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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7204115 | Axial thread-rolling head An axial thread-rolling head comprising a shank and a bearing unit held by said shank and having the profiled rolling dies wherein said shank has an elongate gripping portion, a first clutch portion, a supporting portion for the bearing unit, and a driver portion fo... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7134312 | Die apparatus and die exchanging method in pressing machine Improved die arrangements are provided whereby both an upper die and a lower die can easily be loaded into and unloaded from their respective die holders in a die exchanging operation. An improved die apparatus in a pressing machine in which an upper die set is secu... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7069766 | Cope holder device An upper die holder apparatus having a holder body has an upper die clamp supported to the holder body with a supporting point supporting the upper die clamp in a vicinity of a center in a vertical direction of the holder body. A clamping force applier is provided t... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7007537 | Clam shell system A work piece has an interior cylindrical component. The interior cylindrical component is composed of a beam. The beam is adapted to apply pressure to remove the work piece. An intermediate cylindrical component has four radial spaced cylindrical control arms, an in... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6543270 | Auto body dent repair tool A kit of parts for auto body dent repair includes a plurality of tool bodies (11) and a plurality of tips (80). Each tool body includes a rearward shaft (20) and handle (60). The rearward shafts of the various tool bodies include both those with compound ... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6439025 | Sheet metal dent removing device A sheet metal dent removing device for combining a drill and a slide hammer used for removing dents. The sheet metal dent removing device includes an electric drill. The electric drill includes a body having a distal end, a proximal end and a peripheral w... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6389863 | Residue stripper for metal-extrusion press A stripper assembly used in combination with a metal-extrusion press having a die with a back face on which residue is formed during an extrusion operation, has a blade carrier movable generally parallel to the die back face, a blade pivotal on the carrie... | 05/21/2002 |
| 5979216 | Wear resistant tool insert A wear-resistant tool insert for machines used in the manufacture of nails, screws, rivets and similar items from a wire starting material. The tool insert is of divided design in the axial direction of the supplied wire. Thus, during application of the t... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5946966 | Upset forging machine assembly having a quick change header A upset forging machine assembly (20) including a pair of gripper dies (22, 24) for gripping forging stock in a closed position and movable to an open position for receiving stock and removing a forged part. A gripper drive mechanism (34) moves the grippe... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5918501 | Sheet metal drawing tool and method for repairing sheet metal The invention provides a tool and method for repairing a sheet metal according which a dented portion of a sheet metal can be easily and appropriately pulled out with a minimal force. The tool has a simple structure and adapted to be used in the method. T... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5860315 | Device for securing tools A device for securing a tool includes a punch or die having a recess disposed within an exterior surface for mating with an engagement member. Another aspect of the present invention provides an engagement member with a partially spherical external surfac... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5782130 | Apparatus for retaining tools An apparatus for retaining a tool (20) employs a fastener (22) which has a protuberance (122) engagable with a recess (60) of the tool. The fastener (22) is secured to a fixture (24) thereby serving to concurrently retain the tool (20) to the fixture (24)... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5619885 | Upper tool holder apparatus for press brake and method of holding the upper tool In an upper tool for a press brake clamped between a support plate (7) of an upper tool holder body (5) attached to a lower portion of an upper table (3) and an upper tool clamp member (11), the upper tool (9) is formed with an inclined surface (9S) narro... | 04/15/1997 |
| 5297412 | Wire working tool and holder A wire working machine and system are described with a working platform on which a rotatable mount with individually controllable wire working tool actuators is provided. The rotatable mount surrounds a workzone in which wire is worked with the tool mount... | 03/29/1994 |
| 5181302 | Die construction for clipper mechanism A clipper Mechanism which is utilized to form U-shaped clips about gathered material embodies a receiving die mounted on an elastic material to compensate for variations in the cross sectional area about which the clip is applied.... | 01/26/1993 |
| 5131251 | Chuck set-up for spring coiling machine A chuck and arbor apparatus for a spring coiling machine implements an accurate alignment of the block wire guide with the feed line guides from the wire supply rolls. The chuck is modified to provide for discrete, axial clamping positions which correspon... | 07/21/1992 |
| 5099668 | Universal plying iron A universal plying iron is described, consisting of a base plate with a mold support positioned on bracket supports in such a way as to match the contour and mold level of the section to be bent on the base plate, the section to be bent, in the form of a ... | 03/31/1992 |
| 5007282 | Stamping and forming machine having interchangeable punch sub-assembly A punch assembly of a stamping and forming machine has a separate sub-assembly which is removably secured to the ram of the punch assembly. The sub-assembly comprises a punch holder, a stripper plate, and at least one punch. The stripper plate is coupled ... | 04/16/1991 |
| 4930334 | Quick change structure for trim die A quick change apparatus for a trim die assembly is provided to reduce die set-up and change-over time. The trim die assembly is provided with lift hooks for the forks of a forklift truck to carry it between storage and the press and to eliminate potentia... | 06/05/1990 |
| 4926672 | Pipe bender The invention comprises an improved pipe bender for accommodating multiple pipes of varying diameters and sidewall thicknesses and bending sections of them into an arcuate form without deforming or collapsing the sidewalls of the pipe. The pipe bender com... | 05/22/1990 |
| 4691553 | Safety power tool A safety power tool is described which is useful as a hardware insertion press. It includes a punch aligned slideably between an anvil and a short stroke power ram adapted to move the punch toward the anvil through a relatively short distance and a spacer... | 09/08/1987 |
| 4581916 | Press roller transfer system A press table including a plurality of formed wells and canals. A plurality of cylinders received in said well supporting a frame structure comprised of a plurality of channel member positions to be received in said canals. A plurality of rollers are fixa... | 04/15/1986 |
| 4552010 | Pulling head for blind fasteners An improved pulling head is provided for setting blinds fasteners, such as by pulling the setting pin of a blind rivet or the like, wherein the pulling head is rapidly and easily adjustable for use with blind fasteners of different sizes or types. The imp... | 11/12/1985 |
| 4548065 | Stretch-forming tool A stretch-forming tool to provide a variable tool contour for the stretch-wrap forming and joggling of extrusions of aluminum, or the like, to any of a variety of different contours. The present tool comprises a base plate in which a plurality of elongate... | 10/22/1985 |
| 4538441 | Redrawing-ironing apparatus In a redrawing-ironing apparatus provided with a punch fixed on a ram, a die means including a redrawing die and ironing dies, an annular piston for fastening the die means, a cup retained pad adapted to push the inner periphery of the bottom of a drawn c... | 09/03/1985 |
| 4300382 | Automobile body dent puller A tool for straightening indentations in sheet metal has a pair of levers each having first and second legs disposed angularly to one another and a pivot pin for journally mounting the levers together for pivotable movement about the pin. The levers may b... | 11/17/1981 |
| 4112731 | Light gauge sheet metal forming machine A semi-automatic sheet metal forming machine for forming light gauge metal having a bed formed of a plurality of adjustable and interchangeable spaced spacer plates of various widths, a forming bar having a plurality of removable and interchangeable formi... | 09/12/1978 |
| 4028921 | Tooth forming rack with replaceable inserts An improved tool in the form of a tooth forming rack for cold working a cylindrical workpiece to form teeth thereon to produce, for example, a toothed gear is provided. The rack comprises a plurality of releasable inserts mounted on a tool holder. The ins... | 06/14/1977 |