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Combination Beverage Container and Spittoon
A combination beverage container and spittoon includes a bottom portion including outer wall and a first inner wall defining a spittoon space.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7503200 | Method for correcting a folding operation and folding press Method of correcting a bending operation performed by a press brake, the bottom beam of which contains deformation compensation cylinders, in which a calibration nomogram is pre-recorded using very short calibration pieces, this nomogram establishing a correspondenc... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7152444 | Press-forming machine A press forming machine comprising driving shafts for pressing three or more respective pressure points and displacement measuring means for measuring a displacement close to the pressure point. A central driving shaft among the driving shafts has a gap (the slack) ... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7079919 | Method for setting the travel of a press brake A method for setting the travel of a press brake comprising at least one sensor, which measures a physical parameter (p) that varies with the force exerted by the punch on a piece of sheet metal placed on the die, and an electronic device that controls the displacem... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7013698 | Bending press with a substantially undeformable toolholder beam Bending press comprising: a stationary support structure (11), a first and a second toolholder unit (12, 13) movable relative to each other between an open position and a closed position, actuator means (14) able to command the relative motion b... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7007530 | Bending method and bending device In bending a workpiece, a position of the workpiece relatively pressed down by a punch is directly detected by a plurality of position detectors provided in a V-groove of a die, and a bending speed calculation section obtains a bending speed from a change in this po... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7000447 | Tube bending machine A machine for bending thin wall electrical conduit having first and second spaced apart forming shoes, each having partial arcuate forming surfaces and a movable arcuate shaped third forming shoe mounted on the tabletop between the first and second forming shoes con... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6959581 | Press brake and ram movement method for press brake In a press brake relatively moving an upper table (5U) or a lower table (5L) upward and downward by a plurality of hydraulic cylinders (17L and 17R) so as to perform a bending work, the respective hydraulic cylinders (17L, 17 | 11/01/2005 |
| 6955071 | Mechanical bending apparatus A mechanical bending device (8) for bending flat workpieces (6) has at least one bending tool assembly (9) which includes at least one tool part that can move by means of a bending tool drive (27). When acted on by the tool part that move... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6922903 | Method and apparatus for measuring bent workpieces A method and device for determining the length (b) of at least one of two legs (13, 14), of a workpiece (12) bent toward each other at a bending angle (β) requires location of the workpiece (12) in a defined position. The position of the bendin... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6871521 | Method for operating a bending press and bending press, especially a folding bending press A method of operating a bending press, in particular an edging press, and a bending press for carrying out this method. For each drive of a drive arrangement, the actual pressing force is detected for the displaceable press beam during a bending process for the work... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6810710 | Adjustable forming die, in particular for forming presses In a forming press, a die comprises a pair of half-dies, supported by a bed, able in turn to support an element to be deformed permanently in opposition to the thrust exerted by a forming punch. The die is provided, for each of the half-dies, with two racks associat... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6708541 | Method and apparatus for measuring angle of bend, method of bending, and apparatus for controlling angle of bend An angle detecting head provided with an emitter and a pair of receivers is rocked, and a bent surface of a workpiece bent by a punch and a die of a bending machine is irradiated with a measurement light from the emitter, a reflected light is received by the pair of... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6578403 | Device for adjusting the height of a plurality of tool carriers for a bending press The present invention relates to a device for adjusting the height of a plurality of tool carriers connected to a top panel of a bending press, each tool carrier having a tool spacer, the adjustment device comprising, for each tool carrier, an adjustment ... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6553803 | Method and an apparatus for determining the bending angle of a work piece to be bent The invention provides a method and an apparatus for determining the bending angle of a work piece to be bent by means of a bending apparatus comprising a punch member and a die member cooperating with the punch member. The die member is provided with at ... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6519996 | Pressing-bending machine with a device for detecting the lower and upper cross-members deflection, aimed at interacting with at least one crowning system A pressing-bending machine with a device for detecting the lower and upper cross-members deflection, aimed at interacting with at least one crowning system, essentially made up of means suitable for detecting the elastic deformation on the lower and/or up... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6401512 | Press brake with active lower table A bending press for bending metal sheets, the press comprising a moving top panel and a fixed bottom panel, the bottom panel being constituted by a plate having a top portion and a fixed bottom portion defined by two notches that are symmetrically identic... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6374658 | Bending press with slotted lower panel This invention relates to a bending press for bending metal foils, comprising a mobile panel and a fixed panel. The fixed panel comprises two slots open on the lateral faces of the lower panel and symmetrical with respect to the transverse median plane of... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6233988 | Bending method and bending apparatus for bending machine A bending method and bending apparatus directed to avoiding the risk of die breakage and damage to ram coupling parts due to an abnormal condition of a ram drive shaft and directed to achieving high-accuracy bending in which a uniform bend angle can be pr... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6192732 | Bending method and bending apparatus for bending machine A bending method and bending apparatus directed to avoiding the risk of die breakage and damage to ram coupling parts due to an abnormal condition of a ram drive shaft and directed to achieving high-accuracy bending in which a uniform bend angle can be pr... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6189364 | Bending angle correction method and press brake A bend angle correction method directed to carrying out simple and accurate penetration of a movable die into a fixed die to produce a uniform angle throughout the length of a workpiece, being unaffected by material variations. When bending a sheet-like w... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6032509 | Press brake A press brake comprising a bed for supporting a lower mold on the upper surface thereof, a ram for supporting an upper mold in opposition to said lower mold a driver for causing either the ram or the bed to move for bending a workpiece between the upper a... | 03/07/2000 |
