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Mountable Printable Placard With Headband
A resilient headband in a shape for being mounted on the head of the user. The headband is equipped with a longitudinal slotted member for holding a placard.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7647803 | Rotary apparatus with multiple guides and method of forming A rotary forming apparatus of the type having a pair of central rotors, and one or more die carriers swingably mounted on the rotors, for repeatedly forming a sheet metal work piece moving along a linear path, rotor bearing supports for supporting the rotors at leas... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7185414 | Apparatus for forming wave windings for rotor and stator lamination packets of electrical machines An apparatus in which wave windings with a defined number of waves are cut from a continuously formed wave winding band. In forming with a wire guide, the wave winding band is laid in alternation around the outer side faces of forming protrusions, offset from one an... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7047782 | Method 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 |
| 6637248 | Method for machining protuberance of special-shaped tube A revolution center line (C) of a roll (R) is made eccentric with respect to an axis (L) of an elliptic tube (1). The eccentric amount &3xb5; is set such that when the revolution radius of the roll (R) is gradually reduced from a state in which the roll (... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6135342 | Method and tool for imprinting a pattern in a solder A tool (40) for imprinting a pattern in a has a handle (42). A stamp (44), connected to the handle (42), has a pattern (54) formed on a face (52) of the stamp (44). The face (52) of the stamp (44) forms a concave surface.... | 10/24/2000 |
| 5983693 | Rotary press with cut off apparatus A rotary apparatus (20) for rotary forming of a web workpiece (12) and having a rotatable first roll unit (32) and corresponding rotatable second roll unit (34), a first die support (46) carried by the first roll unit (32), having a leading edge (51) and ... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5791185 | Rotary apparatus with moveable die A rotary apparatus (20) for rotary forming of a web workpiece (12) and having a rotatable first roll unit (32) and corresponding rotatable second roll unit (34), a first die support (46) carried by the first roll unit (32), having a leading edge (51) and ... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5765419 | Method and apparatus for a rolling of hollow articles In an impact rolling apparatus the axes of roller heads are arranged substantially perpendicularly relative to the longitudinal axis of the workpiece. Accordingly, a displacing of the material at the workpiece proceeds predominantly tangentially perpendic... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5561998 | Rotary forming apparatus and method A rotary apparatus (10) for forming materials such as sheet metal has upper and lower rotary members (12,14) rotating in unison on opposite sides of a moving strip of material, at least one die support (30,32) movably supported on each rotary member for c... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5546781 | Process for the production of a toothed rack via cold forming, the rack produced thereby, and an apparatus for practicing the process Process for the production of a toothed rack via cold forming, the rack produced thereby, and an apparatus for practicing the process. The cold formed rack workpiece shows multiple traces of cold forming in the toothing direction. During the production pr... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5331834 | Rolling method and apparatus using planetary cross-rolls A rolling method and apparatus permits a long metal blank to be rolled across the width thereof at a high rolling speed. According to one specific embodiment of the method and apparatus, a sun roller is mounted to a machine stand, and a set of planetary r... | 07/26/1994 |
| 5088309 | Rotary punch Apparatus for making different residential and commercial building siding of different widths includes a series of roller stations with selective vertical roller positioning adjustments and selective axial lateral roller portion position adjustments. An o... | 02/18/1992 |
| 5066212 | Apparatus for bending pipe An apparatus engages pre-cut lengths of heated thermoplastic pipe against a pair of eccentric wiper arms bending the pipes into elbows. The eccentric wiper arms have an eccentric portion and a constant radius portion. A bending form has an arcuate die ada... | 11/19/1991 |
| 5037665 | Method of creating a registered pattern on a metal coil and associated apparatus A method for creating a registered pattern on a metal coil includes providing a pattern applicator roll and a drive motor for rotating the roll, moving the coil into contact with the applicator roll to permit it to create a pattern sequentially on the mov... | 08/06/1991 |
