material with a rough mill for hot rolling, incl... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7185519 | Methods and apparatus for monitoring and conditioning strip material Methods and an apparatus for monitoring and conditioning strip material are disclosed. The disclosed methods and apparatus receive encoder signals and sensor data to monitor a condition of a strip material. If an undesired material condition is detected, a material ... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7093342 | Hot rolling thin strip Thin steel strip is passed through a pinch roll stand comprising pinch rolls to a rolling mill comprising a pair of work rolls and upper and lower backing rolls. Strip passes through the bite between the work rolls and strip squeezing forces are applied between the ... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7059161 | Thin-strip coiler comprising a flatness measuring roll The invention relates to a method and device for measuring and influencing the strip flatness in the coiler shaft of a hot-strip mill, whereby the coiler shaft has, between a driver and a coiler, moving and stationary strip guides as well as a flatness measuring rol... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7055551 | Flexible pipe and method of manufacturing same A flexible pipe and a method of manufacturing same according to which the pipe is formed by multiple layers of different materials and suitable for use in subsea and land-based applications. ... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7021120 | High resolution gas gauge proximity sensor In a gas gauge, effects due to changes in the local environment are reduced by causing a measurement nozzle and a reference nozzle to react as if they were co-located, or located at approximately the same position. This is achieved by venting the reference nozzle in... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6966207 | Shape detecting apparatus A shape detecting apparatus for controlling the tension of a rolled plate, is composed of a pair of fixing members, a supporting frame and a plurality of shape detecting units. The shape detecting units are fixed detachably in a close proximity of the supporting fra... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6948347 | Graphical rolled steel sheet flatness display and method of using same A method for measuring and displaying the flatness of a rolled steel sheet is disclosed that includes the steps of measuring tension in the sheet at a plurality of locations on the surface of the sheet and determining a plurality of tension ranges into which the sen... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6840475 | Method and device for the rolling or winding of strip The invention relates to a method and a device for the rolling or winding of strip having an equal thickness over the strip width, in which the tension in a strip length portion limited by rolls, winders, or control, guide or deflecting rollers is measured by means ... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6769279 | Multiroll precision leveler with automatic shape control An automatically controlled multi-roll precision leveler for flattening a strip of material, such as a metal strip. A metal strip product may be fed into the leveler, typically from a coil. The leveler uses multiple work rolls to flatten the strip as it passes throu... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6619086 | Control system for tandem rolling mill In a tandem rolling mill control system, an arithmetic operation on a looper torque command is adopted so that a signal obtained by integrating a looper angle deviation is not contained as a component, and a looper speed controller performs an arithmetic ... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6484546 | Strip deflection roller, especially a tension measuring roller or looper roller A strip deflection roller, especially a tension measuring roller or looper roller for matching tension in rolling stock between two roll stands for hot rolling and cold rolling of strip. The strip deflection roller includes at least five adjacent disks wh... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6470722 | Looper A looper for measuring a wedge proportion of a longitudinal pull present within a strip in a longitudinal direction of the strip, wherein the wedge proportion is present across a width of the strip, has a looper shaft and pivot arms each having a first en... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6378346 | Steckel hot rolling mill The invention relates to a Steckel hot rolling mill comprising at least one reversing roll stand (1) as well as coilers (6,7) which are positioned upstream and downstream and present torque-controlled drives. The aim of the invention is to improve such a ... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6357273 | Method of reducing waste in the rolling of strip segments interconnected by weld seams A tandem strip-rolling line has a strip store between the mill so that when the upstream mill is open on the approach of a weld seam joining successive lengths, the downstream mill rolls strip stored in the strip store and conversely when the strip is hal... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6349581 | Method for controlling the tension between roll stands of mill trains for steel bars, wire or profiles Rolling stock is transported in a transporting device from a front roll stand to a rear roll stand. Between the roll stands, the rolling stock carries out an oscillation transverse to the transporting direction. At least one characteristic property, ampli... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6269668 | Cold tandem rolling method and cold tandem rolling mill The present invention is to provide a tandem cold rolling method conducted by a tandem cold rolling mill, the number of rolling stands of which is not less than 4, wherein a rolling tension, the intensity of which is not lower than 30%, preferably not low... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6227021 | Control apparatus and method for a hot rolling mill A control apparatus for a hot rolling mill having a plurality of rolling stands, including a roll gap tension controller configured to control a roll gap of one of the rolling stands so that a detected interstand tension value of a rolled material positio... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6199417 | Tension control method for a rolling stock section A tension control method for a rolling stock section located between a front roll stand and a rear roll stand of a rolling train, wherein a tensioning element with an actual adjusting force is adjusted relative to the rolling stock section, so that the ro... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6185967 | Strip threading speed controlling apparatus for tandem rolling mill A strip threading speed controlling apparatus for a tandem rolling mill is constructed to calculate a speed set value of two adjacent rolling stands by using a forward slip predicted considering a back tension without considering a front tension in an ups... