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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7368175 | Metal band as an inlay for trim strips or sealing strips A metal band as an inlay for trim strips or sealing strips of flexible material, in particular of rubber or plastic, which is in particular bent to form a shape, having a plurality of slots, in particular periodically sequential slots in the longitudinal direction o... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7210324 | Process and apparatus for producing an ordered packing The invention relates to a process and an apparatus for producing a profiled sheet, in which the sheet is provided with a corrugation which runs obliquely with respect to the edges of the sheet and has a substantially constant angle of inclination. At least one edge... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7181948 | Method of making structural components Elongated structural components having regions of different thicknesses, especially for use in automobile bodies, are produced by flexible rolling metal strip so as to form along a length thereof rolled-strip segments of different wall thickness. The sheet bars are ... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7182010 | Apparatus and process for producing different hole patterns in sheet-shaped print materials The invention relates to a device for producing different hole patterns in sheet-shaped print materials. An apparatus and process for producing different hole patterns in a sheet-shaped print material is provided wherein a punch in a tool roller is raised and lowere... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7036413 | Device for the transverse cutting of at least one web in a folding apparatus A printed, endless web is transversely cut by the cooperation of a cutting blade cylinder and a sheet gripping cylinder that also carries cutting blocks. If the web that is to be cut, is noted as having a defect, for example in the printing applied to it, the cuttin... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7032487 | Corrugated fin cutting device and cutting method A corrugated fin cutting device includes a pair of worms that restrains a position of a bottom portion of a corrugated fin material that is being continuously conveyed in a conveying direction, and a guide piece that approaches the bottom portion of the fin material... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6997026 | Quick change metal stud to hemmed track roll forming system An apparatus and method for selectively forming metal stud and track members from sheet material, the apparatus including a stud forming assembly capable of transforming the sheet material into a stud member as the material exits the stud forming assembly, and a tra... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6748781 | Device for producing metal fibers A device for producing metal fibers from a metal wire includes a forming assembly and a cutting assembly arranged downstream from the forming assembly in the direction of production. Both the forming assembly and the cutting assembly are driven by a driving mechanis... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6564607 | Method and device for cutting a sheet material into strips and a corrugated-fin strips forming apparatus using the device A slitting device including first and second cutting rollers disposed parallel to each other, a first guide roller axially adjacent to the first cutting roller, and a second guide roller axially adjacent to the second cutting roller. The cutting rollers h... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6532787 | Process of manufacturing a core metal insert A core metal insert for use in a sealing assembly is disclosed. The core metal insert is manufactured by a process which includes the step of cutting a plurality of left lateral outermost inboard slits and a plurality of right lateral outermost inboard sl... | 03/18/2003 |
| 5842267 | Method and apparatus for forming parts of a predetermined shape from a continuous stock material The present invention provides a method and apparatus for forming a plurality of parts, such as spade-type boring bits, from a continuous stock material. Thus, the various steps of the forming method of the present invention can be performed to predetermi... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5592848 | Method of simultaneously forming a pair of sheet metal structural members A method of forming a pair of sheet metal structural members simultaneously from a single elongated strip of sheet metal defining parallel side edges and comprising the steps of severing the strip sheet metal along a predetermined zig-zag separation path,... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5454286 | Cutter for cutting a continuous corrugated strip A cutter for cutting a continuous corrugated strip includes a feed gear, on the outer circumference of which a tooth portion engaging with a continuous corrugated strip such as a corrugated fin used for a radiator is provided, wherein a tooth cutout porti... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5261262 | Method and apparatus for cutting corrugated webs having louvers A method and apparatus for cutting corrugated webs having louvers from a strip which is continuously formed to define undulating fins or corrugations extending transversely of the strip. The method and apparatus comprises periodically interrupting the mov... | 11/16/1993 |
| 5224368 | Flying die machine A flying die apparatus including a reciprocally movable carriage mounting a plurality of die heads capable of performing sequential or concurrent operations on a strip stock segment aligned and moving with the carriage. The die support heads include a rot... | 07/06/1993 |
| 5207083 | Method of controlling the length of corrugated fins A center machine for producing corrugated fins for heat exchangers has servomotor driven pullout rolls for stretching a compressed corrugated strip to desired fin density and normally driven in phase with corrugation forming rolls. A cutoff knife severs p... | 05/04/1993 |
| 5142755 | Compositions of matter for stopping fires, explosions and oxidations of materials and build up of electrostatic charges and method and apparatus for making same This invention is directed to an apparatus for making an expandable metal product for use in extinguishing fires and controlling explosions by means of revolving cylinders equipped with slitting knives. The apparatus has opposing cylinders with spaced, di... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5138861 | Method and apparatus for cutting corrugated webs A method and apparatus for cutting corrugated webs from a strip which is continuously formed to define undulating fins or corrugations extending transversely of the strip. The method and apparatus comprise periodically interrupting the movement of the cor... | 08/18/1992 |
| 5095597 | Method of making an expanded metal product This invention is directed to a method of making an expandable metal product for use in extinguishing fires and controlling explosions by means of revolving cylinders equipped with slitting knives. The method steps produce the product from a continuous sh... | 03/17/1992 |
