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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6412323 | Cross-roll straightener A cross-roll straightener for blank and black stock, especially rounds, in which the upper roll is mounted on a roll bed guided on columns of the machine frame via adjusting devices. Two diagonally opposite devices have hydraulically-controlled wedges and... | 07/02/2002 |
| 4989432 | System and method of detecting roll position in a rotary straightener A system and method for detecting the exact position of the contoured, cross rolls in a multiple roll rotary straightener including provision of selected transverse and axial surfaces on the roll frames themselves and means for detecting the exact positio... | 02/05/1991 |
| 4763504 | Straightening machines and methods A cross-roll straightener adapted to straighten round metal stock, wire, rods, bars and tubes by rotatingly advancing the stock through a central curved pass such that it is flexed beyond the yield point in a substantially uniform and gradual manner. A th... | 08/16/1988 |
| 4711112 | Straightening machines and methods A cross-roll straightener adapted to straighten round metal stock, wire, rods, bars and tubes by rotatingly advancing the stock through a central curved pass such that it is flexed beyond the yield point in a substantially uniform and gradual manner. A th... | 12/08/1987 |
| 4565083 | Straightening rolls A roll configuration for use in a roll type straightener including a concave surface of revolution formed on a roll for line contact of the roll with a cylindrical workpiece wherein the throat of the surface of revolution is offset longitudinally from the... | 01/21/1986 |
| 4534197 | Method and apparatus for straightening pipe An apparatus for straightening pipe, round bars or similar elements, wherein the pipe moves between rolls which subjects the pipe to tensile and compressive stresses and forces as it rotates in the straightener apparatus, with the movement of the pipe bei... | 08/13/1985 |
| 4512173 | Tube release rolling mills The invention concerns a tube release roll mill with four or more driven rolls, which in pairs form a pass opening. The diagonally positioned identically constructed rolls have an enlarged working surface width. A certain roll pair spacing is also provide... | 04/23/1985 |
| 4494394 | Straightening machines and methods A cross-roll straightener adapted to straighten round metal stock, wire, rods, bars and tubes by rotatingly advancing the stock through a central curved pass such that it is flexed beyond the yield point in a substantially uniform and gradual manner. A th... | 01/22/1985 |
| 4489582 | Method for straightening drawn round stock and apparatus for the practice of the method The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for the straightening of drawn round stock. In conventional straightening methods, the round stock to be straightened is transported through the straightener with the entrance and exit in alignment, being... | 12/25/1984 |
| 4471639 | Roll orientation control system for straightening machines Angular orientation of a straightener machine roll relative to the vertical axis thereof is achieved through the use of a pair of single acting hydraulic actuators imposing force against a roll support member on laterally opposite sides of a vertical plan... | 09/18/1984 |
| 4406141 | Straightening apparatus for steel pipes and the like An apparatus for straightening the bend in steel pipes, round bars and the like (hereinafter simply referred to as steel pipes). The apparatus includes a first straightener comprising a combination of concave rolls and a second straightener comprising a c... | 09/27/1983 |
| 4361022 | Workpiece guides for straightening apparatus Straightening apparatus includes opposed straightening rollers through which generally cylindrical elongated workpieces pass generally longitudinally. Opposite flat guide members extend between the rollers and have opposed front guide edges between which ... | 11/30/1982 |
| 4356715 | Method and device for straightening elongated drawn round stock Method for straightening elongated drawn round stock, which includes simultaneously advancing the stock in the longitudinal direction, rotating the stock about the longitudinal axis thereof and deflecting the stock from a straight line exceeding the yield... | 11/02/1982 |
| 4176537 | Method of and means for straightening bars and tubes A bar straightening machine comprises a pair of rolls between which there is defined a path including two bends along which bar to be straightened is passed. The rolls are preferably of identical form, each comprising a first end portion of hyperbolic for... | 12/04/1979 |
| 4147046 | Heavy duty mobile pipe straightening machine of relatively light-weight construction A mobile pipe straightening machine is of relatively light-weight construction for increased transportability and finds particular application for straightening drill pipe in the field. For minimizing the overall weight of the machine, a bed frame is prov... | 04/03/1979 |
| 4143534 | Workpiece feed channel A feed channel for elongated workpieces including a plurality of adjustable workpiece receiving openings. Each opening is formed by a plurality of profiled segments including a fixed segment and at least one movable segment. The movable segments are movab... | 03/13/1979 |
| 4057988 | Rectifying equipment of bar material An apparatus for straightening rod or bar-shaped material has a pair of end straightening devices spaced in the direction of the length of the material to be straightened and each having a pair of side-by-side rolls thereon, one having a convex roll profi... | 11/15/1977 |
| 4056958 | Method and apparatus for straightening of elongated workpieces A method of straightening elongated workpieces of circular or other cross section comprises subjecting a portion of the workpiece during its movement in longitudinal direction thereof to rotary bending forces so that successive curvatures of the workpiece... | 11/08/1977 |
| 3933018 | Method and apparatus for straightening end sections of elongated workpieces A method and an apparatus for carrying out the method for straightening sections of elongated workpieces such as bars and tubes in a bending, forging and/or straightening machine having at least one straightening roll which can be moved radially relative ... | 01/20/1976 |
