Did You Know...
...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8402806 | Installation/processing systems and methods of using the same Installation/processing tools may be used to install one or more expandable structures in a workpiece. An installation/processing tool may include an expansion mandrel, a processing tool, and an expansion assembly having an expansion jaw movable between a collapsed ... | 03/26/2013 |
| 8069699 | Installation/processing systems and methods of using the same Installation/processing tools may be used to install one or more expandable structures in a workpiece. An installation/processing tool may include an expansion mandrel, a processing tool, and an expansion assembly having an expansion jaw movable between a collapsed ... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8061178 | Self-aligning tools and seating assemblies Self-aligning tools may be used to install and reposition an expandable structure in a workpiece. A self-aligning installation system may include an expansion mandrel, self-aligning nose cap assembly, and an installation tool for driving the mandrel. The expansion m... | 11/22/2011 |
| 7958766 | Self-aligning tools and a mandrel with retention sleeve Self-aligning tools may be used to install and reposition an expandable structure in a workpiece. A self-aligning installation system may include an expansion mandrel, self-aligning nose cap assembly, and an installation tool for driving the mandrel. The expansion m... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7665342 | Compact universal offset pulling head for fasteners A universal offset pulling head assembly for exerting an axial pulling force on a fastener allows the same pulling head assembly to be utilized for a variety of different fastener sizes and types by exchanging a front plate assembly, where the front plate assembly m... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7437904 | Coldwork tool assembly A coldwork tool assembly including an outer housing and an inner housing in telescopic arrangement with each other and a retaining collar configured to accommodate a plurality of mandrel configurations. One of a plurality of various mandrels is removably coupled to ... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7363798 | Flexible extension for pulling tools A flexible extension device that can be mounted between a fastener installation tool and a pulling head. The device can flex over a range up to about 45 degrees and can operate under tensile and compressive loads required for installing fasteners. It includes adapte... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7346970 | Setting device for blind rivet nuts The setting device for blind rivet nuts is characterized by an electric motor with a drive shaft which is arranged in a first housing part and connected via a transmission means to a tool housing part which is arranged in parallel with the drive shaft, a tool shaft ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7346971 | Blind rivet monitoring system supply pressure compensation A rivet set quality monitoring system is disclosed. A supply pressure sensor monitors the supply pressure to the tool. The tool has a second sensor which monitors strains or loads associated with a rivet set event. A processor evaluates outputs from the pressure sen... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7313852 | Method of forming a rivet using a riveting apparatus A riveting yoke assembly (11) comprises a yoke (30), a force applying mechanism (22) and a rivet forming device (34, 36). The yoke has a first end (38), a second end (40), and a middle section (42) coupled between the... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7293339 | Low swage load fastening system and method A low swage load fastening system is provided for installing swage-type fasteners to secure a plurality of workpieces together. The fastener includes a pin member having an elongated pin shank to be located in aligned openings in the workpieces. An enlarged head at ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7243525 | Multi-angle hand rivet squeezer A hand rivet squeezer with adjustable handles includes a riveting head body, and C-shaped anvil yoke and stationary and lever swing-arm handles attached to the body. A mechanical linkage inside the body converts pivoting forces applied to the lever swing-arm into ax... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7219526 | Portable pneumatic compression riveter A portable pneumatic compression riveter consists of a valve, air cylinder and rivet head assembly consisting of an alligator style set of jaws or a c-yoke style jaw set that is used to upset solid rivets used primarily, but not limited to, the aerospace industry. D... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7207205 | Magnetic dent removal device, method and kit A magnetic dent removal device (18), method and kit comprises a handle assembly (20) used with a burnishing element (24). The handle assembly (20) includes a handle (26), a containment cup (30) and a magnet (22) recei... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7191634 | Method and apparatus for dent repair A unique tool for removing dents from sheet metal that is best accessed or can only be accessed from the same side of the metal surface from which the dent was originally created. The tool has a lower plate and an upper plate. The lower plate has a lower side proxim... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7146715 | Spin pressure power tool Apparatus for installing a rivet nut or the like having an intentionally threaded shaft wherein the apparatus includes a hydraulically geared power tool having an inner hydraulic fluid containing a chamber and a screw adapted to engage the threaded shaft of the nut ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7107814 | Pneumatic precision pliers The invention relates to a device for pneumatically operating a tool which can be driven by means of pressure, such especially, pneumatic pliers. The device has a cylinder comprising one or more pneumatically operated, nonpositively fitted pistons arranged in a row,... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7100264 | Method of installing double flanged bushings A bushing (52) has two bushing parts (52, 58), each of which includes a tubular section (54, 60) and a radial flange section (56, 62) Tubular section (54) is inserted into an opening (38) in a work member (40), from o... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7024908 | Fatigue enhancement of material surrounding openings in workpieces An elongated first tubular member has a mandrel receiving center passageway and a slotted outer end portion that comprises first axial fingers separated by first axial slots. An elongated second tubular member surrounds the first tubular member and has a slotted out... