Vehicular Impact Signaling Device
An apparatus for the deployment of a visible plume to alert other motorists that a proximate motor vehicle has been involved in a collision.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7243722 | Expander device Apparatus (9) for radially expanding an expandable member, the apparatus including a plurality of radially moveable fingers (22). The radially moveable fingers (22) can move between two positions; in a first position, the moveable fingers (22... | 07/17/2007 |
| 6902640 | Method for manufacturing a belt The objective of the present invention is to provide a method and apparatus for manufacturing an intermediate transfer belt and a fixing belt with high quality used in copying machines, printers and the like. An unvulcanized rubber is formed into a sheet and ... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6739600 | Expanding sleeve fixture A push-type expandable fixture provided to secure a work-piece to a rotatable machine. An expandable sleeve is inserted within a bore of a hollow work-piece. The work-piece together with the expandable sleeve is disposed about a pair of wedge members which are in tu... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6182349 | Method for producing a seamless metallic belt A method for producing a seamless metallic belt without a welded line and capable of being easily produced in high accuracy. A seamless belt material 21 having a defined length as a whole is placed on a core 11 and is held in a stretching state on the cor... | 02/06/2001 |
| 5941146 | Work spindle A work spindle for a machine tool. The work spindle has a spindle guard tube, a clamping arrangement, a clamping force generator, which is arranged on the spindle guard tube and operates the clamping arrangement, and which has at least one first cylinder ... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5690007 | Cutting apparatus for obtaining a specimen of a food product container A cutting apparatus includes a mandrel insertable in a food product container. The mandrel supports the container in a fixed position by contacting an inner surface of the container. The mandrel is locatable on a support apparatus so that as the mandrel a... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5667228 | Quick change mandrel for an engine lathe etc A two piece mandrel having two co-operating interfitting parts (similar to a bayonet type assembly) which may be twisted apart, or twisted together by means of a series of interlocking projections having complimentary ramping surfaces. The co-operating pa... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5557999 | Method for manufacturing a tamper-indicating plastic closure A method and apparatus for manufacturing a plastic closure particularly to facilitate orientation of the closure so that a manufacturing process, such as vertical scoring, can be effected at one of at least one predetermined portion of the closure. Such o... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5556114 | Hydraulic expanding and contracting mandrel This invention relates to a workshop mandrel which is suitable for mounting work pieces on its cylindraceous outer surface. A cavity beneath the surface is filled with hydraulic fluid which causes the outer surface to expand when the fluid is pressurized ... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5546837 | Ring support assembly An apparatus for supporting a ring piece being cut from a ring-shaped structure is disclosed. The ring support member or assembly includes a bar assembly having a convex arcuate surface adapted to be disposed against and aligned with an inner circumferent... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5133565 | Expanding collet A collet chuck with a collet body having radially extending clamping parts with counter guiding surfaces that are cooperating with the guiding surfaces of a corresponding mandrel is provided. The guiding surfaces are formed as planar sections of the mandr... | 07/28/1992 |
| 5083484 | Pipe end preparation tool having improved torque reacting and clamping capabilities The present invention relates to a clamping device for clamping a mandrel to an elbow or pipe as well as to a torque-reacting device between a power unit housing and the mandrel. The torque reacting device has a pair of torque reacting keys mounted in a n... | 01/28/1992 |
| 5074177 | Machine tool with automatic workpiece clamping device A machine tool has a pair of rotary spindles which support opposite ends of workpiece to be machined. At least one of the spindles is driven and a ring having a plurality of arms is coaxially secured to this spindle for rotation therewith. The arms entrai... | 12/24/1991 |
| 4862777 | Method and apparatus for forming surfaces on piston rings Apparatus is described for machining the exterior peripheral surface of piston rings for internal combustion engines, particularly piston rings having a transverse shape other than circular, for example, oval or elliptical. A jig arrangement usable with t... | 09/05/1989 |
| 4813313 | Apparatus for demolishing a reactor shield wall The invention relates to an apparatus for demolishing a reactor shield wall. The apparatus has a pillar (2) extending from the top side of the reactor toward the bottom of the reactor, an upper support device (3) for supporting the upper portion of the pi... | 03/21/1989 |
| 4811639 | Drive bar attachment for threading machines An attachment is disclosed for use with a power driven threading machine of the character having a tubular workpiece receiving spindle carrying jaw assemblies which engage and disengage a workpiece in the spindle. During a threading operation, the jaws en... | 03/14/1989 |
| 4720114 | Roller mandrell chuck This invention relates to a ball-type chucking mandrel having several chucking balls that are arranged in an evenly distributed manner in the chucking area. These chucking balls are held in a uniform axial position by means of a contact shoulder. In addit... | 01/19/1988 |
| 4677792 | Clamping or chucking system for a grinding wheel or disk A radially expansible thin-walled expansion sleeve (13) is expansible under hydraulic pressure by pressing a piston element (17) against hydraulic fluid in a chamber, upon operation of a threaded bolt (18) in a threaded bore (19) in the spindle (11) or an... | 07/07/1987 |
