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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7353681 | Roll embossing of discrete features A cold rolling process for impressing a pattern on a surface of a sheet metal article involves passing the sheet article through a pair of rolls and engaging a patterning feature with isolated areas of a surface of the sheet article, at a localized pressure to plast... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7096709 | Graphic arts die and support plate assembly A graphic arts die and support plate assembly is provided that is adapted to be mounted as a unit on the chase of a flat bed or rotary graphic arts press. The assembly includes a plurality of spaced individual dies fixedly mounted in predetermined relative relations... | 08/29/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6895797 | Punch assembly with feed gap maximization A punch assembly for punching or forming sheet metal has a circumferentially extending, horizontally disposed supporting flange that is slideably mounted upon the body of the punch assembly as a part thereof for supporting the punch assembly on a punch press. A resi... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6374660 | Slide hammer quick attachment apparatus A quick-release apparatus for use with slide hammers includes a shaft adapter portion which is threaded onto the slide hammer shaft and at least one tool adapter portion which is threaded onto the hook or tool to be used. The shaft adapter portion and too... | 04/23/2002 |
| 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 |
| 5461900 | Vehicle body repair tool A device for use in the repair of automobiles, trucks, farm equipment and other vehicles having sheet metal bodies capable of deformation from impact accidents, which device includes a main body portion having a first nestable solid section and a second t... | 10/31/1995 |
| 4535616 | Flaring tool A flaring tool for conduit utilizing a yoke adapted to support a holder capable of selectively accommodating various sizes of tubes and employing a threaded actuator having a torque producing handle at one end, and a flaring head at the other. The flaring... | 08/20/1985 |
| 4201071 | Mandrel for high pressure tube extrusion press Disclosed is a mandrel for a high pressure tube extrusion press. The mandrel comprises a tip member providing a tip adapted to be positioned in the die opening of the press to present an annular gap for tube extrusion, and a carrier for the tip member. Th... | 05/06/1980 |