| 5899103 | Bending machine The angle of bend is detected at a plurality of points in a workpiece by angle detecting units during bending of the workpiece. Based on the difference between the bend angle detected at each point and a target bend angle for the workpiece, ball screws ar... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5857366 | Method of bending workpiece to target bending angle accurately and press brake for use in the same method A press brake for bending a sheet-shaped work between an upper tool and a lower die and a method of bending the work are provided. In the method, at first, bending angles at plural positions of the work are measured by a trial bending. Next, based on the ... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5390520 | Closed-frame type pipe-bending press A pipe-bending press with a large bending length in a closed frame construction, has a frame with side columns and upper and lower cross-pieces. The table supporting the lower bending tools is supported at the lower cross-piece and the upper bending tool ... | 02/21/1995 |
| 5329795 | Precision bending press for relatively short pieces of sheet metal A precision bending press for relatively short pieces of sheet metal includes a pair of tool-holder beams one of which is movable towards the other in order to follow a working path in the general common plane of the beams. The movable beam is subdivided,... | 07/19/1994 |
| 5293972 | Hydraulically operated press brake The invention provides a hydraulically operated press brake with a vertically displaceable upper pressure ram member. The pressing force is induced in the region of the two lateral ends thereof. A cooperating stationary ram member is arranged opposite to ... | 03/15/1994 |
| 5272643 | Press brake with crown adjustment and movable table adjustment calculate from first and second die contiguous position An apparatus for controlling a press brake is advantageously employable for a press brake for which a high operational efficiency and a high working accuracy are required. In response to inputting of working conditions inclusive of a target bending angle ... | 12/21/1993 |
| 5193452 | Folding press with deflection compensating means The upper and lower frames of a folding press include a deflector capable of producing a deflection of at least one portion of a press member. A comparison device is provided which includes two longitudinal bars arranged, respectively, in longitudinal hou... | 03/16/1993 |
| 5103665 | Press and an automatic curve-forming device therefor The invention relates to a press such as a folding press and a deep-draw press comprising a press frame with a lower yoke and an upper yoke which are mutually reciprocally movable, wherein the lower yoke and the upper yoke are each provided with co-acting... | 04/14/1992 |
| 5097694 | Method and appratus for bending sheet metal pieces The invention provides a method of bending a sheet metal piece by means of a bending apparatus. The bending apparatus comprises a bending bar, a bending bar holder, a bottom die comprising an adjustable die bottom and a bending bottom die holder. The meth... | 03/24/1992 |
| 5067340 | Precision press brake A bending press comprising a lower frame member, an upper frame member mounted above the lower frame member, tool holding means positioned in operative association with one of the frame members for holding bending tool means, die holding means positioned ... | 11/26/1991 |
| 5009098 | Press and curve-forming means therefor A press that includes a frame which bears a bending device that includes an upper tool and a lower tool which can be moved in a mutually reciprocal manner. The press also includes a curve-forming element for forming a curve on the bending device. The curv... | 04/23/1991 |
| 4930339 | Table with adjustable convexity for a press brake, bed or the like A table is composed of two superimposed horizontal plates braced by two superimposed rows of blocks forming wedges associated pairwise. Blocks of a lower row are linked to the upper face of a lower plate which is itself linked to a fixed base of the machi... | 06/05/1990 |
| 4898015 | Press brake deflection compensating device A deflection compensating device is provided for a press brake. The deflection compensating device includes a base member secured to the bed of the press brake. The base member supports two wedges thereon which extend the length of the device. A top membe... | 02/06/1990 |
| 4736612 | Compensating die holder A compensating bolster and die holder combination for use with the bed of a press brake to provide vertical adjustment and compensating camber to the die holder supported thereby. The die holder is vertically moveable in an open channel of an underlying e... | 04/12/1988 |
| 4732032 | Die crowning apparatus for press brake To crown (deform into a convex state) a die for a press brake (bending press), a number of a pair of upper and lower wedges are arranged between the lower die and the lower table at intervals along the longitudinal direction of the press brake, and simult... | 03/22/1988 |
| 4620435 | Deflection compensating assembly for fabricating machine tools A deflection compensating assembly for deflection sensitive fabricating machine tools such as a press brake. In a press brake, for example, the deflection compensating assembly is mounted between the bed and the lower die or between the ram and the upper ... | 11/04/1986 |
| 4586361 | Press brake deflection compensation structure A deflection compensation structure for a press brake having a frame, a bed on the frame, a ram on the frame, and an elongated die on the bed, the press brake deflection compensation structure including a housing for attachment to the bed of the press bra... | 05/06/1986 |
| 4580434 | Deflection compensating assembly for a press brake A deflection compensating cylinder and auxiliary cross-member assembly, for use with a press brake of the type having a bed, a ram, and a pair of main cylinders actuating the ram. The assembly causes the die-supporting edges of the bed and ram to remain s... | 04/08/1986 |
| 4449389 | Device for bending a tool holder of a folding press or the like This device for bending the tool holder of a folding press comprises structure for controlling the deformation of the wedge secured at either end, in the form of a hollow screw engaged in a socket rigid with the tool holder so that it can accomplish movem... | 05/22/1984 |