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7024909 | Non-impact swaging apparatus An improved machine for performing a swaging operation includes a mandrel and an expandable collet that are mounted to an actuator such as a conventional pneumatic gun. The mandrel includes a plurality of ramped planar engagement surfaces that are slidably engageabl... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6842962 | Sheet joining method and apparatus and a rivet for use in the method A method and apparatus for joining together two or more superimposed generally planar sheets by setting a fastener in engagement with the sheets at a predetermined location. The sheets are superimposed and placed in a fastener setting and sheet deforming assembly. T... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6655185 | Vehicle repairing device The present invention aims to provide a vehicle repairing device capable of pulling out a damaged portion to a predetermined position safely and easily. A device for pulling out a damaged portion of a panel surface to a normal position includes a first pu... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6182345 | Gripping jaw assembly with in phase jaws A gripping jaw assembly for a pull tool for setting pull type fasteners of a type which include a pin and collar and/or sleeve with the pin having a pull portion adapted to be gripped by a plurality of jaws in the jaw assembly with the jaws having a plura... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6161273 | Method and apparatus for forming rivet joints A method and apparatus for forming rivet joints that allow pivotal motion of the parts interconnected by such joints with a desired amount of clearance. Parts to be riveted together are aligned with each other and held in place on a parts support anvil, a... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6021571 | Apparatus for forming collars in workpieces The invention concerns apparatus for forming collars in workpieces, where said apparatus comprises a bending former having an inner forming segment (16) and an outer forming segment (12) receiving a workpiece (96), further a plunger (24) for drawing throu... | 02/08/2000 |
| 5943898 | Method and apparatus to coldwork holes A method and apparatus for coldworking holes using a pre-lubricated tubular seamless sleeve made of shape memory alloys. The apparatus uses a pre-lubricated tubular seamless sleeve made of shape memory alloys, a mandrel having a larger diameter end, a nos... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5881595 | Method of manufacturing tubular member having integral exterior protrusions A tubular member having integral exterior protrusions is manufactured by providing a hollow element, for example by extrusion, having therein an axially extending interior defined by a surrounding wall having a thickness varying circumferentially. Such ho... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5855054 | Method and apparatus for forming rivet joints A method and apparatus for forming rivet joints that allow pivotal motion of the parts interconnected by such joints with a desired amount of clearance. Parts to be riveted together are aligned with each other and held in place on a parts support anvil, a... | 01/05/1999 |
| 5732587 | Metallic workpiece having to-be-ironed section and method for forming the same A metallic workpiece has a to-be-ironed section to be shaped by means of a punch member. The to-be-ironed section is ironed by moving the punch member in a first direction with a side face of the punch member pressed against the surface of the to-be-irone... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5647209 | Fastener installation tool with positive pressure pintail removal system A tool for use in installing fasteners in workpieces is disclosed. The tool includes a pintail bore which includes a passage extending through the nose assembly, the piston, and the back cap. An air channel connected to a supply of pressurized air is conn... | 07/15/1997 |
| 5640879 | Method and device for expanding metal tubes A method and a device for the draw expansion of metal tubes of oval cross-section uses expansion elements drawn unidirectionally through metal tubes by means of draw elements. The expansion elements are fastened to the draw elements by suspension devices ... | 06/24/1997 |
| 5613395 | Coldworking tool automation In an automatic apparatus including a frame defining a work axis relative to a workpiece held in position relative to the frame, a transfer assembly on the frame and operatively associated with a machine tool for moving the machine tool into and out of po... | 03/25/1997 |
| 5579641 | Air return piston for use in a fastener installation tool A tool for use in installing fasteners in workpieces is disclosed. The tool includes a piston cylinder and a piston slidably disposed within the piston cylinder which defines a forward piston chamber and a return piston chamber within the piston cylinder.... | 12/03/1996 |
| 5526669 | Computer controlled pull gun system A computer controlled pull gun system for pulling interference fit fasteners into a mounting hole. The pull gun has a rotatable and axially movable mandrel the is driven by a pneumatic motor. An axially movable piston in a hydraulic cylinder of the pull g... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5433100 | Apparatus for split sleeve and tubular bushing cold expansion A nosepiece apparatus for use in conjunction with a pull gun for prestressing fastener holes, or the like, in a workpiece, the nosepiece including an adapter (12) having a central passageway (19) therethrough and a rear end (20) adapted to be mounted to a... | 07/18/1995 |
| 5361474 | Riveter A riveter includes a handle, a chuck coupled to the handle, a casing secured to the body, a seat extended from the casing, a chamber formed in the seat for slidably receiving the chuck, and a disc rotatably secured to the seat, two or more mouths of diffe... | 11/08/1994 |
| 5361473 | Rivet setting anvil A rivet setting anvil is provided with a replaceable clinching head that allows the rivet rolling surface to be replaced without replacing the entire anvil. The clinching head may be threaded to the pedestal portion of the anvil or retained with a releasa... | 11/08/1994 |
| 5333486 | Sheet metal drawing equipment A sheet metal drawing equipment capable of rapidly and positively carrying out sheet metal drawing without skill and effectively smoothing a surface of a sheet metal material. The equipment includes a first operation mechanism provided with at a distal en... | 08/02/1994 |
| 5331831 | Hardware sensor The present invention is an apparatus for detecting fault conditions, such as missing or improper hardware, in the operation of a fastener press. It includes a workpiece die that is aligned with and cooperates with a punch assembly in the insertion of the... | 07/26/1994 |
| 5305627 | Split sleeve cold expansion An internally lubricated, longitudinally split sleeve is positioned on a small diameter portion a mandrel having a rear end connected to a piston with a puller tool. The rear end of the split sleeve is flared and is against the front end of a tubular slee... | 04/26/1994 |
