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Mountable Printable Placard With Headband
A resilient headband in a shape for being mounted on the head of the user. The headband is equipped with a longitudinal slotted member for holding a placard.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7950259 | Method and apparatus for trimming a can A trimming turret including a first trimmer head including a first pilot. The turret is configured to receive a stress induced plastically deformed container having earing about a respective opening in the container, and at least one of (i) direct the container to t... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7389666 | Method for treating the surface of a machine element A method for treating the surface of a machine element, such as the raceway and/or a rolling element of a rolling element bearing, comprising the steps of—subjecting the surface to a hard turning operation so as to obtain a specific roughness profile having a seri... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7334337 | Method of manufacturing cylindrical bearing member A small-bored cylindrical bearing member which can enhance the maintainability for a lubricating oil therein. The member has blind grooves in a seamless cylindrical central body portion of the interior hollow cylindrical surface of the bearing member. A method of ma... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7325430 | Method for locally surface-modifying of aluminum alloy sheet to improve formability thereof Disclosed herein is a method for improving the formability of an aluminum alloy sheet by locally modifying the surface of the aluminum alloy sheet. The method comprises: a sheet fixing step of fixing a sheet to be locally surface-modified; and a local surface modifi... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7284406 | Tube end forming and coping method and apparatus Apparatus for both forming and coping the end of a tube. The tube is gripped such that it is aligned with a movable first tool assembly that is positioned, in a first operation, adjacent said tube end. The tool assembly is then controlled in a manner such that the t... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7251975 | Manufacturing tool for fluid dynamic bearing A manufacturing tool (20) for forming a dynamic pressure groove (52) in an inner peripheral surface of a bearing sleeve (50) includes a tool shaft (21) for being rotated in a bore of the bearing sleeve while being moved in an axial direct... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7162904 | Method for producing a bung for a metal cask A method for producing a bung for a metal cask that does not require a conventional collar and seal, and that simplifies the operations for forming the bung. The method disclosed in the present application includes the following steps. First, a prestamping operation... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7159428 | Pre-beading method and apparatus A pre-beading apparatus for fashioning a cylindrical includes a housing have a work surface and an aperture formed in the work surface, where the aperture is capable of accommodating the cylindrical workpiece. A rotatable head assembly is concentrically aligned with... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7150172 | Burring device A burring device is provided which can efficiently perform continuous burring. The burring device has a work holder which has a burring hole and which holds a work object, a pusher rod which rotatably supports the base end of a metal core which has a processing part... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7134303 | Device for socket-deforming a tube end and for adjusting its length A device (1) for socket-deforming an end of a tube, for example a tube of a heat exchanger, and for cutting that tube to a desired length, the cutting taking place at the end to be deformed. The The device (1) comprises a deformation and cutting member... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7041149 | Sintered sprocket for silent chain and production method therefor A sintered sprocket has a high overall density and excellent contact pressure resistance. The sprocket is produced from a sintered alloy selected from the following alloys ((1) to (3)), is densified to have a relative density of 95% or higher in the surface layer of... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7024912 | Deformation of thin walled bodies A thin walled body such as a container is gripped at a holding station and tooling is engaged to deform the wall of the body at a predetermined zone. The predetermined wall zone is co-aligned with the tooling by means of co-ordinated movement of the tooling (typical... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7013692 | Valve guide grooving tool A tool for grooving an outer surface of a valve guide comprising a tool body, a tightening nut disposed about a portion of the tool body, one or more rollers rotatably mounted within a bushing, and a handle for rotating the one or more rollers of the tool about the ... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7007371 | Method of manufacturing a magnetic strip magnet speed ring A method of manufacturing a speed ring in a continuous process using a magnetizing fixture and a trimming fixture. An unmagnetized magnetic strip is fed into the trolley of a magnetizing fixture, clamped stretched, and magnetized by a coil. The newly magnetized stri... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7004000 | Deformation of thin walled bodies A thin walled body such as a container is gripped at a holding station and tooling is engaged to deform the wall of the body at a predetermined zone. The predetermined wall zone is co-aligned with the tooling by means of co-ordinated movement of the tooling (typical... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7003999 | Deformation on thin walled bodies A thin walled body such as a container (1) is gripped at a holding station and tooling (10) is engaged to deform the wall of the body at a predetermined zone. The predetermined wall zone is co-aligned with the tooling (10) by means of coordinate... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7003997 | Method and apparatus to reduce deformation in sheets cut by cutting tool The present invention is a method for reducing the deformation along a cut contour edge (26) of a sheet (2) caused by the cutting process whereby sheet material (4) protrudes above the top surface of the sheet being cut. One group of embodiments... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6978649 | Method and apparatus for producing a vehicle wheel rim This invention relates an improved wheel rim roll forming apparatus for producing a vehicle wheel rim. The wheel rim roll forming apparatus includes an inner member adapted to support a flared wheel rim preform thereon, an outer member supported relative to the inne... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6971173 | Method of making a rim for a vehicle wheel A method of making a rim of sheet metal for a vehicle wheel, in which: a rectangular geometric shape is cut out of a blank of sheet metal; the blank is bent to obtain a cylindrical hoop; the two fr... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6959576 | Cold forming of splined transmission hubs A method for cold forming splined transmission hubs is provided. A blank (10) with an inner surface and an outer surface is secured on a tool insert support member (100). The tool insert support member (100) has an internal spline tooth profile ... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6711926 | Method of manufacturing a hockey puck A method of manufacturing a hockey puck for enhancing a hockey player's skills, strength and endurance. The method of manufacturing a hockey puck includes the steps of severing a disk member off a solid metal shaft, rounding perimeter edges of the disk member, and p... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6694791 | Method of spin forming and part made thereof A method of cold forming a capped cylinder with geometrically spaced torsional engagement radial projections on an exterior side of the capped cylinder is provided. The method includes the step of striking a generally flat blank to form a drawn part havin... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6233990 | Method for manufacturing a formed piece of metal The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a formed piece of aluminum or some other relatively soft metal. In accordance with the invention, a slice is cut form a rod of aluminum or some other raw-cast metal; the slice forms a blank (3), ... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6189357 | Apparatus and process for forming vehicle wheel rims An apparatus for spin forming two partial wheel rims including a mandrel having a first portion for spin forming a first partial wheel rim and second portion for spin forming a second partial wheel rim. The first and second portions of the mandrel have di... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6009735 | Portable tube cutting and finishing device A portable tube cutting and finishing device employs a manual electrically operated power drill supported on a frame and driving a pair of tube drive and support rollers in a cradle arrangement. A tube supported by the rollers is rotated thereby through t... | 01/04/2000 |
| 6000263 | Branch pipe forming tool and method of forming branch pipe on metal tube with the tool A branch pipe is formed on a metal tube using a forming tool including a milling part and a burring part adjacent the milling part. The milling part has a first diameter and is provided with a prescribed cutting edge on its outer peripheral surface. The b... | 12/14/1999 |
| 6000262 | Apparatus and method for producing open-topped cylindrical containers from closed-topped cylindrical containers Apparata and methods are shown and described for converting closed-topped containers, e.g., common aluminum beverage cans and steel food cans, into open-topped containers having open top mouths surrounded by a smooth rounded lip. In a preferred version of... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5943773 | Branch pipe forming tool and method of forming branch pipe on metal tube with the tool A branch pipe is formed on a metal tube using a forming tool including a milling part and a burring part adjacent the milling part. The milling part has a first diameter and is provided with a prescribed cutting edge on its outer peripheral surface. The b... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5931038 | Method of machining bore surface of cylinder block and apparatus therefor In a method of machining a surface of a bore of an aluminum cylinder block for internal combustion engines, the bore surface is machined to be formed with a number of recesses which are to be formed into oil reservoirs. The bore surface is then pressed un... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5728309 | Method for achieving thermal uniformity in induction processing of organic matrix composites or metals For forming or consolidating organic matrix composites, for example, an organic matrix composite panel is sealed between sheets of a susceptor material that is susceptible to induction heating. The susceptor sheets are heated inductively. The sheets in tu... | 03/17/1998 |
| 5673580 | Burring processing method, jig for burring processing, and burring processing apparatus A burring processing method for performing burring processing for a metallic pipe 90 within a short time to provide a beautifully finished appearance. A jig with an inclined section 15 is inserted into the inside of the metallic pipe 90 with a prepared ho... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5419028 | Method of making a hose coupling A hose coupling, ferrule therefor and methods of making the same are provided, the method of making the hose coupling comprising a ferrule having opposed ends and an insert interconnected to one of the ends of the ferrule so that an end of a hose can be i... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5412967 | Method of making a metallic ring-shaped body A method for producing a hard metallic ring body is presented in which a stock material of a ring-shape is roll formed between a pair of inner and outer forming rolls, one of which is provided with a shape change section (shaping roll). Roll forming opera... | 05/09/1995 |
| 5339668 | Hose coupling, ferrule therefor and methods of making the same A hose coupling, ferrule therefor and methods of making the same are provided, the method of making the hose coupling comprising a ferrule having opposed ends and an insert interconnected to one of the ends of the ferrule so that an end of a hose can be i... | 08/23/1994 |
| 5297411 | Method of forming threaded opening A metal sheet is pierced, pressed and drawn to provide a raised cylindrical section having an axis and which section is partly closed by an annular flange. The flange is bent inwardly to enlarge the cylindrical opening by orbiting a tool in engagement wit... | 03/29/1994 |
| 5285561 | Hose coupling, ferrule therefor and methods of making the same A hose coupling, ferrule therefor and methods of making the same are provided, the method of making the hose coupling comprising a ferrule having opposed ends and an insert interconnected to one of the ends of the ferrule so that an end of a hose can be i... | 02/15/1994 |
| 5230234 | Method of making roll-finished gears A method of preparing a gear blank for roll-finishing, essentially comprising the step of: while supporting a gear blank with pitch-line chucking, finish-sizing the central axial opening of the gear blank to a desired concentricity to promote accurate sub... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5185653 | O-ring package A transfer molded plastic package having a cavity for accommodating a semiconductor chip is disclosed. A leadframe assembly process is shown wherein the leadframe finger pattern is provided with a resilient or elastic O-ring bead. Top and bottom housing p... | 02/09/1993 |
| 5152047 | Method of producing laminated metal belt A method of producing a laminated metal belt with a space corresponding to the thickness of resin between respective ring belts by a step for forming a laminated sheet by bonding the number of metal sheets corresponding to the number of ring belts constit... | 10/06/1992 |
| 5129249 | Process and apparatus for forming a circular lip around an opening After machining, the floor of a countersink is chased by means of rollers driven to execute an orbital motion, the angle which the attack surface of the rollers forms with the axis of the opening being progressively reduced as a function of the advance of... | 07/14/1992 |
