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Class 72/182 - Including roller-couple


Subclass of Class 72 - Metal deforming
Definition: Subject matter wherein the deflector* includes two
No. of patents: 28
Last issue date: 03/18/2008


NumberTitleIssue Date
7343767Roller tool for the linear deformation of sheet metal and sheet deformation facility having such a roller tool
A roller tool is used within a sheet deformation facility for the linear deformation of sheet metal. The roller tool comprises a press roller having a shaft and a roller body rolling around the same as well as a counterbody. The press roller and the counterbody can ...
03/18/2008
7240530Auxiliary embosser
An auxiliary embosser for use with a mobile or stationary on or off-site roll forming apparatus which roll forms sheet material into objects such as a rain gutter or aluminum siding having complex cross section profiles. The auxiliary embosser includes a frame adapt...
07/10/2007
7115089Technology for continuous folding of sheet materials
A machine and method for the continuous folding of sheet material into different three-dimensional patterns is featured. The innovative machine and method folds sheet material by force converging the sheet to a final stage that imparts a final fold or pattern. Uniqu...
10/03/2006
7047782Method for roll forming, capable of preventing wrinkles and device therefor
A die roll 3 comprises a core part 3a which is formed of an elastic material and faces a punch part 2a of a punch roll 2. The core part 3a presses a bottom portion 4b of a drawn portion 4
05/23/2006
7010952Device for holding at least one roller of a rolling machine
A device for holding at least one roller of a rolling machine that can rotate about a rotational axis includes two holding arrangements that can be arranged on opposite faces of the roller viewed in the direction of the rotational axis. The device further includes a...
03/14/2006
6928847Roll forming system for forming flanges in strip material
A V-shaped metal strip has a U-shaped bottom having U-shaped inside and outside surfaces. Only the U-shaped inside surface is formed with a plurality of fold lines extending in a longitudinal direction of the strip and reducing the influence of springback. The fold ...
08/16/2005
6751995Roll bending die
A roll bending die for bending metal into an arc with reinforcing ribs and tapered ends. The roll bending machine includes a body member being designed for being rotatably coupled to the roll bending machine whereby the body member selectively engages a pliable roll...
06/22/2004
6282937Corner bead re-shaping tool
A tool for reshaping corner bead, which is perforated right angle metal strip used in fabrication of corners in drywall building construction, spreads the legs of 90 degree angle corner bead outwardly to increase the included angle thereof. The bead is ro...
09/04/2001
6119498Node roller combination
A node roller combination method and apparatus has a node roller and a backing roller between which sheet material is passed. The node roller has a series of ring shaped circumferential nodes at spaced intervals across the material. The nodes press the sh...
09/19/2000
6044679Method for machining metal plate
The present invention relates to a method for forming weakenings in a metal plate (8), comprising of: deforming the metal plate to a predetermined depth to form a weakening thinned portion along at least one line; and bending the metal plate along the lin...
04/04/2000
5943892Method of breakdown-forming electro-unite tubes
Electro-unite tubes having different plate thicknesses or different diameters are breakdown-formed without changing the upper rolls and the lower rolls of the breakdown pass rolls each time. Each of breakdown pass rolls 12 includes an upper roll 12a havin...
08/31/1999
5878614Finn pass forming device for forming seam welded steel pipes and roller device available for forming seam welded steel pipes of a plurality of sizes
In the fin pass forming apparatus, the fin roller is split in two symmetrically with respect to the center line of the flow direction of a steel pipe to be formed, and a plurality of side rollers are arranged on a section perpendicular to the flow directi...
03/09/1999
5722278Roll forming apparatus
A roll forming apparatus incorporates tension rolls which feed a material along a longitudinal direction thereof. The tension rolls are arranged at predetermined intervals and are driven. Also, forming rolls which form the fed material are arranged altern...
03/03/1998
5682782Workpiece-deforming tool and die for use in a punch press