| 4936130 | Apparatus for altering the cross-sectional shape of can bodies On a turret (30) which can be driven in rotation about a central axis (A), a plurality of expanding mandrels (42) are arranged all around the central axis (A). They are each essentially composed of a supporting member (44) which is secured to the turret (... | 06/26/1990 |
| 4742705 | Method and apparatus for forming sinuous lead wire There are disclosed a method and apparatus for forming a sinuous lead wire (30) used for efficiently obtaining U-shaped lead wires (5) which serve as a lead wire material for a ceramic capacitor (1) having two terminal lead wires (3, 4). For forming such ... | 05/10/1988 |
| 4715205 | Planetary-type rolling mill for non-flat products In this rolling mill, a rolling action is brought about by work rolls acting as opposing pairs arranged equiangularly at the periphery of rotating rolling units distributed symmetrically about the material to be rolled. The axes (10') of the work rolls (1... | 12/29/1987 |
| 4444227 | Mechanism for bending straight wires into zig-zags, in particular for machines for the production of diagonal grids A mechanism for bending a coplanar family of straight wires into zig-zags comprises deflector rollers for feeding the family of wires longitudinally in parallel with one another, bars adapted to be displaced transversely to the wires and carrying wire def... | 04/24/1984 |
| 4434818 | Wire feeding and wire forming device for paper clip making machine An apparatus used for the paper clip making machine downstream of the cutting machine comprises, a set of conveyors including continuous belt continuous chains, transferring wheels for advancing the cut wires, pieces of magnet properly located on the conv... | 03/06/1984 |
| 4307592 | Cold rolling method and cold rolling apparatus A cold rolling method wherein the workpiece is advanced along its lengthwise axis and rotated in pulsating fashion, in accordance with a sinusoidal-like rotational speed-time diagram, while its surface is machined during briefly effective individual rolli... | 12/29/1981 |
| 4287658 | Apparatus for making heat-insulated structural section assemblies The invention relates to apparatus for making a heat-insulated structural section assembly for use in window and door frames consisting of at least two structural metal sections transversely connected to each other by at least one heat-insulating bar and ... | 09/08/1981 |
| 4229964 | Apparatus for treating leads of electrical components Apparatus for preparing leads of electrical components, such as transistors or the like, having a carrier plate rotatable about a fixed axis of rotation, at least one tool set arranged at the periphery of the carrier plate, said tool set including a stati... | 10/28/1980 |
| 4193282 | Rolling machine A rolling machine for reducing the cross-sectional dimensions of an elongate workpiece, such as a steel billet, has two pairs of alternately operating rolls, each of which is journalled in an individual roll carrier. Each carrier is rotated about a carrie... | 03/18/1980 |
| 4165767 | Wire forming machine A machine which converts a strand of wire into a body of meandering shape has two carriers which rotate about parallel axes and respectively carry annuli of pins. One annulus of pins surrounds the other annulus of pins, and each pin of one annulus is adja... | 08/28/1979 |
| 4087996 | Method and apparatus for correcting distortion in gas turbine engine blades Gas turbine engine blades and single-die cavities are dynamically balanced on a rotor, transferred to a neutral atmosphere heated chamber and rotated. The centrifugal force distributes sufficient stress on both the blade's platform and airfoil to correct ... | 05/09/1978 |
| 4074556 | Apparatus for roll working A roll working apparatus for use in forming, pressing, punching, shearing, etc., comprising a pair of rolls on each surface of which a plurality of male or female impression portions having dissimilar form or configuration, a work-feeding means for select... | 02/21/1978 |
| 4065950 | Formation of articles A process for continuous and repetitive production of discrete articles of a desired cross-section from a deformable material can be effected by introducing the material into a moving passageway, causing the material to be drawn along the passageway by fr... | 01/03/1978 |
| 4047544 | Wire forming apparatus This invention relates to an improved wire forming apparatus of the type wherein a pair of rotatable wheels are disposed alongside of each other, a plurality of pins are secured to each of the wheels about the periphery thereof, and mounting means rotatab... | 09/13/1977 |
| 3964286 | Apparatus for positioning pin fins of a finned-tube heat exchanger An apparatus for contacting and bending preselected pin fins of a finned-tube heat exchanger to preselected locations. First and second toothed wheels positioned on opposed sides of respective first and second pin fin rows bend the pins in response to mov... | 06/22/1976 |
