Did You Know...
...that when IBM conducted a market study of Chester Carlson's invention in 1959, the company concluded that it would take only 5000 units of his new product to saturate the market? IBM therefore declined to be part of the new product introduction. Too bad for IBM. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, and his new product was the beginning of the Xerox Corporation. It is estimated that every day, worldwide, 3,000,000,000 copies are made!!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7028524 | Pick and place system A wall has a fixed support plate and a die face. A transfer housing and an air cylinder have a cylindrical rod horizontally secured to the support plate. The housing and air cylinder are laterally reciprocable upon the rod. Fingers have lower free ends for receiving... | 04/18/2006 |
| 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 |
| 5713236 | Pick and place transfer A transfer mechanism for a progressive forging machine in which the fingers for transporting workpieces from station to station are arranged to pick the workpieces axially out of dies from which they are being discharged, transfer the workpieces laterally... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5343730 | Turning device for an automatic cross-transfer press The turning device has a guideway (13) which is formed integrally on the tong carrier (3) and in which is guided the roller (16) of an oscillating lever (15). The reciprocating movement of the guideway (13) is transmitted via the oscillating lever (15) to... | 09/06/1994 |
| 5301410 | Workpiece machining center of modular construction and drive module for same Described herein is a drive unit for a machining center of modular construction comprising different work modules with tools which are positively controlled with respect to time, e.g. bending tools, front-feed devices, welding stations, assembly units or ... | 04/12/1994 |
| 5000027 | Finger tilting apparatus for transfer feeder The present invention is concerned with a finger tilting apparatus for a transfer feeder which is preferably employable for a transfer press or the like industrial machine so as to allow a finger to be tilted relative to a feed bar. The apparatus includes... | 03/19/1991 |
| 4471644 | Apparatus for mechanically treating metal components A machine for mechanically treating components, such as metallic hollow members having a body and a bottom. The machine has a stationary frame bearing a plurality of work stations each of which has a tool pair including a first fixed tool coaxial with a m... | 09/18/1984 |
| 4430882 | Multi-stage metal-working machine A blank (17), which has been sheared off from a coil of wire or from a rod, is rotated through 90°, this rotation being required in connection with the forging of this blank. The gripping-jaws (19, 20), serving for the purpose of transport from one stati... | 02/14/1984 |
| 4089203 | Workpiece transfer mechanism A stamping press having a workpiece transfer mechanism connected thereto. The transfer mechanism includes a reciprocating carriage having a rigid cross arm thereon extending transverse to the path of travel of the carriage. A pair of laterally spaced, par... | 05/16/1978 |
| 4084278 | High speed transfer A transfer for a forging or forming machine is disclosed in which the transfer assembly is journaled for pivotal rotation about an axis midway between adjacent die stations. The transfer fingers are mounted to extend radially from the pivot axis to grippe... | 04/18/1978 |
| 3965718 | Transfer mechanism A transfer for a forging machine is disclosed which is operable to progressively transfer workpieces laterally between spaced die stations on a die breast of the machine. The transfer mechanism includes first and second assemblies, each including transfer... | 06/29/1976 |
