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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7395688 | Hog ring fastening device A hog ring fastening device includes a body member, a main pneumatic cylinder attached to the body member, a first swing member supported for turning on the body member, a push means supported on the first swing member, a feed pneumatic cylinder fixed to the first s... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7249485 | Substrate processing apparatus Substrate processing apparatus for processing holes accurately positioned in an long film, comprising: work supporting devices for supporting the work; clamping devices for clamping the work onto the work supporting devices; first movement devices for moving the wor... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7204121 | Method and apparatus for inserting blanks to be threaded in automatic rotary rolling machines A method for inserting blanks to be threaded in automatic rotary rolling machines, in which the step for inserting parts to be machined in the working position occurs at an adjustable, optimized rate, so that the portions of the outer surface of the roller tool affe... | 04/17/2007 |
| 6860132 | Robot and method for bending orthodontic archwires and other medical devices A robotic bending apparatus for bending archwires and other types of elongate, bendable medical devices into a desired configuration includes a first gripping tool and a moveable gripping tool. The first gripping tool can be either fixed with respect to a base or ta... | 03/01/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6341517 | Wire bending apparatus A wire bending device includes an upright frame and a wire feed hopper for dispensing wire rods. A wire bending section is mounted on the frame, and at least one transport arm is pivotally mounted on the frame, the transport arm operative to transport wir... | 01/29/2002 |
| 6065325 | Automatic stamping machine An automatic stamping machine, which includes a material feed unit controlled to feed metal sheet materials one after another, a locating unit controlled to position metal sheet materials carried from the material feed unit one after another, a conveyer u... | 05/23/2000 |
| 5950475 | Mechanical coin feed for a souvenir penny press A coin feed for a souvenir coin elongation machine having a housing, a coin slot formed in the top of the housing, a pair of embossing rolls having a predetermined number (N) of embossing plates spaced equally around the outer circumferential surface of a... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5950485 | System for producing bent sheet-metal articles and components of the system The system for producing bent sheet-metal articles comprises a bending machine (80) having a punch (84) and a die (86) which cooperate with each other and define a bending space, and a manipulator (64) having a movable head (76) which can grip a piece of ... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5927126 | Bending machine for bending wire-like material, such as pipes, rods or section members A bending machine (1) for bending wire-like material, such as pipes, rods or section members, comprises a machine bed (2) supporting a carriage provided with a gripper (10) for controllably turning and translating a workpiece, and a curving head (50) whic... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5894754 | System for producing bent sheet-metal articles and components of the system The system for producing bent sheet-metal articles comprises a bending machine (80) having a punch (84) and a die (86) which cooperate with each other and define a bending space, and a manipulator (64) having a movable head (76) which can grip a piece of ... | 04/20/1999 |
| 5857377 | System for producing bent sheet-metal articles and components of the system The system for producing bent sheet-metal articles comprises a bending machine (80) having a punch (84) and a die (86) which cooperate with each other and define a bending space, and a manipulator (64) having a movable head (76) which can grip a piece of ... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5819570 | Motor driven portable crimper having a detection mechanism to automatically turn off the motor A crimping station of a motor-driven portable crimper (A) has a movable head driven by a motor (M) to reciprocate straight towards and away from a fixed anvil. An automatic switch will automatically stop the motor upon detection of the movable head retrac... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5740689 | Wheel spoke extrusion stretcher A wheel spoke extrusion stretcher including a main shaft turned by a motor through a belt transmission mechanism, two driven shafts turned by said main shaft through helical gears, a main sliding block coupled to the driven shafts by a crank and holding a... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5709124 | Hog ring clamping device The present invention relates to a hog ring clamping device such as a C ring clamping device. In the hog ring clamping device of the invention, a hog ring magazine and jaws are provided to a hog ring clamping device body. A main pneumatic cylinder for mov... | 01/20/1998 |
| 5687613 | Crimp connector applicator An applicator for installing pre-insulated crimp connectors on the bare ends of electrical wires has a body with a straight-through passageway which permits loading a single connector in the applicator with a pulse of pressurized air. The connector is pro... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5660516 | Turning easy open can top tabs over automatically when these tabs are made up-side-down A press assembly for forming and attaching lift-tabs to can ends to form lift-tab can ends. A tab press is mounted on a frame for forming at least one lane of lift-tabs in a strip of metal stock material wherein the strip of metal stock material with the ... | 08/26/1997 |
| 5582056 | Installation for cutting a knife material An installation for cutting a knife material which accurately cuts and produces an intermediate knife material to be supplied to a bending device for bending and forming a knife for working a sheet body. The installation is provided with a repository memb... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5542275 | Flat die thread roller A flat die thread rolling machine provides a cam drive for the reciprocating slide which operates through a linkage to cause reciprocation of the slide. The cam provides a dwell which holds the reciprocating die stationary before the commencement of the w... | 08/06/1996 |
