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 |
| 7784324 | Workpiece gripper arrangement for automatic tool change operations A workpiece gripper arrangement for the automatization of presses, including a transfer arrangement for transferring components between workstations, the transfer arrangement includes a girder or carrier with gripper means for holding the components and the gripper ... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7726166 | Multi-step press system A multi-step press system includes a press that consists of a press frame, a table provided on the press frame and a ram provided above the table for making movement in a Z-axis direction. The table has a standby station into which workpieces are loaded one by one a... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7562551 | Press die set for a multi-step press system A press die set for a multi-step press system includes a lower die attached to a table and an upper die attached to a ram, the lower die and the upper die being adapted to simultaneously press-form workpieces placed in press-forming stations. The lower die includes ... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7370507 | Lugged cap forming system Transfer apparatus and method are provided from first (15A, 16A) to second (15B, 16B) stations of tooling in a cap (11) making press. This cap is biased against the first upper tools by a first airstream (50) introduced unde... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7303382 | Coil bridge conveyor A conveying apparatus for directing material into a die. The die includes a material opening to accept the material from a material feed system and is positioned in a press. The conveying system comprises a frame, including a front stanchion, a rear stanchion, a fir... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7290430 | Transferring device A transferring device includes at least one gripper rail, which can be brought into engagement with at least one workpiece and which can be driven in a lifting direction, a closing direction and an advancing direction. The transferring device also includes at least ... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7278288 | Method and device for transferring a workpiece Aspects of the invention relate to a method and a device for transferring workpieces. In the method, at least one first handling device positions and/or securely holds at least one workpiece in a working region of a shaping machine, and, in at least one shaping proc... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7243522 | Method and device for transferring a workpiece Aspects of the invention relate to a method and a device for transferring workpieces. In the method, at least one first handling device positions and/or securely holds at least one workpiece in a working region of a shaping machine, and, in at least one shaping proc... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7128195 | Workpiece transfer system for stamping press A transfer system for transferring workpieces between successive die stations in a stamping press employing elongate bars with workpiece grippers mounted thereon. Two elongate support beams are mounted on vertical primary supports on opposite sides of the press. Two... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7032428 | Feeding unit for transfer press A small-sized feeding unit for a transfer press is provided. To this end, the feeding unit comprises: a feed box body one end of which is attached to side faces of uprights; feed driving means having servo motors disposed within the feed box body and pinions rotativ... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7028527 | Workpiece processing system and method of reconfiguring a workpiece processing system A workpiece processing system having, a first assembly for performing at least a first processing operation on a workpiece at a first location and having a frame, a nesting assembly, a bolster assembly upon which a workpiece can be supported at the first processing ... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7007538 | Breakaway tooling A mounting plate (16) pivotally supports a finger (14) for pivotal movement about a pivot axis A as a shear pin (34) breaks between a post (30) and the finger (14) in response to a predetermined force urging the finger (14) ... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6931905 | Method and apparatus for forming container bodies A pressure sleeve for holding a container body blank in a die cavity at a redraw station in a press has a pair of notches formed in opposed side walls thereof. The notches provide clearance for a pair of opposed grippers of a transfer mechanism which moves container... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6910362 | Tilt mechanism for a transfer rail in a press transfer system A tilt mechanism for a transfer rail that is used to support a plurality of grippers for engaging and moving workpieces between a series of spaced apart work stations in a linear transfer press. The transfer rail forms part of a press transfer system of the type hav... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6910361 | Coupling device A coupling device for releaseably securing together two objects. The coupling device comprises a first housing securable to a first object, a second housing securable to a second object, and an actuator secured to the first housing. The second housing has a hollow b... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6672448 | Transfer device A transfer device having high productivity and is compact. The present invention uses cross bars that have a blank attachment member that are suitable for transferring large blank materials that, prior to processing, do not have rigidity. These large blan... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6604402 | Transfer device for a press A transfer device combines an advance-return drive mechanism and a clamp-unclamp drive mechanism. The transfer device operates from only one side of a press to position both drive mechanisms above a pair of feed bars thereby greatly reducing spatial const... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6481261 | Feed mechanism There is described a feed mechanism for a feed table for translating sheet metal blanks from as automatic notching curling and beading machine to a bodymaker in the process of tin box manufacture. The mechanism comprises a pair of reciprocally drives long... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6463781 | System for drawing outer cylinder of rubber bush A system for drawing an outer cylinder of a rubber bush comprising an inner cylinder serving as a shaft member, the outer cylinder disposed around the inner cylinder and a rubber elastic body interposed between the inner cylinder and the outer cylinder, c... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6347540 | Robot-actuate transfer assembly An apparatus for transferring workpieces between successive die stations in a stamping press, including an elongated bar having a plurality of spaced workpiece engaging means for engaging workpieces at successive die stations. The apparatus comprises moti... | 02/19/2002 |
