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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 |
| 7331207 | Metal shaping apparatus A power hammer assembly providing forming capabilities while remaining economical with respect to performance, vibration, footprint size and acquisition costs. The power hammer assembly can provide for a single stroke speed and/or a single set stroke with respect to... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7258030 | Failsafe element for rotary cam unit used in a flanged die A rotary cam assembly for a bending die includes first and second arms pivotally attached to an actuator. Linear movement of the actuator causes rotation of the rotary cam relative to a bending cam. A rotatable element is supported between the first and second arms ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7114360 | Plate bending machine A plate bending machine for bending a plate clamped between a lower die and a pressure die by a blade of a bending die mounted on a bend beam which is controlled in the vertical and horizontal directions. The bend beam has a vertical cross-section of substantially C... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7015439 | Method and system for control of on-site induction heating A workpiece heating system having an induction heating power source and a controller. The controller is operable to control the operation of the power source according to programming instructions received from a user. The controller enables a user to establish a seq... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6928848 | Flanging processes with radial compression of the blank stretched surface A method and tool for forming a hem flange. A larger radius bend is initially formed when a pre-hem flange is formed. A sharper radius bend is subsequently formed when the flange is formed. After the flange is formed, conventional hem forming methods and tools may b... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6742372 | Hemming machine A machine for hemming a sheet metal assembly is disclosed in which the sheet metal assembly includes an inner sheet metal panel and an outer sheet metal panel. The outer panel also has an outer lip which lies in a plane transverse with respect to the plane of the in... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6477881 | Modular system for seaming metal sheets A modular system for seaming and a headstock to perform it, that has a structure, a table (2) and a cradle (1) on which the parts to be machined are supported. It includes a slide that moves in a linear manner (6) and that includes the tools, which are mo... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6460392 | Flange bending apparatus A flange bending apparatus for bending an upstanding flange on an inside perimeter of an automotive window opening. A flanging steel drive reciprocally drives a flanging steel between retracted and extended positions on a frame. The retracted position of ... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6354129 | Bending machine for sheet metal panels with high edges Bending machine for sheet metal panels with high edges, comprising a counter blade fixedly mounted to a stationary base, a mobile blank holder placed above the counter blade, a turnable support for blank holder that is hinged to said stationary base, firs... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6314784 | Modular system for seaming metal sheets A modular system for seaming and a headstock to perform it, that has a structure, a table (2) and a cradle (1) on which the parts to be machined are supported. It includes a slide that moves in a linear manner (6) and that includes the tools, which are mo... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6257043 | Modified flat hem apparatus and method A hemming steel constructed to fold or hem a flange of an outer sheet metal panel onto an inner sheet metal panel has a forming face with a first, generally flat section and a second section inclined to the first section to provide a finished, hemmed flan... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6196041 | Sheet-metal bending press Guide means interposed between a blade-holder (20) and the frame (12) of a bending press comprise a slide (40) slidable along an axis (Z) perpendicular to the plane of the metal sheet (P) to be bent. The blade-holder (20) is coupled to the slide (40) so a... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6185974 | Machine for punching and bending metal sheets There is described a machine for machining metal sheets, which comprises a bending machine for bending sides of a metal sheet and a manipulator-rotator that is mobile in relation to the bending machine for automatic positioning of the metal sheet during b... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6047585 | Apparatus for shaping workpieces An apparatus for shaping panel-shaped workpieces uses an hourglass-shaped roller as bending tool. The workpieces are clamped between a first and a second tool. The second tool has a holding-down surface. Superimposed vertical side surfaces of the tools ar... | 04/11/2000 |
| 6023956 | Device for bending a hollow section with a hold down clamp An apparatus (1) serves to bend a hollow section (2) with which a spacer frame for insulating glass sheets is to be manufactured. For this purpose, the hollow section (2) can already be filled with drying agent during bending or, however, still be empty. ... | 02/15/2000 |
| 5941116 | Bending machine provided with a blank holder having programmable length A bending machine for the production of metal sheet panels having bent edges comprises a blank holder having programmable length provided with blank holder composition segments each formed by a main slidable segment and by an auxiliary segment movably sup... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5842372 | Tool for forming a mason's trig and method A hand tool is disclosed for producing trigs from flat metal strips. The hand tool has a pair of opposite press blocks or "jaws." One jaw serves as a base. It has a loop affixed in it for receiving an insertion portion of the strip. It also has appropriat... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5794481 | Device for bending or curving hollow-section strips A device for bending hollow-section strips (12) with clamping and guiding jaws (20, 21). A bending support (1) is provided, which consists of two bending support parts (2, 3) that engage between clamping and guiding jaws (20, 21). Bending support parts (2... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5765427 | Bending press for sheet metal The press comprises two tool holders facing each other (28a, 28b), capable of relative movement one towards the other and back again. Each tool holder carries a bending tool (40a, 40b) and a clamping tool (42a, 42b). The tool holders (28a, 28b) are in add... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5615571 | Device for cambering conductive fingers on an integrated circuit A device for cambering conductive fingers, including a cambering plate (14) having a mold (16) which corresponds to the camber to be produced, a device for positioning (8) the intermediate substrate relative to the cambering plate (14), a cambering tool (... | 04/01/1997 |