| 5069053 | Method and apparatus for cutting corrugated webs A method and apparatus for cutting corrugated webs from a strip which is continuously formed to define undulating fins or corrugations extending transversely of the strip. The method and apparatus comprise periodically interrupting the movement of the cor... | 12/03/1991 |
| 5022149 | Method and apparatus for making a looped fin heat exchanger A heat transfer device effective in minimizing frost bridging in refrigeration operations to be wound helically onto a refrigerant-carrying tube, has an integrally formed chain of looped fins, each fin having a mounting flange at each end of the chain, an... | 06/11/1991 |
| 4975334 | Composite panel A continuous process for making a core for a composite panel comprising cutting spaced apart tongues in columns from a metallic sheet, the tongues being foldable about base lines in the columns each base line being separated from the next tongue in the co... | 12/04/1990 |
| 4956987 | Rotary cutter for cutting a continuous corrugated strip A high speed rotary cutter includes a toothed counterwheel which has plural radial slots extending in the axial directions. First cutting blades are slidably received in the radial slots, each of which has a first cutting edge on its outer end. The first ... | 09/18/1990 |
| 4953378 | Apparatus for cutting corrugated strip stock at variable lengths A machine for corrugating lengths of continuous strip stock that includes first and second sets of corrugation-forming rollers for receiving strip stock from associated coil rolls and feeding corrugating stock to vertically spaced slots in a shared cuttin... | 09/04/1990 |
| 4838065 | Corrugated fin forming apparatus A corrugating web forming apparatus for receiving selectively a plurality of webs of flat material and slitting each of said webs to form two strips which are thereafter shaped to form corrugations and severed to form shaped portions having predetermined ... | 06/13/1989 |
| 4748838 | Process for making obliquely corrugated thin metal strips A method for making a corrugated thin metal strip wherein corrugations are linear and extend obliquely from one longitudinal marginal edge to the opposite longitudinal marginal edge of the strip. The invention involves passing the thin metal strip through... | 06/07/1988 |
| 4685318 | Rotary cutter for cutting a continuous corrugated strip A high speed rotary cutter includes a rotary drum rotated at varying speeds in synchronization with an associated toothed counterwheel. The rotary drum includes at least one reciprocative cutter blade which is movable radially of the drum into and out of ... | 08/11/1987 |
| 4653364 | Apparatus and process for controlling the work phases of a cutter device movable on continuously extruded tubes The present invention relates to an apparatus and to a process for controlling the work phases of a cutter device movable on continuously extruded tubes and has operating means designed to detect the relative position of the cutter device with respect to ... | 03/31/1987 |
| 4649729 | Method for manufacturing steel bar with intermittent smooth surface and patterned relief segments, and mine roof bolt product A method is disclosed for manufacturing steel bar (10) with intermittent smooth surface segments (11) and patterned relief segments (12). The method includes the steps of heating the bar (10) to a semiplastic state, rolling the semiplastic metal bar betwe... | 03/17/1987 |
| 4553418 | Apparatus for producing elongated workpieces of predetermined transverse profile Flat metal strip of indeterminate length is apertured in a punch press having a flying die set to define a lengthwise succession of identical workpiece blanks connected by strap-like portions of the strip adjacent to its longitudinal edges. That press, ea... | 11/19/1985 |
| 4523448 | Method and apparatus for continuously producing a core member of a trim A method for continuously producing a core member to be embedded within a trim, comprises the continuous steps of forming slits in a band-shaped metallic plate by means of slitting rolls, elongating the slit metallic plate by means of elongating rolls and... | 06/18/1985 |
| 4523500 | Method and apparatus for cutting continuous corrugated member A method and apparatus for cutting a continuous corrugated member while conveying it in a longitudinal direction thereof, in which a movable cutter blade is moved forward in the same direction as the conveying direction of the corrugated member at the sam... | 06/18/1985 |
| 4507948 | Method and apparatus for cutting corrugated strip A machine on which metal ribbon stock is corrugated has a toothed feed roll which engages the corrugated strip between successive corrugations to advance the strip lengthwise. Downstream from the feed roll is arranged one or more rotary-driven, toothed, u... | 04/02/1985 |
| 4480456 | Method and apparatus for cutting continuous corrugated members Cutting of a corrugated fin into predetermined lengths for a radiator in a vehicle. The phase mating is, when the cutter is moved in the direction opposite to the corrugated member, effected at the correcting point where the torque in the cutter is the sa... | 11/06/1984 |
| 4471641 | Method and means of continuously punching, shearing and forming sheet material A machine for continuously punching, shearing and forming sheet material comprises a frame and punching, shearing, and forming stations. Rollers are provided for continuously feeding sheet material through the stations. A cam periodically engages the tool... | 09/18/1984 |
| 4391307 | Wire straightening and cutting mechanism Improvements have been devised in wire straightening and cutting apparatus to the end of protecting the external coating on the wire as it is advanced, straightened and then cut to a predetermined length and are specifically directed to the novel arrangem... | 07/05/1983 |
| 4210009 | Reinforcement fibres Fine fibres of steel for use as concrete reinforcement are produced by longitudinally slitting continuous steel strip to form narrow strip segments and severing the strip segments at intervals along their length. The strip is slit longitudinally on passin... | 07/01/1980 |
| 4052873 | Apparatus for continuous pressing of bolts, screw blanks or similar parts Apparatus for shearing blanks from elongated workpieces and for pressing such blanks into screw blanks, bolts or the like in a continuous operation comprises a plurality of preferably cylindrical rotary elements, rotatable about parallel axes in such a ma... | 10/11/1977 |
| 4047417 | Deeply embossed sheet product and method and apparatus for the production thereof A method of deep embossing of sheet material, generally metal, is disclosed. A small scale relief pattern is first embossed across the entire sheet and thereafter a deep embossment of spaced-apart protuberances is imparted to the sheet. Both patterns in c... | 09/13/1977 |
| 4027517 | Method and apparatus for embossing sheet metal strip and sheet metal panel This specification discloses strip sheet metal panels formed with transverse indentations and longitudinal formations formed therein, with end portions at each end of said panels being free of said transverse indentations; And a method of cold rolling str... | 06/07/1977 |