| 6338264 | Transfer drive for a press A transfer drive is proposed for a press and in particular for a forging machine, in which the intention is to dispense with guides which are sensitive to dirt. For this purpose, the gripper rails are suspended on a hinged-rod arrangement with a three-axi... | 01/15/2002 |
| 6322314 | Press transfer bar A mounting plate (16) for attaching a finger (14) to extend in a cantilevered fashion from a transfer bar (12) in a work piece transfer assembly for a press including a reciprocating member and a series of longitudinally spaced in-line stations wherein ea... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6234302 | Transfer system having a failure protection device A transfer system has at least one transfer device which is driven by several mutually independent drives in the direction of at least a closing/opening axis. In the event of a failure of a drive, an immediate stoppage of parts of the transfer device is p... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6196044 | Press transfer bar-finger support A mounting plate (16) for attaching a finger (14) to extend in a cantilevered fashion from a transfer bar (12) in a work piece transfer assembly for a press including a reciprocating member and a series of longitudinally spaced in-line stations wherein ea... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6192285 | Controller for work transfer system A controller for a work transfer system, capable of performing precise positioning of feed bars during sole driving of the transfer system and simplified in structure to contribute to savings in installation space and cost. The controller has a cam angle ... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6185979 | Traverse-type three-axis transfer system A transfer system is provided for press facilities with several successive press stations. The transfer system has divided cross traverses which, with respect to the transport direction, can be moved from the front and the rear into the tool. Each tool in... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6134939 | Toolless quick release of transfer bar A workpiece transfer assembly (10) for a press includes a reciprocating member and a series of longitudinally spaced in-line stations wherein each station is a further progression of the workpiece (W) forming process. The assembly (10) includes a shaft (1... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6126582 | Transfer presses with an automatic tooling change A multistation press has a transfer device with cross traverses. The transfer device is set up for an automatic tooling change by providing that the cross traverses or the tooling held thereon are to be deposited on passive tooling receiving devices on sl... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6050124 | Transfer feeder having two different drive modes and method of its operation A transfer feeder (2) that is operable in a mechanical synchronism with a press machine (1) to prevent an interference of a movable part in the press machine (1) and a movable part in the transfer feeder (2) is disclosed that comprises a feed drive means ... | 04/18/2000 |
| 5983696 | Transfer system A transfer system for moving work pieces held in workpiece grippers along a first, horizontal axis between a plurality of spaced apart workstations, the transfer system including a press having a ram moveable along a second, vertical axis and a bolster al... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5975284 | Carrier apparatus The present invention relates to a carrier apparatus for clamping a work by a two-dimensional rectangular motion of a pair of feed bars to automatically carry the work linearly. The carrier apparatus has at least three cams for feed and clamp rotated by a... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5941119 | Mechanical device applied in a transfer system Apparatus for use in a transfer system for causing movement in first and second orthogonal directions includes a ball screw for moving a carriage in the first direction a predetermined distance and then moving a primary lever and concurrently a second lev... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5934125 | Refuging system for emergency of transfer feeder There is provided a refuging system for transfer bars of a transfer feeder of a transfer press, in which the transfer bars are driven by a transfer bar driving mechanism including an induction type servo motor. The refuging system includes a servo control... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5802967 | Arrangement for transferring workpieces through a succession of machining stations An arrangement is used for transferring workpieces through a succession of machining stations of a press, a simulator or similar machining system or tool setting system. This arrangement has two spaced transport rails which are arranged parallel to one an... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5771561 | Convertible multistation press A multistation press has a three-axis transfer provided with transport rails onto which carrier rails are placed. The carrier rails carry grippers for the workpieces. During the tool change, the carrier rails are deposited on corresponding receiving devic... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5749290 | Press transfer apparatus A multi-station press is provided with a press transfer device that engages articles at the press stations after processing and transfers the articles to the next station before the press performs its next press cycle. The press transfer device includes a... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5640875 | Die transfer system with modular transfer drive A die transfer system for transferring workpieces between successive die stations in a stamping press includes elongated finger bars having spaced fingers for engaging workpieces at successive die stations, a first drive module for reciprocating the finge... | 06/24/1997 |
| 5617756 | Transfer device in a metal-forming machine In the case of transfer presses and similar metal-forming machines, transfer devices must be provided for the transport of the sheet metal parts through the metal-forming stages. The lifting and lowering movement should be freely programmable, yet, a driv... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5595087 | Apparatus for the transport of parts in a multiple-die press An apparatus for the transport of parts in a multiple-die press is proposed, in which transverse arms supporting the workpiece are provided, which transverse arms are disposed longitudinally displaceably and pivotably on gripper rails.... | 01/21/1997 |
| 5586464 | Modular die transfer system A die transfer system for transferring workpieces through successive dies stations in a stamping press includes an elongated finger bar having spaced fingers for engaging workpieces at successive die stations. A drive module for reciprocating the finger b... | 12/24/1996 |