| 5210936 | Method and apparatus for the excise and lead form of TAB devices The excise and lead form of TAB leads bonded to an integrated circuit chip. Leads extending beyond a sidewall are clamped between a first clamp and a form anvil at a first portion spaced from the chip. The leads are also clamped between an excise/form too... | 05/18/1993 |
| 5176017 | Tool position controller of bending machine This invention relates to a tool position controller of a bending machine which can control a bending angle at an arbitrary portion during a bending work. The upper part of this controller is divided into two plates (5a,5a) by groove in a longitudinal dir... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5123270 | Bending unit of a machine for bending metal sheets The bending unit includes a fixed counterblade, a metal sheet holder which, pressing on counterblade, holds one of the edges of metal sheet and a blade arranged on the same side of the metal sheet holder as the metal sheet. This blade, translating with re... | 06/23/1992 |
| 5036694 | Method and apparatus for bending the flange of a workpiece A device for bending a workpiece having a substantially planar leg fixed to a substantially planar cap at an initial angle comprises a block bar having a rounded bending surface for contacting the leg of a workpiece and a punch for urging the leg of the w... | 08/06/1991 |
| 5007264 | Method and apparatus for the bending of workpieces In a method for the bending of workpieces by swivel bending jaws, the bent-off part is to assume a predetermined bending angle with respect to the workpiece, for this purpose, in a first bending operation, at least one corresponding leg is to be bent off ... | 04/16/1991 |
| 4901555 | Hemming apparatus A hemming apparatus for hemming the peripheral part of a work usable for a motorcar in the form of a door, a bonnet or the like includes a lower anvil on which the work is placed, an upper anvil adapted to support the peripheral part of the work from the ... | 02/20/1990 |
| 4891964 | Tool for the final forming of connector pipes The present invention briefly relates to a tool for the synchronous operation of fastening a seal ring to a connector pipe, crimping of the flange-like portion resulting from the clamping, and forming of the end portion of the connector pipe. The tool com... | 01/09/1990 |
| 4856315 | Bending machine for the production of rectangular sheet metal panels starting from flat metal sheets The bending machine for the production of rectangular sheet metal panels includes a vertically traversing blank holder which is formed of a plurality of blank-holding elements, two end elements and two spacers, a fixed counterblade, two opposing blades fi... | 08/15/1989 |
| 4836004 | Folding press for plates The folding press provides two blades 7 and 8 which are supported and actuated by a cutter block 6 which is C-shaped and which is movable in the vertical direction with respect to two counterblades 1 and 5 between which the plate 19 is placed. The cutter ... | 06/06/1989 |
| 4803879 | Slip lock forming apparatus There is provided a new and useful slip lock forming apparatus comprising a support structure, a forming die mounted on the support structure, a clamping mechanism mounted on the support structure and comprising a pair of clamping members movable between ... | 02/14/1989 |
| 4765172 | Method and tools for forming sewing machine binder strip folders A method of and tools for forming sewing machine binder strip folders for folding a cloth binder strip laterally as it is fed to the sewing machine needle for stitching the folded binder strip to fabric which is fed past the needle with the folded strip. ... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4658625 | Bending machine and a die changing system for such bending machine The present invention relates to a bending machine having a bottom die on which a sheet metal workpiece is supported horizontally in a frame body and an upper die which secures the workpiece by pressing against the bottom die. A bending beam is freely mov... | 04/21/1987 |
| 4455857 | Forming press for bending a blank Forming press for making perimetral bends on metal sheets or plates comprising a support structure having a C-shaped cross section with horizontal arms, a fixed lower counterblade, and an upper blank counterblade, movable in a vertical direction, a cutter... | 06/26/1984 |
| 4385513 | Forming presses Forming press for making perimetral bends on metal sheets or plates comprising a support structure having a C-shaped cross section with horizontal arms, a fixed lower counterblade, and an upper blank counterblade, movable in a vertical direction, a cutter... | 05/31/1983 |
| 4356716 | Bending machine A bending machine for flanging sheet metal elements comprises retaining rams for gripping a sheet metal element and at least one drivable bending tool, which is movable about a backing tool that is constituted by an end portion of one retaining ram. To av... | 11/02/1982 |
| 4352282 | Sheet metal panel brake A panel brake has an intermediate jaw disposed between one fixed jaw having a straight edge and another fixed jaw having a curved edge. The intermediate jaw is movable so as to grip a panel against either the straight edge fixed jaw or the curved edge fix... | 10/05/1982 |
| 4351176 | Bending brake hemmer A bending attachment for installation in the jaws of a conventional portable bending brake for the additional bending of a previously partially bent sheet material workpiece. The bending attachment includes a horizontally oriented elongated base section w... | 09/28/1982 |
| 4327570 | Apparatus for bending strip material into toothed shape For bending strip material into toothed shape, the strip is introduced once into a pair of toothed jaws and a bending member is moved from one end position to another to bend the strip about one end tooth, one end flank of which is exposed. The strip is r... | 05/04/1982 |
| 4276843 | Dome tooling to eliminate tab protrusion of a can end A tooling for stretching and doming the end panel of an easy opening end unit wherein the end panel is axially displaced at the center thereof so as to stretch the metal of the end panel and the end panel is bent around a small radius annular corner of a ... | 07/07/1981 |
| 4274451 | Molding device for the stator coil winding heads of electric machines A molding device to flatten stator coil winding heads by thrusting a hollow forming die with a convex head against draw hooks holding the other side of the winding heads.... | 06/23/1981 |