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6176112 | Method and device for dynamic adjustment of the roll gap in a roll stand of a mill train having multiple stands A method of dynamic adjustment of the roll gap in a roll stand of a mill train having multiple stands for rolling a strip, with a strip stock, i.e., a loop, between two roll stands being adjusted or limited by a loop or a strip stock control, with the dyn... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6148653 | Rolling apparatus and a rolling method The present invention aims to provide a rolling system and a rolling method capable of avoiding the occurrence of a pinch fold by effectively preventing the zigzag movement of a rear end portion of a material to be rolled. The rotational speeds (rolling s... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6079242 | Control process for continuous skin pass operation for metal strip A method of controlling a continuous skin-pass and reduction operation for a metal strip includes the steps of passing a strip through a gap between working rollers of at least two successive rolling stands, only an upstream one of the stands providing su... | 06/27/2000 |
| 6035259 | Web material camber measurement apparatus and method Apparatus and method for measuring camber of a web material. As the web material is transported across a conveyance roller, a load cell disposed at each end of the conveyance roller measures the force applied by the web material to the conveyance roller f... | 03/07/2000 |
| 5873277 | Control process for a roll stand for rolling a strip The invention relates to a control process for a roll stand consisting of a pair of work rolls, a pair of backup rolls, and optionally a pair of intermediary rolls. The controls for a rolling force, a deflecting force, and optionally a roll shift are give... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5829286 | Method for continuously leveling strip by measuring nonplanarity of the strip The stretch leveling or stretch-bend leveling of aluminum or stainless steel strip of a thickness of 0.1 to 0.5 mm is carried out following a measurement of strip nonplanarity or strip profile by regulating the stretch in the stretch leveler or the contou... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5809817 | Optimum strip tension control system for rolling mills A system and method for achieving an optimum interstand strip tension providing substantially equal loading of adjacent stands of a tandem rolling mill where such optimum tension is determined by the expression ##EQU1## where A1 and B1 are, respectiv... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5799526 | Process and plant for cold rolling with compensation for ovalization of the rolling rolls A process for the cold rolling of a metal strip between rollers of rolling stands arranged sequentially is provided, along with a plant for its implementation, wherein the process involves: analyzing, as a function of frequency, a signal from an inter-stand te... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5787746 | Multi-stand hot rolling mill tension and strip temperature multivariable controller A multivariable controller for a hot rolling mill which uses rolling stand speeds to control exit strip temperature and interstand tension, wherein the controller considers the inherent multivariable nature of the tension and temperature processes relativ... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5784914 | Method to control between rolling stands the drawing of the rolled stock and relative device A method of controlling and maintaining a drawing force applied to a length of rolled stock between two-spaced apart rolling units includes the steps of determining the value of at least one of a frequency and an amplitude of a transversed vibration of th... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5722279 | Control method of strip travel and tandem strip rolling mill A control method of strip travel for ensuring, in a tandem rolling operation for metal strips, stable positioning of rolled work during the rolling process including the rolling of the leading and trailing ends of the work, and a tandem rolling mill in wh... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5701774 | Control device for a continuous hot-rolling mill A control device for the purpose of achieving highly precise rolled material. The response and robust stability of the rolled material tension and looper height are specified, and a controller is designed so that the rolling mill main motor and looper ope... | 12/30/1997 |
| 5660066 | Interstand tension controller for a continuous rolling mill An interstand tension controller for a continuous rolling mill having a plurality of rolling stands and provided with a looper between the adjacent rolling stands controls two controlled variables, i.e., the interstand tension of the workpiece and the loo... | 08/26/1997 |
| 5638714 | Process for making a strip from a rod The invention is a cold rolling process which converts rods of hot rolled metal into strips with width to thickness ratios as high as approximately 17 to 1. The process cools the rod between successive rolling mills and employs feed backward tension contr... | 06/17/1997 |
| 5619880 | Device for controlling the rotational speed of the rolls of a rolling mill The rotational speed of the rolls of a rolling mill is controlled such that the loops of rolled material between two roll stands have a constant height. The last roll stand in the direction of rolling preferably acts as a guide roller stand, whose speed i... | 04/15/1997 |
| 5546779 | Interstand strip gauge and profile conrol Method and means for maintaining uniform thickness and profile of a metal strip during hot rolling in a multi-stand hot rolling mill, comprising a two-position looper located between adjacent mill stands and movable between a strip threading position abov... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5465214 | Method of measuring the shape and/or the planarity of a running material, and device for its implementation A method and device for measuring the shape and/or the planarity of a longitudinal fiber of a running strip are provided. Readings are taken of the heights (yi) of a set of n points of index (i) of the said fiber, and a function (y(l)) dependin... | 11/07/1995 |
| 5404738 | Method of controlling a hot strip finishing mill Continuous rolling is conducted by interposing loopers respectively between a plurality of successive stands and connecting a rear end of a preceding bar to a top end of a next bar. Roll gaps of the respective stands are each controlled by thickness contr... | 04/11/1995 |
| 5142891 | Thickness control system for rolling mill A tension controller is disposed on an entry side or both on entry and exit sides of a rolling mill to quickly suppress tension fluctuation due to change of roll gap.... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5018377 | Hot rolling of metal strip When hot rolling metal strip, it is usual to apply tension to the strip and then a contact-type strip tension detector is employed to detect variations in tension across the width of the strip. The signals are used to adjust the rolling mill in the sense ... | 05/28/1991 |