| 5471863 | Precision crimping apparatus The present invention is a crimping tool that utilizes a die member having a die opening for receiving a terminal therein to be crimped. The tool includes a crimping station that is within the die opening. The terminals are arranged on a carrier strip and... | 12/05/1995 |
| 5392630 | Unit and method for feeding semifinished parts on to a forming machine, particularly a press A semifinished part feed unit having an indexing table for transferring a stack of semifinished parts from a loading station to a pickoff station; a robot handling fixture for transferring one part at a time from the pickoff station to a press; a detectin... | 02/28/1995 |
| 5357778 | Automatic reinforced bar bending apparatus An automatic reinforced bar bending apparatus comprising a dispensing machine, a feeding machine, and a bending machine is provided. The apparatus is operated in such a manner that the dispensing machine dispenses from a large number of reinforced bars a ... | 10/25/1994 |
| 5301534 | Multiple lane ironing and doming apparatus A multiple lane ironing and doming apparatus for ironing and doming cup-shaped blanks into can bodies by pushing them through ironing dies by reciprocations of punches. The apparatus comprises: a plurality of punches vertically held and retained at their ... | 04/12/1994 |
| 5272896 | Forging method and system A forging method for making a forged product from an elongate steel bar material. The forging comprises a heating step in which the elongate bar material is heated, a cutting step in which the heated bar material is cut into billet materials each having a... | 12/28/1993 |
| 5228322 | Plant to select and bend bars for building work Plant and method to select and bend bars for building work, which is suitable to select and bend simultaneously in a substantially identical manner a plurality of bars, starting with substantially identical bars, the plant comprising at least one store, a... | 07/20/1993 |
| 5159825 | Dedimpling apparatus A dedimpler apparatus is provided in which tubes are serially introduced into a dedimpler machine which removes constrictions or dimples from the tube wall at the cut ends thereof to form cylindrically true ends, and then the tubes are automatically trans... | 11/03/1992 |
| 5123273 | Hog ring clamping device The present invention relates to a hog ring clamping device such as a C ring clamping device. In the hog ring clamping device of the invention, a knock pin is mounted to a movable member of a jaw driving unit, a pivotable member is mounted to a hog ring c... | 06/23/1992 |
| 5060500 | Apparatus for automatically forming a pointed end of raw pipe to be drawn Apparatus for automatically forming pointed ends for raw metal pipes such as aluminum pipes subject to a drawing process, the pointed end of the pipes being of a reduced diameter convenient for the drawing process. A transporting device moves each raw pip... | 10/29/1991 |
| 4928511 | Rotary cup infeed Apparatus for forming elongated metal cans from relatively short cups by utilizing a reciprocating ram to drive the cups one at a time through a die pack, is provided with a continuously rotating feeder that transfers the cups from the exit of a gravity f... | 05/29/1990 |
| 4766756 | Continuous processing machine assembly for bending long rods or tubes A continuous processing machine for bending long metal rods includes a rod bundle handling machine for separating a bundle of rods and advancing the rods one after the other, a rod cutting station and a rod bending station provided downstream of the handl... | 08/30/1988 |
| 4766754 | Continuous process for bending long rods or tubes A continuous process for bending long metal rods comprises separating and feeding a bundle of rods and advancing the rods one by one to a rod cutting station downstream, cutting the rods and feeding them to a rod bending station downstream of the cutting ... | 08/30/1988 |
| 4765176 | Tool for mounting cable end sleeves A tool for mounting cable end sleeves on the ends of cables, the tool having two profiled clamping jaws which can be pressed against a cable end sleeve by means of two pliers arms via a toggle joint. The sleeves to be mounted form an end sleeve magazine t... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4730477 | Workpiece feeding-ejection mechanism Apparatus for feeding, locating and ejecting tubular workpieces to and from a horizontal recess in a vertical die face wherein the workpiece projects beyond the opposite sides of the die includes a horizontally reciprocable feed means mounted for reciproc... | 03/15/1988 |
| 4677837 | Flat die thread roller The stationary die of a flat die thread rolling machine is supported on a series of stacked members which may be automatically unclamped, automatically adjusted and then automatically re-clamped to hold the stationary die in a precisely adjusted position ... | 07/07/1987 |
| 4608846 | Dedimpler apparatus Tube dedimpler apparatus is provided with a walking-beam conveyor in which parallel disposed walking-beams are directed through closed, congruent, vertical, workpiece-transfer paths using paired crank arms which are driven in unison by means including res... | 09/02/1986 |
| 4586363 | Blind riveting machine A blind-riveting machine comprises a transfer device having suction means to hold a mandrel stem and carry it into vertical alignment with a bore in a nosepiece of a rivet-setting device. With the blind-riveting assembly thus poised, the suction is releas... | 05/06/1986 |
| 4585114 | Apparatus for the lateral transfer of mandrels in a tube rolling mill Apparatus for the transfer of mandrels from a lube conveyor to a parallel mandrel pre-insertion line comprises a plurality of transfer devices each of which has an arm for the direct transfer of the mandrels which is disappearingly movable transversely be... | 04/29/1986 |
| 4571981 | Spike straightening apparatus An apparatus for straightening a rail spike or the like includes a pair of said facing support arms mounted for pivotal movement about spaced axes on a frame, male die blocks mounted on the arms for movement therewith toward confronting angularly related ... | 02/25/1986 |
| 4565081 | Forming machine A forming machine comprises a rotatingly drivable gripping device (1) for gripping a forming tool (2) and a material plate (3) to be formed, a movable lower slide (6), a first drive (8) for moving the lower slide, a movable upper slide (10, 35) mounted on... | 01/21/1986 |
| 4544002 | Automatic spring compressing machine A machine for compressing compression coil springs to length. A crank-operated plunger reciprocates within a chamber receiving springs to be compressed, and from a magazine springs are automatically fed into the compression chamber and released therefrom.... | 10/01/1985 |