A punch press is provided with a tool bearing a workpiece-deforming roller, the tool being received in an aperture in the press for movement between a lower position in which the roller comes into deforming contact with a workpiece supported on a surface ...
11/04/1997
5682783Ceramic tubemill roll assembly
A roll assembly suitable for use in the production of thin-wall heat exchanger tubes using a high-frequency induction welding tubemill. The roll assembly includes a roll portion that has an arcuate precision profile that defines one-half of the desired cr...
11/04/1997
5575168Workpiece-deforming tool and die for use in a punch press
A self-locking workpiece-deforming tool for use in mechanical punch presses in which the ram cannot maintain continuous pressure against the tool in a depressed position. The tool includes an elongated punch guide having an interior surface defining a cha...
11/19/1996
5555759Workpiece-deforming tool and die for use in a punch press
A punch press is provided with a tool bearing a workpiece-deforming roller, the tool being received in an aperture in the press for movement between a lower position in which the roller comes into deforming contact with a workpiece supported on a surface ...
09/17/1996
5450740Roll forming machine
A roll forming machine which includes an outboard housing having dual turrets, each turret carries a pair of rotatable arbors which can carry forming rollers. The outboard housing is slidable along guide rails between on-line and off-line positions. In th...
09/19/1995
5067338Metal working attachment for portable power tool
A metal forming tool attachment includes a body assembly having a front part and a rear part. A rotary forming element journalled on the rear part is driven by an input shaft which projects from the rear part for coupling engagement with the output shaft ...
11/26/1991
5016459Method and guide roll stand for guiding and shaping strip material in a pipe mill
A pair of slit type horizontal fin rolls (18) and a pair of vertical side rolls (19) having such a shape as having the conventional vertical side roll (19) formed by contracting its center portion are utilized, and due to the construction in which one set...
05/21/1991
5016806Tube weld mill
A tube weld mill comprising a plurality of successively disposed roll stands to form a strip to a desired generally tubular configuration and a weld means to weld together the adjacent edges of the thus formed strip, each roll stand having a pair of co-op...
05/21/1991
4787232Roll forming member and/or a roll former
A roll former comprises a bed and at least one roll forming member mounted on the bed, each roll forming member comprising a stand, a support member pivotally mounted on the stand for rotation relative to the stand about a selected axis, a pair of shaping...
11/29/1988
4776194Pipe mill
A pipe mill and method comprises certain improvements in pipe mills of cage-type. Edge forming roll sets, usually mounted immediately downstream of the breakdown passes, are mounted for lateral movement to compensate for strip camber or lateral creep. In ...
10/11/1988
4597277Process and apparatus for producing reinforced metal strips
Metal sheets of aluminum are provided with raised reinforcing portions of substantial height by rolling. The rolls have recesses or channels (6) whose side faces are in a counter-taper configuration with respect to a plane perpendicular to the axis of the...
07/01/1986
4558577Roll-forming machine for making articles having cross-sectional configurations varying lengthwise
The roll-forming machine includes a series of roll-forming stands for shaping a flat workpiece into a desired configuration, a device for monitoring the positioning of the workpiece at the entry side of the roll-forming machine, and a control unit for sen...
12/17/1985
4483167Forming rolls for use in the fabrication of welded tubes
A complementary pair of top and bottom rolls for the initial breakdown step of a skelp in the manufacture of welded tubular products by rolling. The bottom roll has a convex midportion, a pair of concave end portions, and a pair of straight border portion...
11/20/1984
4165628Fin pass roll
A fin pass roll for use as a single roll or as pairs of mating forming rolls for bending a flat metal strip into a desired tubular shape or a tube form. The fin pass roll is split into three sections; that is, a fin roll having a fin and fin side rolls in...
08/28/1979
4103406Split type sectional forming roll
A split type sectional forming roll in which a split roll is formed at least two roll segments, a separating line of a roll segment to have an acute angle in a roll segment section adjacent to a side portion of another roll segment has an angle to a verti...
08/01/1978
 
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