| 4614136 | Angularly adjustable mandrel assembly A mandrel assembly is disclosed for use in a portable lathe apparatus for machining the end face of a hollow workpiece. The mandrel supports an orbiting cutting tool which machines the end face and defines a cutting plane. The angle of the longitudinal ax... | 09/30/1986 |
| 4541465 | Expandable woodturning chuck The present invention relates to an expandable chuck for faceplate woodturning. The chuck is of simple construction for attachment to a conventional faceplate. A frusto-conical plug drawn towards the faceplate expands a radially segmented annular member. ... | 09/17/1985 |
| 4519620 | Core chuck with resilient rollers A torque-transmitting chuck comprising an interior member having a longitudinal axis and exterior circumferentially-spaced, longitudinally-extending camming surfaces. A generally axially-extending, circular in cross-section roller engages each of the camm... | 05/28/1985 |
| 4416459 | Collet chuck for splined workpieces A chuck for splined workpieces includes at least two collets, the resilient fingers of which are circumferentially interdigitally related. The work-engaging surfaces of circumferentially adjacent fingers of the chuck are spaced apart a distance at least s... | 11/22/1983 |
| 4373411 | Expansible mandrel An expansible mandrel for loading and unloading a work member while the mandrel is rotating, comprises a frame having an abutment and a mandrel body slidable in the frame. Two slide members are mounted for radial movement within first recesses in the body... | 02/15/1983 |
| 4366735 | Workpiece holding device A workpiece holding device having an expandable mandrel for engaging a bore of the workpiece is disclosed. The holding device includes an expandable sleeve of generally cylindrical shape having a thin outer shell with a pair of opposed thick wall circular... | 01/04/1983 |
| 4358843 | Spindle for centering a data disk A spindle construction for centering a disk hub in which the spindle includes a circumferential slot extending in the direction of the rotation axis of the shaft. The slot defines one or more fingers which compress inwardly when a hub is placed over the s... | 11/09/1982 |
| 4300419 | Holder for annular workpieces A workpiece holder for the centered holding of annular workpieces, for working one of the circumferential faces of the workpieces, the holder including a basic element having a generally cylindrical support surface, a plurality of segments which are distr... | 11/17/1981 |
| 4285528 | Chuck assembly A chuck assembly includes a plurality of locking keys disposed within longitudinally extending grooves in an outside surface of an arbor and arranged to centrally locate and clamp a hollow work piece to a spindle.... | 08/25/1981 |
| 4284283 | Expansible chuck A chuck having a plurality of elastic and resilient compressible segments which have the general shape of a strip which, in longitudinal section, have a zig-zag configuration with flattened tops and bottoms, with upper and lower recesses which are filled ... | 08/18/1981 |
| 4244248 | Method and apparatus for setting up tools, work pieces and similar on a rotatable spindle The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for setting up tools, work pieces and similar (11, 12, 19) on a rotatable spindle (10) by means of a clamp bushing comprising a double walled sleeve (2, 3) which is closed at both ends and which has at on... | 01/13/1981 |
| 4201394 | Collet chuck A collet chuck for gripping a workpiece around the internal diameter thereof having a collet sleeve expanded and contracted by axial movement over a tapered nose cone at the forward end of a collet expander. The collet sleeve is connected by a plurality o... | 05/06/1980 |
| 4198066 | Expandable arbor for holding a stack of elements An arbor is provided with a series of expandable collets for clamping a series of workpieces or other elements. The collets are designed with a variable force requirement for effecting expansion, and this assures sequential clamping of a series of workpie... | 04/15/1980 |
| 4185526 | Holder for circular fabric cutter The branches of a furcated cylinder are splayed by a tapered plug inserted therebetween. To securely hold a circular fabric cutter in concentricity with the cylinder, the branches or fingers are placed within the cutter and then driven apart by further in... | 01/29/1980 |
| 4172399 | Method and apparatus for slitting rolled material Method and apparatus for slitting rolled material. The material is mounted adjacent to a slitting means which is oscillated substantially tangential to the surface of the rolled material being slit to improve the slitting action. Radially adjustable clamp... | 10/30/1979 |
| 4121847 | Collet chuck A collet chuck has a sleeve which is resiliently flexible radially and provided with two axially spaced work-gripping surfaces and two axially spaced conical surfaces on its outer and inner peripheries, respectively. In response to axial movement of an ac... | 10/24/1978 |
| 4106784 | Finisher's mandrel A mandrel for holding a generally tubular workpiece comprising a body section and a tubular member coupled to the body section. The tubular member is resiliently deformable in a radial direction. An expander is provided within the tubular member to resili... | 08/15/1978 |
| 4088332 | Internal expanding collet clamp Internal expanding collet clamp, wherein collet elements are moved axially over a cone to be expanded within a workpiece. The collet elements are fully supported when expanded. The clamp is actuated by a drawbar in the usual manner.... | 05/09/1978 |
| 4066270 | Nipple chuck Pipe chucking apparatus comprises: A. a tubular mandrel, B. driver means to engage the exterior of the mandrel and rotate same, C. a work pipe to be rotated relative to a forming tool, D. jaws on the mandrel and releasably coupled to the bore of the work pipe, E. actuat... | 01/03/1978 |
| 4045038 | Hollow core chucking device The chucking device of the present invention comprises a tapered chuck plug with an elongated slot formed in the tapered end thereof into which a pair of core engaging chuck dogs are mounted. The chuck dogs are normally spring biased into a retracted posi... | 08/30/1977 |